May13th
Rain and wind, from 2 am onwards MB was buffeted, and we had a very annoying howling sound coming from somewhere. I thought it was the skylight, it does that occasionally if we are facing directly into the wind, Ian got up to check, nop not from there, Ear to windows and even into the bathroom until he tracked down the noise coming from the door, ah...it wasn't closed properly! Ian was the last in due to changing the cassette after the full light came on. It was quite late in the evening, so I suppose he can be let off. Anyway it took an age for us to drop off again, the wind seemed to be getting stronger and honestly, the things that go through one's mind when there is nothing to occupy it. 'Will the van be blown over?' was all I kept thinking about. This airfield is so very open and exposed, and as the gusts were hitting MB side on, felt justified in my thoughts.
Still the rain lashed MB as we stirred, and opening the blinds, it was
to see those poor sheep with no shelter all with their backs into the
wind.
We will be returning early to Langley Mill, probably in a couple of days time, not just because the weather all this week is set to be abysmal, but several things need addressing with MB before we head North for the epic 2-month getaway in June and last night was the final straw when Ian went to get a few tools out from under the bed so he could have another look at the sergeant unit, and the hinge holding the struts in place broke! So things that need sorting.
- Bed (obviously)
- Solar panel charger for the starter battery not working
- Occasional problems with starting MB
- Microwave
- Try to straighten the skirt where Ian hit the mound of earth.
- Fix the fresh water pipe underneath (it got dragged off when Ian went over a boulder and is now held on with tape)
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