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Elche Childrens Home
Elche childrens care home charity shop has been going now for 3 years and we are raising money for elche childrens care home. Let me tell you a bit about the home for those who dont know much about it. There are 18 children in the Home at the minute with more waiting to come in from ages 12-18. They have recently got a New director called mohammed and he has started a new garden project to teach them how to grow own veg etc. All the Children there have their own problems, toubled backgrounds and all come from different ways of life and need a bit of love. The shop itself has been a bit of a.struggle.... In the last 6 months
with having to move premises twice but we have managed to keep it going and keep raising money. The shop is now situated in a warehouse which is bigger premises for us in san fulgencio village on the cv859. We are sharing again as it keeps costs down to enable cheap prices in the shop. We are sharing with the rag and bone man who also has cheap prices on furniture, bricabrac and white goods. Our prices on clothing start at just 25c and we do mens, womens and childrens. Reading books are just 5 for 1e. We may be a little out of the way for some of you now but its worth a visit especially if you are out and about rojales way or la marina way. We are always wanting donations of anything from clothing to furniture and we do a collection service for those who cant get to us. We also have support from bars and restuarantes that hold raffles and fundays and our next one is at la finca in oct at the homes and gardens event and at the emerald isle 3 dec we have a xmas fair Numbers to ring for shop and donations is .....698440230 966845374
Stacey Mowle Appeal Fundraising
Inspired by the bravery of a young girl, Stacey Mowle, a Tottenham Hotspur supporter who – five years ago – was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma (a very virulent and aggressive form of cancer) members of Spurs Supporters Spain have started raising money to assist the appeal in her name to get her to the USA for the treatment she so badly needs. The Stacey Mowle Appeal needs to raise around half a million pounds and is already backed by the likes of former Spurs player Graham Roberts who is the Fundraising Ambassador for the Appeal, as well as numerous well known celebrities such as TV star Linda Robson, comedian Joe Pasquale, Embarrassing Bodies Doctor Pixie McKenna and many others. Events have been staged across many counties in southern England including sponsored walks, runs, cycle rides, golf days and even skydives and abseils, as well as comedy nights and a procelebrity football match and now they are being staged here in southern Spain. The first fundraising event by Spurs Supporters Spain was a variation on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge held at the end of August at Moores Bar and which raised 120 euros with eight club members accepting the challenge. The next will cover the whole month of October and is again based on another cancer campaign – Go Sober
for October – with club Secretary Graeme Clark agreeing to go through the entire month without drinking any alcohol. Plans for November are already well advanced with a Legends Evening starring Graham Roberts and Stephen Sedgley to be staged jointly at Moores Bar and Marinasol restaurant in Cabo Roig on Saturday 15th November. In addition, supporters of other football clubs have now come forward asking if they can take part in an event and have offered their assistance so the club is now organising a MowVember Challenge. This entails entrants not shaving for the whole of November and growing a beard or a moustache. Supporters of Liverpool, Newcastle, West Ham and Stoke have already agreed so Spurs Supporters Spain need supporters of all other Premier League clubs and as many from other leagues, even other countries, to come forward to take part. Providing you are living on the southern Costa Blanca or surrounding areas you are eligible to take part. For more information on any of these events – if you want to donate or would like to participate – check out the website www.spurssupportersspain. com or contact Graeme Clark on 966 764 403 (office hours 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday). Alternatively pop into Moores Bar on Cabo Roig and have a word with Martin.
Shark attacks boy on Spanish beach Witnesses reported that the boy was bitten by a blue shark, a common Mediterranean species. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Mark Conlin/NMFS A 16-year-old boy playing in the sea at the popular Catalan tourist town of Salou this month needed thirty stitches after being bitten on the hand by a shark. Witnesses could not positively identify the species that attacked the boy but some described it as a blue shark (Prionace glauca), a wide-ranging species common in the Mediterranean Sea. Salou town hall expressed its regret over the incident which it described as “isolated” according to Catalan daily La Vanguardia. The boy was in the area on holiday with his family from the northerly
Spanish region of Aragon. He was reported to have been playing with an inflatable mattress in shallow water when he was bitten on the right hand. Fast-moving, highly migratory blue sharks usually eat fish although they are known to sometimes go after larger prey. The sharks, which can weigh up to 80kg (175 pounds), can become aggressive if they feel threatened but rarely attack humans. As of 2013, blue sharks had only ever been implicated in 13 attacks upon humans, four of which ended fatally. Source: www.thelocal.es
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French telecom giant Orange on Monday made a €3.4-billion offer ($4.4 billion) to acquire Spanish fixedline operator Jazztel.
If the acquisition goes ahead, Orange expects synergies worth €1.3 billion from the deal, which would create Spain’s second-largest fixed broadband carrier and third-largest mobile network operator. The offer, expected to be presented to Jazztel shareholders on Tuesday, would mark the latest consolidation in the Spanish telecoms market and “bring together the two most dynamic players in the sector” with “a real potential for growth”, Orange boss Stephane Richard said in a statement.
Orange’s bid comes after Vodafone agreed to buy Spanish cable firm Ono for €7.2 billion earlier this year. The European Commission gave that acquisition the green light in July, judging that Vodafone’s mobile telecoms activities were largely complementary with Ono’s fixed-line services. Source: www.thelocal.es
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Campoverde Theatre Group present I’m Free!
Campoverde Theatre Group are now in the final stages of rehearsals for their latest production, their adaptation of the television comedy classic, Are You Being Served. I’m Free! has all the ingredients that made Are You Being Served such a firm favourite for so many years, comical fun filled situations, plus the addition of great music from the 1960’s that will have the audience singing along with the cast. Come along and see how Mrs Slocombe, Miss Brahms, Mr Lucas, Mr Grainger and Mr Humphries are preparing the store for German week price of the last 30 trading days, amidst the excitement of preparing themselves for a party weekend to valuing Jazztel at €3.4 billion. celebrate young Mr Grace’s 90th Jazztel’s chairman Leopoldo Fernandez Pujals, who owns a 14.5percent stake in the company, will accept the offer, according to Orange.
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birthday. Join along with the staff in providing Mr Grace with a birthday celebration he is bound to remember during his declining years. Campoverde Theatre Group hope to send everyone home with a smile on their face and a song on their lips. I’m Free! is a musical play full of well know characters and promises to provide a fun filled evening of light hearted entertainment. To be performed at The Case de Cultura, San Miguel on Friday 10th, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October. Tickets are available from Bargain Books in San Miguel or call Collin on 96 677 4127. Book early to avoid disappointment.
