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or a nation full of waiters, they are not very good at it are they? Whether you’re under the golden arches ordering something that’ll mean you need to buy your next shirt in size XXL, and may even die of a fat-fuelled heart attack before you get to the car park and there fore get to enjoy your flowered shirt – or in a ‘smart’ restaurant elsewhere, you can’t have failed to notice…that they haven’t noticed you. Observation is not a strong point of our Iberian hosts, how Columbus ever found his way home is a mystery still…unless he just went around Ibiza a few times before coming back? And you only have to look at the quality (or lack of…) driving in this country to realise that unless it’s stuck on their windscreen – they won’t see it. I’m pretty much convinced now that the Spanish, being a nation of doing what they say, have heard the driving instructor tell them to look when they arrive at a junction…but he never said
Waiting. anything about stopping… Perhaps there is a gene for peripheral vision that they lack who knows but the waiters and, it must be said, waitresses of this land seem to be able to focus on one thing only. On the way out from the bar they’ll be looking at the table they are about to serve and on the return journey, they focus on the bar. Just try getting the attention of one of them while they make these trips and you may as well ask Stevie Wonder to finish your crossword. You can shout, wave your arms around, try the polite; ‘por favor’, ‘perdoname’, ‘Senor(ita)’, or ultimately ‘OYE!’ but all to no avail. Twenty minutes of smiling and pointing the odd finger in the air and you’ll be up at the bar trying to place your order, but, because they are so busy serving every other table in the place – you’ll have to wait.
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Dave Bull’s son gets behind the wheel... ....well, almost. There’s something to be said for letting youngsters drive on the open road…but I can’t say it here as this is a family magazine. However, my son has reached that age where learning
As it turns out, Autoescuela Estudi-
to drive has become almost as important of that other teenage pastime
place, for a start they made sure that Mitch was reasonably sensible
– sleeping, and having found someone willing to teach him (someone
and had a bit of common sense while
who has never seen him racing his motorbike – on the track I should
discussing what the course would in-
add) I took him down and we met up with the new driving school in GA, Autoescuela Estudiantes in the GA Centre. Having seen the youngsters drive over here, and the middle aged, and the elderly, and the blind (well they must be some of them…surely), I wasn’t sure
antes are not that type of
‘...you can e volve. The first thing he had to do was even tak pull his toe nails out, not really but, for tour drivn Mitch, it was the equivalent – reading. ing exam i But, it’s funny how a teenager can sudEnglish...’ denly be keen on doing something and
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happily read five chapters in one evening
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limited themselves to pointing and grunting.
when
before
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So that’s where we are at the moment, with Mitch preparing to go and
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If you’d like know more about driving lessons in Spain, which incidentally
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already decided that if he was taught
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learn – with some bloke in a
then this was not going to be an experience that would last very long. I’d
for Bjorn.
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and with a large, bushy tail.
told, because they’re Stoatally different) Beech
You can’t talk of bushy tails without a mention
Marten, Pine Marten, Otter, and Mink all inhabit
o, not dogs. OK, I know many of
of the Fox (Zorro). Present in all wild areas, and
parts of Spain – and if I were to start on the
you like them, but for me they (or
also apt to wander into towns looking for foods
little, squeaky jobs……….
some of their owners) signify noise
around the bins, the Fox is a common sight to
and mucky pavements. I refer to our real friends,
those who spend time in the open air – this
the wild mammals, especially the predators
month alone, I’ve seen four, in two different
amongst them, which keep some semblance of
places.
balance in things, controlling rodents and other
Badgers and Genets (a cat-like member of the
pests. And the humble bunny rabbit is our friend,
Mongoose family) are both very nocturnal, giving
too, providing food for some rare birds and
you your best chance of a sighting in the car
mammals, including myself! The meat we get
headlights (though what are you up to on lonely
from the Rabbit is virtually cholesterol-free, and
roads late at night?)
you won’t find a tastier dish than conejo al ajillo.
If, however, you want to see the ‘big three’
Back to the bigger mammals. Around our part
Spanish mammals, you have to travel. There
of Spain, the Wild Boar (Jabalí in Spanish) is the
are specific Wolf-watching tours to Zamora –
most frequently encountered. (Let me first point
talk to my friend Julian Sykes – his website is
out that mammal-watching is altogether tougher
www.olivaramatours.com. But the Iberian Lynx
than birdwatching, as many are nocturnal) A trip
(Lince)is one of the world’s rarest mammals,
to Murcia’s Sierra Espuña should result in a few
confined to mountainous and forested areas of
views of Boar, especially if you go to the café
the west – let me know if you see one! And the
on the road up from Alhama, after lunch, when
Brown Bear (Oso pardo) is only now found in
they come down to feed on scraps. Handsome
the mountains of Cantabria and Asturias, though
(introduced) Barbary Sheep (Arrui in Spanish)
efforts are being made to reintroduce them to
are also to be seen there, and a full day will
the Pyrenees. As with all such schemes involving
guarantee you a good chance of seeing them.
potential predators, some local opposition is
Smaller mammals are also represented – a
bound to occur – the age-old prejudice against
unique, very dark race of Red Squirrel inhabits
the Wolf (Lobo) is very difficult to counteract, for
the pines, and I’ve seen Polecat there too.
example, as shepherds point to their losses, even
The other sheep, the Mouflon, is to be found in
though there is good evidence that feral dogs are
all our mountinous areas, as are wild goats, but
the real culprits.
