Bright green

1. A slow and staggered start to the day made better by two bacon rolls. One was posh (with rocket and mustard) and the other common (with butter and brown sauce). Some mornings you just can't decide which way you are going to be.

2. Picking up where I left off with McSweeney's before heading home mid afternoon.

3. A cup of tea and a blether with mum at the kitchen table and a new hair colour before heading back across the park for dinner.

4. Arriving to find a full three course meal being prepared. This is Colin and Ewa cooking courgette and blue cheese soup, stuffed chicken breast with bistro potatoes and chocolate cake to finish. I contributed by doing some chopping and ironing the table cloth (I know my limits).

5. This is officially the first day of the holiday and felt like it too - great food on a checked table cloth and a glass of frangelico on ice before bed. Happy holidays.