Paul writes in with another piece of advice about travelling
in Spain.

Another word of warning to novice travellers in Spain; be
careful at the big hypermarkets as thieves operate in the car
parks targeting small hire cars (easily identified as they
silly sods always put the hire company name on the vehicle
registration plates).

We got caught this way on our first trip and my girlfriend
lost most of her clothes and a new digital camera, clothes
weren't too much of a problem as we were on a naturist
holiday but the rigmarole involved in getting a police report
is mind blowing. I also had my passport stolen and getting
that replaced was even worse !!. Silly to hide our stuff in
the car I guess but a lesson well learned and often mentioned
to fellow travellers as a word of warning.

Couldn't rob our car or cheat us out of fuel last trip
cos we rode all the way down on my motorcycle.