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Exploding phones and no earphones? So, it’s been a phone month for the Gadget world, with both Apple and Samsung continuing to fight out their bitter rivalry on who has the best phone. Both companies have just launched their new flagship phones: Samsung Galaxy Note 7, and the iPhone 7. So, which is best, and why does it matter?

mance of the iPhone is better than the Note, as it’s using specially written software rather than “off the shelf”. Most iPhone 7 buyers will already be Apple users, upgrading to the latest model. The main news of course is that Apple have removed the headphone socket, which in turn has increased the battery capacity, and helped it become more waterproof (which is matched by the Samsung). The problem is, though, for us mere mortals (especially for us penniless ex-pats!) is the prices, with the iPhone ranging from the base model at €769, to the flagship at over €1,000!! The Samsung is no better, with their phone being priced at €869. I have bought cars cheaper than that! So, what is the use of these overpriced toys for us “normal” users? Simple; the more these flagships push the boat, the better the cheaper and more affordable phones become. They push the other manufacturers into upgrading their specifications across the board, to keep up in the race. The Mid range phone market is very fluid and full of good phones at a much more sensible price. But that’s for another article. At the start of the article, I asked which is the best? The answer is, neither! Both are flawed in some way or another, and suffer from being a “favoured” type from the people who love them. They are both excellent in their own rights, but I would still buy a cheaper phone, and enjoy a nice meal, or even a holiday, on the difference between these and a good mid range phone. Until next month!

So, Samsung bolted out of the gate first, with their new flagship phone, the Note 7. Big, powerful and impressive, but with a bit of an explosive personality. Yep, in their rush to beat Apple to the punch, the electronic giant pushed to release the phone a bit too early, leading to a manufacturing defect in their batteries. Normally not a problem with Samsungs, as most have a removable battery, but for some reason, this time, they decided to have a built in battery. This has lead to a full recall of EVERY note 7 manufactured. Oops! More haste, less speed? As you can imagine, this is not great publicity, but then it is said that there is no such thing as bad publicity – I am not convinced. With an 8 core processor (well, technically 2 x 4 core processors – 2.3 GHz and 1.6 GHz) and 64 GB of storage (and upgradable to 256 with the SD slot) and 4Gb RAM, the phone is actually more powerful than many computer systems out. In contrast to this, the Apple flagship phone is the new iPhone 7. On paper, this is not as good a phone, as it is only a 4 core processor, and only 2 GB RAM, and it also suffers from a lack of SD card slot. Apple seem to manage to keep their fanboys happy with style, and as it uses different software, actual performance is not that different, and some say the perfor-

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How to Complete a No-Spend Month in Spain

MONEY SAVER SPAIN Too. Much. Stuff. It’s that simple and it applies to nearly everyone. But wouldn’t you just love to have a little bit more cash to travel, pay off your mortgage or help out your kids? With this in mind, why not set yourself the goal of having a No-Spend Month? Sounds daunting? Just try it for a day, then a week or two before aiming at a full month. Wait, what about Christmas? OK, let’s leave the full month challenge for January when it’s a lot easier to resist taking your credit card out of your wallet. A goal of not spending in December will probably mean you’ll fail before you’ve even really started. An initial shorter no-spend period will give you a better idea of how much money you actually need and, what’s more, how much you waste. Saving a euro here and a euro there won’t seem like much, but you’ll soon find your way towards your goal. Don’t think that a no-spend month means you’ll need to talk to your bank manager to not pay the mortgage, rather it’s all about those smaller amounts that eat up your available cash. Here are our top tips on how to send your budget to boot camp and make sure you meet your 7/15/30 day no spending (except for essentials) goal. No cheating allowed!

Let’s say you’re saving for the holiday of a lifetime, why not set your goal to travel business class? Make sure you place strategic reminders of your goal around the home. With our holiday example, change your computer background screen to your chosen destination and put a picture of huge comfy business class airline seats on your fridge door.

1. Get everyone involved If you’re the only one in the house taking part in a no-spend challenge, it won’t take long to give up. Get all family members on board. See who can come up with the most creative ways to not spend. Rather than a challenge, which can seem pretty negative, see it as a game. Remember: you don’t need to spend money to have fun.

5. No online shopping allowed It’s so easy to go online; it doesn’t even feel like real shopping. With one-click options at Amazon (and more stores) spending money is just one slight finger movement away. When you receive promo emails about a fantastic sale or free shipping, just delete to avoid temptation.

2. Prepare You probably think you don’t spend much, so spend the month before collecting all the receipts for everything, and I mean everything, you buy. How often have you gone to the cash machine at the beginning of the month only to wonder where all the money went some days later? Finding where you splurge, and can cut back painlessly, will be the best start to your challenge. 3. Have an end goal in sight Deciding to not spend is not much fun. So set a goal. Remember: the more money you spend, the less you’ll have for your goal. 4

4. Don’t go shopping when you’re bored. Don’t go food shopping when you’re hungry Get out your diary for your no-spend month and fill it with dates to spend more time with friends and family. Don’t meet up at Starbucks – that defeats the point! Keeping busy will keep you away from the shops. Even though grocery shopping is essential, just buy the basics such as fresh fruit and veg. Make a list and stick to it, no exceptions. Check your freezer and storage cupboards. Frozen chicken still there from six months ago? Use it. Weird sauce that you bought from that quirky store? Get online and find a recipe. And don’t cheat by stocking up your fridge and pantry in advance with non-essential treats.

Blitz a different room each day and sort everything into three piles: sell, donate and recycle/trash. If you manage to make money by selling items, then you can put it towards your goal. 8. Walk! How often do you automatically take the car, even if you don’t really need to? You’ll have to plan your no-spend month wisely to use the one full tank of petrol you have available – no refilling allowed! Leave the car behind, walk and enjoy your surroundings. If you’ve downloaded a podcast or two, time will fly by. For more great savings tips check out the MoneySaverSpain.com website and sign up for the newsletter for a weekly round up of promos, consumer news and more ways to save in Spain. “Don’t forget to sign up to the weekly MoneysaverSpain.com newsletter on the website for more great tips and saving ideas.”

6. Start a new (free) hobby There are 1000’s of free online courses that you can choose to follow. A great starting point is FutureLearn.com with courses from languages to history to thermodynamics. Taking a course is a great way to spend time, increase your knowledge and, who knows, maybe take your life in a whole new direction. Most importantly, time spent studying means less time to go out spending. Don’t want to study? Download free books to read or visit your local library. Free podcasts are also a great way to spend time and leave your hands free to sort out the garden or ironing. 7. Sort out your stuff Take a look around your home and garage. How much stuff do you actually use?

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THE BISH BASH The post-Brexit bad news just keeps coming. You, the reader – yes, you, Stan of Playa San Jose (PS Thanks. Someone had to be the one.) – will remember my proposal in August to solve the problem of unsatisfied Brexiters by sending them to Jupiter in search of a new country. It’s all off. A victim of EU bureaucracy? Jealousy at the UK’s attempt to re-draw the boundaries of space in the way we once re-drew the boundaries of the Middle East? No. Sheer ingratitude from the Brexit Dept. In went my proposal, fully laid out on the back of an envelope and what did it get? Nada. No than`ks at all for innovative thinking. I doubt they even bothered to read it properly: I’d clearly specified Jupiter as the destination. Their reply merely went on about up Uranus. Pathetic. What’s worse, the Government’s own plan for Brexit –evicting all EU citizens – is to be accompanied by draconian measures that even I couldn’t have dreamed up. I don’t disagree that action is needed to cover the loss both of those productive employees and tax revenue. How can the NHS, for instance, continue with the simultaneous disappearance of half its staff and billions of funding? Nor do I doubt the scale of the problem. But the proposed solution? Give me strength. Or, rather, tranquillisers. I assume the Spanish media has reported it correctly. Yes, involuntary euthanasia for all those over a certain age (To be determined). It’s a shocker. Since its announcement the storm of outrage has barely paused and the exemption for Tory MPs hasn’t

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helped. (It’s even rumoured that the seven splinter-groups of the Labour Party may meet to discuss opposing this, though six of them have just become Conservatives instead).

could provide the postponement we all crave. With a range of prizes, from one year extra to ten, to life, it could also prove a money spinner in its own right. El Gordo never had stakes this high!

