All's well that ends................

I received some good news this morning, my request to transfer my private reg to the Fusion has been given the go ahead by the DVLA, I just have to inform Kwik-fit Insurance now. The Micra is great and I've sorted out what the 'noises' are by adjusting the tyre pressures, it also came with a surprise gift..... a child's booster seat in the boot lolol. The garage that has looked after the Astra since I've had it have decided that they will buy it from me to use as a loan car. All-in-all I'm quite pleased with the way things have worked out as we have had the equivalent of over £800 for the Astra, which I would never have got by selling in privately. After a blog from my son I'm glad to hear he has finally found out what is causing his back problems and that although it is not curable it is treatable and should not cause him too much bother in the future as long as he follows the prescribed treatment. Christmas is almost upon us and I'm getting a little excited about spending it with family in Bristol for the first time since moving to Sunderland in 2001

It's been over two weeks since my last blog and I decided it's about time I did another. A few things have happened, namely I'm a year older and feeling it (lol) Pauline and me have decided to sell the Astra and have bought a V reg Nissan Micra Profile with only 23000 genuine miles on the clock, only problem it's metallic GREEN, like the Astra which failed it's MOT this week (for the first time). It won't take too much to get it through, it's only the front brake balance, it's due new discs and pads anyway (£60ish). I will transfer the number off the Astra onto the Fusion before the end of the month. Someone who will not be named made a comment about driving a 'shoe box', good I thought from someone who has owned several Clios and now has an Audi TT! Work has gone really quiet, too quiet but that's the winter season. Everybody is on edge as there is talk of the shift pattern changing to 6 on (3 early + 3 late) 3 off, which cuts right down on the number of weekends we get off, though it does mean shorter shifts. I don't like the idea of always finishing on late shift and starting on early shift. The first 'rest' day is always spent catching up on your sleep. All the bus drivers at work are a little angry with the company as they are refusing to put us through our driver CPC course so we can keep our licences legal as they are now asking why they employ PCV drivers when it's private land? and why are we paying them extra to 'sit on their backsides all day'? All I can say to that is we are paid extra because we had what the company needed and the insurance costs are lower because we do. There have been a couple of interesting driving jobs advertised but all involved nights away, I don't think I could go back to that, I'm still keeping a look out.