Breakfast on the morning after the school reunion comprised baked beans, sausages, roast parsnips and potatoes, all lovingly cooked by HH (HP back in our school days). Just before I went downstairs to join the others at the breakfast table, I pushed on a door that I had not noticed the night before. This opened into a vast room crammed full of cats. I immediately slammed the door shut in terror. Any exposure to that quantity of feline fur is a huge health risk when you suffer an allergy such as mine.