Finally I have a mortgage I can start to pay off!

Hi KC, it's the London to Brighton mini run - 22nd May We also usually go to the veteran one in November - they're both special, for different reasons.

Not much to report today - plenty of work done, 10p poll on VB done, 50 points on YG and... (I'd forgotten to check until I came on here to post).... £50 won on the PBs! My best result yet (Sadly not a life changing amount, but it will help to build my savings back up a bit).

Sister and niece came round for lunch - was lovely to see them both. Sadly niece didn't repeat her newest trick of rolling over.

Have discovered one of the activities we've booked to do on our holiday we're not insured for We've not paid anything for it yet, but we were really looking forward to it. Additional cover will cost £75 but more if we don't buy it until we're away but the guy isn't going to confirm (he needs another couple to do it at the same time) until we're already away.... decisions... (I know it's not very MSE, but we considered not doing it and it felt like a huge let down). Thoughts anyone?

Thanks Gally... the thing is, it really isn't as exciting as it sounds, but because of the name it has, it's considered an excluded activity. We want to go canyoning (climbing, zip-wiring, abseiling through waterfalls in the jungle) - it's a 3 hour activity with a guide, suitable for all from the age of 14 (and in an EU country, so H&S pretty well covered) - hardly the potential risk that there would be if you were hard-core canyoners! But of course, insurance companies don't like to differentiate between beginner-, with instructor, type activities and the potential lunacy of experienced people pushing themselves to/beyond the limits!

£75 is ok... *if* we get to do it. But I don't want to throw £75 in extra cover down the drain just because another couple to do it with doesn't appear/don't turn up on the day (although I think that's going to be risked whatever). My thinking at the moment is we ask the man if he can let us know before we leave on Saturday as to whether he's got someone else by that point. And we make a decision then. There are other, less adventurous options available that we could do (and potentially DH could go diving too if we don't spend on this), but we'd just got so excited about it, it seems a shame not to go ahead!

(Just FYI, also going to climb an active volcano )

Back to today....
Must do: packing, voting, hunting for lounge pass card, chasing of tradesmen, working...

KC, I've sent you a PM