A happy Easter

A beautiful sunny and very warm Easter Friday which saw us exchanging our boat for payment from an obnoxious old man, whose knowledge of narrowboats was minimal, to say the least. The fact that TardisTwo was still winterised obviously irritated him considerably, but the fault lay with the selling agent as we had previously discussed it with them and they took responsibility. The workshops were "extremely" busy but promised him they would do it ASAP. Later he passed some friends  of ours but was still not in a good mood, apparently.  after a celebratory drink or two we were taken to an Olde -Worldly pub in a very picturesque village of Tutbury. The pub is allegedly the smallest in the UK, which I can easily believer as the boat galley was larger than the bar.

It was closed so we moved on to Subury hall, a fifteenth century stately home now owned by the National Trust and sunbathed in the gardens until returning to Janet's for fish and chips, from where Derek took us home ,exhausted.

Decision made. Audi.

We had an Audi test drive this afternoon which revealed a no contest . Lynne provisionally ordered a red Audi A3, delivery approx 12 weeks or even less. It is a very neat piece of kit and certainly the best car I have ever owned, thanks to Government support for disabled  OAP's. Pity I cannot drive it, but at least I get driven around in comfort.

Coal mining

The weather has taken a turn for the worst, reflecting my current mood. Dull and grey.

Off for a brain scan this afternoon, yippee. It is one of my routine ones at a Leicester hospital, so anything can happen,and probably will.

The boat handover is scheduled for next Friday at 0930 hrs when money and boat will change hands, hopefully ( I have been told to delete the last word of that sentence and be positive, reflecting that I have reached the bottom of the coal mine and the only way is up.

As predicted, anything happened at my brain scan. They were running an hour late and two nurses failed to fit a cannula in either arm, both running off in different directions to find someone who could. They failed, so eventually the scanner technition did it, by which time both arms and the backs of my hands were covered in plasters and blood. The scan was a long one and removing the numerous plasters from my hairy arms and hands took forever, but painfully.

Deeper and deeper

My bright (?) period shattered to a halt late last night when our boat agents queried (on behalf of our buyer) whether we hold a boat safety certificate, which MCC were supposed to supply in our "welcome" pack. Another court case looms? CART are able to confirm Tardis Two does possess the necessary certificate and Appendix 15, but only MCC are permitted to supply originals and copies, just the news we needed. At worst we have lost the boat sale, at best we will have to creep to MCC, although it is a prison sentence offence for builders not to supply safety certificates, which gives us the upper hand.

Lynne had a test drive in a Nissan Quashkai in an attractive shade of blue this morning,and very impressive it was too, next stop Audi on Tuesday.

Depression,what depression?

A bright start to yet another depressing day. The sun is out, but my test results are not.I hope they show nothing life threatening needing urgent attention because it will be like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted (or hobbled into the distance in my case)

Car race hots up

With the Nissan Qaishkai in a small lead the race reaches  near its end, although Derek has widened the field by adding Audi to the list of contenders. Derek and Lynne have headed off to investigate this afternoon.

I had yet another blood test this morning for some future hospital appointments, providing these results do not get lost in the hospital sawdust. Don't hold your breath. Talking of results my endoscopy ones have yet to appear since last November and January respectively. 

Car list narrowed down.

Chloe accompanied us looking for cars and two test drives have been booked in a final attempt to get Lynne to choose one. I would have chosen by now but have no colour hang-ups. Whatever gets chosen I will like, particularly as I am unable to drive the damn thing, although I know I can get in and out of them all.

Chloe delivered a load of "stuff" for our loft and relieved us of our old TV.