a fairground life (start again)

 I went and picked up the miami from the yard this morning and moved it to the music event venue. On arrival at the yard the snow was falling heavier, or at least seemed to be as it was 1/4 of an inch thick already. This was probably due to the ground being frozen from previous days and not receiving the benefit of salt from any gritters. This give me a sense of urgency to get moving and a perception that the conditions were worse than they actually were. The lorry batteries were low even though I had removed a battery terminal three weeks ago. It must have helped though as they only needed the charger on for a few moments before the engine grunted into life.

The icy conditions made my fingers so cold that I drove with my elbows and kept my hands clasped over the wheel. One wiper blade tore a bit as I switched them on. I was nearly half way through my journey before I noticed that the heater fan was switched OFF. Any how on arrival at site the snow had turned to fine rain. I got the ride set on position and started to erect it. A heavy down pour, broken hinge, loose wire and two hours later I was built up. It amazes me every time how you can pack something away perfect but when you bring it back out there is a list of repairs. Tomorrow I will repair the hinge and change the wiper blade. I hope the weather clears for the weekend but I think its gonna get worse. (there's a thing, my spell checker recognises the word "gonna"???? between texting and American Microsoft spell checking the written English language has no chance. No wonder the kids today can't spell. In fact they can't count either. It surprises, NO!, it P's me off every time they hand me a hand full of coins and ask, "mister do I have enough to get on?" and that is from teenagers!) Any way I'm glad to have done a bit of graft today, hopefully I will get a goods night kip from it.