the biggest prize would be a view of the mainly
This has been far from a complete list of the
nocturnal Wild Cat (Gatamontes in Spanish) –
mammals you could, just possibly, find – there
nothing like a domestic moggy, rather bigger,
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LORETO CASCALES Dear friends, Hello again and thank you very much for being here again to read the things I have to tell you about Gran Alacant. As you can see, we are finishing the pavements of Avenida Mediterráneo and Avenida Noruega and they are just looking very well. Next year, we will have lovely trees and incredible avenues where we will be able to walk as we never did before in Gran Alacant. The work has started already at the Sport Hall Centre of Gran Alacant and before the ending of this year we will have an enclose area where we will be able to practise sports without being frozen while you try to keep fit on. We will have the enclosed Sports Hall Centre that the people of Gran Alacant have been asking for so long. As you probably can imagine, I am in contact with the different associations we have in Gran Alacant. One of these associations I collaborate with and try to help from the Town Hall is the Monte y Mar Bowling Club. The relationship that I have now with this club goes further than the professional side because now I know much better what a bowler is. The last 14th of August I had the opportunity to participate in one of the competitions they have. I would like to thank them to welcome me as they did and to allow me to enjoy with them of so nice time. It was a great experience and I sincerely enjoyed it a lot. I have to thank Harry and Tony all the time they give me every Thursday to coach me to play bowling as they did. I can assure you they are the best “teachers” you may have if you would like to play bowling. Thanks to them I am now in a team that will be playing in several competitions. Thanks Tony and Harry for your time, your patience and your interest! And thanks also to the Bowling Club and their members to give me this great opportunity and experience. I enjoyed it a lot! Just to finish, remember that we have our fiestas in Santa Pola from the 1st to the 8th of September and you are invited to participate in all the activities the Town Hall has prepared for you. We will have also the World Windsurf Championship from the 9th to the 19th of September and after this we will be able to enjoy the Monte y Mar Bowling Open where I will participate again and I hope I will do it well. Thanks and speak to you next month!
DESTINATIONS
We may be the same colour, come from Northern Europe and our countries are geographically almost neighbours, but…there the resemblance ends, doesn’t it? Talk about Venus and Mars, when it comes to the Germans and the British, we are at maximum ends of the solar system – why are we so different, and why do we always seem to rub each other up the wrong way? You’ve only got to tune into The History Channel on TV to realise that there is no chance that ( from our part, anyway ) we will ever forget previous ‘differences’ between our countries - I think it’s the other way round from their side, perhaps preferring to forget – see, different again ! When we first moved house here, some years ago, we had some older German neighbours. Like most ‘Teutonic’ homes, it was blingingly spotless, they never seemed to stop cleaning it, both inside and out. Personally we don’t live in a cess-pit, far from it, but I do believe there is a limit between cleanliness and obsession; they just never seemed to stop. I’ve been inside their house, and can confirm that everything – and I mean everything – was in its place, right where it should be, shining and spotless, lined up for inspection – and just the same outside! Their property was screened from the road and neighbours by walls, gates and thick bushes, but you heard her well before you saw her (not that you did much) – you could hear her giving him a hard time on most days. I’m not saying she was unpleasant, but do you remember ‘Rosa Kleb’ in the early Bond movies, the one with the exterminating toe-caps? There were similarities, I looked for the jack-boot rash, but couldn’t see it! I have always had a strange need to be on civil terms with my neighbours, not too friendly if-you-know-what-Imean, but just to nod to, grunt Buenos Aries or whatever Uruguayan city you think of when you see them, but HE proved a challenge. I just could not get any eye contact or acknowledgement in the first few months as he emerged from the big, formidable metal gates, head-down to go on his trice-daily visit to the basura. I did not want to brand him as a possible fugitive from previous evil deeds, living out his latter years in semi-hiding here on the sunny Costa Blanca (stranger things have happened), so I merely put it down to shyness and a desire to keep vunself to vunself! However, my chance came to put civility and good manners to the test one day after a short, violent storm, and our road was strewn with mud, leaves and branches. No doubt ordered by Rosa, within minutes of the cessation of the bad weather, my quarry emerged from the gates and began to clean the road – probably to get away from her! He was out there with brush, bucket and wheelbarrow, so not to be outdone or thought of as a non-contributor to our community, I joined in and we dutifully cleaned our bit of the road together. Just as I sensed him calling it a day and returning to the lovely Rosa, I went over, extended my hand, and introduced myself in my best clipped Spanglish. This Deutsche, silver-haired senior citizen drew himself up to his full height, hands by his sides, clicked his heels, bowed slightly, and taking my hand briskly shook it, announcing ‘Kurt’ , before abruptly turning on his heel and marching briskly back behind the Brandenburg gates( sorry, couldn’t resist it ! ). I returned to my modest repose, eager to furnish my wife with details of my new acquaintance. ‘That bloke’s Kurt over the road’ I told her. Her outof-character rude reply puzzled me,
