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Watership Downer

Parents weren’t happy with the broadcaster for showing a film which features the slaughter of rabbits.

Channel 5 found itself in hot water on Easter Sunday.

Families watching the station after finishing their roast dinners were apparently left “traumatised” after Watership Down came on.

The 1978 animation, based on the novel written by Richard Adams , features the slaughter of bunny rabbits.

Unsurprisingly, some parents didn’t think that certain themes in the film were suitable for children especially at Easter.

And of course, viewers were quick to take to Twitter to vent their feelings.

“Who the hell thought it a good idea to put Watership Down on Easter Sunday? “Hey kids let’s watch dead Easter bunnies!”,” wrote on irritated Twitter user.

Another posted: “Watership Down is the last film that should be shown to children on Easter Sunday, yet here we are watching rabbits get shot in the neck...”

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viewer commented: “Watership down definitely isn’t appropriate for Easter Sunday tv.”

But it wasn’t just the children tuning in at home that were horrified by the cartoon. Many watching admitted that they found the film just as disturbing as an adult as they did when they were younger.

“I can confirm that Watership Down is still traumatising twenty years later,” tweeted one viewer.

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MOJÁCAR CREATES 200 MORE PARKING SPACES AT THE BEACH AREA

More than two hundred extra parking spaces will be made available to Mojácar visitors at the start of the tourist season.

Work on the new promenade extension of Mojácar has left this area near the Pueblo Indalo Hotel without parking while construction work is going on.

Mojácar Town Council and the directors of the town’s Best Hotels chain, which includes the famous “Pueblo Indalo” have held several meetings during the last several months in order to solve the problems that this situation may cause.

Last week, the Mayor of Mojácar, Rosmari Cano and the Area Director of Best Hotels, Francisco Sosa, confirmed the creation of about two hundred parking spaces in the area, to alleviate the parking shortage facing the influx of visitors during the Easter holidays.

Mojácar City Council has adopted a plot adjacent to the Hotel Pueblo Indalo to accommodate about 70 vehicles and another 10 places are in progress. Works as well as reorganisations have been carried out to optimize parking in nearby streets such as, Calles Pintor Morales, Zurbarán, Picasso,

Torre Bahía, Romance and the area adjoining del Lance.

Meanwhile the Pueblo Indalo has made 130 new parking places available to its customers within the confines of the hotel grounds.

Whilst these measures will remedy parking problems ahead of Easter, work continues to take appropriate measures in order to increase the areas available for parking to the benefit of local businesses.

Looking to this summer, Best Mojácar has requested a license from the Town Hall for a further 350 vehicle spaces within the grounds of Pueblo Indalo. Meanwhile the local government team is also managing new projects that will culminate in 2017.

Emmanuel Agüero, the councillor responsible for traffic said “The creation of these new spaces will be an improvement of the situation in respect to the number of parking spaces that existed prior to the installation of the new section of the promenade.

Also, because these new spaces have already been created, when the promenade is completed, the spaces incorporated in that scheme will also be added to the greatly improved total number”.

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Mojácar gears up for the 2016 season that starts at Easter. During the last week, the Mayor of Mojácar, Rosa Maria Cano along with Security Councillor, Emmanuel Aguero and members of the local police, have held meetings with businessmen and those responsible for catering, hotels, bars and nightclubs in the locality in order to reiterate the Andalucian government regulations in terms of opening and closing times, management of public events and recreational activities, etc. that apply to the entire province of Andalucia.

These meetings have also served to inform them of municipal regulations and help to coordinate the efforts of both the municipality and entrepreneurs. In order to provide the best image to the visitor, the proper functioning of the town and the local businesses is essential. Each year new businesses are joining the companies that are already veterans of Mojácar.

They also provide a forum where questions and doubts about local business regulations can be raised, also where the Council takes the opportunity to hear the concerns and problems faced by the sector. In this sense, both the Mayor and Councillor for Security responded to questions raised by the attendees, both in the

particular area of their own business as well as business in general.

Rosmari Cano referred to the need to adhere to the provincial and municipal rules as they represent a tool to preserve the town’s public spaces as places of coexistence and civility, where everyone can enjoy their leisure and recreation. These discussions and meetings with people from other sectors and areas of tourism and economic life of the town have been taking place for a number of years which keep the Mayor and her councillors who are responsible for the governing of Mojácar busy the throughout the whole year.

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Palmyra damage in pictures

New images have emerged from Palmyra, hours after Syrian troops recaptured it from the Islamic State group (IS).

The pictures reveal the extent of destruction wrought by the group during their 10-month occupation of the Unesco World Heritage site.

While some treasured monuments have been destroyed, much of the ancient city’s ruins are said to remain intact.

Syria’s antiquities chief Maamoun Abdulkarim said authorities had been “expecting the worst”.

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It’s early morning and the sun shines down on a line of cars in southern Spain waiting to cross into Britain... or rather its overseas territory Gibraltar where a potential Brexit has set alarm bells clanging.

Miles away from the debate gripping Britain over whether to leave or stay in the European Union, this rocky outcrop of 33,000 residents where fish and chips and double-decker buses are a fixture is nevertheless eyeing June’s upcoming referendum with increasing alarm.

At stakes are a thriving services-based economy that relies in large part on access to the EU’s single market, and a sovereignty spat with Spain it believes threatens its only land access to the continent.

“I’m very concerned that it would mean that our current economic model would not be sustainable,” says Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, sitting in a white government building in the city centre.

The territory -- half the size of London’s smallest borough of Kensington and Chelsea -- relies on tourism, financial services, online gaming and shipping services for its economy, which grew an estimated 10.3 percent in the last financial year. Part of the attraction for foreign investors lies in its low-tax regime. But Gibraltar’s EU membership also allows firms approved to operate there to do business in any other nation of the bloc without having to re-apply for permission.

The combination has proved attractive to investment, insurance firms and others in the financial services sector, which represents around 20 percent of Gibraltar’s economy.

“One of the reasons why companies are here is their ability to sell their services throughout the EU... and that reason for being in Gibraltar will be taken away,” says Picardo Not far from his government building, crowds throng a main street lined with shops, including the quintessentially British Marks & Spencer.

Nearby, tourists take pictures at a red phone box, just some of the millions who visit every year to get a taste of this seaside, sun-baked corner of Britain.

A large majority of visitors come across the small land border -- a long-time flashpoint in the row between Gibraltar and Spain, which has wanted the Rock back ever since it had to cede the territory to Britain in 1713.

Spain’s dictator Francisco Franco went as far as closing the crossing in 1969, all but stranding inhabitants who had to rely on air and boat links until it was fully re-opened in 1985. Relations have ebbed and flowed since, but the past four years have seen a regain in tension

under Spain’s conservative government, which apart from sovereignty claims also bristles at tobacco smuggling across the border and accuses Gibraltar of being a corporate tax haven.

In one particularly belligerent row over disputed waters, Spanish authorities upped border checks in 2013, creating hours-long logjams and forcing the European Commission to wade in and ease the crisis.

Many fear this could happen again if Gibraltar loses its EU status. “Half or more of the clients we have are people who cross the frontier,” says Isaac Batista, who works at a liquor store on the main street, where cigarettes and alcohol are far cheaper than in Spain.

“If the border closes, it’s going to be very different,” he adds, not just for retailers but also for the 10,000 people who make the crossing daily from Spain to work.

People like Manuel Marquez, an employee at a factory in Gibraltar’s port who rides his scooter to the Rock every day from the border town of La Linea de la Concepcion with his wife MariaCarmen, a cleaner.

The 57-year-old recalls how he sometimes had to wait up to nine hours to go home after a full day’s work during the 2013 logjams. His exasperation boiled over into protests and cost him two separate fines.

“I was desperate... We were thousands of people working here, suffering,” he says, sitting at a fast-food joint on the Spanish side of the frontier -Gibraltar’s large rock ever present in the background.

The spectre of Franco’s border closure also hangs over many families who are divided between Spain and Gibraltar.

At the time, Marquez lived on the Rock.

When he found out his father had died, he tried to cross via the sea, failed and jumped the border fence instead.

“I just didn’t know what to do,” he explains. He was promptly detained by Spanish police, who allowed him to go see his family before sending him back to Gibraltar via Morocco.

But for Juan Franco, Mayor of La Linea, the real concern would be Brexit’s impact on Gibraltar’s economy.

Unemployment in his 72,000-strong city stands at 40 percent, one of the worsthit places in Spain, and the majority of those who work do so over the border.

“If Gibraltar stopped to generate work, it would be a real problem for our city,” he says. thelocal.es

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Parties enter final stage

Spanish politicians have a month left to negotiate a governing deal that will avert a fresh general election in June.

But the more than three months that have elapsed since December 20 have taken their toll on all the main parties.

The fragmented scenario that emerged from that vote forced political leaders into a flurry of cross-party negotiations unprecedented since Spain returned to democracy after the Franco dictatorship in the 1970s.

