When can you visit? AJ txt.
What about now? I txt back
Ok.
- I’m on my way.
I don't know why I followed the sat nav, but all
too late I realised it would take me over the tops to Hebden to see AJ. What I
didn't expect was the snow, the hill fog and an icy road. (it was a warmer outlook in the rearview mirror) Worst of all was the high crown camber together with an
undulating surface. The speed limit was 50mph. I was scared to death of going
35 let alone 50
I kept imagining my van turning into a pile of firewood by the
snowy roadside as my hands were locked to the steering wheel.
Parking a 23’ van in a small valley town is test,
but eventually AJ and I met for coffee n cake. Later we had a veggie curry,
then watched Murder on the Orient Express in freezing cold Halifax.(can't recommend - it and Im not talking about Halifax) On our
return, I parked adjacent to his detached garage down the road from his
cottage, hoping for a beautiful view of the valley in the morning. Instead I
got wind and rain all night. You know the type that comes in waves, and you
hear it coming? It raced up the valley rocking the van each time. When the wind
fetched rain it was like someone throwing buckets of gravel at the side of my
van.
Well, not every sleep in the van is good, but worth it to see
an old mate. (yes he’s way older than me, just sayin’)
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