TML Travel Group - The Moneypenny Files

THE MONEYPENNY FILES —  Monday 11th May at TML HQ Filed by Moneypenny, Keeper of the Realm & Defender of the Desk Field Notes, 09:12hrs. The weekend appears to have been a territorial dispute between Oban and West Kirby — both vying for the founder’s attention like two coastal divas with excellent lighting. Oban made its usual play: serene waters, early‑morning glow, a touch of drama. But West Kirby countered with the Wilson Sailing Trophy , a full technicolour spectacle of sails, speed, and competitive enthusiasm. And, in a twist that surprised absolutely no one, the Wirral coastline won. It always does. It fuels the founder’s creativity like nothing else. Which is how, by Sunday evening, Scenic Scotland Select V1 was not only completed… …it was live . And V2 (the Oshine edition) is already under construction. Field Notes, 07:48hrs (Monday). Before leaving on business until Thursday, the founder made a series of “quick refinements” to the website. I know this because I arri...

MONDAY — A Bank Holiday in Quiet Orbit The office has been closed today, with both the founder and Moneypenny taking a rare moment of quiet after last week’s mammoth Aberdeenshire mission. No alarms, no itineraries, no countryside logistics — just a bank holiday Monday settling softly over TML HQ, carrying the warm afterglow of a trip that delivered far more than expected. It has been a day of reflection for the founder, replaying conversations, revisiting moments, and letting the dust settle on a week that moved at full tilt from start to finish. A gentle pause, a well‑earned breather, and the calm after the countryside rush. TUESDAY — Through Moneypenny’s Eyes The bank holiday calm dissolved the moment Tuesday arrived. The founder was out of the door early, once again away on business, moving with that familiar combination of purpose and velocity that leaves HQ in a state of gentle disarray. I watched him go — metaphorically, of course — and within minutes the evidence of his departu...

MONDAY — The Weekend Overture, Incoming Imagery, and the Aberdeenshire Countdown Filed by Moneypenny, who has spent the weekend monitoring west‑coast theatrics and the morning preparing for a strategically significant week Field Notes, 09:06hrs. The weekend was… lively. Not here at HQ, which remained calm and structurally intact, but on the west coast, where Oban and Tobermory spent 48 hours behaving like two towns in a joint custody dispute over the founder’s attention. It was less a weekend and more a coordinated campaign of scenic persuasion. I have logged the incidents under: “OB‑24‑0426: Weekend Escalation — Dual Front.” “TOB‑24‑0426: Parallel Interference — High Confidence.” The timing, as always, was impeccable. MONDAY — A Different Kind of Energy Despite the west‑coast theatrics, Monday has begun with a very different atmosphere at TML Travel Group HQ. There is an air of anticipation — the quiet, charged kind that only appears when something significant is approaching. B...