22nd August - Collection Day, Tallulah comes home.

The 22nd of  August was a bright, sunny day and we were up with the larks.  Excitement bubbling over.  The day before, I had paid the balance of the money to secure Tallulah and now we were off to collect her.  

Oh yes, forgot to say her name is Tallulah!  We spent ages deliberating over the choice of a name. There was never any doubt that she is a girlie but choosing a name we both liked was still difficult. We narrowed it down to a choice of 2, Tallulah or Gwendoline.  Tallulah won.  

Anyway......

A friend of ours, Max, took us to the station in Grantham so we could catch the train to Nottingham. We chose not to drive as that would have meant me driving the car home and Simon in Tallulah.  We wanted our first drive to be together.

We arrived in Nottingham at 11am.  I had fretted and worried the whole journey!  So worried that somehow it was going to all go wrong.  In the event it all went really smoothly.  Fullers had sent a car and driver to collect us from the station.  They are a little way out of Nottingham and the drive took about 20 minutes. 

We were greeted  by the nice salesman and over the next half an hour he went through all the paperwork with us while we drank several cups of coffee.  Finally it was all done and she was ours!  

We were taken out to see her and one of the service people spent an hour with us going through exactly where everything was and how it all worked.  There was so much to remember that we even took notes!  She looked perfect and we couldn't wait to drive her away.  

We left there about 2pm for the drive home. We couldn't stop smiling as we drove along.  We wanted to try her out a bit so we decided to take a scenic route to give us a bit more time.   I was loving the new elevated  seating position.  You can see so much more than you can in the car.   We also got to try out her windscreen wipers as by now it had begun to rain.

We wanted to try out some of her facilities so decided to find somewhere to stop for lunch.  We headed for Beaver Castle which we thought we could also have a look round.  As it happened the castle was not open that day. 

Still, the car park was empty and had a nice view so we figured it was as good a place as any for lunch.    We hadn't been there long when a man and woman on bikes came into the car park.  We could see them admiring her and they actually came over to chat to us and to ask about her. They were very impressed. 

We had our lunch, just shop bought sandwiches and cake.   Then it was time for the first photo call......in the rain!  Here are some of the photos.  Isn't she beautiful.

She is a Wildax Aurora built on a Citroen Relay chassis.  She is 4 years old and has 13,000 miles on her clock.   She has 4 travel seats and sleeps 3.   She is Tallulah.  Let the adventures begin.

Jilly