Life with Nat - EP141: Scraping the Barrel #25 - Chilling in Crete

Episode Date: August 17, 2025

A quick time hop back to last week with Nat and Marc still in their Crete villa, setting up for their final day on holiday, featuring singing from Joanie and a whole load of grasshoppers Enjoy! x Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can find us in all places here; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/view⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ INSTA: @natcass1 We're also on Facebook too: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/lifewithnatpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[e-mail]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SHOW INFO: Life with Nat - it’s me! Natalie Cassidy and I’ll be chatting away to family, friends and most importantly YOU. I want to pick people's brains on the subjects that I care about- whether that’s where all the odd socks go, weight and food or kids on phones. Each week I will be letting you into my life as i chat about my week, share my thoughts on the mundane happenings as well as the serious. I have grown up in the public eye and have never changed because of it. Life with Nat is the podcast for proper people. Come join the community. ♥️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello everybody. Welcome to Life with Nat. I hope you're all doing really, really well and having a lovely summer. We are recording today from our villa in Crete, and we thought we'd do a little episode. Today's our last day of the holiday We have had such a relaxing nine days I cannot tell you Not been on my phone a lot I'm sorry I've not replied to you much But I'm sure you'll all understand

That it's nice to switch off sometimes How are you sweetheart? Very chilled out and relaxed It has been such a nice holiday, isn't it? It's been fantastic Shame Joni's got an ear rake now well something had to happen medically didn't it so I'm not surprised she has been in the pool for about 15 hours every day yes that's possibly got something to do of it after having a little google on the symptoms she's just got to make it through the next 24 hours although it's quite funny because if she's doing something she wants to do yes she seems to be all right yes you're slightly more skeptical about the symptoms aren't you

than I am a little bit but she has had some neurofen so we'll see what happens when that wears off but anyway apart from that I think what's been brilliant is just all being together with nothing to do and that's what's lovely about a holiday

isn't it? Well we've had plenty to do hang on just going to I can hear some prove my point there's a bit of shouting going on we can just hear it through the door Sounds quite jolly

A bit of singing going on in there Oh good I think she's all right And she's got her headphones on I think so yeah She makes me laugh with those on Although I ran the marathon in those headphones And they're torn now in the middle of the earphone

Oh right Which is a shame And where's the Big child Having a little sleep A little sleep May I add That it is only quarter to ten

Oh yeah And this is her longest laying of the holiday She's been really good at getting up She has She's been in a lovely mood for most part Yeah She has The girls have got on really well

They've done all right There's been a few little tiffs But nothing that you wouldn't expect No But I have said to them both They need to when they get home spend a bit more time together

because they do actually get on they do have a laugh they like ganging up on you don't they? Yes, they do I think I've been quite a good sport actually I don't think there's been many occasions where I've been relaxing here

on the, there's that nice bed thing what's that called? The cabana, isn't it? The cabana. It's like a plank of wood with a mattress on it suspended from some rope Yeah.

And I can be laying there, as you can hear, the grasshoppers chirping away with their... Well, they're not chirping away, are they? I wouldn't say they're chirping. Aren't they rubbing their legs together? They are. It's that time of the year for them where they get a bit excitable. A bit like yourself. And I could be sitting on that bed relaxing, reading my book.

And then you just hear the... Daddy! And getting called into the pool. I'm straight in there. I am I'm not sure you've been straight in there I think I've been very good no I think we have

and we have both taken turns and I've read a whole book I've read my whole book the flat share I've only read half of mine this month's book I know you're quite a slow reader aren't you

well it's a very complicated book and what I find is I read a bit and then I've been distracted halfway through reading that sentence what's your book about because I haven't heard much about it. It's all about the history of what we eat and where it all comes from. I learnt some interesting things though. Well, suddenly Mark's read half a book and he is a professional on

weight loss and nutrition now. I wouldn't say I'm a professional but I've had an interesting insight. I didn't know that cooking, the effect of cooking on the development of human beings. years ago, people were cooking. Yeah. It's incredible. Well, they had fire, didn't they? It ties in extremely well, I think, with your programme that's been on while we've been away. Well, I love cooking.

Cooking brings people together. Well, it's an animal instinct, effectively, from what I've been reading. Fantastic. It's the reason our brains are so big. Brilliant. We got efficient harvesting energy from food, so we don't have to continually graze. It's absolutely fascinating.