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The children from families helped by Reach Out Torrevieja have settled in nicely to the first two weeks of the school term. Liz Thompson of Reach bolnuevocars@msn.com Out, who organized the back to school Unable to get to the office project, told us, “We were able to send collection can be arranged over 54 children back to school with Available 7 days a week new school bags and a good quantity Discounted Long rentals of essential materials thanks to the expat community here. The families Good selection of Ford cars petrol/diesel came to the centre recently to collect Airport transfers can be arranged the new schoolbags and the children No fuel payment up front were delighted to return to school with Office: 968 150 979 - Paul: 616 018 742 new items.” Jan: 696 373 935 - Graeme: 629 558 808 Liz continued, “The team had quite Rebecca: 600 007 283 a time getting the bags ready, it was office in Bolnuevo (near Farmacia) somewhat of a logistical problem to solve as, in addition to our list of 54 next to Cafe Colonia ‘back to school’ children, we had a few more needy families who happened to drop by.” Do you own property in Spain? helping Children For the presentation of your Modelo 210 tax form We make it simple to pay all your Spanish Property Taxes Online children Much of the materials only by collected were students from King’s www.taxesonline.es Liz College Murcia. The non-resident Income Tax Website Based in Spain since 1993 explained, “The children “Just done my Spanish taxes on line with and parents of King’s www.taxesonline.es - this is the easiest least painful College really helped us way to do it - e.mailed them late on Friday - they out; they put together replied same day with taxes due - I e.mailed my packs of materials for bank to pay amount due - Bank replied back on Monday that it had been paid - Email from www.taxesonline.es on Tuesday - with an attachment our children and it of all the stamped paid paperwork - I just needed to print from the email was wonderful to be attachment - job done !! Thank you - this is a great service and I will be able to send them into using you again next year for the 3rd time”. school well equipped David & Sharon Wood for the new term.” ben.simkins@taxesonline.es
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Reach Out helps 35 families with essential items like food, hygiene products and cleaning items as well as clothing and help with school materials. ABOUT REACH OUT Reach Out currently helps around 80 local homeless men and women and 35 families in poverty. The homeless people are offered a breakfast and lunch at the charity’s drop in centre from a charity kitchen. The homeless people are also offered the opportunity to have a shower, have their clothes washed and dried and are given food and basic provisions. Often, their own clothing is in bad condition or unsuitable for living and sleeping rough so Reach Out also provides good second hand clothing for the homeless. Karolina said, “We try to restore some of the dignity they may have lost through becoming homeless. Something as simple as a hot meal and a shower, a change of underwear and clean clothes can make such a difference to a person who has nothing and nobody to turn to.” In winter, and on cold spring nights, this also includes vital supplies of warm clothing and blankets. Some of those with drug or alcohol issues are offered help and in the past, some have even been placed in rehabilitation by the charity. For the families, Reach Out carefully assesses each family group’s needs and carries out a home visit to learn more about each family’s situation. Karolina explained, “We only have capacity to help around 35 families as we want to do more than simply give them a food hamper and say goodbye. We try to help them get back on their feet again. We help with school supplies for the children, with clothing, books, bags and pencils. Each of our families has an allowance for our second hand shops so they can come and get clothing or shoes. We also run a solidarity supermarket and our families come in two groups, once per week and can choose essential items with vouchers we issue to them. We give away in excess of €400 every week in food and other essentials alone. By giving them a choice, we can better meet their needs – some will need food for their children, others might need toilet paper – we allow them to choose for themselves and give them
back some dignity.” Reach Out is always grateful of donations of food, clean clothing and The charity also needs furniture. donations of money and is keen to hear from any club, association, individual or business who would be willing to hold a fundraiser on the charity’s behalf. For more information on the charity, see the website www. reachouttorrevieja.com, or call Karolina 688348189. You can also find Reach Out on Facebook www.facebook.com/ reachouttorrevieja
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Diabetic Support Group
For a number of years the Help Association Diabetic Support Group has successfully provided support and advice for those who have recently been diagnosed with Diabetes, as well as for people who have learnt to live with this condition. The aim of this group is to: Provide up-to-date information concerning medical and practical developments in the management of diabetes. •U se guest speakers to provide information on a variety of subjects of interest to attendees. • Have a lively exchange of
information between anyone attending. The group meets on the last Wednesday of every month at 11.00 a.m. at Casa Tom Avenida Jaca 31 . Urb. San Luis. Torrevieja. If you think that you could benefit from this group, or can contribute advice or experience about living with diabetes, you can be sure of a warm welcome from like-minded people. For further information please contact:Oscar: 966 921 502 Terry: 647 189 135
Car donated to raise funds for K9
As many of you have been aware K9 had been donated a beautiful Daewoo Matiz to sell so as to raise funds for all the animals in our care. The car was well priced and was comparable to the others of the same make which were being advertised . Well, within 30 minutes of going live K9 were inundated with interested buyers. Needless to say the vehicle was sold very quickly much to the disappointment of those who missed out. K9 raised 1,300 euros for the sale and would like to say a tremendous thank you to Pia.
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A cave in Spain containing some of the world’s most precious prehistoric art will stay open for trial visits after decades closed for conservation reasons. Experts who launched small trial viewings in February at the Altamira cave to see whether the ancient paintings could withstand the breath and germs of visitors have now decided to extend them, the culture ministry said. Renowned for its 14,000-year-old paintings of red bison, the cave closed in 2002 for fear that moisture and microscopic fungi introduced by visitors would ruin the prehistoric paint. This year’s trial visits of small groups showed “no relation of cause and effect between the presence of researchers and visitors... and the loss of pigment”, the ministry said in a statement. Experts have now decided to continue
Spain’s prehistoric cave art open to lucky few letting five visitors per week into the cave until next February in order to monitor the effect on the ancient masterpieces over a year, it said. The highlight of the cave is a set of paintings, at least 14,000 years old, of red and yellow bison plus horses, deer, humans with the heads of animals and mysterious symbols. UNESCO listed the paintings as a World Heritage Site in 1985, describing them as “masterpieces of creative genius and... humanity’s earliest accomplished art”. The cave was discovered in 1868 at Santillana del Mar in Spain’s northern Cantabria region. During the closure, visitors have had to make do with replicas of the paintings, with only scientists allowed into the cave to carry out research. Source: www.thelocal.es
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Spain welcomes record 9 million tourists in August The number of foreign visitors to Spain topped 9 million in August, the highest number ever and up nearly 9 percent on the same month in 2013. Spain welcomed 9,070,024 visitors in August, the first time the 9,000,000mark has been passed. The figure also means the country received 8.8 percent more visitors last month than a year earlier, Spain’s national broadcaster TVE reported on Monday. The UK remained the main source of Spain’s visitors with 2,136,879 Brits making the trip south, a rise of over 5 percent on a year earlier. There was also a 9.4 percent surge in the number of French people travelling to Spain, with 1,981,643 people from France visiting their southern neigh-
