There I sat, engine running and buckled in for yet another day travelling, GDEC style…but no, over the uhf came a call to arms……..
“Scotty has a ‘wee’ problem with his trailer, pit crew prepare for
Action”
And so it happened, chief mechanic extraordinaire Jay Dub, perpetrator and consultant engineer Scotty, myself the arbitrator, and owner/supplier of all things required to fix anything Mick O, sprung into action.
‘Sprung’ is probably a too strong a word……first things first;
.abuse and ridicule Scotty for breaking it in the first place.
.laugh, and thanks the gods it was him and not us.
.take heaps of photos so he can be ‘bagged’ later on.
.have the ladies (they have to feel important at times like this) make a cup of coffee.
.get dressed in the ‘mechanics’ clothes.
.have a conference on why/how to fix etc etc.
Then we got into it…….measuring/grinding/cutting/filling/welding etc etc etc………and more photo’s of course.
All this is completed whilst bagging Scotty repeatedly.
After, what seemed like days, the job was finished and the trailer was pronounced
well enough to travel. Trouble was the few drops of rain that had started were enough to make us bid farewell to a beaut
campsite and relocate to, of all things, a disused
gravel pit………….I just knew the day would end up in the ‘pits’
Go GDEC
MJ