I've enjoyed that book. I'm disappointed, though, but I've only read half of it. And I always find that when I go away, I mean, I've brought half a library with me. Why did you bring so many reading materials? Obviously, I was ambitious. Well, I read my book. We got right into it. And I have brought another book with me, but I haven't really got into it.

But I'm going to continue to read when I get home. I do enjoy it. You got right back into them, aren't you? Yeah. Historical Beano annuals. What year was the one you bought? Shut up. What was the bounty?

No. I used to have, I used to have. Bino and Dandy. No, I used to have Mandis and Bunties. And they were brilliant. Perks of the family business. I used to get every. annual and every magazine. That's fantastic. I can still hear Joni singing away in there.

Yeah. Her ear's bad though. Her ear will be bad when we want to go for breakfast in a minute. She's just not a fan of the bacon there, is she? She's very upset about the sausages. Yeah. As a sausage connoisseur, of which she certainly is. Well, unfortunately, we can't get the 97% poor Eminus sausages out here, so she'd have to wait until she gets home. No, we don't have any franchises in Crete, did they? Liddle? Oh, um... M&S have got European branches.

They have, yeah. I don't... I've not seen one here. No, I haven't. I've seen a Liddle. Well, that could be your next calling. What's that? You could have an M&S franchise out here, couldn't you?

You could set one up? Could do, yeah. Perfect. I'm not sure how that would go. I'm not really business-minded, but... What, it has... I tell you what it has... taught me though out here.

I'd like a gas hob. Yeah. All the mod cons. No, but it's so lovely because it's the great big one. It's got five rings on it. And we've got an induction hob, haven't we?

And it is not the same cooking without gas. It's interesting because whilst you've been enjoying cooking on an actual naked flame, I've been reading about it. And I think it's like an insight into your sort of natural, deep-rooted genetics that you like cooking on actual fire?

Maybe. You're probably closer to your Neanderphal self than you realise. Do you see what I mean, everybody? 150 pages of a book and this is the stuff I've got to listen to. So what are the plans for today being the last day? Well, it's not very sunny today It will be later I know, yeah

It's very humid I don't feel like I've got much of a tan Which is a shame I feel like we sort of have to do a bit of everything I feel like I need to get on that hammock And read a page Just so I can say I've been on the hammock again I haven't yet sat on those deck chairs up there

You know up on the That would be nice Obviously Very lucky We've got a little pool and it's got a little slide. The slide's been brilliant, actually. Slides been excellent. You've enjoyed a slide, haven't you?

I've had a go on it a few times. You have? Yeah. I get a bit funny about the pool and everyone jumping on me and stuff because I can't touch the bottom of the pool. It's very deep, isn't it, the pool? Yeah, it's very small pool. It's probably...

You say it's small, babe. The four of us are in there swimming with giant inflator balls. It's not that small. Well, once we've got four inflatables bobbing around, there's not a lot of room. No. Hence the bumper car game that we've designed and invented. That's quite good, the bumper car game. The challenges have been fun.

The challenges have been good to watch. You've enjoyed those, haven't you? You've not really participated in a challenge. You've done one. It's like hard work. Killed me. Absolutely killed me. Quite a good exercise.

The challenges have consisted of, um, inflatables, woggles, armbands, and Joni sort of doing laps of different things with going down the slide included. It's been interesting. A bit like that programme that used to be on, what was it called? When you'd run over staff and run the risk? No. Dave Benson Phillips? No.

Similar. Was it? Yes. That was a classic. That's brought back. a few memories, I think, to a few listeners. Classic Saturday morning, I think that was on. You've done well, haven't you?

You've always held the mantle for, you've given up the time to sit on that deck chair with your, by that time, your glass of Sangria. Yeah. And really paid attention to the challenge. Oh, I've been a judge, haven't I? You've been the judge. The sun's nice over there at that time as well. Yeah, it's funny.

You always choose that particular. Deck chair as well. Oh, it's lovely. Whilst I'm getting battered by two children. I don't know how you do it. Drown. Got bruises. Hair pulled.

Can we talk about the food? What food? We've been enjoying every evening. Oh, it's been lovely. A little village that we're next to. We're in. It's called Kuta Lafari, if you'd like to look it up. It's a lovely little village.

