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<strong>Costa</strong><br />

The Longest Established<br />

FREE Magazine<br />

in Murcia<br />

Cálida<br />

<strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

www.costacalidachronicle.com<br />

Date: <strong>June</strong> <strong>2013</strong> Issue: 7 Volume: XIII


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SPECIAL PAGES<br />

Mar Menor 32-36<br />

Mazarrón 56-61<br />

Northwest Murcia 84-87<br />

Sport 100-105<br />

What’s On 93-98<br />

ADVERTORIAL<br />

Bistro Ratatouille 14<br />

Corral & Alcaraz 20<br />

Golf 525 34<br />

Hacienda Los Garandicos 18<br />

La Vida 70<br />

Liberty Seguros 38<br />

Linea Directa 12<br />

Martin & Cutting Crew 20<br />

Yorkshire Linen 8<br />

CHARITIES<br />

ADAPT 32<br />

Andrea’s Charity 78<br />

Easy Horse Care 33<br />

GO maD 14<br />

HAH 34<br />

HELP Mar Menor 34<br />

Helping Hands 23<br />

JJ Puppies 50<br />

Lions of Mazarrón 64<br />

MABS Mar Menor 36<br />

MABS Mazarrón 58<br />

MABS Northwest 84<br />

MAMAS 40<br />

Noah’s ARC 22<br />

PALS 23<br />

Pets In Spain 89<br />

CHILDREN<br />

Chatterbox 38<br />

EDUCATION<br />

Jane Cronin’s Spanish 66<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Classic Artistes 90<br />

Cloud Nine 41<br />

Country Music Nights 56<br />

Crisis Concerts 82<br />

Harlequin Rock Choir 59<br />

Lion Country Music 44<br />

FOOD & DRINK<br />

Food for Thought 82<br />

Herb of the Month 18<br />

Ma Millbank 88<br />

Menu del Dia 92<br />

Spring & Summer Foods 76<br />

GROUPS<br />

Darwinians 40<br />

Ex-Servicemen 41<br />

Humanists 82<br />

Ladies’ Chatterbox 57<br />

Los Palacios 58<br />

Sector C Greenfingers 56<br />

Welcome 72<br />

HEALTH<br />

FAST 41<br />

Hayfever 42<br />

INFORMATION<br />

Advertiser’s Directory 108/109<br />

Aguilas Railway 26<br />

Animal Matters 70<br />

Ask Jennifer 7<br />

British Consul 16<br />

British Embassy 48<br />

Business News 110<br />

Classified Ads 106<br />

CRA 57<br />

Dates to Remember 92<br />

Dear Editor 62<br />

Dragon Tours 99<br />

Energy Efficiency Cert 67<br />

Gas Men - Bogus or Official 79<br />

Life in Spain 66<br />

Lucky’s Story 78<br />

Mazarrón News 60/61<br />

Murcia News 44<br />

Northwest Murcia 85<br />

Spanish News 52<br />

Teresa’s Travels 64<br />

LEISURE<br />

ACAM 48<br />

Arts & Craft Fayre 6<br />

Author Review 28<br />

Camposol Fiesta 54/55<br />

Gardening News 80<br />

Hiking in Moratalla 84<br />

NEST 16<br />

Puzzle Page 74<br />

Puzzle Solutions 110<br />

TV News 20<br />

Underwater Photography 59<br />

WARM 86<br />

PROPERTY<br />

Housing Update 107<br />

RELIGION<br />

Beacon of Light 6<br />

Mass in English 44<br />

Olive Branch 72<br />

Open Door 47<br />

St Nicholas Church 67<br />

Welcome House 86<br />

Wellspring Victory Church 24<br />

SPORT<br />

Bob Fay Memorial 102<br />

Fuente Old Guard 101<br />

Golf Tips 104<br />

Liga Local 102<br />

Local Sports 105<br />

Los Amigos Mazarrón 103<br />

SAMM 104<br />

Soccer School 101<br />

Straight Down the Middle 100<br />

Supermoto 100<br />

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We were delighted to attend the<br />

presentation of the new ambulance to the<br />

Red Cross by PALS at the end of April.<br />

It was wonderful to see just how grateful<br />

everyone was to have this absolutely brand<br />

spanking new vehicle all fully equipped.<br />

The staff at the Red Cross Centre and<br />

Town Hall even went to Murcia to find<br />

some ‘ambulance’ stickers which they<br />

gave to all the volunteers that attended.<br />

This was a truly magnificent achievement<br />

and could not have happened without<br />

many years of very hard work by PALS,<br />

organising CAFÉ concerts and many other<br />

fund raising events. The determination<br />

by so many people ensured that their<br />

ultimate goal was achieved. Well done to<br />

all!<br />

Once again we have more new<br />

advertisers, but we must not forget the<br />

advertisers that stay with us month after<br />

month making the <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

the best advertising magazine in the<br />

area. Our section on Menu del Dias on<br />

page 92 has been a real hit, so if you are<br />

looking for a value meal at lunch time, try<br />

out some of the restaurants in this special<br />

feature and if you are a restaurant owner<br />

not already in the feature, now is the time<br />

to give it a try. Contact Teresa on 619<br />

199 407 to find out how your business<br />

can be included.<br />

New Advertisers<br />

Alfvin’s Rune & Tarot Reading<br />

Big G’s American Diner<br />

CDA Fitness<br />

<strong>Calida</strong> CMS<br />

Golf 525 Murcia<br />

Hacienda Los Granadicos<br />

Respite Care/Bed & Breakfast<br />

Restaurante Casa Del Nono<br />

Welcome Back<br />

Bistro Bulgaria Camposol<br />

Kano Designs<br />

Let’s Talk Spanish<br />

Solar Window Film<br />

We are also very grateful to all our<br />

contributors sending in valuable<br />

information on the area and general<br />

living in Spain. Martine sent us a very<br />

interesting article and photos on her and<br />

Martin’s trip down to the Granada area.<br />

Have you been somewhere interesting<br />

that you would like to share with our<br />

readers? If so, please send us the<br />

information as a word document with any<br />

photos as separate jpgs and we can share<br />

your experiences with others in the area.<br />

Hopefully the weather from <strong>June</strong> will have<br />

become more settled and you can get out<br />

and about enjoying this wonderful part of<br />

Spain. There is so much to see and do<br />

and of course we have a superb selection<br />

of bars and restaurants to try whether<br />

you are a resident or a visitor to the <strong>Costa</strong><br />

Cálida.<br />

Don’t forget Camposol Fiesta on 15 th &<br />

16 th of this month. See pages 54 & 55 for<br />

full details.<br />

Enjoy the summer from all at the<br />

<strong>Costa</strong> Cálida <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

DISCLAIMER<br />

Whilst the CCC are happy to accept monthly reports from the various organizations in the area, the articles printed are not necessarily the<br />

opinions of the editor or publisher and the contents should be viewed as a guideline only. Professional advice should be sought to cover any<br />

information printed therein. Advertisements and reports are not formally endorsed by the CCC. We cannot accept responsibility for advertisers’<br />

works, service or goods. The publishers endeavour to ensure the contents are correct, but cannot accept responsibility for the effects of<br />

errors or omissions.<br />

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We were delighted<br />

to be<br />

able to welcome<br />

husband<br />

and<br />

wife mediums<br />

Janet<br />

Harris and<br />

Shaun Gray<br />

from England<br />

on May 29th<br />

who delighted<br />

everyone<br />

with their<br />

inspirational<br />

philosophy and wonderful evidence at the<br />

Beacon of Light Centre. On May 30 th they<br />

once again thrilled the audience at Condado<br />

de Alhama for an evening of clairvoyance.<br />

Our thanks must again go to Jill for her support<br />

and Rachel and Paul for once again allowing<br />

us to use their social club at no cost.<br />

This was is such a great help to our fund raising.<br />

Our healers at the Beacon of Light Centre<br />

have completed a course on training new<br />

healers and we will be commencing training<br />

on healing for anyone who is interested. Details<br />

will be published very soon.<br />

Our meetings are every Wednesday from<br />

7pm with weekly guest mediums and usually<br />

finish at approximately 8.30pm. As always<br />

the evenings ends with a friendly chat and<br />

a cup of tea and biscuits. Healing will now<br />

be available before the meeting starting at<br />

5.30pm. All our meetings are funded by donations<br />

given during the evening.<br />

Mediums for <strong>June</strong>:<br />

Wednesday 5 th - Sammy Fitzsimmons<br />

Wednesday12th - Jimmy Mc Arthur<br />

Wednesday 19 th - Morag Bullocked<br />

Wednesday 26 th - Debbie Blevin<br />

Do you seek a special place?<br />

The welcome’s warm, a friendly face,<br />

Do you need a place to go?<br />

When you feel good or you feel low.<br />

Do you want to know some more,<br />

For when we exit Earth Plane’s door,<br />

Healing you can get from there,<br />

Given with lots of loving care.<br />

Mediums travel from afar,<br />

Some by ‘plane and some by car,<br />

Messages of hope to bring,<br />

From loved ones as we proudly sing.<br />

Life does not end at the grave,<br />

Eternal love to you they gave,<br />

They’re never very far from you,<br />

So very close in all you do.<br />

So why not pop along and see,<br />

And join us for a cup of tea,<br />

If you would like on a Wednesday night,<br />

Come to our Centre - The Beacon of Light<br />

For further information please phone<br />

620 877 326<br />

Email beacon.of.light.murcia@gmail.com<br />

http://beaconoflightmurcia.webs.com<br />

Facebook Beacon of Light Murcia<br />

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Saturday <strong>June</strong> 8 th (11am-3pm) will be the<br />

first Arts And Crafts Fayre to be organised<br />

by the Artisan Co-Operative. The event will<br />

be held at The Club House, Camposol C. For<br />

this first event, Age Concern <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida<br />

will also benefit. Entrance is €1 which will be<br />

donated to Age Concern who on the day will<br />

also run a raffle and be on hand to explain<br />

about their charity and all the services they<br />

offer & the events they organise. We hope<br />

that at subsequent events other local charities<br />

& organisations will help host the event.<br />

The idea for a totally Arts & Craft based<br />

event came from the organiser Matt Jones<br />

(Artist, Ceramacist & probably better known<br />

to most people as one half of Rainbow Satellites!).<br />

Having attended many fiestas and<br />

charity events displaying and selling his own<br />

artwork Matt wanted to try and help a small<br />

(but growing steadily) group of likeminded<br />

creative people who work with a whole host<br />

of materials & crafts including paper, fabric<br />

quilting & sewing, mosaics, stained glass,<br />

painting, card making, metal work, ceramics,<br />

decorated Spanish roof tiles, jewellery making,<br />

home baking, knitting and wood work,<br />

with the main emphasis on things being<br />

handmade and designed by the plethora of<br />

talented people in the MURCIA region.<br />

The idea of creating an Artisan Co-Operative<br />

was born and with it a chance to get together<br />

in one venue and champion the cause of<br />

hand made & unique with items that are<br />

beautiful to have around your home, special<br />

gifts for family and friends or just to treat<br />

yourself because you deserve it!<br />

On JUNE 8 TH some of the artists will be giving<br />

demonstrations of their craft or explaining<br />

the process behind creating the superb<br />

things they make & attending this first event<br />

will be Colin from Mula with his colourful symphony<br />

Stained Glass. He will bring some of his<br />

fantastic lamps, light catchers and intricate<br />

glass panels www.diassoleados.com. Mary<br />

whose Tejas (decorative/Spanish inspired<br />

decorated roof tiles) that look lovely hung in<br />

a shady terrace and have so much detail and<br />

colour - have a look at her face book page<br />

Hand Crafted Spanish wall hangings. Also<br />

look out for rustic pottery from Mals www.<br />

rusticpottery.wordpress.com and the studio<br />

in Aledo and Linda from Los Canovas with<br />

colourful ceramics. Dan Rust from La Magdelana<br />

will also be at the event with his Mosaics<br />

www.mosaicman.eu plus Christine with her<br />

Handmade Cards www.chris4cards.com as<br />

well as a host of other imaginative folk with<br />

lovely stitched and embroidered fabric items<br />

such as lavender bags/ fabric door stops &<br />

a varied selection of jewellery to suit every<br />

taste & style.<br />

There will also be a Creative Kids Corner<br />

where budding young artists up to age 10 can<br />

have a go at various arty projects. Fiesta Faces<br />

will be there face painting tigers, monsters<br />

& clowns as well as any other requests.<br />

The Club House offers a good selection of refreshments<br />

and food, so why not come along<br />

and support the Arts & Crafts Fayre, chat<br />

with the artists as well as supporting the good<br />

work of Age Concern <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida & enjoy a<br />

good time out.<br />

*If you hand make or craft lovely things we<br />

want to hear from you!! We may have a few<br />

tables available for this event, but if you are<br />

interested in participating in future events &<br />

joining our Artisan Co-Operative then email<br />

Matt with details of your craft. If you just<br />

enjoy looking at and hopefully buying Hand<br />

Made Crafts and want to know about future<br />

planned Arts & Crafts Fayres, get in touch.<br />

Matt will be at the event with some of his art<br />

& ceramics. His website is www.loftart.org<br />

Hope to see you all there enjoying the day.<br />

Matt Jones 676 858 028<br />

Email lamadrugada1@gmail.com<br />

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Hiding Behind Double Standards<br />

It is tough enough making big life decisions<br />

and no-one wants to make the wrong choice<br />

for fear of being socially ostracised for our<br />

views. In order to find social acceptance<br />

among friends and family, we tend to express<br />

opinions or values that are similar to others.<br />

What is common place, however, is for us<br />

to hide behind “double standards”. So what<br />

is a double standard? A double standard is<br />

a value, a belief system that includes ethical<br />

and moral set of principles that one person<br />

expects another person to act without acting<br />

the same way ourselves! A “double standard”<br />

may be described by moralists as a “white lie”<br />

as it may not represent our true feelings or<br />

views, but we need to take more responsibility<br />

for our personal views and learn to conquer<br />

our fear of being judged by others. These<br />

days we are bombarded with such a bewildering<br />

array of choices and the pressure on us to<br />

make the “right” decision is greater than ever.<br />

However, a bad choice is better than making<br />

no choice at all. As they say, “Failure is recoverable,<br />

but regret is much tougher”.<br />

Dear Jennifer,<br />

After eight years together, my fiancé and<br />

I agreed to part-company as we both<br />

wanted different things in life. I took this<br />

opportunity to travel for a few months<br />

and I felt a renewed feeling of contentment<br />

with my life that I had forgotten<br />

when I was engaged. However, when<br />

I returned, I found that my best friend<br />

had slept with my ex-fiancé while I was<br />

away! How can she betray me so blatantly,<br />

especially as she was always critical<br />

of our relationship in the first place?<br />

However, I have moved on with my<br />

life and have acquired new friends in<br />

the process, but her betrayal still plays<br />

heavily on my mind. I am now thinking<br />

of cutting ties with my friend as I don’t<br />

think I can ever get over her inappropriate<br />

behaviour. Am I overreacting?<br />

Sandra B.<br />

Dear Jennifer,<br />

One of our friends has just come out<br />

of rehab for alcoholism and we want<br />

to show our support. Although we try<br />

to get together for non-drinking activities,<br />

it’s hard. For instance, it seems insensitive<br />

to invite her to parties where<br />

there is alcohol, but it is also rude not<br />

to include her. We dare not drink in her<br />

presence, although she has told us that<br />

we shouldn’t act differently around her.<br />

How can we have normal social lives<br />

while showing our support?<br />

Clare S.<br />

Dear Clare,<br />

Your friend is responsible for her own sobriety.<br />

This is an insight that she may have acquired<br />

in rehab and it might be why she doesn’t want<br />

you to act differently in her presence. It is one<br />

thing to avoid temptation and quite another<br />

to develop the inner strength to resist it. Her<br />

life is being lived one day at a time and it is<br />

important that she has a strong, supportive<br />

network of friends around her.<br />

However, you mentioned that your friends<br />

“dare not drink in her presence” and I need to<br />

ask, “How does her sobriety make you feel?”<br />

Proud? Guilty? You need to ask yourself why<br />

you are feeling such discomfort around her.<br />

Your friend has now begun a new chapter in<br />

her life and this journey may be so delicate<br />

that she needs genuine ongoing support, not<br />

cosmetic changes. Ultimately, it will be for<br />

her to decide whether her life of sobriety will<br />

include you and the social events you and<br />

your friends still enjoy. Understanding her<br />

daily struggle may force you to evaluate your<br />

own attitude to alcohol. Are you ready for this<br />

introspection and to support a true friend in<br />

need?<br />

Jennifer<br />

If you would like me to answer your question,<br />

please forward it to jennifer@maxxinternational.com.<br />

Jennifer is a qualified and experienced<br />

Emotional Wellness Coach, Holistic<br />

Therapist and Life Coach.<br />

Dear Sandra,<br />

Don’t spoil your new found personal peace<br />

with anger and frustration and a misconstrued<br />

perspective of disloyalty. The relationship<br />

with your former fiancé came to a natural<br />

end and obviously you have both moved<br />

on and the decision was mutual (and, I’m<br />

assuming, unrelated to your friend). Therefore,<br />

it is unfair and immature on your part<br />

to blame her for betraying you. As consenting<br />

adults, you are both entitled to find new<br />

partners and it is no longer your concern as<br />

to his choice of partner. Focus instead now on<br />

what’s truly important. Strengthen ties with<br />

people who share your strengths and unfulfilling<br />

relationships will soon fall by the wayside<br />

without your being dramatic about it. Learn to<br />

embrace and appreciate your new journey in<br />

life rather than be tied to matters that are no<br />

longer your business. If it really bothers you,<br />

have a heart-to-heart with your friend and<br />

have a calm and sensible discussion about<br />

how you feel. Decide whether you still value<br />

your friendship or whether it has gone to a<br />

point of no return.<br />

Jennifer<br />

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Getting The Most From Your Bedding<br />