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bour. Overall visitor numbers for the first eight months of 2014 were up 7.3 percent on the same period a year earlier, with 45,384,483 foreigners coming to Spain. Spain’s ongoing tourism boom has not been without its dark side however. August saw protests in the Barcelona neighbourhood of La Barceloneta against illegal holiday apartment and drunk tourists. Meanwhile, authorities in Majorca cracked down on tour companies and clubs and bars in the wake of a sexfor-drinks scandal in the island’s resort area of Magaluf. Source; www.thelocal.es
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Madrid fights traffic jams with city centre car ban
Authorities in the Spanish capital are looking to restrict access to drivers who don’t live in the city’s most central neighbourhoods by imposing €90 ($115) fines on cars that breach the new regulations. From January 2015, Madrid’s central neighbourhoods of Sol, Palacio, Cortes and Embajadores will probably no longer be accessible by car unless the people at the wheel are residents or wish to leave their car in one the 13 car parks found within the 352-hectare (860-acre) ‘cordoned-off’ area. Spearheaded by Madrid’s former mayor and current Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, the new measures are likely to cost €500,000 ($640,000) a year but will potentially reduce traffic congestion by a third in the narrow streets of the capital’s Centro district. “The main objective is to reduce the number of drivers looking
for parking spaces in these busy neighbourhoods whilst also offering more spots to residents,” Madrid town hall representatives have said. Spanish national daily El País reported the news on Sunday, pointing out that if drivers are unable to find a place to park in the 13 underground car parks because they are full, their registration numbers will still be recorded by one of 22 security cameras watching over the exits. If drivers decide to leave the area, authorities will then send a €90 fine to their home address. Motorbikes will have free access from 7am to 10 at night while delivery vans will only be able to enter the zone from 10am to midday on working days. Madrid’s controversial mayor Ana Botella, who announced on September 10th she will not be running for 2015’s municipal
elections, has plans to extend the restrictive measures to the city’s hip neighbourhoods of Malasaña and Chueca before her mandate ends. The congestion charges form part of a Mobility Plan (Plan de Movilidad) approved before the summer which also includes higher parking meter rates and a 25 percent increase in pedestrian zones in the city centre. There are currently 1.7 million vehicles in Spain’s capital, 80 percent of which are cars, even though there are already congestion restrictions in place in the city. In Madrid’s centre the average driving speed is only 21km/h and there is a 6 percent chance of being stuck in a serious traffic jam. Noise and air pollution in Madrid still fall short of the levels set by the EU and official health bodies. Source : www.thelocal.es
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braben’s blog... Hello and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes. “Hello World”! Go on, Admit it, you’re a little confused, maybe even a little intrigued. Don’t be, because today’s article is about something that every computer student has to go through. By this, I mean, programming. I can almost hear the groans of disbelief and despair coming from many of you good readers, but let me, in my own individual way, help you understand the very core of every Program, Application and (forgive me!!!) App that you use. The sub-species (and I mean that with much tongue in cheek) of ‘homo sapien’ commonly known as the ‘programmer’, ‘coder’, ‘hacker’ (from the days when newspaper writers used typewriters that needed to be hit hard to work – hence ‘Hack’) and even ‘Wizard’, spend their lives solving problems. You, good reader, will do a Crossword, a Puzzle or Sudoku with the intent of solving questions, puzzles and conundrums. It is possibly because you have a desire to win or to prove that you still can beat the quiz master – and quite right too! For the people who live in the ‘Blue Nowhere’ (a euphemism for the internet) their very nature is one of curiosity. During their younger years they might spend the summer days wandering meadows following a trail left by some small animal or maybe disassemble everything in sight just to find out how it worked. These people are the inventors, those with minds of Willow, both flexible and incredibly strong. This curiosity leads to tenacity, a need to see something to the end, regardless of effort. It is because of these qualities that we should ‘Give credit where it is due’ as my dad was fond of saying. When you’re working out your Sudoku or Crossword puzzle, you are using rules.
These can be learned through trial and error or by the beneficent assistance of someone much wiser. In that regards Programmers are very similar! We are taught (or learn) rules of logic, given syntax to follow and a language of strict words to learn. These are the tools of the programmer and without them you, program’s user, wouldn’t be able to write an article or love letter in your favourite word processor or do any one of a thousand things that you take for granted every day when using your computer. So let’s go back to the beginning when I said “Hello World”. This is an in-joke. Everyone who starts to program, regardless of their chosen programming language (and there are many), invariably writes their first program which prints out a message, and this message is “Hello World”. This is because that it is the simplest of working programs that can be done in most programming languages. In BASIC, which was the first programming language I learned so long ago I don’t care to remember, it goes like this: 10 PRINT “Hello World!” = Line number → Command → Text for displaying It printed Hello World on my TV screen (remember the days when home computers used the house TV!). It has been a long time since I have programmed and am really finding the challenge, well challenging! Like the Willow Tree, I may bend in the breeze of uncertainty but I will absolutely not give in until I have completed my task. I’m now off to Jack’s Bar in Albox for my Friday afternoon computer clinic! Maybe make a suggestion using the email address under this article for further articles that will be useful to you.
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ASpainhistory of Moorish Spain (1) and the Iberian Peninsula almost the entire peninsula and even
was, in times past part of the Roman Empire, then the Visigoths, and lastly under Moorish control. The ‘Moors’ were actually composed of two tribes; Berbers and Arabs who hailed from Mauritania (south of Morocco). Religion is all too often the sad catalyst for warfare and the Moors converted to Islam around 700AD. Around the same time the heirs of the Visigoth king Witiza on the peninsula had been usurped by Roderick (remember Life of Brian? We want Woderick!) He had been chosen by nobles to reign instead of King Witiza’s son and indeed he later killed him in battle. King Roderick ruled for just a year from 710-711 as King Witiza’s heirs asked the Moors for help; their leader Tarik ibn Ziyad crossed the sea with his mercenary army and landed at Jebelal-Tarik or Tarik’s mountain which we know as Gibraltar. Roderick was defeated but instead of handing power back to the Visigoths, Tarik called up reinforcements and the Moorish invasion began. Within 20 years the Moors had conquered
crossed the Pyrenees into Frankish territory before being defeated in battle by Charles Mantel in 733. The mountainous region of the Asturias in the far north then called Ishbaniya, was ruled by Pelayo and proved too much for the Moors to conquer. Apparently Manuza the Moorish Governor of Leon took a fancy to Pelayos sister and got permission from Tarik to try and take Pelayo hostage and transfer him to Cordoba. Manuza was slain after defeat by Pelayo at the battle of Covadonga around 720. Asturias became a refuge for fleeing Christian nobles and an independent kingdom was established here in 722 by the now King Pelayo. Asturias became the starting point for the Christian reconquest of Spain. King Pelayos daughter married a local Chieftain called Alfonso. Pelayo died in 737 after reigning for almost eighteen years and recapturing about a quarter of the peninsula. In 749 Abd-er-Rahman survived a brutal massacre in Damascus of the
passwords!!!
