Farewell, yellow Mini
I got my yellow Mini in November 2014. It was an 07 reg which already had 115,000 miles on the clock and cost £5,000. I loved yellow cars from when they started to become a thing when I was in my 20s. At the age of 30, I got my absolute dream car – a yellow Beetle. I drove it for 10 years, before it became too expensive to run. It wasn’t completely knackered, but it wasn’t far from it – it was doing only 150...
The car saga continues
Regular readers may remember that I spent about a month without my car in January this year. It’s a VERY long story, but the ‘highlights’ go something like this: 21st November – son gets hit in a ‘no fault’ accident. Driver admits liability at the scene. Damage looks minimal 7th January – Mini goes into garage for repair, damage turns out to be a lot more extensive than I’d first...
The car finally gets sorted
Regular reader to my blog, and followers of my moans on Twitter, will know that I’ve been having car issues for a while. Three months to be precise. I won’t bore you with ALL the detail, but in a nutshell… My son passed his driving test at the start of October, after only three months of lessons. He was enjoying driving and I was enjoying having another driver in the house to take some of the pressure off me. At the...
The fuel tank and doing too much
My husband has had a cold recently which means he’s been snoring more than usual. And he snores a lot at the best of times. I’ve taken to going to the spare room at about 3am, where I sleep very soundly until it’s nearly time to get up. But the other night I couldn’t settle. I had stuff on my mind. And the main thing keeping me awake was the thought that my daughter’s friend would be staying over in a few...
