1383173_10151625180241651_234427339_n1380340_10151625179966651_102977416_nThe day has come to move to start our holiday the car has been fine so everything should be ok, finish work early dropped Heidi off at train station.
Booked in at Weeley for the 15th onwards ok weather depending.
Dropped the awning and packed everything away in 45 mins I think that's a record!
Hitch up and off we go just get onto the A120 and Adrian says all the display panel gone then the car starts to die ahead of us is a broken down Volvo xc90 in the same lane so we have to come to a halt behind him twenty yards from a layby!
We get out and go up embankment with Paddy the man with the other car looks on in surprise.
Adrian rings AA in meantime along come the police they close the lane and check our car and his over ours is fine he gets told his tyres are bad oops, the AA tell us it will be 50 mins that's priority!
The police are worried as we are both in precarious position.
After half hour the truck comes for the other car the police asked him if he could tow us to the layby to get us off the highway.
We waited a hour till the AA man came he said our alternator had gone so he put on a new battery and we towed into Rainbow Nurseries not where we wanted to be but never mind nobody was here the AA man left us and we hurried to put awning up asked inlaws to bring us anything for tea so they arrived with burgers which I cooked and we ate because we were both starving after having no lunch either.
Tom and Hannah came and took us to Tesco to get some food.
Oh well looks like we will be here for a few days.
Car fixed on Monday £235 later. We decided to stay on till Friday then go to bakers but wind increased yesterday to the point we had to check the awning in the early hours the table had been moved in the awning so in the morning we put a tie down kit on and pegged the front if the wind does not drop we will not be going anywhere.
The washing line fell down and cracked the solar panel had to be the new one so need to get one of them next year.
In for a windy night tonight the last few days have been hot so this sudden drop in temperature has been a shock to the system
Rain has not let up all day today been heavy all day decided not to move to kettles for a few days seems hardly worth it for a few days to get soaked to the skin, so going to stay put now then maybe move down the road to brokhowse if he doesn't ring and cancel us.
Have a problem with the water heater on electric does not keep hot so going to have to have a look at it.
Tried the heater in the van to check that was all working before the winter sets in and everything fine.
Another windy and wet night ahead of us but I love laying in bed listening to the rain.
Woke up to find the awning roof nearly touching the floor with the amount of rain we had in the night.
Decided not to go to kettles was not feeling that great also the rain didn't stop all Friday, heavy again Friday and sat night, more rain Sunday as well.
Bought the jackets for the water carriers only £21.00 from caravan world over tenner cheaper then homestead.
Packed the awning away today Monday ready to move tomorrow up the road phoned them up to make sure still ok to pull in.