Jock Jinxes and G.U.D.

Best laid plans and all that. We set off south on time this morning and stopped at Henley to pick up coffees. Miller had fallen asleep in the back of the car and so I agreed to sit with him in the underground car park whilst J & K picked up the coffees for our road trip.

We left the keys in the ignition with the radio playing so as not to alert M to any changes - but, crucially, we switched the engine off. Unfortunately, the AC was still running and although J & K were only away about 5 minutes, when Kelly tried to start the car again, it wouldn't turn over.

The car has a 5 year warranty with roadside assistance, so Kelly called them, thinking it would be the usual wait of over an hour and they probably wouldn't do much when they got to us. How wrong can you be? Less than 20 minutes later the RAA van was at our side and quickly diagnosed a flat battery and then gave us a start with his jump leads.

By this time, however, Kelly had contacted Lorene and David and cancelled our lunch appointment with them, so we just went back home.

Kelly and Jo took Miller to a local playgroup for an hour and we then arranged to just swap Wednesday and Thursday over - we're meeting Chris' parents tomorrow and we met Chris in the city tonight to pay a quick visit to the Garden of Unearthly Delights and Gluttony, two of the main Fringe areas. We walked around for a while and then picked a stall to eat at. Jo had a pulled pork roll whilst Chris and I opted for the Reuben.

Here's some photos from the G.U.D.:

The washing machine and the car have broken down and they say these things come in three's, so is there something else we're going to jinx before we leave?