It's our daily Dawn Chorus, dedicated to bringing you all the things you might have missed that might just bring a smile to your face on a wintry November Monday. This was a new one on me, but apparently a ‘sleep divorce’ is a thing these days — that is, sleeping in either a separate bed or a different bedroom entirely from your significant other. What’s more, people are said to be going away on trips with a view to seeing if it would be the way forward for them.
‘63% of travellers admit to sleeping better alone, while 37% prefer sleeping in a separate bed from their partner during trips,’ according to the Hilton hotel group’s 2025 Trends report. At the other end of the spectrum, the same report mentions ‘hurkle-durkling’: the Scottish phrase (so they claim) for intentionally lounging all day in bed. I have to say that in many years of living north of the border, and with friends and family from all across Scotland, not once have I heard the phrase ‘hurkle-durkling’, so I’m somewhat wary of the fact that its existence comes to me via a US-based hotel chain.
Still, it very much sounds like fun, so consider my next holiday booked. At the end of last week, I found myself looking around for some great pictures of swimming pools. I found one or two that fitted the bill — but even more excitingly, I found a couple more which didn’t, but which absolutely bear sharing anyway.
And so, here you are: exhibit one is Prince Charles and Prince Harry by the swimm.