Earlier this year, Mrs Fieldhaven and I became National Trust members. Since then we've visited several NT sites, at each site we scan our membership cards for entry or for parking. Then a few days later their system emails us a "thank you for visiting $place" email.

This got me wondering what would happen if we planned a route to visit many NT sites in one a day. Would we get one email, or one for each site, or would it send a "Come on, you're just taking the piss now" email. It's tempting...

Almost every time I see a photograph of someone taken before something like 1970, and then find out how old they were when the picture was taken, I'm always utterly shocked.

People who I'd guess to be in their late 40s or 50s turn out to be 18 or something equally bonkers.

I don't know if it was the lead in the air, or that everyone smoked, or what.