Christian and I had already been to a rather unusual ceremony in which we were given the keys to Milton Keynes, which I believe means we can now herd our sheep through the middle of the town if we wish. There was a parade, with Sebastian and Mark running the cars around the streets. Roads were closed for what was anticipated to be a big civic event. I said to Mandy, ‘Look, we’re running the race cars through the streets of Milton Keynes; would you like to come along and watch?’ ‘Yes, I’d love to,’ she said, and so, the morning after our third date, both of us nursing hangovers, I collected her
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