That's a bugger, I'd still try and crack on and go. At least when your mates recovered you can go again!
we all used the rac's European recovery last year. One of our group called them ( german equivalent) as his head gasket went, so they recovered his car from our hotel and later said it would be taken back to his home address. It wasn't until we were getting on the Eurostar they called him and said the policy was void as they had photos of his car going around the ring so it was now down to him to get his car recovered at his own expense.
pretty poor in my opinion,
i was just wondering what alternatives are out there? would the AA be any different in a similar situation?