I must admit that I was a bit worried. The Jeep that we brought with us from France needed new headlights to conform to UK regulations, so I tried the local main dealer and he told me that there were no headlights to be had anywhere in either the UK or Germany.
That was a bit of (OK a big) bombshell. Without headlights it couldn't be MOT'd, without an MOT it couldn't be insured and without insurance it couldn't be registered in England. Without it being registered I couldn't keep it in England.
I called the garage again yesterday but they weren't at all hopeful. All they could suggest was that I tried eBay or a breakers yard. Bugger.
A couple of minutes after the conversation I was searching on the internet. One place came back quickly with a zero but a couple of minutes later I got a call from a Chrysler breakers yard in Osbaldtwistle, Lancashire to ask when did I want them delivered? I was dumbfounded.
I think my lucky penny is still working for me. Did I mention my lucky penny? Some time back we met the Ripon Hornblower. What I didn't say was that he hands out 'lucky' wooden pennies. When Jan and I met him that cold and dark night he gave us one each. I didn't mention it because you might think that I'm an idiot (you got it in one - Ed) but ever since then I've had lots of good luck, well OK, less bad luck. Good eh?
That was a lucky break - well done!
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