Day 64 Algeciras yet again
Changing plans ….
We planned to wait whilst Terry had his front off side brake pads change at Norauto which is like Kwik Fit at home. He pulled around to the service centre at the agreed time of 2pm. He had been quoted a time of 1 hour to complete the job. However, we decided to go and replenish our LPG gas tank and Brenda rode along with us. Not surprisingly we only filled the tank with 9 litres of gas so it was just over half full. The gauge was showing us on empty.
We got back to Norauto just as they were taking Terry’s van into the service centre. It was approximately 2:40pm. We parked up outside and waited expecting it would be a further hour even though it was late being seen. It transpires the parts they ordered yesterday were the wrong parts so expect further delays whilst new parts are ordered and delivered.
Another roughly 2 hours later and they find that these new ordered parts were also wrong so we were no questioning whether we would make our way to the campsite today as it would be dark. A decision was made that we would stay a further night and make our way to Tarifa in the morning.
The service centre suggested they could make a temporary but safe fix to the brakes but in doing so they struggled with fitting them. We went back around to the parking by the supermarket at around 7pm and waited for Terry to return. Tina cooked a meal for all 4 of us which was welcomed by everyone. Terry finally drove up next to us at around 8:30pm.
It had been along day for everyone but the brakes are fixed and the van is safe to drive. Off to Tarifa tomorrow.