Funniest "breakdown" yet?..

Just highlighting my incompetence to the world with this post - is that wise? !

Drove Amy to work, nice day for it, and planned pub visit for lunchtime equally making it a no brainer to give her an outing.

On the way from the office to the pub however, she lost all power and gradually ground to a halt right opposite the pub I was aiming at!!

The power loss was pretty much complete, so bonnet up and started some fiddling. Fuel or electrics - wasn't sure but I thought it had to be one or the other. Anything mechanical would not have just stopped her dead like that. Some random fiddling got her going again. For around 500 yards. More fiddling. Another 500 yards, then nothing, no further random fiddling got her going on the third attempt.

Needed to investigate a bit deeper, otherwise I wasn't going anywhere. Figured I'd check for a spark to start with, one plug out, hold it to the engine block check for sparking. The first sign of my problem was the fact that the plug was finger tight. It looked fine when it was out, but I shouldn't have been able to undo it so easily. Checked the other three. Same problem, all loose!!!

Spark was apparent on the removed plug, so put it back firmly where it belongs and tightened up the others too.

All fine.. Doh.. Can't have tightened them up properly when cleaning them off last time a week or so ago. Not sure I totally understand why TOTAL loss and not patchy loss, but either way, happy (if feeling a bit stupid!!)