Thankfully it was a holiday and Roy could take us back to the jeep, with proper tools. He had that lug nut off in under 30 seconds, and the guys changed the tire in record time - check out the flat - we should ask the garage to patch it LOL. Despite not having a spare and being hours away from home off we went, getting even further away, to McLeans Town and the conch fest. Alas we were there too early most of the festivities hadn't started yet but there was food - had cold lobster salad and hot conch fritters. We bought some seagrape jam and hot pepper jelly and started for home.I do believe I said it wouldn't be a good time to go off the main highway - something would happen and seeing 2 vultures sitting in a tree wasn't a good omen. But since we had most of the afternoon left Gerry thought a trip to the beach would be a good idea, so, off the highway onto the old Freetown road we go.
We passed under a huge spider web hanging just inches above the roof of the jeep. Unfortunately further down the road, an overhanging branch was not hanging high enough and - you guessed it - tore the roof off the jeep! Gerry's comment, "Well, it's a nice day for a drive with the roof down." Fortunately it didn't rip the canvas, just tore off the plastic piece that holds it down which we couldn't find. 
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