Who would have thought? 2020

When we were sitting in the Hallamshire Hospital in August 2019, , trying to get through the long days of Pete being unwell and us not being at home, we planned. We never stopped planning. We talked about how good it would be to be in Greece for Easter, the different stops would we make, the different routes we would go.....

 Once , I  had a  weird feeling and told Pete we shouldn't make lots of plans. I remembered  a Greek friend saying 'Men plan, the Gods laugh' .   Pete reminded me that I am a pessimist. I told him that I'm practical....we often have these conversations. We work well together....mostly.

The ferries got booked. We had almost everything ready in a spare room to put in the van for our Greek trip. So who would have thought that after all the waiting,  Coronavirus would delay  our plans?  This awful virus will change everything for almost everyone. We heard from Pete's son Tom in South Korea about what was likely to happen as  they had the virus there earlier than us and were testing people . There was no lock down but testing stations were everywhere. Phone tracking alerted Tom to local cases and temperature testing was common. We were concerned about what was to come. 

Around Pete's birthday time in February, we went to Honley, a village near us, as we'd seen an advert for Peter Roberts Caravans and that they were  now selling Adria motorhomes. Pete is always looking at vans in magazines and online. We do love the sturdy build of ours and it's comforts. When we got to the dealer's,  I pointed to a silver van..................

Well, that was that. Once we were sat in it with a cup of coffee, chatting to Andrew, we were close to being the owners of another van. I would be getting another new kitchen. All the people at Peter Roberts were so good and put up with us popping back to check measurements, asking millions of questions, fetching friends to look ( and buy a van too ) , keeping us supplied with coffee and knowledgeable company. We felt we'd made a new set of friends.

We were ready to pick it up but DVLA hadn't sent a registration document but nevertheless, we took our van over and swapped stuff from one  van to the other. The service manager, Nigel, and his team were great, fitting things exactly where we wanted them and being really helpful but we had to leave it there until we got the paperwork.

Then along came a text for Pete from the government classing him as very vulnerable and to stay home so we thought that was everything on hold again and we would have to keep waiting for the van. Not so! Our lovely new van was delivered to us ! How good was that? 

We have had good service from Brownhills over the years but this really does feel as if  Roberts aren't just dealers, they're friends. When we were feeling really down, they cheered us up. Thanks!