Alas the saga continues…you can’t get away from truck problems especially when  you live down a dirt road.  We’ve been having car problems on and off for a few weeks  with the clutch sticking.  At the beginning, it was so infrequent, Gnome was able to hook it back up with his foot.  On Friday, we had a fine run-around in Punta Gorda seeing patients and that was the day of all days (of course  😉 ) for the things to get worse.

The clutch ended up stuck down for good!  Arrrgh!!!  We managed to pull over safely and the ever reliable Gnome managed to improvise by attaching a rope to the clutch to hoist it up.

That was indeed the last straw but we had one more thing to do; drop off stuff at Belcampo Lodge.  We both pictured the steep hill (30 degree incline) and we stared aghast at each other!  Imagine the clutch failing on that hill!!  Luckily I phoned Belcampo and they very kindly came to pick up the stuff.  Phew!!

We managed to get home without a hitch and we did all the sensible things like lubricate the clutch pedal and check hydraulic fluid levels; Gnome-brain is postulating leaking master cylinder seals (whatever that means) which he can’t do anything about.

We’re stuck at home right now!!

To all our friends from the United States, Happy Independence Day!  I never realised it until now but we never celebrated it in the UK!!   🙂