Stop press! We have an update on the mysterious incident of Jont's errant hat.

After the post announcing the hat competition, we received an anonymous tip off in the comments section from someone moonlighting as 'Twin Peaks'. They alleged the disappearance of Jont's hat was the result of someone's light fingered ways... but who the hat burglar was remained a mystery.

Tour HQ sent a tentative message to our enigmatic emailer, requesting a geographical location for the hat. Twenty four hours passed. Nails were anxiously bitten; emails were checked every three minutes, but nothing. We nearly gave up hope...

And then, this:

"I am VERY sorry to tell you that the hat has now been kidnapped and there WILL be a ransom..."

We were straight on the case. (Apparently there was even a ripple through MI5 but that is as yet unverified). More emails were sent and this time we demanded a photo of the hat next to a copy of the day's paper, so we could prove the date.

Just as we were considering changing our name from Tour HQ to Espionage Central, we received the following email, revealing the identity of our hat captor as 'A'...

"I have it on good authority that the hat is likely to be traded in fairly shortly for a genuine 1960's velvet mirrored shirt, from Kashmir, which might well fit suit Jont to a T.

a x"

A trade off, goods from Kashmir and a kiss from 'A'.

The plot thickens...