We have been in London since Monday. We came back last night, Friday.
In the above-freezing temperatures the car's suspect battery has held up, always starting the car promptly even after a lot of slow pootling round town with headlights on.
When we came to leave last night the car wouldn't start. I realised immediately that it was my fault: when putting visitors' parking bumf, sort of scratch cards, in the car the night before I had done the cards in the car, turned an interior light on to see properly and failed to turn it off again. The lights are annoyingly dim and always come on when you open a door, so it's quite easy to forget that one is going to stay on.
Aaargh! The AA man turned up in about 40 minutes and was cool. I suppose a jump start is an easy-peasy clean-hands job from his point of view. Not best pleased with myself though. Once en route and soothed by a quick one in our old manor on the way out of town it all went very suavely and briskly.
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Carelessness new
Carelessness new
