Silver Wedding in Spain...and Kilt Plunderers

**Frank McGrath** · 9th April 09, 01:55 PM

You, Sir, are a saint. I consider myself lucky, just to read about your exploits and your trips with your darling wife. She is truly lucky to have a husband like you. Keep up the beautiful photography and Happy ANNiversary.

Frank

**Splash_4** · 9th April 09, 02:21 PM

Anne is looking well and it sounds like a fun trip. (although being robbed twice in two days really sucks!)

**David White** · 9th April 09, 03:05 PM

What a wonderful trip for both of you, Ann looks like she's having a great time. Sorry about the pick-pockets, or sporran pickers. Maybe you should put your money in your shoe-seriously.

**Cavebear58** · 9th April 09, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by Frank McGrath

You, Sir, are a saint. I consider myself lucky, just to read about your exploits and your trips with your darling wife. She is truly lucky to have a husband like you. Keep up the beautiful photography and Happy ANNiversary.

Frank

Well done. And, I'm outraged at those tea-leaves. I'm glad it was only money they went for - passports and credit cards are a huge pain to deal with.

But, well done!
Cheers, Graham.

**Highlander31** · 10th April 09, 05:38 PM

Glad you had a good trip in spite of the pickpockets.

**Riverkilt** · 10th April 09, 06:00 PM

Congrats on the anniversary!

Thanks for the heads up on avoiding Spain...big time...

Ron
No Quiero Espana

**Sheep In Wolf's Clothing** · 10th April 09, 09:06 PM

What a great was to spend a special anniversary!!
Thank you for sharing the pictures with us!
Congrats again,
Sara

**Phil** · 11th April 09, 12:44 AM

Congratulations on your silver wedding. It is just a shame that Fuengirola seems to have become a thieves' paradise. Were they locals?

**cessna152towser** · 11th April 09, 01:55 AM

It is just a shame that Fuengirola seems to have become a thieves' paradise. Were they locals?

The locals like to blame the high theft rate on Moroccans and East Europeans.
The five youths looked like Spaniards to me.
The man who threw the **** looked Spanish but spoke reasonable English.
I think it is human nature, though racist, to blame other nationalities for social problems. I watched a recent British television documentary about the sharp rise in pickpocketing in London and they were blaming the problem on Turks and Rumanians who have a right to come and live here now that these countries have joined the European Community.

**Phil** · 11th April 09, 02:16 AM

The reason I asked was when I was in Fuengirola there were a lot of young timeshare touts pestering people. They seemed mostly British and obviously happy to do anything for money. So I wonder if this is another money-making activity of theirs? According to the news the Costa del Sol is being hit hard economically these days so it's maybe not too surprising. A sad day when they pick on obviously vulnerable targets such as you with Ann in a wheelchair but I suppose that is the cowardly nature of their behaviour. I take it the local police were as usual conspicuous by their absence. They must know what is going on but just turn a blind eye.