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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brianfm" data-source="post: 1677452" data-attributes="member: 11997">I've just caught up with this thread.  Sounds like you all had a great spell of birding Pam and Emma.  I enjoyed the read on a cold wintery day up here in the north!Very sorry to hear of the break-in.  It sounds a very similar experience to mine in Extremadura a couple of years ago.  My colleague's van was broken into, a spade pushed through the window!  No doubt they target tourists with expensive equipment.  In our case they were after the scopes, but had not bargained for the dog under the seat!  Poor dog was left traumatised, but the scum must have got a shock too as they only got my bag before they ran.  The scopes were left.  I had strong prescription medication in the bag and told the police this.  The police comment was 'We hope it makes them very ill'.  No one was hurt, and as you say that is the main thing.  All being well, I'm off to Andalusia with a mate in April, and we'll be taking every precaution that we  can.  I have to say, the sour taste my experience left, was eased immensely by the help offered by several of the local inhabitants, one of whom came to the police station with us and acted as interpretor.CheersFrom another 'gentleman' up north.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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