And there's probably... Well, it's just all restaurants and little bars. So nice. Little souvenir shops, restaurants and bars. But it's right out the way. And just lovely little traditional Greek tavernas. We've been eating lovely grilled meats, haven't we? Mezes.

Masakas. It's been really lovely food, actually. I can't say I've had a bad meal, really. It's interesting because the staple Greek diet is very similar. Oh, my God. It's a chapter three of my book. Well, actually, the European diet is, Mediterranean diet, is much better for you. Because you can see, they don't have a lot of processed stuff.

They really don't. A lot of it is your meats, your salads. I mean, there is a lot of pastry involved, I have to say. I was going to say the spinach and feta cheese, pastries. I'm going to miss it so much. I'm going to have to go, I'm going to go home and find. find a lovely Greek, there'll be a Greek shop somewhere where you can buy those, like a Greek bakery.

Of course there will be. I know, I just don't, but I am going to, or I'm going to make one, I'm going to make it. Oh yeah. I think I could make the spinach and feta. Of course you, of your talents as we're seeing on the television at the moment. Thank you. More than capable. Thank you very much.

Is there any more coffee in the pot? It might be a tiny bit. Let's go have a look in here. We've got the oldest coffee machine, but it's so good. The big filter jug and you fill up the... Can you hear her? I've got an earache. I've got an earache.

I'll have a drop more, babe We've got no more milk though That's all right I quite like it like that Yeah no it's quite nice strong In it The Greek way Yeah you've been getting quite into the

A sort of Greek way of life There's been no plate smashing I've noticed in any of these traditional restaurants Which I find slightly strange No because that's quite a Is that not done? these days. I suppose really, it's not very environmentally friendly. No.

No, wherever I go on holiday, I'll get into it. I thought you're going to say you get insects, insect bites. Well, I do, yeah, I've been bitten alive. You've had a few, haven't you? Yeah. It's not the bite that's the worry. It's the way I react to them. Yes. They're slightly dramatic.

They sort of flare up, don't they? They do. As do you? Yeah. But that's all right. Well, when we get home, it's meant to be baking hot. I know that's something to look forward to. We can get that paddling pool up in the garden. I've got a bit of work to do when I get home.

But all fun things, I feel so lucky that I'm going home. And it's not sort of back to the grind. Do you know what I mean? I'm going home to do things that I want to do, which wouldn't have been the case a couple of years ago. It would have been back to the grind, wouldn't it? Well, it depends. I loved it, but it's still back to the grind.

Yeah. I mean, you'd have to maybe get in the car and drive somewhere and spend an hour or two somewhere, doing some work. Shut up. No, but I mean the line learning and not knowing what you're doing each week. He's just very different to me now, knowing for the next couple of weeks exactly what I'm doing. What are you doing Tuesday? Nothing.

We're doing Wednesday? Magazine shoot. We do a Thursday. A shoot. Another shoot. Which one? Can't say. All right, you're very good.

You're across the diary. Very impressive. And then we've got Joni's birthday. I know. Another milestone. Nine. That'd be lovely. Yeah, I'm looking forward to that.

She is a funny little thing. She doesn't want to do much. No. She just wants to put the tee-p tent up in the garden and play games in it. And do you know what? force these children she's not big on parties and at the moment

she's not really big on people big on the family but I said do you want any friends over do you want to do anything and she's like not really just want to be with you guys that's nice though

and that's pretty impressive after having 10 days with us solidly well I'll tell you something it won't last for long so let's enjoy it while it lasts what do you mean or should be not wanting to

be with us soon. Yeah. I'm sure that won't be the case. Eliza's enjoyed being with us. She has, yeah. And she's looking forward to the weekend being in the tent. What's been really nice? You know, I mean, it's, you know, each night, the last three or four days before going

out for dinner. Yeah. We've taken a wander up into the village and we've gone to that nice rooftop bar. Oh, it's so nice. Now, yes, I know we're taking a nine-year-old and a 14-year-old. old to a cocktail bar. Fair enough. There's loads of kids in there, come on. Once we're upstairs on that roof, the Uno comes out.

Oh, it's brilliant. Joni takes a lamp and the ashtray off the table. We start playing, and we just sit there and play cards. And what's nice is you look around at the other families, and there's a lot of mobile phone activity. There's a lot. From both the parents and the children. I mean, I have been quite shocked.

