Strangely calm....

Nothings packed...
I'm waiting for my team to land at various airports...
I'm drinking a cuppa on the deck....
Looking at my garden...
http://ki-therapy.com/#/healing-garden/4511233359
Life is good!!!
V (*_*) V

hahahaha.

Im sat here with a cuppa, bacon sarnie soon, looking at the carpet spotting the colour patches in beween the stickers.
War dept aint a happy bunny. ( do I care tho? ) lol

Ach, time for another cuppa then I will sort me bag oot and envelope up the stickers.
and check me fluids, pack me clothes in car, pack beer, veg oil, mmmmmmm
didnae think I was that far behind.............panic mode
I have 23hrs to get it aw sorted as off on our first leg in morning.

Hamble here we come

Tis ok 'JJ' your envelopes aw done and at the top of the pile
(flavouritism?)

Plan for me is:

Thursday
15:30 leave Kent
18:30 arrive Dorset, meet up with co-driver, pat dog, dodge chickens, greet wife
18:31 Throw bag of washing at wife, receive pint of nice cool cider in return
18:32 Wipe cider from eyes and towel the damp patches off my shirt
18:33 Pour another pint
18:45 Stare at pile of stuff in dining room
18:50 Stare at pile of stuff in co-drivers car
19:00 Put down laptop after realising that googling for a larger dining room is not the answer. Pour another pint
19:30 Spread piles of stuff out into hall. Rationalise the exclusion of clothing and food and the excess of alcohol with the words "war's hell". Pour a pint and start looking longingly at the dog's biscuits
20:00 Order the fourth curry in 7 days, start kicking piles of stuff out of dining room, past the pile in the hall and on into lounge. Find dog under oztent
20:30 Wonder why I'm missing a chicken. Wife reports clucking noises from the Engel fridge. Glare accusingly at co-driver
21:00 - 23:59 Talk bobbins with co-driver. Drink cider

Friday
08:00 Ring mate and arrange for loan of Komatsu mini-digger to scoop piles of stuff into car
09:00 Pull it all out again after muffled barking heard in vicinity of glovebox
09:30 Reload car
09:45 Pull it all out again after remembering that last little bit of wiring that I needed to do
10:00 have fist-fight with co-driver after he connects electric fence energiser from the goose pen to the cable I'm running
14:30 leave casualty department
15:00 repack car
16:00 Shakedown drive. Co-driver climbs all over car tracking down squeaks, rattles, clucking and a strangely persistent wailing from the rear
16:05 shake hands with police officer and apologise for not realising it was his siren
16:30 - 19:30 Zip-tie and gaffer everything that rattles or squeaks
19:30 apologise to wife while removing gaffer tape from her hair and explain to co-driver that some squeaking is acceptable



More to follow.......

thats brilliant!!! love it!

please make a video!

Its not calm where I am sitting at the moment!!!

many thanks to everyone who has offered to help so far.

Thanks Bill..
I don't want to be in your head Alan!!
Jack n 'arry thanks for dropping by!!
Adrian if you need anything gis a bell Hope all gets sorted...

Im still doing blody stickers...........

Loving the virtual garden:-)

We're not packed either.Having last minute panic attacks.Just bought roof bars coz we've decided at last minute that we're not going to get everything in the car (we have roof box but no bars) got home only to find that the bars are not long enough and we now NEED that roof box!
Off on a wild goose chase tomorrow for longer bars.

Trying to get the kids tea is a nightmare coz I've packed the cutlery,tin opener and kitchen scissors so I have to keep unpacking them.The only box I've packed and it's the one I should have packed last...

Still debating about the CB


Think its a good idea????


Apart from that everything is cool....

Jo good luck with the bars
Sandy get a CB I think it will be good banter if nothing else!!!

'JJ'..... dinna be saying that we aw trying tae convince him NOT to get one.

Do YOU wanna listen to them?



ANON's brother



Jo........ I remember getting comments aboot my packing a week or so back.
although I aint got me clothes in yet, oor fork n' knives are in....
guid fun tho

BOFA Bill wrote:

although I aint got me clothes in yet

thought you were wearing the birthday suit

aye ah wis but couldnae iron oot the wrinkles.

I keep packing,unpacking and re-arranging stuff.I should just leave well alone, it was OK the first time,lol.
Well at least the roof box is packed and locked,don't know where we're going to put it though

Bill,no need to iron,just put it in the tumble dryer

I got all my clothing out earlier. Aaaannnnnd that's about it!!

Tim couldn't make it so all the bits we were going to do will be done tomorrow.

I have a million, billion, squillon things to do over the next 36hrs. Most of these M,B.S. things involve putting most of the rear end of the car together which, still looks like a builders locker!!

We're all but ready - just need to load and go.
Pretty much what we'd take on a normal camping trip, we have a system for checking, sorting and packing that's been well tried and tested over the last goodness knows how many years.

BUT - there will always be something that gets forgotten, the surprise is what that something is.

Almost at the stage - if it isn't packed, it's not going.

nickburt wrote:

We're all but ready - just need to load and go.
Pretty much what we'd take on a normal camping trip, we have a system for checking, sorting and packing that's been well tried and tested over the last goodness knows how many years.

BUT - there will always be something that gets forgotten, the surprise is what that something is.

Almost at the stage - if it isn't packed, it's not going.

Good drills!

aw weil, another late sticker request so switching machines on.
after that sit doon for a beer then beeds time.
Up early then heading for the Start, Part one at 9am.
Jist canny mind where that secret location is again

BOFA Bill wrote:

aw weil, another late sticker request so switching machines on.
after that sit doon for a beer then beeds time.
Up early then heading for the Start, Part one at 9am.
Jist canny mind where that secret location is again

Safe trip Bill.
Thanks for the stickers, all on tonight - can't wait to see the kids faces in the morning when they see their names and job descriptions on their doors

ah thats good.
they aint seen them yit?
cool. get fotaes up mon.

glad you like the idea

All ready to go..................apart from loading up

nickburt wrote:

can't wait to see the kids faces in the morning when they see their names and job descriptions on their doors

awww,that's cute!:-)

everything here is packed and loaded........oh bugger its in the shed and i have no found the key oh well have another beer anyone got a crowbar lol