Inventory Rationlisation

 Having been unbelievably impulsive yesterday, AND having an unbelievably accepting and encouraging wife, today I faced the cold light of dawn. Whilst I can afford the new bike, I really do need to sell of some of my unused and unwanted shit.

At the top of the list is my BMW R nineT and following in swift succession is my Browning shotgun and the Series 2 Land Rover Project that will never ever get completed. 

30% is also urging me to make a decision about the 110 Defender. It is a great utility vehicle, but its vehicle excise duty is fucking ridiculous at £730 per annum.* Do we really need it, or should we just fit a tow bar on one of the two other cars?  The only real use it gets is when the weather is appalling, or when the fishing peg of choice is down a rutted track.

Cars and bikes need to be cleaned before they are sold and the weather is a million miles away from car cleaning weather. We also have Grubby Jason arriving tomorrow to lay the new path to the front door. Using these as valid excuses it was agreed that we do nothing with regard to selling vehicles until the drive is clear of mini excavators and piles of hardcore.

So, what did I get up to today? Well, 30% and I headed in to Alcester and picked up our varifocals from Specsavers.  I tried mine out on the drive home and they are a bloody revelation! I could see stuff outside the car without problem, but now I can see the trivial details of what the various buttons do and what speed I am travelling at too.

I forgot to mention that we had a fall of wet snow overnight and this did not encourage us to venture outside any more than was absolutely necessary. We therefore spent the afternoon inside and did a little furniture rearranging in the space that used to be my home office.  It is now a second sitting room that links to the dining room. Our current debate is what to call this space as we already have a living room that is referred to as the snug.

I'm going with smug, until someone comes up with something better.