But the winner of the December election, Mariano Rajoy of the Popular Party (PP), is completely isolated and has been unable to secure any support from other congressional groups to be reinstated as prime minister despite his 123 seats – 176 are needed for an overall majority.

His closest rival, Socialist Party leader Pedro Sánchez (90 seats), made an unsuccessful bid to become prime minister and now faces the dilemma of finding enough support from other forces or risk being replaced at the helm of his own party.

Meanwhile, Pablo Iglesias of Podemos is grappling with internal strife, and Albert Rivera of Ciudadanos no longer enjoys his original aura as leader of a fresh party.

The law stipulates May 2 as the deadline when parliament dissolves and new elections will have to be called. But so far no visible agreement is on the horizon.

Many possible outcomes The leaders of PSOE and Podemos are scheduled to meet on March 30, but their significant differences make it unlikely that a deal will emerge from that encounter.

Before this, Sánchez and Iglesias had already discussed ways to cooperate through a leftist coalition, but Podemos will not hear of an alliance that includes

Ciudadanos, while the Socialists do not want to include regional forces that advocate independence referendums.

In fact, the only agreement to emerge out of this entire 99-day period is a “governing program” drafted jointly by the Socialists and Ciudadanos, who need backing from other parties to achieve the required majority, as their own joint congressional presence numbers just 130.

Meanwhile, the PP’s attempts to convince the PSOE and Ciudadanos to form a grand coalition are still stuck at square one.

Yet many political leaders have misgivings about a new election that would likely yield a similarly fragmented outcome. Pedro Sánchez is not even certain that he will still be the Socialist nominee, or whether Andalusian premier Susana Díaz might present a challenge to his leadership.

It is also unclear whether Podemos would benefit from a new vote, considering that its regional partners in Galicia, Catalonia, Valencia and the Basque Country are lately expressing a desire to go their own way rather than run together again.

Of the four main parties, Ciudadanos is the only one free from internal strife, but sources admit that these three months have somewhat eroded the party’s image as an emerging force that does not fit into the old left-right paradigm and instead advocates new versus old. Rivera’s deal with the Socialists could also make it hard to attract disaffected PP voters.

The countdown ends on May 2, when parliament will be dissolved if no deal is reached before then. In that case, Spaniards would be asked to vote again on June 26. elpais.com

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Your muscles, also, are comprised mostly of water.

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7. You Stay Sick Longer Drinking water allows your body to continuously flush out toxins. Your organs work to filter our certain waste products like a machine, but if you don’t fuel the machine with water, it cannot work properly. What your body is telling you it’s lacking proper hydration. ends up happening in a dehydrated body is organs In extreme cases, dehydration can lead to urinary tract start to pull water from stored areas like your blood, infections, in which case you should consult a doctor which leads to a whole new set of problems. right away.

8. You Feel Fatigued and Lethargic

As we just mentioned, when a body is dehydrated it “borrows” water from your blood. A lack of properly hydrated blood leads to a lack of oxygen being brought throughout the body. Of course, a lack of oxygen leads to sleepiness and outright fatigue. A lack of stamina means you’ll start to experience that 2PM crash earlier and earlier in your day (and remember, coffee won’t help in the long run).

9. You Experience Hunger Pangs When you’re dehydrated, your body might start to think it needs some food. This happens throughout the day, and overnight when you wake up craving that midnight snack. However, eating food creates more work for your body, whereas drinking water purifies and your organs and supplies it with the fuel it needs to go through the other processes a body goes through.

10. You Experience Digestive Problems We spoke before about the mucus in our mouth and throat, and how keeping hydrated allows the membrane to function correctly. This also applies to the entire digestive system. Without proper hydration, the amount and strength of mucus in the stomach lessens, allowing stomach acid to do some major damage to your insides. This leads to what we commonly refer to as heartburn and indigestion.

11. You Experience Constipation Like we said, staying hydrated helps lubricate the digestive system. During the process of dehydration, the colon uses up the water that would have been used by the intestines in the next step of the digestive process. Without going into too much detail, I’ll let you figure out what a lack of lubricant in the intestines leads to.

12. You Experience Reduced Urination Believe it or not, if you’re not taking a trip to the restroom 4-7 times a day, you’re probably not drinking enough water. And when you do go #1, it should be a light yellow or clear colour. If it’s a darker yellow,

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The Beauty Practice with Alison can now offer a more comprehensive range of treatments including Beauty and Aesthetic work.

Mike has joined Debbie to help her with her ever increasing client base on the specialised areas of Rehabilitation including Neuromuscular Work and Orthopaedic Treatments.

Although Debbie is not looking to give up her Therapies on the Rehabilitation side of her work she has become so busy with demand in her successful business another pair of hands will not go a miss. Mike’s background of working with Sports Athletes in Ireland has certainly gained him a good reputation, not to mention his Qualification into Mr Universe competitions.

Debbie has been offering treatments for over 7 years in the Andalucian area of Spain, with her Extensive Range of Treatments, and expanded to Mojacar 3 years ago. With both Debbie and Mike being PT Instructor qualified, they can offer a wide range of information for Sport’s Competitive Athletes to help them gain the edge on what it is they want to achieve. For clients who participate in Recreational Hobbies being competitive or not, such as; Bowling, Paddle Tennis, and Cyclists alike we also offer help and information so you can carry on enjoying your Sport at any age.

We have something for everyone now, a complete team offering Neuromuscular & Orthopaedic Treatments, as well as Therapeutic / Holistic & Beauty. We offer Alternative Therapies for everyone, with links to other Practitioners we can highly recommend, because we only work with the best that have knowledge and experience to put you in safe hands and good care.

Our New Beauty Practitioner Alison Smales now compliments us by not only putting the polish on the outside but deals with Problematic Skin and Nail Disorders. Alison offers her wide range of Treatments & Procedures to keep your Skin & Nails Tip Top. Her Para Medical Aesthetic work brings you youthful looks in this climate, where your skin needs Rejuvenation and Care to look the very best at all times of the year, combating the heat, wind, and other elements that you need to guard & protect against.

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13. You Experience Premature Aging The amount of water our bodies retain naturally decreases as we age. Obviously, what this means is that, as we get older, we should consciously increase our water intake. While premature aging is more evident on the outside, the damage it does to our insides will ultimately be felt over time. To decrease the risk of running your body raw, it’s important to continue to drink water throughout your lifetime.

14. You’re Reading This And Have Gotten This Far I drink water all the time. I almost always have a glass or bottle of water next to me, whether I’m working, working out, or vegging out in front of the TV. If you clicked on this article, chances are you thought to yourself “Hm, I don’t think I drink enough water.”

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Pompeii

Pompeii was founded 2700 years ago by the Osci tribe. The next few hundred years saw the Phoenicians, Etruscans and then the Samnites in occupation. Around 400BC the Romans took control; fortifying it in the process. 100 years later the Appian Way was built linking Rome to the south of Italy; to what’s now modern day Brindisi. It passed just 30km of Pompeii, as the surrounding land was so fertile Pompeii’s bountiful food and wine was easily exported across the Roman World.

Plus there was a bustling port near Pompeii.

Pompeii had a piped water system which fed 25 street fountains, private houses, businesses and public baths. In time of drought the water would first be turned off at the baths then the houses and finally businesses leaving the street fountains to supply the populace.

Pompeii was a hedonistic tourist resort with as many as 20,000 inhabitants. The surrounding countryside was thronged with villas belonging to Rome’s elite. In 62AD a powerful earthquake struck the town damaging every building and crippling the water supply. The Emperor Nero was performing in a nearby theatre and as he left the building it collapsed after him. Nero looked upon this as an omen of good luck.

Although the earthquake was a portent of much worse to come perhaps it was Nero’s thinking that swayed most locals to stay on as the Romans were a highly superstitious bunch. Rebuilding work started in earnest and evidence of this can still be seen

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Anonymous Declares 'Total War' on Trump

The hactivist group Anonymous is once again targeting Donald Trump in a new video, issuing a worldwide “call to arms” to take down the GOP presidential hopeful.

In a video posted to YouTube, an Anonymous representative — wearing the group’s signature Guy Falkes mask — addresses the camera through a stylized overlay of audio and video distortion.

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“Dear Donald Trump, we have been watching you for a long time, and what we see is deeply disturbing,” says the Anonymous member in the new video, which also features video clips of the candidate’s more controversial public statements.

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in what remains t h e r e today. The area suffered regular but smaller quakes leading up to the cataclysmic event 17 years later that’s now made Pompeii infamous.

In autumn 79AD Vesuvius erupted, shooting ash, rocks and poisonous gases high into the sky, the eruption was seen from hundreds of kilometres away. As much as six inches an hour of ash rained down from the sky. I remember in my school days being taught that people suffocated on the ash in their sleep. Only 10% died this way as the main cause of death was much worse.

