Olly was due an MOT and following on from Niks plea on Radio Oxford a really nice guy from a garage in Oxford called into the radio to say he would MOT Olly for free. Raffy from North Hinksey MOT centre took charge of our precious Olly and although she failed initially he rectified the small problems and she was all good to hit the highways. We would would highly recommend him and he is a really lovely guy too. Give the Garage a call if your from the Oxford area and I am sure he'll be able to help. Raffy was inspired to help us out as it reminded him of his crazy adventure in 1975 when he drove a Transit van to Pakistan.
A huge thank you goes out to Raffy and the crew at his garage.
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| Raffy sends Olly off on her way |
We have also sorted the Insurance and finally found a company who would insure Craig and not charge ridiculous prices as Craig is under 25. Things are falling into place and lots of ticks were made on the list of things to do. We finally decided on the accommodation of choice after months of debating. We're camping for as much as we can tolerate to save our cash and to enjoy the whole experience at the campsites. We have debated on options of tent; our Geodesic - Good height to stand up in and space to store stuff but takes time to put up, Pop-up tents - easy to set up and pack down but no space to stand up and get dressed in, new tent altogether! Guess what, we have a new tent (we have a little collection of tents, one for all occaision's). We have settled on a Coleman instant 4. We spotted it last year but it was too expensive. However, Go outdoors have and we decided to go for it. Goes up in 1 minute they say! And.............................................it actually does (well when you know what your doing). It was so quick to put up and take down but will be cosy inside for the 3 of us. We hope it will be nice and quick after a long day driving when all we want is a cold beer and shower followed by some grub. We'll report back on it's success.
The hunt for new camping chairs has also been a mission. But finally after an hour trying them out at Go outdoors we settled on our personal choices. I tried mine out while doing a car boot sale on sunday to raise some cash. It was really comfortable, so much so that I was happy for customers to help themselves. It's no wonder I only made £27.
On Bank Holiday Monday all our camping gear was pulled out the shed to be cleaned and checked. We had hoped to have camped by now but to be frank the weather has just been shit until this weekend. The garden will have to do for a camping run as we're running out of time fast.
We have dipped into our wedding gift vouchers and made our first purchases. A Nespresso machine, not much help for the Windy but we will save money by not having to go to Costa etc. Our second will help, a fully loaded Sat nav but with me not trusting technology I have a back up old style paper version. Craig will have to learn to use an old school map and fast.
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