The Cottage Smallholder

Suz, i agree tha Virgin Atlantic are the best of a poor bunch. This time we fly to Vanouver, then LAX to Boston, then Boston-LHR, and that combination landed us with BA and AA. P did a lot of the early negotiating with travel agents this time, so possibly not as much negotiating about airlines as I would have done, but I know that triangular journeys tend to be expensive so grabbing the cheapest flight was more important.

And I don't agree with flying, and feel guilty for doing it. I know night flying is even worse for the environment than daytime flights, as well as worse for those living near airports. But family is on another continent… at least offspring are in the UK so train works for visiting them.

RANT RANT RANT!!!!!

BUGGER BUGGER BUGGER

I dont know who i am ranting at or why but i am .

early on in the year we aranged to visit an old freind in france ,so we made plans ,then we sort of aranged to call in on shelly in toulouse which would be nice to meet another forumite and do some foridging .

then some freinds of ours who have never been abroad sort of got invited along so we changed the plans and dates to match their available holliday dates .wich meant we would be rite in the middle of shellies exams .and not wanting to impose our freinds on her we postponed the visit to meet her .

then the friend we were visiting had to postpone because of the seriouse illness of a lifelong friend so wont be going until november wich is only what you would expect if you knew joaney .

now our freinds father has been hospitalised with terminal cancer as you can imagine she is destraught. and we have put the trip on hold as we dont know what will hapen or when .

so now we have a conundrum do we revert to the origional plan ,do we do the revised plan without them .do we chuck the lot and sod off on a late package .if we dont do anything they will both think they made us miss a holiday .do we drive down to ep's place and get waisted on illicit Hooch or shack up in a farm in the middle of nowhere with a mouse with clogs on .

joaney is upset because she wont be there .colin and julie are upset because they mixed up our plans .both of them are worried sick about their  reiatives and friends and it dosent seem to make it better that we dont blame them or wish them to do anything other than they are doing .

these things happen and thats life i just wish i could make them stop worrying about the little things like us and a few plans ,and get on with the important things they have to do whilst they can with the people they love .

HO HUM such is life

you just feel a bit useless sometines but you know there is very little you can do when life takes a turn and throws you a wobbler

MOS

Elsa that is a lovly offer but as you say 4 days each way would leave us a bit short on visiting time

we would also find it dificult to leave ,you make it sound such a lovly place to be and the temptation to set up camp at the bottom of the garden may be too much to resist

thank you my lovely perhaps next year but dont be surprised if we decide to move in next door

ep said:

MOS said:

then some friends of ours who have never been abroad sort of got invited along so we changed the plans and dates to match their available holiday dates. Which meant we would be rite in the middle of Shelly's exams. And not wanting to impose our friends on her we postponed the visit to meet her.

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 This was the error….make your plan…stick to it…make them fit in or if they can't…tough….I spent years trying to accommodate, family, friends, grandchildren and for what…just mix ups and headaches….

Good luck with your holiday MOS!