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Journey to Tiritiri
AROUND 60 people gathered on May 4 at Charlotte’s Bar in Albox to support the local APSA charity.
The event was organised by Berni Albrighton who took the audience on a journey to the New Zealand conservation island of Tiritiri Matangi.
The journey started by catching a ferry from downtown Auckland and sailing across to the island. Once there, Berni introduced everyone to the wildlife that lived there and shared wonderful stories that were amusing, interesting and poignant.
The event raised €1,029 for APSA and was supported by a host of local businesses, in cluding The English Gem, Bar Lepanto, Casa Colorida, La Meseta in Bedar, Kates Corner Cafe in Zurgena and many more.
In addition to a raffle, there was an auction of art.
Michele Winfield of Purchena Art Space donated an original piece called ‘Zebra’ which was bought for €85.
Bandidos blast Bedar
SIXTEEN Los Bandidos runners took on the third race in the Circuito de Carreras Populares Diputacion de Almeria 2023 in Bedar on Saturday, May 15.
Unlike last year’s race, when the start had to be delayed due to the heat, it was a dull, grey start with rain and thunderstorms forecast. Luckily there was no thunder but there were a couple of light showers.
The hilly route went through the village, out into the campo, through some puddles due to the rain earlier in the day, and then climbed steeply back into Bedar.
Some of the Los Bandidos ladies were helped back to the finish line by one of the super speedy runners who had already finished the race! Aki was the first lady overall and five Bandidos won trophies in their age groups and as a team finished fifth with four fastest runners.
Times were generally faster this year, due to the cooler conditions, but on such a tough course, the winner still finished in an impressive 33:45, with Aki, the first lady in at 44:46. 168 runners crossed the finish line.
Fran Fajardo, known as ‘My name is Fran’ on Facebook, created a very large painting of birdlife on the island. This stunning piece of work fetched €302.
“Feedback from the audience was wonderful and I really loved sharing the island with them,” confirmed Berni.
Beautiful beach
A STUDY on waste found on the coast of Nijar carried out by students of the IES San Isidro School has been recognised as the winner of the My Beautiful Beach contest for the quality of the research carried out.
The students collected samples on tourist beaches such as Agua Amarga, Las Negras and San Jose.
They found remains of cigarettes, corks, hard plastics and bottles. After showing the analysis of this waste the students proposed to work on its elimination through several different measures.
These measures for elimination include the promotion of environmental education, the use of the ‘mechanical shark’ that devours garbage, the promotion of garbage collections, the installation of specialised areas for smoking with cigarette containers based on surveys and carrying out greater control of beaches with fines, among others.
My Beautiful Beach is a pilot programme in which the University of Almeria are involved to give participation and voice to local youth on the environmental problems of their municipality while giving them the opportunity to participate in the policy proposal.
THE luck of the Irish was smiling down on a Spanish motor cyclist on May 14 as six Dublin firefighters were heading for Malaga Airport after attending a course in Sevilla.
As they were driving along the A92 near to the town of Alcala de Guadaira which is about 17 kilometres outside of Sevilla they saw that the biker had just fallen from his motorbike so as trained personnel they sprang into action.
They set up a protected area, posted signs and got on with finding what they could do to help the middleaged biker who was unconscious, with multiple injuries and couldn’t breathe.
The team of paramedics managed to stabilise the in