T h r e a d<br />

C o u n t<br />

Explained<br />

We often<br />

get asked to<br />

explain what<br />

thread count<br />

means. It is<br />

a term used<br />

to measure<br />

how fine a<br />

fabric is and<br />

refers to the number of threads contained in<br />

one square inch of material. This is calculated<br />

by counting the number of individual threads<br />

counted along two sides of the square inch<br />

and then adding them together.<br />

Thread count is normally used as a measure<br />

of the quality of a fabric, where the higher the<br />

thread count, the better the quality.<br />

To give you an idea how thread count affects<br />

the feel of a fabric, consider that a thread<br />

count of 150 (75 threads one way, 75 the<br />

other) produces muslin, which feels a little<br />

rough. Good quality sheets come in at 180<br />

and anything above 200 is considered better<br />

quality. Luxury bedding would generally be<br />

anything from 400 thread count Egyptian<br />

cotton all the way up to 1000 thread count<br />

(the highest thread count available). Some<br />

manufacturers have been known to claim<br />

thread counts of over 1000, but these are<br />

false claims. It is simply not possible to fit<br />

so many threads into a square inch of fabric.<br />

In order to make their products appear<br />

superior, manufacturers will not count the<br />

threads, but the fibres (or piles) that make<br />

up the threads. One individual thread may<br />

be constructed from 4 piles twisted together.<br />

Whereas most of us would refer to that as<br />

one thread, some of the more creative<br />

manufacturers will call it four.<br />

At Yorkshire Linen, our sheets start at 180<br />

thread count (percale polycotton) and go<br />

all the way up to luxury 1000 thread count<br />

(Egyptian cotton).<br />

Yorkshire<br />

Linen is now<br />

a retailer of<br />

the premium<br />

Belledorm<br />

Egyptian Cotton Range, a UK based<br />

company with a distinguished reputation for<br />

exceptional quality. All of Belledorm’s ranges<br />

are made from certified Egyptian cotton and<br />

carry the official kite mark so you can be sure<br />

of the quality.<br />

Caring For Your Bedding<br />

If you want to keep that same fresh, crisp and<br />

immaculate look on the first day you bought<br />

it, you have to look after your bedding; this<br />

includes how you wash it, dry it, handle it and<br />

use it. Much of today’s bedding has durability<br />

in mind when it is manufactured. The rigours<br />

of modern households usually mean that<br />

use-and-wash cycles are very frequent. This<br />

puts a strain on the construction or weave of<br />

the product, as well as its colour fastness.<br />

Over time, repeated use and washing<br />

will deteriorate, wear down and fade the<br />

feel, handle and overall appearance of the<br />

bedding. For example, a 150 count polycotton<br />

fitted sheet can withstand many washes, be<br />

changed regularly and tumble dried or line<br />

dried without any major deterioration. The<br />

polyester in the weave makes it easy to iron,<br />

holds deep colours well and generally be more<br />

robust in a domestic environment with regular<br />

washing. If you compare this to a 400 count<br />

Egyptian cotton, you will see that the linen<br />

is softer, almost silky in feel with a lustrous<br />

shine from the surface of the fabric. This<br />

linen is delicate and<br />

to an extent quite<br />

fragile. The fact that<br />

it is genuine 100%<br />

Egyptian cotton with<br />

a single ply weave<br />

means that greater<br />

care has to be taken<br />

to elongate its life<br />

span.<br />

For plain dyed bed linen (polycotton and<br />

100% Cotton):<br />

- Always wash new bedding before use<br />

- Wash at 40 degrees<br />

- Do not bleach<br />

- Tumble dry at medium heat<br />

- Iron at low to medium heat<br />

- Do not dry clean<br />

For Egyptian Cotton:<br />

- Line dry instead of tumble drying as high<br />

drying heat can damage Egyptian cotton<br />

fibres<br />

- To make ironing easier, iron whilst damp<br />

and fold flat when storing in the airing<br />

cupboard<br />

- Do not wash Egyptian cotton with fabric<br />

softeners. The chemicals present can<br />

deteriorate the strength and durability of<br />

fine long staple Egyptian cotton fibres<br />

- Do not wash with polycotton or other<br />

synthetic fibres eg nylon or 100%<br />

polyester<br />

- Try not to wear bed clothing with high<br />

synthetic fibre content eg nylon or 100%<br />

polyester, when sleeping on Egyptian<br />

cotton.<br />

Finally, store well away from any dust; ideally<br />

in a separate linen cupboard, or drawer,<br />

perhaps adding an evocative scent to infuse<br />

the linen. The result will be long lasting,<br />

crisply ironed freshly scented linen, which will<br />

make it a treat to get into bed every night.<br />

Given that we spend up to a third of our lives<br />

in bed, it just has to be worth it.<br />

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We recently had the enjoyment of celebrating<br />

my partner’s 60 th birthday and not wanting to<br />

go too far this time, we decided to discover<br />

a bit more of “inland” Spain, so after hours<br />

trawling the internet decided on a trip to<br />

Úbeda and Jaén.<br />

The Town Hall, which was originally built as<br />

a Court House and Prison and the Cathedral<br />

of the Nativity of Our Lady which was built<br />

above a former Moorish mosque. It was converted<br />

to the Christian rite in 1147 and was<br />

restored back to Christianity in 1227 after a<br />

period serving as a Mosque. The historic part<br />

of the City around the Cathedral is full of<br />

quaint narrow cobbled streets and beautifully<br />

restored character homes with the occasional<br />

delightful restaurant. The “commercial” and<br />

newer area is well maintained and buzzing<br />

with street bars and cafés where you will still<br />

find the age old tradition of receiving free tapas<br />

with a drink.<br />

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First stop (for lunch) was Baza in the Province<br />

of Granada. Baza is situated 844m above<br />

sea level, in the Hoya de Baza, a valley in<br />

the Sierra Nevada, not far from the Gallego<br />

River. The city was founded by the Iberians<br />

in the 4th century BC and was an important<br />

Commercial Centre. There is a lovely square<br />

by the Town Hall for refreshments and participating<br />

in trying out regional delicacies – this<br />

is where you’ll also find the Tourist Information<br />

Centre.<br />

Upon arrival at Úbeda, it can be confusing as<br />

there is a more recent “part” and of course<br />

the area where the historic and monumental<br />

area of the City can be found. Úbeda is<br />

one of the region’s most important settlements<br />

boasting a regional hospital, University<br />

Bachelor’s Degree in Education college,<br />

distance-learning facilities, local government<br />

facilities, social security offices, and courts,<br />

with the agricultural economy mainly working<br />

with olive cultivation and cattle ranching.<br />

Úbeda has become one of the biggest olive oil<br />

producers and packers in the Jaén Province.<br />

The city possesses 48 monuments, and over<br />

a hundred other buildings of interest, almost<br />

all of them of Renaissance style. Particularly<br />

worth a visit is the Plaza de Vázquez de Molina<br />

where the Parador we stayed at is situated.<br />

This 16 th Century Palace was restored in<br />

the 17 th Century and was once owned by the<br />

Dean of the Holy Chapel of Our Saviour. This<br />

City is a joy for anyone interested in Chapels/<br />

Churches/Monuments and the Historic area is<br />

quite compact and much of it pedestrianised.<br />

This is the ideal place for craft lovers, as you<br />

will find fine pottery, crafts and wrought iron<br />

work for purchase.<br />

The following<br />

day, en<br />

route to Jaen,<br />

we stopped<br />

for a wander<br />

(and lunch<br />

of course) in<br />

Baeza. The<br />

town is perched<br />

on a cliff in<br />

the “Loma<br />

de Úbeda»,<br />

a mountain<br />

range between<br />

the river Guadalquivir<br />

and<br />

the Guadalimar.<br />

It is chiefly<br />

known today<br />

as having many<br />

of the best-preserved examples of Italian Renaissance<br />

architecture in Spain. In the 16th<br />

century, Baeza grew rich from the production<br />

of textiles, and local nobles hired important<br />

architects to design new palaces, churches<br />

and public squares in the fashionable Italian<br />

style.<br />

The economy collapsed in the 17th century,<br />

which had the fortunate side effect of preserving<br />

Baeza’s Renaissance architectural<br />

legacy, because few newer structures were<br />

built. Two of the most important buildings are<br />

The city of<br />

Jaén is also<br />

known as the<br />

World Capital<br />

of Olive Oil,<br />

because it is<br />

the biggest<br />

producer of<br />

the oil, known<br />

by locals as<br />

liquid gold.<br />

The layout of<br />

Jaén is determined<br />

by<br />

its position<br />

in the hills<br />

of the Santa<br />

Catalina<br />

Mountains,<br />

with steep,<br />

narrow streets, in the historical central city<br />

district. The city is the administrative and<br />

industrial centre for the province. Industrial<br />

establishments include chemical works, tanneries,<br />

distilleries and textile factories. In<br />

April 1938, during the Spanish Civil War, Jaén<br />

was bombed by the Nazis, meaning much<br />

of the city has been re-built and therefore<br />

everywhere seems much more modern that<br />

the previous cities and towns we visited on<br />

this trip. However, if in this area, an absolute<br />

“must” to visit is the Castillo de Santa Catalina<br />

which sits on the top of a hill overlooking the<br />

city. Previously there had existed a fortress<br />

of Arabic origin, of which some remains still<br />

exist – much of it has been carefully restored<br />

to the Parador where we stayed yet retaining<br />

impressive 20 metre high arches in the<br />

main hall and of course the amazing views<br />

from many of the bedrooms overlooking the<br />

city. Another building of interest is surely Jaén<br />

Cathedral which is one of the most important<br />

Renaissance-style Cathedrals. Construction<br />

began in 1570 and was completed in 1802.<br />

The trip was a resounding success and the<br />

highlights were certainly the friendliness of<br />

the locals, the amazing monuments and the<br />

gastronomy as well as seeing the snow glinting<br />

in the sun on the top of the Sierra Nevada.<br />

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3 rd May saw the Grand Opening of Bistro Ratatouille<br />

in Puerto de Mazarrón, where more<br />

than 110 people attended to wish Antoine and<br />

Corinne all the best in their new venture.<br />

Antoine and Corinne have lived and worked<br />

in the area for several years, but it was always<br />

their dream to have their own restaurant<br />

down on the coast and now they have<br />

achieved it! Bistro Ratatouille is already<br />

gaining a great reputation for good quality<br />

home cooked food and is now open from<br />

10am for breakfasts which include not only<br />

the traditional full English breakfast, but<br />

also American style breakfasts which include<br />

crêpes, croissants and waffles.<br />

There is an excellent value Menu del Dia<br />

available from Monday to Saturday which is<br />

3 courses and includes a carafe of wine or a<br />

beer or soft drink at only €9.<br />

Monday and Tuesday evenings you can enjoy<br />

a 3 course Menu del Noche for only €10<br />

On a Wednesdays they have introduced a new<br />

Steak & Spare Rib Night, which is proving to<br />

be extremely popular<br />

Thursdays, Bistro Ratatouille has something<br />

really different; a “Surprise” 4 Course<br />

Menu, which is superb value at €25 for 2 people,<br />

and what fun not actually knowing what<br />

you will get. So far this has gone down extremely<br />

well and is proving popular so bookings<br />

are advisable.<br />

If you prefer to choose from the A la Carte<br />

menu, then a Friday or a Saturday night is<br />

for you.<br />

The Bistro Ratatouille traditional Sunday<br />

Roast can either be at lunch time or on a Sunday<br />

evening which is a great idea with the<br />

warmer weather now upon us.<br />

Antoine and Corinne have big plans for the<br />

future. From <strong>June</strong>, Bistro Ratatouille will<br />

be running special themed nights throughout<br />

the summer starting with a Caribbean Night<br />

on 21st <strong>June</strong> with Barrington and if you like<br />

cocktails then watch this space as they are<br />

also going to have special Cocktail Nights.<br />

Why not pop in to Bistro Ratatouille for a<br />

coffee and a look through their menu; you will<br />

not be disappointed!<br />

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Monday 8 th April <strong>2013</strong> was GOmaD’s 3 rd<br />

Fashion Show at Mariano’s, Camposol. As<br />

always it was well attended and ‘thank you’<br />

to the 8 volunteer models, Carol, Chris, Denise,<br />

Marge, Maureen, Pam, Sandra and Juana-Marie<br />

our lovely Spanish volunteer. We<br />

would like to thank all those generous people<br />

who donated, enabling us to stage this biannual<br />

event to help those less fortunate in<br />

this area. Thanks to Eddy B, our local <strong>Costa</strong><br />

Cálida International Radio DJ star for supplying<br />

his time and music and Rosemary from<br />

Welcome for letting us use the screens for the<br />

models to make their quick changes. Last,<br />

but not least, we thank all the GOmaD volunteer<br />

ladies and men who helped on the day<br />

in various capacities to make the afternoon<br />

go smoothly and to Brenda, the compère and<br />

Anne who organises these events with the<br />

help of many other volunteers. A grand total<br />

amount of 1080€ was raised.<br />

A Car Boot Sale on 18 th April at Miguel Delibes<br />

School in aid of GOmaD was organized<br />

by the teachers of the Language Section as<br />

part of their Cultural Day, allowing the Spanish<br />

students to experience charitable ‘giving’.<br />

Spain has a recognized culture of ‘Charity<br />

Begins at Home’, but the economic crisis has<br />

changed matters greatly! A big heartfelt MAD<br />

thanks to ALL who participated in this event;<br />

the School and Volunteers/Supports/Buyers.<br />

Big MAD thanks to the Country Line Dance<br />

Group that meet at The Club House, Camposol<br />

on 1 st Friday each month. Organisers, Tom<br />

& Helen Wills, plus Ann (dance teacher) have<br />

adopted GOmaD as their chosen charity and<br />

every month the dancers who attend pay 3€<br />

plus an item of food - 7 th <strong>June</strong> is ‘Milk Night’.<br />

What a wonderful idea for our needy Families.<br />

Garden Party Saturday 8 th <strong>June</strong> at 6 Calle<br />

Alicante, Camposol A. 2-2.30pm start. 5€ entry<br />

incl Afternoon Tea.<br />

At a recent Mazarrón Aid Day, a Grandmother<br />

who has so many financial worries, including<br />

helping her son & his family, wept when<br />

a new pair of shoes was given for one of her<br />

grandchildren. It took us by surprise as the<br />

tears fell so heavily – proves again we take so<br />

much for granted!<br />

At Cañadas de Gallego, where we been giving<br />

Aid for 3years, a young Spanish couple<br />

were sent to us via collaborators; “Nuevo<br />

Amanecer”, Spanish Evangelical Church, Pto.<br />

de Mazarrón. What a sweet couple and so<br />

overjoyed with their 1 month old baby, despite<br />

their tough circumstances! A new pair<br />

of shoes, currently too big was presented to<br />

the baby. The smile on Mum’s face lit up the<br />

room!!<br />

Every month one of our Volunteers/Supporters<br />

purchases shoes for the children & it truly<br />

does Make A Difference. If you would like<br />

to experience these precious moments of<br />

simple pleasures, then contact Outreach below.<br />

ALL are welcome to come & see “How<br />

Little Things Do Mean So Much”.<br />

Drop-off Points:<br />

GOmaD shop<br />

Camposol A lower car park, Tues 11am-1pm<br />

Camposol B TJ Electricals<br />

Camposol B Cultural Centre, Frid 12.30-2pm<br />

<strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Calida</strong> International Radio, Pto de<br />

