Van @ large

Over the long weekend Bruce and I took the van for a holiday. Considering the van was off the road for 15 years, she did really well on a long trip. Only problem was a leak in the radiator, which we discovered when we had to pull over to check out a strange noise coming from the engine (the fuel pump, but not a major). The bigger problem was the gouts of steam pouring out from under the bonnet. Thankfully there was a house across the road and a helpful chap gave us several bottles of water to top up the radiator. Interestingly, during the entire 15 or 20 minutes that we were perched on the side of the busy highway, not one vehicle stopped to check we were okay! What has happened to our Kiwi spirit of helping out somebody in trouble? Or maybe the drivers, not knowing anything about car engines, didn’t think it was worth stopping. At any rate, I’m just glad it was only the radiator, not something more serious, and that there was actually somebody across the highway who could help.