As the magma chamber lost its power the huge column of dust and gas started to fall; instead the superheated cloud sent pyroclastic surges of up to 700 km/h of gas and pulverised rock rushing down the mountain sides. Pompeii was in the way; the 350C gases instantaneously burnt the inhabitant’s lungs and boiled their brains; as they died the severe heat caused their muscles to contract so they dropped dead to lie in the foetal positions which are how we see them preserved today. The eruption left Pompeii and the surrounding area buried under 25 metres of ash. It was custom to rebuild after a disaster but the damage was so complete that the area was never repopulated.

Only in 1599 when digging a water channel were some remains discovered. Pompeii’s lewd past was revealed as erotic frescos were unearthed which

were rapidly reburied as they were deemed too risqué for the times. In 1738 when digging the foundations for a new palace the remains were discovered again and work continued up until a few years ago when the funds dried up.

It’s a UNESCO World heritage site but sadly three times in the last 15 years has this certification been called into doubt as currently the place is suffering severe degradation. Five years ago the House of the Gladiators collapsed; currently less than a third of the buildings that visitors could see in the 1960s are open to the public. It’s estimated that over 300 million Euros are needed to further preserve the site. Mind you with Vesuvius normally erupting every 20 years or so and the last eruption being in 1944; it’s well overdue so perhaps it will soon get covered over again. With 3 million people living close by; Vesuvius is classed as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the World.

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ADVENTURE SPORTS IN SPAIN

Combine Your Passion For Adventure With Your Love Of The Area By Indulging In These Thrilling Sports A life on the ocean wave... oh thats the life for me If watersports be your thing, Spain’s crystal coasts and ferocious mountain rivers provide an abundance of opportunity for the your inner fish.

Gentler more relaxing watersports include canoeing, sailing and fishing, while the more adventurous of you will delight at the rush windsurfing and kite surfing gives as you strive to bounce your way across the glittering waters.

Nature lovers can take in the beauty of the area with boat tours, and even Whale and dolphin watching is also possible around the coasts of Gibraltar.

Local waters have abundant life so snorkeling and scuba diving is a definite for anyone who can get past the footwear.

For the most adventurous (seat of your trousers) kind of person, there is even white water rafting in the many mountain regions with some of the best (aka terrifying) routes in Europe.

Thrill seeker or explorer, there is something for everyone, at any level to enjoy.

Keep Grounded Perhaps earthy stone, and rambling hills are more your fancy. Spain’s luscious landscape with rambling, rolling hills and dramatic mountains provides a rich range of experiences for the land lover in you.

Natural cave systems with carved rocks and winding rivers give ample opportunity to meander while above ground the wind carved rocks and mountains beg to be climbed. Even casual hikers will find somewhere to plant those boots and walk, run or climb their way to the beautiful skylines Spain has to offer.

Speed lovers can accelerate their way round and down the many routes Spain has to offer, with bike or car and even in some cases a giant inflatable orb (Zorbing as it is widely known).

Spain’s undulating mountains are a popular and renowned location for skiing, with the combination of natural snow and warmer air making it a popular location.

From gentle walks to frantic runs, land sport in Spain has something to give.

Fly like a bird For some of us, keeping our feet on the ground goes against our nature to be free and fly like a bird. Fortunately Spain has many options for your inner bird as well.

High peaks for takeoffs and stunning landscapes mean that Spain is a destination for many air enthusiasts. Parasailing or hang gliding, brings you as close to the sky as a bird, while gliding, microlighting and light aircraft activities allow you to soar.

For the daredevil, there is sky diving, with Spain’s warm climate and vast views to entertain as you descend.

Be it gliding, soaring or falling, there is plenty to see and do in Spain for anyone who wants a different perspective.

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This percentage is also well above the increases registered for the eurozone (6%) and for the whole of the EU (4.4%). The eurozone’s 6% increase was mainly due to the 7.1% rise in civil engineering works, together with the more moderate 1.4% increase in housing construction. In the European Union as a whole, the increase was as a result of housing construction rising by 5.3%, while civil engineering works fell by 0.8%.

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The eurozone increase was due to a 1.7% rise in civil engineering works and a 4.1% increase in housing construction, while the EU increase was as a result of the housing sector rising by 2.7%, while civil engineering works, in contrast, recorded a decline of 2.5%.

Among the Member States for which data are available, the greatest month-on-month increases were recorded in France (7.3%), Germany (7%) and Spain (2.6%), while the greatest declines were registered in Hungary (-13%), Romania (-6.4%) and Slovakia (-6.2%). https://news.kyero.com

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We will keep you up to date and fully informed throughout and all at a very competitive price.

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SM022 REDUCED PRICE 110,000€ NEAR ARBOLEAS

Delightful detached villa in a prime location walking distance to the local bars, cafes and the many amenities of the beautiful village of Almanzora. Features 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom , stunning mature garden setting , fully fenced/walled and at the recently reduced price represents fantastic value for money.

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Detached villa in excellent order , features 3 bedrooms , 2 bathrooms Set in a beautiful mountain backdrop on the outskirts of Cantoria , prime location as walking distance to the many amenities of the town including bars, cafes, medical centre , school and much more. The 1000m2 plot is fully fenced/walled and in excellent order , plenty of room for a pool , this property represent excellent value for money.

Tel: 950 064 584 609 199 394

Traditional detached cortijo in small hamlet of homes and only a short drive to Arboleas. Features 4 bedrooms , 2 bathrooms , and 800m2 plot.

(Option available to buy additional land) Requires some renovation hence the amazing price for such a large quality home, must be viewed to appreciate

MOUNTAIN VIEWS , CLOSE TO AMENITIES

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SM042

100,000€

Spacious 3 bed 4 bathroom detached traditional cortijo with much charm and character and many original features. Most attractive and desirable location as short drive to the nearest village and just off main access road. This large property offers scope for minor renovation hence the fantastic price. This home comes with many extras including 4 outbuildings, garage and a new fitted kitchen. Set in a small hamlet of country houses in a setting yet so close to amenities. A short drive to the traditional village of Almanzora with all amenities you would require including bars, cafes, medical centre and banks.

Only 5 mins drive to the nearest main market town of Albox.

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Mountain Views

REDUCED PRICE 94,950€ LIMARIA

Detached village home walking distance to local bar and swimming pool Features 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and many original and stunning features including 3 courtyards, beautiful mosaic walls with unique aspects.

Close to the town of Tjola with all amenities you would require including bars, cafes , medical centre, banks and post offices. Must be viewed to appreciate.

sM046 NEW LISTING 175,000€

Detached villa with stunning mountain views in mature garden setting Features 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms , 700m2 plot, 8x4 swimming pool and is in excellent order Walking distance to a local bar/cafe and in ideal location as only 15 minute drive to either Albox one way or Huercla Overa the other way. Early viewing advised as popular location.

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Detached villa in excellent order features 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Set on large corner plot of 1000m2 with mature garden setting not overlooked Walking distance to local bars and only 10 minute drive to the market town of Albox This property is unfurnished and available long term

WE URGENTLY REQUIRE LEGAL PROPERTIES FROM COAST TO COUNTRY WE ARE LOOKING FOR ALL TYPES OF PROPERTIES FOR RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES. CLIENTS WAITING CALL US 950 064 584

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Enix

35.000€

Attractive 2-bed apartments many with sea views situated in the Alpujara mountains next to the beautiful village of Enix, 10 minutes from the coast.

They have 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a lounge-dining room, a kitchen, a terrace, private underground parking and a storeroom. The complex has a swimming pool and gardens and is just 2 minutes from the village, 5 minutes from a golf complex and just 10 minutes from the coast. Court repossession.

From 42.000€

Almería

Vera

From: 66.000€

Luxury complex of 64 m², 2-bed apartments situated just a short walk from the beach. They have 2 bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, 2 bathrooms, a loungedining room, a kitchen and a private underground parking space. The penthouses have a terrace and a solarium, the 1st floor apartments have a terrace and the ground floor apartments have a private garden and terrace front and back. Urbanization has swimming pools and gardens and is located a just a short walk from the beach

Beautiful “loft” type apartments situated on the Envia Golf course and just 10 minutes from the coast. The apartments are “loft” type ( that is to say open-plan) and come furnished with a fitted kitchen and have a large terrace with views of the 18th hole and many with views of the coast. They are located next to the Envia Wellness Golf Hotel, and approximately 6 km from the coast. La Envia’s excellent golf course is located in a stunning valley, banked by towering mountains on either side that effectively produce a micro-climate of fantastic golfing conditions and these apartment are an ideal base at a highly reduced price. Bank repossession.

