25th July 2009

We’ve decided to stay here for a couple more days, because the site I’d booked emailed us to say they had a problem with their toilet facilities and we wouldn't be able to shower or anything.  Although it's pretty dismal here it would be worse if we couldn't wash or anything.  We packed the van and drove to a nearby M&S as Tina would like to get another track suit top and some track suit type trousers and to stock up on provisions.  She says she's put on weight and nothing fits anymore.  We got her two pairs and two fleece tops so she said she's okay for winter now, In July?

We then drove to a Jaguar dealer to look at some cars.  We had been discussing what we’d do when we decided to stop travelling in the van, and we thought that we may buy a caravan and tow it with a car, or if not, then sell the van, buy a decent car and go to Italy for a while next spring.  Tina has never really expressed an opinion on what cars we’ve had, although she did like the Audi A6 Quattro.

I asked her what sort of car she’d like and she kept saying ‘a proper car shaped car.’  After getting her to draw what she meant, and looking on the Web, it transpired that what she meant was something with a long bonnet and boot and I couldn't think of a car like that so asked her to look through some pictures.  What she picked out was an "S" Type Jaguar, so that's what we went to look at.  The people at the dealership were really interested in our Motorhome.  All the sales staff came out and had a look over it, I think they were hoping we might part-exchange it!  We did look at some "X" type Jags, but they are just Ford Mondeos with a Jaguar body but the "S" Type is quite different and looks like a traditional Jag.  We both liked them.
We drove back to the campsite had dinner and watched Casualty on TV.