Spare time, Dave? What's that? Surely you remember what an all-encompassing time-sink moving house always is! And we still have to eat, so there's cooking and washing up, plus we go through underwear and socks at a fair old clip. But the greatest commitment of all is the activity we call "keeping the cats happy", which consists mostly of providng lap space. In fact, I'm doing it now, with both cats settled in tandem on my outstretched legs while I hold my iPad clear of Isobel's ears.

This task could keep me busy until lunch time -- theirs, not mine.