Put the flags out…..

……. John has got the bumper for his Lotus!! Whoopee-doop! Great excitement in our household, I can tell you!

Having been up and about for a while this morning, Graham and I decided we’d go into Kenilworth for some banking transactions before catching up with the Kenilworth Originals this afternoon. It was all arranged with Paul, and so we were just enjoying some desultory conversation in the lounge while we waited for John to come downstairs for the bacon butties that we’d planned, when he hot-footed into the room and said, excitedly, “Chris has just phoned. My bumper is ready. Need to collect it before 4 o’clock as he’s on holiday next week…..” Oh, right! Change of plan then??

As it turned out Paul and Harriet were happy to change the plans, promising to get-together another day when things have calmed down in their household. They are in that state of waiting for the plumber to plumb, the electrician to electrify, the kitchen fitters to fit, and the painters to paint. They are nearly there with their kitchen/dining room extension, but I think the last bit is proving painful.

Graham and Gail sorted out their banking situation in Kenilworth this morning and, after lunch, we all set off into Birmingham for the excitement of collecting the bumper.

The journey was very slow on the way there and we made the same navigation mistake that we’d made the last time we’d been! That added ten minutes to the journey time that we could have done without….. But we made it. Got to the electroplating company, winkled the bumper from their tenacious grasp and came home triumphant. Just got to fit it on now!! Ooooh, who knows, the ol’ man might get the car finished some time soon?? Fingers crossed.

Take care everyone. God bless.