Anyway, hysterical wailing is not my style. This needs confronting in a balanced manner. Let’s accept that old people put great strains on society and the cost can’t be borne any longer. The question is, where to draw the line. Would sixty-five be too low? (Though the pension saving would be important, there) If the threshold’s set at seventy-five, would that be too high? There’s some serious debate needed. (So the suggestion of twenty-two for the England football team is not helpful, thank you)

But we’re forgetting the benefits. Not least for the old themselves. The uncertainty will be gone from life. No more lingering descent into Alzheimer’s, institutional depression or trudging to the food bank. Meanwhile, employment opportunities will grow. Businesses will start up to process the numbers and with HS2 and 3 the profits can be spread to the regions via an extra class of carriage.

Another key issue is methodology. Not everyone will want a Socratic cup of hemlock. Choice could be key. If someone fancies the Captain Oates solution, why not, though with global warming it may be a slow job. And we mustn’t let prejudices get in the way. Should a fundamentalist prefer being stoned to death, who’s to object? There are limits, however. Senor Rajoy’s offer to send us the Museum of Garrotting hasn’t been received with much amusement over here, while drinking and smoking yourself to death has been banned for also being too slow – and expensive. As mentioned above, the question of exemptions is controversial. For people whose social usefulness or national importance – the Royal Family, Stephen Hawking, Bruce Forsyth, say – makes them indispensable a case can perhaps be made. For the rest of us a new national lottery

New industries will also emerge. The orphaned-pet market looks attractive – a use for redundant old people’s homes? – while ‘euth’ fashion could catch on. Of course some areas, like Maunday coinage manufacture, may suffer but a ‘EU’ medal might compensate. So look on the bright side – until you reach sixty, that is. Sorry, I forgot, some of you will be horrified by all this, and with me in thinking ‘Isn’t there another way to fund this Brexit deficit? Like a transaction tax of 0.0001% on financial dealings, you mean? We voted that out when the EU proposed it, remember. Or closing all tax havens? Come on! Get real. These might save $50bn annually but they’re impossible. We’d have to shoot all bankers first. You must realise that’s far too barbaric.

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Valencia Natural Parks Santa Pola

Many years ago I was driven for the first time south from Alicante down the N332 through the Santa Pola salt lakes. It was a typical bright sunny day and I vividly remember the immediate impression they had on me. I could not believe all of the exotic bird life just a few metres away from the car. Looking back it was probably one of the reasons I returned to the UK, sold up and relocated to the Costa Blanca. When I explored the Santa Pola natural park, one of Valencia regions 22 natural parks, I left the car at the end of the Playa Llisa (take the very 1st turning right, coming from Torrevieja on N332, at the salt works) then you can opt to walk either the red (3kms) or yellow (4kms) routes, although you can make it longer or shorter. This is not the usual tranquil nature park because life is going on all around you. Industry in the form of the salt works with heavy machinery clanking away, leisure with people sun bathing or fishing on the beach and a gaggle of happy laughing children learning canoeing and windsurfing in the clean shallow sea water. Another unusual feature for a nature park are the Spanish civil war pillboxes or Las casamatas which although a bit overgrown are still intact. Further along you will find the remains of the old salt works jetty with a salt barge, originally used for loading the larger off shore ships, now marooned looking like a carcass stripped to its bare bones. If you feel in need of some shade there is a delightful little spinney formed by Aleppo pines, which would make a great

picnic spot. With the beach only a few metres away you can deviate from appreciating the park and take a refreshing dip. The route begins its return at the one of the drainage points back out to sea. You retrace your steps back to the start, but you can vary the route to suit yourself, lookout for lizards, various insects and a huge display of Aloe Vera plants. The Salt works museum doubles as the visitor centre and can be found on the Santa Pola exit slip road from the N332 (again coming from Torrevieja) It offers some good displays, old salt works artefacts and machinery as well as a park guide brochure and toilets. There is a small car park at the centre but plenty of public parking around the beach area. From the centre you can either walk to the start of red route or take a stroll, on solid paths, which are ideal for wheel chairs, around the lake. There are good viewing points to see the gulls, many varieties of ducks including shelduck, grebes, teals etc. (Depending on the time of year of your visit) A useful identification board is displayed in the main hide. Again there is a stark contrast with nature happily cohabiting with mans´ commercial buildings and sports grounds only a few metres away. The vast salt lakes to the south west of the N332 are home either part of full time to a huge selection of bird life including exotics like flamingoes and avocets. There are 2 laybys, one of each side of the road, where you can safely pull your car in and take some photos or a scan through your binoculars. The old watchtower dat-

ing back to 1543 has been restored and the gulls have now taken it over to be the tower guards in the 21st century. This is one of Valencia’s smaller parks at 2,470 (9.5 square miles) but it still very enjoyable and worth a visit. You also have a choice of bars and restaurants in the beach area or downtown for that well deserved refreshment. SALT MUSEUM & PARK FACT FILE Location: Accessed via N332 Santa Pola exit Car Parking: Free Bus: Costa Azul Alicante – Cartagena service Visitors Centre/Salt Museum: Open daily 0900-1400 Paths: Fairly flat. Some sandy in dry weather Disabled Access: Yes – in parts. WCs: In Visitor Centre For more: http://parquesnaturales. gva.es Please follow: Rules for preserving the Reserve You are in a protected wildlife area with nesting birds. Keep dogs on a lead. To contribute to its preservation visitors should attempt to come in small groups, make as little noise as possible, not leave the paths marked out, respect animals and plants, not light fires, respect forestry rules, and leave no rubbish, waste or tracks of your presence along the route. Thank you. Words and photos by Rob Innis

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Welcome to Autumn mis amigos, not too bad is it? Better than that cold and just remember our brothers and sisters are preparing their bikes for hibernation and filling in their SORNs! Well it’s all happening in MotoGP isn’t it? 8 races, 8 different winners. By far the most pleasing one for us Brits is that outstanding performance by Cal Crutchlow in the Czech GP at Brno. His tyre choice puzzled a few but by the time the chequered flag came down he was 7 seconds ahead of Rossi and 9 of Marquez. He is the first british GP winner since Barry Sheene 35 years ago! Move over Andy Murray. Think about it for a minute, truly a fantastic achievement. Unfortunately he couldn’t repeat the feat at home in the British GP but came a credible second behind Maverick Viñales’s maiden P1 after the maniac Iannone crashed out of 2nd trying too hard. You just can’t take your eyes of that bloke. Trailing Crutchlow again were the good doctor, Signore Rossi and Marcy Marquez. Pedrosa had made it a 4 way fight but Cal held on.

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As usual San Marino was a sea of yellow for Rossi but Dani Pedrosa refused to read the script and rediscovered his mojo leading the local hero home in front of Jorge Lorenzo and Marquez. Marquez has only won once in recent months but his apparent new attitude I realising the lower places will do means he has a massive gap ahead of Rossi and Lorenzo, who was leading when taken out in Catalunya by our maniac, Iannone. In World Superbikes Jonny Rea maintains his big lead but the gap closed briefly after he crashed out on Race 1 in Germany with Chaz Davies winning ahead of Tom Sykes. The challengers couldn’t capitalise on this though as the implacable Irishman dusted himself off and won the second race from De Angelis and Fores with Davies in 6th and Sykes in 12th. With only 6 races left that 47 point gap is looking pretty big.

