We achieved so much the previous day we decided to go into Girne, do some shopping and have lunch out. What is it they say ‘the best laid plans’ ? I reversed the car down the first part of the drive and realised the brakes were not working properly. I told Mal if I took it easy I should be able to get it down the drive without running into the Russian house! The hand brake wasn’t too marvellous but I limped down to the garage – Ziggy, whose garage is down by the Merit on the right hand side.
He was working on a car but stopped and looked at mine. The brake fluid was empty but the probelm was a broken part to one of the rear wheels. He made a couple of phone calls to get the right part. The first two didn’t have one but the third was a success. He had the car up on the ramp and as we didn’t want to put pressure on him, we said we would leave him to it. He said he would ring when he had done it. So, we decided to go to Cyprus Queen for lunch. We walked back there and although it said lunches outside it was shut. So, we walked to the New Bar Monte. They were shut too.
We then decided to go to our good old faithful, B and I Fast food in the village. Just as we arrived there, the phone went and it was Ziggy who said he had finished the car! He is so quick. He told us that the part was 75tl and the total bill was 100tl. I also asked him if he could sort out the hand brake before I collected it.
As usual, a lovely welcome at Fast Food. We both had the chicken şiş which comes with salad, chips, rice and plates of pickles and plates of yoghurt and extra bread. It is a huge meal for 15tl. We had a drink each and then time to walk back to collect the car.
On the walk back we saw a whole field of ‘Field Gladiolus’ (Gladiolus italicus), they were beautiful. I have also added two photos of Ziggy’s garage in case anyone else wants to use him, as there is no name on the front.
The total bill was 100tl and Ziggy had repaired the hand brake as well. Excellent service and so quick to get back on the road again.
What a coincidence, Ken’s article! see link
We gave up with Girne and just popped into Starling. We bought some butter in there last week 1kg for 10.90tl. We thought we would taste it first before we bought too much. It is good, so we stocked up. They are also doing Persil Jel for 8.40tl instead of 16.80tl. The rest of the Girne shopping will have to wait for another day. I had sore feet as I had walked from the garage in flip flops which aren’t made for walking but of course I hadn’t known I would be walking that far.
Cyprus Today see link
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Thought for the Day -“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back” ~ Maya Angelou