lou020
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Just had a fantastic week in Normandie, lovely camp site,The pointe du Jour at Franceville - merville, right on the beach.:Cool:
only down side was we were visiting the big german gun batteries on the cliffs, and some evil scroat smashed our hire car side window (Our fault for leaving a pump bag on the floor in the front). we wern't away for more than 30 mins and lots of people around. but there was a couple of iffy looking people in a camper van (vw type van)
In the bag was my passport + paper license as we had just picked up the hire car,
Anyway we told the girl in the tourist office in the car park and she phoned the gendarmerie.
BLOODY HELL within 15 mins, they came with sirens, flashing lights the lot.
They stepped out of their van holding our bag complete with passport etc. The scroats had thrown the bag out of the window just down the road.
The gendarmes then dusted the car for finger prints, cleaned all the glass off the seat and took out the remaining bits from the door window.
we then followed them back to their station in pont bassin? where they taped up the window.
We were amazed at their actions
If only our police could be this good
PS.what a beautiful place normandie is, and superb museums.:thumb:
only down side was we were visiting the big german gun batteries on the cliffs, and some evil scroat smashed our hire car side window (Our fault for leaving a pump bag on the floor in the front). we wern't away for more than 30 mins and lots of people around. but there was a couple of iffy looking people in a camper van (vw type van)
In the bag was my passport + paper license as we had just picked up the hire car,
Anyway we told the girl in the tourist office in the car park and she phoned the gendarmerie.
BLOODY HELL within 15 mins, they came with sirens, flashing lights the lot.
They stepped out of their van holding our bag complete with passport etc. The scroats had thrown the bag out of the window just down the road.
The gendarmes then dusted the car for finger prints, cleaned all the glass off the seat and took out the remaining bits from the door window.
we then followed them back to their station in pont bassin? where they taped up the window.
We were amazed at their actions
If only our police could be this good
PS.what a beautiful place normandie is, and superb museums.:thumb: