No Show!!!

Well what a day!!! We set off for the Capricorn Companion show at around 9.30am. I never normally travel so far to a companion show but I'm trying to get the pups to as many shows as possible at the moment. We where just west of Penmaenmawr when there was a bang followed by smoke from the engine. I was overtaking at the time but managed reasonably easily to get into the near-side lane and stop. There is no hard shoulder on this section of the A55 so we had to stop in a live lane with nowhere to go. To the side of us there was a barrier with a small bank, a drop down and then the train line. We talked about going out onto the bank but opted to stay in the van with the dogs. Though the traffic should have slowed down at the round about it was extremely scary, the speed of the traffic that was coming up behind us was unbelievable. Even with hazard lights on I think we came uncomfortably close to being hit a couple of times. Some vehicles would not move over!!! Come on .... If they couldn't see us in time on a straight stretch of road they shouldn't have been driving. I think it took just over 30 mins for the AA to get to us and move us to safety. It was interesting to find out that one of the injectors we had cleaned at a local garage just a few weeks ago had blown out and possibly killed the engine!!! Also just a quick thank you to the 3 Police vehicles that passed and didn't stop when we were in such a precarious position!!!