Favours that backfire

As a favour, we gave a car to a friend who gave it to a friend. If that makes sense? Anyway, the friend of the friend got caught on camera by the congestion charge system. We spoke to them and they said they'd pay up. So we forwarded the details to them to state they were the driver and they were paying.

3 months later *I* have been given a Country Court Summons for non-payment of the Charge for a car I no longer owned because DVLA are too fecking slow in processing vehicle change forms.

Now I have to go to a solicitor to sign a sworn affadavit(?) that I was not the legal holder of the car and state who was and clear my record.

This sort of thing really really PISSES ME RIGHT OFF.

Ahem. Sorry. But it does, so there.

Walking and other things...

M starts her new job on Monday. The external agency for references they use took a little longer than expected. So we'll head back to London this weekend.

Last weekend was fun, but expensive - it's amazing how a few "touristy" things in the West End can mount up. Movies, Afternoon Tea etc...

I also earned a place in Ms bad books by suggesting that it would be fun to walk to the West End from Queens Park. It's only 6 or 7 miles - nothing much, but she wasn't impressed. Bayswater Road is actually quite long.

This weekend, we might try doing a Museum instead. I haven't been to the science museum in years.