Mazarron<br />

Mazarrón Country Club, Manzana 5 Plot 15 Su<br />

968 199 159<br />

Condado de Alhama: Gdn 2 Apart 231, Naranjos<br />

4 666 189 459 & Gdn 11 Apart J1161<br />

Collection of Large Items/Furniture/House<br />

Clearances call Tony 634 007 594<br />

Food Collection Bins:<br />

Camposol B, Quick Save<br />

Camposol A, English Butchers<br />

Pto de Mazarrón, Tea Pot<br />

Shop 634 321 161 (Open: Tues-Sat 10am-<br />

2pm)<br />

Outreach/Enquiries 634 357 137<br />

Email madmazarron@live.com<br />

Face Book mad mazarron<br />

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Alicante<br />

Consulate’s<br />

Move To<br />

New Premises<br />

Will<br />

Improve<br />

Service<br />

To Britons<br />

Needing<br />

Help<br />

The British<br />

Consulate in<br />

Alicante is<br />

moving… but<br />

not far. The<br />

new office<br />

will only be<br />

10 minutes’<br />

walk from the<br />

current building.<br />

You will find the Consulate on the Rambla<br />

Méndez Nuñez, just near the port area<br />

of Alicante, a short walk from the Mercado<br />

tram stop and the Alicante central bus station.<br />

The new address is:<br />

British Consulate in Alicante<br />

Edificio Espacio<br />

Rambla Méndez Núñez 28-30<br />

6ta planta (6 th floor)<br />

Alicante 03002<br />

The Consulate in Alicante has been in<br />

its current location in the Plaza Calvo Sotelo<br />

since 1979. The move to new premises<br />

shows how important it is that there is a<br />

continuing consular presence to support the<br />

nearly 300,000 residents and 3.5 million<br />

tourists who visit the region each year. It’s<br />

one of the busiest Consulates in the world,<br />

helping British nationals who have been<br />

hospitalised, arrested or suffered a bereavement,<br />

as well as issuing Emergency Travel<br />

Documents to people whose passports have<br />

been stolen so they can return home.<br />

The move will provide a better experience<br />

for customers who come to ask for help, as<br />

well as a more modern, secure and efficient<br />

work space for the team. The new office will<br />

be open to the public from Mondays to Friday<br />

from 08:30-13:30 and the telephone<br />

and fax numbers remain the same.<br />

British Consul, Paul Rodwell said “The new<br />

Consulate will help us to assist better those<br />

who are most vulnerable, whilst offering an<br />

improved customer experience, particularly<br />

in terms of access for those with reduced<br />

mobility. Furthermore, a new open-plan<br />

office will deliver a better working environment<br />

for the team and the location in the<br />

centre of Alicante with excellent access to<br />

public transport links will mean that those<br />

who need to find us can do so easily.”<br />

Information on the new location of the Consulate,<br />

and how the Consulate can help,<br />

can be found on the new government website<br />

www.gov.uk/world/spain.<br />

British nationals are advised to call 965 216<br />

022 before journeying to the office, as most<br />

queries can be resolved over the phone.<br />

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Friday 14 th <strong>June</strong> - Short Day Trip by Train<br />

to Elche known for its palm trees and exotic<br />

gardens. Meet 9.45am at Alhama de Murcia<br />

train station for a guided tour of Elche Parque,<br />

bringing a picnic & returning to Alhama about<br />

5.30-6pm.<br />

Friday 28 th <strong>June</strong> - Gebas Moonscapes - Meet<br />

El Berro car park 10.30am. This is another<br />

friendly, easy, non-sporty, short walk through<br />

dazzling white Moonscapes with fantastic<br />

views! Later is an optional visit to the visitors’<br />

centre and meal in a gorgeous Spanish mountain<br />

restaurant where we might see adorable<br />

families of wild boar and their stripey babies!<br />

Each outing is just 5€, plus the cost of the<br />

meal after the Moonscapes walk (9€ for 4<br />

course meal of salad, starter, main course,<br />

dessert , including one drink and coffee) and<br />

train fare and other (optional) extras in Elche<br />

(tourist train, cathedral visit, Jardin del Cura,<br />

cafes etc).<br />

Come and enjoy yourselves and make new<br />

friends! Bring water, sensible footwear, cameras,<br />

binoculars, sun protection and a smile!<br />

(You do need to be healthy to come out with<br />

NEST. You come entirely at your own risk as<br />

phone signals and medical help are not always<br />

available.)<br />

Please book by phone/text to 679 002 147<br />

or email natureespunatrails@gmail.com<br />

with full names of each person with Spanish<br />

contact phone numbers and wait for confirmation<br />

back. (Unfortunately people can’t just<br />

turn up).<br />

Directions and information including videos<br />

and photos are on the website<br />

www.nestwalks.info. Join the mailing list<br />

on the website to keep informed and link on<br />

Facebook at Natureespunatrails Nest.<br />

www.facebook.com/natureespunatrails<br />

for snippets on wildlife, ecology, Spain, expat<br />

life, and groups for rescue dogs etc! Looking<br />

forward to meeting you all and look out for<br />

the early evening short walks in summer!<br />

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This Rural Tourist development is the brainchild<br />

of César Miñano who lives in Murcia, but<br />

is the director of the scheme.<br />

Set in the foothills of the mountains of Moratalla,<br />

Hacienda Los Granadicos boasts 9<br />

self contained houses which sleep from 4 to<br />

20 people. All these houses are well equipped<br />

with washing machines, fridge freezers, cookers<br />

and central heating. They are furnished in<br />

traditional Spanish style with some beautiful<br />

antiques to match the many unique features.<br />

The views are stunning and this is definitely a<br />

place to visit either for the day or for a holiday.<br />

it. Other facilities available for visitors are the<br />

Social Hall, Barbeque area, Swimming Pool<br />

and designated routes that can be discovered<br />

by walking, mountain bike, or riding a horse<br />

or donkey. There are 15 horses available for<br />

riding and the instructors are all fully qualified.<br />

These routes vary in lengths from about<br />

half an hour on horse back to a few hours on<br />

foot. There are three ménages that are used<br />

for schooling the horses and also for riding<br />

lessons.<br />

carts can be undertaken. The larger carts<br />

and carriages are available to hire for weddings<br />

etc.<br />

The whole Hacienda Los Granadicos complex<br />

sits in acres of well worked olive and<br />

almond trees and there is an area containing<br />

an organic garden with fresh vegetables<br />

available for residents. Just walking round,<br />

you can see that this is a place that has had<br />

a great deal of thought and planning put into<br />

Many children from the schools in the area<br />

and Murcia visit Hacienda Los Granadicos<br />

and make use of the room dedicated for tuition<br />

and they make a fuss of all the animals in<br />

the compound that houses a great variety of<br />

animals including a Shetland pony and a peacock.<br />

All the animals are well looked after by<br />

staff who live on the premises, one of whom<br />

speaks very good English. The wonderful collection<br />

of old carts can be seen under cover<br />

in the equestrian section and pony rides and<br />

Hacienda Los Granadicos is certainly worth<br />

a visit to experience the peace and tranquility<br />

of true rural Spain whatever the time of<br />

year. You can see how the wonderful landscape<br />

changes through the months if you visit<br />

at different times of the year. César is planning<br />

more activities, but one area that is used<br />

regularly is the semi-permanent teepee-type<br />

tents that are used by Scouts and Brownies<br />

throughout the region. What a superb and<br />

safe place for children to explore whilst enjoying<br />

the experience of sleeping outdoors.<br />

We hope to see you soon<br />

César Minaño<br />

Director<br />

Tel 650 004 366<br />

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Thyme – (tomillo)<br />

Thyme is a popular herb that can be found<br />

in hot, sunny locations as well as in cold climates<br />

and grows as a perennial, meaning<br />

that it grow throughout the year and will reappear<br />

every year. It can be propagated by<br />

seed, cuttings and even by dividing the root<br />

sections. It is a very resilient plant and is often<br />

found in the wild from mountain sides to<br />

sea level. The strong aroma can be smelled<br />

for miles on a remote Greek mountain.<br />

Thyme has been used throughout the centuries<br />

by the Romans and Greeks for things<br />

such as embalming, assuring a safe passage<br />

into the next life and the Greeks were famous<br />

for using Thyme in their baths and burning<br />

it as incense in their temples. The Romans<br />

used Thyme to purify their rooms and for<br />

centuries it has been put under pillows to<br />

help those with insomnia and/or nightmares.<br />

The Roman ladies would give some Thyme<br />

to the knights and warriors hoping it would<br />

give them courage during their long battles.<br />

Liked many popular herbs, Thyme can be<br />

bought either fresh or dried. Obviously fresh<br />

Thyme is more flavoursome, but the dried<br />

herb is popular because of its long shelf life.<br />

If bought fresh, Thyme is usually sold by the<br />

bunch or sprig which might be used whole in<br />

a recipe, but usually removed before serving.<br />

Thyme has a woody stem which is usually<br />

discarded and it is the leaves that are used<br />

in cooking. It is one of the ingredients of<br />

bouquet garni, the mixture of herbs used in<br />

French cooking. One use in British cooking<br />

is with Parsley and Thyme stuffing, served<br />

with roast pork or chicken. Add sprigs of<br />

Thyme to marinades for meat, fish or vegetables<br />

or tuck a few sprigs with half a lemon<br />

and an onion inside a chicken before roasting.<br />

Oil of Thyme contains 20-54% Thymol<br />

which is a natural antiseptic and is often<br />

used in mouth washes and natural, alcoholfree<br />

hand sanitizers. Thymol can be found in<br />

treatments for fungal infections especially<br />

those affecting the toe nails. It also contains<br />

many other compounds such as myrcene and<br />

linalool. A tea made by infusing Thyme in<br />

hot water can help relieve symptoms such as<br />

bronchitis and chest infections.<br />

There are various types of Thyme, including<br />

lemon, orange and lime Thyme. As<br />

the names suggest, there is a strong scent<br />

of citrus from these varieties. These citrus<br />

herbs prefer the full sun and well drained soil<br />

and they bloom in mid to late summer. They<br />

have pink or lavender flowers which attract<br />

butterflies and bees and are often cultivated<br />

as ornamental plants. Again the leaves are<br />

used as flavouring in cooking and can be<br />

used fresh in salads. The Citrus Thyme can<br />

be used in much the same medicinal way as<br />

the ordinary herb.<br />

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Martin & the Cutting Crew<br />

With 30 years’ experience both in London and<br />

in Spain, there is no question that Martin<br />

James is a traditional, fully-trained, barber<br />

of considerable talent. Having owned his first<br />

salon at the tender age of 19, Martin completed<br />

eight years of intensive training and<br />

went on to scoop a number of national titles<br />

including London Champion in Gents’ Hair<br />

and he competed for England before making<br />

the move to Spain eight years ago.<br />

Martin has built a considerable reputation<br />

working in Quesada and for several years he<br />

has been looking for the perfect premises to<br />

base his own business and in March 2012 he<br />

opened Martin & The Cutting Crew.<br />

In April this year, Martin & The Cutting<br />

Crew opened their second branch based on<br />

Camposol, Sector B. Martin said “It has been<br />

a wonderful year. The business has grown<br />

beyond belief and clients are happy with the<br />

level of service they are receiving which is<br />

bringing them back time and time again.”<br />

“A barber has a specific set of skills and good<br />

barbers are few and far between. A traditional<br />

barbershop is Gents’ Hairdressing at its finest<br />

and this is what I aim to offer my customers.<br />

A lot of our clients’ wives have asked if we<br />

partake in Ladies’ Hairdressing. My reply is<br />

that we are ‘cutting specialists’, so ‘yes’ we do<br />

partake in Ladies’ Hairdressing, but we do not<br />

get into the colouring aspect because I don’t<br />

wish to lose my identity within my trade. First<br />

and foremost we are Barbers at their best.”<br />

Martin & The Cutting Crew is an authentic<br />

Barbershop, but it also has a modern twist.<br />

You will find all the traditional Barbershop<br />

skills such as a hot towel shave with a cutthroat<br />

razor and short back and sides. This<br />

is effortlessly combined with the latest styles<br />

and trends that younger customers look for.<br />

The shop has the perfect balance between<br />

comfort and style. This is a place where men<br />

of all ages can relax and enjoy the company<br />

and atmosphere.<br />

Martin’s current ‘Crew’ comprises of the following<br />

highly talented colleagues:<br />

Chris, yet another career barber with 34<br />

years experience.<br />

Sam, a lady barber who is absolutely loved<br />

by all, for her work is simply magical.<br />

James, a stylish young barber with a flair<br />

for creative enthusiasm is working within the<br />

Camposol branch and has taken the role with<br />

gusto. He also has 9 years of experience behind<br />

him.<br />

Christine is joining our team very shortly.<br />

With 38 years of experience her role of Master<br />

Tutor suits her well. Christine brings with<br />

her a set of skills that all of our apprentices<br />

will benefit from.<br />

Within the last year, our very own homegrown<br />

apprentice Ellie has moved up the<br />

chain and is now working on the shop floor<br />

cutting hair and producing some wonderful<br />

work, and to add to that, she is shaving her<br />

own clients now.<br />

Martin said “Our apprenticeship scheme is<br />

slowly gathering momentum. We have Ellie<br />

who is my number one and of whom I’m very<br />

proud. Coming in through the early stages is<br />

young Kieran who I have high hopes for and<br />

his family have a long history within the Hairdressing<br />

trade, so I’m hoping his own background<br />

will help him through. We also have<br />

Jake who was our unexpected surprise, but<br />

he knuckled down and is working extremely<br />

hard towards fulfilling his own dream of becoming<br />

a highly trained barber within our<br />

company.”<br />

Martin & The Cutting Crew based in Quesada,<br />

also incorporates Shady’s Custom Tattoos,<br />

a separate business based at the rear<br />

of the salon, run by the UK’s number three<br />

tattoo artist Kevin Shercliff. The Camposol<br />

Branch is awaiting the arrival of a tattooist<br />

and further details will be passed along when<br />

the time comes.<br />

For further information call Martin & The<br />

Cutting Crew on 664 051 612<br />

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The sixth newsletter since Christmas!<br />

Where does time go? The weather is warming<br />

up, but seems a bit late this year? Writing<br />

in mid-May the oracle “Google” is forecasting<br />

storms in two days! That fierce sun<br />

will arrive soon and the dormant swimming<br />

pools will become active for 3 months!<br />

Many will know we inherited terrapins from<br />

various sources and they seemed to live<br />

happily with our fish in the pond, although<br />

many said the fish would be eaten! The fish<br />

seemed OK, but the plants were devoured!<br />

The terrapins have been moved from the<br />

pond to an old bath where they wintered<br />

happily – however with the warmer weather<br />

they do not seem to be eating as they usually<br />

have – the fish have been eating for<br />

some weeks now and don’t believe anyone<br />

who says fish have no memory. At 8am on<br />

the dot each day, they are surfacing for food<br />

and just walking by the pond sends them<br />

“frantic” until the food is available! Pets!<br />

Who would have them!<br />

TV News<br />

All you sport lovers may well have heard<br />

that BT in the UK are aggressively buying<br />

sporting transmission rights. They have<br />

many Football games (38 Premier League<br />

games), ALL the Premiership Rugby and International<br />

Women’s Tennis. Word seems<br />

to be that the viewing will be available on<br />

SKY (and not just BT connected TV viewers),<br />

but just how we are not sure. Anyone<br />

any information? I expect it will be another<br />

SKY channel (like ESPN - although we understand<br />

BT has purchased ESPN) and yet<br />

another fee to pay to view? As soon as we<br />

get information on the availability in Spain<br />

we will let you know.<br />

Stop Press<br />

Just heard that Subscriptions will be needed<br />

and can be done from 1 st August <strong>2013</strong><br />

FREESAT slowly adds channels to its line<br />

up - 6 channels recently added: The Travel<br />

Channel, MTV’s VIVA, Kiss, The Box, Smash<br />

Hits and Kerrang. 405, 146, 518, 519, 521<br />

and 524 are the respective numbers. Will<br />

“DAVE” and “SKY SPORTS NEWS” be coming<br />

as is rumoured?<br />

Russians and Scandinavians who read this<br />

may be interested to know that we can<br />

now offer their home TV by internet (as<br />

we can UKTV) with NO dish being needed.<br />

The national TV for these countries is very<br />

difficult to get by satellite and dish. Either<br />

huge dishes needed or in-country subscriptions.<br />

If you have good internet, then you<br />

can watch your home TV. Ask us for more<br />

details.<br />

If you use an old SKY box just for FREE-<br />

SAT, why not consider upgrading to an official<br />

FREESAT digibox? None of the rebooting<br />

required after a power outage and HD<br />

(high definition) channels to get the best<br />

from that new flat screen TV you have. All<br />

the same main channels are available both<br />

‘plain and simple’ or as a PLUS recording<br />

box. Watch one channel whilst recording<br />

another, pause live TV etc etc.<br />

House sales seem to be slowly on the up.<br />

Are you thinking of buying or moving? If TV<br />

is important to you, consult us before you<br />

finally buy to check that the TV you want<br />

can be available in the property - a free service<br />

if we are in the area. Also, if you are<br />

‘staying put’, but extending, don’t forget<br />

the TV cables required. We recently went<br />

to a superb underbuild extension with flat<br />

screen mounted on the wall and all cables<br />

hidden and were asked to connect up to the<br />

satellite dish - surface run cables did not<br />

please the owner!<br />

Contact us for FREESAT, SKY or any other<br />

national TV. We can assist with most countries<br />

TV, even if we cannot speak to you!<br />

Article sponsored by Rainbow Satellites,<br />

the company for ALL your TV needs in the<br />

Murcia region of Spain. Contact Alan or<br />

Matt for free friendly advice rainbowsats@<br />

gmail.com or (0034) 686 358 475. Our<br />

website www.rainbowsats.org has some<br />

good basic information on TV in Spain.<br />

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PALS Top The 250,000€ Donation Level<br />

