
Last week my wife and I booked a two centre holiday on the Scottish Isles. Seven days on Skye and then a ferry over to Steornabhagh for a further seven days on the Isle of Lewis. Wonderful scenery, plenty of walks and masses of peace and quiet. You could have blown me over when my local travel agent assumed that I wanted travel insurance for an additional ?27.50. Not on your Nellie the Lock Ness monster, I thought. Who needs travel insurance...