"As a kid (yup that’s me) packing for a holiday was simple. Whatever I could find from last year’s inflatable collection, a bare minimum of clothing and perhaps a book (just to keep mum off my back), was all I needed.

Loading up the suitcases for our half-term break to the Sinai Peninsula totally taxed my nine year-old's grey matter. She didn't know which gadget to take and which  to sacrifice for reading material (to keep her mum happy).''

Read Peter Jenkinson's column in full.

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