This morning Mr Fanton told me he was enjoying his time away in the countryside this week and expressed a child-like joy at having seen a man just pass the house riding on a horse.

Being very much stuck in ‘town’ until I join him on Wednesday, I responded to say “This morning I saw a rat riding a fox, it was awesome.” Of course, as soon as it was out my mouth, it was just begging to be illustrated. So whola …