I was driving a white Vauxhall Viva in a rather erratic manner when my mobile phone rang. I knew that it was not advisable to answer it when at the wheel, so I turned into a side road to find somewhere to park.

I should really have killed my speed now that I was off the main road. Instead I struggled to come to an emergency stop when I hit the garden at the end of the cul de sac. Poor Alice was not happy when she saw that I had squashed all her daffodils.