Road trip!

Well, not much of a one to be honest, but it was good to get Brian off the drive!

We went to glorious Sunny Hunny for breakfast.

I had the small breakfast.



Yes. That's the small one! If you're heading to Hunstanton then I recommend the Tamworth Tearooms.

The view was good.....





But much improved after J decided to move Brian to where we could see him.



However it was a windy day, so the drive back was eventful. I've tried a couple of videos to capture the ambiance of Brian on a windy day.

Hopefully you'll get the sense of Brian barrelling along at just under 60mph, which seems to be his favourite speed, and the level of noise! The sound of tin rattling comes from under my seat where the cooker is and is the surround for the hob itself.

And now I shall go and finish the second of the beanie hats!

New wheels are here!

To be fair to Retrodubs, they arrived on Wednesday this week, but it's been a REALLY long week for lots of non-Brian related reasons. Suffice it to say that the wheels were the high point!

We had finally made a decision from the choices available and ordered them on the Friday (see previous post) and had been told Tuesday or Wednesday, it would depend when the Lovely Justin could get the tyres fitted.

Tuesday came and went, and Wednesday dawned bright and fair. I phoned the Lovely Justin at lunchtime to say that there were no wheels as yet. He informed me that they were coming by NightFreight, and they would be with us that day. There was no tracker number (NightFreight don't do them) but he said that if there were no wheels by late afternoon then he would phone the courier and sort it out.

They arrived around 4, if memory serves me right, and I received an excited text from J to show me.





Swiftly, we were home and eager to unpack them. (Sharp eyes readers may see Brian's fridge in the background!)




The wheels were individually wrapped in bin bags, well taped, and with thick cardboard over the wheels.





When fully put together they look like this, but they aren't going on Brian just yet. He's being booked into the garage in Swaffham to have his front end raised first, and the whole lot put on together.

The wheels were these and the tyre package can be found here.  The tyres are appropriately load bearing as well, which is a very good thing.

Lovely!

1 down, 4 to come........

I'll do a proper photo post with proper links when the new wheels arrive, but they are finally ordered from Lovely Justin at Retrodubs. They will be gloss black with polished rims. Mmmmm! Retrodubs also do a tyre package available when you purchase 4 wheels, and so we took advantage of that and the whole lot was £543!

The customer service from Lovely Justin was also fantastic. I emailed them in the evening, around 7ish, because I couldn't get the payment to go through. PayPal was messing about. I had an email back by 8pm, solving the issue and clarifying what vehicle I wanted wheels for so they could make sure the right nuts were sent, and generally being professional and great!

I ordered on Thursday night, and phoned to pay over the phone at Friday lunchtime. I've been told that the wheels, complete with tyres, should be with us Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on how soon they can do the tyres. Again, that's a good bit of customer service. The tyres are the correct ones for the van, load bearing to the right level.

We've also picked up 1 wheel today, £5 from eBay, for the spare, hence the title of this post - 1 down, 4 to come!



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