Before Christmas I wrote about mythical sightings of Bob Dylan in London's Crouch End. Bill Stormont sent me a story published in Canada's Globe and Mail in November about an encounter in Winnipeg.

John Kiernan and Patti Reagan, who live in the former home of musician Neil Young, had a couple of visitors whom they assumed were ageing Young fans. They are used to such visitors. Mr Kiernan said: "I was thinking I gotta do laundry, I gotta rake leaves: it's Sunday afternoon. I'm thinking this guy has great boots on. . . . I look at him and go, 'Oh my God. We're talking to Bob Dylan.' At which point, I said: 'Do you want to come in and see the house?' "