What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[Dave Mann]

Went for lunch at the Red Lion in Litton, my usual route is along Summer Cross from Hargate Hall to Tideswell a narrow, with passing places road and steep hills both down and up. Because of work on the railway bridges in Millers Dale that route is closed resulting in a lot more traffic along Summer Cross and just as I got onto the steep climb the main jet became blocked and progress ground to a stop, it couldn't have happened in a better place. I started to clear the jet with cars squeezing past when a SUV appeared and it's driver insisted on towing me to a wider part of the road. I blew the main jet clear and went to set off but whatever was in the jet hadn't come out and promptly blocked the jet again so I proceeded to the pub using the choke to keep going. After an enjoyable lunch I had a successful second attempt at clearing the jet. The return trip was without incident apart from having a load of cars stuck behind me.