S13 EP13: I LOVE / HATE the summer holidays

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**Josh Widdicombe** (0:58)
This episode is presented by TUI.

**Rob Beckett** (1:00)
You've got to love a family holiday, Josh.

**Josh Widdicombe** (1:01)
Oh, you've got to love it. Who wouldn't love it, Rob?

**Rob Beckett** (1:04)
But do you know what the problem with holidays is?

**Josh Widdicombe** (1:06)
You don't get enough of them. That's the problem.

**Rob Beckett** (1:08)
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**Josh Widdicombe** (1:12)
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**Rob Beckett** (1:25)
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**Josh Widdicombe** (1:30)
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**Rob Beckett** (1:39)
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**Josh Widdicombe** (1:46)
Atoll and ABTA Protected.

**Rob Beckett** (1:51)
Hello. You're listening to Parenting Hell with...

**SPEAKER_1** (1:53)
Maya, can you say Josh Widdicombe?

**SPEAKER_5** (1:59)
Can you say Rob Beckett?

**SPEAKER_6** (2:01)
Rob Beckett.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:03)
Who?

**SPEAKER_5** (2:03)
Rob?

**SPEAKER_6** (2:04)
Beckett. Thought it was a rock. Beckett.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:08)
Beckett.

**SPEAKER_8** (2:09)
Oh, leave it out.

**Rob Beckett** (2:10)
Well done.

**SPEAKER_9** (2:11)
And you say, have a good show.

**SPEAKER_8** (2:13)
Have a good show.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:15)
I thought the Beckett was fine.

**Rob Beckett** (2:17)
Aye, that mom's a hard taskmaster.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:19)
Can't say the word taskmaster without thinking about taskmaster, can you?

**Rob Beckett** (2:23)
I can.
I didn't think of it until you said it. Didn't you? No, after I got cheated out of the victory of the Champions of Champions, with the pedometer that didn't work, I've sort of buried it in a very sort of grown up way, actually.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:37)
Yeah, you've taken the moral high ground.

**Rob Beckett** (2:39)
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. 100%. Yeah.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:43)
Hello, you wonderful humans.
I'd like to put myself forward for the oldest recorded introduction. This is Maya three years ago. I couldn't remember where I saved it and just found it now. Maya is 6.5 years old. I've been listening to your podcast from the very beginning. When your live show is coming back, I'll give us a break, Amanda.

**Rob Beckett** (3:04)
I'm so busy. We're going to do them Saturday night. It's just about midnight when Strictly finishes. We're going to do a midnight show.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:11)
Back to back.

**Rob Beckett** (3:11)
And then Josh can go straight back in the studio Sunday for the results.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:15)
Exactly. Thank you for making me smile all these years, Amanda, from Rotland.

**Rob Beckett** (3:18)
Rotland. Sounds like we're under shags.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:21)
It does, doesn't it, Rob? You can't hear Rotland without... Well, we both thought the same thing there, so there we go.

**SPEAKER_9** (3:26)
You're right, Josh, we sound tired.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:28)
But we did choose 8am.

**Rob Beckett** (3:30)
We did choose 8am. You're away. You got kids in the house?

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:34)
Kids in the house. Kids in the house.

**Rob Beckett** (3:36)
Can I ask a question? Why do you record next to a hallway when there's bedrooms?

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:42)
Because the Wi-Fi is not strong enough upstairs in the bedroom.

**Rob Beckett** (3:49)
South-west.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:51)
We've got a 7-minute voice memo from Lou.

**Rob Beckett** (3:54)
Oh, my God.

**SPEAKER_8** (3:56)
7 minutes?

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:58)
So I thought, I've listened to it.
Yeah. It's good stuff.

**SPEAKER_8** (4:03)
Do we...

**Rob Beckett** (4:03)
Do you want to give me the highlights and then put the full message at the end? Oh, God.