Well CalMac have finally published their winter timetable...
...and so I jump onto the computer, and start smashing into the keys, to book the necessary crossings.
My wife yells:-
"Don't forget to put the correct year!"
"I'm not an idiot!"
She is kind enough to remind me of last year's trip to Harris - when I booked the hotel with the correct date but for the following year.
She also reminds me that when I booked the crossing, I forgot to add the car.
OK fair enough. I am an idiot.
I cannot complete the online booking - well I can get across to the isle, but I cannot seem to get back. I give in and my wife takes over.
Long short - the confusion is that because of the winter timetable, the Port on the isle changes. You arrive at one but depart from another. The online thingy seems not to understand this, and in any event I cannot get it to work.
My wife phones up CalMac.
Ten minutes and £111.40 later, we are booked in for the return crossings.
I double check that we are also booked into the hotel on the mainland (right date and right year). Seems we are.
Is it childish that I am already excited?
Will keep an eye out for the weather forecasts, the crossing can be 'lively' - although this is one storm I would welcome...
...and so I jump onto the computer, and start smashing into the keys, to book the necessary crossings.
My wife yells:-
"Don't forget to put the correct year!"
"I'm not an idiot!"
She is kind enough to remind me of last year's trip to Harris - when I booked the hotel with the correct date but for the following year.
She also reminds me that when I booked the crossing, I forgot to add the car.
OK fair enough. I am an idiot.
I cannot complete the online booking - well I can get across to the isle, but I cannot seem to get back. I give in and my wife takes over.
Long short - the confusion is that because of the winter timetable, the Port on the isle changes. You arrive at one but depart from another. The online thingy seems not to understand this, and in any event I cannot get it to work.
My wife phones up CalMac.
Ten minutes and £111.40 later, we are booked in for the return crossings.
I double check that we are also booked into the hotel on the mainland (right date and right year). Seems we are.
Is it childish that I am already excited?
Will keep an eye out for the weather forecasts, the crossing can be 'lively' - although this is one storm I would welcome...
