A new car

so we arrived in the UK Monday evening after an awful crossing during storm Imogene! We were the only ferry still running as it turned out. We travelled as foot passengers as we were to collect the car hubby bought. Our daughter took us to Caen ferry port. It was strange not having a car and meant we had to limit what we took. I still managed to take some crochet with me though! The ferry took an extra hour to get to Portsmouth but we found a taxi to take us to the hotel! Wish we hadn't! The hotel was awful but we were so tired by then we did not feel able to look for somewhere else. Not a good start.
In the morning we decided not to stay for breakfast but to walk to the station looking for somewhere to eat on our way. The station was not far and we found a very pleasant place for breakfast. The hotel offered breakfast for £7.95 each, a bit steep and given the state of the hotel I doubted the quality of the food. Hubby had a much missed bacon sandwich and I had pain au raisin bizarrely! With coffee it cost us £8!
On to the station and we had a short wait for our train to East Croydon. Helped an older lady with her case and she told me her lifestyle! That happens a lot to me. At East Croydon we bought sandwiches to take on the next train to Milton Keynes. Changed at Milton Keynes for the final leg to Atherstone! All that for £12 each. Bargain. Wandered into the village to find coffee whilst we waited to be picked up.
Once at the house we were able to transfer ownership and buy car tax on line. Hopefully the V5 will arrive soon. The car did not have much fuel so we went to a petrol station five minutes away! Parked up with hubby filling up and two unmarked police cars blocked us in! They had checked with DVLA and we came up as no tax or insurance! Showed him my French insurance papers and said we had taxed it. There was a delay for it to show. Had a nice chat about the car once he knew we were legal!
Then drove down to Daventry to stay in a lovely environmentally responsible hotel. Hubby was stressed getting used to the car and worrying about all the traffic.
The next day we drove on down to visit a friend in Caterham who is interested in the car. Then on to Crawley to the wheels place. Now hubby was really twitchy, leaving the car there overnight. The chap mentioned they had a Lamborgini and Maclaren in last week so he calmed down a bit.
Then it was off to find a bus to the town center. Then another bus for 1 1/2 hours to get to bil.
Made it! An epic journey on public transport, survived!
The wheels will be ready later today so back to Crawley. It will be good to have the car back.
Tomorrow we will use the tunnel to take our yellow C5 Corvette home!
The last one we owned we bought from American eBay, went to Connecticut to see it then had it shipped over. We loved it but could not import it to France so sold it before moving over.
It feels good to have one again.