I've Fallen in Love!

I could hear the throbbing through the bathroom window, and looking out, there was the helicopter approaching.  An old friend was visiting, circling the property, checking out the white tea-towel Sashka had put in the top of the horses' field to act as a landing strip.

We have had several visitations from friends in helicopters over the years.  And every time they never fail to cause the adrenalin to pump.  Those little machines are just so loud, and their propellers go round so very fast; I find the whole thing hugely exciting!

He had casually dropped by for a coffee, and after we'd all waved goodbye I drove off in Ken, the Terrano, to swap it for the Golden Monster.

Well.  I've fallen in love.  I just LOVE this bling new car.  It's unmissable. Unusual. Rather in your face.  But steady, safe, reliable, practical, and does the job.  Just like me.

I have never had a car so new.  It's got a little gadget called 'Parrot' in it, which I dare say will turn out to be very useful when my children show me what it does; and I have worked out how to plug my phone in so I can listen to my own songs.  Loudly. Bliss.

And I can take it back to the garage for servicing at cost, while they provide me with a courtesy car.  They made me feel that they genuinely care about their customers. They've got 15,000 followers on Facebook, so that's just a few people who appear to like them anyway!

It's so comfortable, and such a pleasure to drive, that now I'm doing the sums to work out whether it makes sense to give away Marvin the Magic Focus, and use the Golden Monster as my runabout instead.  But all the tables on Google are in litres/kilometer so I can't work it out.