ESCAPING THE GENERAL ELECTION- WHERE TO HEAD TO SWERVE THE DREAD

If the idea of the forthcoming General Election leaves you slighly colder than a Polar Bear's fridge, then doing the proverbial Steve McQueen impression and mounting a 'great escape' of your own come June 8th might seem like an almost irresistible lure. And nowhere does 'escape' quite like a particularly lavish and luxurious cruise to somewhere guaranteed to soothe the soul.

By all means, feel free to hunker down in any of the numerous Jacuzzis that sprinkle the decks of today's vast, floating resorts. Switch off the damned phone and ignore the siren call of the ipad, and simply allow yourself to become liberally refreshed with a zeisty margarita or seven. After several of those, you won't be able to tell your Brexit from your breakfast order. Hopefully, you will no longer care, either.

Those of a more sober disposition might care to simply lose themselves in some fast paced, all singing and dancing floor show that has more to do with Irving Berlin than Merkel's Berlin. Do your homework, mind you- you'll want a strong, stable ship for your great escape.

Of course, you can always lose yourself in a good book or two, with a side order of breakfast in the sun, or the sheer, indulgent pleasure of a speciality coffee at hand. As for the television in your room- don't even think about it if you don't want to be subjected to the most ghoulish cavalcade ever to appear since Michael Jackson's Thriller video. Do you really need the hassle?

You could always heal your election scars in the on board spa. Here, a whole range of holistic and therapeutic treatments exist to banish those post budget blues. Wrap up in a robe rather than surrounding yourself with woe and, as the saying goes in cruising parlance, just go with the proverbial flow. It's really so much better for your well being, after all.

Don't forget to take a long, lazy walk on deck out under the stars. For those who don't want their blood pressure soaring like a space shuttle, this is the ultimate guaranteed chill out. Watch the moon shimmering on the water, with maybe a little mood music in the background, and the sense of peace and well being is palpable. After all, you deserve this as well.

Of course, you don't have to have election phobia to indulge in any of this fun and frivolity. Whatever you choose to do, and wherever you decide to go, may the farce most definitely not be with you.