The Railway Automotive Club

 

Back in the olden days when there were more railways than roads, if your car broke down you’d use the services of the Railway Automotive Club - aka RAC.

Here we have such an occurrence, as Beryl’s supercharged Austin Seven is returned to her nearest station after it blew a head gasket and cracked the sump doing 98mph on the A37 flying over the railway bridge next to Pylle Halt. 

 

Not many know this, but the halt was originally called East Pennard before being renamed in 1928 to reflect the fact that drivers complained of a sore bottom as they bounced over the hump backed railway bridge even at quite modest speeds - especially those suffering from piles. 

 

Later she’ll ask Harry the Hammer to sort the issue out, for there is nothing Harry can’t do with his hammer. Though she’s quite enjoying the tiny pale blue brand new 3 wheeled bubble car the RAC have loaned her as a courtesy car, for it is marginally drier in wet weather and has yet to smell of mildew. Back in olden times all cars would smell of mildew after 3 months, that and leaded petrol and engine oil as they marked their territory on the driveway. 

 

And finally one of the axle boxes is missing on the well wagon. Harry will sort it with a couple of taps of his mighty tool.

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Harry the Hammer will need paying, can you help Beryl? www.buymeacoffee.com/Nevardmedi3 - cheers