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Vera the Van

It is called Vera after my maternal grandmother who moved many times in her adult life. She loved making a home in new places. The grandparents would buy the most dilapidated, forgotten houses and work and love them into a home. Looking back I realise what a skill that was. She could find and bring out the beauty in almost anything that was salvageable. Well Vera the van is also looking brighter and fresher from some loving care. I bought some fabric from Dunelm and the seating area is almost finished. I have chosen soft pastel colours to replace the 1980s terracotta heavy patterned look.

Toilet update. The toilet and black water tank have been cleaned. It has made me feel much better about using it on "my terms." No 1. 's only unless a complete emergency situation. We won't be wild camping so this should work out. I used biological washing liquid and much scrubbing and rinse and repeating and I must say everything looks in brand new condition. It took a lot of effort though. We found out how everything works and empties. The grey water tank and fresh water tank have been cleaned and sterilised. The freshwater tank doesn't completely empty so I still think we will take our own fresh water in a container. Almost good to go. The gas hob rings wouldn't stay lit but this just required a look on the motor home forum online. OH cleaned off the tiny thermocouples with a scouring pad and they worked straight away. In the manual it said call your gas engineer! I have some painting to finish and then will pack with some essentials before our first trip. 
Steves memorial stone has arrived in the churchyard. As it was a churchyard we had to stay quite conservative about style  but we think this is very fitting for him. The image has been taken from one of his sunset photographic jumps.
That wasn't the actual one as there are many but his sister drew around the image and the stonemason was able to copy it. 
The flowers are a bit bedraggled as they are the leftovers from the wedding bouquet 2 weeks ago..It is good to have something permanent and I think he would like his spot ans he is pointing west where there are some stunning Cotswold sunsets.

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