We are sailing - we are sailing

Last week I received a card from the Royal Mail advising that a package sent to me, had been 6p short in postage and so I would now need to pay £1.06. This could be either paid in person, or by attaching stamps for this value to the card, and dropping it into the post. I decided upon the latter, to save time and I attached 4 first class stamps and dropped it into the post box. Imagine my surprise the next morning when the very same Royal Mail card was redelivered to my house. I put on my coat and headed down to Victoria Road to find out what the story was. The woman in the post office admitted this was a common mistake and that the sorting office had accidentally sent it straight back to me instead of just keeping hold of it! Not the best system, but I did manage to get my parcel - turned out to be stuff that I'd needed the previous week and now wasn't worth the hassle.

Anyway, that troubled tale is merely to bring me to my journey home, which brought me through Queen's Park where I met a friendly chap called Ewan who is part of the "Sailing in the city" team who, in conjunction with Glasgow City Council are bringing sailing to many of the city's ponds this summer. Ewan is going to get his boss to email more info to us regarding dates but in the mean time, the important stuff is; it's for kids aged between 8 and 14, taster sessions are free, all boats are fully supervised and there are even short day courses with proper training and certificates. There are also evening classes on Tuesday nights between 4:30pm and 7:30pm. To find out more, visit their website www.sailinginthecity.org.uk/ or phone 0131 317 7388.