On holiday again – anatomy intact!
Submitted on 29 / October / 2007I began writing this on Tuesday 16th October in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 at Heathrow, waiting for a late night flight to Athens, a change of airline, and then on to Crete. There I would meet up with Paula (wife) and her parents who live on that wonderful island. I should have travelled out early Tuesday morning with Paula but a business meeting, that everyone but I could make, got in the way. As you imagine Paula was not hugely impressed as I only decided to tell her on the Saturday after the CILA lunch. I was careful to ensure all the sharp knives were out of the way until the tension lifted.
Not only had the build-up to the CILA lunch been rather fraught but it was added to by Peter, the decorator, who arrived at the same time (two months late) to start on the hall, stairs and landing and causing the cat to have apoplexy! The washing machine also flooded the kitchen the day before the holiday! Is it me or does this happen to all loss adjusters?
The week in Crete was a significant tonic, as usual, and I have returned to the inevitable pile of post and 300 million e-mails. I thought after the CILA lunch life would be quiet – but far from it. The SIG conference, participation in the Lloyds DR Summit and Benfield Hazard Research Centre seminar on the floods are now imminent, but then I am sure it will quieten down or will it be the run up to Christmas!