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We had that with two of my cars wrecked in burgundy France, 1990
It's stormy in Spain.
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Terrible loss of at least 13 lives. Let's hope all Funster friends are safe.
Be very careful out there.
Be very careful out there.
Watching Spanish TV in the apartment. Sadly, it is now 51 fatalities.
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Stay safe everyone 
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Yes we were there last year, it’s fine power / Water and drain on each pitch, small charge for hot showers, and a unheated swimming pool if you feel inclined,
Very near to main shopping centre and walkable to a nice beach but will need transport to get to the old town, we took the scooter,
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Truly horrific news if the reports of 51 dead and more missing are correct.
Paul
Paul
How did you find the sloping entrance?
I have a tag axle,with a long rear over hang.
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We were there last year with a tag and the towbar scraped, probably ok, if you can approach at an angle.
Never been abroad yet - in my motorhome - i have been at our place in Fuengirola during the startling storms - so happy i was not in motorhome. The lightening just flashed and flashed - crashing - wild sea. Scary. Really want to drive through Europe - just don’t how you get started. Any tips for a total beginner?
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My wife is on a conference in Valencia, one of her Spanish colleagues sent this to her this morning..
mikebeaches
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51 souls lost in the storm is absolutely tragic and, sadly, I fear that number might / will grow as the rescue services complete their searches. 
We are due to fly to Alicante tomorrow morning and travel down to Almeria.
We are due to fly to Alicante tomorrow morning and travel down to Almeria.
The Fiesta in Benidorm has absolutely nothing to do with the British.! It’s a celebration of their (Spanish) Patron Saint,
The fiesta runs from Friday to Wednesday, the Thursday is the day the British bars put on floats and fancy dress parties.
A truly remarkable spectacle with 50,000 people in fancy dress having a great time.!
Also Benidorm is the biggest tourist destination for the Spanish, sometimes I wonder if any of the knockers of Benidorm have actually been there..???
The fiesta runs from Friday to Wednesday, the Thursday is the day the British bars put on floats and fancy dress parties.
A truly remarkable spectacle with 50,000 people in fancy dress having a great time.!
Also Benidorm is the biggest tourist destination for the Spanish, sometimes I wonder if any of the knockers of Benidorm have actually been there..???
MichaelT
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1. Don't bite off too much in a day.. you are on holiday.
2. Don't set unrealistic expectations of final destination. The South of France, Spain, Italy etc are all great to visit but a long way away.
3. Arrange to arrive such that you know where you are heading on the first day and arrive in daylight.
4. Hopefully have two drivers on board. In a RHD vehicle having someone in the left seat you trust at t junctions and roundabouts is almost mandatory.
5. Make sure you have adequate insurance and breakdown cover.
6. Enjoy.
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I have but only in January( and don't bother with the strip,) Quiet no kids very few hen/stag parties just loads of us oldies and lots of mobility scooters
, I was in Skegness end of September and there were more scooters than Benidorm. 
I also have a long rear overhang and had no problems going diagonally across the entrance,
Van looks nice and clean considering the state of the roads,or is that a pic of a clean bit.
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With 61 dead that was not that funny.Is that the ladies car park
Get yourself a ferry and go for it. When we go down to the apartment at Riviera in the spring we take the MH. There is a great place to secure store it at the back of Fuengirola. We usually tootle down over a couple if weeks, stay 2-3 weeks, then tootle back over a 2-3 weeks. We enjoy the crossing to Santander down and usually do not book anything on the way back until we are well up in France and ready to head home. S4S is the app we use for stops. At the very worst, you can turn around and come back if you find it isn't for you. I would urge you to give it a go. Far better than trying to find stops in the UK.
Safe and happy travels.
We’re here now and the weather is hot and sunny, the storm has passed us.I'll be boarding the plane this time next week for 11 nights in benidorm, along with 50,000 other brits for the British festival, fingers crossed it's all stopped by then
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If you struggle with the entrance there is another camper park across the road with a level entrance. Bit older and not so posh though.
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Yes we were extremely fortunate yesterday.You must have missed it it's hammering it down here .I think we've got off lightly judging by some of the posts on facebook that Ros has found from further west round Baza.
doing our bestOiy! Oiy! Oiy! We land in Santander on Saturday so get the weather sorted out by then thankyouverymuchly.
Yes I always think that.Is Stretto Boy there with you
We find the AeMet forecasts here to be more or less spot on.But as we all know, they couldn’t forecast Christmas
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jumar
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Just watched an interview given by a Spanish gentleman....it was recorded in one of the worst hit areas, known to us...in fact an area we are sometimes at this time of the year.
Many lives lost there....the man said. " It wasn't even raining where the incident happened" but the water had accumulated in the mountains and took this village with incredible force....one 90 year old claimed never to have experienced a Dana as bad in his lifetime....so sad for the region of Valencia and Spain in general
Many lives lost there....the man said. " It wasn't even raining where the incident happened" but the water had accumulated in the mountains and took this village with incredible force....one 90 year old claimed never to have experienced a Dana as bad in his lifetime....so sad for the region of Valencia and Spain in general
I did see how heavy the rainfall was in the Valencia area but it’s a very large loss of life.
A few years ago we stayed at Camping Alegria just outside Benicarlo down Valencia way. It was winter so rain was to be expected, and so we had a couple of days when it absolutely poured down. The local area was very wet but not flooded. On the way into Benicarlo is a usually dry river bed flowing into the sea. On day 2 of the rain a little stream of water appeared in the dry bed. Over the next day this turned into a raging river fuelled by water from the mountains. There was cars and all sorts in it.
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The rain was so heavy it washed most of the mud straight off.
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