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I moved the baby hedgehog off the drive, fearing it might get run over/squashed ...

A while back I saw a turtle wandering across my driveway, making its way to the pond ..It had escaped from one of my neighbours......it was on the run

Hedgehog! I love 'em. There are some in my city and it's very comforting knowing that there are still some animals around.

I had to replace two driver belts in my car on Tuesday last week. Later in the week, I heard a grinding sound while driving out of my driveway. At first, I thought I had run over a twig that got stuck under the car. The noise eventually stopped, so I did not think much of it.

On Saturday, when I started the car, two warning lights came on. I drove off thinking they would go out, but they did not. I drove to the market to help set up our stall. After leaving the market around lunchtime to head to the ferry, the car started up fine, but the two warning lights were still on. I drove to the passenger ferry to attend a rally in the city. Later in the afternoon, I started the car to drive home, and a couple more warning lights came on. I drove home thinking I should take it back to the mechanic.

While driving along my dirt driveway, I came to our group of letterboxes and noticed what looked like a torn driver belt sitting on top of one. I thought that was strange. Why would someone put a torn belt on the letterbox?

I picked it up and drove to my place. As I was reversing into my parking spot, I noticed the steering wheel was hard to turn. I managed to park the car and opened the bonnet to take a look inside, not that I really knew what I was looking for. But I did notice that something was missing. When I tried to start the car again, all the warning lights came on and the car would not start.

That is when I finally put two and two together. One of the driver belts must have started to split, gradually come loose, and eventually fallen off as I was leaving the driveway that morning. A neighbour must have spotted it and put it on the letterbox.

It is the long weekend, so the mechanic will not be open until Tuesday. I have been thinking about getting another car for quite a while, and now I think it is time to take action.

Umm a nifty Suzuki Swift tickles my fancy. Like the one in this photo...

On the driveway this afternoon I came across this little fellow.