Odd? Odd? Us? Odd? Miss Bean, the one with hair, and Mr Bean, the one without, have a bad habit of obsessing about things. Lockdown has only sharpened this trait. 21 month old Bean is obsessed by sticks gathered on our daily walks through Arundel Castle Park. Balls disappear, either thrown too lustily or posted by Bean down various rabbit and stoat holes never to return again. We had amassed a small hoard of branches: a thick burl of oak ideal for standing out of the reed beds on the banks of th
