Hi David and Tony
I have emailed Ancle at the Naturalist where we are booked in to - to let him know the situation and ask if he could accommodate us if we need to change the date. He said at the moment he has space but who knows in a couple of weeks the situation might be different. I have also checked out other flights and we could possibly go with BA or XL if we can get the money back from Virgin or on our insurance, in which case we might be able to go on the Saturday (but that might be a bad idea being the day after the 48 hour strike the airport will probably be in chaos like Tony said!) or the Monday.
Trouble is its all speculation at the moment, the strikes by BAA might not happen if they reach an agreement before, so I don't want to change anything until we know for sure as I obviously can't claim on the insurance unless it actually happens.
Tony I hope you get away alright, Virgin told us we wouldn't be affected by their crew strike either so I will keep my fingers crossed for you (and us).
I suppose I have to just try and have a nice Christmas and not worry too much until we know for sure - its the uncertainty that makes it worse though, if I knew it was definitely going to happen then I could be sorting it out now! Will have a look at the Beach House though David if it does happen and Ancle can't accommodate us for the whole time, I know we are OK with him until 30th Jan, but might need to find something after that to make up the 14 nights.
I am determined we will get there one way or the other, so looking forward to having a large drink with you both when we arrive!!
Arrrrghhhhhhhhhh!!!
