Watch Out !

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Mild-mannered Haydn Rees-Williams, pictured above, is a regular visitor to many of the Bongo rallies and meetings, and can usually be found fumbling about in the back of his Bongo as he cooks something extravagant in his 12 volt microwave oven. But he has written in to express some words of caution, and we urge all fellow campers to heed his advice:

I was in Little Mill, near St David's in Pembrokeshire. It's a wonderful little woollen mill with a with a grass verge, and some seats and tables. I stopped for something to eat and parked up, as you do, and, as I did not want to drain my battery I left the engine running. I do all my cooking on my 12 Volt Microwave. I loaded my oven with a frozen beef dinner....mmmm wonderful..... and, thought I would give the engine an extra few revs. So I went to the open driver's door and banged my foot down to the boards.

Well you can probably guess what happened next! I had left the Bongo in gear with the handbrake off, and Bessybongo was off across the grass verge! Now, I'm not the fastest of chaps and I'm on the list for a knee replacement and I also suffer from asthma. So it was with some difficulty that I managed to catch Bessy some 100 yards away, with every one laughing and running in different directions.

So take care when preparing your food! (Haydn & Bessybongo, Tredegar, South Wales)

(See the picture below for an artists impression of what could have happened if Haydn had not have caught his Bongo)