The Party Car has left the building

We say goodbye to the magical Fiesta on Monday. The little car has served us enormously well in the 2 years we've had it. Without it, I wouldn't have been able to take my position with the Trust; it's moved us down to Newcastle; given us opportunities to explore most of Scotland; and made our weekly shopping trips a heck of a lot easier.

The decision to ditch the car hasn't come lightly. But it has over 100k miles on it (nothing in American terms, I know) and the electrics are seriously going. It definitely won't pass the next MOT in March and at this point, it's not worth repairing. Furthermore, we figure we use it on average once a week, so we're just paying for it sit on the road (and our insurance has gone up loads now that we live in the "city"!). So, we've decided to scrap it and have to do so next week because insurance and road tax run out.

From Monday, we become true urbanites - reliant on our feet, bikes, Metro/bus, taxis and hire cars. It will be a new-old experience (life as it was before the Fiesta), but we're looking forward to it.

Good times in the Fiesta (these are the only photos on this computer!):