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Neil
enjoys another session of M25 sweepstake in
the Witham Mobile
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McCarthy
enjoys it more though, as he takes the victory
and the £3 pot
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This
fellow motorist looked like Bin-Laden, but fortunately
it was only a builder
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After
a service station stop, Neil reads through the
Sun
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While
McCarthy is angered, as Oxford Services did
not sell blue Powerade, so he had to settle
for Lucozade
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We
arrive in Coventry, and Neil thought this diner
in Burger King looked like David Brent
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We
struggled to work out whether this worker was
a male or female
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Disaster.
We stop at BP, and originally thinking the car
has stalled, Witham discovers these gashes in
the tyre. We are losing air!
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Witham
and Kane inspect the car manual in an attempt
to find out what pressure the tyres need to
be at in order to fill them up
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Neil
soon gets to work, filling up all the tyres.
Unfortunately though, the one with the slash
keeps deflating, indicating it could be punctured
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We
drive on, and the extra-long stop allowed McCarthy
and Kane to purchase some drink, which Neil
promptly spills everywhere
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We
see a garage and pull into it. This man checks
the car, and informs us we should be ok to get
to the ground, but that going home at motorway
speed could result in a blow out
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We
head for the stadium, Neil enjoys a drink
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As
does McCarthy
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This
sign directed us to the stadium
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The
stadium appears
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Kane
is delighted that, despite our wheel trouble,
we have reached the stadium
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Inside
the brand new Ricoh Arena
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It
is rather nice
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Although
rather empty
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Kane
enjoys this fine footballing stadium
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Tom
Witham looks happy, despite his car trouble
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While
McCarthy looks forward to the game in prospect
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The
Coventry mascot was an elephant, and did some
incredible acrobatics, including the forward
flip, captured here in mid air
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The
two teams enter the stadium
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Coventry
appeared to have enough mascots for every player
in their team
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The
Brighton team complete their pre-match huddle
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The
Albion on the attack
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In
American-style commercialisation, the goal kicks
were sponsored
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Dennis
Wise scores with a header to make it 1-0 Coventry
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Seeing
patio doors is something of a novelty within
a football stadium
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The
Coventry keeper takes a goal kick
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The
fan in front was thirsty and enjoys some water
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Brighton
kick-off, having gone 2-0 behind to another
Dennis Wise goal
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We
get bored and so look around the Brighton stand,
finding Rumble looking incredibly camp with
his gay scarf
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The
game peters out into another Brighton defeat
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Game
over, as Coventry win 2-0
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The
players clap the fans
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Another
disappointing day for the Brighton faithful
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Back
to the problem of the tyre, and McCarthy attempts
to blow it up, while Witham calls the AA
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The
AA man confirms that if we drive at speed, the
tyre will blow, so we follow him to a garage
in nearby Leamington Spa to get a new one fitted
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Witham
and Gemma relax in the garage as the mechanics
do their stuff
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Kane
fiddles with the TV set
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While
McCarthy is happy with this childs play thing
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These
certificates told us we were at a reputable
garage
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The
Witham Mobile has no tyre
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These
fine locals fit the tyre that will allow us
to return safely to Sussex
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