The vet arrived just as daughter, Professor Rosa, was being interviewed on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour ( is this the pinnacle of my parental achievement?) about the law and the GRA (the gender recognition Act). You can listen on iPlayer it’s about 30 minutes into the programme. So the vet had to have a cuppa and a biscuit while he waited to test Lucy for TB. As it happens he had been listening to the programme as he drove up to The Gables.

He will return on Thursday to see whether or not Lucy reacts. Hmmmm!