The Spanish Job - message for those that are coming!! (1 Viewer)

[trevosky]

She loves me really!!!!

Well thats it, he promised me I wouldnt have to cook xmas day, and as we only have 2 burners and a toy size grill in the van it may have to be a bbq. Pray for good weather. Sadly making Trev cook is not an option, in 21 years of marriage he has managed to avoid cooking anything more than toast. He reckons he cant drive a cooker !! There must be a spanish restaurant somewhere near that will be open, even in our village the spanish like to go out to eat on 25th. Still looking forward to coming and meeting you all on xmas eve. Sue :thumb:

Ime sure she loves me reallyTrev

 

[fossle60]

And there's a very good class of pooch booked in on 12th Dec crossing! Got the van back now, just got to get it Eurofit!

 

[trevosky]

pooch

I do hope that the referance POOCH is not a slur on my spanish patio rat we refer to as our dog, You have a good trip down and good luck, look forward to joining your oh in the bar for a bevvie or two (when its open boo hoo):thumb: Trev

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[fossle60]

Not at all! We have a 'chug' and a rather gummy 'lorkie' who will be useing their passports for the first time though they've been on a ferry to the Isle of Wight and the older one's been to Jersey!

 

[trevosky]

Yours are allready jetsetters, our Titchie got very excited when we sorted him a passport out earlier this year as we planned to take the camper back to uk for our yearly visit to see the grandkids in october. He was very dissapointed when i decided to fly and save a week of my holiday for xmas, But he has been to portugal and is going again tomorrow so he has forgiven us .We loves him really

 

[fossle60]

We share a very small van with ours so we have to love them, but my hubby is absolutely soppy about them so excuse my blushes when he fusses over them! I tend to get miffed when I'm last in line for the goodnight kisses! Next to a bottle of brown ale there is nothing he loves better than his 'girls'! Such is life. Roll on December!

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[Jaws]

Update re travel ...

Thanks to a major issue with th eferry, we are now leaving the UK at 10am on the 16th, not the 15th :Angry:

Soooooo. proly be either very late on the 18th or the middle of the 19th we arrive now Marie :thumb:
Ferry back is booked for the 11th of Feb, so should get at least 17 maybe 18 days on site :thumb:

 

[Teasy2007]

How long will the Spanish experience last??

Hi, We are seriously thinking about joining you - baring in mind that our Motorhome has been with the dealer (who is trying to solve all the problems) for nearly a month!

We still dont have a return to us date yet and wondered how long you are all going to be in Zahora.

Ginny and Mike

 

[old-mo]

Hi, We are seriously thinking about joining you - baring in mind that our Motorhome has been with the dealer (who is trying to solve all the problems) for nearly a month!

We still dont have a return to us date yet and wondered how long you are all going to be in Zahora.

Ginny and Mike

We are hoping to be there for about 5-6-7-8-9 weeks..

Or till Marie kicks me and Hilldweller off site for being to unruly,, so may only be there for two or three days,, depends if I can keep him in control..

Joking aside,, a few weeks and then poodle on up to Portugal and slowly make our way back to the UK.. No specific time scale,, depends on weather really.. :thumb:

Thats the beauty of being a very old OAP..

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[PenelopePitstop]

Hi, We are seriously thinking about joining you - baring in mind that our Motorhome has been with the dealer (who is trying to solve all the problems) for nearly a month!

We still dont have a return to us date yet and wondered how long you are all going to be in Zahora.

Ginny and Mike

Great! :thumb::thumb:

We'll be here till at least April - people coming and going all the time!

 

[JJ]

Update re travel ...
Soooooo. proly be either very late on the 18th or the middle of the 19th we arrive now Marie :thumb:
Ferry back is booked for the 11th of Feb, so should get at least 17 maybe 18 days on site :thumb:

Hope you will be able find a decent route now you have given away your top of the range Sat Nav...



JJ

 

[Teasy2007]

Great! :thumb::thumb:

We'll be here till at least April - people coming and going all the time!

