So where do I begin - so much seems to have happened since I first wrote!!
I guess the first thing was to do with my car... after my trip out on saturday and my fight with the getting the car in and out of the boot I decided I couldn't continue that way and was going to look for something more suitable. If I had to continue with my lovely little Fiat 500 convertible I was either going to have to spend a fortune on towbar and rack.. or just accept defeat and gets something that would save me time and hassle.
As luck would have it I walked through Carlisle town centre on Sunday and saw some cars on display - I had a quick look whilst passing and stopped for a better look. They were Skoda's but I remember hearing lots of good reports about them and was surprisingly pleased how 'good' they appeared and how spacious and flexible the boot was. I'd previously looked at a Fiat Quobo and although it drove well and would have served the purpose it looked like a van.. if the deal had been right I may well have gone along with it, but would have felt that I was driving a van!! The Roomster had more the appearance of a car with a boxy rear that could be used either for passengers of fitted with a bike rack to store bikes inside - easily I might add!! I had a chat about them to Sean & Debbie .. very helpful. The next day I test drove one.. ummed and ahhed about which one to have and chose a 1.6tdi Roomster Plus, complete with heated seats - will be wonderful after a cycle!! I told them all about my bike trip and managed to persuade them to contibute to the bike rack that fits in the rear of the car. Today I went to select the number plate etc and they said they might be interested in sponsoring me!!!
On the media side - CFM gave us a good mention on the radio .. although I wasn't aware of it and didn't hear it - quite a few other people did though - including Telfords Garage (where I'm getting my car from)... all good publicity.
Anne Pickles of the Cumberland News called me - I'd emailed her earlier to tell her about the trip .. she was very interested and is going to do a feature on the trip in a supplement to the Cumberland News on 23rd March (specifically aimed at women). She wanted Alex's number and photos of us both.. on a roll now - bit of a snowball effect...
DW Fitness have contacted their instructors for help putting on classes for me and will be sending me a programme of events for review shortly.
The 'gig' at Wetheral is now arranged - band Northern Crisis www.northerncrisis.co.uk hall and bar www.bars2u.net all booked.. will need to sort more out on my return - but nice to have a date sorted ... 5th May (Bank Holiday weekend) - hope not too many people away then!!
So that's it for this week... going to London tomorrow - it's my birthday and I'm catching up with an old friend that Trudy and I used to do mad things with when we were young!! Should be fun :)
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