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involving him, and sex in a short Anglo-Saxon way! I replied ‘No, he seems ok’. I’m sure by now you can see where this is. going, and I don’t need to explain further, but just in case you don’t, my wife, also puzzled by now said ‘ I thought you said he was curt ? Further explanations and due embarrassment followed, but in truth, he was - Kurt by name and curt by nature - is it a nationalistic trait? Ja, I sink so! Back in the UK our friend Gloria used to run a guest house, where she took in foreign students who were learning English. Staying a weekend with her was a scream, you never knew who you would share the dinner table with, or how the conversation would go. One weekend there was only Klaus with us at dinner, a tall, blond, very direct young German, with a challenging approach to life. The first evening while Gloria was busy in the kitchen, Klaus leaned across the table, stared and said pointedly to my wife ‘ Vot,… is your relationship vith Gloria ?’ A little hesitantly she replied ‘Well… we’re friends from school, really’. I half expected Klaus to leap to his feet, dashing the back of his hand across her face, and shouting ‘Liar!’, but he nodded slowly, although somewhat sceptically. Later after Klaus had gone, we related this to Gloria. ‘You think that’s odd?’ she said, ‘yesterday at breakfast, he suddenly said to me “Vot age are you, Gloria?” Well, I mean, that’s not the sort of question you ask any woman of Gloria’s age, not if you want a good helping at meal times - and Gloria was exceedingly vain and man-hungry. Coyly and somewhat bravely batting it straight back to him, she replied ‘What age do you think I am, Klaus?’ Whether by tact, empty stomach or even a risky pass (She’d kill him!), Klaus under-estimated Gloria’s age by seven years (ooh, the creep!). I noted Gloria later described Klaus as a ‘well-brought boy, with good manners’! Personally I thought he represented the reputed characteristics of his nationality perfectly, and highlighted our differences perfectly in the brief time I met him! I have unskilfully avoided (I think!) obvious cheap mentions of major past differences between our countries, but return to where I started. Vy are ve so different? Vy don’t ve get along? Ven you have ze answer, you vill tell me every sing! Until zen…all togezzer ….ve’ll meet again, don’t know ver, don’t know ven, but I know ve’ll meet again, some schoeny day! By the way, ‘Schoen’ is the only German word I know- it means beautiful, fantastic, great, and wonderful – I think! So, have a schoen day, von’t you? Auf wiedershen (Pet)!
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here, I had cause to engage in battle with the bureaucracy, the
bought his house in Spain, he replied it was in ‘La Marina’, and
‘abominable no-man’ negative, unhelpful clerk at the desk who
that it was situated on the Costa Blanca between Alicante and
rebutted all my legal and financial efforts to right the situation,
Torrevieja, near a town called Guardamar. I looked it up on a map
despite many fruitless, expensive visits with interpreters. In the
of Spain, and found La Marina marked – easily !
end after several wasted years I sort-of managed it myself in
I stayed at his place on holiday, loved everything about the ‘Urb’
an inconclusive way, but was left bitter at the totally unhelpful,
and the area, bought a house here myself, and moved here
inefficient attitude I found there. I vowed from then on to have as
permanently a few years later. As far as I, and the Post Office
little as possible to do with the place, which I have steadfastly and
were concerned, I lived in – La Marina ! The official address after
successfully maintained.
the road name stated ‘ La Marina Urbanization’ - which was fair
The only exception was several years later when my wife and
enough as it differentiated the Urbanization from the village. The
I joined an international group of dissatisfied local residents
‘district’ was San Fulgencio, the ‘province’ was Alicante, and we
in La Marina who banded together to protest about all the
were in Espana – everyone ok so far ? All agree ?
house robberies, bag snatching and muggings happening on
Well – it appears I – or we- are all wrong now – or somebody is !
our urbanization. Several hundred of us paraded with suitable
All the time I have not been living in ‘La Marina’, it seems, I have
banners in the town square of San Fulgencio, directly in front
apparently been living in an urbanization of San Fulgencio. I must
of the Town Hall, while our petition was being presented inside.
admit I hadn’t noticed, but recently my attention was drawn to a
In a scene straight out of ‘ Evita ’, the Lady Mayoress and our
amazing considering her owner tried to
letter in a local newspaper, complaining that the sign by Lidl along
representatives eventually came out onto the first floor balcony,
hang her, thankfully she shook herself
the straight flat road leading away from the N332 in the direction
smiling, linking hands and waving to us in a show of apparent
loose and a volunteer found her. She is
of the La Marina points to ‘San Fulgencio Nort’!
union and solidarity. Later we got our police station, and the
Excuse me (splutter) ! North ? How can that dusty, narrow-
robberies and crimes stopped. Is it going the other way now ?
streeted pathetically small one-horse town ( town is even a bit
Answers on a postcard, please ….
strong !) ever be considered big enough to have a north, south,
If we now merit that police station, an ambulance station, tourist
environment to call home.
east or even west ? But in case I was in any doubt of the new
office, our own council office, three big supermarkets and a lot
Janet and John are beautiful tabby
importance of San Fulgencio, to back this up the other day I
of other shops, heaven knows how many banks, countless
and white kittens. They are 23 weeks old,
obtained from the tourist office in La Marina (so it must be official),
commercial areas with many bars, restaurants, gyms, sports
a recently-produced map of this area. On one side, of course, is
centres, various businesses - need I go on ? Here in La Marina
a street map of San Fulgencio itself, named SAN FULGENCIO
we are big enough to merit our own name, our own identity, our
‘Casco Urbano’(town centre), sufficiently ‘bigged-up’ to look large
own voice. I thought we did, and San Fulgencio were listening -
and impressive. On the reverse – wait for it – it is named ‘SAN
apparently not !
