Failure to Lift Off
I was all set for a great salty Easter weekend. My tow vehicle had its scrubbed out and worn bar treads replaced with a full set of Pirelli Scorpion mud tyres, TILMAN had been sailed and tuned-up over several months of weekend cruising and all her weaknesses addressed, I'd coaxed my son with massive block of chocolate to keep me company, but fate had something else in mind.
On the way out I got a flat tyre. So change it right? Well, normally I would, but the tyre shop had no tubes in stock and couldn't repair my spare. So I was buggered on Easter Saturday afternoon (shops closed for the day). A much used term came to mind,SNAFU (Situation Normal All F#@+ed Up), but in the spirit of Tilman we accept this as normal and just work through it, learning and benefiting from the experience.
The good news is that I met a fellow Land Rover enthusiast who donated an already repaired inner tube, learned how to change a tyre by hand, and got the rig, dog, my son and I home before dark.
Onwards and upwards!
On the way out I got a flat tyre. So change it right? Well, normally I would, but the tyre shop had no tubes in stock and couldn't repair my spare. So I was buggered on Easter Saturday afternoon (shops closed for the day). A much used term came to mind,SNAFU (Situation Normal All F#@+ed Up), but in the spirit of Tilman we accept this as normal and just work through it, learning and benefiting from the experience.
The good news is that I met a fellow Land Rover enthusiast who donated an already repaired inner tube, learned how to change a tyre by hand, and got the rig, dog, my son and I home before dark.
Onwards and upwards!
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