Bath - got a top deal, through a fire brigade friend. Car was his 95yo dad's, who has owned it since new (it's a 95 VS Berlina Sedan) and has...get this...45K kms on the clock!! It's like a two year old car! Except he has touch parked a lot with it...and we know someone who can work on those dings for cheap Just got to book it into the mechanics ASAP for RWC, then get insurance, then organise a tow bar...and book myself in for a dressage or showjumping comp!! It's got electric everything, which I get paranoid about (thinking of things failing in the middle of nowhere with a horse float attached...), so I'll just have to place a little faith in it. Importantly, it has ABS brakes and I think I'll like the cruise control feature, with speed alert. It's really, really fancy for my car standards! Still it's just a car and it's going to suffice beautifully for towing a single horse Oh, yeah, and it was an absolute bargain. BiL was going to sell us his car but he ran into some hitches that would have delayed the car sale and DP felt bad thinking about this other car because he'd agreed to buy BiL's car...then BiL said to 'go for it' when he heard about it, cos he can't get his own arse into gear and he was relieved to be off the hook! Worked out better for us, this car is better cos it's got ridiculous mileage.
Good idea about using the library, Bath! I'm getting into trouble around here for using BB too much. I'll go nuts on here when DP comes home, and it irks him to see me on teh puter...and all I want is to unwind while he plays with Oscar! Oh, well, better do the PR job and cut down on my visible time on BB
Got to ride my horse today with Osc, and it was his first time using the bareback pad...what a difference! Not only was he comfortable, but because he could hold onto the monkey-grip loop on the front of the pad, his position was just beautiful and correct. We had a ride together and then he started to get a bit delicate - humidity and a very sweaty head under his hard hat He had a mini-meltdown, so I had to bustamove pronto.
I wonder how Wade will go tomorrow! I hope he loves it. I think it's a great idea about care for Niall, Bath - and the CAE sounds a bit too ideal!
Mel - movies would have been just perfect this week, how nice!
Better go, I'm supposed to be researching car insurance...