Against the odds, normal service has been resumed...just in time for the first of our summer guests who arrive imminently. There are times in high season here when I feel I'm running a small hotel, and it doesn't always go smoothly, but in the build-up to opening this time I have reached Sybil Fawlty status, with a touch of Basil himself thrown in, wild of hair and eye.
Now all that remains is to drift out, under the scented pines, past the sparkling swimming pool to greet the first visitors of the season with a beatific smile on my face. Make it look effortless, that's the key.
