At the end of November last year, I fitted winter tyres on my car. I say “I fitted”. Actually, I took it to a local place, Bridge Tyre House, (local in Wadebridge, that is) and they swapped the wheels over, in exchange for a donation to charity. Come the end of March, after one of the mildest of winters, when the winter tyres came in handy precisely twice, I was in Wadebridge again, with the thermometer in the car reading 25C, and so took my summer wheels down to Bridge Tyre House and had them put back on the car.

Naturally, with my winter tyres in Wadebridge and me and my car in Woking, snow is currently featuring in the weather forecasts and we had some hail just now.

Sorry about that.