Would have ,could have ,should have.

29 April 2025 at 10:28:35
Wow, what a weird experience, we booked a 2 night break to explore towns on the coast near Benidorm, Albir, Altea, Calpe and Moreira.
We arrived at the site 12.30 pm.
I called in to reception to be told there was a power cut affecting Spain, France and Portugal, the entire country’s electric supply... was down.
In addition, communication was down too.
most shops and restaurants in the area had to close, it was chaos.
After we had checked in, it became evident that this situation would not change quickly, the toilets wouldn’t flush showers didn’t work and we had no electricity or communication.
Nothing worked, we had intended eating out and had not brought food.
Thankfully we managed to get a sandwich from the bar, all they could make and drinks were being served as long as you could pay cash.
We bought a few bits from the shop.
We were going to drive home, up the coast to Torrevieja, however was advised against it as traffic lights on the roads were all down too.
We stayed around, had a beer or 2 in the sun, sat outside the camper.
It was a pleasant evening, all be it, it wasn’t what we had planned.
Had everything, been working, this would have been a fantastic base, a really class camp site, clean toilet and shower area, fantastic, pool and bar and reception areas.
Next morning we had no electricity as no one visited to hook us up, which has to be done on this site, the toilets and showers were still not working, so we cut our losses and drove home.
If I have an issue, there is a member of staff at reception, I found to be rude, right from his first words regards the power cuts , his general attitude at our first meeting and subsequent meetings was very poor.
Other than that the other staff were friendly and professional.
I would go back here and try to do the trip we arranged and hope for better circumstances which were all outside the camp sites control.
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