Look out, Fat Contoller!

We have finally managed to sort out the best way to organise our train tickets from York to London. I wasn't too worried about it to start with, but once we started looking at the different websites it all got a bit confusing....and at one stage I thought the tickets would cost us upward of 150 pounds each! Yikes!

The good news is that prepaying for tickets does make them a lot cheaper than if you buy on the day. The other bit of good news is that we don't have to have tickets posted, carrier pigeoned or sent by super-sonic fighter jet to get them here on time! We get a natty little code number that we put into a machine at York Station along with the credit card used to pay for our tickets and, hey presto, our tickets will magically appear! That's the theory anyway.....

The site we used was Raileasy , and it really was quite....easy! Oh, and by the way, the tickets were really only about 35 pounds each!

Nine Go down to the Harbour!

I finalised the payment for Coble Cottage in Seahouses this afternoon. Just one small glitch with the internet and a moment of panic but I think it all went through OK.
Seahouses sounds so very "Famous Five" don't you think? I am feeling a sudden urge for sticky buns with lashings of lemonade, bought from a jolly farmer's wife! Louise and the girls are booked in just around the corner at Kipper Cottage. I am looking forward to our stay here - the information promises that we are just "a short stroll" from the pub. Sounds very civilized if you ask me - a DVD or game for the children and a quiet pint for the rest of us :-)