"And so to bed."

That one's from Samuel Pepys for what it's worth.

I have just finished a phone call with Dave Cannon of Cannons Forge and we have finalised the plans for the three seater rock 'n roll bed. Dave has been experimenting with memory foam top layers and he likes it. From personal experience so do we so, for a few quid more, we have gone for that option as well. The windscreen / side window insulated cover has just arrived so things are drawing to a very positive close. By the end of May, we may be in a position to go for the furniture to be quoted. Once that is fitted, that's it, on the road!

"Yesterday I shot an elephant in my pyjamas......"

Another quote, same actor - different movie. Well, I run out of pithy titles every so often.

I bought some cheap spray on glue at Lidl on Saturday and last evening I stuck the cover to the panel. The socket has been installed in the roof void for the PMS unit and tonight I hope to fit the new panel and mount the PMS unit properly. Once I achieve that, then Ceri can come to finish the DC wiring and connect up the leisure battery and then, I can put the co-drivers seat back.

The spray on glue was only £4.95 and although it works well, it stinks like Bostic and is not very conducive to happy families.

I now have all the electrical plugs and sockets so I shall be connecting like mad for a while. The festoon lamps are on their way from Hong Kong and may be with me by next week and the windscreen/side windows insulated cover is promised for this week. Things are moving towards the end of the beginning.

A low key weekend

As I have quite a lot of the final bits in the post this weekend, I decided to soft pedal on the bus and do a bit more in the attic. I managed to re site the errant nearside blind spot mirror (only 5mm out but what a difference) and slap on about 60% of the emulsion paint in the attic on Saturday. Today, I went, with the rest of the family, down to St Austel for a pleasant day out.

"And another boiled egg!!!"

Sorry about the title, I do movie quotes a lot. Does anybody else recognise it?

I had another go at the panel yesterday and finished the odds and ends of surface smoothing. This morning the speaker cloth was delivered and it looks terrific so tonight I hope to use it to cover the panel. I have also ordered the various round pin mains connectors for my initial installation and some LED lamps to replace the festoon bulbs in the various internal lights.

Two Hours Later..................

..........I finished the first part of the cover panel for the electrics shelf over the cab. I have never before been so glad to have a comprehensive set of power tools. I used all but the electric plane and the routers just to cut out a panel with a hole in it. Still, that part is over now and the strengthening supports are also fitted. Next, I need to attach the cloth to make it look like a pro job (hides a multitude of sins) and then screw it up to the existing bulkhead. At that point, Ceri can magically re-appear and connect up everything behind the panel. From then on, we are dealing with a camper van 'in potentia' rather than an old minibus. I still can't get the 90 pence CD changer to work so I have begun bidding on another one on ebay (this man has no fear - or sense).

When I had finished all of this, the lady of the house was heard to say, "Very nice dear but when are you going to finish the attic?".