I collected all the loose change in the house (sans coppers, when will they disappear?) and, after much hunting, gained the sum of £8 for cigarettes from the S-- T-- Inn - they do so aid concentration. I had a small joke with the publican over all the five and 10 pence pieces. The cigarettes are helping, and leaving quickly.
And then I realised I could have bought four books (including that one on Byron) from the Oxfam with the money. Ach!