I’m sure you know what I mean. That moment, that dreaded moment in the supermarket, when you’ve put your password into that hand held device, only for it display everybody’s nightmare phrase-user name or password incorrect. You chance a guilty look behind and see the queue of shoppers, trolleys twitching angrily, growing by the second, all staring angrily at you, daring you to get it wrong for a second time. Invariably, you do, whilst all the time being subject to the steely glare of the person on the till, who appears to be expecting you to bolt for the exit without paying. What a nightmare passwords are, well for most of us anyway. James Bond never seems to have a problem remembering them. He sees something once and that’s it, he remembers it forever, well at least until the end of the film, which incidentally, is longer than I can ordinarily keep a password in my head. I had a few hours to spare and got to wondering, as you do, how passwords first came about? What made some mischievous person come up with the idea in the first place? Believe it or not they’ve been around for a long long time. Just read the beginning of Hamlet, I’m sure that was already on your things to do list for today. But if you do happen upon it, you’ll see that a password is used right at the start. We can’t blame Shakespeare, although he does get the blame for a number of things, mostly for a boring hour or so spent in a classroom listening to his plays being read, badly, by students! No, it seems that the real culprits were those Ancient Egyptians. Apparently they had to give a password for getting into places and easing their way past guards with pointy spears. Is that worse than the twitching trolleys? I’m not awfully sure it is. One of the advantages those Egyptians had over us is that they didn’t have to remember so many passwords. I’ve always thought that I was the clever one by keeping my passwords simple-you know, 12345 or even, passwordbut apparently they are the most popular passwords of all. So, just as I thought all along...I’m not so clever at all. Or maybe I am. If I change my password to “Incorrect” then if I forget it, the machine will simply remind me! Brilliant! Graham is married to Helen and has a daughter, Alice. He lives part of the year near Albox, but works in Qatar, teaching. If you wish to contact Graham regarding this article email: helenandg@yahoo.co.uk
ruling Umayyad dynasty. The Abbassid family had invited 80 unsuspecting Umayyad leaders to a banquet where they were promptly murdered. The Abbasids then became the Caliphs of Baghdad so starting the Golden Age of Islamic culture. Somehow Abd-er Rahman managed to escape and he fled to Morocco where supporters prepared for him to cross to Granada which he did in 755 to Almunecar. There he defeated his opponents and he was declared Emir of Al-Andalus starting a new Umayyad dynasty and ruled for 30 years. Thus the Empire was split into two factions The Umayyad to the west and the Abbassid to the east. At this time the Islamic Empire extended across the whole of North Africa towards China and in 751 AD the Abbassids defeated the Chinese at the battle of Samarkand in what is now Uzbekistan. This was culturally a very important place as it was on the famed silk route linking east and
west and new techniques of paper manufacturing were being developed here. Some paper manufacturers were kidnapped at the battle and taught the Arab conquerors the art of papermaking. Slowly the use of paper spread westwards throughout the Empire and a new age of learning or enlightenment began. The Church at Cordoba was bought from the Visigoth Christians by Abder-Rahman; the task of converting the former Christian church into a mosque started in 784AD, and lasted 200 years. Traditionally the Mihrab in a mosque faces south-east towards Mecca so praying worshippers face the correct way. In the case of the Mezquita (which is named after Abd-er-Rahmans wife) the Mihrab faces south. Either the old church foundations were used, or because southwards lies Damascus the scene of Abd-er Rahmans lucky escape four decades earlier!
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Madrid unveils Margaret Thatcher square
The Spanish capital became the first city in the world to name a square after Margaret Thatcher, the controversial former British Prime Minister whose political legacy still divides opinion. A plan last year to name a Madrid street after the ‘Iron Lady’ of British politics was opposed by local left-wing politicians but the city hall’s ruling rightwing Popular Party (PP) instead pushed through the decision to dedicate a square to her memory. Outgoing Madrid mayor Ana Botella unveiled the new plaza on Monday and hailed Thatcher’s “commitment to freedom”, according to Spanish daily Publico. The square, in the conservative district of Salamanca, includes a Hard Rock Cafe and a five-star hotel. It has existed for decades but had never previously been named. Margaret Thatcher, the first female British Prime Minister, died on April 8th last year at the age of 87. Many people mourned her passing but some opponents of ‘Thatcherism’ held street parties. Botella described the divisive British politician as “one of the great personalities of the 20th Century” and said that Madrid wished to “recognize Margaret Thatcher by putting her name on this great city”. Botella was joined by Madrid PP president Esperanza Aguirre. The ceremony was the first time that the two had been seen in public together since Botella announced her decision to not stand as mayor in the next elections, a move widely attributed to political pressure from within her party. Aguirre, who is said to view Thatcher
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Where There’s Smoke: A Novella by Jodi Picoult.
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Mesón de Irene MENU DEL DIA open 7 days a week 4 Courses with Wine & Coffee
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Roast Lamb Shoulder & Pork Knuckle, 12oz Entrecote, 20oz T-Bone, 10oz Pork Tenderloin, Roast Potatoes & Fresh Veg.
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Sweet red peppers and passata make a beautiful red soup that is sophisticated yet simple to prepare. Swirled with crème fraîche and accompanied by hot pesto bread, it makes a splendid special-occasion starter. For a mid-week supper, garnish the soup with fresh herbs instead of crème fraîche and serve with wholemeal bread.
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1 long French loaf 3 tbsp pesto 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 onion, coarsely chopped 1 garlic clove, chopped 675 g (1½ lb) red peppers (3–4 peppers, depending on size), seeded and coarsely chopped 300 ml (10 fl oz) vegetable stock, preferably home-made light or rich 300 ml (10 fl oz) passata 1 tsp chopped fresh thyme or ½ tsp dried thyme ¼ tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp sugar salt and pepper To garnish 6 tbsp half-fat crème fraîche 6 sprigs of fresh basil
Method
Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF, gas mark 4). Cut the French loaf across in half so that it will fit into the oven.
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Thick, Creamy Bacon and Pumpkin Soup
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This is a tried and true pumpkin soup recipe. This thick soup is a meal in itself - ideal with just some bread on the side. You can give or take with the listed ingredients to your liking.
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Cut each half into 3.5 cm (1½ in) thick slices, leaving the slices attached at the base. Hold the slices apart and spread each one thinly with pesto, then press them back together. Wrap the bread in foil and set aside. Heat the oil in a saucepan. Add the onion and garlic and fry gently for 5 minutes or until softened but not browned. Stir in the peppers and cook for a further 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour in the stock and remove from the heat. Place the bread in the oven to heat for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, purée the soup in a blender until smooth. Return the soup to the pan and stir in the passata, thyme, cinnamon and sugar. Heat the soup gently without allowing it to boil. Season to taste. Ladle the soup into warm bowls and garnish each portion with a spoonful of crème fraîche and a sprig of basil. Serve with the hot pesto bread. Source: www.allrecipes.co.uk
ingredients
1 whole pumpkin of your choice 2 onions 1 tablespoon curry powder 400g (14 oz) bacon, cut into small pieces salt and pepper to taste 400ml double cream, or to taste 1 tablespoon garlic (optional), crushed or kept whole 1 to 3 heaping tablespoons sugar (optional)
Method Cut
pumpkin
into
small
wedges
(discarding seeds and skin) and add to large pot of water. Dice the two onions and add to pumpkin and water and cook until tender and soft. Whilst the pumpkin is cooking, saute garlic (if you wish, add amount to your liking) along with bacon pieces. Set aside when browned. When pumpkin and onion are cooked, drain and mash or use a food processor. Add salt and pepper to your taste and curry powder. Mix well. Slowly pour in cream. When mixed, add bacon pieces. Consistency should be thick. Stir in sugar, to taste. Source: www.allrecipes.co.uk
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Chicken and Avocado Soup with Lime el Cucador
Our new manager Maria & Pedro our Spanish Chef now offer Freshly cooked, homemade traditional Spanish style cuisine Thin strips of chicken breast are simmered in stock with green chillies, onion, garlic and lime, and then combined with avocado and topped with crispy corn tortilla strips in this spicy soup.
