09:12, Woodhall Spa, Sunday. V late one last night as we were at The Mall pub watching @Michael Brommel and then England v Norway, or was it Norway v England. Anyway it went to extra time, which nobody wanted really, and we got back to the van at around one ish, maybe. Dunno really.
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Spitfire just did a couple of passes overhead. Might have been a hurricane. Was a hurricane. Looked at the vid I took. Never ceases to amaze. I’m sat in the shade on the grass verge at the exit to Jubilee Park. Campervan Betty is across the road, stationary. Won’t start. It did start first thing and got me as far as the gate but when I stopped to open said gate it wouldn’t restart. We pushed it out of the way and Jezzer towed it with coops at the wheel to see if they could bump start it but no joy. Gawd knows what’s wrong with it.
Called the AA at 11.41 and they gave me an eta of 12.40. This has now been revised to 13.25 and a car has been dispatched from Wakefield. That’s a 2 hour drive. Whenever I’ve had to call them in the past, and it hasn’t been for a few years now, they’ve been fairly quick to respond.
Van arrived at quarter to one. Turns out the business is called Wakefield and they are in Boston not Wakefield. Needs a new coil. I’m now waiting for a message from the AA telling me what time the recovery truck will arrive.
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Recovery truck arriving at 16:20! I’ve locked the van up and gone for some Jubilee Park action. There is croquet, tennis, an open mic session at the bandstand, a rotary club event aaaand a caff. Currently sat in a beautifully shaded glade by the croquet lawn. It’s a very slow moving game innit.
Long story. Truck arrived at around 17:25. Made it home for about 18:15, unpacked a bit of stuff and then headed out to meet THG at the cathedral for the Bill Evans gig.