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I need to go shopping but the valve on the outside rear offside tyre is leaking.
I could struggle in the heat and change it for the (very, very old) spare which would take me at least an hour or so and completely wear me out for days...
...I could risk driving down the winding road to Albano's petrol station/garage/breakdown centre and cafe/bar and get Filipe The Mechanic to deal with it...
I choose the latter course of action and, driving pretty slowly and, avoiding the tree fallen down across half of the road, I arrive at Albano's (2 kms).
I drive around to the garage and, although both workshop doors are wide open, no one is there.
I wander back to the petrol station section and find Mrs Albano who is having a bit of difficulty. She has just dispensed €40 worth of fuel to a tourist visiting from India but he only has a €100 note... she has no change... and his plastic doesn't work... can I change the note?
I do so and ask where Filipe or Albano is. I am told they are out on a breakdown but should be back in about an hour and a half.
I ask if I can wait and maybe have a coffee and a snack.
No problem... except Mrs Albano is working the pumps, answering the phone and running the cafe all on her own!
So... here I am waiting... now sitting in the Hymer (full timers are always at home) after waiting in the cafe for ten minutes to see if a window would appear in Mrs Albano's schedule...
I am sure when the men eventually arrive it will be too late to do anything today but... hey ho... that's life...
I suppose I will then have to change the bloody wheel myself...
...excuse me for a mo... just going to see if I can get a coffee...
JJ
I could struggle in the heat and change it for the (very, very old) spare which would take me at least an hour or so and completely wear me out for days...
...I could risk driving down the winding road to Albano's petrol station/garage/breakdown centre and cafe/bar and get Filipe The Mechanic to deal with it...
I choose the latter course of action and, driving pretty slowly and, avoiding the tree fallen down across half of the road, I arrive at Albano's (2 kms).
I drive around to the garage and, although both workshop doors are wide open, no one is there.
I wander back to the petrol station section and find Mrs Albano who is having a bit of difficulty. She has just dispensed €40 worth of fuel to a tourist visiting from India but he only has a €100 note... she has no change... and his plastic doesn't work... can I change the note?
I do so and ask where Filipe or Albano is. I am told they are out on a breakdown but should be back in about an hour and a half.
I ask if I can wait and maybe have a coffee and a snack.
No problem... except Mrs Albano is working the pumps, answering the phone and running the cafe all on her own!
So... here I am waiting... now sitting in the Hymer (full timers are always at home) after waiting in the cafe for ten minutes to see if a window would appear in Mrs Albano's schedule...
I am sure when the men eventually arrive it will be too late to do anything today but... hey ho... that's life...
I suppose I will then have to change the bloody wheel myself...
...excuse me for a mo... just going to see if I can get a coffee...
JJ
. You should be saving up for my imminent arrival. Am sure I will have something that you cannot possibly live without.