ingredients
4 tortillas, julienned 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil 1 onion, thinly sliced 8 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 4 fresh green chillies, seeds removed and sliced 250g (8 oz) skinless, boneless chicken breast fillets, cut into strips 900ml (1 pint 12 oz) chicken stock 4 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1 tomato, seeds removed and diced salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 1 avocado - peeled, stone removed and diced half a bunch fresh coriander, chopped
Method
Preheat oven to 200 C / Gas mark 6. Arrange tortilla strips on a baking tray and bake in preheated oven until lightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes. In a large saucepan over medium heat, cook onion, garlic and chillies in olive oil until lightly browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in chicken, chicken stock, lime juice, tomato, salt and pepper. Gently simmer until chicken is cooked, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in avocado and coriander and heat through. Adjust seasonings. Ladle soup into bowls and sprinkle with tortilla strips to serve. Source: www.allrecipes.co.uk
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Thai Prawn and Shitake Mushroom Soup
ingredients
1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 tablespoons grated fresh root ginger 1 teaspoon minced lemongrass 2 teaspoons red curry paste 950ml chicken stock 3 tablespoons fish sauce 1 tablespoon light dark brown sugar 3 (400ml) tins coconut milk 200g fresh shiitake mushrooms, sliced 450g King prawns 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1 pinch salt to taste 1-2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander
and dark brown sugar; simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in the coconut milk and mushrooms; cook and stir until the mushrooms are soft, about 5 minutes. Add the prawns; cook for 5 minutes or until cooked through. Stir in the lime juice; season with salt; garnish with fresh coriander. Source: www.allrecipes.co.uk
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Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir the ginger, lemongrass and curry paste in the oil for 1 minute. Slowly pour the chicken stock over the mixture, stirring continually. Stir in the fish sauce
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Cow did that happen mystery?
A confused calf has become a bizarre hit in eastern more growing from its neck. China after being born with six fully formed legs. Farmer Zhang Gongxun said: “I’ve raised the mother The youngster emerged on a farm in the coastal for five years and seen her through four births and I’ve province of Shandong with four normal legs and two never seen anything like this before.” He added: “The extra legs don’t seem to bother or hurt her but she can’t move them or use them. “Everyone seems to want to see her since a friend put some pictures of her on the internet. “I get crowds of people here every day and all kinds of camera crews from TV stations.” Vets have ruled out claims that the legs came from a
genetic mutation caused by pollution. Instead, they say they are probably the remains of a twin calf which was nearly completely absorbed during the pregnancy. Expert Guo Hsiao said: “It happens when there isn’t quite a full separation of the twins and the smaller, weaker one is consumed. “As long as the legs are not attached to any major nerves or blood vessels, we would be able to remove them without damaging the calf.” Farmer Zhang said: “That operation is necessary if the animal can be sold. But I have already been offered far more than the market value by animal parks - and I am considering the offers.”
Cat with a moustache is an online star
A New Jersey woman’s pet cat has become an internet star - thanks to his distinctive moustache.
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Christine Gonzalez says the Oriental Shorthair’s prominent black marking left her no other choice but to call him Stache. The ten month old pet has attracted an online following after a photo was posted on social news site Reddit. Stache’s photograph has been viewed more than 600,000 times, while the feline also has hundreds of followers on Instagram and Twitter. Ms Gonzalez said her pet was fittingly born in November, when many people participate in the Movember challenge. “He is certainly no ordinary cat and the fact that his colouring with a full moustache is so unique make him an instant hit with everybody,” she said.
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For such a little guy, he’s got a huge personality to go along with his moustache. I receive constant requests for pictures and updates and he captivates everyone’s heart he comes into contact with.” Stache has been compared to the likes of Tom Selleck, Groucho Marx and Freddie Mercury. Read more on: http://web.orange.co.uk
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COMMUNITY NEWS Age Concern Charity Finca La Castellana
The Age Concern Charity Shop in Los Montesinos will have been open for five years on Friday 24th October and to help us celebrate, the President of Age Concern, Maureen Payne, would like to invite all customers old and new to the Shop on that date for free drinks, nibbles and cake. We look forward to seeing you there.
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Mila is a Podenco Maneto. One year old and is good in the house and is very affectionate . She was saved from Gessre perrera with her puppies . She is passported and is just waiting to be neutered If you could offer her a home please contact us at Last Hope Dog Rescue, our email is lasthopedogrescue@outlook.com, tel no 634065540.
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MABS Murcia North East - Sew’n’So’s - Sewing Group Every Mon Fortuna Every Mon, Fri 26th October MABS Race for Life Taking place every other Monday at Urb. Las Using watercolour, pastels or acrylics these are small MABS Christmas Fayre - T.B.A. Kalendas from 14:00. For further information email: classes on Monday and Friday afternoons at Playa Event tickets on sale at the book stall between Paraiso, La Manga. For further information contact mabsmurciane@gmail.com 10am and 1pm Bee Tel: 968 564 416 or 670 353 738 or from the MABS Information centre on Sector B Camposol or by Calling 620 582 418 Keep watching the press or our Notice Board for more forthcoming FAST Forthcoming Events Tels & Cats Bar Joint Event: Sweet Sally & Bernie events Mac on Saturday 13th September at 7.30pm. 2 Euro to reserve a seat-Bar-B-Q available. St. Nicholas Ecumenical Church Coach trip to Garrucha/Mojacar Friday 3rd October, We hold services each week at 10.30am on sorry sold out. Camposol, Mazarron. Everyone is welcome to join Autumn Dance at Trevi bar Camposol B with Elvis us. For further details, call Rev. Maureen Kent 968 & Friends on Saturday 11th October, 7.30pm until midnight. Tickets 5 euro 970 637 Benidorm Coach Trip (Market day) on Wednesday 26th November. Tickets 15 euro, Coach leaves A parkinsons Support Group MARKET DAYS IN THE AREA Camposol B at 9am On Tuesdays at 11am At bobbie jo·s, los montisinos Monday - San Pedro del Pinatar Christmas Fayre on Saturday 29th November 11am For a chat and a cup of tea For further information - 3pm at Mariano’s restaurant Camposol . 1 euro Tuesday - Los Alcazares / Alhama de contact wally Williamson On 966 770 871 entry Murcia Christmas Party with Barrington on Friday 5th Wednesday - Santiago de la Ribeira / welcome events December at The Clubhouse Camposol Golf, Tickets Fuente Alamo / Totana Wednesday 1st October - Ladies Evening with 15 euro’s including buffet Thursday - San Javier / Camposol Sector A the usual stalls, fashion show, bingo and quiz, and Tickets available from our stall outside Euronics / Lorca entertainment by Woody. €3. Camposol B every Friday 10 until 12.30 Friday - Isla Plana (Summer only) Wednesday 22nd October - Dance with Darren Tickets available from our stall outside Euronics Campsol B every Friday 10 until 12.30pm or phone Saturday - Mazarron Pueblo / Aguilas Jones and for the men, the lovely Gemma. €8. Jean 646737479/Brenda 680174499 Sunday Puerto de Mazarron / Mar Menor Names are now being taken for our Christmas Dance / Cabo de Palos on Wednesday 10th December and also New Years
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Eve. reserve your place now. WELCOME TRIPS 2014/15. Thursday 27th November - 5 days/4 nights in Madrid, staying B&B at Hotel Tryp Cibeles, right on the Gran Via and close to bars, restaurants, Metro, tourist bus and all the big shops. Included are trips to Toledo and the Valley of the Fallen, and on Sunday we’re off to the races to place our bets. Ideal time for the ladies to do a bit of Christmas shopping. €260. Thursday 12th February - 4 days/3 nights halfboard Valentine’s break at Hotel Triton, Benalmadena, on the promenade and near the famous Arabian-style marina. Includes a romantic show by Ricky Levazza “The Power Of Love.” €165 including wine and water at dinner, trip to Mijas and the show. Wednesday 27th May 2015 - Cruise around the Mediterranean aboard Royal Caribbean “Vision Of The Seas.” 13 days with overnight in Valencia, board the ship in Barcelona, and visiting Villefranche on the French Riviera and close to Nice, Rome, Naples, Ravena, 2 days in Venice, and Kotor, Montenegro. Full details from Rosemary. For tickets and further information, call Rosemary on 620105179.
