North Berwick then back into the routine

Had a lovely day on Monday out at North Berwick.  It is a very pretty seaside town with a great beach, as well as a Seabird centre, which we didn’t go to.  Husband, David went golfing – badly he tells me.  Daughter, Kirsten and I had a very pleasant walk along the beach with friends and dog.

Our friends there have a great holiday home that they use themselves and it is let as a self catering holiday let.  it-is worth people wanting to come to Edinburgh thinking about places like North Berwick – not in the city, has its own attractions and you can get into the city easily and quickly with good rail service.

Now children are back at school and so we are back into a more normal routine after the festive season.  Business is certainly looking up, the increase in activity we saw last week has continued and I have seen another – very quirky and very well located property that I am looking forward to letting.  It’s in a great location on Northumberland Place, on the ground floor and with superb views all the way out to Fife.

Lenore and I are looking at other services we can supply to guests and landlords.  It’ s not easy thinking through all the implications of all the possibilities.  We do have to be realistic about what can be done, what we can charge for it and whether it is worth the time and effort for the benefit it provides.  One of the many challenges of having your own business and building it up.

I’ll keep you posted.

A New Year

Happy New Year.

I hope you had great celebrations with not too much of a hangover.  We managed it with a family ceilidh at our local church hall and estimated we’ve raised £500 for the church’s charity – so good stuff!!  As one of our group works for the Royal Bank of Scotland, we expect they will match our contribution – so Children in Malawi will get a £1000.  Let’s hope the difficult times for the banks don’t stop them encouraging this sort of charitable endeavour by their staff.

A new year brings it’s new opportunities and challenges.  Business is picking up again.  We are sold out of 1 bedroom flats – so we need more and we will be looking at how we expand our services to both guests and landlords for this year.