Moving on to the 23rd in La Matanza (Santomera)

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I’ve been around a bit and met a few readers, always great to do that, keep the feedback coming. Have a great month guys and remember if you have any comments or want to advertise your club, group or an event I can be contacted via email at timbikers@gmail.com or on Facebook at Tim Bikers where you will also find details of events where I have got less notice. I also have an events calendar so if you have anything for inclusion let me know. Spanish word of the month – otoño (Otonyo) autumn. It’s for riding, just like all the other seasons. Stay safe moteros and all the Biking Best

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Six recommendations for negotiating the price of a house Although the housing market is recovering steadily, it is still possible to obtain significant discounts on the final price of a home, if you negotiate effectively. When it comes to the crucial moment in the negotiation process, both Ignacio Pellicer Molla and Pedro Heredia Ortiz, both partners of the law firm PELLICER & HEREDIA, and specialists in real estate law, always recommend that you effectively negotiate and achieve discounts which can range from 5% to 20% of the initial price. 1. Make a reasonable offer. In order to do this, it is essential to know the market thoroughly. While an offer 10% below the initial price in some cases may be reasonable, in others it could be as much as 30%. “An error of this type, as well as knowing how to negotiate with the seller, can lose a lot of money.” 2. Always have another option when in front of the seller. Show yourself interested but not desperate. Always enter negotiations with a Plan B in mind. This allows you to convey that you have more options.

6. Speak to the seller. This is your best option. Oddly enough psychological factors play a key role in selling a home. For many sellers the feeling that everything is moving forwards smoothly , such as having the mortgage already approved by the banks and that the seller is keen to buy, play an important part in the buying and selling process. These aspects will give peace of mind to the seller. PELLICER & HEREDIA Lawyers have a department specializing in real estate transactions. As a seller or buyer please do not hesitate to contact us regarding any aspect in a housing purchase, or any other legal enquiry. Email us at info@pellicerheredia.com or call (+34) 965 48 07 37. TIM readers can arrange an initial free consultation with Pellicer & Heredia. Please do not hesitate to contact them on 965 480 737 – 606 056 282 or email them at info@ pellicerheredia.com for your free consultation. For more information visit www.pellicerheredia.com

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A friend was telling me about the different priorities of different pedestrian crossings. He had been told that red and white or blue and white were mandatory stops and black and white discretionary. Or it may have been the other way around. I thought they probably all had the same force but then I came across some information from a traffic team of the Guardia Civil that showed we were both wrong! Article 168, section c, of the Traffic Regulations, the Código de Tráfico y Seguridad Vial, says about the marking of pedestrian crossings that they are: a series of wide lines marked on the road surface in bands parallel to the road axis which form a series on the roadway to indicate a crossing for pedestrians where drivers of vehicles and those conducting animals must let them (the pedestrians) pass. Lines of other colours should not alternate with the white ones. If you want to check my Spanish interpretation the original reads: Marca de paso para peatones. Una serie de líneas de gran anchura, dispuestas sobre el pavimento de la calzada en bandas paralelas al eje de ésta y que forman un conjunto transversal a la calzada, indica un paso para peatones, donde los conductores de vehículos o animales deben dejarles paso. No podrán utilizarse líneas de otros colores que alternen con las blancas. So you can see that the legislation is absolutely clear. A zebra crossing is formed by painting thick white lines on the roadway. The colour that alternates with the white bands should be simply the general colour of the roadway. Apparently the reason that there are coloured crossings came from a report which said that the best way to make pedestrian crossings safer was to make them more eye catching. Experiments with brightly coloured crossings were successful - drivers did, indeed, notice them earlier. The counter argument was that whilst drivers might notice the crossings they could equally well fail to notice the pedestrians about to use them. The responsibility for many of the roadways, within towns, falls, reasonably enough, to the local town hall. Well meaning councillors may decide on traffic calming measures, road priorities and the like which seem, to them, to make common sense but which don’t comply, strictly, with national legislation or regulations. If you think about the red or blue crossings that you have seen they are almost certainly on top of the traffic calming speed bumps. The Town Hall has the zebras painted in bright colours to make them more eye-catching in the hope that cars won’t hit them at speed and take off. As an aside the bumps have strict design parameters and many of them are not technically legal. That’s why it is not at all unusual for over steep speed bumps to disappear overnight in the light of successful actions by someone concerned about damage to vehicles. Nobody worries too much that a blue or red crossing will damage their car so they tend to be more permanent. To re-iterate, the law is absolutely clear, zebra crossings use white bands on the roadway. Other types of crossing are not strictly legal. Nonetheless, I would advise against ever trying to prove your legal knowledge when you are driving towards someone using one! There’s probably a law about knocking down pedestrians.

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Sterling v Euro update Is sterling slipping over the edge?

After a good post Brexit run in August, the GBP/EUR managed to hit 1.20 on 6th September but glanced straight off it and has pretty much continued straight back down! With a particularly poor Friday close on 16th taking it back to 1.165. All eyes are now on whether or not it can hold above 1.16 or is this the start of the plummet to 1.15 again? Some analysts are even predicting a possible drop to 1.11 (0.90). Even mid September’s strong retail sales of 6.2% growth failed to shake off the current head winds sterling is facing. Markets appear convinced the BoE will cut interest rates again in November - despite evidence that UK consumers continue to dig into their wallets and spend - spending on the high street is still going strong.

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ONCE A KING, ALWAYS A KING… By John McGregor

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… but once a (K)night is enough! Arise, Sir Mick Jagger (although it looks like he already has – again, this time at the ripe old age of 73). I was reading recently that our old Knight of the British Empire was reported to having recently negotiated a financial deal with a 29-year-old ballerina who is pregnant with the Rolling Stones singer’s eighth child: that settlement is to provide for her and the baby expected in December. ‘Mick has always taken his responsibilities seriously’ a source told the Daily Mirror. Oh, really? In the late sixties I was serving my Queen and country in the Royal Air Force on the South Coast of England. On the 2,000 strong camp there were few females, so to ‘embellish’ the monthly disco/dance held there the RAF would enterprisingly send notice and a coach to various feminine-heavy establishments in turn, like nurses’ homes, teacher training colleges – and telephone exchanges. We would all then be busily going out with nurses, trainee teachers and telephonists for the next weeks, months and even in a few cases life… I have written elsewhere* about the GPO telephonists, based in Chichester – they were a ‘rum lot’ - not what you would expect at all, always surprising you. One of their tricks, unsurprisingly perhaps was to listen into telephone calls of the rich and famous, that area of West Sussex being particularly affluent and desirable. Mick’s blood-brother Keith Richards of the Stones still has the same house today in West Wittering, scene of many infamous stories which include Marianne Faithful and confectionery items. But this story we were told at the time subsequently turned out to be true, and curiously is somewhat at odds with the said source’s modern view of Mick and his ‘responsibilities’. Anyone remember the huge hit musical ‘Hair’? The female lead singer was a beautiful Afro-American girl called Marsha Hunt,

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and for a while, post-Marianne was linked romantically with Jagger the Shagger (OK, I made that last nickname up, sorry, Sir Mick). It is said that the hit ‘Brown Sugar’ was inspired by the stunning Marsha. At the telephone exchange one night an alert telephonist caught a call from London to Richard’s house, the female caller asking to speak to Mick. Soon half the exchange were listening as the somewhat-agitated young lady informed Mick that she was going to have a baby - and what was he going to do about it? At this point, no doubt much to everyone eavesdropping’s immense interest, Mick the Dick (sorry, there I go again) disputed the matter, claiming he was not responsible for the lady’s confinement. Marsha in turn countered that, although they were living in permissive times, she personally did not ‘put it about’ to use a common phrase. Ms Hunt vigorously claimed to be a one-man woman in a full relationship – and Michael was ‘the man’. Alas, to add fuel to a fire already welllit our hero continued to cast doubt on the young lady’s thrust, even going so far as to suggest that others could be involved. By this time the phone wires were almost melting with rage from the distressed woman in reaction to Mick’s disputing of her version of events: after a blistering row which didn’t end happily it left the whole telephone exchange with a lot to discuss and mull over – and discreetly share... History proved that yes, the baby was certainly a little Jagger - and yes, after two strained years Mick eventually ‘admitted responsibility’ for the child and from then on maintained his daughter, who was named Karis as she grew up. Dad also stayed close, taking Karis on holiday with his later family, and even attended his daughter’s graduation and eventual wedding. Mick was even at the birth of Karis’s son in 2004. In December 2012 Marsha Hunt sold a series of love letters

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written to her in the summer of 1969 by Mick: the letters were sold by Sotheby’s of London and fetched £182,000. I have my own story of my relationship with one of those telephonists which is a full chapter in ‘Fairy Tales of an SAC’*. Imagine my surprise when the lady unexpectedly turned up with her husband at a Waterstones’ book signing I did in Chichester in 2011 – and we had a lot to discuss... But, of course I am not as ‘box office’ as Sir Mick Jagger, although we’ve both enjoyed life. I did have a little smile to myself at our valiant Knight’s latest ‘tilt’ at the age of 73 - who Can’t Get No Satisfaction? Hey, I’m only 67, but in light of recent personal events I don’t think that sort of thing is very likely in my case – rock on, Mick, I’m only a bit jealous!

