On the side of the road – in the snow (68)

My friend in the North has bought a new car, an Audi Quattro. When we visited him the other week he wanted to show us what a good car he had. He invited us for a journey in wintry surroundings. Since we were in the region where I lived in my young days he asked me where I wanted to go. I proposed a place named Gårdskär, because I wanted to know where my cousins lived a long time ago. We traveled here and there and it wasn´t easy to find the house where they lived. But finally we succeeded. After this we went to a place where I lived as a young man, between the age of 15 to 20 years, Karlholmsbruk. Between Gårdskär and Karlholmsbruk is a very little road where it isn´t easy to meet other cars. And when there is much snow it´s even more difficult. Usually there are red sticks on the side of the road to show where the road ends and the ditch with snow begins. But in this case there were no sticks. And of course, we met a car where the road was as narrow it could be. My friend turned to the right and thought that there were more road than snow. Unfortunately it was not the case and suddenly we landed in a snowdrift… Such is life! But he had a good insurance – everything free. With a cellphone there are no problems to get in touch with a breakdown truck. It´s the time… On a small road on the countryside. Far from a city. Luckily enough there was an ice rink a little further away on the ice on the sea. Everybody who went there stayed to offer their assistance. But a glance on the car made them understand that there was nothing they could do. One time came two cars filled with men (8) who wanted to try to get us out of the ditch – without result. One man said that the breakdown truck was there yesterday too in order to help a lady with the car in the snowdrift. He said that the problem was that the snow plough “overplough” so there is “road” where there only is snow. But after having waited for two hours, the man with the breakdown truck came. He drew us out of the snowdrift and we could travel on. Next time we´ll choose a broader road.