Van Turismo Diary

My first day off in 2 whole weeks and i ended up as busy, if not busier than if id have been working. I promised myself that i was going to have a lie in. The Gestapo had signed it off and everything. To be honest i was absolutely knackered and i was falling to […]

Was finally given a bit of a break from the warehouse and was allowed with the real people in the shop today. I want to try and get the shop as straight as possible and tidy up and try and merchandise stuff. It is so hectic in the summer months that sometimes the shop can

I now have worked 12 days of a 13 day stretch. To say i’m shattered is an understatement but i have tomorrow left before i can have a day off on Sunday, then i have 6 days from Monday to Saturday then that will be 20 days working out of 21. But as i’m sure

Id learnt on Tuesday that the Warehouse guy was actually off for 2 weeks, i thought he was only off for one. I’d said in passing that i would have stayed for 2 weeks if id have known he was off for 2. SO i had a phone call this morning from the Dodge saying

Been to see my Mum today. Let me tell you one thing, that is one brave brave brave woman and i am so so proud of her. With what she is going through. Honestly, her positive outlook is infectious and is so so so commendable. I just the bones of her. It is so sobering

Pinch Punch First of the Month. Another new month and 9 months of doing this diary entry every single day since the 1st December. I am surprised i am still managing to do it. I have enjoyed it to be fair although my brother describe like something “off a saga cruise” i think he was

That’s it! It is official, we are going back abroad on Sunday. I said last week i would do this as the warehouse guy is off and to help settle things down from the show. The shows actually take up so much brain power to set up but there is also a whole load of

The answer to the previous question was that it wasn’t quite as busy as we would have liked but when you have days like yesterday then it would never quite compare. I hate pack down day of a show. To be fair i was better equipped for it this time as me and Lisa were

Any fear i had that the show was going to be a bit of a struggle has been blown to smitherines today. I have never ever known anything like it. It was absolute carnage. The weather was nice and warm so it was a denim shorts and fake Moroccan Prada sunglasses kind of day. It

There are a few well known super hero’s Batman, Spider man, Flash Gordon and Iron Man etc. But today we got to the see the emergence of another lesser known super hero…… Wind Break Man!! I have had a few promotions over my time working with A and E Leisure. I started off as a