John (Only girls will get it)

I can’t let a blog go by without some comments about John.

Travelling with your life partner 24/7 presents its challenges.

John is a bit OTT when it comes to his nic nac bag. John’s nic nac bag contains his technology accessories.

I think I’m putting it mildly to say the contents of the nic nac bag have driven me crazy for the past 24 days! Totally obsessed, it’s the first job tackled every evening. If we found a power board at our Airbnb, John’s stress level immediately abated. I called it ‘The Grand Plug-in’.

Another of John’s stresses appeared on Niamh’s instrument panel about a week ago.

What is Adblue? No feckin’ idea! Although it said we had a 2400km range, John was worried. We stopped at every service station known to man in search of Adblue. Unfortunately, as Irish luck would have it, there seemed to be a nationwide shortage of Adblue.

You can imagine the relief, when finally, yesterday, a bottle of the precious liquid was sourced.

John was triumphant!

John also, I think, preferred navigating to driving. Why you ask? Because he could use the paper map, the phone, the tablet and the Sat Nav all at the same time to work out our route! Blokes just need to be doing something with their hands!