“My holiday memories are a bit stuck on quite dreadful”

AS USUAL this January, I didn’t start to think of myself as a to-do list and race around at warp speed, signing up for pilates and beginner’s Italian.

I haven’t even achieved the two goals I set myself for January: to clip the dog and renew my passport. All I’ve done so far in 2012 is think rather more often about holidays than I usually do.

Mainly, I’ve thought about the term ‘Family Holiday’ but more specifically how the term ‘Family Life Abroad’ is much better suited to the reality.