I am fundamentally against beauty contests- watching trussed up entrants being paraded about in their finery, being judged by the public purely on their physical attributes and being expected to be perfect, beautiful, silent objects
This, however, goes out of the window when it comes to campervans.
On Sunday, Tom and I took Joni to her first beauty contest. OK, so they call it an 'event' or 'fair' or whatever, but it is basically a chance to parade your VW in front of loads of strangers and invite people to tell you how beautiful and shiny she is. Certain categories would simply not be acceptable for a human beauty contest ('Best Dent' being one of those)
And she was, so very beautiful and so very, very shiny. We felt like new parents, displaying our offspring to the world and generally being all proud of Joni and wanting to stand next to her saying 'yes, I know, she IS beautiful, isn't she' in a slightly smug manner. We got to see lots of really beautiful VWs, all looking gorgeous and shiny and awesome, even in the rain.
The event was in Berkshire and was hosted by the Thames Valley VW Owners Club (yes, we are members, I have never seen Tom so excited as when he received his membership card) and it was one of the most entertaining experiences I've ever had on a Sunday. Despite it raining dramatically for quite a long time, we had a lovely time. Highlights include a group of grown men, all drunk, all with their faces painted like tigers or Spiderman, and a dog that looked like Simon Callow.
Although Joni did not win any awards (my theory is that she was parked too far away from the ice cream van and not enough people were able to appreciate her properly) we were both warmed by how cool she looked. It made me even happier to know that we have her, and that there are many more adventures to be had.
In other news, I accidentally sprayed our courgettes with kitchen cleaner today. This could result in one of two things:
1) They die instantly
2)In a year's time, we have a very foamy, but very clean, soup.
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