The plan was to pop over to Luton, 10 miles from me, meet Darth Bog Roll so he could give me an alternator and then return by late morning to fix the car. As DLK was no longer calling in at Luton but going straight down to London I thought it would be easier to drive down the A1m into London and meet him at the job he was doing

Sounds simple

He planned to be there 10.30 ish so off I went before 9am to get there before him. A1m not bad, into London and then all went wrong. I had a map and a vague idea of where I was going, no sat nav

Lets just say lots of traffic, road works,traffic lights, more traffic and then reality hit I had no idea where I was! hours of driving around gradually working my way through London and getting nearer to destination. Give DLK a text to find he is still miles away and running late too, I was quietly pleased

So rather than drive 5 more miles to end I decide to double back and meet him, leaving me closer to home. Well that all went wrong as DLK traffic cleared and mine go heavier and then after a muffled phone conversation I was on A40 while he was on A4

Change of direction and I was heading for A4 thinking I was ahead

another phone call and agreed to wait at Tesco, shame we both waited at different ones

my fault

Sent DLK on to job as he was running so late and said id find him

another drive around our capital city and the fact I hadnt asked what the actual address was

a few more text/calls I finally get to detsination

Arrived to find DLK and another nice guy (sorry not sure who?) with heads under the bonnet. So Plan to arrive 10.30 ish we both got there early afternoon

Real pity I couldnt stop and chat as DLK had to get on and I had to face the drive home

What short time I was there it obvious DLK is a really nice guy

even if he did bring up, me being a little top heavy

Going home wasnt too bad and at least now I had the alternator and knew where I was going

In all, a very long day and I still have to fit alternatorit

would have been cheaper and less hassle to get local guy to supply and fit but wheres the fun in that

hope tomorrow goes better as once Ive fixed the car, Im off to Yarmouth and back in one evening
