Monday 25 May 2009

Green Goddess Cheats Death

A nice relaxed walk around town, a tapas and Sangria lunch and a final coffee on the harbour then back to collect the car and off to the scrap yard before 6pm.

That was the plan and the first three elements were executed with aplomb. The fourth however resulted in near disaster as the green goddess decided to have a flat battery. Numerous appeals through the concierge to local garages proved fruitless and we resorted to international breakdown.

No help for two hours was the response, meaning we would hit the scrap yard well after closing. We were facing another night in Barcelona.

Then, like a knight in shining armour came Linberg (real Spanish name) who agreed to take the car off our hands, despite the maps and the dead battery. Our new best friend signed the export papers and the green goddess got a reprieve.

Many thanks to Linberg and we hope that he has many happy days or even weeks motoring in his free BMW.

We're now at the airport and the flight is in four hours.

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