A trip to the Isles of Scilly with Mr Silly!

A few months ago two lovely friends Janet & Olly asked if we would like to join them in a short trip to the Isle of Scilly. Of course it took a few seconds to accept. Another friend & neighbour Richard is also joining us. So we are off on Friday and I’m so excited. Olly – Olly Day the very talented singer, comedian, entertainer noted for his end of the Pier shows at Cromer and Gorleston to name a few & Janet a glamorous journalist, chicken keeper & gardener extraordinaire ( the good life comes to mind) are taking a few extra days and travelling ahead of us. All flights from Norwich to Exeter on our date are full so Richard kindly offers to drive the three of us to Exeter on the Friday morning to catch the sky bus flight from there to St Marys airport at 4.14 pm. I do not relish an early start but with Easter traffic chaos predicted we don’t have a choice. The weather is usually a few degrees warmer in St Marys apparently but looking at the long range forecast it is not looking brilliant unlike the forecast for the mainland U.K.!

On Thursday morning I receive a call from Richard, he has had a call from the airline to say our Friday flight may be cancelled due to bad weather conditions in Scilly! The airline advise Richard that if this is so we will be taken the following morning to Penzance – Lands End to catch the ferry to Scilly! This will mean a very early pick up of 6am Saturday. It sounds horrid. What should we do? If the flight is cancelled we have very little chance of booking two rooms on Good Friday for one night at short notice. Roger is on the golf course so I can’t ask his opinion so I decide to take the last two rooms at the airport Hilton for Friday night. If the flight does go fine – if not at least we have a bed for they night. I send a message to Janet to warn her we may arrive at the accommodation a day late. ”Oh bugger!!!” Janet’s typical reply but we are not letting it worry us we will see them but a day later than expected.

Later in the day Janet calls me to say their flight too has been cancelled due to fog in Scilly. They were due to fly to Scilly from Penzance. So they now have to find accommodation overnight and will catch the ferry on Friday morning. What a pain. Richard is picking us up at 7.30 am on Friday so I quickly make some sarnies for the journey then I’m off for an early night!