*Fairy Tales of an SAC: John McGregor, Amazon, Woodfield Publishing. ‘A Young Airman’s Experiences in the Royal Air Force 1967- 72’. Paperback – November 26, 2010

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(Samhain) Halloween or All Hallows Eve, as it is sometimes referred to, is a lot different now than it may have been celebrated many centuries ago. With October 31st coming around the corner, I thought it would be interesting to find out what the origins of Halloween were. Peter Tokofsky, an assistant professor in the department of Folklore and mythology in UCLA states, “The earliest trace (of Halloween) is the Celtic festival, Samhain, which was the Celtic New Year. It was the day of the dead, and they believed the souls of the deceased would be “available” (Navarro). Samhain (pronounced sah-win or sow-in) means “summer’s end” by the Celts. In old Germanic and Celtic societies, what we call equinoxes and solstices marked the middles of the seasonnot the beginnings.” (Chamberlain) Therefore if there exist an autumnal equinox, winter solstice, spring equinox and a summer solstice, there are also the beginning of autumn, winter, spring and summer. All of these eight dates were important. Summer’s end which meant the beginning of winter was an important time for people who survived on plants grown in the fi eld and animals that were kept in pastures. “This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death” . It is most likely this reason

that the Druids (Celtic pagans) believed that the spirits of those who died the preceding year roamed the earth the night of Samhain. The Druids celebrated this holiday “with a great fi re festival to encourage the dimming Sun not to vanish” and people “danced round bonfi res to keep evil sprits away, but left their doors open in hopes that the kind spirits of loved ones might join them around their hearths”. On this night, “divination was thought to be more effective than any other time, so methods were derived to ascertain who might marry, what great person might be born, who might rise to prominence, or who might die” Also during the celebration, the Celts “wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other’s fortunes”. Crops were burned and animals were sacrifi ced The spirits were believed to be either “entertained by the living”, or to “fi nd a body to possess for the incoming year”. This all gives reasons as to why “dressing up like witches, ghosts and goblins,villagers could avoid being possessed.” By 43 AD, “Romans had conquered the majority of Celtic territory.” For the 400 years they occupied Celtic lands, two Roman festivals: Feralia (the commemoration of the passing of the dead) and a day to honor Pomona (the Roman goddess of fruits and trees). The apple served as a symbol for Pomona and which might have been incorporated into Samhain by the practice of “bobbing for apples”. When “local people converted to Christianity during the early Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church often incorporated modifi ed versions of older religious traditions in order to win converts.” Pope Gregory IV wanted to substitute Samhain with All Saints’ Day in 835, but All Souls’ Day(Nov.2nd) which is closer in resemblance to Samhain and Halloween today, was “fi rst instituted at a French monastery in 998 and quickly spread throughout Europe” .In the 16th century, “Christian village children celebrated the vigil of All Saints’ by doing the Danse Macabre. The Seven Brethren whose grizzly death is described in the seventh chapter of the deuterocanonical book of Second Macabees” is also said to have resulted in children dressing up in grizzly costumes to signify these deaths. Halloween came to the United States when European immigrants “brought their varied Halloween customs with them”. In the second half of the nineteenth century, America was fl ooded with new immigrants including the Irish fl eeing from the potato famine in Ireland in 1846. By combining Irish and English traditions, Americans began the “trick-ortreat” tradition. In the later 1800’s the holiday became more centered on community and in the 1920’s and 1930’s, Halloween became “a secular, but community centered holiday”. In the 1950’s leaders changed Halloween as a holiday aimed at the young to limit vandalism. This all led to what Halloween actually is like today

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Argiope lobata

By Pedro Cardoso of the University of Azores

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Argiope lobata are very commonâ&#x20AC;? on the southern Iberian Peninsula. All spiders are poisonous, but only some are dangerous to man. Argiope lobata is totally harmless, and belongs to the family Araneidae, the so called orb weavers, Argiope lobata is one of the largest spiders of its kind in the Iberian Peninsula. Despite its size, it is completely harmless, just like the vast majority of spiders in the region. In fact, the large whitish spider is always a female. Males are much smaller and coloured in a dull brown, usually only seen when hanging besides the females web, just waiting for the right opportunity to mate. This Argiope is very easy to spot in open areas with scattered bushes, where they build their large orb webs hanging between the plants. Their webs have remarkable structures called stabilimenta, these are zigzag bands weaved with special silk glands, and what function this is exactly for is still being debated. The most accepted theory suggests that the silk reflects UV light, attracting insects to the deadly trap. During September and October, after the summer mating frenzy the female builds the egg-sac, which is a 3-4cm round structure, light brown and wrapped in a paper-like silk. The egg-sac is kept in a very close vicinitie of the femaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s web, and well protected from the many parasites and predators, until the eggs hatch. By then, the spiderlings emerge and immediately disperse by ballooning. They look for the tops of twigs, stones or other structures and wait for an ascending breeze. When they detect it, the spiderlings immediately release very thin silk strands into the air, and when the silk strands are large enough and if the upward wind is strong they release themselves from the plant or stone and are carried away like a balloon. The trip maybe as short as a few meters, but it can also take them even hundreds of kilometers away from their starting point. Once they land at their new home they then start building their own webs and give rise to a new generation.

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The History Of Paella

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If I were to ask you what the traditional dishes of different countries are ,there is a good chance that for England you may say Fish and Chips or a Sunday Roast with Yorkshire Pudding, for France you may say Frogs Legs, Italy Pizza and Pasta, Ireland you could say Bacon and Cabbage, America has the hamburger, Mexico has Chilli con Carne and of course Spain has Tapas and Paella. These are indeed just stereotypical dishes but none the less we associate food with the culture of a nation and whilst these dishes are all somewhat clichéd as clichés go they all get our taste buds going and tantalise our senses. The name of the dish Paella comes from the vessel it is cooked in, quite simply a “La Paella”. This is a Valencian word and describes the round shallow pan with two handles that the ingredients are cooked in and traditionally then served in directly from the fire. The dish we all know and love today originated in Valencia and was a poor man’s meal that has developed into one of Spain’s most popular and beloved dishes with variants of the recipe across the different provinces in Spain. Some La Paellas are huge and you may have seen them being used at social occasions for large 28

parties as the showcase centre piece, with the men of the gathering taking pride in the preparation and cooking of this much loved dish. The dish has its beginnings firmly entwined in Arabic culture. The Spanish word for rice is Arroz which derives from the Arabic word Arruzz and Valencia is its birthplace. As one of the largest Spanish ports it was a gateway to Spain for Arabic immigrants some 1200 years ago. Rice was and still is one of the staples of Arabian dishes and they brought the grains of their beloved food with them. It was inevitable that Valencia soon became established as a rice producer in the country. Paella was originally the meal of peasants, cooked over an open wood fire in the rice fields that they worked in. The original dish was made of the rice from the fields and anything else they could throw in... Onions, tomatoes, snails, green beans anything for taste and texture. Duck and rabbit were also popular when available and this dish soon became such a popular meal of convenience that on special occasions chicken and saffron were added. Due to the location of Valencia, the

Mediterranean Sea soon became a resource for the dish and sea food was added to the recipe. A real Valencian Paella today though is still the traditional peasants recipe and has no shell fish added and is simply a choice of chicken, duck, or rabbit, snails, green beans and garbanzos. Next time you are sitting in your favourite Restaurant in Spain and you order a Paella close your eyes and picture where this exquisite dish came from. Picture the Arabic ships docking in the great port of Valencia with their sacks of rice, imagine the peasants in the paddy fields doing gruelling work and lighting their fire at the end of a long day, preparing the rice they have gathered and adding ingredients they have available to give flavour and texture. Picture the delight of a celebration when chicken and other meat was added and the merriment that would have followed and you will really appreciate not only how far this wonderful dish has come but just how exquisite a dish it really is... From a poor man’s meal to a dish for Kings and Queens and of course you and me...