125.000€

A 70 m², 3 bed chalet set in 1700 m² of land with a pool. Situated close to the village and just 25 min from the coast and various golf complexes. The property has 3 bedrooms (one in a separate building with a bathroom, ideal for guests), 2 bathrooms (one en-suite) a lounge-dining room with a wood burning stove, a fitted kitchen and a covered car port. The 1700 m² garden has 850 m² walled and with well established plants and trees and the rest of the land is just open. The property is set right on the edge of the village making it very easy to walk into town to visit bars, restaurants and shops.

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REF ARB3VAP03 PRICE €184,950

REF ALM5V01 PRICE €199,995

REF ARB3VLL07 PRICE €164,950

3 bed 2 bath Lakes Vega villa near Arboleas village centre with great mountain views, private pool, roof terrace, air-con, large fully fitted kitchen and fitted wardrobes.

A huge 375m2 build detached 4 bed 4 bath villa in Almanzora village. The property can be 2 separate apartments upstairs and down with garage and pool. In centre of village!

3 bed 2 bath Lakes Vega villa in Arboleas with private pool, detached garage, long covered fly free terrace and great views. A superb home and fully furnished subject to negotiation.

REF TUR2V06 PRICE €159,950

REF ARB3VLL06 PRICE €179,950

REF AFX3T07 PRICE €99,950

2 bed 2 bath detached villa in Turre with great views, 8m x 5m private pool, separate reading room, air-con, raised terraces, log burner, fitted wardrobes and walking distance into the town.

3 bed 2 bath detached villa in Arboleas.

A simply stunning setting with amazing, unspoilt, open mountain views. Very private with a huge enclosed terrace for dining, fly free eating area, air-con, casita store.

3 bed 2.5 bath village house in Alfaix.

A large family home with air-con, log burning fire, terraces, mountain views, furniture negotiable and communal pool & gardens. A bargain!

REF PAL2AT01 PRICE €74,950

REF PAR3VC01 PRICE €169,950

REF ALB3V12 PRICE 149,950€

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¿Utopía? food was to regard it as a weapon of

The green mist hung heavy in the morning air. Its ability to offend the nostrils and severely erode the epidermis keeps the local inhabitants behind closed doors. The return of the Alquerian Mist was unheralded due to the complex nature of its origin.

The bad drainage coupled with a temperature inversion which occurs from time to time in the Alquerian Valley are considered the main causes.

This time it was thick, foul smelling and particularly irritating to the exposed parts.

The timing of this meteorological phenomenon was unfortunate. A television unit from the BBC, led by that celebrated director Gordon Gigglemoor was in the process of producing a documentary. ‘Utopia’ was to be a programme investigating why so many Britons choose to settle on the southern Iberian Continent. Alqueria had been chosen as the venue. Why? Perhaps bribery by the Pueblo’s leaders. Perhaps research had selected Alqueria from its many rivals or perhaps it was just sheer bad luck on the part of the BBC. Whatever the reason Gordon and his worthy crew coughed and scratched their way through the disgusting green mist. The cultured presenter’s voice of Preston Melove permeated through the chocking haze. He waxed lyrical about the wonderful climate before collapsing in a paroxysm of coughing.

Preston is a man with two great loves, himself and food. His opinion of Alquerian

war rather than something one would voluntarily digest. His forced smile as he sampled the Alquerian Newt Pie said it all but in the true tradition of the BBC Preston put on his professional face. Describing the delicacy as unique and delicious before moving out of shot and vomiting for five full minutes. The smell of the pie lingered causing Preston to be followed by a herd of meowing cats.

It was with some trepidation that the film crew setup their equipment with the intent of capturing a typical evening’s entertainment at the Bar La Casa Devante. Ernesto Muyinestable, the onelegged flamenco dancer was first up or rather down, his performance alternating between the two. The applause which greeted Ernesto at the end of his act was one of pity and embarrassment. Ernesto viewed it differently and vowed to increase his repertoire with more complicated routines.

A recipe for disaster. Manuela followed with her ‘gran espectáculo’. This involved Manuela, a root vegetable, a side-arm truncheon and a volunteer from the audience. Even the hardened locals felt nauseas as Manuela performed feats of amazing dexterity and ingenuity.

At this point Preston was seen to weep openly. Sobbing into his microphone which expired with a puff of blue smoke and a muted crackle.

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5.13 a.m.

I awoke abruptly at 5.13 a.m. to a surreptitious scratching noise.

The night time sleeping configuration is thus: the humans sleep in the bedroom, leaving the bedroom door open. This is so that Lucy, The Dog That Is Not Ours, who sleeps in the living room in front of the television on a magnificent 3-deep layer of foam and fur fabric, can contact us if she is in need of a nocturnal comfort break.

The cats sleep in the kitchen, separated from the living room by the internal kitchen door. Her Royal Highness Sayyida Al Hurra sleeps on a fairly meagre blanket-covered foam pad on top of the laptop –she could sleep in luxury in her own bespoke cat bed with soft sides and integral cushion, but she prefers to sleep in comparative penury on a spot where she can see into the bedroom.

Mr Tommy Fluffipants, however, has the entire kitchen table upon which to slouch. He is not allowed on the kitchen table unless his ridiculously large cushion and towel have been placed there first, although he strongly refutes this fact.

So what woke me? Our house is well defended. The first line of defence is the gravel which surrounds the house, creating a moat less wet but more noisy than that of any castle.

The second line of defence is Lucy’s convincing impression of a rabid Rottweiler. Any burglar bent on illegal access, front or back, would hear her and have ample time to change his mind and run

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josbiggs@hotmail.co.uk whimpering for safety. To the best of my knowledge she has never tasted Burglar, but I’m sure it is a dish she would relish.

The third line of defence is to the implacable wrath of me, 5’7”, bald as a coot, wearing a blue dressing gown and wielding a putter.

It took me seconds to identify the source of the scratching. It was Mr Tommy Fluffipants, determinedly trying to open the door with his fingernails.

I got out of bed, took a torch and shone it on him. He ceased, and looked up at me with the innocence of the new-born.

‘Go to bed, Tommy!’ I hissed at him.

‘I want to sleep in your bed.’ He countered. ‘I might be scared of the dark. I might need comforting.’ He raised his arms up in mute appeal.

‘You’re a cat, Tommy. Cats aren’t scared of the dark.’ I turned off the torch and went back to bed, feeling really mean!

LEGAL CORNER WITH MICHAEL DAVIES, ABOGADO/SOLICITOR

If you wish us to print an article about a particular topic, please e-mail info@daviessolicitors.com - www.daviessolicitors.com MENTIONING A TRUST ON A SPANISH WILL IS ASKING FOR TROUBLE. SOMETIMES WHAT IS LEGALLY POSSIBLE AND WHAT IS PRACTICAL IS NOT THE SAME THING. THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. Question: I had a Spanish will made out for myself and my wife some time ago. We have recently hired a solicitor to handle a conveyance and he has taken a look at the wills and told us they are not good and that we should make new ones. We are now uncertain of what to do. We have attached the wills for you to take a look at them. Our instruction to our original solicitor in Spain was for him to do exactly what we did in the UK on our English wills. He said that since the Directive 650/2012 this can be done.

Answer.

As my granny would always say: a little knowledge can cause a lot of damage.

There is no doubt, the will is dreadful.

You must change it. I doubt the person who prepared your will has ever dealt with probate in Spain and in fact I doubt the person is even a solicitor. ( I say this because any solicitor I know would tell you that your will is asking for trouble). The will essentially translates the English will you handed over and sets up a trust to protect your children versus your second wife. Even though Directive 650/2012 allows English law to be applied (by choice of the testator) to how an estate is distributed in Spain, using institutions like trusts will cause endless problems and expenses for your heirs because Trusts are not understood in Spain the same way as in UK. So Certifications of English law (which are very expensive) will be required to help wind up the estate (by explaining the content of English law). To this you

will have to add a lot of problems with Spanish Inheritance tax (remember Directive 650/2012 has no effect on the taxation of the estate).

In Spain it is the beneficiary that pays inheritance tax and not the estate.

Descendants and spouse in Andalucía are exempt if they each receive less than 175,000€. In this case the trustee is a non-family member and as he has faculty to dispose of assets, the Spanish tax office could interpret that he is in control of the estate and is the person who owes the tax. As non-family he would receive a large tax bill. (This could all be battled out but it would be a mess.)

Conclusion: Keep things sensible and uncomplicated. In this case achieve what you want using methods that are common practice in Spain. (Even though with the Directive it is possible to have the will run under English law you must remember that probate will need to be obtained in Spain, so making a will that nobody understands in Spain is not a good idea It would be up to your heirs to prove what UK law says and I can tell you from plenty of experience that dealing with Trusts in Spain is nightmare scenario.) In this case leave the life possession of your property to you wife and the residual value to your children.

With the values you have sent me the estate will be exempt, probate will be simple and both your children and your wife will be fully protected as you asked for.

Michael Davies. Abogado.

