Kingfisher update

The kingfisher came to our site several times in the last week, but is not reliable as yet. We do not want customers having to wait for several hours. Before Christmas he would often come in within minutes of entering the hide.

Kingfisher update

A male kingfisher came into the lake today. First time since the big freeze. He did not hang around long and we will work with him for a while before taking bookings for workshops.

Lastminute.com

I made the mistake of booking flights to Indonesia before I checked the visa requirements. A 30 day tourist visa is issued on arrival at the airport in Jakarta automatically, but my return flight was after 32 days. It is possible to get a 60 day visa, but it involves sending my passport to the embassy in London along with other paperwork such as a letter from my employer, accountant, solicitor or bank manager. None of which I have. It would be simpler to phone the travel agent, Lastminute.com and change the flight I had only booked two days earlier.

First I get a message telling me the phone call is going to cost me 10p a minute, then a long list of menus, probably costing me 50p to navigate and finally I am talking to someone in what sounded like an Indian call centre on a very poor line. Apart from it was difficult to understand what she said, due to the line quality, she was was actually very good and efficient. For a mere £125 I could bring my flight forward by three days. What a rip off for. It is a simple bit of administration and the bad publicity such charges cause not worth it surely. I will try my local travel agent for my next flight, although I love doing everything on the web normally.