I was very lucky to be travelling first class by train. I kept orange juice and pains au chocolat in my pockets, and showed off my biscuit collection to my brother-in-law R. I now had every variety of Club and Kit Kit.

Then we got talking to a man interested in embarking on an MSc study in Plastics, while one of my final year Knowledge Management students looked on and reminded me not to taunt the Danes.