27 December 2006 - Happy Christmas!

Ok.

Jesus has arrived!! It's really good to finally have her and she is looking in good nick for such an old dog (35 years old!).

She's a bit sick though.

My dad tried to start her the other day and the ignition got stuck and the engine kept turning over without actually starting. This went on until my dad disconnected the battery. I wasn't actually there.. apparently it sounded horrific.. like a large animal dying.

The good news is that there's a lovely guy called Doug who fixes them and lives 10 minutes down the road! I went to see him today and he's gonna have a look at her this week. He also lent me a book and his wife showed me the H Van tattoo on her left butt cheek! Beautiful.

I'm kinda getting on the case as well.. made a long list of thing I need to do before I can start trading. It's long and there's a couple of things in there that worry me slightly but I think it's manageable. Having looked at the inside of the van I'va also rethought my conversion strategy. Rather than pay a conversion firm £3000+ to do it I think it can be done by contracting work out to wise men (electricians, carpenters etc).

Happy Christmas everyone! Please let me know of any comments you have.

Simon