Michael Davies is a Spanish Abogado and has been practicing law in Almería since 1993. He is member of the Law societies of Almería and Madrid and has offices in Mojacar and Almeria High Street.

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4. Cow juice container ?..........................

5. Song from ‘Fiddler on the Roof’?.........

6. Floral items, could be climbing or tea ?............................................................

7. Single snowy deposit ?.......................

8. This becomes you, according to the song ?....................................................

9. The ‘E’ is missing from this pet food?..

10. Could be Park Lane, or Mayfair?........

11. A star cluster?...................................

14. Sounds like bloomers!?.....................

CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC crossword

8. Moonlight 9. KitKat? (Kit E Kat) 10. Quality Street 11. Milky Way 12. Galaxy 13. Planets (made by Mars) 14. S(nicker)s

SOLUTIONS

1. After Eight 2. Mars Bar 3. Black Magic 4. Milk Tray 5. Matchmaker 6. Roses 7. Flake

Answers

GOLD NUGGET GUNSLINGER HATS HIRED HAND HORSES ICE HOUSE LASSO MARSHALL MINE SHAFT OUTLAWS PELTS PIGS PIONEERS POST OFFICE RANCH HAND REVOLVER

wordsearch answer

standard SUDOKU

cluster!?................................................

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13. Oh look, there’s another star

ASSAY OFFICE BANK ROBBER BARN BLACKSMITH BOOTS BUCKBOARD BUNKHOUSE CALAMITY JANE CHAPS COAL OIL COWPOKE DAVY CROCKETT DOCTOR DRESSMAKER FENCE GENERAL STORE

RUSTLER SADDLER SALOON GIRL SCHOOLHOUSE SCOUTS SHOOTOUT SHOTGUN SPURS STIRRUP TOWN HALL TRADING POST TUMBLEWEED WAGON WANTED POSTER WHISKEY WILD BILL HICKOK

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12. Another star cluster?........................

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1. Which meal was taken at Tiffany’s in the film with Audrey Hepburn?.....

2. Which Miss was Maggie Smith whose Prime won an Oscar in ‘69?................................

3. Which musical by Lionel Bart was based on a Dickens novel?..............

4. Which nanny did Julie Andrews win an Oscar for playing?..........................

5. Which role did Warren Beatty play to Faye Dunaway’s Bonnie?.........

6. Which Sweet girl was played by Shirley Maclaine in the 1968 musical?..........................

7. Which western actor won his only Oscar for ‘True Grit’?.......................

8. Who played Alfie?........

9. Who played Fanny Brice in ‘Funny Girl’?........

10. Who played James Bond in ‘Dr No’?...............

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squiggle SUDOKU

Find and circle all of the words that are hidden in the grid.

The remaining 30 letters spell a Will Rogers quotation.

7. John Wayne 8. Michael Caine 9. Streisand 10. Sean Connery

1. Definitely not before 20.01hrs?...........

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2. Mother’s hostelry, perhaps?...............

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1. Breakfast 2. Jean Brodie 3. Oliver!

4. Mary Poppins 5. Clyde 6. Charity

IDENTIFY THEse FAMOUS faces

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1. Che Guevara 2. David Letterman 3. Prince William 4. Greta Garbo

on this day 30th march

1806 – After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their “Corps of Discovery” begin their arduous journey home.

1918 – First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war 1956 – Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. (Republic Day in Pakistan) 1965 – The first issue of The Vigilant is published from Khartoum.

1994 – Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in Siberia when the pilot’s fifteen-year-old son accidentally disengages the autopilot, killing all 75 people on board.

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STANDARD CROSSWORD

6 Slid (7) 7 Stringed instruments (5) 9 Poke (4) 10 Leather-clad vixen (10) 11 Determined the size or amount (8) 13 March aggressively into another’s territory (6) 15 Green seaweed (4) 17 Another name for Norway (5) 18 Gears (4) 19 A blue dye (6) 20 They pull teeth (8) 23 Crushes (10) 26 Nimbus (4) 27 Cloth made from flax (5) 28 The landscape (7)

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1 A form of Hindi (10) 2 Arachnid (6) 3 Type of cheese (4) 4 Sowing (8) 5 Backside (4) 6 Wait on (5) 8 Noisy party (7) 12 Summoned sufficient courage (5) 14 Inoculates (10) 16 Related to language (7) 17 Type of synthetic rubber (8) 21 Imbedded (6) 22 Linger or dally (5) 24 A climbing plant (4) 25 Gusto (4)

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famous bithdays on this day

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1962 – MC Hammer, American rapper and actor 1978 – Simon Webbe, English singersongwriter and actor (Blue) 1986 – Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer 1990 – Jaik Mickleburgh, English cricketer

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8 Parties no longer with us? (4) 9 Queen - right or mistake? (5) 10 Ponytail each, without first course? Indeed! (4) 11 Attack a ship with a one-liner initially (6) 12 Competent first murder victim, reportedly (4) 13 Home in Vine Street (4) 14 Go back about monster (4) 16 Record one Conservative system of reasoning (5) 18 “Home”boy? (5) 20 32AD inside communication device (5) 21 No church without time for indentation (5) 22 Gave out 500 late slips (5) 23 Spooky - that is always first (5) 25 Garment of impresario (4) 26 Try the heartless street (4) 28 Witches laugh at good point (4) 30 Elicit laboratory shows up sea (6) 33 Ripped to shreds (without quiet daughters) (4) 34 State I had up for nothing (5) 35 Empty look after “I’m up for drink” (4)

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1 Isn’t broken, but lacking never-ending pans (4) 2 House without a good deference (6) 3 Shout, you old Limas! (4) 4 Doctor I have thrust (5) 5 Annoy 1 Kings (3) 6 New Monday generator (6) 7 Follow thanks with the Italian (4) 13 Called me in and remodelled (5) 15 Brilliance of an angry look? (5) 16 Books after the French gave temporarily (4) 17 Get dog batting first (5) 18 Gag, alright, in half of jeep (4) 19 Time animals return for kick-off (5) 24 I t-take action with Sikh leader’s important matters (6) 25 Somber, funny melons (6) 27 Small fruit weapon (5) 29 Biblical character (cockney) has little moment inside (4) 30 Group of countries returning company pound (4) 31 I had the French doing nothing (4) 32 City’s serious inclusion? (3)

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SPORTS DAY at BAR CIELOS from noon.

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Open Daily 9:30am til Late. Tuesday-Thursday evenings only.

Breakfasts and Snacks served daily Menu Tapas Tuesday & Thursday Evenings

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from 3.95€ different exciting fillings each week, take away available.

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2 hour trek including 2 course Sunday roast with glass of wine/beer just 25€ pp. Call to reserve.

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Couscous Salad

FOOD & ENTERTAINING...

Herby Salmon & Couscous Parcels

Tip the couscous into a large bowl. measure 400ml boiling water into a measuring jug and crumble in the stock cube. Add the butter and stir until the stock cube has dissolved and the butter melted. Pour over the couscous, then tightly cover with cling film. Leave for 10 mins until all the stock has been absorbed.

Meanwhile, heat a large griddle or non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Cut the halloumi into ½cm-thick slices. When the pan is really hot (a drop of water will sizzle immediately), place the halloumi slices in the pan.

Cook for 2-3 mins until charred and lightly golden. Use a fish slice to turn cheese and repeat on the other side.

Cut the slices in half.

Tip the yogurt into a small bowl. Mix in the harissa, a little at a time, until you’re happy with the flavour. Tip the chickpeas into a sieve and rinse

Ingredients (Serves 4)

250g couscous ½ vegetable stock cube knob butter (about 1 tbsp) 240g pack halloumi cheese ½ 142ml tub natural yogurt 1-2 tsp harissa paste 200g can chickpeas 2 roasted red pepper (from a jar is fine) 50g bag wild rocket

under the cold tap. Drain any liquid from the peppers, scraping away any seeds and tear into chunks.

Remove the cling film from the couscous and use a fork to fluff up the grains and break up any clumps.

Mix in the chickpeas, peppers and rocket. Toss through the warm halloumi slices, then drizzle over the yogurt dressing to serve.

EVERY WEDNESDAY IN APRIL

Buy one fillet meal at 10€ get the 2nd half price.

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Booking essential

(Fillet is available on the menu everyday of the week for 10€)

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Saturday 2nd April at 8.30pm STEVE FISHER Set Menu Available

Put the couscous into a bowl and stir in the stock and oil. Cover with cling film and leave to stand 10 mins, then uncover and fluff up with a fork.

Keeping back some herbs, add the rest of the ingredients, except the salmon. Season to taste.

Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Cut two large sheets of nonstick baking paper, then divide the couscous between them. Sit each fillet on the couscous, top with the remaining herbs and season. Fold the paper over, then twist the edges to seal – like a Cornish pasty. Pop the parcels onto a baking sheet and bake

110g pack lemon and garlic couscous 200ml hot vegetable stock 1 tbsp olive oil handful chopped fresh herbs (parsley, plus thyme, tarragon or rosemary is good) 4 spring onions , thinly sliced 4 Sun-blush or sundried tomatoes, chopped 2 salmon fillet, approx 140g/5oz each

for 15 mins or until the fish feels firm through the paper. Serve in the bag.

Restaurant - Bar ida

Sharron & Danny welcome customers new and old

Traditionally Cooked Sunday Lunch Available 12:30pm - 4pm

Full Menu Available ALL DAY, EVERY DAY from 10am - 9pm Sunday 5pm-9pm

Thursday 7th April, 7:30pm Psychic Evening Tickets 10€ inc buffet at interval

Ingredients (Serves 2)

Fridays Atlantic Cod Fillet with Handcut Chips & Peas

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would like to invite you to sample the exciting new additions to the already successful menú of the night. With 4 new additions per the 3 course taking it to 11 starters 10 mains, and 9 sweets.

With additions to include more choice for the high volume of gluten free people.

Still priced at the value beating 10.95€ for 3 courses, including a carafe of wine for 2 people.

Full al-carte still available. Please call for reservation.

is situated in the pretty village of Cerro Gordo and just 10 minutes outside Albox. They do delicious homemade food including beef wellington, orchard pie and speciality food. All freshly prepared so booking is essential. Try their homemade 3 course Sunday lunch at 8.50€. Free venue for your Party or Get Together just phone Chris for details 950 930 169 or 650 599 739. www.bistobonita.alittlebitofengland.es

Your Guide for Dining Out in Spain

Dining out in Spain can be confusing for visitors and expatriates alike. The crazy mealtimes, lack of menu translations, and the extensive variety of pork products we never even knew existed can make any seasoned gourmand a bit frustrated. Here I present the first of various articles of a comprehensive guide on dining out in Spain– what you need to know to make the most of your culinary experience. I’ll be presenting the series in different parts over the next few weeks. If you have an idea for a future topic please leave it in the comments. And since the majority of my experiences hail from Andalucía, please speak up

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if your region does things differently!

Spanish Food and Drink Establishments: Where do Spanish people eat and drink?

Bars, restaurants, cafés, pubs, and discos.

Bars: Walk through any Spanish town and you may begin to think that the people are a bunch of borrachos (drunks). With creative names like Miguel’s Bar, Madrid Bar, and Delicious Bar (sarcasm) these small establishments are usually full of patrons for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But bars here are not quite like what we would think of in English. They are simply less formal restaurants where you can

Restaurante

Menu del Dia 10€ Selection of Tapas English Speaking Everyone Welcome Friendly Atmosphere

Albox

menu del noche €10.95

Includes a carafe of wine per couple 11 starters, 10 mains & 9 Desserts Full A La Carte also available Monday - Saturday 7pm - late. Closed Sunday

Call 950 430 930 after 5.30pm

Bar-Restaurante

LA PALMERA

Avda Lepanto, 43 Opposite the BP Garage 04800 Albox-Almeria Tel: 950 430 993 Mobile: 659 056 082

Find us across the old bridge from Palza Mayor Albox, opp Bar Wassy

usually have breakfast, lunch, afternoon coffee and a snack, and dinner. Many bars serve tapas (small plates) and others have a fixed price menu at lunchtime. Sometimes a waiter will take your order and other times it’s self-service. Most do, however, serve alcohol at all times of day (therefore kind of living up to their name) and it’s not at all strange to see people taking a shot of liquor with their coffee in the morning, or enjoying a beer before noon! https://spanishsabores.wordpress.com

The Yellow Stone Bar Sunday roast 3 courses only 8.50€ with a choice of 3 starters, Main with a choice of 2 meats and all the trimmings. and a Choice of 3 desserts

WEDNESDAY 4PM - 7PM, FISH AND CHIPS BOOKING RECOMMENDED

call maggie or sue to book or more info Closed Monday Email: ysb1@albox-online.net

sat nav to bar N37.38742, W002.20080 Tel: 634 332 228

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Kalevala Restaurante

St George’s Day 23rd April

Sausages, Mash, Peas & Gravy with Guinness/Wine Put on your fancy dress for a day not to miss Food Served from 7:30pm Live Music from IMPULSE BAND from 9pm with all your old home classics.

Tickets 10€, or 13€ including transport Book & Pay Now to avoid disappointment

Fish Friday

Enjoy great fish plates all day including Cod, Salmon, Trout, Sea-bass, Mussels and Calamares

Sundays

Sunday Roast 9.50€ 2 courses served with pork and beef.

12-9pm. Booking recommended.

Tapas, Menu del Dia, menu a la carte, weekend spanish menu, english sunday lunch We cater to all your events and parties

Tuesdays

Fun Quiz 8pm

Thursdays

Harmony Friends Group 11am

We have play area for kids!!!

Available for private events, birthdays, weddings..

OPENING HOURS: 9AM - TIL LATE CLOSED ON MONDAYS.

Telephone: 607 484 414 kalevalarestaurante@gmail.com Restaurante Kalevala Ctra. Lorca-Baza, 22 Los Carasoles

Tel: 950 121 936

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ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION BRANCH 1359

The Branch meets on the third Tuesday in the month at 14.30 hrs at the El Paraiso Restaurant, located in Jardin del Mar 3, which is located very near Carrefour. If you would like information please contact the Chairman on 692508916 or Welfare on 615048892 or visit the Website www.rafacb.com

Wacky Races Villaricos

Date Saturday 14th May 2016 Anyone wishing to enter a team or advertise in the programme please contact via e-mail: wackyracesvillaricos@gmail.com Facebook: wackyracesvillaricos Or by visiting Bar La Plaza Villaricos

CARERS Harmony Carers Support Group meet every Friday: 12 noon – 3pm In the Private Function Room at Bar Roselada To find out more why not come along and meet us or call 634 333 290 Bar Roselada is located on the Albox to Arboleas Road just pass Happy Garden Restaurant.

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- community news Royal British Legion Mojacar Branch

Social Events for April Friday 8th Fish and Chips Quiz at Oasis Palomares from 7.30pm Saturday 23rd St Georges Day Lunch at Bellavista, Mojacar Playa at 1.30pm Friday 29th Fish and Chips Quiz Beachcomber Mojacar Playa 7:30pm for 8:30pm Branch meets first and Third Thursdays of the Month at the Artesan Centre.

For more details on Social events contact Eileen on Tele: 950 462 376 or 634 321 507

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ZURGENA & DISTRICT RBL BR3620

The Zurgena & District Branch of the RBL meet on the first Thursday of the month at Latino's Bar in Alfoquia. We are a small Branch of around 96 people.

We have various social events throughout the month and year. There is a Lunch Club that meet on the second Tuesday of the month, we choose a different restaurant to visit each month and this event has great support with Members and Guests enjoying experiencing different cuisine.

We have a Coffee Morning on the third Wednesday of the month at Latino's Bar with various activities. It is a good opportunity to meet up and have a chat and you would be made very welcome. If you would like to join the Branch or attend any of our events and would like further information please contact the Secretary, Chrissy at zurgena. rblsecretary@yahoo.co.uk. You will be made very welcome.

You do not have to have been a member of the Military to join.

TSB GOLF SOCIETY PLUS FOURS

CHARITY DAY: Saturday 23 APRIL 2016 The Turre Sports Bar Golf Society has arranged a charity golf day, followed by an evening auction and raffle, to be held on Saturday 23 April, starting at 10am.

The golf venue is at La Envia near Roquestas de Mar and there are limited spaces available at €45 per person with teams of four allowed. All competitors are asked to wear plus fours, 1930s old-fashioned style golfing clothes, and you can even choose your own team (€180).

And then, after your efforts out on the course, you will return to the Sports Bar, in Turre, for an auction and raffle to help raise money for the Vera Orphanage which needs a total of €15,000 to refurbish the toilets, baths and washrooms.

Effectively, a brand new shower block is required.

Please contact Dez on 677 161 705 or Alice on 620 876 488 or simply call into Alice’s Sports Bar in Turre to reserve your place… and of course, talk golf!

It will be a great day all round… so please add your name to the list of entrants as soon as possible as numbers are restricted.Tony Matthews

PAWS inundated with abandoned animals – again!

In the last 10 days the Mojacar-based animal charity PAWS has had 20 mainly puppies and kittens abandoned outside its shelter.

Several

of them were already suffering from serious infections. This simply prevents already-stretched shelter management and volunteers from keeping numbers down and offering help to members of the public in genuine need.

“Even for an experienced organisation like PAWS this is impossible to cope with” said a despairing shelter manager Yvonne Tromp..

“We lack the

space, manpower and finances – and the biggest problem is the risk those infections pose to the healthy animals already in our care.”

With conditions like parvovirus the symptoms may not appear for several days because puppies carry protection from their mother’s milk.

