We are driving down to marjalinspain on the 27th December will all fuel stations be open or only some we will be using toll roads . Is there anyone else going down
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We are driving down to marjalinspain on the 27th December will all fuel stations be open or only some we will be using toll roads . Is there anyone else going down
We are driving down to marjalinspain on the 27th December will all fuel stations be open or only some we will be using toll roads . Is there anyone else going down
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Not sure if you're driving all the way but if you are France could be a bigger problem, not for fuel but for stopping places.
When you get into Spain I would suggest you plan refuelling to avoid stopping near any of the major cities for security reasons. The trip down to Marjal is quite a hike. You will probably need at least one stop. [HI]Don't overnight on motorway services, again for your safety[/HI]. We usually stop at Pico de la Miel at Cabreras, mainly coz it's open all year and it's a reasonable drive from our previous stop in France.
Have a great trip
We are driving down to marjalinspain on the 27th December will all fuel stations be open or only some we will be using toll roads . Is there anyone else going down
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Has something changed this year then ? It is the ONLY place we will stop cos we always feel safe with all the lorry drivers.. I always try and say hello to those parked around us.. Everyone has always looked out for one and other..
But from what you are saying things have changed in the latter months of this year ???
We are driving down to marjalinspain on the 27th December will all fuel stations be open or only some we will be using toll roads . Is there anyone else going down
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Some make it sound as though there are real problems with going to Spain, and security.
'Don't sleep here', 'don't fill up near a city', 'robbed whilst asleep', 'regular occurrence', not to mention being 'gassed'!.
It would put some people off ever going off their driveway!
I am sure the risks are similar to here. If you are blase about security, you will come unstuck, if you are more aware, and sensible, you would be less likely to be 'robbed'.
If it doesn't feel right, move on.
Would any of you, park overnight, in a lay-by, opposite a travellers site?
Would any of you fill up in an English city, at night, and leave you MH/RV unlocked whilst you went and paid for fuel?
I get an image of nothing but robbers lined up at every motorway services, waiting to rob MHs, similarly at filling stations in city's.
Maybe there are 'Robbers Rests', places for them to have a break. Somewhere they can relax and read 'gassed weekly', and, 'how to rob an English MH'.
They might even have their own magazine, 'Credit Card Exchange' containing adverts like, 'gassing kit for sale,' 'one owner from new, complete with instructions and MH volume calculations chart', or 'box of credit cards for sale', 'straight from the supplier at the Shell station in Lyon, £500 ono, cash only, no cards'.
Just be sensible, aware, and relaxed about travelling through Europe, but most of all, enjoy it!
Craig
I am sure the risks are similar to here.
Craig
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Has something changed this year then ? It is the ONLY place we will stop cos we always feel safe with all the lorry drivers.. I always try and say hello to those parked around us.. Everyone has always looked out for one and other..
But from what you are saying things have changed in the latter months of this year ???
We don't get bogus police cars trying to flag us down over here. And over there there are seriously rich pickings to be had, not only Brits but rich Germans and some Dutch. That is why there is more risk over there.
Are you really sure? Never get bogus police cars over here? Nor bogus police? Mmmmm! And I would hardly call pinching from a MH/RV 'seriously rich pickings' either, sorry.
Craig
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And I would hardly call pinching from a MH/RV 'seriously rich pickings' either, sorry.
Craig
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A few years ago it was France getting the “OMG don’t park here and don’t do this” treatment, now it’s the turn of Spain. Let’s have all the people that have had it happen to them in Spain and France tell us about it because all I seem to read is “You have to be careful, don’t stop, be sure about the place that you stop and watch out for robbers!!! Well wouldn’t you do that any place you stopped, or is it just me?
[HI]The last post that I remember reading on this forum about somebody being robbed was a guy that (I think) went into a supermarket in France (I think) and whilst in there a robber entered the MH and stole 3000 Euros while his wife slept. Well how on earth is going to leave 3 grand in a motorhome[/HI]? Not me and that’s for sure! Unless of course you are in Morocco, but elsewhere you can use credit cards, prepaid or otherwise. There are not many countries in Europe that I have not travelled through in the last 50 years and never robbed….I think because I used my head, no matter which country I was in, including the UK!
Now I realise that I may have missed all the posts from people that have been robbed, punched, kicked, stopped by false police cars, and all the other hardships that you can think of, so if somebody could enlighten me that would be great. I would invite anybody that has had any nasty events out of the afore mentioned (above) to place the information in this forum, please state the country it happened in, and please not something that you heard about from a friend of a friends mate, no it happened to you!!
Now that really would be useful information.:thumb:
If I had 3 grand in cash, it wouldn't be out of my sight! Let alone being left in an unlocked vehicle! That could easily have happened anywhere in the UK too.
Craig
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A few years ago it was France getting the “OMG don’t park here and don’t do this” treatment, now it’s the turn of Spain. Let’s have all the people that have had it happen to them in Spain and France tell us about it because all I seem to read is “You have to be careful, don’t stop, be sure about the place that you stop and watch out for robbers!!! Well wouldn’t you do that any place you stopped, or is it just me?
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