It's been a while since my last blog. Sorry!
There has been quite a bit going on and I thought it was time for a catch up.
First - the return of Rosie
After two month waiting, Rosie finally has a new heart! Thanks to the hard work of Mick Adams and The V W Engine Company, Deptford. It took and bit of doing, not because of anything untoward by her surgeons and reconstructive consultants, but more so due to the Olympic Games and the transport company that was supposed to collect the engine and take it to south east London! (I won't name them for legal reason)
Instruction to collection agent - "please collect from Mick Adams workshop before 5pm"
Following a call to the agent to find out why it hasn't been collected - "our driver arrived at 5:30pm and there was no one there"
Response - "that is because they go home at 5pm which is why you were asked to be there before 5pm"
A week later, when asked why it still hadn't been collected - "our driver arrived at 5:30pm and there was no one there"
Response - "that is because they go home at 5pm which is why you were asked to be there before 5pm"
A week later, when asked why it still hadn't been collected - "our driver arrived at 5:10pm and there was no one there"
Response - "exactly which part of '"please collect from Mick Adams workshop before 5pm' didn't you understand.
Nett result, I drove Rosie's engine to deptford in the back of my landrover! Having collected it before 5pm! How clever am I?
Anyway! Result the clever chaps at The V W Engine Company did a Stirling job putting Rosie's heart back together and Mick and his team did equally well to put all the bits back in the right place.
Rosie is now a running VW Camper once more.
Just to prove, she and I took a weekend drive all the way to Steeple Bumpstead (yes! It is a real place. Look it up on google maps!) via Harlow, and back again.
I'm not sure where we go from here, but I'm sure that after a winter's rest, we will have some more adventures with her next summer. If we can get our act together, she might even get a spruce up in he meantime.
For me, however, bigger journeys now call. I'm writing this blog from the Olive Garden in Kabak, Turkey, where I am for a cookery week. So maybe more on that later.
...and I now have the first leg of my 'big' trip planned, so look out for some more adventures starting from St Petersburg in December!
P.s. Pallet Line are shit!
