Mr T was convinced that it would be quieter than usual at Lidl today as he'd spent the morning watching "all these daft people going away at the same time" on the TV. I, having just navigated a very busy central line and equally busy station, was less sure. Fortunately we didn't bet on it, as I'd have been out of pocket.

In this particular case familiarity bred...well familiarity, and I was round the aisles in no time with trolley in tow, found the particular jar of Nescafe that he wanted, and delighted to discover the queue to pay wasn't even at the wine section - a minor Easter miracle.