Frank Carver’s Punch Barrel

As you may be aware from a previous post, back at the end of July, someone drove into the back of my little Seat Arosa. Just before we went on holiday to Canada for three weeks I got the news that the car would not be coming back from the repair shop.

We are now back from Canada, and I am without a car to get me to work. There are other ways of getting there - it’s cycle-able if I set out early enough, and there is a bus (although I have never used it.) However, I still think I need a car. So I have today put a deposit down on a new Citroen C1.

According to the dealer I should get it in about two weeks. I never quite trust such estimates, so I’ll be keeping a close eye on how things progress…

On the way home from work this evening I came upon a queue of traffic waiting at some temporary traffic lights by some road works. I came to a halt but the driver following me did not stop so well, and crunched into the rear of my car just after I stopped. The car is due to go to a local garage for assessment and repair tomorrow. I hope it can be repaired, I love my little Seat.

My car, looking healthy from the front

Initially it doesn’t look too bad from the back

Until you look past the plastic bumper at the bent metal behind

Now I just have to go through the trouble of sorting out insurance claims etc.