Talking about problems with inflation!!

11th to 12th May
We arose early and were due to leave as soon as the bread arrived at 8.30am. Having breakfasted etc we drove up to the gate and I noticed the tyres looked a little under inflated. “No problem”, I told Joan “just pass me that black bag behind your seat and I’ll put some air in.” Everything was going very well until suddenly it stopped working on the last wheel. Either the fuse was blown in the cigar lighter which it was plugged into or the inflator was broken? Just then the English couple appeared and very kindly let us test it using the 12 volt plug on their car and when it worked let us finish inflating the last tire. So now I need to track down which of the 5 fuse boxes the blown fuse is in, plus of course which fuse and why it blew. Oh dear, the sat-nav works from the cigar lighter point, YES!!

Strangely enough we managed to find our way to Julie’s no bother although it was a very long way and with hindsight would have been better split into two stages. We travelled on the A75 which was a series of very steep climbs with short downs until we had climbed to 4000 feet! This then of course resulted in a steady drop down to the Milau bridge which Joan had been looking forward to seeing, frankly as it cost £9 to go over it I would have settled for a post card. After some 6 hours driving battling against some pretty horrendous cross winds, (we thought at one stage they might close the bridge), we arrived exhausted to the usual warm welcome from all the family.

Today has been a little disappointing weather wise, while not cold there has been no sun until late afternoon. Still we have replaced the broken fuse and been shown all around chez Shbib, a totally relaxing time and just what the doctor ordered.
Love Joan and Bryan xxxx