27th April
Arrived at the dentist at Tiznit a bit early as my appointment was for 10am, when I was seen on the dot by Rachid, a young but confident man. ' It will need a cap on it when you get home' he says. So it is only a temporary fix. Most things are!?!
The van drove well all the way to Aourir, north of Agadir, until I indicated to turn right and found I had no indicators. It does seem like it ' never rains but it pours ' I pulled in to discover the fuse had blown and blew again when I replaced it. So where is the problem? A short circuit somewhere? After roadside searching in the sun! we drove a little way and saw a mechanic's garage. Here we go again!
'Do you know where I can find an electrician? ' Well of course they do, one is sitting right here! He seems to know what he's doing and we are, we admit, a bit blown away by the repeated trust we are giving people to sort us out, so we watch him delve into the electrical system and yes he finds the problem. But, in the process, we are convinced he has broken the control box for the indicators which we know was not broken before! He assures us it was due to the fault which he has found. He unscrews the right side front indicator, takes the whole unit out to reveal worn wires at the back of the unit which were rubbing, probably for years, against a metal bit! The shorting out uncovered!!!
So a new control box was 8 pounds and his labour the same, total 16 pounds and we have indicators again. I just wish I knew why he had to do some diy wiring to get the new unit to work? Something to do with his method of poking wires in things to find the problem? Insha'Allah, the new unit will work well.
We drive out onto Banana Point as it is known and find our good friends Zacarias and Tierra camped there. What a delight to see them again and it's just by the good chance that we come across them.
Parking wild now seems to be more acceptable as all the white french vans have gone home! There are a few of us coloured vans left and our friends tell us that they are not having any problems camping . Just like it used to be but who can blame the Moroccans for wanting to control the coastline from a thousand motorhomes! Just like back in Britain, there are so many motorhomes now and as expensive as they are to buy, many of the owners don't want to pay for their camping!
So we chat with our friends and make light of all our adventures as the sun sets over the sea and the fishermen fish into the night.
Good night
xxx
Arrived at the dentist at Tiznit a bit early as my appointment was for 10am, when I was seen on the dot by Rachid, a young but confident man. ' It will need a cap on it when you get home' he says. So it is only a temporary fix. Most things are!?!
The van drove well all the way to Aourir, north of Agadir, until I indicated to turn right and found I had no indicators. It does seem like it ' never rains but it pours ' I pulled in to discover the fuse had blown and blew again when I replaced it. So where is the problem? A short circuit somewhere? After roadside searching in the sun! we drove a little way and saw a mechanic's garage. Here we go again!
'Do you know where I can find an electrician? ' Well of course they do, one is sitting right here! He seems to know what he's doing and we are, we admit, a bit blown away by the repeated trust we are giving people to sort us out, so we watch him delve into the electrical system and yes he finds the problem. But, in the process, we are convinced he has broken the control box for the indicators which we know was not broken before! He assures us it was due to the fault which he has found. He unscrews the right side front indicator, takes the whole unit out to reveal worn wires at the back of the unit which were rubbing, probably for years, against a metal bit! The shorting out uncovered!!!
So a new control box was 8 pounds and his labour the same, total 16 pounds and we have indicators again. I just wish I knew why he had to do some diy wiring to get the new unit to work? Something to do with his method of poking wires in things to find the problem? Insha'Allah, the new unit will work well.
We drive out onto Banana Point as it is known and find our good friends Zacarias and Tierra camped there. What a delight to see them again and it's just by the good chance that we come across them.
Parking wild now seems to be more acceptable as all the white french vans have gone home! There are a few of us coloured vans left and our friends tell us that they are not having any problems camping . Just like it used to be but who can blame the Moroccans for wanting to control the coastline from a thousand motorhomes! Just like back in Britain, there are so many motorhomes now and as expensive as they are to buy, many of the owners don't want to pay for their camping!
So we chat with our friends and make light of all our adventures as the sun sets over the sea and the fishermen fish into the night.
Good night
xxx
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