We shouldn't be on the Hjaltland!

Already several days late for our departure we've been watching the progress of Storm Isha with trepidation; our latest departure time was Monday 0730 when peak wind is forecast for Kirkwall Airport.

Faced with losing further days we've tried to take some control and head to London by other methods. Downsides include very significant extra costs (the most painful is the premium we have to pay British Airways for not using two of our three legs! Seems insane) for travel and accommodation, and the risk of delay by our method now we're away from the full through BA fare. We have been utterly disheartened by British Airways, though, with no flexibility in sorting out problems ("Kirkwall has announced it will be closed" I might say; "It can't be - flight is still showing as on time" would be the BA response hours later "we can do nothing until it's showing cancelled" when it's too late for alternatives!

Ah well. Ferry last night (which we very nearly missed having misread departure time!) with a cabin in which we both managed some napping, train to London booked for 0945, Heathrow hotel booked for tonight.

According to the internet, though, we're about 35 miles closer to Bengaluru than yesterday so that's and improvement.