I don't think my sister or myself would have that amount of patience, and the only blow dryer we have is VERY low-powered!
Luckily we have a very obliging friend (who's one of her carers) who offered to dry the clothes for us until we can get the machine back up and running.
Annoyingly, having already spent 120 Euro on the first callout in April (when the bearings were shot and the thing spun but sounded like it was going to take off!) and now another on Tuesday, I find that the VERY SAME machine is going brand new for --- wait for it --- 260 Euro! So between the two calls I could have thrown in another bluey and bought a whole new machine!