As every invisible person who reads this blog knows, I went to Spain recently. A great country; but they haven’t got a clue when it comes to blinds. They have roller blinds on virtually all their domestic windows, which block out every single bit of light. They were rubbish. Don’t get me wrong, they weren’t cheap blinds at all, but they caused me to sleep for 12 hour stretches.

Personally, I need the sun to wake me up. There’s no way I can stay awake once the sun is sending it’s happy little rays through my window. In summer time, I’m up as soon the sun is. But if I’m in Spain, sleeping in a room with closed blinds, then there is no way I’ll wake up in the A.M.

The dark just makes me sleep. It doesn’t matter if I’m fully rested – if it’s dark, warm and quiet – I will sleep. Spaniards think we Brits are all crazy for not having them in our own homes – with our thin curtains. But if you came from a country that was covered in cloud for 50% of the time, you too would give those little rays as much chance of heating up your pale skin as possible, wouldn’t you?