Major Blow Out!

We had our first blow out on the bus a couple of days ago. An inside back tyre, couldn't have been a worse one. Meant we had to take off and replace 2 tyres instead of just 1. But the good news is WE DID IT! Had me worried a few times that the heat would beat us, but no, we got thru'. It happened at 12 noon, just half an hour short of our stop for the night. We had just finished all the cold water in the bottle, thinking we would be there soon enough and were looking forward to lunch at a reasonable time, having had a few late lunches over the previous few days. In reality tho' it took us just over 2 hours of struggling in the sun and the dirt to get it all done, and boy we looked a sight when we'd finished. I was sunburnt and our faces were all red and the sweat was just running off us. Chris had dropped the tyre on my foot (accidentally, he says!) so that was aching, and the kids had given up playing nicely after the first hour and were at the point of murdering each other. It was fun all round! Anyway, with the job done and a quick jump thru' the shower (which was too warm, even with just the cold tap on), I unearthed a couple of icypoles from the freezer and we hit the road again. Boy, we were exhausted! Got to our stop at Dunmarra at 3pm and almost fell into the pool. Brought an enormous bottle of cold water and that went in no time flat, phew! Guess that's the price we pay for the otherwise very cruisey time we spend touring around the country. Can't be relaxing all the time. Can it?