I have to say I've been quite shocked at the. the level of mobile phone activity in the evenings around dinner tables. They're actually not talking to each other. No one's talking. And their children, some of the children are Joan's age, if not younger, and they're on the phone and they don't look up from the phone. Me and Eliza have been watching it. And it's nice because the kids just want to play a card game,

and that is genuine. That's not instilled upon them as they want to do that. But that has been instilled over, you have to do that. Do you see what I mean? It's because I'm a board game person and we're cards, we've always played cards, happy families. We haven't played those cards I just found in that bowl, have we? Oh my God. Only you could have found a pack of Greek cards with the Karmusutra on them.

It's not the Karmusitra, from what I understand. Well, I think it's specifically Greek illustrations, historical illustrations from over the years of different activities. Right. Well. Now made into quite a classy looking pack of cards that are available in most of the gift shops around the village, I would imagine. What is it with the gift shops? What is it with the penises? There's a lot of fertility, isn't it?

What do you mean? Well, it's like, symbols of... Very large penises as wine openers. Yeah, there's quite a few of those. Yeah. Key ring holders. Well, and the women ones. The women ones are good.

Are we? I think they're hilarious. They're sort of... pair of boobs which are rubber that you squeeze and they sort of grow up like a stress boy at ball stress boy stress boy stress boy is stressed boy have you treated me to one of those my birthday's coming up no what am i going to do about your birthday i've got to do all that when i get home a lot to do not to sort out on the subjects of gifts yeah the girls did a nice thing didn't they oh they did such a lovely thing for me So, as you all know, we went to the Oasis a couple of weeks ago

before coming on holiday And there's a beautiful little art shop in the village And there's a lady who just sits painting Anyway, we went in to have a little look And it's like the life that you want You just sits in this shop painting all day It's like perfect Pod

Pod in Kootilafari It is called Pod isn't it I think it's pictures on demand Very good Possibly I've read it somewhere I thought, oh, that's quite clever. Anyway, she's painting away, and we went in,

and she was doing a picture of Nolan Liam. And we watched her paint this over a couple of days. We kept going in to have a look, beautiful. Anyway, the girls were sort of scheming, and I did know what they were doing. I did have an idea. Did you? Yes.

Oh, I've sported out now. They kept popping in the bathroom and saying they were going out on their own. But what was lovely is you gave them pocket money, didn't you, for the holiday? yes and they've spent their money on this painting well Eliza has she spent all of her money Eliza yeah she's stumped up all of the money

but I gave her Joni you know put in a third she dipped in to the purse and pulled out a little bit of money but they came home and I unwrapped it and they'd bought me this picture so now we've got a beautiful picture

Nolan Liam and it's so nice because we've watched it being painted. It's from our holiday. We saw Oasis before coming out, so it means a lot. I'm going to put it in the lounge, I think. Yeah, it's nice.

It's really, really lovely. I'll put a little picture up and a name of the shop. I'll pop it on Instagram for you all. Lovely, lovely little shop. She does a lot of commissions for the UK, doesn't she? Yeah, she said that, yeah.

She said all she's been doing is Oasis people. Yeah. She was. She was saying, Noel and Liam and Liam. Didn't she? She did. I don't think she was well?

I think she was possibly from Crete, but... Possibly, yeah. But the grasshoppers have chirped up again. This will be a little bit like, though, when you talk about aeroplanes flying over and you won't actually hear a thing. Maybe. It's funny how you get used to it,

because it's quite loud. Yeah, they are loud. I had to do a voice note to somebody earlier, earlier in the week, and all they talked about was the background noise. on the voice note saying how it sounded like it had been put on to sound like I was away What about the grasshoppers that were making love on the chair

Yeah, what about them Eliza was disgusted, wasn't she? No, I think she was more bothered about the fact It was a grasshopper I don't think she cared too much about what was going on She said, I can't believe they're doing that in front of us As if they're sort of doing it on purpose right

yeah oh the sun's come out the sun has come out oh it's going to be roasting now well I'm pleased we're going home to nice weather because I think it's been a bit miserable whilst we've been away

so we've been very lucky oh good timing perfect timing yeah I haven't checked the cameras actually I should see what the weather's been like I did check the cameras to see what the grass was doing it's got a bit long

well there's a paddling pool going on it for a week soon so I won't worry about it but it needs a cut you can cut it but I am going to put it up life's too short I was messaging earlier

and I said oh no we're going to put the pool up on Thursday because then it's Joni's birthday Saturday and she was like it's a bit of grass

it's crazy she put the pool up for the kids and it's true I agree so that'll be nice next week something to look forward to

we'll have to work out some sort of slide maybe I could put a scaffold plank in there or something like that Let Joni slide off into it It's not going to be quite the same It's not quite the same no

