Hope you all had a really happy Easter and are enjoying the holiday (specially those with our group in Cyprus!).
No sooner had the newsletter arrived from the printer last week than I received an email from the shipping company to say that there had been a slight change - story of my life! Instead of going up to Ascension Island, the Royal Mail Ship will now go from Cape Town to Tristan da Cunha, up to St Helena and back to Cape Town. Much more sensible if you ask me - and it will also be shorter and less expensive. But what a trip it will be. As I said the other day, we don't have prices yet but if you want to be sure of a place you should make a reservation with a deposit (£1,000) straight away. You are guaranteed the return of the deposit in full in the final cost isn't suitable to you.
What a gorgeous Easter we've had up here in sunny Scotland. It was really like summer apart from the daffodils and the new-born lambs. This morning was radiant as well, but it's clouding over now. Did I mention that I'm looking after two flat-coat retrievers for 12 days? Quite exhausting, but at least the weather's been kind most of the time.
We had the steam trains running this weekend - the Comrie Railroad was open to the public over the weekend (but not today). I went up to the bothy and had supper with the boys last night which was great fun. Some of them are coming here for "a wee dram" this evening so I'd better hasten to the shop and get in supplies. Otherwise it's business as usual with thoughts turning to the 2010 brochure - in fact some of it's already finished. The only problem is the sheer volume which isn't even started, so I'd better knuckle down and get on with it.
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