Monday, Day 8 and a much earlier start in order to drop Rich off at Malaga airport and to pick up Mo, who is returning on an easyjet flight from Bristol.

The journey by car from Conil to Malaga was much better timed, arriving at Malaga airport around 09:45, just in time to swap my Rich guest for the wife, Mo.

Except that Mo’s flight was an hour late. I’d heard from Mo whilst the plane was taxiing to the runway, on-time at 06:05 BST just as we were leaving Conil and had been informed that everything looked good for a timely departure.

So why the 1 hour delay.

Well, you may find this a little far fetched, but the delay wasn’t due to air traffic control nor as a result of the French being on strike again – easyjet had left a passenger behind at the departure gate. A disabled octagenarian lady had been abandoned at the gate and presumably some kind of last minute head count had revealed a missing passenger. So, the flight returned to the stand retrieved the said little old lady and helped her board the flight.

I think someone probably got their backsides kicked that morning…