No matter how much you love cosy dark evenings and crisp, fallen leaves, one thing we can all agree on is that autumn and winter are the worst time of year for doing your washing. Things that would line dry in an afternoon during the summer are suddenly draped over every radiator in my house for days at a time, and the clothes airer has become a permanent fixture in my bedroom. The cold weather and my refusal to have my heating switched on indefinitely means that it can take up to three or four