Hello, I'm currently out of office.

An article I read recently said we're more relaxed and more productive after a good break.

So, I've gone to Barbados for a month for science.

Yours, Toby.

Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday.

Atul protected.

So what's a caravan rocking at the weekend then?

Yes. No. What's the right answer?

What you could have said is, yes, I had a very nice weekend. Thank you very much, Ian, for asking. How very polite of you.

Sorry, Ian, I had a very nice weekend. Thank you very much for asking. It was lovely. The sun was shining. We had some nice walks and things like that.

Excellent. That's all I wanted to know. Okay, thank you. Good.

The beach was nice.

And you sent me a lovely picture of you with a mint magnum.

Oh yes.

On the way home, I stopped to get petrol.

His nibs said, can you get me a chalk ice?

There weren't any chalkices.

So I got him a mint magnum, which he thoroughly enjoyed.

Yeah, I see.

And I had a bite of it, and I have to say there is something rather love.

Because the point here, Ian, is I have actually tried to buy them in Malvern, and, you know, essentially, because of your recommendation, they're sold out.

But clearly you haven't reached as far as Barmouth.

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