On the luxurious train ride there and back (1.5 hours each way...on my own! Talk about a simple pleasure!) I crocheted like a mad thing and made three flowers and some ring bowls with the noro yarn I picked up at John Lewis on the way through the big city (for the complete geeks like me, I have been using Wash+Filz-It yarn from my local shop.  Its only £2.25 for 50g, which is about as cheap as you can get dyed wool around here.  By comparison, the Noro can go for £7.00 per 50g...however, the difference in texture is almost worth it.  The noro felts like a dream.  The brown and red flowers are Filz and the bluey one and the bowls are noro).