This week is a very busy week at Jacobite, we are training our new seasonal staff and getting boats ready, all in preparation for the new season on Loch Ness, which begins on Monday 29th March. It is hard work, but well worth it.
We also have a Destination Loch Ness networking charter on Thursday night, with guest speakers, Donald MacNaughton, Ben Thorburn and Rene Looper - all local guys that have given up their time to come and do presentations on the boat, followed by a buffet prepared by "Baking Birds" from Drumnadrochit who are providing the catering on board.
More exciting news is the "Discovery Project" which you can read about by clicking on this link
www.jacobitediscovery.co.uk
Oh!! and on Friday night we are having a pre-season curry at Rajah restaurant in Inverness, an informal get-together before the new season is upon us -
The ice on the canal has finally melted and this morning there was a light dusting of snow, add to this the sun shining on the calm and peaceful Caledonian Canal, along side the Jacobite Queen and it was absolutely beautiful. I am annoyed that we did not have a camera handy as it would have been an another amazing picture.
Today is one of the best days you could be out cruising on Loch Ness - the water is so still that you can see the reflection of the snow covered mountains - stunning.
We are all very busy today - lots of phone calls with recruitment enquiries, the new website is underway and should be live in 2 weeks and Rod is very busy with the exciting new Brackla project. We now have 4 sets of architects drawings for consideration - and so far there are two favourites which we all seem to be agreeing on.
You would think that in the quieter winter months we would all be taking it easy here at Jacobite - No!!
It was total chaos in our tiny office today, along with day to day routine work, we are working on the new summer brochure, a brand new website, planning our recruitment for the new season and also working on our exciting new Brackla project. On top of this Mark, our IT guy, who is very patient, was trying not to trip over us as he tried to work through a list of jobs that we had given him (a days work) . So as you can imagine by the end of the day we were speaking to each other through gritted teeth :)
It will all be worth it in the end, we will have a fabulous new brochure, an amazing new website and some great new seasonal staff joining our team....and tomorrow we will go into work and start the day as we always do with a big smile.
PS As I said I would in my previous post I watched Scotlands Winterwonderland and I saw our boat the Jacobite Spirit - a brilliant shot. Scotland looks so beautiful from above when covered in snow...we are so lucky to have such amazing scenery on our doorstep :)