I had intended to write on Friday morning something along the lines of:
Twenty minutes from now I'll be heading down the M11 with my family to Stansted where I'll be climbing aboard a great silver bird and flying away for my summer holiday...
It didn't happen. I was too busy packing and panicking about the time. So instead, two days later, can I mention that:
On Friday I headed down the M11...
You can probably work the rest out for yourselves. Back in a fortnight or so. Feel free to misbehave while I'm away. And now, I'm off to the pool.