With the presentation of the new ambulance<br />

to the Ayuntamiento in Mazarrón, PALS celebrated<br />

a milestone in their charity existence.<br />

On Saturday 27 th April, after a change of a<br />

date and a change of venue, The Honorary<br />

British Consul, Antonio Berdonces, on behalf<br />

of PALS, made the presentation of the new<br />

ambulance to Gines Campillo the Alcalde<br />

of Mazarrón. The ambulance will be maintained<br />

and staffed by Cruz Roja and has already<br />

been seen in use on Camposol. The<br />

ambulance money was raised by CAFÉ over<br />

a six year programme, (almost to the day)<br />

and various sponsors were involved, <strong>Costa</strong><br />

Cálida <strong>Chronicle</strong>, AngloInfo and particularly<br />

<strong>Costa</strong> Cálida International Radio, with their<br />

organisation of the annual CAFÉ Concert.<br />

The Lions Country Club were also big donators,<br />

but it’s the general public who put together<br />

more than 45000€. Thank you one<br />

and all. PALS have funded the balance of<br />

the purchase price of 57536€ which they<br />

hope to recover within the year so that they<br />

may return to their normal funding operations.<br />

57,536€ for the ambulance<br />

188,414€ donations from PALS to local<br />

emergency and hospitals<br />

6,400€ with great help from CCIR for the<br />

Earthquake in Lorca<br />

Total: 252,350€<br />

Thank you everyone.<br />

PALS was involved in the ‘ambulance project’<br />

on a management basis with The Bahia<br />

Lions, but the money has come from individual<br />

events and donations. These continue<br />

with the Harlequin Rock Choir and of course<br />

the CAFÉ Concert is arranged at the Playa<br />

Grande Hotel for Saturday 28 th September;<br />

6 acts with tickets for 5€. This will not be<br />

the last concert as both <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida Radio<br />

and PALS are already in discussion about<br />

next year.<br />

Always planning a long way ahead, we have<br />

a real piper for Burn’s Night next year on<br />

25 th January and have booked again into<br />

the Helios Hotel for a three night Benidorm<br />

break in March. How organised can you get!<br />

<strong>June</strong> 5 th A One Day Trip To Benidorm at<br />

15€ with drop offs at Terra Mitica, Old Town<br />

and the Market.<br />

24-27 th <strong>June</strong>, due to a couple of cancellations<br />

we have 3 nights away in Salamanca<br />

and Segovia, with stop offs in Avila and<br />

Toledo. Coaches from the Port, MCC and<br />

Camposol 210€ pp.<br />

July 2 nd great lunchtime entertainment at<br />

Rincon Elias, in Bolnuevo, offering, special<br />

menu and limited places at 17.50€. This<br />

restaurant is one of the area’s special secrets<br />

and is situated on the beach so maybe<br />

a boules contest is going to occur.<br />

September 28 th the CAFÉ Concert at Playa<br />

Grande Hotel, 5€ and a special room rate.<br />

Booking for rooms essential.<br />

6-11 th October, see a totally different part of<br />

Spain with a full board trip to the beautiful<br />

Basque region. All excursions included & 4<br />

star hotel. 285€. Second coach rapidly filling.<br />

8 th December, bookings already in hand for<br />

the annual Christmas Ball at Hotel <strong>Costa</strong><br />

<strong>Costa</strong>, Mazarrón, with the John Lindo Trio.<br />

Eat and drink and dance the night away.<br />

Masses of food and drink. 29.50€. Coaches<br />

subject to demand.<br />

Tickets from Saralara’s on Wednesday afternoons<br />

1-3pm and Trevi’s Saturdays 11am-<br />

1pm or call 626 460 465.<br />

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Never judge a book by its cover<br />

The above saying brings back reminders of<br />

my Mum; it was one that she drilled into me<br />

as a child, along with the reasoning behind<br />

it and it still stands true today.<br />

So often we can make judgements about<br />

people and the only evidence we have is<br />

the way that they dress and maybe something<br />

they said, which we could well have<br />

taken out of context. I was once told by a<br />

member of Wellspring Church of a comment<br />

made about me by someone on Camposol<br />

they had met… what was said has always<br />

made me smile and continues to do so. The<br />

comment about me went something like ‘He<br />

can’t really be a pastor.. have you seen the<br />

shirts he wears!’ Admittedly, I have toned<br />

down the colours and patterns of my summer<br />

shirts these days, but can assure you<br />

that it was not because of that brilliant comment.<br />

As I write this article, the television news is<br />

full of the story of the three young women<br />

who had been held captive at 2207, Seymour<br />

Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio for the past<br />

ten years. I do not know about you, but I<br />

find this kind of crime absolutely amazing<br />

and find it unbelievable that anyone, let<br />

alone three victims plus a child born to one<br />

of them, could have been held captive, unnoticed<br />

in a normal house and in a normal<br />

street, in a normal city. I am sure that there<br />

is much yet to be revealed about this crime,<br />

committed by a seemingly normal guy, who<br />

did a normal job driving the school bus; but<br />

the situation was anything but normal and if<br />

what has been reported is true, a number of<br />

lives will have been devastated by the acts<br />

of this man and his two brothers.<br />

a sweeping statement I know and there<br />

are many heart-warming stories of people<br />

who care and are concerned about the welfare<br />

of their neighbours and friends. Things<br />

though, have changed in the world at large<br />

and people tend to want to keep themselves<br />

to themselves. I was sitting in the car park<br />

of a large supermarket last week and nearby<br />

there was a parked vehicle with its alarm<br />

booming out every few minutes. Not a soul<br />

took any notice of the extremely loud horn<br />

sounding and the flashing indicators! There<br />

are less and less folk who want to get involved<br />

anymore and that is such a shame…<br />

one day our nosiness may just save someone’s<br />

life… and would that not be worth it?<br />

It is so true… we cannot judge a book by its<br />

cover and there is a story behind the face<br />

of everyone we meet. So often we think,<br />

or make comments about the people we<br />

see; things like, she’s thin, he’s fat, look at<br />

the state of him or her, but what is the real<br />

story behind the face, body or clothes that<br />

we see?<br />

I am glad that God does not look at me from<br />

the outside. The Bible say’s that He looks<br />

at my heart. 1 Samuel 16: 7 contains the<br />

following words, “The Lord does not look at<br />

the things people look at. People look at the<br />

outward appearance, but the Lord looks at<br />

the heart”. God looks at what makes us tick<br />

and not how we look or dress. He could<br />

not care less about my loud shirt and looks<br />

past my outer appearance and tells me that<br />

he loves me…. Now that’s something to be<br />

happy about!<br />

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Whatever the outcome of the trial of those<br />

accused, many neighbours will be asking<br />

themselves the question ‘Why did I not<br />

see anything over all of these years; how<br />

could I not have noticed that something<br />

was happening at number 2207?’ I believe<br />

that in this modern day we do not look out<br />

for others the way we used to do. This is<br />

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Águilas is one town in Murcia that has a<br />

strong link with Britain. For example, between<br />

1887 and 1890, the British “Great<br />

Southern of Spain Railway Company” built<br />

the railway line between Lorca and Águilas<br />

which linked into a wider network. Each third<br />

Sunday of every month, the Tourist Office in<br />

Águilas organises a free “Ruta del Ferrocarril”<br />

(Railway Route), though you have to ring<br />

and book a place (968 493 285). Transport<br />

is provided around the various sites using<br />

the tourist train which happily runs along the<br />

town streets! Please note that the tour is<br />

conducted in Spanish. If the idea of such a<br />

guided tour, which lasts over 3 hours, does<br />

not appeal to you, all of the features described<br />

below, with the exception of going<br />

inside the mineral tunnels, are open and visitable<br />

by individuals at normal times.<br />

The tour begins in the Águilas seafront Plaza<br />

Isaac Peral where an old steam engine is<br />

displayed. The locomotive is known as the<br />

Monument to the Railway (Monumento al<br />

Ferrocarril), and was erected by the Chamber<br />

of Commerce, Industry and Shipping of<br />

Murcia in 1969 to the railway, the foundation<br />

of Águilas’ prosperity. The locomotive is<br />

named “Águilas” and a plaque on its side tells<br />

you that it was made in Glasgow in 1889 and<br />

operated from 1890 to 1967. The guide was<br />

able to give almost any detail you wished<br />

about the locomotive, right down to the small<br />

tubes which deposited sand on the rails when<br />

there was a slippery incline to ascend!<br />

The next stop<br />

is the Railway<br />

Station and<br />

the museum<br />

beneath it.<br />

The museum<br />

opened in<br />

1985 and is<br />

free to enter.<br />

It is a<br />

remarkable<br />

subterranean<br />

space, with<br />

vaulted brick<br />

arches all the<br />

way down its<br />

main length<br />

and a mass<br />

of exhibits to<br />

look at, including<br />

large model trains running around<br />

an extensive landscaped track in the middle<br />

of the building! There are numerous collections<br />

of items and publications associated<br />

with the Águilas - Baza – Lorca railway and<br />

many old photographs mainly from the late<br />

19 th and early 20 th Centuries. There are old<br />

railway clocks, pumps, switchboards and<br />

even Morse equipment, usually with a title in<br />

English as well as Spanish. Note especially,<br />

the old strong room (caja fuerte) situated to<br />

the right of the desk at the bottom of the<br />

entrance passage - this area of the museum<br />

was the strong room and offices for the Great<br />

Southern of Spain Railway Company at the<br />

end of the 19 th Century.<br />

From the strikingly terracotta and cream<br />

painted station above the museum, buildings<br />

across the track were pointed out to us<br />

– the railway workshops where wagons were<br />

repaired and painted, a desalination plant<br />

which was British built in 1911 to overcome<br />

the problem of corrosion and furring up of<br />

pipes in the locomotives, and the obvious engine<br />

sheds which were used as refuges in the<br />

Spanish Civil War.<br />

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After the station, the journey continues past<br />

the famous Iron Bridge which took the railway<br />

over the Rambla de las Culebras to the<br />

remarkable mineral tunnels. This bridge has<br />

designated status as a monument of interest<br />

and was constructed in 1901 as part of the<br />

work which took the railway from the station<br />

in Águilas to the mineral pier. It is 42 metres<br />

in length. Once you arrive at the tunnels,<br />

there is a little walking to do up a constructed<br />

zig-zag path to the level of the railway which<br />

has come over the Iron Bridge. The railway<br />

tracks coming over the bridge bifurcate – one<br />

branch rises above the tunnels, while the<br />

other continues relatively level to go into the<br />

tunnels below en route to the loading pier<br />

beyond. Access to the tunnels is through<br />

heavy doors which have to be unlocked.<br />

In the tunnels, you will notice openings in<br />

the roof which house a hopper that, once<br />

filled, usually with iron ore, tipped its load<br />

down into the waiting wagons below. An ingenious<br />

concrete counterweight meant that<br />

the hopper tipped at the right time and then<br />

returned to its closed position ready to be<br />

filled from above once it had emptied. After<br />

exiting, you can follow a superb walkway<br />

above the tunnels to look down on them and<br />

the segmented storage areas into which iron<br />

ore would be tipped from trucks on the upper<br />

lines which had come from the mines. Once<br />

the wagons in the tunnels below had been<br />

filled by the hoppers, they would continue to<br />

the iron pier a short distance ahead to discharge<br />

onto conveyor belts into the holds of<br />

the waiting ships. An ingenious engineering<br />

solution at the turn of the 19 th Century!<br />

At the end<br />

of the path,<br />

you can look<br />

out over the<br />

impressive<br />

iron pier from<br />

which the<br />

iron ore was<br />

loaded. The<br />

intention was<br />

simple – by<br />

developing a<br />

branch line<br />

from Águilas<br />

Station to a<br />

pier on the<br />

Hornillo Bay,<br />

the company<br />

could speed<br />

up the loading<br />

of boats with the iron ore. The 170 metre<br />

long pier was extremely successful and<br />

between 1903 and 1936 an annual average<br />

of over one third of a million tonnes were<br />

shipped from it to ports such as Glasgow,<br />

Middlesbrough and Dunkirk. The Spanish<br />

Civil War saw the pier temporarily cease operation<br />

before it finally closed at the very beginning<br />

of the 1970’s. It was recently designated<br />

as a historic monument.<br />

The final destination is back in the town itself<br />

– the house of Don Jorge, which now is part<br />

of a sports complex and houses a café and<br />

meeting room as well as containing railway<br />

memorabilia. The house was built in what is<br />

described as “Colonial Style” and has a terrace<br />

running all the way around it.<br />

In it, you will see numerous photographs<br />

of the old railway and activity at the loading<br />

pier when it was in operation. In addition,<br />

there are many photographs and other<br />

material about George Lee Boag (or Don<br />

Jorge) and his family, whose house this was<br />

between 1912 and 1936. George was born<br />

in Manchester in 1873 and, after a humble<br />

beginning and working in South America and<br />

Nigeria, came to Águilas, in 1907, becoming<br />

Director-General of the Great Southern<br />

Spanish Railway Company in 1913. Such<br />

was the esteem in which he was held and<br />

his knowledge of the railways, he was designated<br />

by the Spanish Government as their<br />

representative at the International Conference<br />

on Railways held in Rome in 1922. He<br />

returned to Britain at the outset of the Civil<br />

War and died in Southport in 1947.<br />

Article by Clive and Rosie Palmer who have<br />

written several guide books on towns and regions<br />

in Murcia. These can be seen at, and<br />

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Ian Rankin<br />

Born in the<br />

Kingdom of<br />

Fife in 1960,<br />

Ian Rankin<br />

graduated<br />

from the<br />

University of<br />

Edinburgh in<br />

1982, and<br />

then spent<br />

three years<br />

writing novels<br />

when he<br />

was supposed<br />

to be working<br />

towards a<br />

PhD in Scottish<br />

Literature and has since been employed<br />

as grape-picker, swineherd, taxman, alcohol<br />

researcher, hi-fi journalist and punk musician.<br />

Rankin was a prize-winning poet and shortstory<br />

writer before turning to novels with The<br />

Flood (1986), followed by Knots & Crosses<br />

(1987), the first of his powerful Inspector<br />

Rebus novels. The Rebus books are now<br />

translated into thirty-six languages and are<br />

bestsellers worldwide.<br />

Rankin lives in Edinburgh with his partner<br />

and two sons and writes about the city in his<br />

award-winning ‘Inspector Rebus’ novels. The<br />

books have twice been dramatised for television.<br />

Ian Rankin also appears regularly on<br />

television, notably as a reviewer on BBC2’s<br />

‘Newsnight Review’. His three-part documentary<br />

series on the subject of evil was broadcast<br />

on Channel 4 in December 2002.<br />

Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden<br />

Fellow, and is also a past winner of the<br />

Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient<br />

of four Crime Writers’ Association Dagger<br />

Awards for Black & Blue (1997), the Mystery<br />

Writers of America Edgar Award for Best<br />

Novel for Resurrection Men (2004) and he<br />

has twice won the Crime Writers’ Association<br />

Macallan Short Story Dagger Award (1994<br />

and 1996). He has also been shortlisted for<br />

the Anthony Award in the USA, won Denmark’s<br />

Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French<br />

Grand Prix du Roman Noir for Set in Darkness<br />

(2000) and the Deutscher Krimipreis.<br />

In 2005 he received the Crime Writers’ Association<br />

Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime<br />

Achievement, the British Book Awards Crime<br />

Thriller of the Year for Fleshmarket Close<br />

(2004). In 2007 he repeated his success at<br />

the British Book Awards, winning the Crime<br />

Thriller of the Year for The Naming of the<br />

Dead (2006).<br />

In 2009 Rankin was rewarded for his outstanding<br />

contribution to the cultural and social<br />

landscape of Edinburgh when he became<br />

the first recipient of the Edinburgh Award<br />

and was also appointed Deputy Lieutenant<br />

of Edinburgh. He has been awarded honorary<br />

doctorates from the Universities of Abertay<br />

Dundee, St Andrews, Edinburgh, Hull and<br />

the Open University. Rankin was recently<br />

elected Edinburgh University’s Alumnus of the<br />

Year and has an Honorary Fellowship from the<br />

University of Edinburgh and was awarded the<br />

OBE in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Birthday<br />

Honours List in <strong>June</strong> 2003.<br />

In 2009, The Complaints was published,<br />

featuring the new protagonist, Malcom Fox.<br />

Knots and<br />

Crosses –<br />

John Rebus<br />

There is the<br />

brutal abduction<br />

and murder<br />

of two<br />

young girls<br />

and then a<br />

third is missing,<br />

presumably<br />

gone to<br />

the same sad<br />

end. Detective<br />

Sergeant<br />

John Rebus,<br />

smoking and<br />

drinking too<br />

much, his<br />

own young<br />

daughter<br />

spirited away<br />

south by his disenchanted wife, is one of<br />

many policemen hunting the killer. And then<br />

the messages begin to arrive: knotted string<br />

and matchstick crosses - taunting Rebus with<br />

pieces of a puzzle only he can solve.<br />

The Naming of the Dead – John Rebus<br />

This novel is set in July 2005 when the G8<br />

leaders gathered in Scotland. Facing daily<br />

marches, demonstrations, and scuffles, the<br />

police are at full stretch. Detective Inspector<br />

John Rebus, however, has been sidelined,<br />

until the apparent suicide of an MP coincides<br />

with clues that a serial killer may be on the<br />

loose. The authorities are keen to hush up<br />

both, for fear of overshadowing a meeting of<br />

global importance, but Rebus has never been<br />

one to stick to the rules and when his colleague<br />

Siobhan Clarke finds herself hunting<br />

down the identity of the riot cop who assaulted<br />

her mother, it looks as though Rebus and<br />

Clarke may be up pitted against both sides in<br />

the conflict.<br />

Witch Hunt –<br />

Jack Harvey<br />

Witch is a terrorist<br />

- one of<br />

the best - but<br />

this job is going<br />

to test even her<br />

to the very limit.<br />

This time her<br />

cold calculation<br />

may desert her<br />

when she needs<br />

it most. On her<br />

tail are three<br />

very different<br />

detectives - one<br />

woman, two<br />

men; two at the<br />

beginning of<br />

their careers;<br />

one staking a<br />

lifetime’s experience<br />

on tracking<br />

Witch down,<br />

following a hunch to the end. Dominic Elder’s<br />

hunch takes him from England to Europe and<br />

back, but the clues that solve the biggest<br />

crimes, dig out the deepest secrets, are often<br />

the smallest ones - ones that only the junior<br />

sleuths, fresh out of spy school, pick up. But<br />

will he listen?<br />

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Energy Efficiency Certificates (EEC), or<br />

