holiday
Madness of Christmas slowing down
It felt like the pace got worse leading up to Christmas with church events and Rick was having problems with a finger, He had antibiotics which didn’t help, had it drained and had more antibiotics which, again, didn’t work so it meant having the finger nail removed and wound washed out. It’s looking much better now fortunately.
We went to Ayr in Scotland for Christmas which made a lovely change from the norm. Bandit went with us as we left it too late to get him into kennels and loved it as he was on the beach every day. He was very well behaved considering it was a long journey and we were on the first floor. There were plenty of mad people who went in for a dip in the sea on Boxing Day. I wouldn’t have taken my shoes off to walk on the beach let alone put a toe in the sea.
It’s good to be home again though to have a break but it feels like we haven’t been away. The business after New Year will start again though.
Not such a good break
Last Monday we went to Ayr for a short break but it ended up being stressful. When we got to the caravan the key wasn’t inside so we had to go to the reception. The receptionist we spoke to wasn’t exactly the most helpful or polite one we have ever met. We were given a key fairly quickly but while we were waiting another customer was complaining to another receptionist. She had arrived an hour earlier and was still waiting for a key. She even said at one point she couldn’t believe there wasn’t one key anywhere on the site for the caravan.
We got back to our caravan to eat and relax as we were tired. The next morning we went out and found out that it was the wrong key so went back to reception only to be told they couldn’t guarantee when we would get the right key. By this time we were getting irritated to the point I said our holiday had already been ruined by the attitude there. We found out later there were several new members of staff and there had been numerous complaints. We’ve been there before but without any hassles but decided to go out anyway.
Returning back to the site the key had been given to security for us. It was a relief the ‘new’ key actually fitted. I was still fed up and my mood worsening.
On Thursday we went to the Isle of Arran having bought the ferry ticket the day before. Arriving at Troon we found the ferry had been cancelled and had to go to Ardrossan, fortunately we had enough time to get there. We then found out on the journey that ferries were being cancelled due to severe weather warnings and to go back on a return journey after getting off the ferry. There was no room to do the return journey so we had about an hour on the island. This meant getting a coffee each then waiting in the car,
Due to the weather warning we came home Thursday instead of Friday. It was just as well as the weather was already getting bad at home. It doesn’t feel like we’ve been away and it’s one holiday I want to forget.
My mood hasn’t improved – it’s got worse – and it’s hard to put on a happy face at the moment. I haven’t slept well for over a week now so it was a good excuse to use this morning before the parent / carer and toddler group.