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<\/a>A Dave kebab!<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Ouch!<\/p><\/div>\n
Two rods of ‘rebar’ (rusty metal bars) were sticking out from the concrete siding of the train track. They weren’t noticeable until they scraped along Dave and one of them decided to poke a hole in him. Poor Dave stood there skewered while poor Jay thought it was his fault; it wasn’t and I’m still in awe at how he copes with all the scary driving while I sit in the passenger seat and panic. We checked inside the fridge to see if we could see the rebar nestling among our Italian cheese collection as we couldn’t tell how far it had gone into Dave. Unable to see it in the fridge the only thing left to do was to un-skewer Dave, so Jay drove forward slowly as I pulled the bar towards me as much as possible. It worked and soon Dave (aka Scarface) was free, his skin punctured but it had gone no further than his insulation – phew!<\/p>\n
After the inevitable long reverse up the dirt path we headed back to the main dual carriageway (it will never cease to amaze me how quickly roads turn to dirt once off the main drag in southern Italy) and got off at the next exit. A short drive on a decent road brought us to the emptying point, handily next to a cheap LPG station (if only we hadn’t filled up yesterday!). It seems to be a car sales place, but offers overnight parking for motorhomes and a service point<\/a><\/strong>. Mustering up all the Italian I know (apart from ordering ice creams) I told the chap we only wanted to empty the loo, he waved us in and three Euros and a lot of stinky brown liquid pouring later we were off.<\/p>\n Next stop? You guessed it – Lidl! A final, final stock up of tasty Italian treats and cheap wine – after all who knows what will be available in Greece (Jay is hoping for lots of kebab!). Next to Lidl was a Brico Casa (Italian B&Q) where we found some sheets of aluminium which look just like Dave’s outer skin, but unpainted. At only \u20ac6 we grabbed a whole sheet then set about wondering how to trim it to size, knowing that our hacksaw doesn’t like to cut through butter unless it’s very warm. The hacksaw blades aisle also stocked super strong scissors, well there was no point in buying them if we hadn’t tested them to make sure they would cut through the aluminium. Once we’d tested them it only needed one more cut and the bit we wanted was free. At the check out they didn’t bat an eyelid, so apologies if you buy any slightly blunt scissors from Brico Casa in the near future!<\/p>\n