An early start and a long day

I was up early and had the old halfshaft out before breakfast. Luckily it had broken at the hub end so it was just a case of removing the hub and getting the mole grips on the end of the shaft then giving it a good tug.

After breakfast I rang NTG Services and ordered a shaft and hub. They persuaded their supplier to expedite delivery. Thanks so much to both organisations for their great help.

We had to make a quick dash back home and with the car safely ensconced on John's garage and waiting for parts it didn't take unneccessary time out of our trip.

Here comes a rant!

Have you tried to hire a car recently? They want so much information that they could steal your identity.

I can't remember the full list but it includes, passport (we don't have one), mortgage statement (we don't have a mortgage), Benefits information (we aren't on benefits), utilities bills, bank statements, NI Number.

Two items are required from the list. How many think of carrying these things with them and keeping them up to date as they can't be more than three months old.

We were 300 miles from home and had to ring our daughter to go to our house, find the documents, photo them and email them to the hire company.

All this took over an hour. Bear these things in mind as hiring a car in an emergency when you are far from home isn't easy.

Just because they can doesn't mean they should.

We eventually go a car and after a 7 hour drive, arrived home.