Saturday Lock -In!

Saturday morning. Up with the lark, loads of things to do today.

The big priority is getting a few repairs to the car - both door locks are not working, so our local mechanic, Davy is going to remove the locks and I’ll take them across to Antrim to get them repaired.

So, at about 10:30 Jay and I head across to Davy and get the locks removed from the doors. On the way to Antrim, we stop off at the house to pick up the others. Leaving Jay in the car, I run into the house to see if everyone’s ready to go. Naturally, when I go back out to the car, the door won’t open and where are the keys? In the ignition…..

Action stations! Straight on the phone to Davy, who doesn’t seem all that bothered until I tell him Jay is stuck in the car, then he’s outside the house five minutes later.

We exhaust all avenues trying to open the door - bending the door, wire coat hangers, trying to pop the boot. Nothing works. In the meantime, Jay has gone from being chilled out about the situation to completely freaked out. We’re now trying to work out how we can put in a window without traumatizing the child when Davy, on a whim, starts to prize out the rear drivers-side window. Surprisingly the window comes out without breaking, and we’re able to rescue the boy!

Once Jay is out, things settled down, and we got the repairs to the car made. Not a situation I’d like to repeat any time soon. . .