Great! Can you tell us the cost of camping, we have 2 small dogs, do they charge??

How long will it be 300 euros for a month??

Ginny

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[PenelopePitstop]

Great! Can you tell us the cost of camping, we have 2 small dogs, do they charge??

How long will it be 300 euros for a month??

Ginny

The winter rates apply until June.

1 month is €300

If you stay 2 months its €275 a month.

If you stay 3 months or more it's €250 a month.

There is no charge for dogs!

On our pitch we have the motorhome and 2 tents. On the next pitch we have 2 washing lines and a hire car!! We have cable TV and wi-fi - all for €250 a month! ( of course we would have to vacate the pitch next door if someone wanted it!!!)

After beg June the fees go up a lot and also the site is very busy with Spanish vans - very noisy - very hot.

 

[champers]

Well what a ferry trip that was....Jim you put the hex on this trip lolol,. one of the roughest crossings ever....the phrase ...catch your dinner while you can comes into mind LOL Punch bowls on the bar flying across the room , bottles of whiskey falling off the shelves, plates and glasses smashing and people falling over if it hadnt been so tragic we would have taken pictures ( only we couldnt stand still long enough )

Bryan was quesy and Suzy had to lash him to the bed well that was how Suzy explained it( We hadnt seen him again until we disembarked )....John was hoping for the same treatment but alas we kept falling over trying to lash him to the bed so gave up

Great journey to Salamanca 4 and half hrs....roads soo quiet ....now at camping Regio, using free wifi waiting to go in to dinner wahooo will keep you posted on our travels


Los Amigos de Spanish Job xx

 

[PenelopePitstop]

Glad you are all safe and sound!

Enjoy your dinner - see you tomorrow!!

Very excited about seeing you all!

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[keith]

Hi, We are seriously thinking about joining you - baring in mind that our Motorhome has been with the dealer (who is trying to solve all the problems) for nearly a month!

We still dont have a return to us date yet and wondered how long you are all going to be in Zahora.

Ginny and Mike

Go on Ginny & Mike we would love to see you down there.
Not sure when as Jean is still fighting the Diabetes tablets. Back to docs tomorrow so we may get a date we can get away. :thumb:

 

[hilldweller]

Not sure when as Jean is still fighting the Diabetes tablets. Back to docs tomorrow so we may get a date we can get away. :thumb:

I think they just give random tablets for this until the patient dies or stops complaining.

Wife went through random stage, survived all sorts, stable for a year or more then out of the blue "we are changing XXXX to YYYY". Days later she starts coughing. Six months she complains. Change YYYY to ZZZZ. Still coughs. Six months later. "Ah well YYYY and ZZZZ are similar, we'll go back to XXXX". She's still coughing like a 100 a day smoker.

Beats me.

And in fact it gets worse. She phones to complain, "Oh we can't book an appointment until a nurse has spoken to her, well get one to call, it will be Tuesday". This is Thursday. Tuesday: "Oh you need to see a doctor, I'll get you an appointment for Thursday". A week wasted.

Now you can't walk in and say "I've an appointment". No, you go to a terminal and punch in your details, that get you in. One job saved.

Park well away from us in Zahora. Have you got a spare bed ?

 

[Teasy2007]

Go on Ginny & Mike we would love to see you down there.
Not sure when as Jean is still fighting the Diabetes tablets. Back to docs tomorrow so we may get a date we can get away. :thumb:

Hi Keith and Jean, we are all getting a bit older and health is an issue. Michael has problems with his breathing in the cold and wet so winter in the warm certainly has a lot of good points!!

It would be great to meet up again.

Ginny and Mike

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[keith]

I think they just give random tablets for this until the patient dies or stops complaining.

Wife went through random stage, survived all sorts, stable for a year or more then out of the blue "we are changing XXXX to YYYY". Days later she starts coughing. Six months she complains. Change YYYY to ZZZZ. Still coughs. Six months later. "Ah well YYYY and ZZZZ are similar, we'll go back to XXXX". She's still coughing like a 100 a day smoker.

