Shopping for a new bath turned out to be a splashing spectacle

I’ll tell you what’s an undignified activity: bed shopping by oneself. Off you pop to Peter Jones, where you test mattresses by writhing around in a manner that would get you arrested if you did it on the Tube. But I’ve discovered an even more unedifying activity and that’s bath shopping by oneself. At a Croydon superstore last Saturday I climbed in and out of several baths, stretching out, thrashing around and lying back as if I was trying to wash my hair. It was an embarrassing spectacle, but as a big bath fan I need to get this right – do I need cast iron or can I have acrylic? Freestanding or built-in? Single ended or double ended? I’d welcome all advice. I’m only sorry if you happened to be in the store last weekend and witnessed my public performance art.