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The first walk of the season was held
in San Juan de las Torreros on 17 th
September with about 20 walkers
enjoying the coastal route around that
area. Lunch was held in a local restaurant
after the walk and a brief discussion
was held on basic points of humanism.
The October walk was held on 22 nd in the
La Majada area near Mazarrón with lunch
at the end as usual in the local restaurant
El Puente. The following day a group of
members walked in the Race for Life at
Camposol to raise money for the MABS
cancer campaign.
A new venture will be launched on Sat
5th November with the first meeting of
the Darwinian Gardeners. This is a club
for gardening enthusiasts and will start
with a visit to a wholesale gardening centre
in La Majada meeting at 11am in the car
park outside Restaurant El Puente for the
short drive to the centre. Lunch afterwards
in El Puente. There will be the opportunity
to buy plants at the garden centre. We
hope to have a separate web-page for the
gardening club and this will be accessed
through the bolnuevo.com website as is
the evolutionist page.
Dates for the future:
November 19 th for a walk in the Almeria
end of our group
December 10 th for the Darwinian gardeners.
Dec 17 th will be a walk in the Peñas Blancas
again, organised by the Murcia side of the
group.
John
Phone 968599437
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