Great news! The trains in Clapham are now running on time again and once more the flight path overhead is safe. And I’m really proud to tell you how I contributed to this somewhat bizarre transport miracle. This week we had chaos on the railways when my son, Monty, announced that not one but two of his Brio train engines’ batteries had died. Stranded passengers were fuming, said a disgruntled Fat Controller. And only this morning Monty showed me a poorly looking Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with damaged wings - this was sure to result in a high impact air disaster for Caractacus Potts, his children and Miss Truly Scrumptious.

(By the way, no prizes here, but can you name Caractacus Potts’s two children? If so I’ll tell you the most amazing piece of movie trivia about each of them. Answers in the comments section please - First correct answers win.)

Anyhow, luckily all this was to be resolved in a matter of minutes and with a minimum of fuss thanks to the best father’s present ever. You may remember that my mother gave me a set of watchmaker’s screwdrivers in the summer. I actually had to use every single one of them to take Chitty Chitty Bang Bang apart and re-align the wings, prising apart metal and plastic casings, undoing various screws of different sizes etc.

But I managed to fix it in the end. And the trains were really a piece of cake, thanks, again, to the screwdriver set. Not a week has gone by since I owned these family-life-saving tools that they haven’t been in action on some toy or another.

A photo is included so you can see what we’re talking about here.

If you’re considering buying a set of these then look no further than this link:

At £1.99 (plus postage and packing no doubt) this is an absolute must for any parent…

or if you want the super duper funky set then try this

And for only an extra £1.01 (plus p & p) this gives you even more options! I can’t believe it takes something like this to get me this excited these days

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