Lecrin

This is the view today:

By a lake in Ruidera. 

Its beautiful, but before I tell you the story of Ruidera I need to tell you the story of Lecrin.

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin...

OK, so Fifi is one of those girls who gets herself hot under the collar,  if you know what I mean, easily a chick to start her own boil in the bag party. After an hour's climb Fif is gasping for water and complaining about the weather. IF (take note Kim) you want a camper van then it may be better to invest in a cool chick who isn't at that ' time of life' when she's prone to flushes. 

So Fifi flushed, one bright, sunny morning an hour from Nerha and decided she wasn't going any further. 

Fifi was kaput.

Issue: 10am, Saturday morning. Day of 'fiesta'. Fifi dies.

Solution: wait til Mon am when garage opens and seek help. 

End result: following advice from Mission Control (i.o.us currently recinded) we tried to 'top up the water but don't overfill her, blondies' and set off. 2kms down the road we realised the problem was serious and headed back to Lecrin.

D' you ever get deja vu?

D' you ever get deja vu?

Our experience was like Groundhog Day. We arrived, we left, we cranked up, we drove round, we left, we came back, we went to the garage, finally (oh, finally) we left.

These were Fifi's problemas:

1. The cap on the plastic water overfill tank was cracked.

2. There was a stopper missing from a 'muy importante' place.

3. The fans were not working properly.

4. There was a leak from one of the pipes,  due to the ratchet metal closing circular thingy.

The mechanic:

1. Fixed everything.

2. Was very kind in explaining all the things which were wrong with Fif and how he had fixed. 

3. Gave us advice for daily driving. 

4. Worked for three hours 

5. Charged us €30, including parts.

Move over Mission Control, we have a new Best Man. He was an absolute star. One bottle of wine and four kisses later we left, happy Fifi, happy girls.

Drove for three hours and arrived in Ruidera. 

A natural lake with natural waterfalls and an unnatural, but lovely, restaurant. Decided to stay two nights.