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| Snowdon in early spring 2013 |
Oh my life!
I took a test drive into the country with my car packed sans woofits. OH MY LORDY...as I took a particularly tight corner which culminates in a steep rise in the road , the bed, which I had laid out so neatly over the top of my packed things (two thin foam pallets with a blanket) slid over the top of the foil blanket I used to protect the packed gear and slid right up my arm and over my head........
I could hardly drive for laughing, thankfully it didn't inhibit my view or interfere with my actual driving but it was so funny.
Still I now have an idea of how to re pack a few things, more to the point I also have an idea of how the car handles with a lot of weight in it. I didn't think I could put any more in the car but , yes I can, not much, but enough.If the camper van idea flals through I can still take to the road and have my adventure.
If the camper van idea falls through then I really do still want to go for this adventure so the car is the last resort. Be prepared is a great motto so that's what I have done. Its surprising how much stress left my head the moment I realised this was actually do-able.
I am also making a little desk type arrangement for during the day with which I can record a few things. I glued my holder for my mobile phone onto the top of the levellest part of the dash board, I thought it through and realised with the flick of a button I can record traffic if its cutting me up, or swivel it round and record me while I am driving...neat huh?
Alongside my own drivers seat I have folded the passenger seat in half and happily for me, there is a little tray that is attached to the back of the car, flipped up it provides a neat little holder for my lap top , so I can Skype with it if I need too, record with it if I wish too, the laptop is a Lenovo G580 and a brilliant little machine. Its got loads of little extras to it and I pay for Microsoft as well on a monthly scheme so I have the best in desk top publishing as well as free Skype calls thanks to my Microsoft account PLUS a really good laptop with fantastic capabilities to record, and sort out all my images and so on. I love Picasa 3 for my photographs, all the money in the world to buy fancy apps isn't going to change an image from bad to good...if all you need is to darken the light a tad and crop it to size...its a good image, anything else is tweeking and as far as I am concerned doesn't count.
Airbrushing the wrinkles out of my face isn't truthful :D
My Kindle is going to give me so much pleasure as I read books avidly and obviously I can't carry a library around with me in real life...but the virtual world of the Kindle and the Internet is an amazing big plus for anyone like me...cast out into the big wide wonderful world.
So today, despite being very tired and overly aware of my vulnerability...is going to do well for a short while...I intend
to have my adventure.
