Ham Hirples Along

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Essex man exhaust 

Chilling


We couldn’t leave our deserted golf hotel quick enough today. Ham’s Lagonda sent smoke signals worthy of a papal conclave as we sped away. A merry-go-round of escorting, coffee stops, catching up, racing past, confusing the guides was the order of the day. Still the Lagonda plugs away, reaching our destination worryingly with a few low rev knocks to add to the air of apprehension. 


We reside in a nice boutique hotel with a swimming pool. Tomorrow is supposed to be a rest day but on account of the town (Suratthani) being a dump and island hopping to Koh Samui being just too far we are planning to leave tomorrow and break the planned long journey towards the border into two days to help nurse the Lagonda onwards. 


We might just fit in an oil change too if we can find 20/50 oil and hopefully a new filter. 



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