Wednesday 15th July 2026
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This morning we called the AA who told us they would get us recovered to a garage to hopefully get our brakes repaired. We were then phoned by a man called Ole Johan Olsen who turned out to be a recovery driver. He wanted to know whether the brake fluid reservoir was at a normal level and the chassis number of the van. Eventually he turned up and we were loaded onto his truck.
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We were taken on a spectacular journey east.
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We crossed from the island of Moskensoy to the island of Vestvagoy through an undersea tunnel!
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After a shortish journey Ole unloaded us a a garage in the town of Leknes where he decided he wanted us to pay for part of the recovery cost when our AA membership clearly states recovery to a garage is free to the customer. We phoned the AA who talked him out of trying to make us pay!
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It seems like the garage's workshop is fully booked till Thursday 23rd July when they will have time to have a look at our vehicle.
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In the meantime they are happy for us to stay in their car park. Another Fiat Ducato based campervan was brought in on another recovery truck. I spoke to the two Norwegian women occupants. The have an oil pressure warning light on and have been advised not to drive the vehicle. Their van is going to be looked at tomorrow.
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The AA seem to have abandoned us. They had the temerity to suggest that we ought to find a garage which could look at our van sooner than Thursday week! Ann went to talk to the garage reception. A very nice man advised her to come back to see him tomorrow when things might have changed !? Apparently most garages round here are closed for the summer hols! I got our full toilet cassette out, put it in my holdall and took it up to a nearby supermarket and emptied it in their very nice loo as well as buying a couple of items for our tea. We watched Argentina 2 England 1 World Cup Semi Final on my smartphone as the match was only being shown on pay TV in Norway.
Today we tavelled 32 miles (52 kilometres) on a recovery truck. We are at: N68.14451 E13.62340
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We were taken on a spectacular journey east.
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We crossed from the island of Moskensoy to the island of Vestvagoy through an undersea tunnel!
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After a shortish journey Ole unloaded us a a garage in the town of Leknes where he decided he wanted us to pay for part of the recovery cost when our AA membership clearly states recovery to a garage is free to the customer. We phoned the AA who talked him out of trying to make us pay!
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In the meantime they are happy for us to stay in their car park. Another Fiat Ducato based campervan was brought in on another recovery truck. I spoke to the two Norwegian women occupants. The have an oil pressure warning light on and have been advised not to drive the vehicle. Their van is going to be looked at tomorrow.
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The AA seem to have abandoned us. They had the temerity to suggest that we ought to find a garage which could look at our van sooner than Thursday week! Ann went to talk to the garage reception. A very nice man advised her to come back to see him tomorrow when things might have changed !? Apparently most garages round here are closed for the summer hols! I got our full toilet cassette out, put it in my holdall and took it up to a nearby supermarket and emptied it in their very nice loo as well as buying a couple of items for our tea. We watched Argentina 2 England 1 World Cup Semi Final on my smartphone as the match was only being shown on pay TV in Norway.
