I'm too fat. It's not my diet that's hugely at fault, it's that I eat hugely too much. This morning, in the shower, I realised why. I walk about smelling food all the time, even when there's none about - and it's all the fault of body products. The ones you carry on the outside. My shampoo smells of berries, the conditioner of coconut. My perfume whiffs of lime, basil and mandarin and the toothpaste is undeniably mint ice-cream. So how am I supposed to make my subconscious step away from the food? Can one still buy Wright's coal tar and Lifebuoy?

Yesterday I had a great time sowing a kilo of wild flower seeds at Chateau Malaudos. Some of them won't produce anything until next Spring, but what a lovely surprise when they do.