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Groggily back from Grogland

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Nick and I landed at Heathrow at at 5.30 this morning and I am just wading through the post and the emails that accumulated during our 36-hour journey back and the two days before that when we were in such a remote spot that the only way to get online was to stand under one particular gumtree and connect via an iPhone. My apologies if I am taking longer than usual to communicate.

Am I alone in receiving emails nowadays at an almost impossible rate? The sporadic gumtree reception meant that I could quantify the number in my inbox more...