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Quickie to say Hawksey, Zoe & I are off tomorrow to Greece at gnat's crack<\/span><\/strong>, joining the queues of screaming kids with parents in velour tracksuits at Gatwick, that I usually walk past thanking my lucky stars I'm going elsewhere – and now I've crossed over to the dark side that is charter flights to tiny airports in peak Sprog Holiday Season.<\/p>\n

Aaaaaaahhhhh, shoot me now – or at least pack me off with multiple ear plugs and enormous sense of humour (Note to self – check vast store of drugs in kitchen – must be something akin to valium that will do the trick. Am sure I have liquid morphine somewhere)<\/p>\n

Here's hoping all will be fine – at least its def hot in Greece, and I'm a dab hand with a kebab so no worries there.<\/p>\n

And next Sun I have a delicious day of hanging around in Gatwick waiting for my flight to Belfast. Then driving hire car on my tod to join the surfing gang in Donegal on West Coast.<\/span><\/strong> Potential to get lost crossing Paddyland \/ get bedazzled by errant leprechauns \/ get baity at 1am when finally locate right village but can't find the house we've rented \/ get into bed with any of the others if I arrive to find no bed left (11 of us in house for 8 and I arrive last) – VERY HIGH ON ALL COUNTS!<\/p>\n

Oh – and potential for me to no longer fit in the wetsuit that Vicki will kindly be taking out to Donegal form e – EVEN HIGHER. What a fat knacker – note to all chums: Take me for a jog soon<\/strong> as your act of charity. It is at least entertaining as I am a whale, and beating off the incoming harpoons is good for your batwings.<\/p>\n

Good luck to Claire & Jon<\/span><\/strong><\/span> this week too – their twins due any day now – Harpo & Groucho, Bill & Ben, Rum & Coke, Googly & Spin all still good name options, despite your misgivings. And still enjoying the fact that Isla is not a good potential name for a girl if your surname's 'White'. Though 'Diamond' is a classy alternative…?<\/p>\n

Happy August pop-pickers – hope you're all getting your own sun, or beering it big time till its time for you to get away too – will post more pix and update on all when return x x x<\/p>\n

PS Saw Prof yesterday – all good still, bloody marv.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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