Glad you've had a good trip and that your wife started readily and didn't charge you - these Plus 8's all do this they are very well behaved with proper wet batteries. I always leave the isolator switch off but never use a charger, they shouldn't need one to my way of thinking unless the basic design is flawed and lets face it some of the Morgan maths is not quite on the button.

Sorry to hear you have been laid up - I'll bet boxing day was a barrel of laughs with the -issartists in A & E..

2009 4/4 Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Connaught Green +8 prev