An interesting weekend

Had to get recovered home by the AA, the first time that’s happened in 24 years of driving. The family went up to Great Yarmouth as my wife was running in a race there on Saturday afternoon. Our Ford Focus has been misfiring a bit over the last few weeks but nothing major. I drove it to Surrey and Northants last week from our home in Suffolk and it was fine. On the way to Yarmouth on Saturday it started to get worse. On the way back, at about 8.30pm, serious problems. Slowed from 70mph for a roundabout and then found I couldn’t get faster than about 30mph. Not ideal on a fast-moving dual carriageway. The hazard lights came on and we limped to the next filling station. The AA were obviously having a busy night as they sent a local contractor, who concluded I wasn’t going to make it home and called for the flat-bed. In the end, we were home two hours late. So a big thanks to Kerley’s of Norwich and the AA for looking after us.