It's that time of year again when I have no idea how the brochure is going to get to print on time! Experience tells me that it will, and I know that miracles happen - every year in the case of the brochure.
I'm lucky to have a totally unflappable and brilliant designer and several proof readers with a great talent for spotting silly mistakes. As far as I can make out not a single one got through last year (mistake, that is). Usually there's one. I think the most embarrassing was a panel for the British Birdwatching Fair on which "Caribbean" was spelt wrong - two r's and one b. And there it was for 3 days for all the world to see. Cringe!
The sun's streaming in the office windows and I'd so much rather go for a stroll down to the village or over to check on the ospreys. Heigh ho - it's the price you pay for all the wonderful experiences with which the past 21 years of Island Holidays have been peppered. I was thinking back over the past year the other day and, as well as having visited wonderful places and had tremendous experiences of the natural world, I'm also proud that we were able to donate a reasonable amount to several charities. During our birthday cruise we raised an amazing amount just from 38 passengers - and that was divided between the Old Haa' Museum at Burravoe in Yell (where Bobby's memorial is to be found), the RNLI and our own conservation fund. Over the past year the latter has contributed to the British Birdwatching Fair Project for Endangered Birds, AMUS in Extremadura in Spain for their bird hospital and Montagu Harrier research, Langkawi Island in Malaysia for the fantastic conservation and educational work Irshad and his team do and Fair Isle Bird Observatory which is being completely rebuilt this summer. Not bad for such a small business as Island Holidays. If you'd like to make a donation you can send a cheque to us payable to Island Holidays Conservation Fund - check out our website for the postal address. Sorry, but we can't accept credit cards for this.
Now. Back to that brochure.
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