After visiting Rocamadour yesterday morning we began the long drive north. We drove to Uzerche where we had stopped in February on our way down through France. We spent last night in the free aire by the river and this morning we set off again heading for Brezolles.
As we were driving through Orleans in heavy traffic I braked and the pedal felt strange. It juddered and then appeared to go down to the floor without doing anything - I pumped the pedal a few times and it seemed to get better - the guy in the car in front looked a little white! As we pulled away there was a horrible grinding noise coming from the front wheel. We stopped to investigate and it was obvious something was wrong with the disc brake pad on one of the front wheels.
We found a car spares shop who directed us to a motorhome accessories shop. The guy there spoke a little English and phoned a Citroen garage in the next village arranging for us to take Kiki there. We drove to the garage and the mechanic took the wheels off and removed what remained of the offending brake pad - it looked as if the friction material had come loose leaving just the metal backing. All of the other pads had several milimeters left so I think the glue on this one had failed.
After several trips into Orleans to get the correct brake pads the mechanic replaced them with shiny new one's. A coupe of hours and €200 lighter we continued on our way.
The village pond at Brezolles next to the aire where we eventually spent the night. Tomorrow we'll drive the last stretch to Calais where we'll fill up with fuel and stock up on cheese & wine ready for our return crossing to the uk on Friday.
As we were driving through Orleans in heavy traffic I braked and the pedal felt strange. It juddered and then appeared to go down to the floor without doing anything - I pumped the pedal a few times and it seemed to get better - the guy in the car in front looked a little white! As we pulled away there was a horrible grinding noise coming from the front wheel. We stopped to investigate and it was obvious something was wrong with the disc brake pad on one of the front wheels.
We found a car spares shop who directed us to a motorhome accessories shop. The guy there spoke a little English and phoned a Citroen garage in the next village arranging for us to take Kiki there. We drove to the garage and the mechanic took the wheels off and removed what remained of the offending brake pad - it looked as if the friction material had come loose leaving just the metal backing. All of the other pads had several milimeters left so I think the glue on this one had failed.
After several trips into Orleans to get the correct brake pads the mechanic replaced them with shiny new one's. A coupe of hours and €200 lighter we continued on our way.
The village pond at Brezolles next to the aire where we eventually spent the night. Tomorrow we'll drive the last stretch to Calais where we'll fill up with fuel and stock up on cheese & wine ready for our return crossing to the uk on Friday.
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