David and Jo's Adventures: Sorry Priscilla!

Wed 12^th Feb 2014

Packed up (which doesn’t take more than 5 mins) and left the Bashley site to head for Dolphin Motorhomes in Christchurch to go over a few teething problems and ask some questions (some I think were a bit blonde!) As we drove along a narrow road that was busy in both directions David made the mistake of trying to avoid a pot hole in the road (passenger side) and must have swerved slightly and the next thing BANG!!!!!!!!!!! We had clipped a van coming the other way with our wing mirror (driver’s side). With nowhere to pull over (as traffic was still flowing) we carried on for a bit with the whole of the mirror swinging down!!!! Managed to pull over to assess the damage and were lucky to be able to put the mirror back in but all the back casing was broken! This mishap we found less stressful than dealing with banks/police fines and automatic telephone services! Arrived at Dolphin Motorhomes in torrential rain and sorted out most of our questions. We were given the address of a repair place that may be able to supply a second-hand wing mirror for £50 but no luck there, only the offer of a new one at approx. £240 and a few days wait. So off we went to Halfords to buy some black duct tape (to fix it) and another padlock for the new bike. A big storm went through so we sat in Priscilla, in the car park, had a cuppa and did our puzzles (because we can!) and waited for it to pass. Filled up with gas for the first time (it was easy) £14.85 for 21 litres (we are using more because of the heating). Arrived at Val and Malcolm’s (staying on their driveway for a couple of nights) and caught up over a lovely homemade “Jamie” fish pie and a few wines of course! Still no licences!!!! They really wanted us to stay in the house but we have Priscilla all set up and it was easier to say goodnight and step out of their front door and into ours.