The Upgrade has had an upgrade. And so has Bert. He’s getting too big to be on the front seat next to me. Bless him, I keep hitting him in the head when I change gear. The Upgrade has a much bigger boot than the Comedy Car, so it’s time for Bert to graduate to the rear.

In order to do that, I had to get a dog guard fitted. Ordered a posh boot liner too. The dog guard said it was easy to fit. No tools needed. 10 mins max. My arse!! Whoever wrote that was very optimistic to say the least.

I started last night. After much huffing and puffing, I got the boot liner to fit, so I started on the dog guard. It took me 20 mins and a screwdriver to do step 1. So before I threw the bloody thing on the floor, I quit.

Today saw Round 2. I looked liked I’ve been in a wrestling match by the time I’d finished. Honestly, I needed about 5 hands to sort it. And a hammer! There may have been a bit more huffing and puffing. There was definitely a lot of swearing!

Still I got it secured in the end. Let’s see if Bert actually goes in there now. Thankfully I have years loading horses, there must be similarities. Right?! Fingers crossed he enjoys the rear view…