He's been away on holidays in Europe and was due back at work on Monday. It's quite unbelievable the fact that he won't be there.
He was due back at work on Monday and I was due to go off for a couple of weeks ... he had been on holidays in Europe for a period and we were just going to (talk) about the state of the nation kind of thing ? and it's just quite unbelievable the fact that he won't be there.