Got a phone call from my mate last night. He had just got back from a day out in London and told me that whilst there he'd acquired a brand new top of the range camera absolutely free.

I asked, ''How did you get that?''

He said, ''I met a very nice family from Japan whilst I was in Trafalgar square and was just passing the time of day with them. After a few minutes I was about to go when the male member of the family asked me if I would mind taking a photograph of them and handed me his camera. They lined up as a group against one of the lion statues and were all smiling at the camera.

Just as I was about to click the button I shouted to them, WAVE! and they all rushed past me and I never saw them again!!''