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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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As told to Catherine Bennett

Even Churchill took holidays, Dave!

Well the relief of Cornwall given Portugal was seriously shattering & not just a bad case of Lanzarote hand from applying endless factor 50 #relentlesssunshine, people say well wear a rashie I'm like, oh please, have you ever actually TRIED one :(((, but with all Dave's coming and going, I said to Mummy non-swank but I swear I finally *get* the tragedy of single parenthood #24/7beachduty, when he finally got back I was like, honestly babes, could you not have done that on your blackberry, he's like what, even the war, I'm like, ESPECIALLY the war, do you think Churchill never took holidays?

He's like, good question, what was Govey's number, I'm like, stop right there I have already asked Alexa, she was like trust me, Churchill totally went on holiday whenever he wanted & if there was, like, a national emergency they would just phone him or like, send a pigeon, whatever they had available & he was totes fine with it, like he'd go, OK, just declare war on Germany or wherever, & you could maybe plan an invasion while I am away, love you guys, laterz :) Dave's like wow, are you SURE, I'm like, bible, where he said we will fight on the beaches, appaz that was literally on a bad line from Polzeath? Dave is like, I could swear that was Sir Walter Raleigh, I'm like, excuse me, even I know they had not invented surfing in the Armada, otherwise why would the Spanish use, like, BOATS, he's like, sorted, do you think Cornwall still works with suede loafers?

So everything would be perfect except for losing the phone? Dave's like, Nancy, you PROMISED to keep an eye, she's like, calm it dude it is defo somewhere on the beach, I'm like, that's enough Nancy, let's just ring it with mine, someone is bound to pick it up, she's like, wrong mother, it was totes out of battery? I'm like did I not TELL you not to play on it, she's like, so remind me who forgot the charger, Dave's like, OMG, what if something happened, she's like chill Dad, I already told Mr al-Abadi you were rock-pooling with literally the ONLY bucket, he's like, and? She's like, and then the signal went :(((

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