Well, I hope thats not the last I see of my little car.
To catch you up.. I have not had the best experience with insurance companies and the AA. I've been told its written off, but until the blame has been set, I am stranded. No-one will pick the car up ad no-one wants to sort a hire car out for us.. so I took things into my own hands.
Through the beauty of Facebook, someone I have never met called a mate of her fathers who was a mechanic in a nearby town to where I am at the moment, and asked them to come and look at the car for me.
I am really working on the assumption that it is only cosmetic and that there is no real damage done to the chassis or axle.
Hugh the Welsh mechanic was lovely.
He has taken our car away on a trailer and said he’d get back to me on Monday about it.. he hopes that its just a strut that is bent and if it is, he said it is easily fixed and cheap too.
Although there is a significant amount of cosmetic damage to it, so long as it is roadworthy and safe for me to drive, I am not going to care. I really really don't want the hassle of having to find and buy another car.
So, I am feeling very blessed with the outcomes so far. Our housesitting host has been gracious enough to allow us to stay here for Sunday night, so at least we have somewhere to stay till when we hear what Hugh has to say about the car.
If he says its stuffed, then I will hire a car from wherever I can here and head to London and do battle with the insurance company from there.
Put your praying pants on, dance naked or throw sprinkles in the air .. even if its just for fun.. but send your good wishes along to us in Wales.
I only need the car for another 2 and a half weeks and then we are off to do the Santiago Camino for 2 months. I can think about plans from there...
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