[DIANE W]

Paula, no i wont be off in the summer as such.

The way it works for me is i work 4 days per week and have Fri, Sat and Sunday's off. Any extra i need to take as leave/holiday, this is paid leave, and i get 35 days plus all the Bank Holidays off too - I think things like this may work differently over here though.

I get to decide when and how much of my leave to take. It runs from April - March, which is our tax year. I am going to be off for 3 weeks in August-September as we are going on holiday to Scotland, we are taking my Mother and Father in law too. It is going to be our silver wedding anniversary (25years), whilst we are away so we are really looking forward to it. We are renting a gorgeous house right on the beach practically - Harvey will love to play on the beach.

Of course Harvey is coming too.... though my daughter is not (she is looking forward to staying home alone).