I think that I might have gone too far this time.<\/p>\n
At 12:45 I was up to my elbows in coolant as I tried to change a split hose on the landrover before my intended 13:00 departure. I can’t believe that mechanics don’t work on sundays!<\/p>\n
It was the latest in series of car related incidents which meant that my love-hate relationship had slipped back into the hate mode.<\/p>\n
Yesterday it was a new washer pump, on Friday a new carburettor to allow it to switch from LPG to petrol, and in the previous weeks more parts and titivating than you can shake a stick at.<\/p>\n
But after six and a half hours driving I am now sat in queue 13 on Portsmouth docks awaiting loading of the 22:00 to Bilbao.<\/p>\n
The old girl has made it in one piece. The ‘boys own’ adventure of one man and his quarter century old landrover is off the start line. Now I have a 36 hour crossing to look forward to and then it is another six hour drive to the house.<\/p>\n
I’m definitely going to miss Amanda, and our two reprobate cats, but the barn conversion is a big part of our future lives and one of us needs to be there to ensure that the works are ‘just right’. <\/p>\n
Guess it’s me and the landy with the short straw. Galicia here we come!<\/p>\n
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