Er...
Long story...

*fires up photoshop*

So... The satnav told me to go up a long, very steep and narrow road.
That was fine.

It was pissing it down with rain, which was a bit rubbish, visibility was poor.

So, after about a mile, when the concrete of the road abruptly stopped, and was replaced with slippy mud, I didn't see it straight away.

Got the van stuck, miles from anywhere.
I say stuck, the wheels were spinning, and the hill was too steep to keep going up.

So... "Reverse!" I thought...
Is skidded backwards, uncontrollably, kinda diagonally.
Scraped across a tree, from the back bumper to the front one.

Too the wing mirror off, driver's side, and cracked the rear light, plus lots of scraping.
No big deal really... Except I had to reverse a mile down a narrow lane with my head out the window...

Got the mirror "fixed" though, good job I happened to have electrical tape with me.

Sorry, a bit rambling!

*opens whisky*
( Cawl, Wed 19 Nov 2008, 21:42, Reply)