1. Alec, breathless, describes the bright colours of the three blue tits playing in a holly tree.
2. In the sunshine, the children chasing each other up a ditch filled with dead leaves.
3. The smell of the vermouth in the cocktail Nick has made.
1. I'm with the glossy white-haired ladies in hot pink and emerald green and china blue linen waiting for the department store to open i...