Trip with a Van

Van trip

Roy & I hired a van for 2 days to transport some bulky items to EPW. There may be 5 people there at New Year, so we needed to sort out a sofa, some mattresses and a table. We picked up a van at 11am on Monday, then went to Ikea to fill it up. There was a slight hiccup, in that the sofa we wanted wasn't in stock, so we had to delay that part of the purchase until 12pm on Tuesday. Anyway, we got everything eventually (including some bunk beds for a friend of mine in St Andrews) and set off at lunchtime to head to EPW. After a brief lunch stop at the Highland Harrods we made it to the Wood just as it got dark. There were about 20 deer lurking outside the house but they made off after staring at us rudely for a bit (I imagine that they were offended at our intruding on their land).

The van was unpacked and the contents dispersed thinly throughout the house. I sorted out the sofa and Roy tackled the table - both of which look very smart (although the table is only an interim one and will ultimately end up being a desk in the study / downstairs bedroom).

We then headed back to St Andrews for the night, to pick up Emily who is staying with R&C in Edinburgh for Christmas, and to drop off the bunk beds with Rebecca. Back in Edinburgh we used the van's capacity to carry a Christmas tree (only £10 when bought on Xmas eve!) and my bike, which had been being serviced, before returning it 30 mins before the rental ran out. Very efficient.