Energy Performance Certificates (EPC)<br />

in Spain<br />

We would like to provide you with some key<br />

issues and answers to most of the questions<br />

arising from the recently introduced new<br />

Energy Efficiency Certificates.<br />

In compliance with the EU Directive 2010/31/<br />

EU, the new law is regulated by the Royal Decree<br />

235/<strong>2013</strong> which has revoked the previous<br />

Royal Decree 47/2007.<br />

Ø The Energy Efficiency Certificate is<br />

an official document which states the<br />

energy efficiency of a dwelling or building,<br />

and at the same time suggests possible<br />

improvements to make the building more<br />

energy efficient, with the aim of:<br />

o Helping to develop highly energy efficient<br />

buildings.<br />

o Promoting investment in energy saving.<br />

o Learning more about CO² emissions.<br />

o Helping buyers or tenants to evaluate<br />

and compare different building features.<br />

Ø<br />

Ø<br />

Ø<br />

The new certificate will be compulsory<br />

from 1 st <strong>June</strong> <strong>2013</strong> for:<br />

o Owners wishing to sell their properties.<br />

o Owners wishing to rent their properties<br />

for over four months of the year.<br />

o New off-plan developments.<br />

When you advertise your property, you<br />

will be required to provide this certificate.<br />

As a consequence, the Estate Agents selling<br />

or renting your property will need<br />

your certificate, otherwise, they will not<br />

be legally allowed to offer your property<br />

for long-term rent or sale. However, if<br />

your property is already rented, you do<br />

not need to provide your tenant with a<br />

certificate.<br />

There will be also an efficiency label which<br />

will have to be issued by your Autonomous<br />

Community. This label will have to<br />

Ø<br />

Ø<br />

Ø<br />

Ø<br />

Ø<br />

Ø<br />

Ø<br />

be displayed on any advert made by your<br />

Estate Agent or any other sort of internet<br />

advert to sell or rent your property.<br />

Information about the energy efficiency<br />

will be shown both on certificates and<br />

labels using an A-G scale on a colour bar<br />

chart where ‘A’ is the most efficient and<br />

‘G’ is the least.<br />

The certificate will have to be issued by<br />

a qualified professional matching the calculation<br />

method defined by the Ministry<br />

of Industry, Energy and Tourism. They<br />

should be an architect, engineer, or a<br />

qualified technician.<br />

A certificate will not be required for properties<br />

under 50 square metres, however,<br />

this does not apply if your property belongs<br />

to a group of properties, such as<br />

apartments within a building or a property<br />

attached to other properties.<br />

Owners and landlords will be the only liable<br />

person to request the certificates and<br />

failure to comply will be at the owner risk.<br />

It will be compulsory for owners to register<br />

their certificates on the Regional<br />

Register for Efficiency Certificates in the<br />

Autonomous Region where the property<br />

is based. However, there is not a Register<br />

yet for most of the Autonomous Regions,<br />

and where there is one they are<br />

not yet ready to receive any certificates.<br />

The Autonomous Communities have been<br />

given three months to adapt to this new<br />

regulation and although it is not certain,<br />

they are expected to charge a fee from<br />

the owner for putting the certificates on<br />

the Register.<br />

Your certificate will be valid for 10 years<br />

and the owner will be liable to update or<br />

renew the certificate.<br />

There is no information at present for the<br />

Notary as to whether they are obligated<br />

to request certificates on completion and<br />

therefore they are not currently needed<br />

to complete a sale. The Notary will not<br />

Ø<br />

Ø<br />

necessarily ‘police’ this and it will be your<br />

responsibility if you fail to provide your<br />

purchaser with the certificate.<br />

The Autonomous Communities shall be<br />

responsible for certificates, inspection and<br />

control. They are expected to have a team<br />

of inspectors, but at present and according<br />

to information from TINSA, there is<br />

only one region complying with this.<br />

Avoiding this new obligation will be regulated<br />

by the Consumers & Users Protection<br />

Law. The Consumer Protection Act is<br />

the most relevant Spanish law concerning<br />

consumer protection and covers the<br />

subjects included in the EU Regulation on<br />

injunctions for the protection of consumer<br />

interests. Spanish law grants consumers<br />

and users enhanced protection to deal<br />

with the imbalance between parties in relationships<br />

and contracts.<br />

Ø Non-compliance with these obligations<br />

may result in an infringement, sanctioned<br />

with fines from €3,000 up to €600,000.<br />

Ø Owners selling a property will be<br />

obliged to hand over the original<br />

certificate on completion and landlords<br />

will be obliged to show and hand a<br />

copy of the certificate to their tenants.<br />

As this is all totally new we will have to wait<br />

for a while until the Autonomous Communities<br />

design the registers and their own regulations<br />

according to the Royal Decree 235/<strong>2013</strong>. The<br />

only certainty is that owners and landlords<br />

are obliged to request a certificate after 1 st<br />

<strong>June</strong>, and failure to comply will be at their<br />

own risk.<br />

The only way to be certain you are liable to<br />

this new obligation is to take professional<br />

advice from a firm like Corral & Alcaraz.<br />

Tel 968 078 754<br />

Email info@corralalcaraz.com<br />

www.corralalcaraz.com<br />

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Open Day<br />

ADAPT celebrated their 5 th anniversary<br />

with an Open Day at the Monthly Meeting.<br />

Jane Cronin, the president and founder<br />

of ADAPT gave a brief history and explained<br />

the aims of the association. The Mayoress<br />

of San Pedro del Pinatar, Visitacion Martinez<br />

Martinez, was present, along with<br />

the Councillor for Education, Ma. Guadalupe<br />

Garcia Oliver, the Councillor for New Technologies,<br />

Alvaro Tarraga Carrasco and Councillor<br />

for Social Services, Francisca Pelegrin<br />

Quereda. Councillor Marie Jose Albaladejo<br />

Alvarez, who helped Jane in the initial setting<br />

up of ADAPT attended, along with our local<br />

‘Bobby’, Dani. Senior staff, who have been<br />

running a cookery course for ADAPT within<br />

Eroski Supermarket, were there, as were<br />

representatives from various schools and organisations<br />

with whom we have worked over<br />

the past 5 years.<br />

Our wonderful secretary, Janet Pierce, had<br />

created and presented a video of photographs<br />

and movies spanning the last 5 years<br />

and what an interesting time we’ve had! The<br />

video can be viewed on www.adaptsanpedro.wordpress.com<br />

We’ve had Carnivals, Bird Ringing, Pantomimes<br />

and Environmental projects. We’ve<br />

been very involved with schools in the area<br />

and with helping Vacaziones en Paz. We’ve<br />

visited an Eco Farm, The Military Academy and<br />

also a few wineries! Our ADAPT Choir has<br />

become very popular, as have our Conversation<br />

Exchange meetings.<br />

These are a few of our projects and all this<br />

is apart from the clubs within the association<br />

such as Rambling, Metal Detecting, Computers<br />

and Dinner Club etc.<br />

After the meeting guests and members took<br />

the opportunity to socialise and were offered<br />

drinks and snacks.<br />

Metal Detecting<br />

The Associations Fair is an annual event<br />

in San Pedro and is an opportunity<br />

for ADAPT to meet the public and show what<br />

we’re all about.<br />

Over 2 days we manage the stall and run<br />

competitions in Spanish and English and this<br />

year there was a lot of interest as we are becoming<br />

well known in the area.<br />

Our Metal Detecting Group was, as usual,<br />

demonstrating their skills on the beach and<br />

calling for volunteers to have a go. The children<br />

especially love to take part in looking<br />

for ‘hidden treasure’ and are always thrilled<br />

to find a few small coins which mysteriously<br />

seem to be in abundance just in the area<br />

which our ‘Stick Wavers’ roped off!<br />

We were honoured to have a visit from Silvia<br />

Egea Morales, Councillor for Citizens Participation<br />

and organizer Eva Gonzales Bueno.<br />

Silvia accepted the challenge to join in the<br />

fun and became quite engrossed in the search<br />

for ‘treasure’. Maybe we have a new ‘Stick<br />

Waver’ in the making!<br />

The Metal Detecting Group is a large<br />

and very successful part of ADAPT and you<br />

can find them by contacting Roderick Toms at<br />

r.toms@btinternet.com or<br />

www.adaptsanpedro.es<br />

ADAPT meet on the first Saturday of the<br />

month at Hogar de Pensionistas, San Pedro,<br />

at 10:30am.<br />

See our website www.adaptsanpedro.eu<br />

Tel E Winskill 966 189 402<br />

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EHCRC wants to thank Sue and John Briffa<br />

and the wonderful Dance Ranch Line Dancers.<br />

Together they raised 130€ by holding<br />

a fabulous afternoon of entertainment with<br />

Line Dancing, a raffle and a wonderful<br />

meal at the Club, Quesada. They invited<br />

David from ECHRC to come and join in and<br />

receive the money on behalf of the charity.<br />

David gave a short speech about the<br />

work of EHCRC and thanked all the dancers.<br />

However he decline to join in with the<br />

dancing as he admitted he has two left<br />

feet!<br />

The Mayor’s Visit<br />

The Mayor of Rojales Antonio Perez Garcia,<br />

accompanied by his Councillors for Tourism,<br />

Education and Foreign Residents visited<br />

EHCRC and met some of our residents<br />

and heard their stories. Sue explained<br />

Faith’s story to the councillors and about<br />

her eBook “Dairy of a Heroic Horse” now<br />

available on Amazon about Faith’s life.<br />

The Mayor was particularly interested in<br />

our latest arrival little Sancho the young<br />

donkey and gave a heart-felt speech about<br />

the EHCRC Foundation being an important<br />

part of Rojales and how links with the centre<br />

and the Town Hall will be strengthened<br />

in the future. The Education Councillor was<br />

keen to encourage the local schools to visit<br />

the centre and for pupils to learn more<br />

about the animals and what goes on here<br />

at the centre as well as develop their English<br />

language speaking and listening skills.<br />

The Mayor has given us permission to put<br />

up some sign posts in the local area, so it<br />

will be easier to find us. We have had massive<br />

support from the local farmer/s and<br />

we support the local farming community<br />

by buying horse feed from them and donating<br />

the manure for their crops.<br />

A great day out was had by the Mayor and<br />

his councillors and as always our gentle giant<br />

Dexter made sure he was right in the<br />

middle of the action<br />

Help Save the Spanish Horses - USA<br />

Award Winning Animal Trainer Supports<br />

EHCRC Foundation<br />

Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre Foundation<br />

was contacted by Miriam Fields-Babineau,<br />

award winning author and professional<br />

animal trainer based in America. Her company,<br />

Training Unlimited Animal Training<br />

and Animal Actors, Inc. was established<br />

in 1983 and has been involved with prestigious<br />

films such as War of the Worlds,<br />

Hit and Run, Enemy of the State as well<br />

as many popular TV programmes including<br />

Animal Planet, History and Discovery<br />

Channels etc.<br />

Miriam was one of several horrified people<br />

from America, to contact us after seeing a<br />

news report about the plight of the Spanish<br />

horse, and how thousands of them are<br />

being sent for slaughter by their owners<br />

due to the crisis in Spain. Having checked<br />

us out to make sure that we are a legitimate,<br />

registered, horse rescue foundation<br />

in Spain, Miriam has started a fundraising<br />

campaign in America for us.<br />

“When I learned of the plight of the horses<br />

in Spain I felt sick. Granted, there are<br />

horses in the US that are in need of rescue,<br />

with organizations everywhere taking in<br />

and caring for horses<br />

that would otherwise<br />

be abused or destroyed<br />

and they are<br />

operated by horse<br />

enthusiasts who<br />

know how to raise<br />

the funds needed to<br />

support their horses.<br />

In Spain, the financial<br />

situation is dire.<br />

People have to decide<br />

whether to feed<br />

themselves or their<br />

horses. Guess who<br />

loses?<br />

Horses are abandoned<br />

and either die<br />

of starvation or injury.<br />

Those who can<br />

transport their unwanted<br />

horses, take<br />

them to the slaughter<br />

houses where<br />

they’ll get approximately<br />

$400 for each<br />

horse. These are not<br />

only old, sick and<br />

injured horses, but<br />

also young, healthy<br />

equines. Spain is exporting<br />

more horsemeat<br />

than any other<br />

European country,<br />

becoming known for<br />

tender meat due to<br />

younger animals being<br />

slaughtered and<br />

shipped. Often, these<br />

horses are shipped<br />

to Italian abattoirs.<br />

They arrive injured and half dead due to<br />

bad transport conditions; no food, water<br />

and packed into enclosed containers with<br />

little air.<br />

As tough as it is to realise that horses of<br />

all types end up at the abattoir, I could not<br />

imagine this fate on healthy, gentle Andalusians.<br />

I could not imagine the fear they<br />

experience as they confront the fate forced<br />

upon them. I must save at least one of<br />

these Spanish Andalusian horses’ lives. If<br />

I can save one or more, I’d feel blessed. I<br />

can give a life-long home to one and likely<br />

find loving homes for others, or, if possible,<br />

bring the horse to the peak of health and<br />

begin some training, then sell the horse to<br />

raise money to save more horses. If I cannot<br />

raise enough to ship a horse to the US<br />

I will send all donations to EHCRC, operated<br />

by Rod and Sue Weeding. They are my<br />

representatives in Spain, willing to help me<br />

locate, obtain and transport the horses.”<br />

Sue Weeding co-founder of EHCRC says<br />

“It’s heart warming to think that people<br />

truly do care enough to contact us from<br />

across the world and are actually joining<br />

us trying to make a difference”<br />

Maybe you can’t change the world by saving<br />

one horse, but you can change the<br />

whole world for the horse that you save.<br />

EHCRC will keep you updated on Miriam’s<br />

fundraising. For more information contact<br />

Sue at info@easyhorsecare.net.<br />

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Since April 6th, HAH Clinical Lead, Lynda<br />