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One man and his dog, that is Pete and Lucy, the Dog That Is Not Ours, went out for their saunter in the campo and came home as one man and his dog and a cat. The cat greeted me joyously, though I have since discovered that she greets every human with ecstatic enthusiasm. She is a most appealing cat, both in appearance and manner, and as she is almost completely black she would make a good Witch’s Familiar, thus the name *Magrat seemed appropriate. The following day our garden was still the cat’s favoured residence, so with the aid of Andy and his cat box, and the co-operation of Magrat, who seemed quite keen on a car trip around Andalucia, we set out to find her a permanent home. We exhausted all possibilities both charitable and private in Albox and Arboleas, then desperately followed a promising lead up the Arroyo Acietuno, looking for a place described as ‘up, up in the mountains’. Andy drove ever upwards, to infinity and beyond while I worried and stressed and Magrat calmly admired the scenery. We drove so far into the middle of Nowhere that I was convinced that we were going to disappear down Nowhere’s navel, but eventually we reached Los Uteras, which is pretty much the same thing! Our efforts were again in vain – even my offer of good hard cash out of my own
pocket to pay for Magrat’s bed and board until she found a home bore no fruit. Magrat, Lucy and I would be delighted for her to continue in residence, but she is a victim of her own affectionate nature – Pete, who is not too steady on his pins, can not run the risk being brought down by a cat lovingly wrapping itself around his legs. Next day Magrat casually introduced us to her two kittens, about 8 weeks old, which she had presumably been hiding in the campo. They were copybook cute and very quick, but not quick enough – today there was one kitten and a lot of fluff spread over the campo behind our house. I am at my wits’ end. I urgently need a home for Magrat and her one remaining kitten, Etcetera, before Etcetera too becomes a snack for some passing fox. *Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series feature Magrat, whose tender heart and loving nature compensate for her ineffectiveness as a Witch. She was christened Magrat by accident josbiggs@hotmail.co.uk – her mother misspelt Margaret.
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There’ve been a number of fairly high profile cases this past year where folk have been sacked for wearing a cross at work. And whether we support their right to wear that particular religious symbol or their employer’s right to disallow it probably depends on our own particular religious convictions. For a cross has little significance in its own right. A particularly inhumane instrument of torture and death, considered by religious leaders of the day to indicate rejection by God, the cross was used to make examples of certain convicted criminals, to deter others from following them. So a cross, on the face of it, speaks of abject failure and God’s judgement. Not then something with which reasonable folk would wish to be associated. But to a Christian, the cross has immense significance, reminding us that of ourselves we can do nothing to earn God’s favour. That our best endeavours are so ineffectual that a truly radical solution had to be found if there were to be any chance of a restored relationship between ourselves and God. And that solution required the death, the judgement and the rejection by God of the only truly good and perfect person to have ever lived, as substitute for all the rest of us. That in essence is the Christian
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Following the collapse of the Alquerian tourist industry and the subsequent legal action the Village Republic needed to replenish its coffers. There was no shortage of suggestions. Bank robbery, hostage taking were all discussed even the more ridiculous suggestion of actually working for a living was mooted. Always eager to take the easy option, it was decided to set up a call centre in Alqueria. A customer had already been found in the shape of a large British telecommunications company. The success of the employment drive for the call centre was variable. Due to high power inertia that exists in Alqueria there were only two applicants. Loco Paco, who thought it was a competition to win a years supply of axolotl food and Blythe Gruntmore, eager to converse in his own language once more. The fact that Blythe Gruntmore’s Geordie accent was incomprehensible to anyone south of Newcastle was unknown to most Alquerians. However the British were used to call centres where operators couldn’t string a coherent sentence together. As it was Britain that this service was aimed there shouldn’t be a problem. Loco Paco, apart from not speaking a word of English had a poor track record with people and even animals for that matter. People he kept
Details of a number of English Language Churches are given in Sol Noticeboard, for any wishing to Worship; whilst additionally, further information about the Anglican Church in this area may be seen on the website www.mojacarchurch.org Duncan Burr is Licensed Lay Reader for the Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Cálida and may be contacted at djburr@avired.com
at arms length in case they intruded into the make-believe world he had built up around himself. As far as animals were concerned the first Saharan Dung Beetle he trained soon discovered he was Paco’s intellectual superior and moved out. The Beetle still lives in the Village. If they accidentally bump into one-another they try to avoid all eye contact. As the switchboard lit up for the first time and the centre went live Blythe got into his stride. Such gems as “Rabooot yer rooutah, pet” and “Wheeel hev te sen a gadgie te check yer foone bonny lad” soon assailed the ears of callers . As no-one could understand this gibberish no-one could argue with his advice. Loco Paco who couldn’t understand a word simply selected an answer at random from a type written sheet of paper and read the English which he made unfathomable with Spanish pronunciations and accent. He would often break into Spanish telling the unfortunate individual on the other end of the phone all about his imaginary five foot tall rodent friend Bert. Even though callers became irritated, swore and issued death threats the call centre was a great success. It was cheap, eroded the callers will to live so much so that their complaint seemed insignificant compared to the hell of calling the call centre. After all isn’t this the real purpose of these places.
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So, to us as Christians, the cross symbolises restoration; it reminds us of the value God places on each of us that we should be worth so great a sacrifice. It reminds us that forgiveness of wrong in our lives is available to all, and not just the good, the wise or the very religious. That it depends, not on my doing the best I can, but of simply accepting, however little my understanding, God’s offer to attribute all my wrongdoings to the crucified Christ. So St Paul wrote: “We preach Christ crucified; inconsistent and offensive to the religious and utter stupidity to those who consider themselves intellectual, but to those who acknowledge him, whatever their circumstances, the power and the wisdom of God.”
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Leading Removal Company reports on strengthening housing market One of Spain’s top removal companies has reported that they experienced a resurgence in the Spanish housing market during 2013 and it looks like 2014 will be an even busier year. Mat Ford-Dunn, the Managing Director of ‘Advance Moves International Removals’ pointed to the fact that many property values in Spain have now fallen to a much more realistic level and this has definitely resulted in increased house sales. This has been noticed in all regions of Spain as Advance Moves operate their relocation services throughout the mainland. Advance Moves has its main warehouse in Murcia, Spain, with an additional warehouse in Kent in the UK and has had to purchase 5 new vans and trucks to cope with the increased demand over the past year. The UK housing market is also in a state of recovery and increased house sales have resulted in more people selling up and looking to buy in Spain. There are many factors that
tempt expats to Spain, not least the recent periods of turbulent weather, which many parts of the UK have suffered. On the flip side, for economic reasons many British Expats are now able to sell properties in Spain and Advance Moves are often the first choice when it comes to repatriating them back to the UK. Mat was also keen to point out that the increase in demand for their removal services was also down to the level of service and expertise that Advance moves offer to their clients and the fact that many clients had already seen the brightly liveried vehicles on the roads undertaking their removal services. Advance moves is also a member of the British Association of Removers and one of only a few companies that export wrap furniture to provide extra protection for international removals. ‘Our clients know that they are getting a more competitively priced, premium removal service, when compared to the rest of the market. The increased volume of removals enables Advance Moves to offer their clients a more regular and flexible timetable for their individual removal requirements’ Mat sees the trend continuing throughout 2014 with the housing market in the UK and Spain continuing to make steady process. Advance Moves are gearing up for another busy year.
