The Van (part 2)

We've got the van and it has a name. Gwen stands like a poised steed at the back of the house waiting for the open autobahn.  The radio is workable although the only thing I could listen to for 2 hours on my 5 1/2 trip back from Chester was the Newcastle game. Can't even remember the score.
Became slightly perturbed when I was flashed a number of times, was wondering what body part Gwen was trailing but it was the right front main beam that was not working. Easily fixed.
Cat has ordered a number of books from Amazon, which are trickling in. The Vegan passport I will let Cat blog on..
Ferries to be booked, crockery to be bought.
37 days to go....

The Van

We have a route ish, we have both resigned and we even have someone to rent the house.  But we don’t have a camper van yet...

Dan, who I went to college with and who spent a year touring New Zealand in a campervan with Ruth and their two boys who at the time were 2 years old and 2 months old, has one for sale. Not the one he used in New Zealand.  A Peugeot Talbot Camelot, a fine example of van conversion, so says the Peugeot Talbot Camelot owners club and they know. And it has a shower and a toilet and everything.

Dan lives in Llanberis in the foothills of Snowdon.  The AA says it takes the same time to get to Dan as it takes to get to Paris, using the Tunnel.  That’s long. We may pick up the van this weekend or in a few weeks time.  The most important thing the van needs is a stereo, the radio works but not the tape player.  Saw a nice JVC one but think we may frequent Cash Converters in Wellington on Saturday.  We will need a name for it as well.

45 days to go....

Matt