Taunton...

I heard the first summer visitor of the year yesterday: the halting, monotonous call of a chiffchaff. As I drove into Taunton I saw a welcoming sign: ‘Best large floral town in the south-west’. It reminded me of another proud civic boast, emblazoned on a railway bridge in Lancashire: ‘Oldham, home of the tubular bandage'. Had a chatty evening - and an excellent stew - with Gordon and Trish, and now I’m heading for Dartmoor…