The little things......

[barbersdrove]

That's a very comprehensive list AV! This is our first year of targeting babies and toddlers and I thought there would be other bits. I can see I am only a novice at this element of letting

[greenbarn]

Mols - it's all about guest profile: did you not provide riding whips, shiny leather boots, spurs and strange devices consisting of numerous straps and buckles for your particular specialist market?

[la vache!]

I forgot the pool inflatables, Mols. I supply them too, but I do get fed up of replacing them during the season because they are treated quite roughly at times and inevitably end up punctures. I probably spend a good 100€ on pool inflatables during a season. And don't get me started on bike and football punctures too, plus the rescue service I provide for stranded cyclists....

[Moliere]

Mols - it's all about guest profile: did you not provide riding whips, shiny leather boots, spurs and strange devices consisting of numerous straps and buckles for your particular specialist market?

Of course, but the chains took an awful lot of buffing, the pink fluffy handcuffs stained so easily, the Iron Maiden . . . well they never cleaned the blood off properly . . . and I had to replace "50 Shades" for every new set of guests!

Mols

[Moliere]

I forgot the pool inflatables, Mols. I supply them too, but I do get fed up of replacing them during the season because they are treated quite roughly at times and inevitably end up punctures.

You strike a chord there, LV, is it me but are inflatables incredibly flimsy these days? Maybe it's just the ones available "en saison" in France, but they seem to have a design life of two weeks, tops.

I would much rather spend two or three times as much and get something which was a bit more robust, but they don't seem to exist any more.

Mols

[Gwion]

http://wales.gov.uk/docs/drah/publicati ... cateng.pdf

There's a handy Kitchen Inventory list towards the end of the above publication. I dont agree with everything on there but I think it's a handy check list to make sure you've at least considered everything.