Born Again

Easter. A time for rejuvenation. As the story goes, Mr Christ, having got himself in a spot of bother with the Romans and done in, was placed in a cave on Good Friday, only to emerge on Easter Monday rejuvenated and in a whole new guise. The same, but somehow different. Bigger, better and brighter than before and a thing of worship.
Easter weekend arrived and I too was expecting a miracle of my own. Down in a cave in Wyke Regis (alright, a workshop but for the sake of the metaphor, we'll call it a cave. It is inhabited by a Neanderthal.) I had deposited a beaten up carcass of a van there before Easter and I was unreliably informed that it would be transformed over the weekend to emerge transformed on Easter Monday. It didn't happen. I guess Jerusalem is a more miraculous place than Wyke Regis.
So, a fortnight on and the miracle is finally taking place. Jamie has resolved his issues and has given up (I hope ) discovering new rusty patches and large holes in the van and is now respraying the old girl. The doors are off, the lights and bumpers are off. All the windows have been expertly masked by his junior apprentice (that's me. I lied about the junior bit) and the faded red paint and the grey primer are no more, hidden from view by the new, fresh coat of paint. I've also cleaned the algae off the roof and kept Jamie fully appraised of the current situation at Weymouth Football Club as he was working on my frequent visits to the workshop over the last few days.
I'm sure you are keen to know yourselves too. Not good news to report I'm afraid. We were invaded by trolls from Frome on Easter Monday. A team who play on a cow field in Somerset surrounded by sheds, supported these days by cider fuelled morons looking for a fight. Crowd trouble is virtually unheard of at the Bob Lucas Stadium, so it took the three elderly stewards by surprise to find themselves separating a group of Weymouth based chavs from some drooling illiterate farmers from Frome. Worse still, Weymouth lost 3-0 and now find themselves just 2 points off relegation with 2 games to play. The crunch match is on Saturday at home to Hitchin. They could be in serious poop if they can't win that one.
Anyway, back to the van. I was going to post some pictures of the transformation as it happened, but I think I'll wait. I'll (hopefully) be able to show you the finished article in a few days. Watch this space, it will, I assure you be worth it. I may even be able to update you on the Hitchin match too.