I am tired and sore and irritable and grumpy and miserable and ill and - did I mention 'irritable'? I have a headache, my sinuses and blocked and painful, my ears are blocked, my root canals are playing up, my eyes ache, my head aches, my stomach is churning dangerously, threatening explosion, my joints are stiff, my knees creak ominously, the soles of my feet ache. I am tired and I want to go to bed.

And I'm irritable. Apologies are due to Marcus for my sulk of Herculean proportions this morning. And thanks are due to him for virtually carrying my slumped lifeless body home from the Two Brewers last night.