Jump Start

Today in Little England unexpected overnight snow at Ankle Bend crossing greets the 8.05 goods from Highbridge. 95 year old Beryl finally has her driving license back after yet another ban, so is taking her not very reliable Austin 7 out for a spin to top up the battery. 

She had to hill start it to get it going, an easy job for practical Beryl who was a race car driver and mechanic back in the day, also living on the top of a hill helps. Release the handbrake, slap it in second, turn the ignition key and hope the engine fires up before the sharp bend at the bottom of the hill. We’ve all done it I’m sure, I did it for years on my old Renault 5 back in the day when I was too tight to replace the failing battery. I also lived on a hill. 

Barry Bullhead is walking to work today, for his car also has a flat battery not helped by the cold weather. And unlike Beryl he is mechanically inept and reliant on others to do his dirty work, he also lives at the bottom of a hill. I hear some of you cry ‘surely Beryl or Barry have a battery charger?’ we must remember that it’s the olden times, and few homes have electricity in this most rural and remote part of almost forgotten Somerset. 

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