I have spent quite a lot of time and effort getting everything in place for our transition from camping under canvass to caravanning; the usual stuff, insurance policies, swapping my reliable yet undersized ford focus for a tank of a Nissan terrano (which needed a new tow hitch and 13 pin electrics fitting), sorting out a place to stow the caravan when not being used, buying a new caravan and getting the motor movers fitted, sorting out an awning and all the other stuff that one does. I had even arranged with my wife, to take a day’s leave from work to pop down to the dealership and take custody of our tin-tent and have the kids picked up from school by my parents… it was all planned and running smoothly, the car loaded up with our bedding, food, camping chairs, clothes and so on we had just dropped the car seat off to my folks and the clutch started feeling funny. Two miles down the road and it sounded like someone using a giant hammer drill; time to stop. The clutch return bearing has completely gone and with it our long anticipated weekend away in our new van; gutted was an understatement.
The car is at the garage from where we bought it being repaired (fair dos to them, the clutch wasn’t covered under the warranty apparently but they are doing the work and covering the costs). Roll on next weekend when we will go for the second attempt at our first weekend away in our new caravan…
The car is at the garage from where we bought it being repaired (fair dos to them, the clutch wasn’t covered under the warranty apparently but they are doing the work and covering the costs). Roll on next weekend when we will go for the second attempt at our first weekend away in our new caravan…