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| Moulay Bousselham to Palomes - 119 miles |
And it wasn't long
before we caught up with the rain we'd had earlier but never mind, it
gives Bertie a bit of a wash. Stopped for fuel at our usual spot to
take advantage of the cheap diesel then on to the port of
Tanger-Mediterranean. Next boat was due at 1400, almost perfect as
this would give us a chance to have some lunch whilst we were
waiting, so got checked in, changed dirhams back to euros and
proceeded quickly through police and customs checks.
Then it all went wrong.
Before you can board a ferry you have to go through the x-ray
machine, which involves stopping on a ramp and all persons and
animals vacating the vehicle while a huge x-ray machine on a truck
drives along – there's usually about six vehicles and we managed to
squeeze onto the end. Off it sets, gets to the end and we all pile
back into our respective vehicles – then are told to get out again
'cos it didn't work!
Long story short, an
hour later a “proper” technician turns up and manages to get it
going again, the backlog having built up well past the customs and
police posts. And the ferry is due to depart in 20 mins, so bang goes
our lunch! Of course everything runs late in normal circumstances and
today was no different but we still didn't manage to get lunch before
we boarded so went to the cafe and got hot drinks hopefully to tide
us over.
Okay crossing, the
weather catching us up again until we landed at Algeciras in pouring
rain – so the checks were somewhat perfunctory as nobody wanted to
stand out in it! Once clear we headed up to Los Barrios to fill up
with gas to find the last bottle was still full; obviously using
electric hookups most of time meant we weren't using any gas. Back
down to Carrefour and a quick dash in to top up with essentials then
into Carlos' carpark for the night.
Supper at McDonalds and
weather forecasts, but it's not good anywhere so we'll sleep on it.
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