Re: BREAKDOWNS

Posted by Vicar on Nov 02, 2011; 10:15am
URL: http://sundownersadventures.385.s1.nabble.com/BREAKDOWNS-tp4544086p4957692.html

Well Kit you have out done yourself. For someone who says he struggles to type or string words together you are to be commended. Job well done.
I’ll add some more to our trip and some extra elements of truth. I must say at this point that Kit has a memory like a steel trap.  Along the way to Kathmandu we stopped at Peshawar for a night’s rest and upon arrival Kit suggested we have a decent feed in the restaurant. Not being a big lover of curries, at home meat and two veg were all he go, Kit ordered a mix of 5 curries, not mild and Lassie milk drink. It was an effort to down all of what I was to swallow but I got it down. Getting it down turned out to be the least of my worries. About 3 am I had a decision to make, basin or toilet? Fortunately the two were not so far apart and I availed myself of the opportunity to utilize both simultaneously.

The next morning I felt much, much older, mainly due to the lack of sleep but more of need of mechanical repairs, new ring gear would have been appreciated. We picked up a local in need of a lift so he advised to drink 7 Up and salt, it for some reason actually worked. The only disappointment to having this guy on board was he stole the camera of a guy that had not made the cut from the training trip who went by the name of Bull Dog.

Yes Kit kindly suggested I might like to learn to drive a coach but he did leave out an important aspect. As we drove through the night and neared Kathmandu the people at the rear of the coach forgot to get their end of the vehicle around a corner. On calling London to report our arrival his answer to Bob Wilko’s question on how did the trip go was ‘ Really well, even Vicar learnt how to drive with one hiccup but then he prove to be a good crash repairer.'
First night stop Pokara; as the coach is parked up in the grounds of the palatial New  Green Lake Hotel Kit noticed we had a broken a spring hanger. That first night stop turned out to be about 3 or 4. A grand way to start. Then we eventually move on and as Kit recalls we did the water pump in. Darcy Waller was a trainee on the trip and was sent ahead with the passengers to Bhairwahwa by local bus. All is relatively well until they then need to leave the main road to travel a couple of Kilometres to the beautiful, cough, cough hotel. Darcy employed the services of several rickshaw Wallers to get them there. Put this together with what Kit has told you and young kids today won’t believe you.

By the way this is how the coach got her name MAVIS, May All Vehicles Include Spares.