A: WE ARE YES OUR FLIGHTS WERE QUITE EXPENSIVE THOUGH BUT I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE TIME OF YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING UM I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT EXPENSIVE BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SIX HUNDRED POUNDS FOR UM A WEEK SO QUITE A LOT CONSIDERING IT'S ONLY FOR THE FLIGHTS

B: SIX HUNDRED POUNDS FOR FLIGHTS THAT'S QUITE INTERESTING

A: YES JUST FOR TWO PEOPLE THAT'S ALL

B: UH IS ROBSON NOT GOING WITH YOU

A: NO HE'S GOING TO BE STAYING WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS

B: AH LUCKY HIM

A: THAT'S THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CHRISTMAS ALTOGETHER AND THEN AFTERWARDS WE'RE GOING OVER TO SEE OUR FRIENDS FOR A WHILE SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT FOUR YEARS SINCE WE'VE SEEN THEM SO IT'LL BE REALLY NICE TO

B: NO IT'S LONG OVERDUE

A: YE YEAH SO IT'LL BE REALLY NICE TO GET OVER THERE AND SEE THEM WHO ELSE IS GOING AWAY WITH YOU IS IT JUST YOU AND LOIDA

B: YEAH YEAH ME AND LOIDA IT'LL BE A GOOD TIME I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE WENT AWAY I THINK I THINK WHEN THE LAST TIME WE WENT WAS BEFORE COVID I WAS TRYING TO WORK THAT OVER UM I THINK THE LAST TIME WE WENT WAS BEFORE COVID AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE SINCE

A: THAT'S A SHAME I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE IN THAT BOAT AS WELL YOU KNOW THEY'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET AWAY BECAUSE OF COVID AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT REASONS WITH WORKING OR NOT SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY HAPPY TO BE GETTING AWAY AGAIN THIS YEAR IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE TO HOW YOU FEEL WHEN YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO DOESN'T IT

B: WELL ABSOLUTELY IT CHANGES YOUR MINDSET COMPLETELY I ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE HOLIDAYS BOOKED AND WE'VE HAD THIS ALICANTE HOLIDAY BOOKED FOR SOME TIME BUT I THINK GOING FORWARD WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE HOLIDAY BOOKED TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND I HAVE SEEN THE COVID RATES ARE GOING UP AGAIN THIS WEEK BUT UM HOPEFULLY THAT'S JUST A A A UM A BLIP IN THE ROAD AND WE CAN WE CAN CONTINUE ON AS NORMAL

A: ABSOLUTELY I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT LIKE THAT YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT PROBABLY WILL PEAK AND THEN START TO DROP DOWN AGAIN ALTHOUGH I GUESS IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE UP TO YOU KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING AGAIN LOTS OF PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR THE JUBILEE SO I THINK IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS DOESN'T IT BUT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO LIVE WITH COVID NOW IT'S THAT WAY WE HAVE TO JUST USE YOUR COMMON SENSE AND WEAR A MASK IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE SHOPS AND IF IF YOU ARE POSITIVE AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE UNWELL YOU WOULD JUST NEED TO EXPLAIN TO YOUR WORK I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WORKS IN TERMS OF TIME OFF NOW AND WHAT YOUR ELIGIBILITY WOULD BE IF IT'S JUST CAUSES ANOTHER SICKNESS IF YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE A SICK NOTE DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT THEN YOUR GUIDELINES TO DO WITH WORK

B: NO I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT IT'S SO HARD TO KEEP A TRACK OF IT SOMETIMES THOUGH UM I DON'T DOUBT THOUGH THAT IF IT WAS TO AFFECT ME I WOULD FIND OUT AND AND DO THE RIGHT THING

A: ABSOLUTELY YOU REMEMBER THAT BOOK THAT GRANDMA USED TO READ TO US WHEN WE WERE YOUNG CALLED THE MAGIC PORRIDGE POT

B: YES I DO A BRILLIANT BOOK A GRE A GREAT SCOTTISH BOOK INTO THE THE BARGAIN BUT SHE USED TO READ IT SO WELL WHAT WHAT A BRILLIANT BOOK THAT WAS

A: IT WAS I I TRIED TO FIND IT RECENTLY AT THE LIBRARY WHEN I WAS THERE AND I COULDN'T FIND IT I ASKED AT THE DESK AND THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHICH ONE I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT AND THIS STORYLINE I KNEW IT REALLY WELL ACTUALLY WHEN I WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT UM BUT I DID HAVE A LOOK ON AMAZON AND IT WAS THERE SO I'VE ORDERED IT AND IT SHOULD BE HERE IN A COUPLE COUPLE OF DAYS BUT IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE I REMEMBER THAT IT'S REALLY REALLY WELL AND IT'S FUNNY THE THINGS YOU REMEMBER FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD DOESN'T IT

B: ABSOLUTELY OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS FIVE YEARS BETWEEN US SO UM YOU'LL REMEMBER CERTAIN THINGS THAT I WOULDN'T REMEMBER AS MUCH BUT I DO REMEMBER THE MAGIC PORRIDGE POT GETTING READ TO US AND AGAIN THE GRANDMA WAS SUCH A GREAT STORYTELLER HER AND GRANDPA TO BE HONEST BUT UM CERTAINLY THEY COULD READ THE BOOK TO KEEP US AND CAPTIVATED

A: THAT'S IT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING IT BECAUSE IT'LL GIVE ME SOME REALLY NICE MEMORIES OF THEM

