TML Travel Group - The Moneypenny Files

Prelude to Next Week — “Runcorn, Rotherham & An Autumn Approval” As David waited on the platform for his train to Manchester, a WhatsApp arrived from Mr B — short, direct, and entirely in keeping with the rhythm of their working week. Could David come in on Monday to deliver a minibus to Runcorn ? The answer, of course, was yes. After a busy Friday at TML HQ, with the logistics for the Iona Pilgrimage & Hebridean Heritage Journey coming together beautifully, this was exactly the kind of operational reset David needed to recharge his thought processes. A simple movement. A clear purpose. A familiar depot. A quiet road. The kind of task that clears the mind and sharpens the week ahead. So Monday will open with David once again in Rotherham , ready to assist Mr B and the team — while I remain at TML HQ , holding the fort in full Moneypenny Mode until his return. A new week. A new rhythm. A new horizon waiting to unfold. Not long after David replied to Mr B , while the tra...

Monday — “The Reviews Are In… and So Are the Competitors” The week began with a review.  Not from a critic, not from a journalist, but from Niall , General Manager of Loch Fyne Hotel & Spa — who experienced his very first taste of The Moneypenny Files over the weekend. His verdict?  A laugh on a rainy Friday. Which, frankly, is the highest praise any writer can hope for. And so, with Loch Fyne now officially inducted into the readership (and the cast list),  I assumed the matter would rest there. It did not. Because by Sunday afternoon, two more Crerar properties had stepped forward — gracefully, strategically, and with the kind of scenic confidence that suggests they’ve been waiting for their moment. First came the Isle of Mull Hotel & Spa , appearing twice, as if to ensure I didn’t overlook it. A hotel woven into David’s story long before TML existed — the base for his five‑day Iona & Mull tour in 2000 , and a cornerstone of our Iona Pilgrimage & Mull...

MONDAY — Messages, Momentum, and the Echo of Last Week’s Chapter Monday arrives with a different kind of stillness at TML HQ — the kind that follows a week where life shifted in ways none of us expected. Last week’s edition of The Moneypenny Files carried memory and momentum in equal measure, and it seems the story didn’t quite end on Friday. Over the weekend, David received a message from Tom , Lis’s son — and it was nothing short of remarkable. Thoughtful, gracious, and steady in a way that speaks volumes about the man he has become. He wrote about how sudden everything had been, how he’d flown home to be with his mum when she passed, and how the last few months had been a blur of emotion and responsibility. And yet, in the middle of all that, he still found the space to reach out with kindness — to thank David for his friendship with Lis, for the years of staying in touch, for the normality and support he’d offered her after her diagnosis. He even admitted he’d had “a little cry” ...