FULGENCIO Urbanizaciones’ with a map showing many streets,
When you think about it, the ‘stench’ of political corruption does
herd cross Husky. She is good with cats
which also includes, in extremely small inconsequential letters in
not currently hang over La Marina’s head, but San Fulgencio’s,
and other dogs. She loves children and
insignificant places ‘URBANIZACION OASIS’, ‘URBANIZACION
with the Town Hall’s bitter rivalries and serious allegations
MARINA’ and ‘URBANIZACION LA ESQUERA’. Even ‘MARINA
against one another. But these people govern the running of
DEL MAR 1’ is highlighted more than ‘URBANIZATION MARINA’
‘our’ urbanization, and are responsible for the state it is in. La
itself. Nowhere – absolutely nowhere - does it even mention ‘La
Marina is not perfect, it has its faults with its roads (and lights
and was found wandering around La
Marina’ – you couldn’t make it up !
!) needing repair, graffiti and the appallingly dirty public areas
Marina. She was found in a very poor
Both sides of the map contain the delightful slogan –
‘San
requiring action, and I accept that slowly but surely these are
state and was afraid to come near us.
Fulgencio – una luz en el Mediterraneo’. A light in the Mediterrean
being addressed. But the examples set by San Fulgencio are not
? Oh, please ! There are 30 streets in San Fulgencio making up
good, and the council needs to put its own house in order before
this ‘light’ – have a guess how many streets and parques there
trying to expand their little empire using the size and population
are in La Marina and Oasis Urbanizations - 50 ? Wrong ! 100
of La Marina.
? Wrong ! According to their own map there are 144 listed on
It would seem to me to be a conscious effort on the part of San
the urbanization side of the map alone ! !44 ! Who would provide
Fulgencio to ‘lose’ the La Marina name – well, I live here, and I
the biggest ‘luz’ there then, providing they’re not out of order and
don’t want to be a tiny part of one of San Fulgencio’s urbanizations
needing repair, like many of them are here ? If there are over five
that they immorally lord it over, it is the tail wagging the dog. I am
times as many streets in La Marina as there are in San Fulgencio,
not politically-minded, but when I see devious sleight of hand like
it follows there are five times as many people – much more
this, then I protest ! Perhaps if you feel strongly on this issue,
probably, due to the concentration of houses - just who are the
as you can see I do, then perhaps you could let ‘The Jungle
minority and majority here ?
Drums’ know, and together we can let this insensitive Town Hall
If you are like me, you have personal reasons to dislike San
know we will not be surrendering our identity to them under any
Fulgencio, specifically its Town Hall, and the inefficient way they
circumstances !
try to manage this urbanization. I lost confidence in the Town Hall
Viva La Marina !
Janet and John
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Although there are numerous road-signs directing you to the ‘Parc Natural del Fondo’ (confusingly, ‘Fondo’ is Valencian for ‘Hondo’) it may be as well if I talk you through it. The simplest way is to take directions for Catral, wherever you are approaching from. Just north of the town, on the way to Crevillente, there is a roundabout with motorway (A-37) access. There you will see a sign for San Felipe de Neri, off to the east. Pass through that village, and, at about a kilometre, you come to a bridge. Turn right on an unmade road before you cross it, and you will arrive at the gates of the reserve centre. If you arrive at a ‘civilised hour’ in the morning (between 09.00 and 14.00 hrs on weekdays except Mondays, and later at weekends) you should find them open. Enter and you come across a car-park that would do justice to a major football ground, with half-a-dozen cars parked in the corner. Cross a nice, landscaped bit of garden, and you have arrived at the splendid reserve centre, a purpose-built exhibition hall, equipped with the very latest in video technology, and some beautifully laid out displays, showing the work of the Medio Ambiente (Environment Agency) at El Hondo. There are impressive oversized mock-ups of Flamingos and the species for which the whole reserve has been established, the Marbled Duck. The huge picture-window of the centre looks out over an area with permanent water – a local rarity in itself – and you can birdwatch here in air-conditioned splendour. The ‘monitors’ are currently fighting a battle with vegetation in this area, which they would like to keep clear for waders, but one explained that the area was cleared as recently as late spring, and the weeds are now waist-high. This same vegetation is more welcome in other parts of the reserve area overlooked by the centre, where extensive lakes have been provided, to attract Marbled Duck. Formerly (and inaccurately) known as ‘Marbled Teal,’ these birds were at a very low ebb in Spain as recently as 1994, when the breeding population may have been as low as 30 pairs. A slow recovery, mirroring, though not so rapidly, that of White-headed Ducks, has taken place, aided by strict conservation measures, and the reserve of El Hondo has been home to a substantial proportion of the country’s
population. Most of these birds bred on the ‘reserve proper,’ where fluctuating water-levels and barely-controlled hunting did little to encourage growth. It was decided to establish this specific reserve, and a small but healthy breeding nucleus is becoming established. The current number of pairs is fifteen. During the breeding season they are, like many species, difficult to see, but as the young start to forage, in late summer and autumn, they start to appear in more accessible spots, and their lovely mottled plumage and piratical dark head-markings are a feature of the Alicante wetlands that many Northern European birders voyage long distances to see. From the Centre, a nice boardwalk trail has been built. Whilst vegetation is still sparse, some species are absent, but it is possible to see a good range of birds in the area already. On my most recent visit, in the scorching heat of early August, a noisy Collared Pratincole passed over, seeing off a passing Marsh Harrier, and a party of six Wood Sandpipers ‘chiff-chiffed’ as they sprung up from a bank by the boardwalk. A little Ringed Plover flew off virtually from under my feet, and a Viperine Water Snake wriggled away as I headed back to the centre. Back there, I spoke to two of the girls who work as monitors. At least two have a modicum of English, and all are unfailingly helpful and friendly. When conditions are right (in other words, when there is some water there) they can make prior arrangements for you to have a guided tour of El Hondo itself, some five kilometres away, where you can see a whole range of birds not found anywhere else in the area. In short, the centre is worth a visit, and represents a worthwhile effort on the part of the Valencian Community. You may be given a questionnaire (in English) – don’t hesitate to ask, and constructive criticism is welcomed.
