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It’s been a busy week. It always is before you go away. I think I got everything done, though, and even if I didn’t, next week is a work week, so I can do it while I’m away and email whatever errant job it was back to the office.

My July travel plans have changed, yet again, but at least I’ve now booked all the places I’m going to stay on my trip, so I just need to sort out how I’m going to get between them all and I’ll be done. Fortunately that part is in someone else’s hands.

I’ve also started the long process of getting my visa for this trip to America. If you’re a journalist you can’t travel on the visa waiver programme, so have to apply in advance, pay a fee and attend an interview at the embassy.

‘This will be your one and only shot,’ said the guy on the £1.20 a minute phone line you have to call to book your interview. ‘You must be at the embassy by 8am, and it will take four hours. If you have any cuts or blisters on your fingers you will not be allowed to attend.’

So, now I have an irrational paranoia of anything hot or sharp. I shall have to spend the next three weeks wearing rabbit-skin gloves turned inside out.

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