"A family trip to Normandy soon unravelled into a disaster that left our correspondent and her husband considerably out of pocket Do you know the word "calamity" is originally of French origin? How else do you explain your clutch suddenly failing while hurtling down a motorway in Normandy with your three children in the back? Less than an hour into our 400km journey to the Vendee region, a vital part of our (French) car had decided to give up the ghost."
"Do you know the word "calamity" is originally of French origin? How else do you explain your clutch suddenly failing while hurtling down a motorway in Normandy with your three children in the back? Less than an hour into our 400km journey to the Vendee region, a vital part of our (French) car had decided to give up the ghost. "Mel, the clutch has gone," my husband Eoin said."
A family trip to Normandy unraveled when the car's clutch failed on a motorway, leaving the parents and three children stranded. The failure occurred less than an hour into a planned 400km journey to the Vendee region. A vital component of the French vehicle gave up, forcing an abrupt halt to travel and necessitating repairs or replacement. The mechanical breakdown incurred unexpected costs that left the couple considerably out of pocket. The husband reported the problem with the line, "Mel, the clutch has gone." The incident caused significant disruption to the itinerary and finances.
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