By Malcolm Thompson,
Good grief, an article about art. Art, there I’ve said it! As soon as someone mentions art and culture do you reach for the revolver, figuratively speaking? How about painting? And I don’t mean two gallons of magnolia and a roller. By now you have either put this article down because you can’t draw for toffee or your horrible bearded, pipe smoking, sandal and socks wearing art teacher at school way back in ‘1960 whatever it was’ told you not to bother with art, it probably wasn’t your strength, right? Or was that just me then? Well, help is at hand. Now that the summer fiesta season is coming to a close and all the ‘rellys’ have gone home you might be turning your thoughts to autumn and winter activities. Maybe a new activity you hadn’t had the time for when you were brining up kids and working in the UK. But now you are here and the pool, garden, house are all sorted and the grandchildren packed off for another six months what are you going to do next? This is where I step in. We are an art group that specialises in utter beginners. Said with complete conviction, I think I can teach you to draw and paint, (No idle boast after years of teaching). You would be amazed at the work complete beginners can produce. All it takes is a little instruction in a few simple techniques to get you started and viola! You’re an artist. Granted, not quite up to Van Gough standard yet, but probably enjoying it more than he did. Not only does this art group offer painting tuition, we are planning visits to a few cultural sites like MUBAG in Alicante for example and we do a little art history along the way. We also have a certain amount of ‘social time’ in our weekly schedule for those that like that sort of thing. Interested? We have a website so you can check that only fairly normal people need apply! We run a six week ‘introduction to watercolour’ course and usually have a laugh along the way. Every week we tackle a different aspect of watercolour painting and build your skills in a stepwise fashion. Absolutely no prior knowledge is assumed, honestly! If you have any interest at all check out our website: www.laschumberas.eu or email Malcolm on artshed.malcolm@gmail.com or give me a ring on 616 052 079. Look forwards to meeting you.
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‘The Coach on the Couch’ gets motivated! Nigel Jardine your resident Coach
Motivation……what exactly is it? Well according to the Oxford dictionary
of course). So I can tell you I needed every ounce of motivation available.
there are two definitions; ‘the reason or reasons behind one’s actions or
I was going towards the records and also raising money for Action for Chil-
behaviour’ and ‘enthusiasm’.
dren, and I was moving away from being the ‘non-achiever’ I was labelled
As a motivational expert I like
as a child.
the first one, because motiva-
Maybe you have some challenges of your own and need to find the motiva-
tion for me has two ends
tion to makes changes, or to just do some of the things you’ve always
- motivation away from and
promised yourself. Well, remember the ‘away from’ and ‘towards’ model.
motivation towards. Let’s face
If you can use both sides of the equation to, if you like, push and pull, it
it if you can’t stand your noisy
makes things a lot easier and usually more enjoyable. For example, you
neighbours, there’s definitely
want to lose weight or get fit. Think of the things you don’t like about the
motivation to move ‘away
situation, things you want to get away from – feeling tired, out of breath,
from’ where you now live, and
your clothes are too tight and so on, then also to increase the motivation,
if you really want that beauti-
think about what you want to achieve, how good you’ll feel, what new outfit
ful new Aston Martin, there’s
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motivation ‘towards’ going out
without getting tired – I look forward
to work each day or to buy
seeing you down there one day, even
your regular lottery ticket(s)!
progressing to a run not a stroll – or am I
I thought about the theme
pushing things too fast?!
motivation for this month as
Whatever is your motivation, make friends
I have just been through a
with it, get to know it well, so when times
very challenging few days
are tough you know exactly where to look
to break a world record and
for that extra bit of umph! A big thanks
create a new one. As a coach I think it would be unfair to ask my clients to
to all of you who’ve voted for me in the
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Top Coach Competition and if you haven’t
to develop my own behaviours and ways of thinking. As you’ll know I am in
done it yet – what are you waiting for!
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;-) Click on the link at www.nigeljardine.
semi-final stages I did a walk on broken glass, which was also on fire – Look
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walking on broken glass, which currently stood at 960m in 1 hour and I’m
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content to have just the one record, I thought well as I’m already set up I
and keep sending me emails with questions or comments about coaching to
can continue and go for the longest duration of walking on broken glass. So
nigel@nigeljardine.com
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After long months of winter we are finally in summer and BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking as it’s the only kind of cooking a REAL MAN will do, probably because there’s an element of danger involved. When a man VOLUNTEERS to do the BBQ, the following chain of events are put into motion: BORING ROUTINE 1, The woman buys the food 2, The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables and makes the dessert. 3, The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the cooking utensils and sauces and takes it to the man who is lounging besides the grill – beer in hand. 4. The man places the meat on the grill MORE ROUTINE 5, The woman goes inside to organise the plates and cutlery. 6, The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is burning, he thanks her and asks is she will bring another beer while he deals with the situation. IMPORTANT AGAIN 7, The man takes the meat off the grill and hands it to the woman MORE BORING ROUTINE 8, The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces and brings them to the table. 9, After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes. MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL! 10, Everyone praises the man and thanks him for his cooking efforts. 11, The man asks the woman if she enjoyed ‘HER NIGHT OFF’. On seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there’s just no pleasing some women!!
