At last some information on the van....

After going on a bit to the agent guy and finally letting my dear wife have a go at him, we got the promised report on the condition of the motorhome. Or actually, we got a bunch of pictures starting from the outside and going inside.

These show that there is a surprising amount left of it. Outside looks absolutely fine, no huge scratches or dents or anything, our LPG system is still intact and there are still some things in the lockers like our comfortable folding chairs (the not-so comfy ones seem to have gone, though!). Inside is a bit messy, a bit messier even than it was when they nicked it. However, there are large amounts of stuff left inside, though it looks like all the "boys toys" stuff has all gone (satellite TV stuff, computers stuff, men's clothes, men's bike). A lot of Carol's clothes still seem to be there, as is all her coursework which she has been rigorously replacing! Some pictures from the collection:

Outside front

My LPG system wot I installed

Carol's clothes, well some of them

Ah, yes, they don't seem to have emptied the fridge...

So it's not as bad as it might have been (I have spared you some of the more messy clutter) and now we need to get over there, hopefully to pick it up or at least to clear it out. Let you know more when we do.

Further developments (or actually, not....)

It's difficult to believe how long it has been since I last posted, things have been hectic on a number of fronts, although unfortunately not much has happened on the motorhome one. Our complaint to the Insurance Omsbudsman has been sent but no response so far. My solicitor says that's a positive sign - if they are going to reject the complaint they usually do it quite quickly.

We did manage to recover our keys and documents from Allianz (who had passed them on to their recovery people even though they had declined to pay out!) and got them sent to the recovery agents who have duly passed them on to their people in Spain. And that's about it so far, unfortunately. Still no word from Spain, they can't look at it until they have established in Court that they are allowed to do so. With the Spanish legal system, that could take months....

Netty has decided to get married in September in Villefranche, so we will be there then and maybe we will be able to go on down to Spain after the wedding and recover the darn thing! The agents say it will have to be driven back because it's too big to come on a transporter, at least any that they know of. Which is fine if it's drivable; we would actually be able to finish the holiday which never was! We may have to stay in hotels on the way back if it's not usable of course.