I don't think it's also going to be about 25 degrees in there But Never mind Oh we went in the sea didn't we We did go in the sea We went on a boat trip didn't we We did That was an interesting one

It's an interesting day out Went to an island didn't we It was lovely Just didn't expect it to be so busy on the boat. It was busy. But it was quite a big boat. I think what you were expecting was some sort of super yacht with a crew of about 20 people

and a laid table and, you know, sun loungers. I didn't expect that for the money we paid. I thought it was very good value, actually. It was extremely good value. But it was getting the tray of food carrying it up the stairs. It was like being on the back of a piano ferry in the middle of English Channel bobbing around

Yeah, not for me really Not for me I enjoyed it I thought it was really good fun And I loved jumping off the back of the boat And I enjoyed the island that we went to Yeah, it was interesting Was it called spin-a-longer?

Spin-a-longer, yeah Amazing The last, what was it? Well it was they put people who suffered of leprosy on it and up until 1957 which is mad yeah and it was before that it had been a fort really

it was fortified no it was really interesting really funny we had an amusing tour guides oh he was great really good value nice guy really good come and take a picture if you like come closer come closer

my group come closer here we have the laundry room of the lepers if you would like to come into the church and take a picture come closer he was good on he was that the impression I thought it was quite good yeah I mean I'm sure he wouldn't have an issue with that

he loved us because we were listening to him intently and we weren't being rude No. Weren't talking when he was talking. No. He really liked us.

We kept a time. Gave him a tip as well, didn't I? Yeah. He was excellent. Liked him. Yeah. No, very good. What have you got to do when you get home?

I've got a meeting on Monday. Oh, early doors. I've got Tuesday. I'm off. So that'll be preparing by the towns of things the paddling pool, cutting the grass. Lovely. Getting things in order. Wednesday, I've got a meeting.

Oh, the slides come on. Thursday, um, I can't, one of my, oh no, sorry, Tuesday, I'm at the proms. I've got a busy, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday I'm working. I'm going to get back straight into it. Thursday, I'm off. So Monday cut the grass. Yes. And put the pool up in it, and we put it up in the night, so it shows up overnight.

Yeah, okay. And then, um, what are we doing? And it's full on into birthday mode for, absolutely the birthday girl yeah it'll be lovely I feel I've got a busy couple of weeks not too bad you're all right I've got quite a lot to do

in my mind quite a lot of studying to do for my course and I've also got a bit of writing to do quite a few bits and pieces to be getting on with what are you writing The live podcast show Oh

When I say writing It sort of writes itself Because of the fantastic audience members Well you're just going to rely on them Yeah basically So they're going to come in And what are they going to do it A sentence each

Provide it to you on a bit of paper This is what I've got to work out Yeah But it'll be alright It's quite a thing isn't he I've never heard Michael McIntyre say That he's relying on the audience to do his show Well he's a stand-up comedian

So it's a bit different That sounds good So really you're just sort of presenting a show written by the audience Sort of yeah Is there going to be a texting element of your life show? I hope so, yeah Like I say, got to work it all out Okay

Not promising anything yet No double 7-8 201919 If you'd like to drop me a little message message on things you'd like to see at the live show. Any ideas you've got to be welcome. Help my creative juices flow. Not that you haven't thought about what you're going to do at the live show. Of course. That's purely just additional material. Bonus. Bonus material to go with the pages and pages that you were scribbling away at the other day. Absolutely. Yeah. On the

ideas. We haven't set up on those deck chairs yet. I think I'll get bitten up there at the moment Yeah It's a lot of greenery A lot of foliage It's still a bit shady Prime time that for the mosquitoes

Oh They love it, they do We've gained another inflatable to take home Haven't we? Oh, we have That's something it's interesting What's that? Well

Our little float that Joni like seemed to have It seems to have deflated her little bodyboard thing. That's a shame. Oh no, I think that's because the clip was, you know, the valve was left open. Oh, was it? I looked at it last night. Oh, fine. But what I was going to ask you was, how many families fly away somewhere on holiday

and take some of their inflatable toys with them? We've got a flamingo. We've got the watermelon, which we got when we're a, brought in Corfu last year. That's correct. But we flew home. Yep. And we've now flown it back out to the Greek islands.