has attended another 8 clients, making 699<br />

people which the team have helped to date.<br />

Lynda said “To be able to sustain this growth,<br />

we desperately need more volunteers to help<br />

on the care side. So many volunteers go<br />

away for the summer, so without new people<br />

coming forward, we will only be able to cope<br />

with our existing clients during this period,<br />

please contact us if you can offer any help”.<br />

On April 29th, a brilliant performance by<br />

Richie Alexander at Roda Social was a sellout<br />

success, and 493€ was raised for HAH.<br />

The following day, the Auction of Promises<br />

took place at La Zona Bar in Los Narejos,<br />

where Joanne (the auctioneer) had everyone<br />

joining in, and a fantastic 794€ was raised.<br />

Celia,(HAH Fundraiser) said, “Firstly, a<br />

massive thank you to Richie Alexander who<br />

certainly got the party swinging, and we are<br />

so grateful to so many local business who,<br />

even during these difficult times were generous<br />

enough to pledge their services for the<br />

Auction. We cannot thank the local community<br />

enough for all their support”.<br />

<strong>June</strong> 16th Rocking In Roda. Live concert<br />

and barbecue 10€ (selling fast) Tickets available<br />

at our Book/card stalls EVERY Wednesday<br />

at La Zona Bar (weather permitting)<br />

Tel Celia 968 574 576<br />

July 3rd The Big Band returns. Watch local<br />

media for details.<br />

There Are 720 Hours Most Months<br />

Could you spare just a few of these hours at<br />

times to suit you?<br />

This could make such a difference to both<br />

people in need, and the already overstretched<br />

charities. It is a sad, but true fact that, as we<br />

get older, more and more of us are going to<br />

need help, and living in a foreign country increases<br />

this need, as not everyone has family<br />

here. Most charities are working so hard in<br />

the community, but all of them desperately<br />

need more help.<br />

Could you sit with someone to give the carer<br />

a break, or just pop in to see someone who is<br />

on their own and unable to get out?<br />

Could you drive them to an appointment, do<br />

a bit of shopping, or if you have experience,<br />

become more involved with the care of people<br />

in their own homes?<br />

Some people can’t leave their homes without<br />

help. Can you imagine what being taken out<br />

for a coffee would mean to them! There are<br />

so many Charities needing help, HAH (Mar<br />

Menor), MABS, Samaritans, Age Concern,<br />

Alzheimer’s Association, to mention just a<br />

few; the list is endless. Maybe you are not<br />

a ‘people person’, but could help by fostering/walking<br />

a dog from the overcrowded animal<br />

associations, or help in one of the charity<br />

shops. If helping others makes you feel more<br />

worthwhile, imagine how much it means to<br />

those being helped. Most of these charities<br />

will welcome any time you can give, and most<br />

will pay out of pocket expenses. In just 2½<br />

years, we have helped 703 people!! Please<br />

consider it.<br />

If you would like to help HAH (Help at<br />

Home) in the Los Alcazares area of Murcia,<br />

please contact Lesley 968 134 978, email<br />

helpathomespain@gmail.com.<br />

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Swinging Success<br />

The live music by the Swingtet Big Band accompanied<br />

by the melodious tones of Paul<br />

Allen got guests in the mood and up and<br />

dancing all night long. From quick step to<br />

jive, it was really dance time for everyone.<br />

It rounded off a Gala Dinner and guests retired<br />

to individual suites at the <strong>Costa</strong> Narejos<br />

Hotel, Los Alcazares for the all inclusive<br />

price of €40 - great value for money!<br />

Lee Monks aided by Doreen Cooksey, held a<br />

raffle at the interval, with the proceeds going<br />

to HELP MMM. Bernard Ash thanked<br />

all those who donated such wonderful prizes<br />

and congratulated the winner, a lady from<br />

Sweden, for the first prize. However, another<br />

visitor from “Iceland” was Sue, but<br />

she can be seen at the check out most afternoons.<br />

The evening raised €1,638, a huge boost<br />

for HELP MMM in the first quarter of <strong>2013</strong>,<br />

greatly exceeding the expectations of Joan<br />

Mitchell, chief fundraiser. An overnight stay<br />

and breakfast in the morning completed the<br />

wonderful experience.<br />

HELP MMM will be arranging a similar event<br />

in the Autumn. Watch the Press for details!<br />

Mayday Carnival<br />

HELP MMM staged their Mayday Carnival<br />

on 1 st May at the La Zona bar, in Los Alcazares.<br />

With the volunteers entering into the<br />

spirit by dressing up, the many games for<br />

the children kept them amused during the<br />

afternoon. The appearance of the Morris<br />

Dancers and the Spangles Chorus made for<br />

a wonderful afternoon in the sun. Over €300<br />

was raised by the event, which will ensure<br />

that HELP MMM is able to continue providing<br />

its services to the public. Many thanks to<br />

the HELP Volunteers who worked so hard<br />

to make the event a success.<br />

Mini-Golf & Lunch<br />

HELP MMM Friendship Group met on 3 rd<br />

May at the Golf Deluxe on the road from Los<br />

Alcazares to Torre Pacheco for mini-golf and<br />

then lunch. The sun shone, the company<br />

was good and the event was a great success<br />

thanks in no small way to the efforts of<br />

Doreen Sykes, the Friendship Group organiser.<br />

Three ladies got a hole in one (none of<br />

the gentlemen did!), and another, Barbara<br />

Scott, got the best overall score. However<br />

men did feature in two awards, one won the<br />

wooden spoon and one was runner up in<br />

best score.<br />

Bric-a-Brac for HELP MMM<br />

Do you have bric-a-brac, furniture, household<br />

items or clothes that you don’t use and<br />

want to get rid of? We can arrange to collect<br />

them, or you can bring items to our office<br />

at Calle Penélope 11, Los Narejos, (behind<br />

the Deutsche Bank)<br />

Tel 968 570 059<br />

Alternatively you can bring them to our<br />

car boot stall, which is at the Autocine, Los<br />

Narejos on Sunday mornings from 9am-<br />

1pm. We will be very grateful for any items<br />

donated as this is our main source of income<br />

to enable us to carry out our good work.<br />

HELP MMM aims to provide a service to ALL<br />

Mobility Equipment Loans<br />

Hospital Visiting<br />

Information on Living in Spain<br />

Support Groups<br />

Interpreter details<br />

Assisting and liaising with other charities<br />

Listening Ear Team<br />

Donations to good causes<br />

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much more.<br />

Why use golf 525 Murcia?<br />

Golf 525 Murcia is the easiest way of getting<br />

the biggest discounts on green fees in the region.<br />

With over 15 years of experience in the<br />

golf industry here in Spain and the UK, who<br />

better to handle your inquiry? From a single<br />

green fee to group tours, including accommodation<br />

and transfers, we will take care of<br />

everything for you. All you need to do is tell<br />

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Where are we base?<br />

Golf 525 Murcia office is located in Los Alcazares<br />

in the Mercadona Square, just 5 minutes<br />

from Roda Golf and Murcia airport.<br />

How it works.<br />

Send Golf 525 Murcia an email, call us, or<br />

come to our office with your booking requirements<br />

and we’ll do the rest. You have the option<br />

to pay by credit card or bank transfer, or<br />

if you prefer you can pay cash in the office.<br />

We can send the vouchers to your email address,<br />

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Clayre Cuts It For MABS<br />

Clayre Burgess opened her salon, Hairy<br />

Clayres in Los Belones, just over a year ago<br />

and has already established a large, loyal<br />

client base with both Spanish and English<br />

ladies and gentlemen. Clayre has always<br />

wanted to do voluntary work, but running a<br />

business means that she doesn’t have any<br />

spare time.<br />

Clayre runs events to raise awareness of local<br />

charities and she decided to run a ‘Cuta-Thon’<br />

for MABS. Clayre and assistant,<br />

Jessica Nelms, opened the salon on 6 May,<br />

a day when they are normally closed, and<br />

between them completed 25 haircuts, in return<br />

for a donation to MABS. The salon was<br />

buzzing and many people called in to support<br />

the event. Local businesses supported<br />

the event: delicious cakes and strawberries<br />

dipped in chocolate were made by Antonio,<br />

Clayre’s boyfriend and Head Chef at La<br />

Manga Owners’ Club, the refreshments were<br />

sponsored by H & H Properties, and local<br />

florist, Jerens, supplied beautiful, individual<br />

cream roses for each client who donated to<br />

MABS.<br />

MABS Volunteer, Beverly Taylor greeted<br />

clients and offered refreshments. The whole<br />

day proved to be great fun and was a huge<br />

success, raising 450€ for MABS. “What<br />

a great day” commented Beverly “Clayre<br />

and Jess have worked so hard and we are<br />

so grateful to them and everyone who supported<br />

this event. All funds raised for MABS<br />

help people affected by cancer in the Murcia<br />

region.”<br />

Bike For Life Does It For MABS<br />

dear to all our hearts” remarked owner, Graham<br />

Lewis. “Everyone has been touched by<br />

cancer at some time in their life and we are<br />

pleased to do whatever we can to help.”<br />

MABS Helps Celebrate 125 th Anniversary<br />

of Santiago de La Ribera<br />

MABS was amongst the 35 local charities,<br />

associations and pedanias invited to celebrate<br />

the 125 th anniversary of Santiago de la<br />

Ribera on 7 April. MABS Volunteers Alfonso<br />

Fernandez, Graham Lord and Sue Thomason<br />

were delighted to welcome a new Spanish<br />

volunteer, Rafael Gomez, into their fold.<br />

Rafael proved invaluable in getting across<br />

information about the work that MABS does<br />

in the region and his input was invaluable in<br />

raising the MABS profile in the local Spanish<br />

community.<br />

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On Friday, 19 April, JP’s Bar in Mil Palmeras<br />

held a presentation night for their annual<br />

charity event ‘Bike<br />

for Life’, held on 30<br />

March, in aid of local<br />

charities.<br />

Supporters of the<br />

event included: JP’s<br />

Bar and Restaurant,<br />

and FamilyBikeHire.<br />

com from Mil Palmeras,<br />

together with<br />

Bar UK, The Greenwich<br />

and The Mail<br />

Room in Torre de la<br />

Horadada.<br />

Over 70 riders took<br />

part in the event, raising<br />

a fantastic 2500€<br />

so far, which was donated<br />

to three local<br />

charities, including<br />

MABS Murcia. MABS<br />

Care Coordinator,<br />

Barbara Burks, received<br />

a cheque for<br />

1000€. “We’re absolutely<br />

delighted” she<br />

said. “We support<br />

many patients in this<br />

area and this donation<br />

will be so helpful<br />

in continuing that<br />

support. We are really<br />

grateful to everyone<br />

who took part<br />

and helped to raise so<br />

much money for local<br />

charity.”<br />

JP’s Bar will continue<br />

to organise this annual<br />

event to raise<br />

funds for local cancer<br />

charities. “It’s a cause<br />

“We have been members of the Hotel de<br />

Asociaciones and Banco del Tiempo for some<br />

time” said Sue, MABS Centre Manager in<br />

San Javier. “Since opening the MABS Centre<br />

and shops, we have been embraced by<br />

the local community.”<br />

The Hotel de Asociaciones brings together<br />

local associations and charities, and the<br />

Banco del Tiempo enables volunteers to<br />

dedicate a set amount of time to a charity.<br />

The Feria de Asociaciones was a huge success<br />

with MABS raising over 100€ on the<br />

day, handing out many information leaflets<br />

in Spanish. “We help all nationalities and<br />

we have several Spanish patients, but we<br />

wanted to ensure that everyone in the local<br />

Spanish communities is aware of what we<br />

do.” commented Sue.<br />

MABS Murcia is a registered charity (No.<br />

7261) offering help and support to local people<br />

of all nationalities who have been diagnosed<br />

with or are being treated for cancer. If<br />

you or someone you know would like some<br />

confidential help or support call our HEL-<br />

PLINE 693 275 779 or visit their website<br />

www.mabsmurcia.com<br />

MABS Cancer Support provides help in<br />

many ways:<br />

Drivers for hospital appointments<br />

Equipment for nursing in the home – hospital<br />

beds, ripple mattresses, etc.<br />

Translators for doctor and hospital appointments<br />

Therapy treatments<br />

Telephone Support<br />

One-to-one, professional counselling<br />

Latest cancer information booklets<br />

Share & Care Support Meetings<br />

Cancer doesn’t discriminate and neither do<br />

we.<br />

MABS helps all those affected by cancer,<br />

whatever their nationality<br />

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Hello, it’s Connor here. I have been selected<br />

to write to you this month. It does make<br />

it a bit easier when only one of us can write<br />

as we don’t have to argue over who writes<br />

what! I can pick whatever I like, so this<br />

time I want to tell about Dave Bilbrough and<br />

his wife Pat who stayed with us for a weekend<br />

and had a concert in our garden. They<br />

arrived on the Friday evening with a case, a<br />

guitar and microphones. The first evening<br />

was spent just getting to know each other<br />

really, just chatting and chilling. Dave is<br />

a well know singer songwriter and we sing<br />

a lot of his music at the Churches we go<br />

to; things like Abba Father and I Am A New<br />

Creation.<br />

On the Saturday morning Dad took Dave<br />

and Pat to Mojacar where they were giving<br />

a talk. This meant that Mum, Shannon,<br />

Nathan and I had all morning to get<br />

the garden ready for the concert that evening.<br />

We put tables and chairs all around the<br />

place so everyone could sit at a table and<br />

still see Dave. We<br />

had enough to seat<br />

85 people. Mum prepared<br />

the meals for<br />

the evening. We had<br />

Chicken Jalfrezi, Chilli<br />

Beef and a plain meat<br />

dish for the people<br />

who did not fancy<br />

anything too spicy;<br />

all served with jacket<br />

potatoes. We have<br />

a slow cooker and<br />

a hostess trolley to<br />

keep food warm, so<br />

Mum had it all ready<br />

in plenty of time.<br />

Dad, Dave and Pat returned in time for a<br />

quick bite of lunch and then it was time to<br />

set up all the equipment. There was a big<br />

black cloud hovering over the garden, but<br />

we kept going, hoping it would blow away!<br />

Dad and Dave got all the sound system<br />

right and the volume checked so that people<br />

sitting at the back of the garden could<br />

still hear, then we were ready! As it got<br />

nearer to the start time, the clouds had not<br />

moved and Mum was not sure whether to<br />

bring everything inside or not. We waited a<br />

bit longer and people started to arrive and<br />

sit down on the chairs in the garden. They<br />

did look a bit cold though! The concert was<br />

due to start at 6pm, but people were phoning<br />

from Camposol to ask if it was still on<br />

because it was raining there. We had no<br />

rain, so we said we would wait until those<br />

people arrived and aim to start at 7pm.<br />

Well, at 7pm when most of the people had<br />

turned up, we decided it might be safer to<br />

go into the house! Everyone picked up a<br />

chair and came indoors. It was just as well<br />

because as soon as Dave started to sing, it<br />

started to rain! I am so glad we all came<br />

in when we did because otherwise all the<br />

electrical equipment would have got very<br />

wet! We managed to squeeze everyone into<br />

the house, but some had to go upstairs and<br />

watch from the balcony up there. Serving<br />

food and drinks was a bit of a squash too,<br />

but actually added to the fun of the evening.<br />

It was a great night.<br />

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The Aim of Our Charity<br />

To assist financially with the neutering of<br />

your pet or any feral animal in your neighbourhood<br />

if you are concerned that they<br />

may breed and add further to the wild animal<br />

population. If funds are available we<br />

can help with medical expenses for operations<br />

etc. and as a last resort with euthanasia<br />

to prevent an animal further suffering.<br />

How Do We Do This<br />

We sell the items that you have generously<br />

donated in order to raise the money needed.<br />

As with most charities there is never<br />

enough money to do everything we would<br />

like so no contribution, cash or otherwise<br />

is refused.<br />

How You Can Help Us<br />

We need your unwanted items, from a single<br />

item up to a house clearance. We take<br />

bric-a-brac, electrical goods, furniture,<br />

clothing and bedding. You can donate at the<br />

shop in Puerto de Mazarrón Mon-Sat 10am-<br />

2pm. We have a good selection of second<br />

hand items at reasonable prices, so if you<br />

are looking for anything make us your first<br />

port of call and you may save yourself<br />

some money and help our charity at the<br />

same time. Check out our website where<br />

there is a link to show furnishings for sale.<br />

Camposol Drop-Off Point<br />

Every Tuesday we are on Camposol B Sector<br />

car park 10am-1pm opposite the petrol<br />

station.<br />

50/50 Scheme (Applies to larger items<br />

only)<br />

We can take single items up to full house<br />

contents, including household furniture, and<br />

white goods. We collect the bulky items<br />

free of charge, display them in our shop to<br />

ensure that you receive the best possible<br />

price for them and then forward your 50%<br />

share of the proceeds to you<br />

Oscar<br />

This charming puppy was found with a<br />

broken leg on the land of a sheep farmer.<br />

When approached and told about the state<br />

of the puppy he said it must have been hit<br />

by a car, but he had no money to pay for<br />

medical help.<br />

Mr & Mrs Cheshire took the pup to the vet<br />

where he had hundreds of tics removed,<br />

put on a drip as he was so dehydrated and<br />

underwent extensive surgery, costing over<br />

600€. The Cheshires have called him Oscar<br />

and he is now living with their four other<br />

dogs and six cats.<br />

Thank goodness for people like the Cheshires.<br />

MAMA’s was asked to help and we<br />

were able to make a contribution towards<br />

Oscar’s medical costs and we wish him well<br />

in the future.<br />

Join us on facebook or take a look to see<br />

how we are getting along at<br />

www.facebook.com/mamascharity<br />

Tel 666 186 037 or call at the shop<br />

Email mazarronanimalmedi-aid@hotmail.com<br />

Helping You Helping Animals<br />

Registered Charity No 9537/1a<br />

On Saturday May 4 th 41 people travelled<br />

to the village of Rodalquilar near Nijar in<br />

Andalucia for a day of varied activities.<br />

Nine non-gardeners went for a ramble in<br />

the countryside, whilst 23 keen gardeners<br />

were given an excellent guided tour of the<br />

Botanical Gardens. The garden is one of a<br />

number run by the government of Andalucia,<br />

each one in one of the different climatic<br />

zones which make up this large Autonomous<br />

Community. The Rodalquilar Garden<br />

is in the Almeria desert region, said to be<br />

the driest area in Europe. Our Spanish<br />

guide, ably assisted by the in-house English<br />

translator (an English man) showed<br />

us the various areas of the garden including<br />

endangered plants, plants traditionally<br />

used for domestic purposes, plants which<br />

grow in different soil types, with very interesting<br />

explanations about propagation,<br />

self preservation techniques employed by<br />

the plants in adverse conditions and many<br />

other topics too numerous to mention.<br />

After the garden tour, a short walk up the<br />

hill took us to the geological museum,<br />

which is adjacent to a disused gold mine.<br />

A video presentation showed the geological<br />

history of Andalucia over millenia and<br />

in the adjacent exhibition hall we saw a<br />

fascinating display of land formations, with<br />

examples of the relevant rocks. The only<br />

thing lacking was enough time to do the<br />

display justice.<br />

We then went to the nearby village of Isla<br />

del Moro for lunch, then home after a most<br />

interesting and enjoyable day. This was the<br />

last meeting for this season, and we will<br />

start our meetings again in the Autumn.<br />

In the meantime, our forum on the<br />

Darwinian Gardeners pages at<br />

www.bolnuevo.com is available for discussion<br />

and questions on gardening matters.<br />

Presentation of 515€, to the Making a Difference<br />

humanitarian charity, the proceeds<br />

from the recent 3 rd Annual Darwinian<br />

Gardeners’ garden party.<br />

You can also phone Anne on 669 338 885<br />

with enquiries or suggestions for future activities<br />

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By the time you read this our show – two<br />

short comedies - will be over and we’ll be<br />

on to the next one. Thanks to everyone for<br />

your support and any donations we are able<br />

to make from the profits will be announced in<br />

next month’s magazine.<br />

We will also be announcing our choice of Panto<br />

which we are planning to put on in January.<br />

In the meantime we have been asked by the<br />

Language Schools throughout the Region of<br />

Murcia to put on performances for their students<br />

of English. This will be an exciting and<br />

challenging project and further details will be<br />

announced in the near future.<br />

For further information about Cloud Nine<br />

Drama please have a look at our website<br />

www.cloudninedramagroupmurcia.com<br />

For further information Paul Macdonald at<br />

pandsmac@hotmail.com<br />

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The Ex-Servicemen’s Association of<br />

