Our next stop was the region known officially as the Dordogne but (slightly confusingly) in common parlance as the Périgord. This ancient part of France is full of honey-coloured medieval villages, with an unbroken history of human settlement dating back over 15,000 years. The famous Prehistoric painted caves were on top of our agenda, but first there was another important occasion to celebrate.

“Your first birthday!” said big WB delightedly to Mommy WB – he obviously had no recollection of the (very) many that had gone before. Bless him.