Will try kicking him next

Still won't start. Tried re-earthing it, charging from leisure battery, charging from the mains, jumping from Paul's Astra. All failed. Now going out in the rain and dark to disconnect the neg terminal and will hope that the solar charger and another go from the mains tomorrow will work.

Getting fed up now. Still... TGF the trusty steed!

Naughty Bumble

Won't start again. Second recent Sunday I have gone to him and the battery is totally flat. Surely you can not drive a van for a week but still expect it to start? I miss Moby's ever trustworthy reliability. Going to recharge the battery tomorrow and then put this solar trickle charger on and see if that works. I'm going to need him to be reliable for work if the weather continues to get colder and horribler.

BANG!!

Took Ma and Pa and Matty and his niece Farah to Alton Towers yesterday. We got on loads of rides thanks to Ma's foot op putting her in a wheelchair hehe. Oblivion in particular was way better than I remembered!


The fireworks were, of course, amazing. I loved the angled ones, and the crackly ones. We got really close to the lake to watch them. My group photo attempt was a bit of a fail.

The fireworks were set to some very loud pop music, a Queen medley, Bjork's Oh So Quiet (which was fab, with the well timed angled fireworks) and the old skipping favourite hooked on classics.

Should have guessed that the finale would be to Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King.