If you read Friday's entry you would know that our hire car had died and we were stranded in our cottage unable to reach Betty's and with a whole "slab" of Betty's vouchers to use. Now read on ....
A nice (but talkative) chap from the AA finally appeared at our door at 11.30am this morning to take us to Manchester to collect a replacement car - just the way we wanted to spend our holidays - going to Manchester in a tow truck!! However, we needed a new vehicle so after checking that we were going to actually be able to collect a replacement car, off we went. It was rather exciting for a time getting our "wreck" on to the tray. The road outside the cottage is not much wider than a truck and every time he got in to position, some bothersome Local would drive up and want to get past, in desperate hurry to finish their Christmas shopping.
Eventually, all was loaded and we were off to Manchester. While Andrew might think this a perfect location it is not one of our holiday favorites. The truck was slow and part way along our driver needed his required rest period. So what with a stop at one of the worst services on the entire route and the slowness of the truck it was not till after 5pm that we got back to Yorkshire and by then, relieved that we had a working car again but feeling that we had wasted two days in the process, there was only one alternative - Betty's for dinner. We were in time, just, they were closing their doors in 15 minutes but we could order whatever we wanted. We did!
What a couple of days......
... and people back home probably thought we were having a great time.
Must hear more about this. "Betty's",sounds pretty good!!
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