Success

So the big question was will Olly be ready? Craig has gone all out, searched high and low for a new pipe and ended up having to get one made. 3 1 litre bottles of Transmission fluid later and we're good to go.

There she is Olly's new Transmission fluid pipe. Great job Craig and thank you Becki (his girlfriend for patiently waiting while he gets it sorted. We'll pack the camping gear in the car over the weekend and then it's off to The New Forrest to meet the other mad Windy 500 entrants and compare our modes of transport. See you there Windy goers.

The panic is on to get Olly ready for the 18th of August but will she make it?

Craig has realised we have a transmission leak and has taken off the transmission oil cooling pipe and then went off to get a new one. We thought we had a lead with just what we needed. 3 different places later and no pipe found. The question now is can Craig beat the clock and locate the pipe and fit it before he goes on holiday

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Craig tried to drain the transmission fluid out, good use of a milk bottle mate.

I hope this makes Steve feel happier, it's not really a breakdown more of a bit of maintenance to avoid the breakdown. Lets keep our fingers crossed. Olly needs to get down to the New Forrest in 2 weekends time to join her new fiends so we hope that Craig can work his magic. Craig is off for a week from monday so we only have a week to get it sorted so Nik and I can drive Olly to The New Forrest where Craig and Becki will meet us. We even treated Craig to a new pop up Gazebo to keep away the British weather and it fits perfectly in Olly's boot for our big adventure.

For the Olympics we thought we should show a bit of support and even Olly has got in the spirit

Summer fun

Well it's supposed to have been summer time so we have been have a clear out and made room for Olly on the driveway. The old caravan had to go and a new shed was needed to store all the things we need to get Olly ready with and the camping gear needed an airing ready for our get together in the New Forrest. We decided a BBQ was well and truly overdue so on went the coals to keep us all going while the work went on. We had some help from great friends and others were more of a hindrance ............

Craig decided that the car needed some work while the sun was out and he battled for 2 and a half hours to get the water pump off the car to change that and the cam belt. He had it back on and sorted in minutes. Some bruit strength was needed and a few trips to Halfords!




 I think we should get a Halfords points card if there is such a thing as I think we'll be backwards and forwards from time to time before next June.

Nik has been busy working with wedding Disco's to save money towards our wedding and the Windy 500 honeymoon adventure. Check out Lets Go Disco to see what we can do.

We have had some fun too although it can feel like it's all work from time to time. We keep telling each other it will be worth it. We have had some nights off too and a few too many sherbets were had. A karaoke birthday bash for me was a good chance to let our hair down. Some friends and family came along to celebrate with us and there are some good pictures of the night on Facebook too.

Myself, Mel, Fran and Lyndsay get on the mikes but I don't think The Saturdays have anything to worry about just yet.







Nik and Craig keep tempting me with things they plan to do to Olly and these include a cocktail bar, fridge and pull out bed! Nik has this marked on his phone at the moment but there may be a slight problem as there will be no place to put the camping gear but at least the camp site will hear us arriving!

Be in touch soon guys and girls.