My husband was the star player of the indoor pub shinty team, much admired for his amazing sporting talent. His favourite trick was to launch the puck into the goal from any angle without disturbing the drinkers in the pub at the time.

I, in contrast, was a liability to the team. I couldn’t get my head around the rule that the puck could never be out of play. This meant that I kept getting into trouble whenever I attempted to retrieve the puck temporarily lost behind the bar.