{"id":3173,"date":"2020-01-20T17:39:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T17:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2020-01-20T17:41:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T17:41:09","slug":"eurotrip-8-2020-day-8-to-10-batten-down-the-hatches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=3173","title":{"rendered":"Eurotrip 8, 2020 \u2013 Day 8 to 10, Batten down the hatches\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is an easy entry in which to catch up a few blog days worth of blogging. Storm Gloria arrived at Benicassim during the early hours of Sunday morning and will be sticking around for another 24 – 36 hours. It will be Wednesday before we can start to think about drying things out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather is atrocious, but in many respects we are lucky as elsewhere in Spain and away from the coastal regions, some monumental amounts of snow have lashed the Iberian peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dressed for the weather, Benicassim 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A BBQ in Paul and Andrea’s awning last night and a visit to Leroy Merlin today. It really is a quality DIY store and puts our aging and tired B&Q chain to shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We came away with a stunning new awning light – antique dimmable LED! I’m afraid the picture doesn’t do justice…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Latest antique LED dimmable awning light<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Next on to Decathlon for a few more items of warm clothing. Now, the checkout was really wacky. We had armfuls of clothes and the guy at checkout gestured to us to place them in a container. Immediately he demanded payment – no barcode scannning, just an instantaneous price – how cool is that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in blighty, we think we are ahead of the game… Think again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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