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Thanks Frankie I will also PM him.![]()
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I am here in Silves now.
Apparently the river side section is destined to be an "aire" and a little bit of work has been started and is paused at the moment so right now everything is as it was.
JJ![]()
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We were in Albufeira last winter when the GDR swooped in Silves. The supermarket there said they'd probably have to close if the motorhomes weren't there ! An Irish guy showed us where the local fire brigade had opened a manhole in front of the fire station with a lift-off lid, so that everyone on the carpark could empty their cassettes - and they did.
The Mayor loves em and so do the local businesses who have anything 'we' might want. I suppose those who don't, don't like em.
However one couple at the same campsite as us had hired a car and went out and about investigating places and aires in the area for when they moved on ... in one town they were a bit confused as to where the aire actually was, so seeing a nearby tourist office, they went in to ask.
The girl told them which location the borne actually was but said 'Really, other than when you actually need the borne - you can park almost anywhere you like and you'll be extremely welcome -- just COME, please !'
So TBH I think the people in Silves who don't like it, should probably just shut up.
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We were in Portugal earlier this year and stayed in Silves (in the private aire for €6 inc leccy). The place where people were parking for free looked like a gypsy camp.
We visited quite a few places where there were hoards of motorhomes sitting it out for winter and every time they looked like some kind of trailer camp that appear on American movies.
I know this will upset a few but quite honestly I think the sooner these mass unofficial sites are closed down the better....
As has been said before on this forum.............. too many freeloaders![]()
I am a PROUD Freeloader and, whilst I choose not to spend much time parked with hoards of other motorhomers, I do join them occasionally and meet up with longtime friends.
Allow me tell you what I think looks really awful too.
A square bit of land fenced off and with barriers across the entrance behind which are parked lots of white, plastic looking, over priced vehicles in neat rows, containing smug people who look down their noses at others who don't want to use their vans as a poor man's holiday bungalow and prefer not to be dictated to as to what time to arrive and leave.
Yah Boo Shucks to the weekend, holiday, plastic, tarmac campers and Long Live the Rufty Tufty Fulltime Off-site freedom loving motorhomers.
Please pass me my Christmas card list...
JJ![]()
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I am a PROUD Freeloader and, whilst I choose not to spend much time parked with hoards of other motorhomers, I do join them occasionally and meet up with longtime friends.
Allow me tell you what I think looks really awful too.
A square bit of land fenced off and with barriers across the entrance behind which are parked lots of white, plastic looking, over priced vehicles in neat rows, containing smug people who look down their noses at others who don't want to use their vans as a poor man's holiday bungalow and prefer not to be dictated to as to what time to arrive and leave.
Yah Boo Shucks to the weekend, holiday, plastic, tarmac campers and Long Live the Rufty Tufty Fulltime Off-site freedom loving motorhomers.
Please pass me my Christmas card list...
JJ![]()
The answer is not closing them down but but making them official so retaining the custom from us and giving residents jobs that will go if the MH don't go there in winter.
Alvor is a prime example, lots of Wilding some years ago but now official on the same spot and a small charge to maintain it.
As for the many camper stops that are springing up, it has to be one of the fastest growing business opportunities in Portugal, (ask Pedro)we have used these for years, and we love them.
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I understand their dislike of 2/300 campers parked in "their" village/town for the duration !!