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Sod's Law in action - has it ever happened to you?
Monday, May 27, 2013 @ 1:31 PM

I belong to an expat and networking site called Costa Women, and I've connected with quite a few of the members on different levels. The site organises lots of get togethers, but as many of the members are based on the Costa Del Sol, most of these social and business occasions are out of bounds for me.

Lately, there's been an increase in members on the Costa Blanca, so I was quite hopeful that there may be a meeting organised in my own area before too long. And I was right. The meet up is going to happen right on my doorstep, at the La Finca Hotel and Spa, Algorfa, at the Homes, Gardens and Lifestyle Show on 29 and 30 May. That's wonderful - or it would be, if I wasn't in Bigbury Bay in Devon, with no prospect of returning to Spain for some time yet.

It's not the first time I've been on the receiving end of Sod's Law either. We used to belong to the Motor Caravanner's Club before we moved to Spain, and everyone told us that we simply must visit the National Rally. However, as we lived in Cornwall, and the National was usually held in Newark or Peterborough, it was out of the question. We were caravan site wardens at the time, and the National was always held at one of our busiest times of the year, so we just couldn't make it.

When we bought our property in Spain, we gave up the wardening job. Although we still maintained a UK base, we didn't want to be tied by UK commitments. We headed off for our first summer in Spain - and the Powers That Be at the Motorcaravanner's Club decided to take the National to the members, rather than expecting the members to come to the National. While we were signing on the dotted line and furnishing our Spanish garden apartment, our fellow motorcaravanners in Cornwall and Devon were enjoying the atmosphere of the National Rally in Newquay - just 15 miles from our Cornish base in the UK.

I could easily get bitter and twisted over the mysterious workings of Sod's Law, but being the pragmatic and generous person that I am, I've sent a message wishing the Costa Blanca Women who are attending a happy and productive meet up. There'll be other opportunities, I'm sure - unlike the National Rally, which is never likely to return to Cornwall.

I'm sure I'm not the only innocent victim of Sod's Law. Do you have a story to share?

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Jenny Meyers said:
Saturday, June 1, 2013 @ 9:21 PM

Hi Sandra. I havn't responded to your postings before, but have been reading since the beginning. Sod's law - where to start!!. Perhaps it should be the night 20 years ago when my daughter fell off a bar stool in a nightclub in Harrogate (she may have had a small sherry) and was helped to her feet by a Marine Commando based in Plymouth. Bigbury Bay is now VERY familiar to us as she married him and has lived happily ever after - albeit almost 400 miles from us. We now have a love/hate relationship with the M5 but do know the South West very well. We had intended retiring to Spain, but guess what - Heybrook Bay is looking increasingly attractive. Do hope your daughter is improving - thank God you were in the UK when it happened. I have made so many emergency dashes down the Motorway I really can appreciate how thankful you must have felt that at least you weren't in another country in her hour of need.

Sandra Piddock said:
Sunday, June 2, 2013 @ 12:46 AM

Hello, Jenny. Glad you're enjoying the blog, and I love the story about your daughter. I like Heybrook Bay as well - you have to do what is right for you at that particular time.

Elizabeth's on the mend now, and I was glad to be here. It was bad enough having to do a 20 mile dash when the ' get the family here' call went out. It would have been horrendous having to book flights, and wonder if we'd get there in time.

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Sandra Piddock
I'm 70, and I'm a writer, clairvoyant and healer living in Algorfa on the Costa Blanca. I have three types of arthritis - anyone else would be happy with one, but I have to be different. It stops me from doing a lot of things, but it doesn't stop me from writing, which is why I'll write about anything which interests and/or challenges me. I love Spain, and I love writing, so it seems a natural progression to blog about life in Spain, and everything that arises from it.