Does anybody understand the FlyBe website?

Friday 19th August 2011
 The FlyBe website seems designed to confuse people. Surely this can not be done deliberately to ensure that they misunderstand their baggage allowances and end up paying for excess. Because of this we thought that it would be a good idea to go down to the airport and check with the FlyBe staff what the actual baggage allowance for David and Ann would be for their return home.
  When we got to the airport even the FlyBe staff were unsure and one of them agreed that the website probably was designed to deliberately mislead. Finally though we got it all sorted out so at least Dave and Ann know what they can carry back tomorrow.

On instructions from Gareth we then went into town to buy a copy of Farmers Weekly which contains a large photo of him. Pam was mortified that he had not shaved and his arms were covered in cowshit. At least he looked the part of a working dairy herdsman.

   After we got back home Dave and Ann went off fishing again down to Burray pier where Ann bought 10 scallops for 60 pence each, including a lesson on how to clean them. A real bargain.

They fetched the scallops home and Pam and I then got a cleaning lesson. Pam got one open but it started to close again so she thought that it was trying to bite her. Eventually we won though. We ate all the scallops and they ate none of us.

Saturday was dave and Ann last day but before they left we went to the church in The Hope where Pam's friend Helen had a display of needlework and painting.
I am not normally a great fan of needlework but some of the stuff that Helen had made was so intricate that even I thought that it was amazing. In addition we got a lovely old fashioned cream tea all beautifully laid out with three tier cake stands and proper spotless table-cloths.

Then it was off to the airport for Dave and Ann to catch their plane. When they got there they found that the baggage allowance that they were told yesterday was incorrect. Fortunately they did not have too much baggage and just had to leave a bottle of whisky with us which was kindly accepted, just to help out of course.
 Just before they were due to go through to the departure lounge all the passangers were called to the check in desk. The satff explained that the aircraft was going to be overweight and they needed two people to volounteer to go on a later flight. Of course nobody volounteered so they did a recalculation and suddenly found that it was all OK really and nobody needed to be left behind.
  It did not do Ann's nerves any good but eventually the aircraft took off without plummeting earthwards under the weight, so all was well.
I then dropped Pam back home and went off to the sand of Wright to see the boys ploughing match.