Sliema; Monday, 18 January, 2016

I felt very guilty as I put my out of office notice on my work email, given I’d only been at my new job for a fortnight to be taking nearly a week off already didn’t feel right, but it had been booked long before and my new bosses all insisted that I should take what I’d booked.

So after an uneventful Monday evening commute across London I had a quick change at home and headed out down to the airport to stay the night, as the flight was very early the following morning