DENIS

FERRY company Stena Line are offering special deals this month for advance bookings.

We went with them in June last year from Cairnryan to Belfast and had a very enjoyable crossing.

Their email had me considering a May booking and driving to Ireland because I am now considered too old to hire a car.

Over 76, you need a doctor’s certificate of good health and a letter from your insurance company saying you have been accident-free for five years.

I’ve been accident-free for more than 20 years but have changed my insurance company, to get the best deal, three times in the last five years.

To contact all three companies and get letters of accreditation was a task too far, so I didn’t bother.

After many years of car hire with Hertz, I have given up.