Mazarrón District (ESAMD) are meeting at<br />

Sienna Restaurant in Mazarrón for a meal on<br />

12th <strong>June</strong> at 7pm for 7.30pm.<br />

This function is open to all members<br />

of ESAMD and their invited guests.<br />

For more information please contact the Social<br />

Secretary on 968 437 074 or 618 591<br />

298<br />

Any Ex Service personnel wishing to join ES-<br />

AMD, should contact the Membership Secretary<br />

on 629 818 611.<br />

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Sneezing and itchy nose and eyes are common<br />

symptoms of Hay Fever. Springtime<br />

is an allergy sufferer’s Kryptonite. Unlike the<br />

Norovirus and flu, which rarely leave you feeling<br />

rotten for more than a couple of days, the<br />

symptoms of Hay Fever, or “seasonal allergic<br />

rhinitis”, can last from March right up until<br />

October and for some, can be debilitating.<br />

A recent study revealed that teenagers with<br />

Hay Fever are 40% more likely to drop a<br />

grade between their GSCE mocks and final<br />

exams than their symptom-free peers, so<br />

controlling allergies is vital. Hay Fever in one<br />

form or another affects one in five people in<br />

the UK. From March to April, tree pollen (birch<br />

in particular) triggers symptoms, while from<br />

May to July grass is the main culprit, though<br />

mould spores and weed pollen can also cause<br />

allergic reactions. Sprays put on the trees<br />

and crops can also cause Hay Fever-like reactions.<br />

These attacks include sneezing, an<br />

itchy nose, throat and ears, streaming eyes,<br />

headaches, tiredness and general malaise.<br />

Some sufferers develop pollen-induced asthma<br />

and can end up being admitted to hospital.<br />

The pollen that causes Hay Fever is<br />

light and airborne and needs warm, dry conditions<br />

to spread, which is why sufferers can<br />

normally rest easy in winter, but with climate<br />

change, experts predicting global warming<br />

say this will extend the Hay Fever season<br />

by six weeks.<br />

Trying to avoid the source of the symptoms<br />

is the obvious thing to do. Keep bedroom<br />

windows shut first thing in the morning and<br />

before you go to bed at night and stay indoors<br />

when the pollen count is high. Having<br />

a shower when the pollen count is high may<br />

help and using petroleum jelly inside your<br />

nostrils to trap the pollen can also help, but<br />

in the majority of cases, an antihistamine will<br />

make the most difference. Breathing through<br />

your nose may help as the hairs in your nose<br />

should stop a lot of the pollen being breathed<br />

in.<br />

For more severe symptoms of Hay Fever,<br />

using a nasal steroid spray could help. This<br />

works best when used a few weeks before<br />

the pollen season begins. It takes about two<br />

weeks to kick in, so you have to stick at it<br />

before saying it doesn’t work for you, but<br />

it has to be used in the correct way. People<br />

tend to close off one nostril by pressing on<br />

the side of their nose, then put the nozzle in<br />

and sniff. This will reduce the effectiveness of<br />

spray as you’re simply ingesting mucus. Wash<br />

your nose out with salt water to remove the<br />

mucus, then look down and direct the spray<br />

towards the side of the nose. Once you have<br />

sprayed, resist the urge to sniff because it<br />

won’t work as well.<br />

For those who experience acute Hay Fever<br />

symptoms, you may need to be referred to<br />

an allergy clinic, where you could benefit from<br />

immunotherapy treatment which involves<br />

gradual exposure to grass pollens to build up<br />

your resistance to them.<br />

If you want to go down the alternative route,<br />

try the healing power of honey. Though not<br />

scientifically proven, thousands of Hay Fever<br />

sufferers swear by a daily spoonful. For many<br />

allergy sufferers, winter is just as problematic<br />

as spring and summer. Experts have warned<br />

that the time we spend indoors over the winter,<br />

plus mould, central heating and lack of<br />

ventilation mean thousands will suffer Hay<br />

Fever or cold-like symptoms throughout the<br />

year and the enemies are actually in our bedrooms.<br />

Those enemies are house dust mites -<br />

two million of which live in your bed, so it’s no<br />

surprise that three quarters of indoor allergy<br />

sufferers notice their symptoms in the bedroom<br />

and almost half (41%) admit the room<br />

makes theirs worse.<br />

As we spend an average of 52½ hours a week<br />

in the bedroom, here are 10 essential rules to<br />

keep us sneeze-free indoors:<br />

1. Keep the room well ventilated. Have the<br />

window slightly open overnight to ensure<br />

air flow and clean windows and<br />

frames regularly to<br />

stop mould forming,<br />

but close them first<br />

thing in the morning.<br />

2. Throw back your<br />

covers. Forget a well<br />

made bed; house dust<br />

mites hate light, so<br />

open your curtains<br />

and flood your bed<br />

with it every morning.<br />

3. Change your<br />

bedding. Use an<br />

anti-allergy mattress<br />

and bedding<br />

or bedding covers to prevent the<br />

escape of the house dust mite allergen.<br />

4. Get rid of your curtains. Though they’re<br />

common in bedrooms, they harbour mites,<br />

so if you don’t want to wash your curtains<br />

every month at a high temperature to kill<br />

the mites, try roller blinds or black outs.<br />

5. Ditch your carpet and use a more allergy-friendly<br />

flooring. If you don’t want to<br />

get rid of your carpet, vacuum daily with<br />

an HEPA filtration system. Most bedrooms<br />

in Spain have tiled floors, so this<br />

is one area that should not be a problem.<br />

6. Anti-allergy kids’ toys. Keep all children’s<br />

toys in a toy chest or cupboard and regularly<br />

wash soft toys at 60 degrees. If<br />

they can’t be washed on high temperatures,<br />

put them in the freezer overnight<br />

to destroy the allergen and then washed<br />

at a the recommended temperature<br />

7. Using an air purifier in the bedroom.<br />

These can help to trap allergens<br />

8. Avoid posters or pictures. Hangings on the<br />

walls of your room hold dust. Instead, try<br />

a transfer or paint directly onto the walls<br />

9. Keep clothes in drawers. Put fabrics<br />

and clothes away in drawers and wardrobes<br />

that can be shut. Wipe surfaces<br />

with a damp cloth every day.<br />

10. Do not use feather dusters. These flick<br />

dust particles and allergen into the air.<br />

Opt for an electromagnetic cloth instead<br />

Poor Hygiene<br />

Be aware that all hygiene helps to keep bugs<br />

at bay.<br />

Do you wash your hands after you’ve visited<br />

the bathroom?<br />

According to a study, one in three men don’t!<br />

Furthermore, another survey found that only<br />

71% of those observed washing their hands<br />

used soap, and that three quarters of these<br />

were women. Not washing your hands is the<br />

quickest way to spread germs and infection,<br />

so protect your health and those around you<br />

by making sure you lather up before leaving<br />

the bathroom.<br />

Not brushing your teeth.<br />

According to a study, only 66% of men brush<br />

their teeth twice or more a day, compared to<br />

86% of women. Women are almost twice as<br />

likely to have regular dental checkups than<br />

men. Failing to look after your teeth is not<br />

only bad news for your teeth and gums, but<br />

research has shown that gum disease can increase<br />

risk of heart disease, erectile dysfunction<br />

and dementia.<br />

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Another Fantastic ‘Country’ Night Out<br />

At ‘Lion Country’ Country Music Nightspot!<br />

With the culmination of the CAFÉ appeal<br />

recently being achieved by the presentation<br />

of the new ambulance on 3 May, the<br />

organisers of Lion Country would like to<br />

publicly thank all their supporters during<br />

the last five years for helping them to<br />

help make this tremendous gift possible!<br />

Following some discussion, the organisers<br />

have decided to nominate Camposol’s<br />

FAST project to take over as the prime<br />

beneficiary of any net profits gained by the<br />

Lion Country.<br />

Getting back<br />

to the ‘nitty<br />

gritty’,<br />

following<br />

April’s fantastic<br />

night<br />

of Country<br />

Music entertainment<br />

provided<br />

by <strong>Costa</strong><br />

Blanca’s ‘X<br />

Factor’ finalist,<br />

Cherry<br />

K, the programme for Friday 17 May heralded<br />

the return of yet another favourite<br />

‘Country Style’ entertainer, the fabulous<br />

Marty Ross. Always guaranteeing us a<br />

great night’s entertainment, whether he<br />

sings solo or as one half of the fabulous<br />

‘Beagles’ duo, when he puts on his ‘country’<br />

hat, Marty really becomes a force to<br />

be reckoned with. Once again he didn’t<br />

disappoint on the night and a tremendous<br />

time was enjoyed by all. You’ll curse if you<br />

missed it!<br />

Staying with the subject of brilliant entertainment,<br />

the scheduled entertainment for<br />

Friday 21 <strong>June</strong> features the return of the<br />

magnificent and multi-talented, four-piece<br />

CM Band, Grumpy Old Men at La Molata<br />

Club Socio, nr Los Munoces on Friday 21<br />

<strong>June</strong>. Doors open at 8pm. Entry just €5<br />

per person<br />

at the door.<br />

With the inimitable<br />

Phil<br />

Brady lined<br />

up to appear<br />

on Friday<br />

5 July,<br />

(that’s the<br />

FIRST Friday<br />

folks), Lion<br />

Country will<br />

be closing its doors for the summer break.<br />

They re-open on Friday 20 September<br />

with another favourite, the fantastic Red<br />

Strokes!<br />

With its new sound and lighting system<br />

in place, Lion Country is by far the biggest<br />

and best Country Music Venue in the<br />

Murcia Region. Boasting a large dance<br />

floor, the venue is also a licensed premises,<br />

with drinks at Spanish prices and<br />

their hosts, Antonio & Cheryl, maintain a<br />

superb kitchen. Advance bookings for food<br />

are strongly recommended to avoid being<br />

disappointed on the night, and should be<br />

made direct to Cheryl on 619 003 022 allowing<br />

her plenty of time to buy in the appropriate<br />

stock. Also in attendance during<br />

the evening, should you want to ‘top up’<br />

your line dancing or western regalia or just<br />

need a new pair of boots will be ‘Cody’s<br />

Corner’ Western Stall.<br />

KEEP IT COUNTRY!<br />

For further information on what’s going on,<br />

contact Mervyn Booth on 968 163 082 or<br />

visit their Facebook page at Lion Country<br />

Country Music Nightspot<br />

Mass in English is celebrated every Saturday<br />

at the Catholic chapel at Pastrana,<br />

approximately 10km from Mazarrón<br />

Schedule of Masses:<br />

Saturday at 4:30pm<br />

Schedule of Confession:<br />

Saturday from 3:45-4:25pm also on request<br />

Fr. Carlos Prats 628 824 555<br />

Fr. Octavio Carpena 676 219 445<br />

www.pastranaonline.com<br />

SAINT PAUL, APOSTLE<br />

Paul was<br />

born about<br />

the same<br />

time as<br />

Jesus, or<br />

slightly later.<br />

He was<br />

converted<br />

to faith in<br />

Jesus Christ<br />

about A.D.<br />

33. Paul referred<br />

himself<br />

as being<br />

“of stock of<br />

Israel, of the<br />

tribe of Benjamin,<br />

a Hebrew<br />

of the<br />

Hebrews, as<br />

touching the law, a Pharisee”.<br />

Before becoming a follower of Jesus, Paul<br />

zealously persecuted the newly-forming<br />

Christian Church, trying to destroy it. He<br />

held the coats of those who stoned Stephen,<br />

the first Christian martyr, to death.<br />

While travelling on the road from Jerusalem<br />

to Damascus on a mission to “bring<br />

these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to<br />

be punished”, the resurrected Jesus appeared<br />

to him in a great light. He was<br />

struck blind, but after three days his sight<br />

was restored and he was converted.<br />

Paul’s conversion dramatically changed<br />

the course of his life. He began to preach<br />

that Jesus of Nazareth was the Jewish<br />

Messiah and the Son of God. Through his<br />

missionary activities and writing he eventually<br />

transformed religious belief and philosophy<br />

around the Mediterranean Basin.<br />

The influence of Paul’s writing on Christian<br />

thinking has been profound, due in<br />

part to his association as a prominent<br />

apostle of Christianity during the spreading<br />

of the Gospel through early Christian<br />

communities across the Roman Empire.<br />

Paul the Apostle is perhaps the most<br />

influential early Christian missionary and<br />

leader of the first generation of Christians.<br />

Among the many other apostles and missionaries<br />

involved in the spread of the<br />

Christian faith, Paul is considered to be<br />

one of the most important in the history<br />

of Christianity and one of the greatest religious<br />

leaders of all times. Almost half of<br />

the books of the New Testament are credited<br />

to his authorship. The Bible does not<br />

record Paul’s death in his writings. Paul<br />

writes about anticipating his death. Ignatius<br />

notes that Paul had been martyred.<br />

He probably died in Rome c. A.D. 60-64.<br />

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Official Statement Of The Regional Government<br />

