Well, after a few days we are now well settled in the unique surroundings of the Dom Jose Beach Hotel, in Quateira, Portugal.
I say unique, as it is a little bit like Little Britain goes abroad with a host of odd types, including, a family with their mother who keeps speeding off on he wrong side of the road on a mobility scooter, a family from Belfast beset with internal disputes, an elderly man who keeps wetting himself and shouting at ...
Well, we have arrived at our destination without alarm, whilst not really knowing what to expect, such was the hurry with the booking.
After an arduous couple of hours with sun seeking casual racists at Gatwick's Flying Horse pub, our flight was a relatively peaceful one. We were sat next to a guy who was on his friend's stag weekend, but only just, after he left his passport on a train at Sevenoaks and had to summons his wife to pick it up ...
I went in to uncharted territory last week and booked a holiday for my youngest son, Harry and I. Don't get me wrong, I've had holidays before, quite a few of them actually, but I have never booked one before because if there is one thing I am good at, it is totally avoiding all responsibility.
You may chortle to yourselves but I bet all, or most of you men out there who live with a woman, generally avoid booking holidays and let them get on ...
I stayed up late on Tuesday night to watch the England Women take on and eventually beat Norway at the Women's World Cup in Canada. I would like to say that this was an act of right-on feminism of a man steeped in post-modern culture but the truth is, there was not much else on and it has to be said that I am the type of guy who, if England were competing in the World Tiddlywinks Cup, I would be pacing the room saying "GET IT IN THE BLOODY POT ...
Amongst the things I find most fascinating about social media are the "Spotted" Facebook pages where people make others in their community aware of events going on and things or people that are potentially suspicious.
I read something the other day on a "Spotted" site that went something like this.
"I saw a man in a blue shirt coming out of some bushes by the park earlier; it may be nothing but please be aware."
This is fair comment as ...
