My car is due for both a service and it’s annual MOT. I have a knocking sound from my right front suspension that I’ll have to get fixed before it can go in for the MOT certification. I’m guessing it happened when I rode up on the kerb a couple of months ago. I thought at the time that something might have broken.

I’m going  to the National Tyre depot in town this morning to have them check over the suspension. If they have the parts to fix it, I can leave the car with them. Otherwise I’ll need to return tomorrow or later in the week.

Then, once the suspension is fixed, I can arrange for an MOT and service to be done. In the past this would have been straightforward.  For several years now I’ve had my cars loooked after by a small backstreet garage where David, the head mechanic (and usually the only one), has been very helpful.

However last year the garage owner died and there was no-one in the family left to run the place . It looked like it would close and leave David without a job. This had just happened when I rang to book a service and David was very upset.

I haven’t heard since then what happened to David. I just hope he found himself an alternative place to work.