Today's the day! Is packing the worst part of a holiday? In the post 911 era, it has become so! There's 16kg in one suitcase and 24kg in the other - we have to get under 22kg in both in order not to get fined! Don't forget to put all your toiletries in the hold baggage! Might as well not bother with a belt and wear slip-off shoes today. That alarm clock with the i-pod in the hand luggage is going to look suspicious!

Then there's leaving the house as if it's just been for a full valet service. The fridge is as clean as it was when new! Cleaner! - when we bought it, anti-bacterial surface cleaner wasn't even heard of! And the meals you have to eat to finish all the food that goig to go out-of-date before you get back! My last meal was salmon fishcake and beans and scrambled egg and lettuce and chorizo!

Thank goodness there's no snow and flights from Leeds-Bradford all seem to be running on time!