Robbery at Marboue Aire (1 Viewer)

[Tootles]

Fosters ?

Yes, that muck would put any one off breaking in......Same as Stones, or Boddingtons.

 

[buttons]

One of the advantages of an A class is that when the bed is down at night it would be very difficult to get in at the front of the vehicle, I have a deadlock on the door anyway for additional protection, plus a Strikeback alarm, additional flashing led's along the lower panels on each side and Milenco alarms on every opening window. Hopefully that is sufficient, if not I have a little can of something nasty as the ultimate deterrent.

I'm told by a reliable source that all you need is a carpet knife around the rubber and the window falls out in complete silence. Dont sound very secure to me.....

 

[Lenny HB]

I was once on Castl

I was staying on a very large campsite in Spain, in the early hours we were woken by someone screaming on the hill some quarter of a mile away. The town was overrun with north Africans with stuff disappearing from all over.
The screams were coming from a tent full of German blokes who had grabbed the thief as he cut his way into their tent. They restrained him until the police arrived. The second thief attempted to use a knife to free his partner but the Germans were having none of it.

The one where we met someone who was robbed was also a site in Spain.

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[buttons]

Yes, that muck would put any one off breaking in......Same as Stones, or Boddingtons.

A Lancastian who doesn't drink Boddingtons, how quaint.

 

[hilldweller]

and NO gas and Rolex were not mentioned.
Martin

It's the new Russian nerve gas, Nokumoutov then, you have no idea it's hit you and all memory of Rolexes is erased.

 

[Tootles]

A Lancastian who doesn't drink Boddingtons, how quaint.

I used to, before they took the factory to WALES and started making Lancashire beer with WELSH WATER, instead of taking it from the canal, as they always did.

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[buttons]

I used to, before they took the factory to WALES and started making Lancashire beer with WELSH WATER, instead of taking it from the canal, as they always did.

You dont have to say another word MrT Welsh water.....Yuk.

 

[Tootles]

You dont have to say another word MrT Welsh water.....Yuk.

You know Mr B, I'm starting to admire your good taste more and more.........

 

[buttons]

You know Mr B, I'm starting to admire your good taste more and more.........

We used to stay with relatives in Thornton Cleveleys it was more than my life was worth to order anything but Boddingtons in clubs and pubs.

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[Robert Clark]

Having had someone knock on our van door late at night (before we had our alarm fitted) we always set the alarm at night.
Those little blue flashing lights on every side of the van are an obvious deterrant.

 

[Taran_Las]

I used to, before they took the factory to WALES and started making Lancashire beer with WELSH WATER, instead of taking it from the canal, as they always did.

Forgive him, for he knows not what he says​

 

[Boringfrog]

How on earth can all that activity go on through the night without waking the occupants or even the whole site. They must have been either gassed or drunk as skunks. Have you attempted to remove windows without making any noise.

Thinking the same, also where were these 2 phones and 2 tablets in a cupboard or just lying on a table in full view?

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[Xabia]

Fosters ?

Something a little stronger than that, and the others suggestions, let's just say you can buy It from some French service stations.

 

[Emmit]

Best 'Dodge' I read about when I first joined Fun was to drill a suitable small hole through the lip of the door cover slightly offset and then through the door lock button. A pop rivet is then inserted through the door cover and button when in the 'Locked' position.
No matter who is reaching through the Q/Light, the lock will not disengage. They would need to have octopus length arms to reach the button.

Forgot to add earlier that, if doing this, go slightly offline so that your hole in the pop up is "off centre". There's a steel rod up the middle and this will avoid clashing with it.

 

[parknride]

Something a little stronger than that, and the others suggestions, let's just say you can buy It from some French service stations.

And fishing/hunting shops perhaps ? handy size hot stuff.....

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[snowdrops]

Really odd how alarms didn't go off and that there was no-one disturbed.

Waiting for the hubby to come home this evening so we can head down to the Vanbitz campsite tonight, having the Growler/non start package fitted tomorrow. Be great to have some peace of mind. Reading threads like this bring home the fact that it's worth paying out for a decent alarm system, getting ours for what is probably the price of those 2 tablets alone !!

 

[JJ]

With Frankie's help I found the thread re robberies in an "aire"...

http://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/i-might-have-been-a-hero-but.109463/


JJ

 

[Clarky]

Never happens in Skeggy.......

Nothing ever happens in Skeggy........

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[Anthea M]

Nothing ever happens in Skeggy........

Plenty of fish and chips are consumed!!

 

[Tootles]

Nothing ever happens in Skeggy........

Ahhhhh....Skeggy. Glad you mentioned it!

Fantastic place, full of peace and contentment. The only gassing you EVER get in Skeggy is when the wife has double egg chips and beans!!

 

[busby]

Never happens in Skeggy.......

No thief worth his salt would be seen dead in Skeggy,,,Now Mablethorpe thats another thing,,,BUSBY

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[parknride]

No thief worth his salt would be seen dead in Skeggy,,,Now Mablethorpe thats another thing,,,BUSBY

Is there owt to thieve in skeggy??

 

[laird of Dunstan]

we have eddies growler alarm and all of the doors are alarmed plus three dogs ,there are also thule locks as additions on the doors,hope thats enough, there is a danger of becoming paranoid and it affecting your travels ,the risk of being burgled is very low

 

[funflair]

Really odd how alarms didn't go off and that there was no-one disturbed.

Waiting for the hubby to come home this evening so we can head down to the Vanbitz campsite tonight, having the Growler/non start package fitted tomorrow. Be great to have some peace of mind. Reading threads like this bring home the fact that it's worth paying out for a decent alarm system, getting ours for what is probably the price of those 2 tablets alone !!

How many people set the alarm at night?

We do NOW

Martin

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[Robert Clark]

How many people set the alarm at night?

We do NOW

Martin

We always do
And we always set the immobiliser when we park anywhere

 

[Minxy]

I suppose the 'biggest' problem is that those of us with alarms need to turn off the internal cab sensors when we're in the van so the only protection we actually have is on the doors themselves, if they are opened. I suppose a curtain across the rear of the cab would mean that the sensors could be left 'live' so long as the curtain couldn't be accidentally moved during the night such as a dog wandering through it and setting the alarm off ... scaring you silly!

 

[Minxy]

How many people set the alarm at night?

We do NOW

Martin

We do as we often park on our own and our insurance requires it to be set.

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[pappajohn]

and half Chewed tennis ball

Bill

Yuck

Was thinking that myself......

If you aint got a dog you have to chew it yourself.....not a pleasant thought.

 

[Minxy]

Was thinking that myself......

If you aint got a dog you have to chew it yourself.....not a pleasant thought.

If you don't want to chew it yourself, you could go and have a mooch round the fields etc where people take their dogs for a walk as there are always some 'murdered' balls left behind!

 

[parknride]

'murdered' balls left behind!

You rang, Another "job" for the undertaker?????

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