The first thing that it is worth pointing out is that with no financial accountability, it took three people a total of three days to shoot an eight minute segment for a programme that will be shown in the Spring – but that’s our licence fee at work.

In all fairness, the cameraman & director were both sensible pleasant personable sort of chaps which is more that can be said for the presenter who described herself to the assembled three teams as “a tall skinny blond” & might want to consider an alternative career in politics … she talked that much rubbish. Certainly she wasn’t in any need of assertiveness training & over the course of the evening became more irritating than a dose of thrush.

Still, normal equanimity was restored over a few pints of finest foaming IPA in the pub afterwards. On the upside, chatting to one or two other team members I have located what might be an quite interesting rifle that is for sale – a BSA Martini with as opposed to the usual falling block action, a rotating bolt similar to American lever actioned rifles. Needless to say, a marker has already been put down & it will be test fired next week. Father Christmas does work in mysterious ways.