Anthony's journey out
Anthony Day
Those who know their expo lore will be aware of the fun and games I
endured whilst attempting to tow a decrepit trailer across Europe in
1995. Since then I've been pouring money into various European breakdown
schemes without further incident - so I was about due for a return on my
investment. Somewhere north of Hamburg I noticed that my bonnet seemed
to be flapping around quite a lot. Having established that it was
actually shut, I ignored the problem for 5 hours until it had clearly
got worse. It turns out that the corrosion on the bit of bonnet that the
catch was attached to had got so bad that it was in danger of completely
unattaching itself - in which case the bonnet could spring open. At this
point, I decided to make use of my breakdown cover. To make this a trad.
style breakdown I didn't have a mobile with me, so I spent a nostalgic 2
hours sitting in a Gasthof - completely unaware of what (if anything)
was happening reminiscing about similar experience at the side of
various European motorways all those years ago. Eventually the mechanic
turned up, laughed at the state of my bonnet, bolted it together through
the remaining bits of good metal and gaffered it shut. Overall I was
only delayed by about 2.5 hours, and made it to Austria without further
incident.