Bon Voyage... or is it?

Just a quick post to say that today James and I are off on holiday... or at least we're hoping so. The plan was to load up our trusty Morris Minor camper van (name yet to be decided) and head to Brittany for a fortnight of tootling around eating fresh baguettes, smelly cheese and sampling plenty of wine. But as I type the entire holiday appears to be hanging in the balance. As we turned the key in the ignition to head off for a quick test drive before catching the evening ferry we heard a very unpleasant sound, a repetitive whining noise which meant only one thing... the engine simply wouldn't start. Oh bum!

James and I may be pretty knowledgeable when it comes to all things plant and poultry related. But when it comes to cars and engines our combined knowledge probably wouldn't fill my little finger. Fortunately for us we know a couple of people who do know more than a thing or two about engines. As I type, Steve (Newhouse Farm's brilliant carpenter/plumber/builder/you-name-it-he-can-do-it-er) and Jim Milner (former Newhouse Farm resident, engineering-whizz and co-presenter with Dick on Scrapheap Challenge) have got their heads under the bonnet, wielding spanners and talking about things to do with engines that I simply do not understand. Feeling a little like a spare part I've decided to busy myself with making copious mugs of tea and writing a quick blog post. Can they fix the Morris in time? I blinking well hope so!

Should they be successful I'll shall return to my blog in a fortnight with tales of slow travel around Northern France. Until then, keep your fingers crossed the Morris will be fixed in time.

In the above photo Jim is on the left and Steve is on the right.