We have yet. I think there's quite a lot of people that would do that. Okay. And we are now taking home an additional seal. We have Simi the seal. So it's very hard to sit on. You haven't mastered it yet, have you? Doesn't work for me.

No, it doesn't. The seal seems to. sort of just like what are you sorry I'm coming around because I wanted to sit on the comfy seat oh sorry

I've got that I've now um got the holiday bug by the way what's that well you know that I've never really enjoyed going abroad been stressed by it and stuff I feel like I've really overcome that this holiday I'm good

I've really overcome it I've really enjoyed it and I now understand you know you work you work hard and the holiday time being away as a family switching off is so important it is you do feel quite relaxed very good for the brain recharge and can I also say for people listening

who haven't been on holiday this year. I hope you've all had lovely summer at home. There's loads to do at home. I love being at home. When I'll get home, I won't feel bad about going home. The kids like being at home. It's nice to enjoy the garden. Nice to do little day trips out.

I mean, we and Mark were only saying our kids are so lucky because me and Mark never went abroad with our families, did we? Not really, no. Which mean not really? Well, OK, no, we didn't. I was just thinking about it. I never went on a plane with my mum and dad. No, I didn't.

Never went anywhere. So they're very, very lucky. I did do a French trip at school in Year 7. I did a trip to Disneyland, Paris when I was doing my A-Levels. I think I went to Belgium in Year 8. I didn't go anywhere. No. Trying to think of the first time

I flew anywhere I was I was 16 and I went to Barbados with Jack Rider and his family It was brilliant That was your first flight

First flight Quite a large one really Slumming it to Barbados Yeah Yeah I can't remember my first one I think possibly to a beefer

possibly I can't actually remember though really if I'm honest yeah but that was one of the first ones that's very I'd like you yeah I don't know why I don't remember that so the itinerie for today what are we doing

I'm easy okay so we've got a 14 year old teenager who needs to get out of bed we've then got to go for breakfast tricky because the three of us want to go but Joni doesn't want to go for breakfast That's when the earache will start up

Then she'll get the earache, yeah She really because of the sausage quality I know but she can have a bit of bacon She can She hasn't been overly Adventurous is she On the food front Last night she had some white beans

Didn't she? She did and she Had some meatballs She enjoyed those She really enjoyed those Tried a bit of tomatoes Didn't like that Did she?

She's standing now by the window with a pair of... What is she doing? What are you doing, babe? I think she's trying to say that she's singing. Oh. Yeah, she has made a bit of a miraculous recovery on the earfront. She did have neurophen, though. Yes.

All I can see when I look at you. It's in the background Joni's singing of her headphones on. Oh, she's gone. What a shame. Yeah, so we need to get everyone on track really, don't we? We need to all want to do the same thing. Go out for breakfast.

Then we need to... What are we going to do for lunch? What's been really nice on this holiday because it isn't all-inclusive when we're in a villa? The food aspect has been much more... Yes. Normal, should we say? Yeah, I've not been having three or four cake type things for breakfast every day, which is only a good thing.

I have to say when you do the all-inclusive, it is very hard not to over it. Well, we've only ever done one all-inclusive holiday. That is true. And that was last year. And I think we learned a lesson. I'm not saying I wouldn't do it again, but I would be really strict on what I ate. Yeah. But if we have a large breakfast that say half-11, we don't tend to have lunch, do we?

We just go and have dinner. No. And the girls will have a packet of crisp or something. It's easy. isn't it? I'd really like one of those spinach and feta parcels. I'm not going to lie to you.

Oh. I need one. Go to the bakery. Do you think I could... Fly some home? You were going to say that then, weren't you? Fly some home.

Do you think they would travel all right? I don't know if you're allowed to do that. Can you fly food stuff? Not in my suitcase. I mean, if at the airport they've got some, can I just take them in a carry bag? Oh. I don't.

