“I AM second in the appointment book.” My friend told me, before her April 12 appointment with the hairdresser.

I wrote a few weeks ago in this column about my Tina Turner hair and how I was quite happy with its flyaway look.

But now I’ve started to resemble King Charles ll, I don’t feel so thrilled and spend half the time keeping it under control.

Within the next month I will definitely be joining the thousands of others booking in at the salon.

No wonder many are opening for up to 18 hours a day to clear the backlog.