If you want to get ahead ...

... get a hat, my late stepfather used to say. He also used to say "It's bean salad, but what's it been?", wore a waistcoat and tie whilst gardening, and stoutly maintained that "Spain doesn't have a proper history, not like us".

I miss him.

Woking - Guildford - Leatherhead - Newbury - Woking today. Too many meetings, too much coffee. Cold on the road, hence the purchase of a hat. And some gloves. And ordered some slippers off Amazon.

Bedtime now.