But

when that wears off parvo can become a lethal disease. “Already we’ve had to remove puppies from a forthcoming transport to Holland – where new homes were awaiting them – because they have become ill” said Yvonne.

Some of these abandonments seemed well organised and not just random events. Abandoning an animal is illegal, even outside a shelter, and will lead to a heavy fine if the offender is caught.

PAWS does not have an on-site hospital facility so

Age Support Almanzora

We have an office at Mora Oil on the Poligono Industrial Arboleas Norte.

You are welcome to call in for a chat and a coffee to find out more about our work or to make a referral for yourself or a neighbour / friend. We are open every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10.00 a.m. To 1.30 p.m.

Age Support Almanzora’s aim is to improve the quality of life for older people by providing emotional and practical support.

In recent months we have received an increasing number of requests for help Now we urgently need more volunteers to help us to help others. If you dislike the thought of vulnerable people being alone and, with the guidance of our Welfare Team Leader, you would enjoy visiting people in their own homes, please call in or telephone for more information to ask for a Volunteer Application Form.

If you think that you or someone you know could benefit from our support please don’t hesitate to call us on the number below. We are also able to provide advice about UK health benefits and have skilled volunteers who can help you complete an application form.

PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to provide carer support as we are not qualified to do so. To contact us please ring 634 333 544 or email welfareteam.asa@gmail.com

any animal with an infection needs to be taken to a vet.

People may think they are doing the best for the animals involved – but they are not.

They are

just causing serious risk. PAWS has already lost previously healthy cats and puppies this year which could otherwise have gone to good homes.

PAWS spokesperson Mike Dornan added: “PAWS is a volunteer charity entirely dependent on its own fundraising and public donations to survive.

It costs around €185,000 every year to provide the care it delivers. Many local town halls have arrangements with organizations and pay them to take on animals in their municipality. PAWS does not receive this kind of funding - yet ends up the target for abandoning animals.”

It simply cannot be the solution for every abandoned animal in the whole area. That solution is to have all domestic pets neutered (as PAWS itself does) and the problem would simply not arise. www.paws-patas.org pawsenquiries@gmail.com

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SPARE WHEEL with brand new tyre 185 x 65 fit Nissan Primera Estate or similar vehicle 30€, DOG GUARD adjustable fit any estate car 15€, POKER TABLE seats 8 with chip tray and drink holders brand new still in box with carrying bag. 55€, NISSAN ESTATE AUTOMATIC 1999 Head Gasket Set with new set of head bolts, expensive in Spain cheap at 100€, EXPRESSO COFFEE MAKER Makes 2 cups Orbegozo Roma hardly used 30€ OVNO 950 479 464.

30 square metres white marble pieces, suitable for paths or crazy paving. Near Albox, Buyer collects, 70€ Tel: 633 554 487 Scaletric set, many extras,inc,crossovers,lap counter,flyover,plus 4 extra cars, good condition 40€, 70 LP records for sale, mainly 60/70s €30, Alfoquia Tel 628 629 694 Large mirror with gold wooden frame 86cmx112cm good condition 45€, good condition oval wooden coffee table 70cmx118cm 30€.Bag of 100 silver three pennies 15€.1960’s Bus conductors ticket machine business opportunity working order 50€. Palomares Area Tel: 634 329 546 Large parasol with heavy base—55€ ono, as new 3 bar gas fire with orange gas bottle 60€ ono, Tel: 630 892 049 British Food Store 4 stroke petrol mower in Roquetas De Mar is 58cm cut 45€, 2 stroke regrettably for sale due to ill strimmer 40€, 2 grass edging health.

Genuine enquiries only please. cutters 10€. Tel: 950 529 226 Microwave with instructions No time wasters.

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Gyproc plaster 135mm cornice, 6 packs of 6 @ 3mtrs long totalling 180 linea mtrs. 120€ San Juan area Tel: 634 312 365.

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SOLTIMES newspaper group Require Sales Executives to work in our Vera and Antas Areas

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Happy ending after family pet Cupcake accidentally sealed inside cardboard box and transported 260 miles A pet cat called Cupcake has spent over a week in the post, after apparently falling asleep in a box.

Owner Julie Baggott did not spot the animal when she packed up a box of DVDs and sent it off to a customer.

Eight days later, the female cat arrived in Worthing, West Sussex, after somehow surviving the 260-mile journey from Falmouth in Cornwall.

The customer was understandably “somewhat startled”, vets said, when the box of DVDs was opened and Cupcake jumped out.

After being contacted, the RSPCA collected the cat and took it to Grove Lodge veterinary hospital in Worthing.

Dr Ben Colwell, a vet at Grove Lodge who treated Cupcake, said: “She was quite dehydrated and obviously really quite scared, quite nervous.

“She’s done really, really well, she’s responded to fluids really well. Luckily she was microchipped.”

After scanning the cat and discovering the microchip, the vets found Baggott’s details and got in touch.

The owner had been distraught at the loss of her cat. She and her family had put up posters and searched around Falmouth for days.

“When I realised she was missing, two weeks ago, it was the most horrible, scary feeling,” she told BBC South Today. “We looked everywhere for her.

“I feel terrible about what’s happened, you know. I mean, I put everything in the box and I sealed it straight away, so I don’t know how she managed to get in there.

“It was a miracle she was alive, she’s managed to survive that awful ordeal.”

Cupcake required several days of treatment for dehydration but has made a

full recovery since being collected by Baggott and taken back to Cornwall.

Royal Mail does not accept live animals, with a few exceptions including bees, some other insects and earthworms.

In 2006, a Cambridge University student was fined £750 and banned from keeping animals for 10 years after he and a friend posted a hamster as a prank.

The hamster gnawed through the envelope and was rescued by a postman, who decided to name him First Class.

This article was amended on 27 March 2016. An earlier version implied that insects, bees and earthworms are not animals- The Guardian.

A fundraising event in aid of THE DOG HOUSE

FUN OW H S DOG

Dog Show Sponsored by Liberty Seguros

At the Town Hall, Arboleas 12 Different Show Classes:

Refreshments

Coleman Cafe Open

Various Stalls

Bric-a-Brac, Pets, Books, Cakes, Bottles, Delicious Food Stall Raffle:Hamper Display by Dusty Boots

1. Fun Agility 7. Best non-pedigree 2. Cutest Puppy 8. Best Toy Dog 3. Veteran Pet 9. Waggiest Tail 4. Most Handsome Boy 10. Scruffiest Pet 5. Prettiest Girl 11. Any Rescued Pet 6. Best pedigree Pet 12. BEST IN SHOW

Bring your dogs and have a fun day out Book in at 10.30am

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Book Review

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

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“Ten people dead on an island and not a living soul on it. It doesn’t make sense. We don’t know who did it, or why, or how.”

Regarded as Christie’s masterpiece, the most difficult of her books to write and more than 100 million copies sold worldwide to cement the reputation of Christie as the Queen of Crime. Sarah Phelp’s recent adaptation of the book was atmospheric and gripping with a stellar cast lead by Charles Dance, Aidan Turner and Sam Neill.

The book needed an epilogue to explain who the culprit was and why he had chosen his particular victims for this fantastical crime, “something stupendous-out of the common. Something theatrical, impossible.” Sir Thomas Legge, the Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard and Inspector Maine try to piece it together after the discovery of the bodies and can’t quite get it right.

“Some fanatic with a bee in his bonnet about justice. He was out to get people who were beyond the reach of the law. He picked ten people-whether they were really guilty or not doesn’t matter.” The manner of their deaths resembled the children’s nursery rhyme hung in each of the bedrooms. (Frank Green 1869) Christie decided to include a simple device of a message in a bottle. More formally it was referred to as a manuscript document sent to Scotland Yard by the master of the Emma Jane fishing trawler. This amounted to a confession by the murderer before killing himself. It was enclosed in a bottle, sealed and cast into the sea. It neatly sums up what the police were unable to do and reveals the instability and dangerous nature of the murderer: “I have a definite sadistic delight in seeing or causing death.” He wanted it to be on a grand scale and it was!

The story is set in August 1939 and centres around an island off the coast of Devon called Soldier Island. The island was engulfed in mystery and was isolated, prone to storms so it proved the perfect venue to carry out mass murder. When there is a south-easterly wind you can’t land on the island. Sometimes it can be cut off for a week or more. An American millionaire, Elmer Robson, had bought the island and he had built a luxurious and modern house where his guests stayed. There were more recent rumours that Gabrielle Turl, the Hollywood film star had bought it. This couldn’t be verified. We do know that a Mr and Mrs U.N.Owen had bought the island recently and they had employed a Mr Isaac Morris to invite a number of people to the island. He was able to concoct a suitable bait for each of his victims to entice them to spend a week on the island before killing them, one at a time.

