Friends Reunited

While checking the satellite situation at Torre Del Mar, the phone rang and it was the people who owned the Rapido I'd seen in Gibraltar. I should have recognised it when I saw it as we'd fitted the Kathrein system at Daventry a few months previously.

I first met Tom & Pam when they had a load of bits and pieces fitted in and on top of their Adria motorhome. These included a sat-dome and an Alden Phenix motorised solar panel. They suggested that I catch up with them at Tarifa, just round the corner from Gibraltar. They were parked up with dozens of other motorhomes from all over Europe and just yards from a long, broad and beautiful beach. It's a favourite site for surfers and others who just want a relaxing few days by the sea.
There were no facilities so Tom and Pam were especially happy that they'd had the Phenix tranferred from their Adria to the Rapido. They told me that, since they'd had the Phenix, they'd not had to plug into mains power at all. Even in December, Tom expected to get between 40 - 50 Amps into the battery which was easily enough to cope with all their electrical requirements. Including the Rapido, they've had a total of seven motorhomes and spend six months or more at a time touring Europe (and Africa). They seldom use sites, preferring to wild camp and have encountered no problems while travelling abroad. The only unpleasant incident that they've had was when - after months of touring around Europe - the van was broken into in a supermarket car park in Luton. Now, after a relaxing few days at Tarifa. they're off to Morocco and they've promised to report on the Kathrein's performance over there.