I'll be in Portugal...

[Max]

Oh well, as much as I'd love to go back to the wee farmhouse near Bordeira.

Kent (business), Dorset (business) Somewhere near Tain (holiday) all in September.

Kent (business) October.

Bologna (business) December.

And somewhere in between 115 holiday hours still to use, Bologna apart I might have to take December off.

Use em or lose em. 

[Diane CBPFC]

You could always have a staycation - that is when you stay home and watch movies or sit out in your garden.  I would like a two-day LOTR movie extravaganza staycation.

[Redundant]

Apologies for absence, just back from three weeks in Crete, splendid as always.

[Mince]

You always have to be different. 

[Redundant]

You always have to be different. 

Not deliberately, but I can live with it 

[Mince]

Well, we're off on Wednesday to Portugal, and I'll be booby trapping all of Roger's haunts this time.

[Mince]

Oh, and I'll be back on the 14th, and by then it'll be be only four days until the one-year anniversary of the topic I started last year pointing out that it was only 41 days until the 9-year anniversary of the board.

[Mince]

Here.

[Roger Kettle]

Are you in Albufeira again? I remember the last time you were there and I recommended the Aquario restaurant and a nearby pub just up the road. When I was there in June, my daughter and her partner treated me and the missus to a great meal for the ridiculous price of 12 euros a head for a 3-course meal with wine and coffee. I have no idea what the place was called so this is absolutely no help at all. Anyway, have a great time!

[Mince]

No, this time we're about 10 miles further East. We might visit Albufeira on Monday.

[Sandy Buttcheeks]

No, this time we're about 10 miles further East. We might visit Albufeira on Monday.

Quick, Roger! Contact the Aquario and tell them there's a picky veggie guy on his way!

 

[Roger Kettle]

No need. His photo's on the wall!

[Mince]

Too late: the Aquario now has ground-to-Scottish missiles installed.

Anyway, having a sore throat, headache and something close to a chest infection has not stopped me dancing and bopping with my wife and daughter near the beach to live music. But on Sunday we stayed in, mostly, and during my daughter's afternoon nap, when I had to be quiet and not cough or even clear my throat, I decided that my wife and I could watch a film on our phones and headphones, and sensibly I chose Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein. Needless to say my wife slapped me several times.

[Sandy Buttcheeks]

That's Fronkensteen...

[Rob Baker]

That's Fronkensteen...