I’m a contractor at work so taking four weeks off is a Big Thing. I won’t be getting paid for that time and so that’s a huge amount of money I’m simply not earning. I’ve got rent and college bills to pay still, so I’ve tightened up my purse-strings and will be trying to get a bit of work while I’m over there. Unofficially of course!

The tickets are booked and I have a nice shiny, new biometric passport on my desk. It’s all for real, and I’m sat here with a big, shit-eating grin on my face.

I’m recording bands right up until the last minute – with a session in the studio on the eve of my flight. I think that my uncle is going to put me in touch with friends of his in the sound engineering world on the other side of the pond. I’ll be taking my laptop and Protools with me to keep working on my tracks while I’m over there.

I’ve been in touch with members of North Carolina’s parkour community. There are jams being organised in Chapel Hill, which, I am reliably informed, has some truly amazing facilities for traceurs.

Peter and the girls are looking forward to having me over, with loads of plans of their own being hatched.

This is going to be one fantastic summer!