My main priority for today is to find somewhere to go on holiday. As usual, I have left it until the last minute. The same thing happens every year, the arrival of August nudges me into action and, after a desperate internet search to find somewhere, I swear to be better organised next year.
This year, I don’t even have any idea what part of the country I want to go to. You would think that this would make the search easier, giving me more chance of finding somewhere that still has places available at such short notice by extending the net. It doesn’t.
Have you ever tried an internet search for ‘bed and breakfast uk’? I’m not sure I even know how to say that number. Even if I decide that I want to limit my travelling time and narrow the search to places in england I have a choice of over 58 million websites. Now, I’m not the world’s greatest statistician but even I know that that is more than the country’s population so I think there might be a bit of doubling up going on.
So now what? I try some of the links but hardly any show availability. I narrow my search some more. How about Norfolk? Ok, so it’s where I go every year but there must be a reason for that, right? Hmm, we’re still in the millions. Pick a town, any town. The pin in the map says Cromer. Yay, we’re now down to a little over a quarter of a million. Manageable, sort of.
Start clicking. Find a b&b that I like and, knowing full well that they will be fully booked, I reach for the phone. I was right. I return to the list. It’s going to be a long afternoon. Time for a cup of tea.
Next year, I’m booking in January, I swear.
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