I can't believe it's October already - where did the year go? We've just been spoilt by having lovely weather for the end of September, so the return of normal October weather - wet and windy - today feels a bit of a shock.
We're closed for the winter now, & it's been such a busy season it's just whizzed by - have been quite good about scheduling days off this year and have usually managed not to go more than 2 or 3 weeks without a day off. Next season's looking busy already - have double the bookings for next season that I usually have by now already, and have started to get day tour enquiries for next year too - and have also had to turn them down as already booked for those dates!
Our trusty tour vehicle is away getting its service and MOT prior to going up for sale, since we're having a shiny new vehicle next year. Have got the brochure and decided on the model, just trying to pick a colour now. I'm very tempted by a kind of orangey brown known as 'Mars Red' - they've got a car that colour outside the showroom in town, but I can't decide how it would look transferred to a larger vehicle. A lot of the colours are a bit bland - kind of bluey grey or greeny gray - I kind of feel it would be nice to have something a bit more cheerful, but I also don't want something too bright. The 'Mars Red' is a bit like a really nice summer sunset - the sort of orangey glow you get as the sun sets into the sea beyond the Brough of Birsay at midsummer. At least no one else would have the same colour, but there might be a reason for that!
I must get on and write the advert for the old van to go in the paper - hopefully someone will want it. My friend Pat suggested I should put it on ebay then we could go away on a jolly somewhere to deliver it - she sold her last car to someone in Birmingham & drove all the way there with it then flew back - don't fancy it though.
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