At last a taxi stopped in Bruntsfield and three of us jumped into it to shelter from the pouring rain. LM, however, couldn’t face the mess of discarded chicken bones, cold chips and KFC wrappers on the taxi seats and floor. She forfeited the ride to the theatre to catch part two of the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre’s latest show.

In the end I missed the Socks too. I don’t know what happened to KC and the other member of our party, but my eventual destination was Ruby Wax’s house in London, where I was welcomed like a long lost friend. Ruby took me up to the spare bedroom that also served as her studio and I set to work selecting pictures for purchase. Amongst her sketches and paintings I hoped to find a piece of art that referenced Ruby’s friendship with Clive Anderson. On display in my flat, this would serve as a souvenir of my time with Clive on the Isle of Lewis in summer 2004.