We decided on a days rest in our secluded forest camp. It was just too hot to drive. I got stuck into my next Estonia video, which I had been struggling with, while Mike sat outside enjoying some naked time. 

Mike kept on spotting wildlife. First a skunk, some squirrels and wild turkeys which were huge. Woodpeckers tap tap tapped on the trees around us. Then he heard a moo. Of course his first thoughts were it was a moose. But no, just some common cows wandering around.

Then, a man with his dog drove in. “Mike,clothes, Mike clothes,” I yelled from inside the van. Thankfully he was sitting on a towel so just wrapped it around himself. But the man looked quite amused. He just came to tell us he was talking his dog for a walk, and drove further on down the track.

I then tried to unlock the doors to get something out, and rather than the normal “click” from the central locking, there was nothing. Complete silence. A sound I recognised from many times last year. I checked the isolator switch that needs to be switched down when we stop to prevent the battery from draining. It was up. Mike tried to start the car but it was dead-as. 

Thankfully we have a jump starter, which we’ve used before. It also was flat. Bugger. We are basically in the middle of nowhere, with a flat battery.  I saw man with dog driving back down the track. “Quick, put some clothes on and flag him down!” I threw a pair of shorts at Mike.

The man stopped and helped. He also had a fancy jump starter thing, but his failed to work as well. We figured the van was just too flat. Thankfully he had a very heavy duty set of jump starters. And this did the trick.

It was way too hot to drive, so we sat with the van idling, quietly polluting the pristine forest. Let’s just hope it starts tomorrow.

The rest of the day I got stuck into finally finishing my video that I started two weeks ago. Now I just need to find somewhere to upload it.