By way of a postscript, just before leaving for Caddington en route to Florida, I had a most enjoyable day yesterday with Rebecca de Saintonge, looking round the Norwich Paston sites. Dot joined us for lunch in the refectory at the Cathedral to start with, and then  she returned home while Rebecca and I did a variation on The Walk, omitting the Castle but including the Cathedral and Julian’s Cell.

Rebecca was born in the same month as me, but in Devon, and her name is French Canadian. She was lively and intelligent and generally fun to be with – and she and her husband are very interested in Dot’s philosophy work. She is aiming to write a historical novel centring on Richard Calle and Margery Paston. Gave her a copy of my tanka book. Interesting theological discussions too.

It was a sunny day, just right for walking. We managed to get into St Andrew’s Hall, and she persuaded a guy setting out a flea market there to open and close the Paston doors so that she could take a photograph.