I’m going on holiday!!!!

Remember those things we thought would never happen again? Well (all being well, with a good head-wind, falling infection rates, fingers crossed, legs crossed, eyes crossed, no sudden attack of quarantinisation, pth, pth, pth…) we’re going away! To a forrin land. Where they don’t speak English (bit like Tower Hamlets) and eat muck (bit like Tower Hamlets) and don’t use ££££££.

It’s Greece for us. In the great Amber continent of Europe.

And Amber means ‘easy peasy’, it means freedom, it means sunshine. Because all you have to do is:

Make sure you’re double vaccinated and have documentation to prove it
Organise your ‘day 2 test’ for when you come home, but you MUST do that before you go
Fill in a Personal Locator Form (PLF as the designated acronym for… fairly obvious reasons) for arrival in Greece
Send proof of vaccinations to British Airways (not required on Corona Airlines, Covid Air or Infection Aviation)
Arrange to have a test in Greece 2 days before departure (and GOD HELP YOU IF ITS POSITIVE cos you won’t be coming home)
Fill in your PLF for the UK so they know where to find you
Pack your swimmies and toothbrush.
Remember where your passport is after nearly 2 years of non-usage and hope its still valid.
Get some Euros.

But to ensure the smooth passage and trouble free travel, we thought we’d go to a wedding first. Today. Just to make sure that the vaccine works as we prepare to mix with 200 drunk revellers on a little Island off the Essex coast. But here’s the best bit: the island only has access by a causeway. Which is only passable at low tide for about 2 hours a day. Otherwise you swim. Or you car sinks. Or any other ‘man versus water’ situations you can think of. And there is only ever one winner.

So all we have to do is survive the M25, the causeway, dancing with people hugging and kissing, being in Essex and more M25 and we’ll be all set.

Lila and Joey are already in the sunshine but in Spain so I might swim across the Med to see them.

I’m very exited.

Happy Wedding day

A xxxx