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Banana tree infected by the Sigatoka complex

Bananas May Just Disappear Quicker Than You Think!!!!

By T. Marshall

If you are a lover of bananas then you may want to stock up… as there might not be ANY left in five years.` The popular fruit is now under threat from a lethal mix of three diseases, known as the Sigatoka complex. Already the disease has slashed the banana yield by a hefty 40% - and it may not end there, as it is evolving to be even more lethal. More alarmingly (if you love your ‘nanas), the Cavendish variation of the fruit that is usually found in supermarkets is grown from cuttings, meaning they are all essentially clones from one plant. Plant pathologist Ioannis Stergiopoulos explained: “We have demonstrated that two of the three most serious banana fungal diseases have become more virulent by increasing their ability to manipulate the banana’s metabolic path ways and make use of its nutrients. “This parallel change in metabolism of the pathogen and the host plant has been overlooked until now and may represent a ‘molecular fingerprint’ of the adaptation process.

“The Cavendish banana plants all originated from one plant and so as clones, they all have the same genotype — and that is a recipe for disaster. “It is really a wake-up call to the research community to look at similar mechanisms between pathogens and their plant hosts.” And if you didn’t understand all that, it basically means more needs to be done if we ever want banoffee pie again. Mr Stergiopoulous said that fungicide may have to be applied up to 50 times per year by farmers to save our bananas.

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Rivers, Lakes & Waterfalls BBQ Written by Eric Arnold

This event was something a little special, something I had been planning for quite some time. A two day event which included two nights at the fabulous Parador Hotel in Albacete, a BBQ with music and dancing on the Sunday then on the Monday a visit to Lagunas de Ruidera with a stop off in a sleepy little town called Munera as guests of the Mayor. Sunday 18th September 2016, 28 beautiful Jaguars arrived at the Parador Hotel in Albacete. I must say they did look impressive all lined up outside the hotel. This collection included three cars that need special mention. Len and Barbara Pillings new Jaguar F Pace, the first one I have seen in the “flesh”, take my word, very nice indeed. The second and Joel Darget’s replica D Type, something you do not see very often and Joel had brought it all the way from the Costa Del Sol. The third was David Sleap’s superb XKR Silverstone. A total of 58 people checked in, this included 7 people who had come all the way from the Costa Del Sol. At around 19:00 Hrs we gathered for pre dinner drinks in the bar then outside for the BBQ and Dancing in the fabulous hotel grounds that evening. Monday 19th September we gathered in front of the hotel for the Group Pictures then “Engines Start” at 09:45 Hrs. In a perfect convoy the Big Cats skirted Albacete and headed out on the N430 towards Ruidera a total distance of some 120 Km. However “Our Ian” had arranged a little surprise on the way. We turned off the N430 and headed towards Munera, after a short distance we are picked up by the Police escort who helps get all the cars safely into Munera’s town square as guests of the Mayor. A big thank you to Leondro Lopez Valido for suggesting the idea and organising the whole thing. Maybe you saw us on La Mancha television later that day. We stopped for about a hour then with the help of the Police Escort again we made our way back to the main road and continued our convoy to Ruidera. Lagunas de Ruidera is part of Hidden Spain, a place very popular with those Spanish that know it exists but hardly ever visited by anyone else. The attraction is the string of beautiful lakes and waterfalls, one of the most important wetlands in Spain. Apart from the stunning scenery you can also take part in various water born activities. On arrival in Ruidera people were allowed to discover this beautiful part of Spain at their leisure then return to the Hotel in their own time.

On Monday night we had a special menu arranged for the club, 5 small treats to start including the famous cheese made locally and superb Iberico ham. A choice of Cod or Veal, with unlimited local wine which I must say was very pleasant indeed. We celebrated two birthdays, Bob Limehouse had reached the “dizzy” age of 70 and Colin Stickland made it to 65. For many the night was finished with a coffee and a little night cap. Tuesday morning we departed mid morning after a hearty breakfast. I took the lead on this event but I must thank Ian and Uschi McMenemy for organising the event in Munera with Leondro and for generally giving their support. But most of all I must thank all the members that supported the event and all the kind words that many offered after the event. The next meeting is planned for 30th October, location to be announced shortly. This will be followed with our Christmas Bash then a couple more local meetings before The Big One 2017 which will be held at Parador de Leon in Northern Spain in April 2017. Built in the 16th Century this fabulous building was originally the head quarters for the Military Order of Saint James. It is now Paradors flag ship 5 star hotel. This event is proving to be very popular already, currently we are expecting over 300 people and 150 beautiful Jaguars. If you own a Jaguar why not come and join us, this really is going to be something special. The Jaguar Enthusiasts Club is the largest of the worlds Jaguar Clubs, apart from joining in the fun at the meetings, full members also benefit from a glossy 140 page A4 monthly magazine, Jaguar spares department and a technical advice service second to none. If you live in Spain and own a Jaguar you should be a member of The Jaguar Enthusiasts Club. The JEC in Spain is organised by Eric Arnold, Club President and Ian McMenemy, Events Director. Costa Del Sol region is organised by Philip Wray. Eric can be contacted by email at jaguarspain@outlook.com or by phone on 609931647 or alternatively check out www. jec-spain.com or the JEC main web site www.jec.org.uk. Our Events director, Ian McMenemy can be contacted at McMenemy@JEC-events.com. Not forgetting David Shea who looks after our Facebook identity. Contact details and news of future events can be found on our web site

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Is yours a silent world? You may not know what you’re missing.

Many people suffer hearing problems as they get older, but there is now no need to suffer silence. Gary Hagerty of Apple Hearing & Healthcare is committed to bringing the clarity and volume back to sufferers on the Costa Blanca. He has more than 20 years’ experience and esteemed qualifications as a fully registered hearing aid dispenser. He is also a member of the UK’s Heath and Care Professional Council. Keeping updated with the latest advancements in hearing aid technology from the world’s leading hearing aid suppliers, Gary is ambassador to his profession. He works to provide precious relief for those with the most severe hearing impairments and other conditions such as tinnitus (ringing in the ears). The Apple Hearing & Healthcare team is the best choice. They have paved the way for expats to receive expert hearing care along the whole of the Costa Blanca by way of home visits, or from the main hearing testing centre at Quesada. Gary and his team aim to deliver the same high quality UK standard of care and services, as well as being agents, and are able to repair most recognised brand names in the hearing aid industry that clients can depend on. The hearing professional is helping many people hear clarity and other people confidently again, using the very latest invisible hearing aids and the next generation of new wireless hearing systems. Allowing you to hear better in noisy situations using the most current high speed miniature microprocessors and other optional assistive devices, this opens up a new world for the hearing impaired. 34

Apple Hearing Services can offer a complete service from the free initial hearing test to prescriptions, and custom fitting of an extensive hearing aid range. Hearing aids can differ in accordance with people’s individual needs, preferences and lifestyle. Gary is dedicated to finding the best possible hearing solution. Gary is happy to see clients at Apple Hearings testing facility at Quesada or a home visits can be arranged through the whole of the Costa Blanca with no obligation. At Apple’s Hearing Care clients’ satisfaction is paramount so the service does not end at the point of sale, but will continue taking care of the servicing, testing and repair of the hearing aids as required. When tested you will be able to see inside your own ear onscreen, using the latest video otoscope. You will hear better using our extensive range of the latest digital hearing aids available on the market today with our 30 day free trial*. So for a chance to hear how much better your hearing can be, make an appointment for your free no obligation hearing test. We are located opposite The Halfway House, just turn left before the arches in Quesada.

