I've managed to reinsure the car. The current insurance policy was due to expire today (Tuesday). We're with Swinton, and they've recently closed down their offices, so I couldn't go to the one in Bletchley and had to ring their callcentre to sort things out. I'm reluctant to leave things to the last minute, as I don't fancy not being properly covered. It was dealt with quite efficiently and the new policy begins on 14th August. Now to get the car MoT'd. I'm wasn't sure where to take the car to have this done, but I had an idea to take it to a garage along from the tidy-tip in Chesney Wold, Bleak Hall, which I noticed when I took a load of rubbish there a week or two ago. I've looked at this company's website and they sound reasonable and it's not too far to take the car. Bleak Hall Motors it's called, imaginatively.
I was shaving in the bathroom this morning and I could hear the sound of pneumatic drills somewhere nearby. I leant out of the window and looked to my left and saw workmen in dayglo jackets and a 'Road Closed' sign near the entrance to the estate from Saxon Street. I wasn't entirely sure what they were doing, but guessed that they must be repairing the pot-holes and the rather nasty rift in the road surface as you drive in. As they had left this un-repaired after the work that the Council workmen had done to fill in the holes along the road immediately outside our house, this was the last bit of road that needed attending to. When I later took Alfie for his morning walk, a good deal later than usual because Carol didn't wake until around 9 o'clock this morning, I did glance as we walked across the road and couches clearly see that work was progressing slowly.
Later I had to go to Sainsbury's and decided to drive out by turning right along the inner Eaglestone ring road because of the roadworks going in the other direction. I rarely leave the estate via the Saxon Street exit, just opposite Milton Keynes Academy, because if the traffic is heavy, it can take an age to get out if you're turning right onto Saxon Street, so I usually drive round to the exit near the shops. It's quite a drive round by turning right, but I didn't want to get tangled up with the road repairs at the Saxon Street exit.
It was extremely hot in the lounge when I returned from my shopping trip to Sainsbury's. Almost airless. We have had the windows wide open most of the morning together with an electric fan on, but even then it was too hot.
I was still keen to sort out the MoT. We asked the nurse who came to deal with Carol's antibiotics later who she used to MoT her car. She said Halford's, which never occurred to me. I did ring them later but I didn't get a lot of help, because the person who answered said he didn't know whether the 'tester' was going to be there and couldn't give a definite answer when I asked. Not a lot of use, because I didn't want to drive all the way to their garage and find there wasn't anyone available to do the MoT. I gave up on them and then rang Bleak Hall Motors and managed to book the car in for Wednesday afternoon at 1.45.
Later I had to go to Sainsbury's and decided to drive out by turning right along the inner Eaglestone ring road because of the roadworks going in the other direction. I rarely leave the estate via the Saxon Street exit, just opposite Milton Keynes Academy, because if the traffic is heavy, it can take an age to get out if you're turning right onto Saxon Street, so I usually drive round to the exit near the shops. It's quite a drive round by turning right, but I didn't want to get tangled up with the road repairs at the Saxon Street exit.
It was extremely hot in the lounge when I returned from my shopping trip to Sainsbury's. Almost airless. We have had the windows wide open most of the morning together with an electric fan on, but even then it was too hot.
I was still keen to sort out the MoT. We asked the nurse who came to deal with Carol's antibiotics later who she used to MoT her car. She said Halford's, which never occurred to me. I did ring them later but I didn't get a lot of help, because the person who answered said he didn't know whether the 'tester' was going to be there and couldn't give a definite answer when I asked. Not a lot of use, because I didn't want to drive all the way to their garage and find there wasn't anyone available to do the MoT. I gave up on them and then rang Bleak Hall Motors and managed to book the car in for Wednesday afternoon at 1.45.
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