It’s 7.50pm and we’re off, the weather is hideous, we’re heading to Wales so my expectations for it getting any better are low. It’s our first trip in Mario the moho since we discovered we were in a leaky rotting box on wheels! I didn’t really share the full drama of everything we went through as there was a point we thought we might end up in court. I could write a whole post just about the insanity but trying to keep it short not only was the moho not fit for purpose and therefore we were covered by the consumer rights act it turns out we didn’t even own it as an investor had a mortgage on it. If I wasn’t married to an ex forensic investigator we’d have never found out but the company who sold us the van were as shady as they come!

There were several email exchanges between us where they claimed that they weren’t bound by the consumer rights act which is illegal in itself so after getting some legal advice and sending one final letter in writing they completely folded and decided they would pay for all the repairs.

When the rotten panels were taken off it was pretty scary to see how bad things were given its only 4 years old.

I feel like this week will really put things to the test though given the amount of rain we’re driving through at the moment.

Typically my first blog post would also involve me sharing an overview of the route but this time the spreadsheet planner within me has had nothing to do with organising the trip. Work has been rather full on and I’ve not had the headspace come the evening so I’m mostly in the dark other than I know there’s going to be castles and we’re visiting Snowden! Just one hour into the trip and the kids are already fighting, I’ve had to threaten to ban all Easter eggs which seems to have done the trick for now. We won’t get to Wales until tomorrow apparently so tonight we’re staying in a car park in Worcester, living the dream 😜