glastry
LIFE MEMBER
Thats what its looking like at the moment.On 24/february/2015,
we parked in the carpark at the Fonte in Paderne,(as in parked in the marked out parking space ,between the white lines). We had a bicycle ride up towards Alte,and when we came back the police were there,they took our details and a photograph, ( at the time we thought this was in case we stayed on or came back later )and explained that we could not stay there overnight,the conversation was pleasant,and they chatted about the large numbers of vans in the Algarve this year- they was with no indication that we had done anything wrong,and we moved on.(they had good english)
We did not get home until june,and found our first letter from
Albuferia council!!
252 EUROS please for "parking".
Having asked many people for help,today we have been told by a
portuguese solicitor that if we cannot produce "reliable witnesses"
that it may be best to just pay.
I am guessing that at best a witness to say we moved on would
be helpful,but in reality who is going to remember an old hymer
in Paderne 10 months ago???
What happens if i refuse to pay?
and if it is the case that the fine is for parking a motorhome
in a carpark-maybe we should just pay up.
Any assistance appreciated.
thanks.
we have no Portuguese and still have not seen an english
translation of the letters.google and the like do not seem to produce a meaningful translation of Portuguese legal documents.
we parked in the carpark at the Fonte in Paderne,(as in parked in the marked out parking space ,between the white lines). We had a bicycle ride up towards Alte,and when we came back the police were there,they took our details and a photograph, ( at the time we thought this was in case we stayed on or came back later )and explained that we could not stay there overnight,the conversation was pleasant,and they chatted about the large numbers of vans in the Algarve this year- they was with no indication that we had done anything wrong,and we moved on.(they had good english)
We did not get home until june,and found our first letter from
Albuferia council!!
252 EUROS please for "parking".
Having asked many people for help,today we have been told by a
portuguese solicitor that if we cannot produce "reliable witnesses"
that it may be best to just pay.
I am guessing that at best a witness to say we moved on would
be helpful,but in reality who is going to remember an old hymer
in Paderne 10 months ago???
What happens if i refuse to pay?
and if it is the case that the fine is for parking a motorhome
in a carpark-maybe we should just pay up.
Any assistance appreciated.
thanks.
we have no Portuguese and still have not seen an english
translation of the letters.google and the like do not seem to produce a meaningful translation of Portuguese legal documents.