I never cease to be amazed how long the smallest things take. Today's activity included an oil change, painting the roof (damn thing'll need another coat), making the locker lockable, and plumbing in the rear speakers.

I now have a working satelling phone. My number is +8821 621 15 00 56. I'm not too worried about receiving crank calls, because any pranksters will have to be seriously minted - check call charges before you ring me! However, you can text me free of charge online.

I've also been struggling to find an MOT centre who can handle the truck. Everybody kept saying "call the ministry", but in the end one guy admitted he had no idea what that actually meant. VOSA will do it themselves, at one of their commercial facilities in Guildford, although they book a couple of weeks ahead. I think I'll try to combine the visit with a trip to the climbing wall, if I'm going to use all that LPG to get there...