A week to go to the off. Planning done, about 5%. Basically I’ve loaded routes into Tom-Tom and that’s it. Oh yes, I have worked out how many pairs of pants I’ll need, assuming I don’t turn them inside out ;-)
I was a tad worried, it must be said, that I might arrive on the island to find I had nowhere to stay. I tried to book the Sulby Hotel when I first looked for accommodation but they were full. However, they are such a close knit bunch over there, that the hotel owner put me in touch with one of her other hotel owning friends. Same story with her and the next lady, until I was put in touch with Candy, who was prepared to let me have a room in her house. Homestay, they call it.
Unlike me, all I got off Candy was her address. No phone number, no email, nothing else and since the day I agreed to send her £50, I’ve heard nowt from her……..until that is, tonight. Her partner Matty (should I call myself Neilly?) rang me tonight to check I was still planning to go. Relief! Yes, I have now got a phone number.
That sorted, I can now turn my attentions towards what other clothing I can take with me and get some washing done.
