Flat Out

Yesterday we went out with our Norwegian friends, despite the rain coming down by the bucket load and the road (sandy track) being undriveable in anything but a Land Rover. Thankfully the rain stopped by lunchtime and the kids could enjoy running about and playing whilst us older folks sat and played cards! When it was time to return to the ship we found we had a flat tyre (though it was only flat on the bottom!). Nathaniel thought it was great and set about helping with the wheel brace telling us all how he knew what to do because they'd been shown how to change a tyre at school once. After a bit of sweating and getting covered in sand we were off again, bouncing and weaving round big holes, looking forward to a shower and some dinner when THUNK the high ratio gearbox selector disconnected itself. No worries, a quick pull on a lever and we're off again.THUNK out it pops again. We managed to drive back to the ship with three more THUNKS but instead of being faced with a large garage bill and no vehicle for a few days, we just fill in a form saying what the problem is, and the transport guys take care of it for us. This is one of those times when we really appreciate the car maintenance guys onboard (Olly and Moses) so THANKS guys for all you do. Oh and next time we'll take a newer vehicle ok?