Catching up (yet again!)

Well the Easter weekend has been and gone and it was a mixture of cold/wet/windy and half decent! Julie and I decided to go to the New Forest over Easter, Dan was away on Cadet camp and Tash had some plans of her own (which did not happen in the end). We had a nice B&B for Friday and Saturday night at Milford-on-Sea, http://www.briantcroft.co.uk/suites.htm, which is down on the coast opposite the Isle of Wight. We managed to enjoy ourselves, went out to dinner one night and stayed in the next.

Went to the New Forest Wildlife Park on the way home, got home Sunday evening via the mayfly for tea (nice but expensive!). Dan was back Monday afternoon, and Tash turned up late Monday, she went to work Tuesday and ended up ill so came home.

Dan's got proper Army selection again today/tomorrow, so by Friday evening we will know if he is in the Army or not. As I said in the last blog, half of me hopes he gets in, half of me does not!

So, what's next? Been putting some luggage on the bike for the trip to Bala in Wales at the end of the month, also been using my new boots, which take longer to put on and take off but have much better soles and are probably more water-proof (also bought a one-piece water-proof suit, not tried it yet). Brought the bike in to work Tuesday and Wednesday, Tuesday it ran fine, Wednesday it stopped (seemed to run out of fuel), eventually started again on reserve, filled it up (petrol up again to 1.22.9 per litre), popped and banged but got me home.

Bit's and pieces at work, next trip is booked for early May, other than that just busy. Test Valley Business Awards next week, Army presentation later in the month, mainly as I said bit's and pieces.



Bikes a BSA Bantam D14B, languishing on Ebay with no bids for 350.00 pounds. Must say I am tempted, not sure why! It would not be able to replace the S10, nor would it be anywhere as good as my old Enfield! What I really need is a cheap Enfield project...bit like this one really, just up on Ebay from Hitchcocks, an Indian import, not UK registered, starting at 500.00 pounds...