I have spent much of this afternoon trying to arrange for us to go to Scotland for a family funeral on Friday near Gullane in East Lothian. The weather forecast is pretty bad so I would rather not drive the 350 miles and the train full price is prohibitive so we're going to get a National Express coach on Thursday, stay 2 nights in Edinburgh and get the coach back on Saturday. The fare is no more than I would have spent on petrol and as DH no longer drives it makes it much easier for me . Thank goodness for a laptop, a credit card and a helpful person at the other end of the phone at National Express!
