Why go abroad on holiday, with such delights at home?
Why does anyone ever go abroad? The hassle at the airport, the heaving of cases on and off the conveyer belt while you’re struggling through security, forgetting to put your own belt back on afterwards (and in my case almost getting arrested as I strode through Fast Track at Heathrow Terminal 5 with my trousers falling down) ... it’s too much for me at my age. I don’t need it any more. That’s why this summer I stayed at home. Apart from a night in Edinburgh (as the guest of the Governor at Edinburgh Castle – I’m not complaining), a day in Dublin (with Judi Dench and Taylor Swift – I kid you not; I do lead quite the life) and a weekend in Paris for the Olympics (after my day in the Stade de France, I’ve seen enough pole-vaulting to last a lifetime), I did not leave England. But...
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