The sweet spot

“Don’t panic if you get bored, or have a row, or feel claustrophobic or homesick,” wrote Jilly Cooper in her 1969 guide . “These are all part of growing-together pains. They won’t establish a behaviour pattern for the next 50 years. A vital honeymoon ploy is to go somewhere where there is plenty to do.” It was sage advice from the queen of the bonkbuster – who’d only then been married herself for eight years – and is something Fieldy newlyweds should heed. When the headache of harvest logistics and avoiding missing the best sporting days have to be navigated, lying beachside hardly seems worth the effort. For the sporting sort, action calls. And when good sport is on offer, don’t expect any honeymoon concessions: when the bride of a newly married couple