I was up early today. I wanted to sort the insurance change over for the new car. They opened at 8 am  so  at  8.15 I  rang them. How  it’s so efficient  today.

From just a couple of questions they can pull up  all  your details. .I said to the lady I bet you even know what I had for breakfast don’t you.  It’s all so quick nowadays. And painless. I was dreading a large hike in premiums  for it. But  no. It’s just an extra £35  plus the dreaded admin charge. So I am well pleased. It’s all ready now for  Wednesday lunch time. As soon as I get the cover note I will drop it in. Ive been researching the car on  web. It is not a boy racer car, but  economic and reliable. Thats all I wanted really  apart from being higher  and easier to get in and out of. So we are  well pleased. I think  this will  be my last car. I am sure it will now outlast me. If I get  5 years out of it I will be hitting  nearly 80 and I can’t see me still driving then. The roads are bad enough now.But this is it , one owner ,under 13k on the clock, immaculate.

We took a ride to Minis bay to give Louis a run.  Its changed a bit since my last visit about  a year ago. There used to be a  a little caffee at the end  to get a bag of chips  and a cup of coffee. But  whenI walked in it today, its been  re built , now it enters into a posh bar. I was lost ,can I help you  came a voice. Yes  maybe, I  was looking for  a bag of chips,can I get them from you, or  next door?.  What next door she asked. It was a small restaurant now all in one.

While we sat outside waiting ,we read the menu. Oh dear.  A plate of fish food for one £45.  If you want a  plate of fish  food and a drink for 2 its £72.   Beer was £4 a pint.

We over heard a group of 4 who were shocked at  the bill.  A drink and a plate of sandwiches.  £15  for the drink and £48 for the platter.

It’s a shame ,I don’t recon they  get many  return visitors.

Anyway  we walked  right  up on the cliffs and sat in the sun for a while,  before walking back.  Mave said  it’s as much as she can do. So we then headed home. Where guess what we had a cup of tea. Sat in front of the box nodded off for an hour, at least I did when  I woke up mave was in the den.

Ah! such is life. I  emailed the garage to let them know the insurance was sorted and to thank them for  the way  yesterdays sale was conducted , also to ask if there was a power skt  for the sat nav because I could not see one. I got a nice response  and assurances that it did have a socket on the dash.

Of all the cars parked along the front we didn’t see one like ours.

We are  getting  ready for the london trip  on the  early morning fast train tomorrow. So it will be a long day and my next posting could well be a short one.

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