On Sunday 18th November we left my Mum's house where she has kindly been putting us up for the past few weeks. Unfortunately I think our bad luck has now rubbed off onto her as her heating boiler has packed up and been condemned by British Gas. She has been left without any heating and only an immersion heater for hot water. Hopefully it will all be sorted out for her soon but we did feel a little guilty leaving her despite her threats not to darken her door at least until Christmas.
We drove up to Newark in beautiful sunshine. Our task today was to take everything out of our old vehicle and put into the new one. Although the two vehicles are very similar in size the storage space on the new van is not as good and so Mike and I spent a few hours juggling everything around. However by suppertime we had most things in place and Mike had worked out all the gas, electrical and water systems and so we were able to cook our first meal in the new van. Mike christened the van by spilling his glass of wine but as there was more in the bottle it was not the disaster it could have been.
Our first night was disturbed by the constant roar of traffic on the nearby A1 but the bed was very comfortable and despite low temperatures outside we felt very snug. Monday morning we had the official hand over when we had to hand over our keys for Hymie. I felt rather sad as I had got attached to this van but she had failed to deliver the service we required so she had to go. We had also identified a couple of minor (we hope) snags in the new van which are being rectified as I write and then it is down to Cathy's to hand over the Renault and then on to Wales to give the van a good test before we go abroad and to say a final farewell (again) to Richard and Louise. Mike having already said goodbye (again) to his kids at the weekend. We then plan to get to Dover for the 24th November.
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