Well the cases have been aired and I have a fair idea of what I WANT to pack, but the HOW is too hard for me to think about after what has felt like a long cold winter.

After lunch tomorrow we will be boarding Sea Princess for a 26-night Southeast Asia Grand Adventure and I am bracing myself for the heat and humidity we will encounter on our travels.

Along with the jeans and boots and jackets I have been living in I will leave behind a garden on the brink of blossoming and a house seriously in need of a Spring Clean.

Into my case will go shorts and t-shirts, bathers and boardies, a good supply of my favourite sunscreen and a comfortable pair of thongs for sea days.