How do you prepare yourself and family for a week in Jersey? I am not saying I got it right but my strategy was to make them watch a particularly early episode of Bergerac and endlessly play the theme tune to the series at breakfast for a week or so before. Excellent conditioning all round.

So off we set a nice relaxed start from the station and we were soon  in Jersey, no problems other than missing the train and having too many bags, the usual stuff.

This trip sees us in a very fancy tent staying in a wild life centre (zoo) that was set up by Gerald Darrell. It’s lovely and if the weather holds out its going to be great.

I am sure the kids will want to say something about it the zoo so I may leave it to them. It’s really good for lemurs.

As with every easter we had a very generous visit from the Easter Bunny but I have to say that he can’t be too clever. While liberally scattering small chocolate treats about the tent, which at the time was very very cold, he decided to put a small ganache filled egg under Siobhans pillow. At 4.30 in the morning I was woken up by a very confused wife sitting up hands in front of her, covered in molten chocolate. I can only describe it as like the scene in the godfather when the movie producer finds the head of his prize horse in his bed. Crazy crazy stuff. All I could think about was just how could someone make so much mess with such a small egg it was everywhere and naturally the bedding was a perfect white.

The rest of the week is animals, sea, a hill race and I think some nice wine….