It was a great holiday, and I'm so lucky to have been able to go.

I'm torn between relief that Boris is finally going and dread at who's going to replace him.

Given what's happened in the intervening week, I think you're right to feel this way. (Also, I'm in a constant state of dread that the replacement is unlikely to do the one thing Boris actually did reasonably well on — supporting Ukraine (which he obviously did for cynical reasons, but which Ukrainians have constantly said had genuine and concrete results).)