Came down to transport cafe style breakfast room to be presented with a bowl of cornflakes with warm milk and a plate of rice pudding!? Well, we ate the pud and saved the roll and cheese she brought out next for our lunch. There are some days we wont get fat.
Oh! The car didn't start at all! Not even a little whisper from it. The battery under passenger seat so frantic efforts to get to it, hammer, screwdriver.... but it didn't respond to charger and pump light on anyway. We are slow learners, but learning. Suzy ran inside and found Xavier who asked for a hammer, bashed the starter and away we went. New name Saviour/Xavier. Only 5 mins late for time control. Started on hideously bad tarmac road. Problem in these parts is they let you on to the roads while they are still making them so they are ruined before they start.
Most cars toot their horns and wave as they pass, but we trundled a long wondering where all the other competitors were when a tooting car appeared beside us with young men in it. They started driving in front, slowing down, swerving from side to side, indicating for us to pull over, etc. We were afraid. We bolted the doors and wondered what to do when, eventually the 2 Bruces hove into sight and Suzy hit the horn. They realised we were in trouble and came as if to drive them off the road which did get rid of them. Phew. The first time we felt vulnerable. More Saviours.
Camping again tonight. No showers. Delicious Kazakh food and a rather sweet folk singing and dancing display slightly made up for it. After our scrub in Russia and Semey we still felt cleaner than we had for some time.
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