The twin who worked at the gym, and her sister who was a student at Queen Margaret University, organised the holiday in Shetland.

TPR and I volunteered to fly there by helicopter. At the time we were unaware that this would mean hanging on to the outside of the aircraft rather than travelling seated in the cabin.

Also, before we reached the airport, we underestimated the length of the journey and so did not pack the Scrabble. However, we managed to fashion an operational game of sorts from some old cardboard boxes that we found scattered in the waiting room.