Sexy Lady.....

After a long time out of the blog scene another one is here all ready!
Last week saw Milly have some mechanical bits fiddled with underneath, her new wheels balanced and rear brakes adjusted. Steve G was made to sweat again as Milly continued to prove to be a stubborn old girl. This week she had new front discs and pads, her bladder problem sorted (again!), fog light connected and two battery level indicators fitted. All in all a good week. Oh ! And she has now been lowered at the front end by about 40 mm, with the help of a huge spanner attached to a 2 metre scaffold pole to create the right leverage to undo the torsion bar nuts. This made Steve sweat again!
We took Milly in to show Steve G at work the results of his labours from last night and he immediately got the steam cleaner out to remove the seagull poo from her body. So now she really looks like a sexy lady with those new shiny alloys, a wash and brush up.
We hooked up with Vicki from Volunteering in Health in Teignmouth, our local charity. We are supporting The Memory Cafe, a part of this charity, as well as Julia's House in Dorset. We showed her round Milly and she was very impressed, as were her two colleagues. They have given us some raffle prizes towards our Race Night on 11th May. We collected some other raffle prizes from our area and got a new chicken feeder for our hens while we are away on the Windy. I did want to take one with us for fresh eggs but I think the smell of chicken farts would be too much for Lucy !
When we have a few more bits of bling finished on Milly there will be some photos.

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How Milly looked on one of her trial camps in The Cotswolds.
She looks great here but now she look even better!

Milly Looking good but behaving Badly

it's been a long time since we last posted and a lot has happened. We broke down again going to the New Forest and arrived a day late to be greeted by requests for Basil and gas from team 38.The new kitchen was duly admired and the cold beers welcomed. They made fun of poor Milly but on the way back, they needed her help as their brakes were not behaving well.
A week later, we set off to Folkestone for a night below some white cliffs. The speedo stopped working at some stage and we discovered that the part we need is now obsolete. So, being brave but stupid, we boarded the ferry next morning for Dunquirke. Milly enjoyed her first trip on foreign soil and we spent the first night near Brussels. The next day we headed into Germany and stopped in Heidelberg at a municipal campsite next to the river. Milly behaved beautifully and we had an enjoyable evening in the town.The next morning we went south through parts of the Black Forest to Baden Baden where we purchased what seemed like a whole pig for about 2 euros for lunch. By the time we arrived in Freiberg, it was pouring with rain so this was the chance to try out Milly's weatherproofness. We plugged her in to the hook up and spent the rest of the evening cooking, eating and playing cards. All worked extremely well and we were quite self-contained.
The next day was sunny and held some real tests for Milly   mountains!! She has never been a fan of hills but as we ascended up to the railway through the mountain, she showed her displeasure by going slower and slower. The people following us must have been really impressed because by the time we got to the top, many more of them had come to see Milly. We drove her onto the train and went through the top of the mountain. She enjoyed the drive down the other side and took the hairpins in her stride. We had a week cruising up and down mountains and despite complaining a bit she behaved impeccably.
We drove all the way back through France with no mishaps. We thought our troubles with the cooling system were over.
Over the winter, Milly worked as Jim's van but come the spring we were ready to go again. We now had decals on the kitchen wall, an illuminated spice rack, a herb garden ( in case we were asked for basil again) and a hanging basket to make her look pretty. These necessary additions were greeted with scorn by some members of team 38.(I think he is just jealous and dismayed that he could no longer catch us without fresh basil) On the way home she overheated again despite the new alloys that she had been given as a present for being so good.
The next trip was to Oxford and she nearly behaved all the way there. The speedo had still not been fixed, so our mileage is low this year, and now the temperature gauge began to fluctuate. We had a great time at the wedding and after a quick trip around Oxford headed for home. Back on the M5, the red light came on so we pulled of at the next junction. Milly was boiling again and the fans were not kicking in. We let her cool. Filled her up again using our posh tap in the sink. And set off. We had a few more similar stops before we finally made it home. We hope it is and electrical fault again but Milly is in the dog house.
 She is looking very cool with her decals outside as well as inside and her posh alloys. Pity she isn't going too well.