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CD Montesinos v Crevillente
The first game of the season is always difficult especially playing a new team in this league who you know nothing about and MONTE were quickly reminded as after only 10 mins a LOPEZ clearance hit his own defender to give the home side a 1-0 lead. It was Crevillentes first attack on goal and before that Monte had 2 chances to score. The opening goal woke the away side up and they continued to hammer the Crevillente goal but only poor finishing and luck kept the score at 1-0 missed chances by OMAR,MARCOS AND CARLOS should have been enough to see MONTE go in at half time leading. h/t 1-0 The beginning of the second half seen the home side extend their lead after slack MONTE defending.This immediatley resulted in a MONTE substitution DIMITRY coming off for EDU, Monte then seemed to exert the pressure and on 55mins CREVILLENTE were reduced to 10 men after their no9 seemed to headbut OMAR in a challenge. Straight away Monte went for the jugular MARCOS hit a screamer 2-1. RUBEN came on for OMAR made it 2-2 from the penalty spot DARIO shotly afterwards fed ALBERTO to make it 2-3. Monte kept up the pressure and soon it was 2-4 when FERNANDO put in CARLOS for a well worked goal, Monte although strolling were not finished and CARLOS ended a fine afternoon performance to easily convert MONTES 5th of the match. Next week Monte are at home to CD MURADA K.O 5.30 PM. For more info contact www. cdmontesinos.com.
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SPORT & motoring La Marina Golf Society The Masters At Font Del Lop
A slightly cooler morning greeted us for one of our major trophies of the year. The course was ,as usual,in excellent condition ,and the greens ,although slow, were recovering well from the recent hollow-tining. However, a few comments emerged regarding the rough, which tended to grab your ball and hide it from view unless you stood on top of it. Some excellent scores were achieved, although the winning score was as decisive as that in the Scottish Referendum. In 3rd place with an impressive 35 points was Graham Marriner,bettered by early favourite Alan Craig with 36 points. However, the Trophy was won by President Barry Thorogood with a magnificent 41 points and he was suitably humble when he received the Trophy at our 50’s /60’s Night at The La Marina Sports Complex that evening. Barry also shared the 2’s money with Carol Marriner. Nearest the pin Winners were two for Carol Marriner,one for Lynn Young and lastly one for Colin Yarnton who informed me that this achievement was very high on his Bucket-List. All seemed to enjoy the social evening
,and special thanks go to all the team at the Sports Complex ,and also to Woody for providing the music. Our next golf is at Alicante Golf on 2nd October with a 10a.m. start. Cost 40 Euros inc. Tostada and coffee.The list is on the board at the club. New members are welcome and can contact Alan Craig on a100ac@yahoo. co.uk or 966077204. Our next social function is a Bingo Quiz night on Tuesday 7th October at the La Marina Sports Complex 7pm for 7.30p.m. Requirements please to elspeth4mcd@ yahoo.co.uk.or on 966077204,cost Euros 8 with a 1-course meal.
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This month’s outing was at Alicante Golf. Everybody arrived in good time and we knew that it was going to be a very hot and long day. The course had informed us that although the greens had been hollow tined, we were not aware that they were still hollow tining the fairways. This made life difficult on some fairways but did not make too much difference at the end of the day. Our eventual winner informed us that he had played no golf in the last three months during his travels around Europe and the UK but whatever he got up too it certainly improved his golf. Nevertheless the scores showed what the heat can do when playing golf as they were lower than average. Unfortunately we had a poor turnout this month with only 14 members and two guests but having
got back to the Clubhouse everybody said how much they had enjoyed their day. After an excellent spaghetti bolognese by Bernie the Chef and hospitality from Chris and his staff at Mono’s the presentations were made and the results are below. Overall Winner Terry (Teresa) Sharley 36 points Gold Winner Brent Hollings 30 points Gold Runner Up Tony Stead 28 points Silver Winner Tony Wilson 29 points Silver Runner Up Ian Gibson 21 points Best Front Nine Duncan Williamson 15 points Best Back Nine Bob Eaton 15 points Nearest the Pin: 3rd Terry Sharley 6th Tony Wilson 8th Terry Sharley 12th Brent Hollings 15thNo return 17thDave Mace Best Guest: Eddie Scott 22 points Most Potential: Terry Smith Next match at Font del Llop 17th October first tee 10.10am AGM to follow presentation at the Club House.
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EUROGOLF SOCIETY AT LA MARQUESA
On Thursday 18 September 50 members and 3 guests took part in the monthly Stableford and Non-Winners Cup at our home course La Marquesa. Currently the course is in the progress of a maintenance programme with considerable work and improvements being carried out on a number holes. The results were as follows: Winner of the Monthly Stableford Trophy Morag Turner. Winner of the NonWinners Cup (open to players who have not won a trophy in the previous
Best Back 9: Gordon season) Cindi Green. Congratulations Bourne 21 points to both ladies. Nearest Gold Division: 1st John Barraclough the Pins: 40 points 2nd Ian Pegg 38 points 3rd 5th David Keith Wright 36 points. G r e g s o n Silver Division: 1st Morag Turner 40 11th David points 2nd Cindi Green 36 points 3rd G r e g s o n Bruce Gordon 35 points 15th Robin Bronze Division: 1st Joe Ogden 33 Richards 17th points 2nd Bev Evans 33 points 3rd Tony Hitt Gordon White 32 points Many thanks Best Front 9: Gill Gordon 20 points to our NTP´s sponsors: Patagonian Steak House and Marabu Bar & Restaurant
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Football Draw: Dave Morgan, Ken Brett, Chris Stanley and Jim Weston The results of TOFFS who played on Tuesday 16 September, were as follows: Gold Division 1st Tony Hitt 41 points 2nd Malcolm Foskett 40 points 3rd John Barraclough 37 points Silver Division 1st Stan Low 40 points 2nd Bob Shorley 39 points 3rd Ian Stewart 36 points Bronze Division 1st Brian
The Gold lads fared slightly better and it needed 33 points to give Vernon Brown 4th place. Arne Hansson took 3rd place with 35 points and one point ahead was Vice-Captain John Eyre with a normal winning score of 36 points, however, Steve Higgins has to be very thankful for the phone call at 8am that woke him up and made sure he got to the course on time, albeit a little worse for wear. His 38 points was enough for Gold Winners prize and top score on the day.
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To find out more about our friendly and sociable society visit our website at www.eurogolf-quesada.co.uk like this course and it needed 31 points for Mike Mahony and The Belfast Bandit (Ernie) to take 4th and 3rd spots respectively. Roy Rogers’s 32 was enough to take the runners-up slot with Jack Daroszewski taking the bacon home with 33 points.
If all golf course employees were as helpful, cheerful and with a “will do anything to make your day’s golfing pleasant” attitude, golfing in Spain would be in a better place than it is right now. Without doubt, the employees of La Marquessa go that extra yard to ensure golf at this updated and much improved track.
