...go to pay, and card declined. Try again, declined again. Go out to check cash machine - ditto. Grrr. So having felt like a twonk and gotten my manager to pay for my fuel, assumed one of two things:
- Either I'd mis-judged bank transfer times, and £400 for Leeds tickets had come out too early, or
- They'd put my account on hold because I'd spent money in Sweden/Leicester/Birmingham in 1 day.
Got home, checked online banking - got plenty of dosh in the account. Rang them up........ Apparently they'd sent me a new card (even though my current one is 3 months old) with new security wotsits a month ago, so old one was now invalid.
And my new card is at home.
In Surrey.
And I'm in Leicester.
And I have 66p on me.
And the old folks are on holiday.
And even if I got a neighbour to pop in and post it, it would be Fri/Sat until I got it.
Sooooo off to leafy Surrey I am now, and then back again as I've got work tomorrow. Grrrr. Last thing I want to be doing.
Ah well, see you in the early hours!
PS- Pics of my weekend... only managed to swing £65 of booze through expenses!
Flat-screen in my 4* room
Our table on day 2
The menu
Yank Volvo VT880
Drove all of these around a 5k test track
(also google '25.25' )
Few pics from the Volvo Museum:
