Renner springs

Well it started off a normal day, good weather, dogs good, bus going well and all else fine, I had planned to head to Renner Springs for the night when I stopped at Elliot to get petrol before heading off. Now for those who don't know Elliot, it has a reputation you could say.anyway I was about 1 km out of the other side of Elliot when I heard a funny noise coming from the tyres which I thought was coming from the corrugations in the road. NO! It was my worst nightmare, I had blown a rear tyre so had to wait until I could turn around and head back to town to get it fixed. I thought luckily there are 2 tyres each side of the rear as I would get back no problem but it kept getting noisier and I new all was. It we'll. I finally made it back to the petrol station and hopped out to take a look and I had not just 1 but 2 shredded tyres.. Obviously the second tyre didn't like doing all the work and gave up the ghost too.
I noticed as I was driving through town that there was a billboard advertising the local Racv or NT equivalent so I asked the attendant for the number which I rang and was told I had to call the Racv and they would call him out otherwise he wouldn't get paid.
I thought I was in luck to strike blow the tyre in a town that not only had a tyre place but I could get it fixed through the Racv. Glad I kept up the membership.
While I was waiting for the guy to arrive a lovely couple came over to see if I was ok and I replied yes and explained that help was on the way and he said that's good as you don't want to stay here, I said I had heard that it wasn't too good. Oh dear more pressure.
The guy arrived about 5 minutes later with his tow truck and said he would tow it back to his garage as he had all the tools there.
So the next thing I know the dogs and I are in the truck and the bus on the back and we are heading off to salvation.
Now the guy was about 70 not out and moved slowly so when we got to his yard he decided to leave the bus on the back of the truck and fix it there.
To make matters worse it started raining and gradually got heavier as time went on.
It turned out the guy was really grumpy,didn't have the latest equipment and didn't have the right tool to get one of the spares out from under the bus. I mentioned I had one but as the bus was about 2 metres of the ground and my bike was on its rack on the back it was no easy feat to get it out of the boot.
I asked how much for a new tyre to save him getting that one out and he told me the price. After I passed out I agreed. To get only one as it would still leave me with a spare if god forbid I blow another.
Meanwhile the rain was getting heavier so he stopped work, the dogs and I were getting wet and had no where to sit just to add to the drama.
He looked as though he didn't really know what he was doing and kept going off and getting another tool
By this time I was really worried that he was taking that long that I would run out of time to head off and get to Renner Springs before dark.
Finally he finished and I was able to get on my way.
By this time the rain was really heavy and it was quite dark because of the rain and the wind had picked up so it made for a very slow and scary drive the rest of the way.
I don't think I have been so relieved to get to a town.....well a roadhouse where I booked in. Because the rain was so heavy I couldn't let the dogs out to go to the bathroom and I couldn't find the shower block and because it was so wet I had no desire to go and find it so I went to bed without a shower and Tinkerbelle, well she decided to use my bed as a toilet.
So not a good day out.....