The good news today was that my bank cards appear to have returned to full functionality by magic. The not so good news was that this didn't prevent me from nearly stranding us petrolless in the middle of nowhere on our way to Queribus (a very impressive castle on top of a mountain peak) due to silliness. Never mind - we made it there and back in the end.
Ooh the other thing is that last night we had a storm! But not an ordinary storm - the lightning was continuous, flashing like the photographers do when someone is evicted from Big Brother, but weirdly there was no rain and no thunderclaps. Just an awful lot of wind, and our patio parasol turned inside out.