WAITING for the Friday afternoon London mass exodus traffic to subside, we set out later than intended to head down to the Sussex coast to visit extended family. This gives the Fella ample time to load the interior of his Discovery with our mountain bikes and his stand-up paddle board, and lash his Wave Ski (a long thin boat) to the roof rack before we hit the road out of town.
Around halfway, just after the sat nav has expelled us onto a side-road (for missing our turning) to make a looping deviation back to our intended route, the Fella emits the
