But whilst the itinery may look familiar it all feels very different. The tour season is really over and our tour seems very much the last one in town.

The first realisation of this comes when the tour takes a first visit to the beach. Where there has usually been deck chair and umbrella after deck chair and umbrella each occupied by someone reading, sleeping or having a massage. All there is now is empty deck chairs or no deck chairs at all and just sand.

Another year and another tour. But wait, I can hear some bloggers say, this looks suspiciously like the same tour as last year. Are you sure this isn't actually last year's tour and that you are actually just at home with your chickens?