Beats me.

And in fact it gets worse. She phones to complain, "Oh we can't book an appointment until a nurse has spoken to her, well get one to call, it will be Tuesday". This is Thursday. Tuesday: "Oh you need to see a doctor, I'll get you an appointment for Thursday". A week wasted.

Now you can't walk in and say "I've an appointment". No, you go to a terminal and punch in your details, that get you in. One job saved.

Park well away from us in Zahora. Have you got a spare bed ?

Be a bit draughty in the awning Brian.

It's not like that in Scotland Brian, we just go to the surgery and wait our turn. No appointments to make and if they want to see you one of the ladies will tell you when you go to pick up your repeat prescriptions.

It's like stepping back in time to when I was a lad. they even know your name so there's no escape.

Tomorrow we go in mob handed to read the riot act and tell him to sort it - well, hopefully that is.

I'm sure we will get down to the sun, but when is another matter, unless tomorrow brings something better.

 

[Ladylea]

We will be in Spain the end of January we would like to join you if possible we would be staying probably a couple of weeks we have ACSI card. Our motorhome is 7.39m long and we are Gerald and Lesley Thorne. Look forward to meeting you.

 

[PenelopePitstop]

We will be in Spain the end of January we would like to join you if possible we would be staying probably a couple of weeks we have ACSI card. Our motorhome is 7.39m long and we are Gerald and Lesley Thorne. Look forward to meeting you.

Gerald and Lesley - you are most welcome - look forward to meeting you!

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[harryoxford2]

I can picture you now, clipboard in hand. Hi-Viz jacket on and a Star Wars Storm Trooper Intercom in the other hand.

"NO, that's not straight. Left hand down. Back. I SAID BACK. No too far. Oh come out and start again. It'll be Christmas before you park it. Here let me do it"...........................
........................

"Er. sorry, er I, er, where did that hole come from. Not to worry, Patricio has a nice tractor, just wait there."

"Yes I know you can't move because it's in a sodding great hole. I'll be back in a minute OK".

2 hi viz jackets...that are to hand if you dont mind.....i read it somewhere.

 

[Jaws]

Hope you will be able find a decent route now you have given away your top of the range Sat Nav...



JJ

Should be ok JJ, gonna be using a proper GPS

Hope you do not run out of crayons to update the screen on that old tomtom I sent you !

 

[Jaws]

Marie, what is the daily rate on the site please ?

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[Ladylea]

Marie

We are getting the Santander Ferry which arrives at 1 pm thinking to stop at Camping Santillana De Mer did you stay there ? if so how was it. Does the site at Zahora accept credit cards.

Thanks L

 

[PenelopePitstop]

Marie

We are getting the Santander Ferry which arrives at 1 pm thinking to stop at Camping Santillana De Mer did you stay there ? if so how was it. Does the site at Zahora accept credit cards.

Thanks L

Yes, good and yes!!

We stayed at Santillana - nice site - lovely village. OK for European vans but a bit tight for bigger vans!

Then we stayed at Camping Regio in Salamanca, then Camping Caceres.

Yes the site accepts credit cards.

 

[Ladylea]

Thank you Marie, we 've stayed at Salamanca and Caceres before both towns are worth a visit we have also stayed on a site at Cubillas overnight it was ok for a night halt only 3 vans there. A big thank you for answering everyones queries

L

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[old-mo]

Marie,,,,, please could you empty some of your messages,, tried to send PM but you is all full up

Sorry to drag you away from your Gin bottle and all that sun..

 

[keith]

OK, we went to the docs. tonight and it looks like good news. they are saying Jean is OK with her tablets, at least for the next few months.
So we will be getting ready to set off early December.

About time too as it's getting cold here and I feel the need for SUN. :sin::sin::sin:

Now to rob Tesco of a few bob and get the tunnel booked then we'll be organised. :thumb:riving2:

 

[Taran_Las]

Have the Welsh/American & MHF Admin contingent arrived yet?

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