Busy, Busy, Busy!

Well, we've been back at Razay for a few days now getting ready to open up for our summer season. It seems like we've been here for weeks!  There is always so much to do and it always ends up taking longer than we hoped/expected!  Getting the cottages opened up and cleaned up after the winter is always a mammoth task and there are always unexpected jobs to do, things to mend, etc. It doesn't help when the journey over gets complicated by idiotic "jobsworths" at Eurotunnel, who refused us on the train due to the fact that we supposedly had too much stuff in the back of our van!  How ridiculous!  What on earth does it matter how much we are carrying?  Provided we are not over the legal road weight, the size of the van does not change regardless of how much stuff we carry - crazy!

Anyway, we then had to re-book and come over on the ferry, which cost an extra 4 hours, not to mention additional expense.  And to cap it all, about 2 miles from our destination, we collided with a large deer!  I blame Eurotunnel - if we'd been arriving at the time we should have done, we'd have missed the deer by about 4 hours!  We don't know how the deer came out of it, but our van didn't come off too well!  It's still drivable but we have a stoved-in front end, knackered radiator, and a loose headlight - so that's going to be expensive to sort out.  Ho hum - things are always worse at sea!

On the bright side, the weather's been fantastic (until today!) so most of the mowing is done; the pool is nearly ready, although we still need to get the heater going; and Jilly's doing an amazing job (as usual) in the cottages.  It's always a relief to get to opening weekend - we're looking forward to welcoming 3 new families this year.

And, of course, the start of the season means we are we are well on the way to September - and the start of our Road Trip!!