In The States, we call it ‘Murphy’s Law’, in England, it’s ‘Sod’s Law’, other places it’s ‘Chaos Theory’ – call it what you want, it’s a pain in the ass. See, a few years ago, I planned spending Christmas/NYE with my then-girlfriend, and, of course, a few weeks before we split up. 3 years later and I plan on spending it alone and of course I meet someone. And of course I’m gone for 3-4 weeks. 3 weeks after we meet. Is it a good thing that it was full-on for the first part and then time away to evaluate? I’m trying to focus on the good bit – but it sucks. I’m quite sure Scrooge was a pretty nice guy who’s ex was spending the hols in Bali.

At least we photograph really well.