![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
So, I've finally sold my flat. Completion was actually last Tuesday, but I still had to clear some furniture out. However as the new owner wasn't moving in - he was gutting the place prior to refurbishment and renting it out - he allowed me to pick the stuff up this weekend. I duly hired a van, and with the help of Dave from work, cleared it out on Saturday. I drove it all down to Devon, and dumped it in my parents' garage* I drove back this afternoon, via a quick stop on the M4 to get a tire changed**.
Some things you really don't appreciate about motorways are quite noticable when you're stuck by the side of one:
70mph is quite frighteningly fast when the vehicle doing it passes within 3 feet or so of the AA man changing the tire.
Motorways are very loud.
Vehicles doing 70mph generate on hell of a gust of wind as they go by. Even the really small ones. This is particularly noticeable when you're sat in a high-sided van that is largely empty.
* My parents have an enormous double garage beneath their bungalow, which was previously used by my Dad's business. This is in addition to the garage attached to the house itself. So no problems storing crap.
** No way was I going to change a driver's side tire by the side of the M4, especially with the wimpy jack that came with the van. The AA man instead put his own life on the line, as well as bringing with him far more sensible tools for changing the wheel on a long wheelbase Transit van.
Some things you really don't appreciate about motorways are quite noticable when you're stuck by the side of one:
70mph is quite frighteningly fast when the vehicle doing it passes within 3 feet or so of the AA man changing the tire.
Motorways are very loud.
Vehicles doing 70mph generate on hell of a gust of wind as they go by. Even the really small ones. This is particularly noticeable when you're sat in a high-sided van that is largely empty.
* My parents have an enormous double garage beneath their bungalow, which was previously used by my Dad's business. This is in addition to the garage attached to the house itself. So no problems storing crap.
** No way was I going to change a driver's side tire by the side of the M4, especially with the wimpy jack that came with the van. The AA man instead put his own life on the line, as well as bringing with him far more sensible tools for changing the wheel on a long wheelbase Transit van.
