Falesia beach after door fixed!

Fri 23^rd

Well we did stay a bit longer than planned as our habitation door had developed a problem with the lock the previous evening. I bodged it shut with a cable tie overnight.

It has 2 locking points but the top one was not securing at all causing the door to be loose and letting in a draught. Not good and not very secure so I stripped down the door to find the problem. After some careful dis-assembly involving lots of plastic pins, screws and double sided tape the offending item dropped out as I eased the bottom plastic moulding off– a small broken spring! Sods law that it was the top mechanism one; it involved taking all the door mouldings and window blind off to gain access.

I reshaped the broken spring as the likelihood of obtaining a new one off the shelf was very slim. I reassembled the lock mechanisms with the good spring at the top and my remodeled one at the bottom, as it would be much easier to replace if it broke again. Once assembled it worked perfectly – yippee, success!!

cheer up - you fixed it!

I will need to get new blanking plugs for the inside handle screws and some new plastic retaining pins once home to make the job complete. I love solving problems like this. Fingers crossed nothing else breaks………………………………..

We revised our plans and headed back down to the coast via a supermarket, as we just had to buy another chicken to BBQ! The free camping spot on Falesia beach was our chosen spot, the unmade track to it had been repaired in places so was not too bad.

taking it easy

BBQ out and we soon had the beautiful aroma of  piri piri chicken wafting about. After it was cooked we cleaned the BBQ and went down to the beach to watch yet another stunning sunset, something we never seem to tire of seeing. Fantastic palette of colours, and dramatic clouds.

beautiful sunset at Falesia beach