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I set off from Washington at 8.30am against a strong
headwind. It was so strong at times, I struggled to hit 30 mph, and as a
result of the extended journey time, I just missed the start of the convoy,
passing them the wrong way on the A64. I turned at the next junction, but only
caught up with the huge queue of civillian cars turning off the A64, North
onto the A19 into York. From there, I imagine my trip was much the same as the
rest of the convoy, crawling along in a huge queue because of temporary
traffic lights at some roadworks.
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Nearing the centre of York, I spotted a Jeep on the
side of the road. It was Simon, hood up and spanners everywhere. It didn't
take too long to find a slightly loose carburettor, which was sucking air at
its gasket and messing up the mixture. Once it was nipped up again, with
finished the trip to the castle, to find around 50 or so vehicles on display.
Because of the wind strength, it took me almost 3/4 of a tank to get to York,
but after filling up, the return trip was done on a little over 1/4 tank!
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