Having failed to find him some mustard powder last week on the aisles of Lidl or his local Tesco, Mr T was delighted when I arrived this week with a small yellow tin in hand. With last week's list belatedly now completed we discussed this week's cross word ('intensively"...) and covered off a large chunk of the news stories of the week (both good and bad...), before I headed downstairs with trolley in tow.

The aisles were quiet, as was the checkout area (after my initial misgivings about Lidl's rearranged till area I'm starting to think maybe there was a bit of method to their madness), and so I was soon back with all the treasure (including a very large jar of Nescafe that hadn't made it to the original list), giving us time to discuss Liverpool FC, and his recent visitation by some Jehovah's Witnesses...not for the first time it proved to be an enlightening chat.