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Unfortunately for most of us, 80% say their body clock still wakes them up when they're on hols and trying to relax, which is probably why just over 60% say they are early risers on holiday and don't have a lie in.

We will return to this when I come back from my hols, possibly with a picture of the excavator, I fancy.

"My SMMR hols wr CWOT," a 13-year-old Scottish student wrote recently in a school essay.

Heifers: Hols to PS1,720; Hols/Fries to PS1,500; Fries to PS1.450.

Heifers: Hols hfrs to PS1,620; Hols/Fries hfrs to PS1,600; Fries hfrs to PS1,520.

80% want term-time hols IN A POLL on our website, 83% of readers said parents should be allowed to take children out of school for two weeks a year to go on holiday.

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He might be the body of the new M&S swimwear range, but model David Gandy admits he hates beach hols as he gets too fidgety - which must be a real pain for girlfriend Mollie King of The Saturdays.

And as we enter the tail end of the summer hols, the latest adventure of Tink is clearly designed to be a must for little girls.

The survey also showed 13 per cent were paying for their hols with a credit card for extra protection and another 13 per cent were hanging on to details of their tour operator and their airline.

This great gift set is the solution to last-minute scrabbling around when the children go back to school in September and have to document all they've done during the summer hols.