Things that went wrong last night: I got soaked in a downpour, I almost broke my leg in a pot-hole on the Tottenham Court Road, I rushed for the last train home only to get the WRONG train home and then, when Mr AMR finally came to pick me up in the car and got me back safe and sound, I was inexplicably locked out of my website.

So sorry to all of those people who subscribe to the Daily Fix – this post’s for you! I have a slight obsession with making sure an email goes out daily and so I am writing this in the very early hours of the morning – it may be nonsense, but hopefully the above photograph will bring some degree of cheer to your day. This was Mr Bear’s reaction when we started to play yet another board game over Christmas…