The characters are introduced as they are travelling from various destinations to Soldier Island. Justice Wargrave has just retired from the bench after a long and successful career. It seemed that he had been invited by an old friend, Constance Culmington to catch up on the old days and commune with nature. He hadn’t seen her for seven or eight years. He thinks that even Constance could have bought the island. He was known as the hanging judge. He had a great power with the juries: “it was said he could make their minds up for them any day of the week.”

Vera Claythorne was looking forward to being offered a summer job on the island.

She had been teaching games in a third-rate school and had had a strenuous term.

Working as Mrs Owen’s secretary sounded enticing. Philip Lombard was a ruthless mercenary. He had been offered a hundred guineas to keep a look-out. He was broke so he accepted the assignment. We are told continually that he moved like a panther and likened to a beast of prey. He is the only guest to carry a revolver which makes him one of the chief suspects once the killing spree begins.

Emily Brent is a religious fanatic. She had received a letter from an old acquaintance from Bellhaven Guest House inviting her for a free holiday on the island. Her income

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had been reduced so a free holiday was always welcoming. She reads from her Bible about the day of judgment: “the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.” General Macarthur seemed to have received an invitation from his cronies. He had mixed feelings when he landed, delight as he climbed the stairs followed by unease. Dr Armstrong was sent a cheque asking him to keep an eye on Owen’s wife without alarming her. Owen’s wife didn’t appear!

Mr Blore was using a pseudonym, Davis and had invented a story that he was from South Africa. Lombard spots the deceit immediately. Blore was an ex-detective. Mr and Mrs Rodgers were the butler and his wife, the cook. Dr. Armstrong was in need of a long holiday. He found Soldier Island magical, a world of fantasy. “You lost touch with the world-an island was a world of its own. A world, perhaps, from which you might never return.” Christie throws in plenty of clues to keep us on our guard. Something is very odd. Even the characters feel it. They eyed each erring on the side of caution. Then there was Anthony Marston who came for the drink and the prospect of women. Rich and spoilt. The first to be poisoned.

After dinner together, the guests relaxed and started to open up a little with more freedom and intimacy. Marston noticed ten little china figures sitting on the table, looking quite harmless but odd. And then it happened… There was a voice without warning, inhuman, penetrating accusing the guests of crimes committed- causing the deaths of other fellow men, with dates included. They are addressed as prisoners at the bar. There was a petrified silence followed by anger and shock. Then there’s a touch of Lord of the Flies with evidence that a madman (or woman) is out to kill each and every one of them. Suspicion, paranoia, trapped on the island with a madman intent on killing.

By the time three survivors remained Lombard suggested heliographing with a mirror, sending out an SOS in the hope of a rescue from the mainland. Some of them kept diaries and notes so it was possible for the police to piece together vital clues.

The man, Isaac Morris who had provisioned the island and made all the necessary arrangements died. Was he also killed? “He explained to the people down there (Sticklehaven) that there was some experiment on-some bet about living on a “desert island” for a week-and that no notice was to be taken of any appeal for help from out there.”

It’s a clever book and you’ll probably have to read it through right to the end before you discover the murderer. You won’t be disappointed.

Publisher: Harper Collins Publisher. ISBN: 978-0-00-713683-4

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Costa Almeria Lawn Bowls Alliance (CALB) News 2016 Men and Ladies CALB Singles & Pairs Final Results

On Tuesday 15th March the CALB Men and Ladies Singles Finals took place at Mojacar Bowling Club.

This competition began in December 2015 and involved over one hundred and seventynine players from bowling clubs, Almeria (ABC) Cabrera (CAB) and Indalo. (IND) Mojacar (MOJ) In the morning the Singles and in the afternoon the Pairs took place on a lovely sunny day with a sharp light wind.

Final Championship Winners Ladies Singles: Maureen DeBoer (IND) Men’ Singles: Tony Mullen (ABC) Ladies Pairs: Beryl Male/Maureen DeBoer (IND).

Men’s Pairs: John Fitzgerald/ Bryan Thompson (ABC) Summary of Finals: Ladies Singles – This competition was always going to be a tough game and for Judy Abel from Cabrera Bowling Club who normally plays on grass it proved to be the case. Maureen(Mo) Deboer from Indalo Bowling Club was in mean mood and never let Judy get ahead winning the championship with a score of 2115.

Men’s Singles – Tony Mullen, Almeria bowling Club was on fire not giving Andy Cooper time to breathe apart from Andy taking the first end scoring a single shot. Tony won the championship comfortably, 21-13 Ladies Pairs – Mo DeBoer and Beryl Male from Indalo Bowling Club was against Pat Marsh and Sue Sephton from Cabrera. Pat

and Sue found it difficult on carpet to match the strength of Mo and Beryl who are used to the surface. Pat and Sue played well but were no match for Mo and Beryl who won easily, 23-12 Men’s Pairs: On paper this game was going to be a very good competition with both pairs coming from Almeria bowling Club. The winners John Fitzgerald and Bryan Thompson against Reg Birmingham and Chris Ewer.

John and Bryan on this occasion played exceptionally well not giving Reg and Chris time to settle and although they played well just couldn’t get in front of John and Bryan apart from the first end winning comfortably on the seventeenth end, 21-9 The Prize giving on completion of the competition was conducted by the Chairman of the CALB, Chris Morgan. He thanked Brian Saunders for running the competitions and finals. All helpers including the markers for the Ladies Single final, Di Saunders and for the Men, Tony Millington.

He then added his thanks for all competitors who took part making this annual event so successful and all the many supporters, before presenting the prizes and Trophies to the Finalists. John Fitzgerald on behalf of all finalists completed the proceedings with sincere thanks to the hosts, Mojacar Bowling Club.

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On Saturday 19th March the newly formed “BOWLS CLUB DE ZURGENA” travelled to their first competitive friendly bowls match away from home against MOJACAR bowls club in Mojacar. It was a very informal match with 40 plus players participating, and played in excellent conditions with sunshine all the way. The friendly affair was won by Mojacar with 103 – 8 4 scoreline. However the aggregate score over the home & away 2 legs was in favour of Zurgena with a combined total of 209 for 199 against. The match was followed afterwards by some tasty snacks and drinks available at the newly formed, and very impressive facilities provided, by Mojacar committee & members.

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The Dutchman scored 405 goals in 711 senior appearances for club and country between 1964 and 1984, playing for Ajax, Barcelona, Levante, Feyenoord, in America and Holland. He won 48 international caps and helped his country reach the 1974 World Cup final. Then, as a coach/manager, he guided Ajax and Barcelona to European glory.

An early exponent of ‘Total Football’, Johan won the Ballon d’Or three times (1971-73-74) and was the recipient of 36 medals overall, 22 as a player. I had the pleasure of meeting him twice and now, I say, to a truly great football man, R.I.P. Tony Matthews

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2016 Almeria Bowling Club 20th Anniversary Open Competition

On 22nd March twenty teams took part in the 20th Anniversary Open Competition. These were from all local clubs, Mojacar, Cabrera, Indalo and of course Almeria Bowling Clubs.

A traumatic day was felt as rain threatened together with thunder.

Rain avoided us but thunder and lightning later in the afternoon occurred. Fortunately, it only lasted a short time and was replaced by lovely sunshine, although very cold.

The teams were drawn into two groups (1) and (2) and played three games each during the day of up to eight ends abled to be achieved in one hour. The winners of each group played each other in the Final. The runners up of both groups played each other for third and fourth places.

Winners of Group (2) (Almeria) - Overall Winners of Competition – Colin Wright, Ken Sykes and Viv Sykes beat Winners of group (1) (Cabrera ) Second – Rod Band and Lyn Band, Malcolm Smallwood.

Winners of runners up Group (1) (Almeria) Third– John and Lyn Burgess, Sylvia Pritchard. Beat the runners up of Group (2 (Indalo) Fourth) Gill Atkinson. Jenny Thompson and Gerard Douglas.

Both groups were very close to decide the finalists. Group (1) both on 22 points with only the shot difference separating them. Rod Band and team shot difference +20 with John Burgess team +14.

Group (2) Colin Wright and team scored 25 points but in second place were three teams on 19 points. The best of course was Malcolm’s team, +10. The others Teams with 19 points were from Indalo and featured Keith and Lyn Lester with Chris Ivin +8 and Alan and Mo DeBoer with Doreen Hall +2.

On completion of the competition I thanked the competitors

for taking part, the supporters watching, Jim Pike and team for carpet preparation, David Allen for doing a splendid job timing and coordinating the scores. As Shirley and Anthony were away and we were celebrating twenty years since the bowls started at Camping Los Gallardos David Jackson stepped up to do the prize giving. He mentioned the grass greens to the current carpet surface and tremendous progress we have made at Almeria, reaching this stage. He then presented the trophy to the winners and cash prizes which the LG management had sponsored.

All in all a great day was had by everyone Vic Parsons ALBC Press Officer & Deputy Chairman

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