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Cycle Fitness Training www.cyclogicalcostablanca.com

Cycling for fitness can be one of the most beneficial and easiest ways to lose weight. The benefits of cycling to lose weight is the low impact nature of cycling and the ability to cycle more frequently with more volume (and intensity when appropriate) than you can with running. Swimming is also another great sport that has low impact during a weight loss period , however it is not as convenient as getting on your bike and cycling. If you have a spare bike or have your bike set up on a bike trainer during the winter it’s even more accessable and easier than driving to a pool. Any weight loss programme that involves exercise should also involve balanced nutrition, just because you are working hard at exercise doesn’t give you a licence to stuff yourself with cakes and sweets once you have finished your workout. Next time you finish a hard cycle or exercise make sure you have an apple or a banana rather than a bag of crisps, always think about the food you are going to eat, how will it help you to get fit and get your weight down, if you think it is not going to help you reach your goals then don’t eat it! It sounds simple but it is a hard rule to execute. You will get faster and leaner with interval training, you can increase your bodies anaerobic capacity, power, endurance and your cycling speed with short, sharp bursts of interval training. Hill Climbs. Hill climbing takes it out of you at the best of times, but this hard and fast short burst of pain will help your long term power, find yourself a short, sharp hill with approx 4-5 minutes of climbing, power up the climb as fast as you can, once you reach the top, roll down as the recovery and then repeat as often as you can. Sprints. After warming up for approx 20 minutes on a flat road, sprint for 20 seconds flat out followed by 20 seconds of slow gentle recovery, repeat this for approx 15 minutes or until you are exhausted. This helps to improve your endurance, strengthen the muscles, letting you ride faster. Power Up. As little as 4 interval sessions can boost your power and ability to maintain higher intensity sessions, ride 20 x 1 minute at peak power with 2 minutes recovery between bursts, after a few weeks you should notice an improvement in your power output. Other Skills. Skills such as one leg pedalling involve pedalling with one leg clipped into your pedal and one leg handing by the side, this will help you to find out which leg is doing more work than the other. Try this for approx 3kms, alternating between legs every 50 revolutions, make sure that you are on a slight incline whilst carrying this out. High revolution spinning with one leg will focus on getting you to spin above your normal cadence and will get your heart rate above aerobic for a few seconds at a time. These types of drills will improve your efficiency and help you become better at pedalling because you will be wasting less energy. Muscular Endurance. To improve muscular endurance pedal at a lower cadence which will improve your strength, by using the big chain ring at the front of the bike and a small ring at the rear you are forced to pedal slower and with a more focused pedal stroke, cycle in the high gear for as long as you can. Rest day / Recovery Time.

Whichever type of training you decide is good for you ensure you have a rest day in between as this is just as important as training . If you feel tired, lethargic or not looking forward to your next ride then this could be a sign that you may be over training.

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HONDON VALLEY GOLF SOCIETY VILLAMARTIN – A NEW VENUE FOR THE SOCIETY

The mature and well maintained Villamartín Golf Course was selected for August’s Away Day. This was the society’s first outing at the John Putman designed course that was built in 1972. it was also a new experience for many of the thirty-nine eager players. The iconic seventeenth, par three, over a wide ravine, is known to be intimidating, but many players were anxious well before then. The yellow markers on the first tee were well back, presenting both drawers and faders of the ball with some tense moments and unexpected results. Most of the contestants enjoyed the day and are looking forward to bettering their scores next time.

Villamartín – Results for 23/08/2016 Winners

Category

Pts

John Wilkinson (18)

Gold Winner

Koos Van Beek (16)

Gold Runner Up

John Ainscough (8)

Gold Third Place

Gerry O’Reilly (21)

Silver Winner

John Sercombe (19)

Silver Runner Up

Steve Ingerson (23)

Silver Third Place

Graham Smith (24)

Bronze Winner

Paul Evans (24)

Bronze Runner Up

Monty Carr (32)

Bronze Third Place

Graham Smith

Nearest the Pin

Barry Gannaway

Nearest the Pin

Steve McGuiness

Nearest the Pin

Barry Gannaway

Nearest the Pin

Martin Taylor

Nearest the Pin in Two

Gerry O’Reilly

Nearest the Pin in Three

Steve Collin

Two on the card

Barry Gannaway

Two on the card

Steve McGuiness

Two on the card

Paul Stagnell-Howe

Two on the card

Koos Van Beek

Football Scratch Card

Dave Rowland

Captain’s Pick

Martin Taylor

Captain’s Pick

John Ainscough

Captain’s Pick

Monty Carr & Bernie Cox

Green fee refund

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Tuesday 8th November – El Pantio Special Tenth Anniversary Meeting Meet in clubhouse at 09:00 Monday 21st November El Valle Irish Bar, Hondon de los Frailes Annual General Meeting Meeting commences at 18:30 sharp

For information on how to join HVGS contact the Secretary, David Fellows, on 965 978 104 & 649 552 730 or email davidfellows13@ gmail.com. To reserve your place on the list for the Society Golf Days contact the Captain, Ken Knight, on 638190 567 or email him at kjknight1954@gmail.com

BRONZE

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SILVER

GOLD

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Dinghies at the start

SAMM BOATS RACE AGAIN

Eleven thirty saw the larger boats jostling at the start line. ‘Sirocco’ made a perfect start, closely followed by ‘Connie’. ‘Mistral’ was away from the line and, in haste, made some hurried tacks and five minutes passed before they managed to clear the line as the dinghies approached, all abreast for their very impressive start. ‘Dos’ soon caught Mistral, quickly followed by the Laser Radial, then ‘Uno’. ‘Quarto’ had made the worst start but good crewing soon put things right. Connie, being a much heavier boat, needed more wind and was slowly being caught, while Sirocco was forging by steering a really economical course without errors. The race continued for 4 laps, each boat trying to catch and overtake the others, and was a pleasure to watch from the high vantage of a ferry boat kindly made available to SAMM by Angel and his family. The final result on corrected times were 1st Sirocco, 2nd Quarto and 3rd Conny. The second race was interesting because the course was reversed and helms had to be aware of the submerged breakwater on their port side and choose on which tack to start. Connie made an excellent start on a port tack which took them away from the start line and the breakwater. Sirocco and Mistral chose star-

board knowing they would have to make an early tack to avoid the breakwater. Five minutes later the dinghies fought for start position and Quarto, who had picked a really good line, was blocked by Uno who suddenly switched from port to starboard giving her the right of way. Connie seemed to have taken the best line and rounded the first mark ahead of a closing Sirocco. Six laps of really good sailing followed with the wind strengthening all the time. In the second lap, Sirocco in the lead lost the plot and missed out a mark, which cost a lot of time going back down the course to correct the mistake. Quarto seized the opportunity and took the lead. Close on its tail was Dos who took its turn at the front shortly after. Some excellent sailing saw the Radial, which seemed on the point of capsizing at the jibe mark several times, recover. Sirocco made amends for her error and sailed tighter to the wind than most saving a tack to the windward mark and visibly started to haul back the deficit. A great day with great sailing by all. Result 1st Quarto, 2nd Conny and 3rd Dos. To find out more about SAMM and the race Program see the web site www.sailingmarmenor.com

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EMAIL your small ads to bargainads@yahoo.es or TEXT your FREE small ads up to €1.000 to 680 976 823

ADVERTISE YOUR UNWANTED ITEMS UP TO THE VALUE OF 1,000 EUROS Sell it Fast Sell it For FREE! You can now place your unwanted items in our Classifieds section FREE of charge up to the value of 1.000 euros. Simply text your unwanted items too 680 976 823 or email them to bargainads@ yahoo.es remember, no more than 25 words per item and no more than 3 items per household, and please always include what area you live in, we do not take FREE classifieds over the phone. Last day for Free ads is the 18th of the month. When sending through your items by email, please only send in normal size text.

