CAMPING PARQUE TROPICAL -ESTEPONA

Saturday 15th December.
After our day out on Friday we had a lie in befor we went out to the shops for the weekend goods.The weather is due to change with rain and clouds although it is still warm-ie.17/18 deg. The locals want the rain as it has been dry now for three months! In the evening we had a light supper and watched the films on Spanish TV.
Sunday 16th December.
We went over to Manilva to see Mano and Anna and found out that their daughter Sally Ann had been over for the day on Saturday from Tenerife where she lives and works for a Spanish holiday company.On our way up the hill to Manilva Brenda heard a funny noise from the engine of the Smart car so we checked it out with Mano's help and then set off back to Estepona on the Autopiste.just as we passed Estepona the car cut out and a malfunction sign came on! At the same time the heavens opened as well!! With Mano's help we arranged a pick up truck to come and take us to the Mercedes Smart garage in the town and left it there until Monday morning,Vidal came and picked us up as we were now like drowned rats!! We had soup for supper !!
Monday 17th December.
In the morning Vidal took me down to the garage first thing to get it checked out,only to find out that it had to go to Marbella so we had to arrange another pick up truck to take it through ! The Smart garage is right on the front over looking the beach and is very busy all the time so I had to waite a while to be seen to,The car had to be checked out but the forcast was not good and they said that they would be in touch “Manana “ By then Vidal had very kindly come to pick me up as I was not a very happy bunny!!
Tuesday 18th December.
We serviced the Winnebago and did all the jobs as it had stopped raining but was still cloudy. We then waited for the phone call but it took all day and they said that they would ring on Wednesday as they had still to check some thing's out.
Wednesday 19th December.
The news was not good- the gear box and clutch had gone with some other affected parts !! The parts had to be ordered from Madrid and would not be here till Friday! They are then closed for the xmas holiday's but only till Wednesday, so we might not get it back for the new year if it takes long to fix it. To say the least we are shocked and upset !! I then set to work on the mobiles to arrange things with the bank,as the bill is quiet large and we had to arrange how to pay it with our Debit card's.I then got in touch with Carlos and he very kindly arranged for a hire car to be dropped off within a hour as I had to go to the garage in Marbella to sign the order forms ASAP.
Thursday 20th December.
Today was a xmas shopping day as we had not been out since last Saturday,so we went down to the English butcher's and supermarket and then went to the Hypermarket in Estepona to stock up as the holiday period over here is long as they have the main celebrations on January 5./6th. And every where gets very busy all day. We have been in every day this week as the weather is still not very good and the seven day forcast is rain! Last year at this time it was hot and sunny as we arrived here for the first time,that global warming for you-but the wrong way round!!