Well,what can I say, my first blog and I'm lucky to be here to make it. Yesterday Tree (my partner) and I went to Westonbirt Arboretum to buy some interesting different woods to make my mirrors, etc. On the way there we encountered quite dense fog and spent a lot of time criticising mad motorists bombing along without any lights on. As we approached Westonbirt the fog lifted and we had glorious sunshine thereon. We bought a nice selection of Oak, Common Yew, Ash, English Elm and a huge slab of Cherry ( to make into another floating shelf). We were so warm now that we stopped and had a latte at the coffee shop and SAT OUTSIDE. Tree even took her coat off !! Not that remarkable, unless you know how Tree is in the winter !!
Anyway, we set off feeling quite smug with ourselves and headed back via Cirencester. As we started up the van, Tree remarked that a little red light was flickering on the dash board. I said it was most likely to do with the sensor on the handbrake, which commonly fails on old transit vans. Ignoring the potential risk, and feeling quite sure we could resolve this light problem when we got home, we headed for the motorway. Long story short, we got to Strensham services and Tree calmly tells me, "we have NO BRAKES !!!!!!!!". In the circumstances I think we were very calm about the whole situation and actually decided to risk going the rest of the way home using engine braking and the handbrake. The tricky bit was when we got off the motorway. Tree drove brilliantly, with me stretched across the seats ready to pull the handbrake at any given moment.
On inspection, I found that we had lost all of our brake fluid, so obviously we had had a slow leak, so the lesson for the day is
DONT IGNORE LITTLE RED LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD !!
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