I have at least 15 days of holiday to use up by the end of the year. It might be more than that because of the 10 days I have taken I worked at least a couple of them.

So, with the statutory holiday days over Christmas I could take well over 3 weeks leave in the next 6 weeks.

On my old contract you were able to sell holiday days back to the company if you needed extra cash, or if you had the cash and wanted more time off you could buy extra holiday days. I don't think that applies to my new contract though, pity.

I'll use the days up though, Clare has a new job in the daytime so the more days I can be at home to pick Georgia up from school the better.

Sometimes it would be nice to take some time off and have absolutely nothing to do.