How to pack a suitcase - alternative version!

I never know what to say when people ask if I'm travelling for business or pleasure when I'm heading to Puglia.  Trips to a building project are different from other trips abroad.  I'm loathe to say there's no pleasure involved, but it's a little different from a typical tourist's experience.  Instead of a week of lazy days on the beach and candlelit dinners, it's pressurised days of checking that what's happening and going to happen on site is what you thought you had agreed would be happening on site, (because of course, nothing is in your native language and cultural norms are not always the norm, even within Europe!) making quick decisions and the occasional compromise (you have to pick your battles on a building site!), all followed by meals at a table for one trying to ignore the fact that everyone is looking at you and wondering why exactly you would come to this nice restaurant alone!

What this means is a suitcase not filled with sexy sundresses and strappy heels but this:

80x50x30cm suitcase borrowed for this purpose!

Yes: that is 2 sets of taps and all waste pipes for a basin and traditional freestanding slipper bath (plus some tile samples thrown in for good measure!).  Very heavy and pointy when digging into your back from a rucksack, but so pretty and so shiny.  My precious!

Mi piacciono! ("I like them!")

I am still working on how I'm going to transport the bath, because as it stands, no joke, the shipping will be just £20 cheaper than the bath itself!  There must be a better way!

Anyone driving a van to Puglia the next 2 weeks?