Countdown is now in single figures!!

The excitement is mounting and the shopping is almost done.

Nothing more can be done for Delfy.
 Tyres, brakes, lights, oil, water and every other container with a level , has been checked. She is running smoothly, purring in fact, which for a diesel engine is in itself quite amazing.

Almost all the food shopping is loaded; tins for quick, lazy meals; boxes of pasta, rice and cereals. Fresh fruit, veg and meat will go in the fridge and freezer on the 21st.

Then there are all the pills, potions and lotions that keep us oldies young. Sun and moisturising creams for the more crumpled skin, chemicals to keep us on the move.....or not, and enough first aid to kit out a field hospital! No sex, got the drugs and loads of rock n' roll !!

CDs , cards, Scrabble, crib and chess, DVDs and  games to keep the brain cells active, are stowed  in a cupboard above the dining table and the outside lockers house everything for our mobile patio ... BBQ stove, table, chairs and a special carpet for dusty stop-overs

  

 Once we reach warmer places, more time is spent outdoors. Cooking, eating ,washing and reading.
Can you spot Sue's marigolds?

As for now, there are clothes that still need to become acquainted with an iron ; too chilly to put bedding in yet and we are still  using the maps to decide how to find our way to The Sahara.