Needs must! (blog)
Reluctantly, I am back in the UK, en route to Portugal. I had a testing journey from Ireland, with a mechanical issue that has become dangerous. It’s been lurking in the background since I got the Mothership and the pick-up truck, two and half years ago. But no-one was prepared to take responsibility for solving the problem, and I was pushed from pillar to post with Merc saying the truck was fine and the manufacturer of the rig saying it was fine. So, I bore the stress of the issue myself, trying various workarounds. However, on returning to ‘Mothership HQ’ last week for a service (the rig, not me!), I insisted that they take ownership of the problem, as I bought both the truck and the trailer from them, so it was irrelevant where the problem lay, though it was clear, by now, it wasn’t the truck. After several days of testing, the consensus was that a fix had been reached, so I set off on the long journey from North Wales to Herefordshire.
I tried not to think about the issue, telling myself it was history and that I could relax. But three and a half hours into the journey, the all too familiar warning light flashed and my heart sank. I wasn’t sure I would make it to my destination though, in the end, I did….
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