There was a fairly annoying squeak coming from Harmony the last couple of weeks. Mostly when running down the motorway but occasionally at lower speeds as well. Two possibilities came to mind.

The first is that the fan belt (ironically named as the one thing it does not turn is the fan. More correctly it would be the accessory or auxiliary belt) was going with one of the components it turns failing. This is reasonably common and the reason you sometimes hear vehicles screaming when they first start up.

Second option was the brakes. They could be binding or similar.

So off to the garage to get it checked. This did not initially go smoothly with poor Harmony breaking the hoist they had. But they did the check and there were a few things to fix. Front pads and discs, rear brake shoes and a brake cylinder. Irritatingly the squeak was nowhere to be found. They checked the belts and everything was ok.

But I’ll have Harmony back soon and in good running order. I’m thinking there might be some hill walking to be done before the winter sets in.