High in the Pentland Hills, we moved to a lovely large bungalow with beautiful views of the city of Edinburgh in the distance. The one drawback was that our new house was underneath a pylon and several criss-crossing electricity cables.

I could have been happier there if my husband hadn’t been so bad tempered. His latest gripe was that I was wasting my time baking a fresh lemon meringue pie when there was a perfectly adequate leftover slice in the freezer. Surely that ‘would do’ for our next set of guests?