Whilst carrying out a parking manoeuvre amongst some trees, a previously invisible branch bashed into our awning leaving a serious dent in the awning cover. At the time we didn’t how bad the damage was.
When we were settled at La Campiña, Tony was able to remove the awning cover to inspect the mechanism. The news was not good – the whole assembly was severely damaged and would have to be replaced. We contacted the local Fiamma dealers, Uro Camper, in Seville and discovered the replacement would cost about £1,000. We had no option but to order the parts and, after a week or so, we were told they were ready to install. We drove to the outskirts of Seville and spent a night at a camper stop 20 minutes from Uro Camper.
That camp site was unusual, a large industrial site with a huge shed that provided under cover storage for camper vans. Behind the building there was an outdoor compound where we parked up for the night. The area was “enhanced” with patches of AstroTurf. The site was near Seville airport, alongside the motorway and the main railway line. They charged €25 a night and the place was full. You could catch a bus from there to the city centre.
We walked over a rubbish strewn bridge to a Carrefour shopping mall.
Restaurants in the vicinity opened at 9pm but at 7pm we were ready to eat – the only foodsource available was a McDonalds. Younger members of our family would have cringed had they seen us using the on-screen ordering process. Try as we might we couldn’t bypass the “meal deals” screen. We eventually gave up and ordered food which included a drink, a dessert and an extra sauce. The whole meal didn’t cost much but most of it ended up going down the rubbish chute. Please, Greta, target your angst against organisations who encourage people to buy more than the want – thus creating food waste as well as a mountain of single use packaging. Perhaps MacDonalds sort the waste and recycle? I do hope so.
Anyway, for the uninitiated a McFlurry is just a normal ice cream with too many sprinkles added; Tony loved it!