60 IS THE NEW 40 by Malcolm Thompson
This months article is a little more light hearted.
by Suzanne Lockwood
Below is a piece of writing which I find astonishing every time I read it. It is strange, but very interesting! Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! This just goes to show what a weird and wonderful thing the human mind is. Suzanne Lockwood Soemg@hotmail.co.uk Mov 619383721
The 1960’s….! ‘It was the best of times; it was the worst of times’. I think I can pinpoint the exact moment when our generation started being younger for longer; it all began on the first of January 1960. This decade’s ultimate result is the cowgirl hat and boots line dancing grandmas of today. How do I know this? A friend of mine recently celebrated his 59 birthday and informed me in all seriousness that ‘60 is the new 40’. After some thought I came to the conclusion he’s right and the root cause is the 1960’s change in attitudes to absolutely everything. We had the NHS, better nutrition, ‘the pill’ and a job. Best of all we had our music and clothes which the older generation hated! My parents were old in their sixties. Once sixty-five arrived my dad was consigned to a life of armchair, garden, dominoes and telly with a corresponding decline in health. No one, and I really mean no one except film stars even thought of spending retirement in a foreign country. We should all get down on our knees and thank the 1960’s for giving us the spirited approach to life we have today. We were brought up in an age where your dad told you to ‘get your hair cut and turn that noise down’ or ‘you’re not going out in that skirt are you’ (that was my sister, not me you understand, well only once)! The Rolling Stones and The Who were ours. Students debated, marched and protested. Kennedy was the ‘new man’ and we walked on the moon, spiritually as well as physically. We were high on our own success, we were ‘Backing Britain’ and England Swung, everything was possible. Young people got used to defying authority in a constructive way. And this has made us into a generation of line dancing non conformists who still have our own teeth thanks to the NHS and school milk. Once ‘Thatcher the Snatcher’ Minister for Education, arrived on the scene things went down hill rapidly, no more school milk and a tightly prescribed curriculum to the point where I feel sorry for today’s children. But I digress. Forty year olds today are still youngsters. They marry later and have children later. They are still in midstream life as we know it. The saying’ life begins at forty’ is anachronistic today. They’re all too busy career building and raising the family they had too late. By the by, I used to teach an ‘A’ level module on the social, cultural, moral and economic impact of the 1960’s. When the students came into the room I would have the Kinks playing, they loved it! Skirts were short, hair was long, the Mersey Beat was fab and American cars had fins. Aren’t you glad you were living through a revolution? The net result…..life begins at 60 and we are here to prove it! PS: Anyone got a 1962 Cadillac Coupe de Ville they want to sell?
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Aries
Leo
Sagittarius
This month your favored Olympic sport is the triple jump, which, as we all know, is the long jump for posey overachievers. Mercury has some advice for you this month and it will come in the form of the pert rear end of a Russian Olympic gymnast gyrating and contorting on the gymnastics floor. A piece of sound financial advice will be given to you by a circus trapeze artist which may make you change your mind on the future trend of commodity prices in these troubled economic times...
Attempts at positive thinking are fraught with difficulties for the entire month as Venus is busy watching the Olympics.
After last month’s eating and drinking binges, caused by an interplanetary conjunction of no name that attempted to make you fat, the only option this month seems to be to listen to Mars, who says its time to take a breather. Mars, the planet, advises you should eat and drink modestly, and try to lose that extra poundage as there is considerable risk of running, jumping and hiding hazards just around the corner.
Mar 20 - Apr 19
July 23rd - August 23rd
Carry on regardless and things might turn out OK, or they might not, who can tell?, just plan this month as if the planets will have no direct impact on your life as they will be busy doing other things. Tip: Looking for signs of your latent sexuality during the Olympic diving events will pay dividends.
November 23rd - December 21st
Items previously considered to be lucky will stop being lucky this month, and items previously thought to be unlucky will grow in unluckiness, taking on a profound sinisterness that even Vincent Price and Christopher Lee would find difficult to understand.
This month your destiny is shy, so give it a hug.
Taurus
Capricorn
Apr 20 - May 19
December 22nd - January 20th
A period of beach time fun is well starred this month after you have faced up to your annual fear of stripping virtually naked in front of others. Use beach towels strategically until your confidence has returned. Unfortunately the planets have all conspired to make sure your attempts to follow a get-readyfor-the-beach workout, that you found in a magazine in May, will have no noticeable results. Throwing things and catching things are well starred especially Frisbees, balls and babies. This month your destiny wears the silk stockings of a Elizabethan Dandy.
