X-Files

There was a lot to do. The Gorse Fox made an early start.

First on the agenda was the completion of the documents for Skoda. The possible issue was the statement in their covering note that their online system doesn't work properly with Apple products. Now regular readers will know that the Gorse Fox has about 15 computers and tablets, only one of which is a Windows computer and, frankly, the Gorse Fox has no idea where that is. The hope was that he could complete the online documents from one of the Linux computers. After a bit of a false start, this actually worked and the Gorse Fox breathed a sigh of relief. (It seems and immensely silly thing to produce an app in this day and age that doesn't work with Apple products).

Everything was now underway with regards to the collection of the new car, later this week.

Now the Gorse Fox had to deal with the existing car. A quick call to Nissan saw the Gorse Fox whizzing around to our local dealer. There was no fuss. He was true to his offer from last month and we completed the paperwork. He now has to get the cheque raised and we will swap his cheque for our existing car later this week. Done.

That was the important stuff done. Now we could await the arrival for Agent Mulder and Scully. They had been staying with the Gorse Foxs sister overnight and would be coming down to visit. At least they had a nice bright day for the trip. When they arrived we had a brief "hello" before heading back out to Chichester. The Gorse Fox had a table booked at the Giggling Squid. As usual, the food and the ambience were just perfect and encouraged us to just sit and chat. Cousteau-cub popped-in to say hello during her lunch break, which was nice. (We realised that it had probably been at least 25 years since she had seen Scully).

Back home by mid-afternoon, we settled down to chat, to drink (tea, water, and coke), and to enjoy some cheesecake. We whiled away a few hours, during which the Coventry Hobbit arrived home, and then Cousteau-cub got in. With Scully and Mulder we arranged the dates for our vacation in Jamaica. It looks as if they will join us for the latter part of our trip next year. We are really looking forward to that as we had so much fun this year.

Eventually, it was time to say goodbye. We waved them off into the post-rush hour traffic, as they headed back to the Gorse Fox's sister's house. It really has been a lovely day.