I don’t believe it

I had a Victor Meldrew moment today alright. The weather forecast was for the grim, low, grey cloud to disperse by the middle of the day and for there to be some sunshine in the afternoon. I got myself ready to go with a flight already planned and kept looking out, but as mid-day approached there was no sign of any change in the weather. Then suddenly the clouds parted as if by magic and there was blue sky up above.

I packed everything in the car and dashed off and despite the traffic, made it to Linton in good time. Bob and Paul were there and Paul was getting his Quik R ready to go as well. After a quick ‘hello’ I walked down to MYRO to get the tie-downs and covers off and couldn’t believe the sight that greeted me – the left main wheel was completely flat. I thought I’d try pumping it up but when I went back to the hut, the foot pump that I’d used before, the only one that fits, had disappeared.

So that was that. I decided that the best thing to do would be to remove the wheel and take it home for closer investigation and lucky I did really because after I’d bought a foot pump in Halfords after checking all their stock until I found one that fitted (yup, I took the wheel in with me), I found that the valve stem was leaking where it attached to the main tube. And this was one of my new tubes that I’d bought at the same time as the new tyres when MYRO was permitted back in only August. Yes, you’ve got it, I don’t believe it…. 😯