10 hassles following a good holiday

1. Nature's revenge. Remember what happened when Eyjafjallajökul erupted? Returning from a glorious time to a gloomy time at airport lounges is as good as not having a holiday.

2. Spaced out. Living in an enclosed space after having roamed the beaches and forests suddenly makes you realise how loud your children really are.

3. Bronze age. Using up jars and jars of lightening creams to undo all that excessive tanning makes you wish you had never been on that holiday in the first place.

4. Money madness. Having enjoyed buying things left, right and centre at great conversion rates, you return to a budget that suddenly seems too expensive.

5. Fashion victimhood. The half-a-dozen pairs of Bermuda shorts and breezy Hawaiian shirts you bought suddenly beg to have stayed in the shop.

6. Picture imperfect... If I have to upload one more picture on Facebook so my wife can tag herself whilst her friends comment on her hair, please shoot me.

7. Food for thought. That daring risk you took tucking into the local delicacy... it is still forcing you to live on milk and toast.

8. Crowd mentality. Being in a gaggle of gawking tourists all the time and staring at things makes you incapable of standing and admiring something on your own at your favourite art gallery.

9. Reality check. Dialling a three-digit number from your bedside phone thinking room service will answer... only to realise you need to trundle into the kitchen to make your own morning cuppa.

10. Lost in translation. All those trendy foreign words you used with elan to get around suddenly seem like excess baggage. Unlearning what you have learnt is a natural consequence of going on a holiday.

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