Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Holiday Logistics
Today was the last day at work for a month. I'm free!!!
Naturally my thoughts are now turning to my forthcoming visit to the UK. Well, visits plural really; July is the main one but then there's Raglan in August. I've been looking at relatively low-cost ways of doing things, as the krona is depressingly and patherically weak right now - about 50% of its value when I came over here. Which is massively frustrating given that I have what should be a reasonably-paid job... or it would be if the Independence Party and friends hadn't destroyed the Icelandic economy.
I'll be staying at the caravan for most of the first visit, although I've got all of the weekends filled in already including an SCA event and the Satellite 2 convention. I wasn't early enough to book into the con hotel but as it turns out that was a Good Thing - I could get a room at the same hotel for £21 less than the con special price by going to www.laterooms.com. Even so, I've opted for the Campanile just down the road at almost half the price of the con hotel.
The hotel issue extends into my planning for Raglan. Normally I'd stay at the Beaufort Arms in the village, but it has occurred to me that it would be considerably cheaper to buy a tent and all of the necessary paraphenalia to camp on-site than to stay in the hotel for 4 nights. The big issue would be storage between events - not a problem if I can get back to the UK for good relatively soon, but more of a problem if I have to cart it to and from Iceland with me. This is something I'll have to investigate further.
For now, though, I have a few days here to summer-clean the house before I leave. I have my little list, and I've started to work through it.
Naturally my thoughts are now turning to my forthcoming visit to the UK. Well, visits plural really; July is the main one but then there's Raglan in August. I've been looking at relatively low-cost ways of doing things, as the krona is depressingly and patherically weak right now - about 50% of its value when I came over here. Which is massively frustrating given that I have what should be a reasonably-paid job... or it would be if the Independence Party and friends hadn't destroyed the Icelandic economy.
I'll be staying at the caravan for most of the first visit, although I've got all of the weekends filled in already including an SCA event and the Satellite 2 convention. I wasn't early enough to book into the con hotel but as it turns out that was a Good Thing - I could get a room at the same hotel for £21 less than the con special price by going to www.laterooms.com. Even so, I've opted for the Campanile just down the road at almost half the price of the con hotel.
The hotel issue extends into my planning for Raglan. Normally I'd stay at the Beaufort Arms in the village, but it has occurred to me that it would be considerably cheaper to buy a tent and all of the necessary paraphenalia to camp on-site than to stay in the hotel for 4 nights. The big issue would be storage between events - not a problem if I can get back to the UK for good relatively soon, but more of a problem if I have to cart it to and from Iceland with me. This is something I'll have to investigate further.
For now, though, I have a few days here to summer-clean the house before I leave. I have my little list, and I've started to work through it.