Post by Looby on Sept 30, 2011 23:06:13 GMT 1
On Tuesday evening the van decided she wasn't going to let us put her into 1st or 2nd gear... 
...so Andy managed to get her into the garage, and they said they would do their best to get her sorted for today, in time for us to head down for 'Brighton Breeze'.
Today we waited al day to hear she was done, and finally at 5.45pm we got the call to say she was sorted...phew!
Went to pick her up, got home, loaded everything into her, and got to McDonalds in Wellingborough to meet Mand and Stred by 7.10pm.
Had a cuppa (with Toughjeans) and a bite to eat whilst we were there, then around 8.15pm began to pull out to get on the road. Stopped to say hello to Conna and Pip as we were leaving....
...then our van died!
Stred, not realising what had happened headed off, only to turn back when I called them to let them know what had happened.
Conna helped Andy push us out of the way, and then the boys had a look to see what the problem was.
Conna spotted petrol leaking out of the carb (??) so it was decided that it would be silly to try to go any further (even home), as we didn't want to risk an engine fire.
Recovery was called, and Andy and I settled down in the van to wait to be towed home.
The recovery truck turned up quite quickly, towed us home, and very impressively reversed our van straight onto our driveway.
Once home, we headed straight up to Parklife's place to pick up the beetle
...got him loaded up, and we will hopefully get to Brighton in the bug! 
...so Andy managed to get her into the garage, and they said they would do their best to get her sorted for today, in time for us to head down for 'Brighton Breeze'.
Today we waited al day to hear she was done, and finally at 5.45pm we got the call to say she was sorted...phew!
Went to pick her up, got home, loaded everything into her, and got to McDonalds in Wellingborough to meet Mand and Stred by 7.10pm.
Had a cuppa (with Toughjeans) and a bite to eat whilst we were there, then around 8.15pm began to pull out to get on the road. Stopped to say hello to Conna and Pip as we were leaving....
...then our van died!
Stred, not realising what had happened headed off, only to turn back when I called them to let them know what had happened.
Conna helped Andy push us out of the way, and then the boys had a look to see what the problem was.
Conna spotted petrol leaking out of the carb (??) so it was decided that it would be silly to try to go any further (even home), as we didn't want to risk an engine fire.
Recovery was called, and Andy and I settled down in the van to wait to be towed home.
The recovery truck turned up quite quickly, towed us home, and very impressively reversed our van straight onto our driveway.
Once home, we headed straight up to Parklife's place to pick up the beetle
...got him loaded up, and we will hopefully get to Brighton in the bug! 
