Vicar Beats Credit Crunch

The Rev Scaffold & his remarkable car ‘Betty’ yesterday.

Bradworthy Vicar The right reverend Tom Scaffold thinks he may have found a way to beat the credit crunch and the soaring price of oil based derivatives. Ash Jellmi reports:
The vicar has discovered that thanks to his extremely prudent driving technique his car, a 1981 Austin Allegro Vanden Plas affectionately called ‘Betty’, is actually making petrol instead of drinking it. So much so that he has to stop at regular intervals to let some out. ‘My boot is full of Jerry cans!’ he declared. His parishioners are pleased as punch because he’s donating the fine four fendered surplus liquid to his flock. ‘It all started a couple of months back’ said the reverend ‘I noticed that if I freewheeled down to Hartland from the A39 that the fuel gauge actually went up. Mechanics at Biggins Garage in Hartland are bemused & mystified as to the Allegro’s astonishing performance. ‘Us aint’ never seed the loikes us aint, tiz miraculous…mental even’ said Jeremy Biggins.
However all is not joy and light for the vicar as he suspects that people are starting to follow him about on his parish rounds. ‘I’m very careful not to leave the keys in the ignition like I used to do for fear of someone stealing ‘Betty’. People have even started to offer me money for the old girl but I’m too attached to her to part company. The phone hasn’t stopped ringing this last week. It would appear miracles do happen after all even if they are of the automotive kind.