Ha yeah I know I shouldn't be moaning...!
I'll plan the trip for a Friday I think, then I can have the saturday. It'll be before the 'season' starts.
You're right, perhaps I should just shell it. Looking a bit closer at the ferry times, there's effectively only one trip a day there anyway in the winter, unless you just want to spend 30 minutes there!!!!
In fact, if my boss wants me to go, she'll have to pay for an overnight stay, as I can't see any other way of doing it even if I was to look at it strictly for work porpoises (it ways there be dolphins!!)
.o0O0o.