To anyone out there worried about the prospect of taking a toddler on a long-haul flight, my best advice to you is this: don’t worry about the flight. Worry about the jet-lag, instead. Because, the thing is, all flights, no matter how long they seem, eventually have to end, don’t they? …

OK, I know April is just a distant memory to most of you by now, but I’m really keen to do some more of the diary-style posts I used to write back in Ye Olde Days of this blog, and April seemed as good a place as any to start: mostly …