Virgo
Aug 23 - Sept 21
‘Fashion’ modeling is set to inspire you this month in all of its pouty exuberance. Walking quickly, stopping, looking mean, then turning around and walking back where you have just come from will enhance an otherwise dull month filled with fears for the economy. Your apparently irrational modelly-walking pattern will confuse street thiefs and people beaters and will have a profound effect on lowering street crime for the coming month wherever you walk, especially when others notice your modelly-type walking and copy your moves.
After last month’s problems with pistachio nuts, the planets are concerned at your suicidally high sodium intake. If the hallucinations start drink lots of water and pray in the direction of Jupiter, which is up for about half of the time. Police are set to raid you home or your place of work this month in a planetary inspired tip-off from a mystic or horoscope writer. (It’s not me!) This month your destiny is undecided, and may leave any outcome until next month.
Aquarius
January 21st - February 18th
Gemini
Libra
May 22nd - June 21st
September 23rd - October 23rd
Egypt in all of its forms is set to impact your life this month in ways too exotic to detail - new spicy foods, new colors, new smells, will embrace your reality after Neptune traverses the plain of no return. A previously mild mannered cat will become aggressive after you seem to be about to feed it but then don’t. The cat is suffering from mild heat stroke and misunderstood your actions, but even so your catty faux pas will put you straight to the top of its ‘humans to bring down’ list.
Fish, water, plastic bath-ducks and lemons are set to have an important impact on your life this month, if Jupiter and Mercury have their way. You will be drawn to the benefits of loan sharkery on the 5th: lending money for up to 2000% interest at times certainly will have its attractions to you. Try to avoid loaning to Taurus and Aries however, the other star signs rarely resort to violence if it all goes wrong. This month your destiny is screaming at you silently about your dress sense.
Scorpio
October 24th - November 22nd
Cancer
June 22nd - July 22nd Reindeers and hearty slaps on the back from manly deep voiced and possibly bearded men, will pepper this month with angst based joy. Despite your attempts to conserve energy, Saturn is determined that your fuel bills will be at record levels. Resign yourself to bankruptcy and everything else is a bonus. A handkerchief of a gypsy woman will bring tidings involving fluid based relief.
The threat of financial peril coupled with a difficulty in finding food to feed wild birds, is set to make this month zing with a Mary Poppins type sadness. As you might have suspected, Mary Poppins is Saturn’s favorite movie of all time and he still weeps at that bit with the old woman and the pigeons. A radio chat show will raise your blood pressure by about 1 this month; beware calling in as your comments could later come back to haunt you.
An Olympic inspired month on many levels. Your favored method of throwing things this month is in the shotput style, and not in your everyday over the arm throwing style, especially at the end of violent domestic arguments in which you usually like nothing better than to throw plates and slam doors. Initially this new throwing style may seem strange to you, especially the bit at the beginning when you have to turn round and round in a tight circle, but the planets insist that you throw like this all month lest Armageddon be released. BEWARE! Pets will favor being tickled on the tummy and not under the chin all of a sudden this month, in a Jupiter inspired confluence.
Pisces
February 19th - March 20th Philosophy will continue to have a profound effect on your life in the coming month and your search for even more esoteric ideas from increasingly unruly-haired philosophers will be greeted with fulfilled coos of happiness at times, especially after 8pm on the 17th. Dogs will present difficulties this month, and you may find that your standard ‘tickle them under the chin’ attempts at ingratiation will fail spectacularly, or at least fail to the extent that you would consider yourself mad to even think about trying it again.
This month your destiny will make itself apparent in the form of a cute kitten playing with a ball of wool.
This month your destiny will get the hiccups.
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14 de Septiembre, Fallas de Elda Santísimo Cristo de la Paz en San Juan de Alicante 15 de Septiembre, Virgen de los Dolores Feria del ganado en Orihuela
23 de Septiembre, Romería a la Font Roja en Alcoy 24 de Septiembre, Moros y Cristianos en Altea
September 8th Day of the Communities
Gran Canaria Asturias Estremadura September 11th Dia da Nacional
September 15th Day of Cantabria
Cantabria September 19th
27 de Septiembre, Santos Cosme y Damián en Relleu 29 de Septiembre, San Miguel en Agres San Miguel en Alcalalí San Miguel en Alqueria d’Asnar San Miguel en Benifallim San Miguel en Benifato San Miguel Arcangel en Daya Nueva San Miguel en San Miguel de Salinas
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7 de Octubre, Aplec de Sonadors en Mutxamel Virgen del Rosario en Rafal 10 de Octubre, Moros y Cristianos en Callosa d’en Sarria Mare de Déu del Rosari en Guardamar del Segura Virgen del Remedio en San Fulgencio 12 de Octubre, Virgen del Pilar en Benejúzar
SEPTEMBER FESTIVITIES IN ‘EL CAMPO DE GUARDAMAR’ Saturday, 5th September at the ‘Pista de los Limoneros’ at 4 p.m. Domino Championship
