It just did.
We spent the day in Brian, starting with a trip to collect our small companion for the day. He's 3, (4 in 1,2,3,4 weeks!) and fabulous company. He's at the why stage though.
We went over to Holbeach Hurn first of all, to drop these off.
The most clever Sarah of vw camper curtains sews from a busy workshop in the quiet countryside and spent time checking exactly what we wanted, how we wanted it, and how it was going to be.
She provided the small companion with paper and pencil for drawing, and she and J went to measure up the Brian.
I was in the workshop with the small companion, so there weren't many pictures, but what we do know is that the front curtain template that Sarah had from other bays doesn't fit the Brian! Oh, and the dormobile roof measures oddly so that it can't be mirrored both sides. Nothing is ever simple.....
On the other hand, we are leaving Brian's fabric with someone that we trust, whose work we have seen, whose price was jolly reasonable and who reckons we can have it in time for Dubfreeze!
(Oh, we aren't going to Dubfreeze to camp anymore. Brian is being raised and having his new wheels done on the Saturday! Proper post to come, obviously!)
Anyway, back to the day.
The small companions parents arrived at this point with the medium and larger versions, as well as the tiny version, and we bimbled up to Tattersall Lakes. The weather was gorgeous, but cold, and the small companion's mother joined us in Brian, and we followed his father up to the lakes.
Brian behaved beautifully, and the small companion had many questions that involved his speed, his bumpiness, his noises, and why we had a blanket in the car.
We had a pub lunch (very nice!) and looked around the park. It seems lovely!
We'll be spending some time there over the summer I think. We drove around different sites, looking at pitches and static vans and the small companion commented and questioned everything.
More importantly, the lady showing us around had never been in a camper. The clue came when she looked at Brian and said "Do you want to come in my car or......?" and when J said "We can take Brian if you want to come with us?" she was very happy! She loved his look, his belts, his sound, his feel, everything. Brian stuck a smile on her face and shared the VW love!
Then we headed back to the home of the small companion for an Indian and a film before driving home.
Fabulous. Cold, but fabulous. And that's an issue when you have a small companion who is vaguely blue around the edges because of the cold. According to the garage man (who will have his own post later!) Brian has some heat direction bits missing possibly, but when he's up on the ramp for his wheels we're going to have a look all over him. I don't mind cold, our boys are older so are fine with extra clothes, but I feel bad for the small companion. He didn't complain at all though! (Too busy with the why!
But why did yesterday rock? Well, aside from a whole day with the small companion, and wonderful friends, and delicious lunch, and moving forward with the next step of Brian's development, there was just a whole feeling of rightness. Brian was out, doing what we got him for, being comfortable (ish), being gorgeous, being the fun bus that he seems to want to be. We were in and out of him all day, he started first turn of the key every time apart from the last (but he was so cold!) and if we'd have taken the kettle and milk, it would have been a perfect day!
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