At last the time has come for us to get the ‘van fitted with a real scumbag-deterring alarm system. We’d been on the VanBitz installation waiting list for 2 and a bit months and at the beginning of May we drove the ‘van up to Cornish Farm outside Taunton so that the alarm could be installed.
We had made our preparations as this was the first time we had used the van overnight; we loaded up with sufficient food for dinner and next day’s breakfast, milk for tea and coffee, and took a decent bottle of wine to consume with our dinner. The weather was superb, warm and sunny. The 2 ½ hour drive was uneventful, no kerbs were clipped, no traffic was held up too badly and we kept to a decent speed all the way there and back.
After dropping the ‘van off at VanBitz the next morning we were taxied into Taunton, courtesy of VanBitz, and spent a good few hours looking around Taunton, which we both thoroughly enjoyed. We lunched in a small cafe before retreating to a large park and enjoyed the sunshine as we whiled away the day. We took a bus and walked the remaining half mile or so in the glorious sunshine back to Vanbitz which was out by the M5 motorway. Although we was close to both the town and motorway, there were plenty of Buzzards showing off their aerial prowess to us, I think we counted 7 in all as we crossed the motorway bridge.