Ikea

There are days when nothing you do goes right. Thankfully today wasn't one of those.

It had to happen. The big Ikea shop. Having checked out all furniture possibilities to set up my summer house, Ikea wins hands down. The logistics looked difficult. bedding that includes 8 mattresses was always going to be a big load. Daniel is available to meet us at 11:30 at Ikea. Ernst is helping out with his volvo, despite great vehicles, neither has a trailer. The Polo is just not big or strong enough for the job. Unless they cleared the roads at Vitared there is still the problem of the hill.

09:45 at Ernst's place and he takes me to the local filling station who rent out trailers. The trailer he has in mind looks like a caravan without windows, complete with ramp. A seriously big trailer for about 40 quid for 4 hours. We hitch it to his Volvo and head for Ikea on a Saturday morning.

I have the typed list of goods for the warehouse man, from Wednesday's recon'. Picking from rack to rack fills 4 big trolleys. Two mattresses to each of 2 trolleys. Bunk bed mattresses are compressed rolls. The whole lot went into the trailer, no need for Daniel's pick up, so we gave him the day off. Yes Ernst and I can manage. ???????

Volvo + trailer + hill + snow = Interesting

Ernst and the big strong Swedish car are magic. It wasn't an easy manouvre for either, but the job got done. Unfortunately we couldn't get it onto my property, so blocked the lane for half an hour. The beds and cupboards are heavy. Flat pack does not reduce weight. Why the hell did we give the young guy the day off. Ernst is old. At least 6 months older than me! Stuffed git dropped into the areas it is needed and then we left. Ernst decided to go over the hill and down the step side. I went quiet. Me no likey!

We got the trailer back within the 4 hours. I thanked Ernst and left him to his afternoon. Mine involved a plate of meatballs, a glass of red wine, and an exhausted schnoozle. I am very tired, and so is my credit card.