It is a given that when our partners leave for a protracted period of time everything goes tits up. Within a week of Mr Cake leaving the washing machine, dishwasher, hoover and a complex and eccentric water drainage system all went kapput :-(
At least he's on his way home, what a lovely list of DIY he has to look forward to!!! Mr Cake will be presented with a list when he gets back, fortunately he likes tinkering.
Hope you get the hire car sorted, erratic comms are a pain in the bum.