I honestly don't know. I thought there was a rule about that I could be who knows that'll be a million messages we'll see see when we get to the airport but no I would like one of those today

okay last you know the last hurrah well you're talking about sitting on the deck chair that you've not sat on I'd quite like his spinach and feta pastry yeah whilst maybe being in the hammock no because you'd have crumbs all over the pole then

oh like my worst nightmare Your worst nightmare is crumbs over a smoothball Crumbs over anything other than a plate Okay Fair enough What about the guy that we've booked our table with tonight Oh he's hilarious

Real character, isn't he? He looks like Imagine Lionel Bart I keep saying Lionel Bart You mean Lionel Blair Lionel Bart Lionel Blair Did the music for Oliver

Lionel Blair is who I'm talking about The guy just randomly burst into dance He burst into dance He was on extras With Ricky Jervais And he did What did he do?

Help me! Chirrads What did you call it? What was the show? Oh my god You lost me Don't be ridiculous Chirrard's?

Yes On ITV he presented it charades the other name for charades there'll be people screaming now oh I can't believe it screaming out the name

I'll have to Google it I can't have this you can't Google it that breaks a tradition no I can't have it right Joni your ear hurts your ear hurts

Joni you've been singing for an hour to be honest with you my ears hurt no I'm joking Lionel Blair yeah give us a clue

thank God for that I've no idea give us a clue it was brilliant I don't know no that was the name of the programme oh give us a clue hello Joanie but that's who this guy looks like

in the restaurant the owner Joanie we're just talking about the owner of the restaurant we're going to tonight funny looking isn't he You're saying Lionel Blair's funny looking I don't say he's funny looking No he's a real character He likes Joni

He gave us a really nice table we have a night And we're going back there And Johnny has made a new friend on holiday Haven't you darling Yeah Are you hoping to see your friend again tonight Yeah And what is your friend?

A cat Lots and lots of cats we've noticed in this village and there's a lovely tabby cat that Joni made friends with in the restaurant, didn't you? Oh, she's full of the joys. Her ears hurting.

She doesn't want to talk. Fair enough, darling. Good singing, though, a minute ago. You hear? Yeah, we heard. Is it? It's quite loud. I'm a head friend, John.

Are you looking forward to having some bacon at breakfast time? I don't want to go out. Pardon? I think it'll be nice to go out for our last morning. I want to get something from the shop. And what do you want to get from the shop? Bacon, flour, milk and eggs. So Daddy can do bacon and pancakes.

Self-raising flour. I don't think were you self-raising flour and pancakes, Joanie Oh, what one do we use? Plain flour Yeah We're not going to buy all the ingredients

though, Joanie because it would be a waste Wouldn't it? Because we go tomorrow Why don't we go to the place we went to yesterday We can ask for a plain pancake And some bacon

All right Well, this is what I was saying This is one of the challenges Because then what we'll have Once we've overcome the breakfast brunch saga There'll then be a little conflict of interest I think in terms of what we're doing in the afternoon But we'll see

I think we should just go with the flow Like the slide Yes Joni's going on the slide Joni's going to have a day off from the pool are you A sensible I think You can do some of your workbooks that money bought you No

I want to do this Brilliant Watching TV Brilliant Have you had a lovely holiday though Joni Yeah Well I've loved it

I've loved having Us time You not doing a hundred things at home Yes Not rushing around No Not worrying about work Emails etc

A tiny bit A tiny bit You have as well to be fair bit, everything that's been completely necessary, but it's been lovely. We have been good. We've managed, I mean, there's been things I've had to do whilst I've been away, which has been unfortunate. But I think we've done very well in terms of...

I've done really well. Yeah. It is good. And that is important. It's very, very easy, isn't it, these days to get tied up? Because you're so contactable or it's possible for you to do stuff still remotely. Yeah. Very easy for people.

Yep. so yeah we do feel like we've switched off right should we start our day then well we've got the excitement of waking up eliza fantastic are you going to go are you going to do that or shall I no I'll go okay good luck thank you you can take the backup of joanie with you to no she'll be all right she'll be all right she'll wake up easy it's late now right I hope you've enjoyed our lovely little conversation on our last day of holiday We're very relaxed. I hope it's relaxed due. We're back to the grind, back to the studio, back home soon. And before we know, it'll be September. Kids will be back to school. And you'll be talking about Christmas. Woo-hoo! See you, everyone. Bye.