Saturday, 5th September at the ‘Pista de los Limoneros’ at 11 p.m. Opening Ceremony Sunday, 6th September at the ‘Pista de los Limoneros’. 10.30 a.m. Annual ‘Paella Competition’ 5 p.m. Prize Bingo in aid of this year’s festivities 6 p.m. Children’s activities with bouncy castle etc for the youngsters Saturday, 12th September at the ‘Pista de los Limoneros’ 4 p.m. Domino Championship 11 p.m. Night time celebrations with a mobile disco to dance the night away… Sunday, 13th September at the ‘Pista de los Limoneros’ 3 a.m. Hot chocolate and cake for those who have survived the night!!!! 12 noon Holy Mass with floral tributes to Our Lady of Fátima 5 p.m. Arrival and parades by the different musical bands 8 p.m. Fancy dress parade with prizes awarded for the best costume, best choreography and best transport Saturday, 19th September at the ‘Pista de los Limoneros’ 4 p.m. Domino Championship 10 p.m. Wine Festival 11 p.m. A variety of stage acts and Cabaret performances Sunday, 20th September at the ‘Pista de los Limoneros’ 10.30 a.m. Lunch for the motorcyclists
GUARDAMAR’S MUSEUMS OPEN THEIR DOORS
Residents and visitors to Guardamar now have the opportunity to visit both its Archaeological Museum and the Engineer Mira Museum for the price of 2€. (Children up to 14 years must be accompanied by an adult and those over 65 years can enter free on production of proof of age.) The new initiative allows those interested to visit both museums at their leisure – and although the visits are not guided visits, all of the information is displayed clearly in Spanish, Valencian and in English. The Forestry Commission Engineer Mira’s museum (located within the town’s Tourist Office ) will be open to the public from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and from 5.30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday and is closed on Sundays. The Archaeological Museum, situated at the end of Carrer Colón will be open 10 a.m. -2 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. – 8.30 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday and will be
closed to the public on Sundays and Mondays. Both museums display a wealth of interesting information and visitors are able to learn from the many exhibits, the fascinating history of the town and about the many civilisations who have visited and settled there. Additionally, the Archaeological museum offers an opportunity to see a reproduction of the famous Iberian statue of the Dama de Guardamar. The Engineer Mira museum, renovated in 2006, houses many of his personal belongings – as well as documented information on the work done by him during the reforestation process Tickets for the Museum are available from the town’s local Tourist Information Office, situated in the Plaça de la Constitució (town square). Group bookings are offered with an English speaking guide at 3€ per person. ( a minimum of 15 people). Tel. 96 572 44 88 or visit their website www.guardamar.net
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REFORMNOVA Gran Alacant
PERFORMANCE & DIESEL Guardamar Tel. 96 610 7606
CAR SALES FWR CARS El Altet RENAULT Santa Pola
ANIMAL RESCUE LEZSONJA’S BOARDING KENNELS Sax, Tel 96 112 0244 ALBERGUE Bacarot Tel 96 596 0224
FLAMENCO - LOS LUNARES Gran Alacant Tel 96 669 5399 PRO-ACTS All Areas Tel. 96 679 5058
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CAR SERVICE CENTRE La Marina Tel. 650 821 082 RE-REGISTRATION SPECIALISTS La Marina Tel. 650 821 082 HEADLAMP EXCHANGE La Marina Tel. 96 610 8938
BAILEYS Gran Alacant Tel. 96 618 2407 EL PARIPE Gran Alacant Tel. 96 669 9641 FRANK’S MUSIC BAR Gran Alacant Tel. 637 355 570 PHOENIX BAR Gran Alacant Tel. 96 669 8364 SUNSET BAR Gran Alacant Tel. 664 277 986 TOSCANA Gran Alacant Tel. 96 669 9957 VILLAGE INN La Romana Tel. 628 077 007
CLUBS / SOCIETIES MONTE MAR BOWLS CLUB Gran Alacant Tel: 96 669 8676 BLUE MOON SOLUTIONS All Areas Tel. 655 044 970 SPANISH INKS www.spanishink.com All Areas
COSTA INKS All Areas Tel. 628 406 429 CONVEYANCING
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DOCTORS CLINICA GRAN ALACANT Gran Alacant Tel: 96 669 7411 EMERGENCY Tel 608 666 455 OLIVER PACK Santa Pola Tel. 96 541 3364 SCANDINAVIAN SURGERY Gran Alacant Tel. 689 760 420
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Tel. 96 669 5365
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CCW ELECTRICAL Gran Alacant Tel 617 872 405 DIGINOVA Santa Pola Tel 660 631 380
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BRITISH DENTAL PRACTICE La Marina Tel 96 679 6603 DENTURES DIRECT Gran alacant Tel. 619 185 122
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REFORMNOVA Gran Alacant Tel 670 260 684
TAX ADVICE ANDREA BURNS Gran Alacant Tel 96 669 7824 JLCA LAWYERS Gran Alacant Tel: 966 698 796
TRANSLATORS ANDREA BURNS Gran Alacant Tel 96 669 7824 JOHN TRANSLATOR Gran Alacant Tel. 677 876 371 MICHELLE Gran Alacant Tel 669 791 201 MITCH BULL Gran Alacant Tel. 686 790 457
SUPERMARKETS AJ’S Hondon Nieves Tel. 96 548 0718 BH STORES Catral Tel. 96 678 7891
GETAWAY TOURS Santa Pola Tel. 96 669 6269
TV DIGINOVA Santa Pola SIMULSAT Santa Pola
Tel 660 631 380 Tel. 677 878 210
VETS CLINICA VETERINARIA Santa Pola Tel 96 669 8463
WATER FILTERS PUREFLO Gran Alacant
Tel. 656 649 221
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TRAVEL AGENTS
BUS TIMES Tel 609 959 408
SWIMMING POOL (MAINTAINANCE)
GA POOLS Gran Alacant Tel 628 030 184 PJ’s All Areas Tel 619 501 657
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