GENERAL Antique/Collectables Books For Sale. Large Quantity No Sensible Offer refused Fortuna Area Tel: 968 686 212 Metal box trailer. Leaf suspension. Full electrics. New tow hitch Length 150, breadth 125, side height 65. Not new but very robust. €350. Call Johnny 637958062. Villena. Dishwasher, whirlpool AAA class auto clean 150 euros Pinoso 628 824587 Wheelchair for sale. Model/Drive ,Colour/Black&silver, Six mths old but used once. New 325 Euro but will accept 170 Euro. Tel. 603157662 Castalla area Dunlop golf clubs for sale,4,5,6,7,8,9,Pw,Sw,drivers 1,3 and 5. 60€ o.n.o. tel no. 664 753 231 Tibi area. 100 Cassette Tapes, C60/C90 Some unused others recorded once only 25€, Dual Sim Smart phone Model LG Optimus L3E435 Unused with cover and instructions 50€ (Urb La Marina) 690 772 178 Cast iron log burner, excellent condition, width 57cm by 61cm by 46cm full glass door 150 euros Tel 628 824587 Pinoso Hair Styling Kit, Ufesa, hot air, Multi Styler 100, complete in bag, 6 attachments, unwanted gift, 25€ (Urb La Marina) 690 772 178 Cassette Fire with integral blowers h50 x w65 xd40 100euros 250mm chimney 5 x 1m sections plus numerous fittings 180mm double insulated chimney

4 x 1m sections plus various fittings. Any reasonable offer considered.Buyer collects. Casas del Senor area. 636301811 Antique/Collectables Books For Sale. Large Quantity No Sensible Offer refused Fortuna Area Tel: 968 686 212 Pine dressing table, 3 side drawers, shaped legs, not flat packed furniture, cost 120pound in uk – accept 50euros, excellent condition, tel 687345058 Castalla. Pine dressing table 3 sided mirror, 10euros, tel 687345058 Castalla. AQUA CURE WATER SOFTENER ACT10 SUITABLE FOR UP TO 6 PEOPLE BRAND NEW, NEVER INSTALLED INCLUDES BY PASS VALVES BOOK IN ENGLISH €150 FRAILES 617711872 Hammock, green & white striped, easy to assemble. 6’ x 2’ 3” 28€. Tel: 96-619-5231 - (Albatera) Pair of white sun loungers with green & white striped mattresses. Compartment at the rear for towels etc. 48€. Tel: 96-619-5231 - (Albatera) Lacquered Beer Barrel on castors for easy movability. Would be suitable to convert into mini bar. 85€. Tel: 96-619-5231 - (Albatera). Giant XTC sx adult bicycle with Specialized Tranx X handlebars. Splice Super Suspension. Comes with two spare tyres. 85€. Tel: 96-619-5231 (Albatera). McCulloch chainsaw electric es16 35 cm

If you have an item for sale over 1.000 euros or if you have a commercial advert and would like them listed in the Classifieds section of the magazine, then call 606 891 644. Closing date for Classifieds in the magazine is the 19th of the month. Advertise Your Classifieds For FREE No Value Restrictions. Sell anything fast at www.timspain.com classifieds, its totally FREE. Sell you House/car/boat or what you have at www.timspain.com

Chain recently sharpened complete with 2 1/2 litres chain oil €20 Hondon de las Frailes 617711872

SERVICES

Sanus Super Slim Wall Mount LL11 HDPro for 51” – 80” flat-panel TVs in as new condition €20 Hondon de las Frailes 617711872

Barbara 675 874 665

NORITAKE 91 piece dinner set, excellent condition 250..00 euros , Electri oven(brown ) 35..00 euros , & various DIY/Garden/Motor tools (to many to list ) 5 Toby jugs( approx 8 TO 9..5 CMS height )the Lawyer , the Beefeater , Bacchus , Neptune & Porthos , 45..00 EUROS (will sell separately ) 10 .00 each , Tea Set Eastern European make) (good condition

) 15.00 EUROS

Contact mobile 679 274 771 PINOSO 6 M bilge keel sailing yacht with trailer for sale ,includes all sails and equipment. 5HP outboard needs new electrics. Sleeps 3, chemical toilet, 2 burner gas stove, sink, all cushions included. New inflatable dinghy with outboard included. Offers invited around 2,900 euros Jumilla 968 780 709 or email pearcejohn56@yahoo.co.uk Childs pool slide suit 5---12 year old.€50 Hondon de los frailes. Tel.965072589 Mob.620260309 Garage Sale, Set of Golf Clubs, Small fridge, Music centre, Clothes Rack, New Rubber Dinghy, Outboard engine, Chain saw, Gas Barbi, Many, other interesting items & tools. All at bargain prices. John Pearce, Jumilla 968 780709

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Lady available for: Translating services or looking after the elderly. I am Spanish and speak English. Contact me on: fany_belda@hotmail.com or call 626695928 (Pinoso and surroundings) Reasonable rates 7€ per hour. SPANISH

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TRANSLATION SERVICE - Hospital, Notary, Court, etc. In the Castalla Area, Spanish Classes for all levels from

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IS YOUR GARDEN TOO MUCH TO COPE WITH? I can weed/ Dig Over/ Plant and prune your trees or exterior painting of garden walls etc for 7 euros an hour Sax - Salinas- Elda -Petrer areas. I am also fluent in Spanish for help with translations. Call Callum on 634 309 459

Costa Blanca Peak Transport, Vince Webster Large Van UkSpain-Uk, Monthly runs, competitive quotes, reliable, friendly service. Telephone 690 818 090 and Uk mobile 0750 492 7034 email: spain2ukpeaktrans @yahoo.co.uk

collectors. Everyone is welcome

PROPERTY RENTALS House to rent, center of Salinas, 3 beds, furnished, small outside space, short term or long term, 200 euros per month ex bills. Tel 0044 1924 865 668 or 0044 7583 100 143 email petermcshane@ymail.com

VEHICLES

to attend any of our meetings. For

2nd hand cars bought and sold Tel

further information please contact

EMPLOYMENT

691 260 502

Alan on 868 171 936. or e-mail alan.

Spanish lady wants to meet once a week to converse in English/ Spanish. “Come and meet me for a coffee and a chat, I will teach you Spanish and I can learn English Pinoso area Tel 626 695928

White LDV van 2.5 tonne, twin axel, new tyres, new battery, new breaks, Spanish ITV, headlamps changed, excellent vehicle for someone returning to the UK, year 2004, low mileage 3000 euros Tel 628 824587 Pinoso.

CASH

WANTED

INSTANT CASH WAITING Cars Vans M/Bikes Quads etc. MOTOR VEHICLES SCRAPPED ALL LEGAL PAPERWORK ISSUED

COLLECTION SERVICE Tel Phil (Fortuna) 607 848 332

up the hobby again? or perhaps you have an old Stamp Album that you would like to share with other

aylward@rocketmail.com A group of us meet every Thursday at 9.30 at Waldamars Restaurant in Orihuela Costa All makes of bike and nationality welcome. For more info contact Rob via

TORREVIEJA PHILATELIC SOCIETY. We are Stamp Club with members many

European

Countries

who share a like minded interest in collecting stamps.

com or call Rob on 671-826-201 The

Castalla

community

church, meets every Sunday at 10.30 am. Held at 137 Avenida Fernando Fenoll Bergua Castalla International all welcome.

