Camper vans and mobile homes on the playa - Page 2

matthew why would he?  they were just doing their job at the time.  but it's frustrating seeing all these travellers moving around freely when the rate of Covid is growing here,  they could just stay still for the time of our lockdown.   Not much to ask is it?  

Will have to stop doing this. Hi Mathew, once again find my self agreeing with you.

Really you are happy agreeing with him that it's ok to break the rules and wrong when you try to persuade the authorities to enforce the law? 

I have come back to this post ion  order to peruse the photo of these "unsightly vans"?

By definition these vans are parked. not camping. If they had awnings or tables and chairs out then they would be camping. Further where is all the rubbish you imply they have dumped?

Now you was sat in your car. exercising your dogs? Who was watching to see where they squatted to do their business?

I was going to make further comments but that would only bring me down to your level.

Have a good day.

I am a person who wants to live and let live. I'm very easy to get along with, ask my wife! There are occasions when we must be mindful of the needs of others. Owners of campervans while on a break is an example. They (as far as I am aware) are not the cause of Covid. We might not like driving behind a campervan when we are in a rush to get somewhere, but they pay road-tax too along with income tax. They are morally entitled to be where they are and don't deserve to be secretly photographed by somebody exercising his dogs on the beach and worse again not in full control of his dogs. I bet the campervan people are not querying where the dogs dump their loads while their owner listens to wall-to-wall FM music while taking fresh air from his car. Neither, are they pursuing you to see where you dump your stuff.

Fortunately, the local police have some common sense in such situations and like most they allow others to live as best they can. 

Where I live, there can be big match-days and the whole area becomes infested with cars and parking is at a premium. On such days, our police travel around the district with loud-speaker blaring from the roof of the police-car asking people to allow motorists park in private drive-ways to alleviate the situation. Most people comply and even my aforementioned wife has tea ready for the car owners in our drive-way when they return after the match.

And even if your name is Alicia or Biggles, you are welcome to park your car in our drive way anytime and perhaps you can enjoy a cup of tea with us and of course, Alan.

I also agree with you, the police should have enforced the law: You should have been fined.

Mathew does not even imply that someone should break the law.

Let me have your address and I will be around as soon as it is permitted.

Is there room for my motor home?

" I should have been fined" why? What law have I broken,it's ok to exercise the dogs in the car park area,I wasn't wearing a mask as I was in the car.I wound the window down and told the police as they drove by why are they not enforcing the law.Some of these campervans have a car on a trailer behind,set up solar cell units etc. Certain they are 99.9% not residents of Cuevas del Almanzora and have had to come from their province of Espana or another country to plonk themselves on our playa for a long session. Maybe they have the virus maybe they don't but if everybody was sensible then we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place,the shops and bars  wouldn't be shut down and people's livlihoods wouldnt be destroyed.Luckily I get a  UK government pension and state pension nowadays so fairly well protected but I wouldnt be  very happy knowing that my business was being destroyed by the thoughtlessness of others and condoned by some of the crazy Brits around here....There's a proper camping site only what a kilometre away called Camping Palomares..

Can only agree with Matthew, live and let live keeps the ulcers away.

On another note, as a motorhomer for part of the year, i can only say that we wildcamp in order to avoid others, we only shop when necessary, we empty at regulated places, use public bins for rubbish etc. And, i can assure you, that after many years travelling, 99.9pct of motorhomers do likewise.

No use debating with some one who  is self appointed judge and jury.

Spain in Spanish is España but can not for the life of me why some one would insert it into a conversation in English.