With Alderney off the menu, we decided visit the Isle of Wight instead. We had a lovely time in Ventnor (which I kept mispronouncing all the time) and Shanklin. We had to pay another visit to the Garlic Farm, and even stopped by the Needles, as Jen never got the chance to see them up close before.
Jen and I were going to go to Alderney in the Channel Islands for my birthday today. But I received a text message at lunchtime saying the flight was delayed. After getting to the airport, I was hoping the delay would lessen as it was caused by early morning fog. Sadly, after waiting about 45 minutes, they cancelled the flight altogether. In order to get us there, they were offering to drive us to Gatwick Airport where we would fly to Guernsey later tonight. Then tomorrow they would "try to get us on a boat to Alderney".
After talking it over, that sounded like a big risk to me. Not to mention on Friday when we come back, it's also scheduled to fog. A bit of a birthday letdown, that's for sure.
