Oh deary me. Yesterday was just an ordinary day, but the ending was far from it. I set off for home, driving as normal (like a granny ;)) and once on the M11 I started to shift up through the gears until I had to change from 4th to 5th. Except that my gear stick was not to be persuaded to move out of number 4… at all :(
I managed to get all the way up to J20 on the M25 in 4th gear, but getting onto the A41 turned to be impossible without stopping. Fortunately I was able to get going from standstill (in 4th!) but halfway up the A41, I got stuck uphill in a traffic jam which meant I had to admit defeat until the traffic cleared. I could not afford to stop too many times along the way.
After an hour or so I went on my way again and this time I made it home (eventually) with only 1 long stop at the bottom of the A41. By the time I had reached home, the clutch was completely burned out. Smells lovely though… NOT!
