I’ve always fancied a go at archery: it just looks so cool. So in the spirit of ‘stop wishing, got on with it’ I booked onto a 5 week beginners course at Coventry Archery Club and good fun it was too.

Mind you that phase about barn-doors seemed appropriate. Joining the club and hiring a reasonable bow rather than the fibreglass training one and suddenly it all started working - so in this instance the workman can blame the tools.