Ten days to go....... its pouring with rain and we are sitting with a roaring log fire – not exactly suitable holiday preparation but the long lie in this morning set us in the mood. Not much left to organise now, just the holiday money and the question of whether everything we plan to take will squeeze into the 25kg limit we each have – it’s so unreasonable that they don’t increase the luggage weight limit to correspond with the length of time you are away. Still, we are reliably informed by Malcolm that we can get everything we need out there so look out shops here we come.

Janet is planning to the nth degree, Jeff is planning only as far as Singapore – a massage and haircut!

Jeff’s opinion of the day – if Wayne Rooney lives forever he will never make a world class footballer.