We paid a fifth of what we expected

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I’m sure you don’t want a photo of the motor-home or a tyre so you’ve got more photos from the rocks we visited. We have a motor-home. It has dual wheels at the back and we haven’t been able to get to the valve of one of the inside wheels to check the pressure. The nuts on the wheel had been done up with a ‘rattle-gun’ and we couldn’t budge them to get the outside tyre off. So we ended up taking it to a nearby tyre place. It was a Saturday morning and they were closing at midday. The wheel-base is too long for the vehicle to fit on their hoist but they were very obliging and more than happy to help. As it turned out, they loosened all the nuts on all the wheels and tensioned them to the proper torque (whatever that means but it means we’ll be able to get the tyres off ourselves). They pumped all the tyres up to the proper pressure, including the spare, made sure Vince knew how to get the spare out of its storage place, and added an extension to the valve so we’d be able to check it next time. We waited in the office area with comfy chairs and magazines. It had taken probably an hour and a half but we were really happy to have it all done and dusted. When Vince went to pay, we were charged only for the extension - $20 if you please. How kind is that? They’ve been in business since 1997 so something is working for them. We’ll certainly go back there next time.