The plan was to go to CAMC Southport in the Caravan from tonight up to the morning of the 28th and then move to Daughter's in laws for a family get together including The Lad and his partner.
Set off this morning with ETA of 14:30. Ignored the Satnav and took the A5/A426 from M1/18 to M1/20 with intention of using the A50. Just on the M1/21 overbridge when the car announces an engine fault with loss of most of its power. Crawled onto the hard shoulder and phoned Britannia Rescue. Agent from a firm called Crouch was there in around 90 minutes. Car on flat bed and, not without some issues, caravan hitched to rear.
Home again back as we started the day by 16:00.
Fault code P0271 - issue with number 4 fuel injector. Initially led up the garden path by battery/alternator suspicions but turns out that the fault code means the fan runs on after engine stop so flattens the battery....
Plan B has us driving to Liverpool tomorrow and staying with son then back here before going up to meet family as planned at end of week.
That's two years on the bounce Christmas has been screwed over; last year Mrs B was in hospital with Pneumonia..
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Christmas Re-Arranged :-( new
Christmas Re-Arranged :-( new