It's been a great day so far - My battery finally got delivered just before lunch.
I headed home through the rain and popped it into my new baby ready for my first (proper) run.
I wheeled it through the front doors under the gaze of just about everyone from the office upstairs who happened to be going for lunch at the same time.
As lowered into the seat and flicked the power switch the rain stopped and the sun blazed.
I peddled a few meters on to the main road and pressed the throttle.... the traffic stopped and people climbed on the car roofs and applauded as a heavenly choir sang (ok, that didn't happen, but the sun did come out and it hasn't rained since)
It was great, I drove into town and had a spin round.
My new battery is a 44ah and I'm not sure it has the kick of the one that Karl brought for the test drive but it was only £35 so can't complain. The biggest worry is that as it's brand new, I'm not sure of how much charge it has and I didn't realise turning off the switch reset the indicator.
Hopefully it will be enough to see me home.
Whoop! I'm now an official C5 driver