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Heard 36 points 2nd Jenny Cheetham 35 points 3rd Gordon White 34 points. Best front nine Franz Berndt 21 pts and best back nine Tony Stead 19 pts. Best par 3´s aggregate Claire DayeGretton. NTP´s 11th Ian Stewart 15th Terry Sharley 17th Tony Stead. Best guest Gary Foskett
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The golf on the day was a mix bag of scores and tales of slow greens with putts being left short to which the answer is quite simple, hit the bloody ball harder! All 4 NTP’s were won and John Eyre took two of the 4 prizes for his tee shots on the 5th and 11th. The other bottles of wine went to Patrick Long for the 11th and the Belfast Bandit (Ernie Wilson) for his tee shot to the 17th. The “Two’s Pot” was won by Vernon Brown and Simon Lee who was heard to say the 13€ he won would be enough to pay for his annual haircut. Simon appears to like the greens here; this is the second time he has taken the “Two’s Pot” The Silver boys (and girls) seem to
After the game, we sat down to a 3 course meal, which included a half bottle of wine for a mere 12.50€ each and it must be said, there was not one hungry belly left at the tables. The food was excellent and the service was even better than excellent. This is, without any doubt, the best menu of the day you will ever find, especially on a golf course! Photo: Silver category winners Our next game, Wednesday 24th September 2014, see’s us catching a bus to Albacete to play Las Pinaillas golf course where for 55€ all in (including a meal) you could join us for a friendly knock; so if you fancy a game just look at our website www.tmgs.org or call the Fixture Secretary on 966719604.
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LO CRISPIN GOLF SOCIETY
Roda – 17.09.14 Our game Roda has been in the calender for a long time, but due to recent events not only did we play our usual stableford, but also ´The Jose Trophy´. Jose ran the Lo Crispin Tavern where we all met after the games every Wednesday. He always greet us with a smile and did his best to teach us Spanish, unfortunately last week he passed away suddenly leaving a big void in our community. It seemed only fitting that we should dedicate a trophy to him, especially as on the 17 September, he was giving members and partners a free meal as a thank you for our patronage. Roda proved difficult for most of us, with the only players posting reasonable scores were the three guests. Nevertheless, one or two members did manage to reach
over the 30 points mark, well done them. The achievers were: The winner of ´The Jose Trophy´ with the best score was Ray Brown with 34pts His picture is shown with David, Jose´s son in law, who presented the trophy. (Ray is on the left) Gold Division: 1st Ray Brown 34pts, 2nd Meirion Roberts 30pts (cb) and 3rd Ian Stuart 30pts Silver Division: 1st Dave Lewis 30pts, 2nd Mike Cutts 28pts (cb) and 3rd Gordon Cobb 28pts Bronze Division: 1st Steve Harrington 28pts, 2nd Danny McErlean 22pts and 3rd Paul Carter 20pts. The best guest was Danny Wheatley who playing off 6, had 36pts. NTPs: Eddy Downing hole 2, Danny Wheatley hole 7, Mike Cutts hole 11 and Scott Blair hole 13. Rod Day was the only one with a 2 so scooped 50€ and Phil Rhodes won the Free Game Draw. Thanks must go the David and his staff for going ahead with the meal in the first place, as Jose was the chief chef, but also doing a sterling job with the food as they had to cater for 50 people a job well done.
SPORT & motoring Spanglish Golf Society
This was the first meeting of the Altorreal on Wednesday 22nd October Spanglish Golf Society and a group of 2014 and visitors and guests are 14 players visited the established at welcome. Villamartin taking advantage of the If you are interested in joining the excellent society deal obtained from society call Paul Cawte on 966731223 or Costa Blanca Green Fee Services. better still pop into the bar. The course was generally in good Report by Mike Probert of Costa Blanca condition after the recent hollow tining Green Fee Services on 966 704 752 or although a number of tees were showing 661 345 931 or see us at our web-site at signs of heavy wear and the temperatures www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com. were slightly lower after the storm the previous night. The winning scores on the day were as follows: 1st – George Curran – 34 points 2nd – Mike Probert – 32 points 3rd – Roy Fry – 31 points 4th – Dave Marriott – 31 points Nearest the Pins – George Curran and Roger Chapman. Best Supporting Act – Paul Cawte After the game we returned to the Spanglish bar, which is located at Dona Pepa, Quesada for a welcome meal prepared by the bar and the prize presentation and we Ken Brooks 865 778 429 - 645 162 808 give our thanks for their info@rapidrepairs.es support. behind zoco sunday market - near quesada Our next fixture is at
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Fuente Alamo Real Estate
Part of the SPANISH REAL ESTATE GROUP
Resale & New Build Properties Calle Arriero 2 - 30320 Fuente Alamo de MURCIA - Spain
Tel. 968 598 173 – Mobile. 625 534 504
www.fuentealamorealestate.com – info@fuentealamorealestate.com Offices in Algorfa, Benijófar , Villamartin & Los Alcazares CAMPOSOL – 214
ALHAMA DE MURCIA – 274
NR. CARTAGENA – 276
**DETACHED VILLA** 3 bed 2 bath very sought-after location. Excellent decorative order.
**DETACHED VILLA** 3 bed 2 bath Country House. POOL & GUEST ANNEX 2400m2 plot
**DETACHED VILLA** 4 bed 3 bath nr. Cartagena. Stunning Gardens 340m2 build
**QUAD VILLA** 1 bed 1 bath Victoria style Villa Superb Price on Sector A
**DETACHED VILLA** 3 bed 3 bath Neptuno Deluxe on Sector C Private pool.
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CAMPILLO DE ABAJO – 84
EL ESTRECHO – 271
CAMPILLO DE ARRIBA – 52
LOS PUERTOS – 277
**DETACHED COUNTRY HOUSE** 4 bed 2 bath with stunning views. Private Swimming Pool
**DETACHED COTTAGE** Full of rustic features. Dip pool close to Fuente Alamo.
**LARGE TOWNHOUSE** 3 bed 2 bath Underground parking for 6 cars. Extendable.
**SEMI-DETACHED VILLA** 3 bed 1 bath modern villa, with pool and garage. Large plot.
**DETACHED COUNTRY VILLA** 4 bed 2 bath rustic features. Double Garage & Stables!
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RUSTICANA – 216
€189,995 PERIN – 208
€165,000
NR LAS PALAS – 275
€169,600
€75,000
€259,995
€42,995
€125,000
€99,995
CAMPILLO DE ARRIBA – 92
CAMPOSOL – 264
€159,995
€159,995
VALDELENTISCO – 257
FUENTE ALAMO – 272
**COUNTRY HOUSE** 3 bed 2 bath LOVELY RUSTIC FINCA on large plot WITH POOL!
**DETACHED COTTAGE**3 bed 2 bath with Guest Annex & pool. Very secluded Solar powered.
**DETACHED COUNTRY HOUSE** 3 bed 2 bath private pool EXCELLENT CONDITION.
**DOUBLE COTTAGE** potential for village B & B. Separate garage & Garden
**STUNNING COUNTRY HOUSE** 8 bed 3 bath Large plot, very high quality fittings.
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€125,000
€99,995
€159,995
€59,950
LA PINILLA – 278
€199,995
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