Meet the other woman.

Who does Duncan take drinks to?
Whose skin does he rub and not mind the wrinkles?
Who does he positively encourage to gain weight?
Not me.
Its Myrtle, of course. This is his entry in the giant pumpkin competition.

I guess to console myself I could take an interest in his reserve pumpkin Jack. But Jack is a long way behind Myrtle. There is apparently a website where you can measure it with a tape measure, and get an estimate of her weight. Even though she is huge now, there is still 2 months until judging day!!

We will be away on judging day, but the girls at Duncan's work say they will take it along. Tessa's husband works for a helicopter firm and there has been talk of Myrtle making a spectacular entrance....

Still a long way to go yet.