16.12 Day 91 . . . Contrôle Techniques

Almost the final part of getting Roxvanne her very own set of French number plates was to get her in to have a Contrôle Techniques examination (MOT).
So to Chef Boutonne we tripped on this very cold morning to the testing centre. I was torn as to whether to mention the headlights not being set to the French side of the road driving or to play dumb . . . Not difficult as I find it natural to play dumb . . . so play dumb it was.
The young guy in the test station was very charming (Tre thought so anyway) and polite and we muddled through the English/French thing and handed him all the info he needed. We then settled down in the office and sat listening to the various bangs and clangs of his inspection. Both of us were convinced we would get some sort of requirement issued.
About 30 minutes later we saw Roxvanne reversed out of the garage and the young guy appeared . . . C’est Bon was all I heard and needed to hear. He then filled in some more paperwork and then trotted outside to fit Roxvanne with her own little sticker. He made the visit perfect we he informed us 2yrs until the next test . . . Result.
From Chef we drove to the big SuperU at Melle to purchase more pellets for the burner. The price of these is rising the nearer to Christmas we get and also due to the cold weather that has hit. We sat and grabbed a coffee inside and pinched ourselves that the headlights hadn’t been picked up on the test. Pellets acquired plus flour, which took us forever to find and work out which we required, plus food, we decided to go visit the house at Chenay again - just for another look from the outside.
Oddly it looked exactly the same as it had on the previous occasions 😂. I guess we stood and chatted for about 20 minutes and took some more photos and then decided to drive the back route home to check out the slightly larger adjacent village. Part of this was to confirm a bar in that village was actually open ‘as in’ a going concern and not closed down. Anyone would think we were drunks!!
So finally we trundled home with the prospect of more admin to do. I can’t believe there is this much paperwork.
Anyhow - the Contrôle Techniques document was forwarded to the insurers, the estate agent emailed and also the Notaire.
That was another day done. More thoughts about the house, pleased Roxvanne is still on course for her new number plate and we are living the dream . . . Apart from the admin!Read more