We Blow Our Second Engine of the Tour, and Try to Drive to England Anyway

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Travel story: We Blow Our Second Engine of the Tour, and Try to Drive to England Anyway

I've got to say this: We're not having a great deal of luck in vehicle-related matters. Sweet Pea (the VW bus) blew most of her engine about 100 miles south of Paris, on the freeway, in the Loire Valley, chateau country.


As something was obviously very wrong, even to a mechanical idiot like myself. We rolled up to the next emergency box and called for help. This turned out to not work out quite as well as I'd hoped, partly because the emergency service is... More