9am took Shrek to kennels at Wakefield south of Nelson for the weekend.
11am All packed up and ready to go. Hooked up caravan and off we started to Blenheim to enjoy the wineries for the weekend. DJ took Friday off work so we could get a good headstart.
Remembering this was our first trial run after the new oil cooler had been fitted........
Going along nicely and up a few hills temperature went up a little which I was a little concerned about as I thought we had fixed that problem. Carrying on up the Whangamoa's (I have to tell you are apparently the biggest hills in the South Island....we'll see) Still getting hot on hills and going down on downward slopes. Well then around the corner we came and BANG! Steam came out from under the bonnet in an almighty puff. Luckily we were on the downhill and there was a pull off area. We came to a holt and lifted the bonnet. What a mess it looked like 'SHREK' (The real Shrek, not mine) had bean squashed under there. It was all over the motor, windscreen, caravan and ground. The liquid didn't seem to be hot and the engine didn't smell at all.....fingers crossed there is no major damage.
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| OK..........WHAT NOW! |
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| NOT GOOD I DON'T THINK. POOR OLD GIRL. |
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| NEXT DAY .Bernie and DJ's car off to Blenheim without caravan. Lunch at the Mussel Pot in Havelock |
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| Met some new friends! |
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| Mussel Pot |
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| 1st Winery - Nautilus |
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| Tasting at Nautilus |
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