Now, I’m not saying that I’m stupid….

But…

Bessie (my car) broke down the other day when I was in Josselin, 50km from home.

Luckily the Girlie had insisted that I take her mobile phone with me, just in case….

It was certainly a just in case moment (or a Hamlet moment for those of you who remember those ads)…

Unfortunately (and coincidentally), our phone at home had died as well! I thought that we weren’t getting many phone calls!

I worked out that if I bought a new battery, that would at least allow me to get home. I did, just before the supermarket I was parked outside closed for the evening. Then I realised that I’d need some tools to allow me to swap the batteries over! A mad dash back into Super U just a s they were shutting the doors and I bought yet another set of wrenches!

I got home OK!

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Bessie reborn!

I have finally decided to replace Bessie.

I have replaced the old Bessie with a newer one.

The newer one is a green car – she has a turbo – I haven’t actually got spinning that, yet!

The old Bessie decided to go out with a bang, literally… I was due to pick up the new Bessie tonight, this morning the old Bessie broke down, within sight of work.

All the best

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Bessie again!

It poured down after work today. The ditches filled up and overflowed onto the road. Bessie spluttered a few times but didn’t stop. On route to the bar, I passed a school bus that had. I grinned. Just outside the bar, Bessie died.

Luckily, I got a lift home (it really was raining very hard) – we’ll see if Bessie wants to start tomorrow when, hopefully, it’ll be dry.

All the best

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Bessie lives

I finally got Bessie going again today. I took longer as it should have done as I managed to flatten the battery with all that faffing around. Still, she is back home now and recovering from her little spree of parking in all the fields in Brittany!

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Raiding the grumpy box

I raided the grumpy box last night. I wasn’t particularly grumpy but it seemed the right thing to do.

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A serious case of optimism. Maybe fatal, maybe not….

I was stupidly optimistic this morning. I went out and tried to start Bessie at 6am. She started first time.

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A serious case of childishness.

I’m still walking to work – it’s only 6km and so far, it’s been dry every day. Realistically, I only have to walk as as far as Super U as, anyone on the road between there and the abattoir will be one of my colleagues and will thus stop to give me a life. Today it was the lovely Rachel!

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Does it really matter?

As Bessie is still ill, I am walking to work and back – or trying to, at least. Picking up hitch-hikers (even when they’re not hitch-hiking) seems to be the national pastime over here – and the weird thing is, everyone seems to know who I am and where I live! I am sitting here, in my study, trying to reply to all the mails, drinking a glass of Cotes be Beaune and listening to the Goldberg Variations (thanks Father) and pondering a bit about my life here. Five years ago, a car breaking down would have got me very stressed – now all I think is “Does it really matter?” No, not really – I’ll either get another one or go back to the pushbike (also called Bessie) – As they say, worse things happen at sea!

All the best

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A Serious Illness of a Close Friend (maybe fatal, maybe not)!

A very close friend of mine became seriously ill last night – it might be fatal (I do so hope not). I’ve known her since January and since then we have been together almost every day. Sometimes she has let me down and has often been pig-headed and stubborn-minded. But she’s a friend, you know, what can you do?

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