It is time again for the annual MOT Test on the Campingcar. The weather has been so cold and miserable that I have not moved the van out for some time, today I started to get things packed away so that I can take it over to the garage that does my MOT's.
The Toilet Cassette was in the shower room, relocating in the side hatch involves moving the van into the road to get access.
I packed away a few loose items and checked all round before reversing out. The Fiat Ducato engine started beautifully, I had given the engine a short stationary run a couple of weeks ago so I thought I should take a run round the block.
Half way round the block we were still puffing white smoke, I decided to go further to warm up the engine and CAT. There are two country lane 'round the block' routes that I can take, reaching the turn for the first shorter trip the temperature gauge had hardly lifted. I continued to the village, turning right here takes you to another village with a through route, turn right and you return home, turn left to the village with the garage I use for MOT's.
May as well continue on and book in the van for the MOT. That is how I happened to be in a garage in a village 5 miles from home in my carpet slippers wearing a pair of old baggy track suit bottoms that Sue says I should not be seen dead in.
Such happenings were the subject of bad dreams when we were younger, when you are retired you can act them out without a care in the world.
