Caravan Chaos!

Last week was a very interesting one! We decided to put our beloved Gemsquash on Gumtree, the site where you can literally buy and sell anything that is buyable or sellable! There was nothing wrong with her at all, but we decided to upgrade to a slightly roomier one, and as she was thirty two years old, we thought that we could find a more modern one. We also decided that we were in no hurry and if she didn't sell, well, we would simply keep her. Well, we could have sold her fifteen times! We had several calls from Cape Town and one chap from MagGregor sounded so desperate to buy her that he was ready to do an EFT and literally walk here to collect her! The first person who came to view her handed over the money, hooked her up and drove off! We stood in the drive and waved goodbye to our old friend and we both had tears in our eyes!

So, that meant we had to find another caravan! Rob found a beauty on Gumtree (where else?) and phoned the owner. I was at the Hospice shop by then, so was on tenterhooks to find out whether it had been sold or not! And as it turned out, it was waiting for us to go and see it!

Friday morning we bundled Alfie into the car and snuck out so that Basil didn't see us go and set off to Worcester in cloudy, cold, very windy and occasionally wet conditions! The shorter route was closed due to flooding on the road, so we had to go the long way round via the tunnel in Paarl! The mountains had lots of waterfalls cascading down them and every farm dam and small stream was full to overflowing.

Snow and clouds!

And there was snow on the mountains round Worcester! Beautiful!

And we bought a caravan! A beautiful Gypsey Rapier with loads of cupboard space and a big fridge. Plus a taller door so that I would not hit my head every time I went in or out of it!

Inside the new caravan. Neat as a new pin!

We hooked her up and set off for home, stopping along the way for a bite to eat! I wanted to get take-aways and sit in the new caravan, but we stopped at one of our favourite farm stalls and relaxed while the world drove past! The vineyards were waterlogged and one or two were completely underwater. Hmm, watered down wine, not a good idea!!

Anyway, we pulled into our drive,  unhooked her and swung her round and tried to push her into the carport that Gemsquash had fitted in to so easily!

Just a little wider.............

To discover that the new one is slightly wider and slightly higher.............
So, our new project begins over the weekend.

We shall be raising the roof and I don't mean having a party!