Mission Control at Ocean Club after the disappearance.

[Robittybob1]

It would appear they did. Apartments [3?]. Breakfast, lunch and dinner for up to 14. Flights for family and friends. Childcare for the twins. Alan Pike plus apartment plus meals?. Alex Woolfall from Bell Pottinger. Private villa for Madeleine's birthday BBQ plus food. Car and driver when needed. I assume the rest of the group weren't charged for their extended stays. Alternative holidays for those booked into OC in the following weeks who didn't fancy it anymore. It cost MW thousands I would think.

I have wondered why. On the face of it MW did nothing to contribute to what happened but they seemed to go beyond the call of duty. It's natural to be sympathetic, but on the other hand this was a business. Then I saw what Matthew Oldfield said; that David Payne told the booking people that they had to be near each other so they could 'listen' for the children. The correct response from MW was to make it quite clear that the resort wasn't suitable for a 'listening' service and that they did not advise it. If MW didn't make that response they could have been seen as approving of the plan.

It depends on how you look at it. Considering the balustrades were suspect, I wonder if they thought two year olds safe in the apartments.

[Robittybob1]

@heri have you ever been to the top of the stairs?

What's at the top of the stairs?

[G-Unit]

Nicky Gill and Michelle Thompson travelled out together on 6th May;

Michelle and I travelled from Liverpool directly to Faro early on Sunday morning. We were met at the airport by representatives from Mark Warner who took us to the Ocean Club resort. We stayed in an apartment on the top floor of the same block where Kate and Gerry were staying.

Another friend, Linda McQueen and I travelled together on 26th June and returned on 29th June. We stayed in the apartment that Sandy and Trish had occupied.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/NICKY_GILL.htm

Sandy and I stayed in an apartment that also served as an office. Sandy dealt with the correspondence and I helped in the kitchen and with cleaning.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/PATRICIA_CAMERON.htm

On Saturday, 5 May, I caught a plane from Leeds-Bradford to Faro and caught a taxi from the airport to the Mark Warner complex. Initially I stayed in an apartment in the same complex as Kate and Gerry.....family and friends sleeping wherever they could.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MICHAEL_WRIGHT.htm

[G-Unit]

It depends on how you look at it. Considering the balustrades were suspect, I wonder if they thought two year olds safe in the apartments.

Once family and friends arrived everything was covered. The men helped with 'Mission control' the women with childminding, cooking and cleaning. Gerry and Kate attended meetings and spoke to the media. They saw the twins as much as they could.

Later that day Kate phoned to ask whether Michelle and I could help look after the twins. We entertained the children between the two of us that afternoon......I stayed with them in the villa and once again helped take care of the twins when they had meetings,
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/NICKY_GILL.htm

I helped in the attempt to keep the daily routine of the twins, namely in taking them to the day-care centre
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/L-R-MCQUEEN.htm

In the afternoons we would go out with the children, I didnt think it was a good idea for them to be in the creche for the whole day, we tried to maintain a routine in order to give them a sense of normality.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/PATRICIA_CAMERON.htm

[pegasus]

What's at the top of the stairs?

Have you considered trying the extreme-research method of looking at photos?

[Robittybob1]

Have you considered trying the extreme-research method of looking at photos?

I'm learning from you. I'm saving and categorising any photo I come across from now on.