Posted: Tue Jul 6, 2021 8:51pm
While at our home in Spain we made the mistake of leaving some meat on the bone while the vultures were circling, low and behold on Tuesday night we were burgled, they took everything of value not just our money, jewellery and electrical items but also our passports, driving licences and keys, we have learnt a very expensive lesson and one that we will remember for the rest of our life.
A major positive that has come from this, is that even when we had no money or any possessions left, we deem ourselves as more lucky than winning the lottery, the amount of people in Spain where the house is situated who wanted to help us without any financial gain was overwhelming, our good friends in Spain rose to the challenge immediately and was at the house helping us within 15 minutes of the burglars jumping out of the window, giving us support and money to survive on until we got home.
Then our besties in England jumped into the ring, with not just financial assistance for security and new passports, but also dealing with everything in England on our behalf and helping our return, to all those in Spain and England, you all know who you are, we love you dearly, and will always be there for you as you were for us.
But the real hero who shone out of all the crap that happened, and stood out head and shoulders was my Wife Pippa, although we had lost everything she went into recovery mode which she does so well when at work, she showed more balls than any man I know, took total control of the situation by dealing with the Police, the banks, the Insurance Companies, the British Embassy in Spain to get some emergency passports, then onto the Police in England and the airport car park where we had no key for the car that was parked a 100 miles from home.
All the cards and bank details were immediately cancelled, all locks changed and more security installed, so apart from what was lost on the day we should be quite safe, but we have learnt an expensive lesson and hope that others learn by our mistake, this doesn’t just happen in Spain, it is now everywhere in the world, if you flaunt it be prepared to lose it, because where there are roses, sooner or later there will also be some weeds.
A substantial reward is being offered for either the return of the items or information that will lead to a conviction of any one of the three thieves, please check out the local Facebook posts for videos and stills of these low life in action.