Peter and Annette's Prado had developed a knock in the front end and on inspection it seems that the front LH shock absorber is working its way into the engine bay. Brett holds back with hands in pockets for a while while everyone has a look until he can hold back no more and steps in again to save the day. The angle grinder comes out and he makes up metal and rubber washers to support it for the rest of the trip. It was an impressive bit of improvisation and all were involved in assisting the repairs.
Meanwhile Hayley rescues Eeyore from the hanging noose on my aerial and props him up behind a seatbelt in the front of the HARDABUT Cruiser. Eeyore had done the hard yards and survived adversity so is now a proud dusty addition as a mascot on my front dash.
Back on the road we traverse many more canals before Simon finds a great campsite and we all settle in around another great fire and the fireside drinking games begin.
Much enjoyment was had but some participants overshot the runway and were most regretful and were seen up early the next day praying for forgiveness to the Wild Turkey God (Hayley)
