Showing her age …

The wee MG has done brilliantly since we arrived in Ireland 4+ months ago. She’s coped admirably with the less than perfect roads (and that’s just getting down our lane), been driven 6 days out of 7 (a new experience for her as well as us. In London we usually had to use the battery booster to get her started as we only drove about once every 6 weeks or so). However in the last couple of weeks there have been a few little problems, and on Friday we had steam pouring out of the boot where the coolant system is located. Looks like she may need a new cylinder head gasket although fingers crossed it’s only a leaking hose but at 11+ years old … it’s probably the gasket. Keith who farms next door is also a car mechanic and he is taking her away tomorrow night to look see. Fear our trip to Connemara on Wed could be in jeopardy.