Danegeld

Fascinating day mostly spent with a Danish authorities delegation to Scotland. For some bizarre reason I’d been asked by gov to co-host and present to these civic water and emergency planning folk, and of course my language skills were dismal compared to theirs, as always with Scandinavians.

‘“Tak”, I said, gamely, using up my only bit of fluency, when they presented me with a pair of these lovely local pots. “Tak...er...very much!”