Colm O'Regan: I want to live in the woods, but someone leave food out for me

"Yes, of course I’d be useless in the woods. I’d drop the matches on the way out the door, begging to be fed from the first house I see in the woods only to find it’s inhabited by cannibals..."

Comedian and Irish Examiner columnist Colm O'Regan pictured in Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Sometimes you just need to get away. All of you, if possible. But, since the Rose of Tralee bell has tolled and the return to school is imminent, at least your mind is just out the door over the fence and away.

I have let it be known that dads are not difficult to buy for. Just get me any book where the main character runs off into the woods.