How to buy a VW Campervan (apparently) Part 2

The day was a Thursday, the sun was out and I was up way before I would normally have deemed acceptable. But there was a good reason for this, today was the day that I was going to look at the campervan I had spent weeks researching and I had been looking forward to this moment.
I had arranged to meet my friend Nick at Oxford train station so we could begin the road trip down to Bristol. I came prepared for him with flavoured water and M&S sandwiches in hand (I’m a great friend aren’t I!) while he came prepared for me with work van and steering wheel in hand (he’s a great friend isn’t he!). We set off after inputting the postcode of my new bff Jeremy into the sat nav and spent the first 45 minutes catching up on what was happening in each other’s lives and reminding each other how much better we had now we weren’t living in the same house anymore.
We got to Bristol with plenty of time to spare but we still had to find Jeremy’s house which was in a tiny little village 5 mins outside of Bristol, in a beautifully named village called Barrow Gurney. I have always loved little villages like this with names like Barrow Gurney, Pratts Bottom, Land of Nod and Thong although to anyone not from this country may find them slightly weird!
After spending 30 minutes trying to work out how to get over the river Avon we discovered we could actually go across the huge transport bridge that continually had a sign up that said it was closed (thanks a lot Bristol Council!). We got to Barrow Gurney and pulled up at Jeremy’s house, which was lovely and went to find Jeremy.
Now when I speak to someone on the phone who I don’t know I tend to play a game with myself which basically entails trying to guess what they look like. Well I have never been very good at it but with Jeremy I was spot on! Having guessed that he was a surfer dude with long hair and a laidback way of life, I was very impressed with myself when someone walked towards me who looked like a surfer dude, with long hair and a laidback gait. This was Jeremy and this was, Edd 1 Telephone game 0....back of the net!
He opened up the garage to reveal the beautiful campervan that lived in there and when I say beautiful I mean beautiful. If it was possible for me to be in love with an automobile this is the feeling I would have, it was light blue and white, had an I-pod dock and an engine that roared like a lion (if that lion was born in 1967).
This was the time for Nick to step up to the plate, he looked the van over, checked for oil leaks, rust, any kind of bodge job and then we went out to take it for a test drive. The van was brilliant, it was fun to just sit in it and when Nick was driving he had a permanent smile on his face. This was it, the search was over and we had found our VW Campervan.
I shook Jeremy’s hand and the deal was done. We headed back to Oxford and the boss wrote out a cheque to make the van officially ours.

Keep an eye out for the Campervan, now the British Leisure Show mascot (any name suggestions are welcome) and say hello if you see it. And if you’re ever in the market for a VW Campervan remember the most important things to look out for are:

1) Character over modern
2) Not too many television
3) Cow names are always good
4) Telephone face game
5) And only buy from a random village with a random name

All very important and technical points I’ll think you agree.