Our Summer Holiday

Well first things first our dog Tasha had to go to my mums for her holiday, shes nearly 14 and no spring chicken so unfortunately taking her with us is not an option.  I drove the children and Tasha to my mums and dads house in Essex about 80 miles away.  Loading the dog was funny, I don't think shes ever had so much room to herself ........

This just shows the size of the boot, and don't be mistaken Tasha is no Yorkshire Terrier she is a very ermmmm plump German Shepherd.

The journey to my mums went with no problems, apart from the fact the sat nav took me through a small village that they were doing speed checks.  I will have to say that keeping the i800 at 30mph for any length of time (especially under pressure with a speed gun pointing towards you !) is a task in itself.  Don't get me wrong I'm no speed demon but the i800 is also not that comfortable to be going along at a snails pace. I was pleased to get back onto the open road where me and the car went along at a much more comfortable speed for both of us.

My parents were very impressed with the i800 and were astounded by the space we all had.

I did find that the driving position was maybe not as comfortable as my previous weekends passenger position on a long journey. But I'm putting this down to sitting more upright and being use to an automatic not a manual speed box.