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 ...
I felt I needed to disappear at the weekend as I had got to that stage where I just needed a break from work, cricket and Facebook posts that say "re-post if your dad was a hard working man" or "Re-post if you remember when it was cool to eat Spangles, own a Rubik's Cube and get your anus traumatised by a BBC TV Presenter."
The great irony with the people who have families and 1980's memories that are far better than mine, is that they slag ...
HSBC Switzerland are monitoring the progress of FIFA's Sepp Blatter as they look to bolster their global corruption squad for the new financial year.
Rumour has it that Blatter is unsettled at FIFA and sources close to him have revealed that he may not be averse to a summer move in what could be a lucrative deal back to his native Switzerland.
HSBC, who have been fighting allegations of willingly providing accounts to customers involved in ...
