Sigh….

I’m not making very fast progress on the Savannah, mainly because of the weather. Every day is a re-run of the one before – dull, so dull that I can hardly see what I’m doing in the Savannah’s barn, cold and damp. In fact I’m really getting a bit worried that with its screen out, the Savannah is now beginning to feel damp inside its cabin.

Nevertheless I decided that I’d place the new screen into position to see how it looked. It was tricky getting it into the 2CV but I managed to in the end by putting it in through a rear door and then rotating it upwards. When I placed it into position on 77ASY I was disappointed to find that it was miles out – not the shape of the screen, which must be right as I used the old one as a pattern, but because of the new panel top covering that I applied the other day.

It’s too big all round, both to the front and the sides and it’s preventing the screen from sitting down into its proper position. So it looks like my original idea of fitting it after the screen is in place was right. All I can try doing now is take the old pieces of covering that I’ve still retained, place them on top of the new covering and mark the latter before trimming it back in-situ with a sharp knife. If that doesn’t work then I’ll have to take it out and start over again after removing all of the new adhesive that I applied to the top of the panel.

It looks as though we can expect tomorrow to be even cooler than today with cloud and rain all day, so whether I’ll be able to do anything in the morning before dropping over to visit Victor in the afternoon I doubt. Things could begin to improve a little after that with some sunshine and even a high of 15-20 degrees on Monday, so I’ll just have to be patient and see how things turn out. But it’s becoming very annoying 😐

I had to order a new battery for 28AAD, my French Weedhopper. I placed the order on Tuesday evening and it arrived by 10.00 am this morning by delivery company GLS. Proper service from Batterie Megastore!