He graced a blissful day at cricket's ultimate venue with an innings of such style and technical perfection it could have been invented by the angels.

How to end such a blissful day?

It was not a blissful day.

We unpacked into a log cabin for two blissful days of stream-damming and piney air.

But it did bring with it one bonus: for a few blissful days after the worst symptoms had subsided, the pace of life slowed to a gentle jog.