I couldn't find anything helpful on the internet searching for gas fitters, motorhome repairs or campsite suppliers. We were thinking we should either get a portable gas stove so at least we could have hot drinks and cook food, or get a new regulator. If we ended up with a stove we could do without a fridge by purchasing on the day or living off our food stores. The girl at reception said that we may get a portable gas stove in one of the supermarkets. As Tallinn is the capital we thought we may have more chance of getting repairs done so we headed there first. One girl in the supermarket spoke English and as they didn't have any stoves she directed us to Stockmann in Tallinn. On the way we saw an autogas fitter, Mike went in with our instruction manual. They couldn't help. Stockmann turned out to be like a John Lewis in the centre of town. I still went in, just in case and found gas barbeques, not camping stoves. As we left I saw a camping shop. Mike parked and went in. No again, this one was selling diving gear and hunting equipment. There was definitely a picture of a tent over the door. Next stop City Camping Tallinn. Not paying them 25 euros to park there over night. Gas or no gas. They gave us a sheet from a calendar with a picture of a motorhome on it. We drove over there. Shut. At least the 12v system was keeping the fridge cool as we drove around. Perhaps tourist information in Tallinn would be able to help? At least someone in there would speak english, or phone for us. By the time we arrived the office was shut. This was all getting a bit ridiculous. It's Saturday, in summer season there are 4 cruise ships docked outside and it had shut at 3pm. Undaunted by the fact that our game of hunt the gas stove or get the repair sorted just wasn't going to go anywhere today we decided to go site seeing around Tallinn.
We found the small very pretty old town. Very touristy, crammed full of restaurants and obviously catering for the cruise ships. It was impossible to choose anywhere to go and eat so we did a full walking tour. It was still early enough to drive out down the coast and find a campsite. As nightfall approached the only campsite I found had dreadful reviews so we found a secluded picnic area off the road. Cold baked beans out the tin for supper. The food in the fridge seemed ok, there wasn't a lot in there anyway.
We found the small very pretty old town. Very touristy, crammed full of restaurants and obviously catering for the cruise ships. It was impossible to choose anywhere to go and eat so we did a full walking tour. It was still early enough to drive out down the coast and find a campsite. As nightfall approached the only campsite I found had dreadful reviews so we found a secluded picnic area off the road. Cold baked beans out the tin for supper. The food in the fridge seemed ok, there wasn't a lot in there anyway.
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