B: YEAH YEAH

A: I'LL BE ABLE TO PASS ON

B: ABOUT NOSTALGIA AS WELL ISN'T IT AND THE THING IS AS WELL YOU CAN YOU CAN UM READ IT TO ROBSON AND OBVIOUSLY THEN IT BECOMES A YOU KNOW ALMOST PASS DOWN THE THE FAMILY AS SUCH

A: WELL THAT'S THAT I CAN TRY AND RECREATE IT THE WAY THAT SHE USED TO TELL IT TO US WITH ALL THREE VOICES AND THINGS

B: YEAH YOU'D BE DOING WELL IT'D BE AS GOOD AS GRANDMOTHER <LAUGH>

A: AH WELL THAT'S THAT'S TRUE

B: UH EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE IS EVERYTHING I GUESS IT'S

A: YEAH

B: IT'S ALL IT JUST LEARNING THESE THINGS AND YOU KNOW THESE WE <DTMF> THINGS THAT STAY IN YOUR MEMORY I GUESS AND DON'T GET ME WRONG IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I ROUTINELY REMEMBERED BUT WHEN YOU MENTIONED IT THERE I I KNEW STRAIGHT AWAY WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT

A: IT'S INTERESTING ISN'T IT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T NOTICED THAT THEY'VE MADE A CARTOON OF IT QUITE A LOT OF THE OLD FAIRY TALES HAVE ALL BEEN MADE INTO CARTOONS BUT THAT ONE'S NEVER BEEN MADE INTO CARTOON AND IT'S SUCH A NICE LITTLE STORY SO IT WOULD BE SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO WATCH IT AS WELL

B: YEAH NO I I WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE UM NICE OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN UM I'M NOT SO SURE IT HAS A GREAT SELLING POINT OTHER THAN SCOTLAND THOUGH AND

A: MM

B: MAYBE SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW IT'S CONSIDERED MAKING UP HERE BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW POPULAR IS OUT WITH SCOTLAND AS A STORY

A: AND THAT'S A FAIR POINT ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT IT MM I DID NOTICE THAT THEY'RE REMAKING THE MOVIE OF THE LITTLE MERMAID DID YOU SEE THAT

B: OH REALLY IS IT A DISNEY PRODUCTION

A: I THINK IT MIGHT BE BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE IN REAL LIFE YOU KNOW MORE KIND OF REAL LIFE AS OPPOSED TO ANIMATED

B: AH YEAH DISNEY ARE GOING IN A A VERY DIFFERENT DIRECTION I THINK UM SO T TO KINDA MOVING AWAY FROM THE ANIMATED SIDE OF THINGS UH NOT CERTAINLY BEING ABSOLUTELY ANIMATED THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO MOVE AWAY AND YOU KNOW DIVERSIFY THEIR THEIR FILMS <DTMF> BUT THAT'S BEEN THE LAST SORT OF DECADE OR SO THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT

A: ABSOLUTELY IT'S IT'S QUITE INTERESTING THOUGH HOW THEY'RE THEY'RE REMAKING THESE THINGS AND SORT OF BRINGING IT INTO NEW ERA IT'S QUITE IT'S QUITE GOOD I HAVEN'T SEEN

B: YEAH

A: I HAVEN'T SEEN THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST AND I KNOW THAT THEY REMADE THAT I'VE NEVER WATCHED THAT OR THE LION KING ACTUALLY I'VE NOT SEEN THEM

B: NO NEITHER HAVE I AND LOIDA WENT TO SEE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST THOUGH HE SAID IT WAS VERY GOOD

A: OH REALLY

B: IT WAS THE ONE WITH UH EMMA WATSON WASN'T THAT

A: OKAY NO I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO WATCH THEM YET BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I SHOULD WATCH BECAUSE I I LOVE THAT FILM AS A YOUNG CHILD I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT

B: ABSOLUTELY DO YOU REMEMBER WE USED TO WATCH EVERY SINGLE WEEK MODERN LIFES HOMEWARD BOUND

A: THAT'S RIGHT AND I THINK WITH THAT MOVIE IT WAS REALLY DIFFERENT FOR US BECAUSE THE ANIMALS TALKED REMEMBER SO WE WE SORT OF USED TO THINK THE ANIMALS REALLY COULD TALK AND IT WAS THAT SORT OF WONDER OF HOW DID THEY MAKE THE ANIMALS DO THAT YOU KNOW IT WAS I LOVE THAT

B: THAT'S GREAT YEAH

A: WE EVEN NAMED OUR <OVERLAP> CAT AFTER THE CAT REMEMBER

B: OH WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE CAT AGAIN

A: SASSY

B: YES THAT'S RIGHT SHE WAS A GREAT CAT <DTMF> CAN YOU BELIEVE SHE WAS TWENTY TWO WHEN SHE DIED

A: WOW THAT'S OLD MY CAT THAT I HAD JUST SADLY RECENTLY HAD TO BE PUT DOWN AND SHE LIVED TO FOURTEEN SO TO THINK THAT SHE WAS A WHOLE EIGHT YEARS OLDER THAN HER IS CRAZY BECAUSE SYDNEY WAS REALLY OLD SHE SHOWED HER AGE QUITE QUICKLY YOU KNOW AFTER A WHILE SHE WAS YOU COULD TELL THAT SHE WAS OLD SHE JUST WASN'T AS SPRITELY AS SHE USED TO BE SO TO THINK SASSY WAS A WHOLE EIGHT YEARS OLDER THAN THAT AS IT WAS ALWAYS <OVERLAP>

B: <OVERLAP> FOR CATS TO BELIEVE