For

further information call Ruth 686 818 113 HOUSES FOR SALE EVENTS PARTY YOURSELF INTO SHAPE FOR CHRISTMAS!! Ditch the Workout, Join the Party!! Zumba Fitness

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Interpreter & Translation Service,(English, Spanish, German). Castalla and the surrounding areas. Regardless of whether you need to speak to a doctor, a lawyer, an estate agent or a builder, we here to help you understand and to be understood. For a Reliable, Discreet, Professional and Affordable Service, call JeanPaul: 606 268 241

you collect stamps when you were

We were

established in 2003 and currently have 26 members mostly British, but others from Germany, Belgium, Switzerland & Spain. Our members collect, sell and swap stamps from every country in the world, our meetings are informal and friendly,

YOGA CASTALLA Classes Friday and Wednesday mornings 10:00 am to 11:30 am. Enjoy YOGA and MEDITATION in our

Classes

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Instructor

Licensed

Zumba

Pinoso,

Fortuna,

the Hondons. For details contact Donna 966 195 876 / 699 408 773 www.zumbaiberia.com Wags and Whiskers Charity Dog Show on the 18th September stalls welcome all donations go to Animal Charity’s Tel 659 198402 for more info. Charity dog walk, Sunday 30th October 10.30am Fortuna meet at wags & wiskers Kennels & cattery .Walk takes place from 11am 5 Euros per person all proceeds go to local dog charities & rescued Chinese meat dogs BBQ afterwards everyone welcome for more details call 667200133

studio situated in the countryside 5 mins from Castalla.

CHARITIES

For more information and details

Castalla charity caritas. calle toribio

of our Address contact - Yanina 607

selles number 5 near the church.

754 009 yaninahwsm@gmail.com -

Open mondays 4 pm---8pm. accept

English and Spanish spoken

clothes and food and any decent

TRAIL CLASS FREE

items for more info, Phone,651 943 037.

we hold stamp auctions, quizzes and have talks on stamp collecting. We hold meeting on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month and they start at 3pm, Meetings are held at he “La Torre” Hotel on the outskirts of Los Montesinos. Did

The Samaritans cover the whole of Spain and operate 24/7. We also have a drop off centre and charity shop at Punta Prima off N332 24 hour Helpline 900 525 100 or email pat@samaritansinspain.com

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NEW PROPERTIES URGENTLY REQUIRED IN THE SAX/SALINAS/PINOSO/ VILLENA AREAS. FABFINCAS IS A FULLY LEGAL & INDEPENDENT AGENCY. NO SALE - NO FEE. Contact Steve or Claire on 965 474 314 / 675 218 436 fabfincas@gmail.com Website: www.fabfincas.com

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Horoscopes Aries October 2016 will bring you face to face with those around you, who will be very active, sometimes sidestepping issues and wilfully both demanding and changeable in their ideas. There will be tension in the air, due to the fact that you will have greater difficulty in persuading your clan to accept your future plans to move forward in a joint effort with them. Patience will be more essential than ever, my Arian friends, for getting through this tense period, especially until 24th October.

Leo The square aspect from the Sun to your sign until 23rd October will create situations that that will push you towards new knowledge, opening you up to other viewpoints on life, other ways of living and other cultures. You will need to evolve towards an idea of the future which will be taking shape before your eyes. It will be the right moment for instituting change if you have been waiting to turn the page on the past, as you will be helped by those around you, who will be active and invigorating!

Sagittarius October 2016 will be busy and enriching, thanks to your exchanges with others.The diversity of many of these will be highlighted and this will enable you to get many things into perspective within yourself, making you reconsider some of your hopes and expectations. To a certain extent, you will be easier to satisfy and calmer regarding your own compulsions, which will lead you to be more subtle in your personal ideas and judgements.

Taurus October 2016 will mark a transition period, interestingly leading you to become more aware in relation to your daily life and the relationships involved. You will be clearly aware of restrictions, thanks to the Sun’s transit through your symbolic Sixth House. This aspect will push you to be more observant around you and more receptive than usual. External circumstances will largely encourage you in the sense that those around you will appear more independent and more inclined to stand out from the crowd.

Virgo

October 2016

Gemini

Cancer

It won’t be your charm in operation, but an evident demonstration of your true abilities. The Sun’s transit in trine aspect to your sign will make it easier for you to express yourself and obtain fulfilment through your passions. However, the retrograde motion of Mercury until 24th October, also in trine aspect to your sign, will ease your verbal fluency through your relationships.However, it will be up to you not to ridicule others on the pretext that humour makes the world go round!

The transit of Mars in quincunx aspect to your sign will herald the experience of situations which will force you to look forward to the long-term future, making you disregard details of secondary importance, which until then, wil lhave been cluttering your mind and stopping you getting an overall view of the situation. The transit of Venus in quincunx aspect to your sign until 18th October will relegate your love-life to second place, to the benefit of your social life.

Libra

Scorpio

October 2016 will enable you to put your budget in order. In fact, the Sun’s transit through your symbolic Second House will highlight a greater tendency than usual to feel relaxed about your finances, which will encourage you to look carefully through your expenditure and take decisions to reduce it. The transit of Mars in trine aspect to your sign will give you the self-discipline, firm resolve and a sense of action to achieve this

October 2016 will enable you to bring further harmony to certain situations, notably in your lovelife and at work. In fact, the Sun’s transit through your sign until 22nd October 2016 will give you a greater awareness of your own needs, as well as the bold words needed for these changes. Your sense of diplomacy will hit just the right note, and even more so from 8th October after the arrival of Mercury in your sign, which will ease communication with those around you.

Capricorn

Aquarius

October 2016 will urge you to compromise with those close to you. There will be changes to to make to your family relationships, and tensions which it will be worthwhile trying to appease. You will realise that it will quite often be enough to let go of the detail for you to be able to get across what really matters. The transit of Mars through your sign will enable you to change without further ado what is no longer right for you and promote your ideas without ambiguity.

October 2016 looks set to be decisive with regard to your love-life. The trine aspect from the Sun to your sign will place an emphasis on the need to bring greater harmony and stability to your relationships with those close to you. However, that doesn’t mean you will necessarily want to. You won’t lack opportunities for dialogue, especially during the first three weeks of the month. The transit of Venus in square aspect to your sign until 18th October will veil your ability to show compassion in your friendships.

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The Sun’s transit through your symbolic Twelfth House until 22nd October will make you willingly cast a critical eye over your relationships on all fronts. You will be more inclined than usual to notice compromises, which will ultimately be too dubious and half-hearted to your taste. Moderation will have a tendency to exasperate you! It will be up to you to take your time to differentiate between things and analyse your relationships carefully, before you turn everything upside-down overnight.

Pisces October 2016 looks set to be changeable where your relationships are concerned, especially during the first three weeks, thanks to the quincunx aspect between the Sun and your sign. The transit of Mars in sextile aspect to your sign will boost your attraction to life’s pleasures and your boldness in managing to experience them. The transit of Venus in trine aspect to your sector until 18th October will increase this, especially since this warm-hearted planet will give you a not insignificant stroke of good fortune as regards your lovelife.

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Villena - Ref: ff0796 Pretty house with separate guest casita. Price reduced to 124,995 euros. Only about 4kms from the large town of Villena, this property has the added bonus of having a three bed family house and a separate 2 bedroomed casita that could be great for extended family or a rental income. There is a large 13 x 7.5m enclosed swimming pool, a separate garage, lovely gardens and the property is on a fenced/walled plot of about 2700m2 land. A well priced property in a good location. Just reduced to 124,995 euros.

FAB PROPERTIES, FAB PRICES, FAB SERVICE FULLY LEGAL ESTATE AGENCY VERY COMPETITIVE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED 10 YEARS. CHARGES. INDEPENDENT, GENUINE CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS UNRIVALED CUSTOMER ESTABLISHED, FULLY SERVICE. LEGAL. Tel: 0034 965 474 314 / 0034 675 218 436 www.fabfincas.com Email: fabfincas@gmail.com

FAB FINCAS Full members of the AIPP for your protection and assurance.

Sax - Ref: ff0827

Pinoso - Ref: ff0763

Sax - Ref: ff0829

Las Virtudes - Ref: ff0738

Large town house for renovation. 6 beds, 2 baths. Could be converted into 2 separate units. On street parking & short walk to town.

Large family home. 4 beds, 2 baths Guest apartment. Swimming pool & pretty gardens.

Bargain renovated town house. 3D beds, 1 bath Fitted kitchen. Roof terrace.

Very well presented villa 4 beds, 2 baths Outbuildings Pool & entertaining area.

Only 32,950 euros.

Only 194,995 euros.

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Reduced to 183,995 euros.

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