Little 'old Britain, like most of the western world is suffering a so called 'Credit Crunch', which is just a way of avoiding the word recession.

Truth is we are not in a recession, In the UK we have seen prices rise like a well prepared soufflé recently, with a warning that the soufflé s about to be loaded on to the space shuttle.

The latest warning is from energy suppliers that prices are to rise more than 60% over the next year. All prices, food, energy and fuel is mainly caused by the oil price doubling in less than a year, I say mainly because some food prices have risen due to grain issues, but hey! let's not get all analytical here!

The latest news came the other morning with a radio WM item outlining most Britt's are holidaying inside the UK this year to save costs. This comes just as I had posted a cheque (yes, I still have some of those paper paying things) for a week's holiday in Wales – No I'm not Pinocchio, that's Wales not Whales.

We had decided this when, looking at finances found flights during the school holidays were more than £1000 for me, wife and youngest kidlett virtually anywhere in Europe. Yes, we have a tunnel to get to France but really........France..........It's full of French people, need I say more? So I am depending of the great British summer to break it's habit of raining the second I push the key in the car's ignition.