I suppose I see myself as European. My husband is Dutch, I am English, we live in Scotland, ski in France, holiday in Italy and I occasionally teach in Germany and Sweden.

Living in Scotland helps with the European feel. The Scottish government are exceedingly pro European and the recent referendum delivered an answer as much on fear of an uncertain EU status if the nationalist minority had their way as much as anything else.

Parking up in town this morning for bell ringing was a challenge as it can be every summer. All the cars from holiday makers from Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Italy.....