1. At least there is sunlight between the showers.
2. To look up and find that Bettany has sewn on three buttons while I wasn't looking.
3. It sounds as if Alec has had a lot of fun at the Scouts cooking competition. His team came second to last and he recounts the disastrous mistakes ('but at least we didn't serve raw chicken like the team that came last') with a glee that belies his claims of sympathy for the Young Leaders who were doing the judging.