the night before last a friend phoned at 9:30pm, saying he was stranded on the highway, about 1/2 an hour away, and in need of a ride home...yesterday the challenge was to repair the car at that desolate spot, involving 3 hours by the side of the busy road, with several trips to an auto parts store, which was awkward to reach from here, as various possible repairs were attempted...eventually, he got it running (it was an electrical problem and not fuel flow as first suspected)..then had to follow him home in case of further problems...we made it successfully though, and he rewarded me with a generous shot of Irish whiskey, a welcome treat after yet another (see five pix back) roadside marathon

the unusual car is an older English three-wheeler, named Robin Reliant, although less than reliable it seems