The day had
arrived to take it to Adrian’s
I set off,
but 4-5 miles down the road, it sputtered and stopped, I guess it was the fuel again;
I still hadn’t filled it up since I put 20 litres in, but I did have a full
jerry can, so I used the lot
Anne had
pulled over as well
We set off
again down the A40, ready for the M40
Lots of
people pulled alongside and waved, I wasn’t really interested; I was freezing,
even though I had 2 jackets and gloves on
We turned
off the M40 for the minor roads, Anne took a wrong turning going back down the
M40, I phoned her and told her to come off at the next turn off and come back,
that was the last I saw of her, I waited and waited, still no sign
I told her I
was going to head off and she could catch me later
Things were
going fine until it started sputtering again, I pulled over, and I couldn’t believe
it, no juice left
I called Anne;
she had got seriously lost and was going to make her way to Adrian’s
I called the
AA and told them the problem, I was still freezing, people pulled alongside and
asked if I needed help, I just did I was waiting for the AA
A police car
turned up, he got out and said “you got a problem?”
I said “I’m
waiting for the AA”
He walked around
the jeep, asked if he could take some photos, I said “knock yourself out”
He sat in
the front seat, on the bonnet, big soppy grin on his face, then came over “How
long you going to be?”
“I don’t have
a clue mate”
“Well you can’t
park” here he says
I said “Like
I have a choice, its run out of juice”
“Okay, I’ll
be back in an hour, see how you get on”
No offer of
towing me off the motorway, just took photos and buggered of
Several
other police cars turned up, same daft questions, same taking photos
Too me it
was getting beyond a joke, all they wanted was pictures of themselves in a Jeep
In the end
an unmarked police car pulled up, he got out
“Are you
okay?” He said
I said “As I
keep telling your mates, I have broken down and waiting from for the AA”
I said to
him “Can I get in your car, I’m bloody freezing”
I got in his
car, it was lovely and warm, he looked around the Jeep, then came back to his
car
“Do you mind
if I check your details?”
“You crack
on I said”
He asked my
name, I told him, whoosh all my details came up on the screen
“Have you
got you licence on you?”
“Yup” I got
it out for him
“Right” he
said “Let’s have a look at your Jeep”
“You are
insured” I see,”No MOT, No Road tax, it looks all in order”
Just then
the AA bloke turned up with another police car
The
policeman in the unmarked car went over, “Okay, lads, it’s all sorted now, on
your way”
They didn’t get
a chance to pose and take photos
The AA bloke
asked what the problem was, “out of juice” I said
“We get a
lot of that with these old motors”
He gave me a
gallon of juice and said “I’ll show where the garage is”
I thanked the
policeman in the unmarked car; he said “I’ll tag along so you don’t have any
more problems”
We got to
Asda garage and I filled her up, 45 litres, right to the brim
Back on the
Sat Nav and off to Adrian’s again, Anne called me she was there, waiting, I
still had an hour’s drive
I was
freezing again, cars still pulled over to take photos, one bloke pulled alongside
me and said “You’re late, we won”
I thought
that was the funniest thing anyone had said so far, I couldn’t help but laugh
After over
an hour’s drive, I arrived at Adrian’s, I was frozen, I was shaking with the
cold, Anne asked if I was okay, my hands were shaking so much
Adrian said “You
could do with a hot drink, mate”
That was the
best off I had all day (Except for sitting in the police car)
That drink
really helped
Adrian gave
it a quick look and said “Leave it here and I’ll drop you a line on what I find”
Well there
was nothing else to be done, so we set off home again in Anne’s car, a lot
easier, a whole lot warmer
mmbcross
2020-10-08
What's it like being the most popular person on the road? You're famous now, so you'd better get used to it. I've got my fingers crossed with Adrian. He seems all right.
derrick241
2020-10-08
It’s ridiculous, all those offers of help, but no one had any juice, they could have given me a tow, there’s a rope on the front I wonder what the police did with all the pictures they took?
Jaysonw
2020-10-08
Well??? Where's the next episode???
derrick241
2020-10-08
Gimme a break, I gotta write it, don’t forget it two finger typing with me
Peggy
2020-10-09
So pleased you managed to find a Jeep and fix it up.
mmbcross
2020-10-09
I'm glad I'm not the only two-finger typist in the world!