Ian, rest assured, we will give priority on the hotel to the members of SES first. But as is the case every year, there are always casualties to the initial list in both directions, with people being added last minute or people dropping out last minute. Just one of those things.

We haven't maxed out the hotel at all, we sent Jacqueline a loose list in January of people who were coming. She then put them rooms to one side and then went about filling the other rooms with guests. We could take what we have this year and then add the Lotus lot and still have plenty of room.

With regards next year, Jacqueline can fill the hotel several times over with ringers alone. She turned down a wedding to accommodate us this year. So I am not willing to mess her about too much as she has really looked after us.

Going on the Saturday will give us much better track time, plus a bit of weekend entertainment, so everyone wins. And at the end of the day, it's a holiday, so just take it as your time off, happy days.