Thread: Winston's first Big Car Journey!

Wow! I am born and bred in the UK and I still haven't a clue what a binnacle is, despite living with a house full of petrol heads! Our Mazda 6 is great cos it tows our caravan really well and has the built in dog guard. Not the most attractive however I would agree! Our old boy Harley likes to roam free (I know this is illegal!) in any car and loves it! He sits on a passangers knee and watches the world go by! He is a much better traveller than my 2 kids!

I looked up definition of binnacle: A case that supports and protects a ship's compass, located near the helm. I guess that as I had assumed, the "instrument binnacle" is what we would call the "instrument panel" on a car.

Trip Update!

We departed Dublin on Saturday morning with Winston all tucked up in his basket.
We had some protesting but as we reached open road, the protesting stopped and he became engrossed with the trees on the side of the road.

We reached the half-way point and stopped for some tea and beans and toast in a roadside cafe. We left him in the car and when we came back out he was fast asleep in his basket.
We had a much quieter leg to the West

On arrival we had to separate the resident top house dog from Winston. We left the family terrier in the dining room and Winston had full run of the sitting-room. He was fascinated with sitting on the window and looking out at the birds at ground level. My Mum has loads of birds in the garden and as there was snow forecast, it was bitterly cold.
By Monday we had introduced him to the dog in the same room. They were just getting used to each other when we had to leave, which was a shame.

The trip back to Dublin was a different matter. Winston meowed loudly for about 1 hour. He was certainly not stressed but was certainly moaning .He was more difficult on this leg of the journey however after the halfway stop at the cafe, we put on some music from Mali and he was quiet the whole way back to Dublin

I think he is very glad to be home but did enjoy his weekend away

It's good to hear had a good trip.

Sounds like it went quite well - clever Winstone