On The Second Anniversary Of The<br />

Earthquake In Lorca<br />

Lorca is in the heart of Murcia, so we must<br />

seize the opportunity given to us to bring our<br />

message and thanks to Spanish society. In<br />

a day of remembrance and action for those<br />

who lost their lives two years ago and for the<br />

hundreds of wounded and thousands of people<br />

left homeless, action to finish and bring<br />

back to normal and to a much better situation<br />

than they were before the earthquakes. It<br />

was a day to feel more connected and aware<br />

of the work still to be done. The reconstruction<br />

process is in full swing and every month<br />

that passes, neighbouring communities begin<br />

to see how they re-build their houses. No<br />

European city has suffered destructive earthquakes<br />

like Lorca, but we cannot fall into<br />

complacency. After reconstruction we have to<br />

continue promoting the city’s economic revival.<br />

The investment package will convert Lorca<br />

that not only has overcome the most destructive<br />

catastrophe produced in Spain, but also<br />

reinforce to achieve the difficult economic<br />

situation and the challenges that lie ahead.<br />

We operate globally and develop activities in<br />

sectors as crucial as agriculture, livestock,<br />

industry, tourism and trade, and support entrepreneurship<br />

by establishing measures to<br />

encourage the creation of new projects, enabling<br />

support instruments entrepreneur.<br />

3.3 million euros has been granted for the<br />

Construction Of A Sewage Treatment<br />

Plant on the river Turrilla in Lorca. The new<br />

treatment plant will service the upper area<br />

of the municipality and have the capacity to<br />

meet the needs of approximately 9,000 inhabitants,<br />

according to the estimate of the<br />

projected population growth in the area. This<br />

work is included in the General Plan of cleansing<br />

and purifying of the Region of Murcia<br />

which began in 2001. It has allowed reused<br />

waters to have a higher quality than that required<br />

by Community legislation. The Region<br />

recovers more than 100 cubic hectometers<br />

per year which is used entirely on agriculture<br />

and this makes Murcia exemplary in water<br />

purification and irrigation modernization.<br />

A grant has been awarded of more than 3.6<br />

million for 322 Seats In Day Centres. 118<br />

seats are allocated through ASSIDO in Murcia,<br />

50 in the town of Mula and 41 seats are<br />

for the care of people with Down’s Syndrome<br />

in Cartagena. The rest of the investment,<br />

113 places, are for elderly people at various<br />

day centres in the Community; 27 places in<br />

Torre Pacheco, 41 places in Puerto Lumbreras,<br />

15 in Moratalla and 30 in Totana.<br />

The purpose of this budget is to continue to<br />

ensure the performance of the System for<br />

Autonomy and Care for Dependency and<br />

promote the integration of the elderly and<br />

those suffering from disabilities. In the Region<br />

of Murcia there are 17 social centers for<br />

the elderly, to help integrate and promote<br />

active aging, through its various activities.<br />

During the past year, more than 10,000 aged<br />

people participated in more than 260 workshops<br />

in schools, theatre, crafts, the gym for<br />

the elderly, computers and chess.<br />

The green light has been given to creating a<br />

total of 171 places in Day Centres For People<br />

With Intellectual Disabilities in Murcia<br />

and Lorca. 96 are located in the hamlet of El<br />

Palmar, Murcia. The remaining 75 places are<br />

for Lorca, with the Association of Parents of<br />

Children with Intellectual Disability Region of<br />

Lorca (APANDIS). Day centres are services<br />

that offer comprehensive care for dependent<br />

persons, in order to improve or maintain the<br />

best possible level of personal autonomy and<br />

support families and caregivers.<br />

They have also given their approval to the<br />

agreements between the Ministry of Health<br />

and Social Policy which will be used in Day<br />

Centres For Elderly Dependents. Mula<br />

will get the reservation and occupation of<br />

25 seats, Fortuna 15 places and Ceuta 6<br />

places. The purpose is to promote care for<br />

dependent adults who require comprehensive<br />

services to perform daily activities and that<br />

for various reasons cannot receive in their<br />

socio-familiar.<br />

There is an agreement with the Association<br />

of Paraplegic and Physically Handicapped<br />

of the Region of Murcia (ASPAYM),<br />

worth 49,760€, to collaborate in efforts to<br />

improve the quality of life of Spinal Cord Injuries<br />

And Other Physically Injuries and<br />

in promoting full employment and social integration.<br />

The Murcia Federation of Families<br />

and Persons with Mental Illness (FEAFES),<br />

have been awarded 23,920€ and this will also<br />

benefit AFEMY, AFES and AFEM, to cover the<br />

activities, programmes and services aimed at<br />

people with mental illness and their families.<br />

The Foundation for Assistance and Research<br />

of Borderline Personality Disorder in the Region<br />

of Murcia (ARMAI-TLP) will get 7,366€ for<br />

the maintenance of the Project for Assistance<br />

and Guidance for People with Borderline<br />

Personality Disorder in the region. This<br />

includes, among other services, therapeutic<br />

support, career guidance and training for the<br />

people affected by this disorder. The Governing<br />

Council has also given the green light to<br />

the signing of an agreement between the<br />

Ministry of Health and Social Policy, through<br />

the Instituto Murciano Social Action, with the<br />

Association for the Integration of Persons<br />

with Intellectual Disability (PEEM). The<br />

aim is to enable people with disabilities from<br />

the occupational training courses to train as<br />

administrative assistants and service personnel.<br />

Money For Music Conservatories Caravaca<br />

De La Cruz, Cieza, Jumilla, Molina<br />

De Segura and San Javier<br />

The objective of the Ministry of Education,<br />

Training and Employment is to assist in the financing<br />

of professional music conservatories<br />

of these five locations during <strong>2013</strong>. The regional<br />

government, through the Ministry, will<br />

financially support municipal ownership in order<br />

to develop and promote arts education in<br />

the different regions of the Region.<br />

12,000€ For The Development Of The<br />

Blue Flag Campaign<br />

The aim is to encourage the distinctive qualities<br />

that guarantee beaches and ports the<br />

Blue Flag, which has become of great interest<br />

in the sector and the strengthening<br />

of environmental qualities. These flags are<br />

awarded according to criteria agreed and<br />

unified worldwide, for example, coastal law<br />

enforcement and environmental security at<br />

the beaches and in the water or specialized<br />

lifesaving.<br />

Money To Promote Interregional Connections<br />

Mediterranean Corridor<br />

The Governing Council has authorized the<br />

Department of Public Works and Planning to<br />

provide a subsidy to the business association<br />

Ferrmed, worth 24,000€, to promote interregional<br />

connections of the Mediterranean corridor<br />

through the development of transport<br />

initiatives of goods by rail. This non-profit<br />

association is based in Brussels and comes<br />

from entrepreneurship to improve competitiveness<br />

through the promotion of so-called<br />

‘standards Ferrmed’ throughout European<br />

Union and, in turn, the major railway freight<br />

Scandinavia-Rhine-Rhone-Western Mediterranean.<br />

Ferrmed is responsible for developing<br />

project reports on the rail network in the<br />

region and the structure and development of<br />

the Mediterranean Corridor as well as the implementation<br />

of the planned European standard<br />

width to access the Port of Cartagena.<br />

Approved External Emergency Pl an Expalsa<br />

to Encourage The Prevention Of<br />

The Risk Of Accidents With Explosives<br />

The plan will establish preventive measures<br />

and information, organization and operating<br />

procedures and co-ordination by means<br />

and resources in the Community itself. It<br />

also specifies the procedures for informing<br />

the public about safety measures and behaviour<br />

in the case of accident, in addition<br />

to cataloguing specific means and resources<br />

available to the planned actions. Expalsa is<br />

a merchant that is engaged in the production<br />

of explosives and propellants, bound for<br />

the manufacture of ammunition. It is located<br />

in the municipality of Murcia at three different<br />

locations; two in the Gunpowder Factory<br />

of Murcia and the Ballistic Test Polygon just<br />

outside the hamlet of Old Javalí and the third<br />

factory in Loads Projection, north of the hamlet<br />

of La Nora.<br />

The Transmur Plan defines the procedures<br />

for informing the population potentially affected<br />

by an accident, cataloguing tools and<br />

resources specifically designed to control and<br />

mitigate the effects of an accident, and coordination<br />

procedures with the State Plan and<br />

coordination with local administrations. The<br />

Plan discloses Transmur’s dangerous goods<br />

movement that exists in Murcia, determines<br />

the extent of the risk that may arise from this<br />

movement and establishing the organization<br />

and operating procedures, and effective<br />

use of the means and resources to deal with<br />

emergency situations that occur due to traffic<br />

accidents with dangerous substances by<br />

road and rail. At present, the Region of Murcia<br />

transports over 3.5 million tons a year of<br />

dangerous goods between road and rail.<br />

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There is a Proverb which says ‘Hope deferred<br />

makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is<br />

a tree of life’…Prov 13v12. We do a lot of hoping<br />

day by day … careful with the typing there<br />

as I am sure we do not do a lot of hopping!<br />

We hope the weather will be good; we hope<br />

people are on time and we hope we get better<br />

soon, and so on.<br />

The dictionary defines hope as ‘to cherish a<br />

desire of good with some expectation of fulfillment,<br />

or to have confidence’. It is great to<br />

have hope, but as the Proverb says, when it<br />

is dashed it can knock us back.<br />

I think most of us have given-up any hope<br />

that our governments will manage the current<br />

financial crisis. Perhaps the ‘Pastie’ tax<br />

and now the ‘Bedroom’ tax have clinched<br />

that! Other areas of life appear to be hopeless<br />

as well, especially if you are looking for<br />

employment, or playing the Lottery?<br />

Unfortunately, without hope we are really left<br />

with uncertainty or despair. This of course<br />

can make the heart sick. But don’t give-up!<br />

The Bible speaks of a different kind of hope.<br />

In fact a hope that simply requires us to wait<br />

for the right timing because the things we<br />

hope for when we are dealing with God are<br />

guaranteed and we will not be let down or<br />

disillusioned or disappointed.<br />

We are studying the letters of Peter at the<br />

moment in our Wednesday studies and despite<br />

the oppression and persecution his readers<br />

were experiencing, Peter tells them to ‘..<br />

set your hope fully on the grace that is coming<br />

to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ’ 1<br />

Peter1v13. This kind of hope placed in God<br />

leads to a fruitful and living hope which will<br />

never disappoint….a tree of life.<br />

You are invited to come and join us for any of<br />

our events:<br />

Friday 7 th <strong>June</strong> Harlequin Rock Choir in<br />

concert in our garden, raising funds for Operation<br />

Smile. 7pm start.<br />

Thursday 27 th <strong>June</strong> Chill ‘n’ Grill in our garden.<br />

Bring your own food to cook. 6pm start.<br />

Something New<br />

Starting <strong>June</strong> 30 th and every last Sunday of<br />

the month, come to our Open Door Get<br />

Together in the Cultural Centre, Camposol<br />

B. Starting at 5.30pm we will be having a Get<br />

Together - something a bit different.<br />

Further details and other planned events<br />

http://open-door.wix.com/open-door<br />

If you would like to be informed of our events<br />

and be added to our mailing list please email<br />

opendoorgettogether@gmail.com<br />

Find us at Los Almagros, Fuente Alamo,<br />

30320, Murcia. GPS:37”45’ 57.77’ North.<br />

1” 15’ 56.95’ West<br />

Tel Ken 646 705 403 or Carol 655 141 721<br />

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Change To Passport Service For British<br />

Nationals<br />

British nationals in Spain wanting to apply for<br />

a new passport are advised of an important<br />

change in the way they will need to make applications.<br />

All applications will need to be sent<br />

directly to the Identity & Passport Service<br />

(IPS) in Belfast, instead of the regional passport<br />

processing hub in Madrid.<br />

All the necessary information about the new<br />

passport application process, including a new<br />

IPS overseas application form, can be found<br />

at www.gov.uk/overseas-passports.<br />

Andy Hamilton, head of the regional passport<br />

processing centre in Madrid, says: “In real<br />

terms, all that this means is that British nationals<br />

living in Spain now need to send their<br />

applications to a different address. Current<br />

passport processing times remain the same.<br />

“If you are renewing your passport, you<br />

should allow at least four weeks from the date<br />

the fee is taken and all the correct documentation<br />

has been received.”<br />

“If you are applying for the first time or you<br />

are replacing a lost or stolen passport, you<br />

should allow at least six weeks.”<br />

The only other change is that the current<br />

passport helpline call charges are being removed.<br />

Instead of paying for a premium rate<br />

phone line, customers will now only have to<br />

pay for the cost of a call to the UK.<br />

British nationals who lack internet access or<br />

want advice are able to call the IPS Customer<br />

Service Centre on +44 (0) 300 222 0000.<br />

People who need to travel urgently, but whose<br />

normal passport is unavailable, should contact<br />

their nearest British Consulate via 902<br />

109 356 or email info.consulate@fco.gov.<br />

uk . Your local Consulate may be able to issue<br />

an Emergency Travel Document to help<br />

you travel.<br />

Do Your Research Before You Buy<br />

Property In Spain, Foreign Office advises.<br />

Consular staff on hand to guide potential<br />

buyers at ‘A Place In The Sun’ show.<br />

Access to healthcare, obtaining independent<br />

property advice and learning the language are<br />

all things to consider carefully before deciding<br />

to move abroad, Foreign Office staff advised<br />

would-be buyers at the annual ‘A Place in<br />

the Sun’ overseas homes show in London in<br />

April. Consular staff from Spain were on hand<br />

to provide more than 1000 Britons with impartial<br />

advice on things to think about before<br />

moving abroad.<br />

British Consul Paul Rodwell said “We offered<br />

clear advice that helps people to think more<br />

carefully about planning their move. We made<br />

them aware of potential pitfalls when buying<br />

property overseas, as well as thinking about<br />

other important issues such as access to<br />

healthcare and how they’re going to integrate<br />

into local life by learning the Spanish language.”<br />

Potential buyers are encouraged to visit the<br />

wealth of information on living abroad within<br />

the UK Government’s new www.gov.uk<br />

website, as well as to look at the property<br />

advice on Spain at www.gov.uk/how-tobuy-property-in-spain<br />

.<br />

New official figures show that last year some<br />

4,148 Spanish homes were purchased by British<br />

nationals, an increase of 3.5% compared<br />

with 2011, though still far from the peak of<br />

more than 17,000 British buyers in 2007.<br />

Mr Rodwell, Consul for the Alicante region,<br />

and Bernadette Gallagher, property expert<br />

for southern Europe, attended the London<br />

property show as part of a continuing drive<br />

by the Foreign Office to ensure that Britons<br />

who are thinking about moving abroad have<br />

all the information they need before making<br />

final decisions. Six out of ten people who<br />

spoke to Foreign Office staff were thinking of<br />

Spain as their ‘place in the sun’ showing that<br />

the country continues to be the most popular<br />

destination for Britons thinking about moving<br />

overseas.<br />

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Mazarrón Festival<br />

de Baile <strong>2013</strong><br />

~ Now in its 4 th<br />

year!<br />

MFDB is excited<br />

to announce that<br />

there are over<br />

60 entries from<br />

three schools taking<br />

part this year.<br />

The schools taking<br />

part are Julie<br />

Bruce Dance Academy<br />

from Almeria,<br />

Broadway Dance<br />

from Benidorm<br />

and Murcia Dance<br />

based in Mazarrón. Dancers from 5 to 21<br />

years of age, from levels novice to advanced,<br />

will present all styles of dance. The event<br />

takes place at the Hotel Playa Grande in Puerto<br />

de Mazarrón, 29 th and 30 th <strong>June</strong>. Each day<br />

will commence at 10am with registration and<br />

workshops, followed by competition entries.<br />

Saturday 29 th <strong>June</strong>, Solo and Duet entries<br />

will be presented, finishing at approximately<br />

8pm.<br />

Sunday 30 th <strong>June</strong>, 20 Groups and Troupes<br />

will come together to present their dedication<br />

in a celebration<br />

of dance, where<br />

dancers and teachers<br />

from different<br />

schools share a<br />

platform together.<br />

The MFDB Awards,<br />

where all the dancers<br />

are accredited<br />

with their achievements<br />

through<br />

MFDB Annual<br />

Awards and Medals<br />

will take place<br />

at 6pm.<br />

Support and sponsorship<br />

are being<br />

provided by DKCASACARE, silverkeepsake.<br />

com, The Professional Teachers of Dancing,<br />

Teatro Canovero, CAIXA Bank, Murcia Dance,<br />

Ken Sherwood Garage, MFDB Patron Keith<br />

Donovan and a group of volunteers that have<br />

signed up to support as well as representative<br />

volunteers from the participating Dance<br />

Schools.<br />

As patron Keith Donovan said during last<br />

year’s festival “There is enough energy in this<br />

room to light up the whole of Murcia,” which<br />

was met by cheers and applause from the<br />

dancers, their families, spectators and volunteers.<br />

The atmosphere<br />

was electric.<br />

This annual event<br />

is simply going<br />

from strength to<br />

strength and is<br />

now in its 4 th year.<br />

If you would like to<br />

be part of this exciting<br />

weekend and<br />

would like to join<br />

us either as a spectator,<br />

volunteer or<br />

sponsor, you would<br />

be made very welcome.<br />

For more<br />

details please visit<br />

our website www.mfdb.net. Spectator<br />

passes are available on the door for 5€ per<br />

day. For more information about getting involved<br />

as a volunteer or sponsor please contact<br />

Susie Long acam.murcia@yahoo.com<br />

Mazarrón Festival de Baile are project<br />

members of the Arts & Cultural Association<br />

of Murcia (ACAM) ass no ~ 10.612 1a. Office<br />

Address ~ 19, Business Centre, Camposol A,<br />

Calle Madrid, 30875, Mazarrón, Murcia. Fiscal<br />

No G30863955<br />

Photos copyright: Mark Stocks<br />

www.vistasdemurcia.com<br />

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Registered Charity Nº 8.714/1ª<br />

April and May were successful months for<br />

rescuing and re-homing abandoned puppies<br />

and we also found forever homes for four<br />

of our older dogs that have been in kennels<br />

over three years. Elsa and Bonnie have been<br />

adopted after a trial period with their foster<br />

family. Teddy and Oscar from the kennels<br />

have been reserved to go to new homes in<br />

Holland. Annie was adopted locally by her<br />

foster family. Two of our rescued puppies Lisa<br />

and Sandy were re-homed in Holland. Five<br />

abandoned puppies Radley, Buddy, Lucy,<br />

Honey and Toffee were rescued into foster<br />

homes and are all reserved for new homes in<br />

Holland. Nubea puppy was rescued from her<br />

elderly Spanish owner who had become too ill<br />

to care for her.<br />

We rescue abandoned puppies in the Mazarrón<br />

area and care for them in foster homes where<br />

they can be trained and socialised whilst we<br />

are finding them a loving forever home locally<br />

or abroad. To be successful in our work<br />

we are always in need of foster carers. We<br />

pay for all vaccinations and veterinary costs<br />

and give you support whenever you need it.<br />

If you feel you can offer a place in your home<br />

and your heart for one of our rescued puppies,<br />

short or long term, as a family pet or<br />

companion please talk to us about our Foster<br />

Charter.<br />

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To help us raise the funds needed for our work<br />

we are dependent on public support and generosity.<br />

We have a Charity Shop in Puerto de<br />

Mazarrón staffed entirely by volunteers and<br />

we really need all the public help we can get.<br />

Any unwanted saleable items will be gratefully<br />

received. We can arrange for donated<br />

items to be collected by one of our Association<br />

Members. We also need volunteer helpers<br />

who can give some of free time to work in<br />

our Charity Shop, so if you would like to help<br />

come in and have a chat with the staff.<br />

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR COLLEC-<br />

TION OF DONATED ITEMS GIVE ONE OF<br />

OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS A CALL<br />

TONY 618 034 921<br />

CHRISTINE 603 127 984<br />

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MEPs Question Spain’s Use of EU Grants<br />

For Bull-Fighting<br />

Four Spanish MEPs say they believe their<br />

country is using EU agriculture grants on promoting<br />

and televising bull-fighting, and have<br />

called for an investigation and possible sanctions.<br />

Alfred Bosch, Ana Miranda, Raúl Romeva and<br />

Ramón Tremosa say these grants are not<br />

even used on the actual breeding of bulls, but<br />

on filming, entry tickets, repairing and decorating<br />

bull-rings, advertising, TV rights, and<br />

benefits for promoters of and companies in<br />

the bull-fighting industry.<br />

Spain receives around 130 million Euros in<br />

agricultural grants for bull-breeding, which<br />

would translate to 240€ per hectare of land<br />

used for the purpose. The MEPs say the bullfighting<br />

industry would be ‘on the edge of<br />

bankruptcy’ if it were not for this money. They<br />

have called for ‘greater transparency’ from EU<br />

member States as to what they spend their<br />

grants on. They have also called for the EU<br />

to stop giving grants to any bull-related activities<br />

and for member States to be fined for<br />

using agricultural funding for ‘inefficient’ economic<br />

sectors such as ‘breeding bulls for a<br />

questionable form of entertainment’.<br />

Dog Saves Missing Expatriate’s Life In<br />

Moraira<br />

A loyal family dog saved his elderly owner’s<br />

life after the man lay injured and dehydrated<br />

in the undergrowth for three days. Bijou, a<br />

two-year-old black labrador, never left Bernhard<br />

Schulz’s side and lay on top of him at<br />

night to keep the 74-year-old German national<br />

warm. Herr Schulz suffers from Parkinson’s<br />

disease, and had not taken his medication<br />

for three days, during which his wife<br />

Kirsten and their fellow expatriate friends in<br />

Moraira (Alicante) began to fear the worst.<br />

He had gone out for his usual walk at around<br />

lunchtime, but did not return, causing a terrified<br />

Kirsten to believe both her husband and<br />

dog were dead. Rescue services say when<br />

they got near the area where Bernhard way<br />

lying, Bijou began to leap up and down joyfully,<br />

barking and wagging her tail. Bernhard<br />

was in a deep ditch surrounded by dense pine<br />

trees and weeds, and had suffered scratches<br />

and bruises, as well as being unable to move<br />

and was severely dehydrated. Bernhard is<br />

now recovering well in Dénia hospital.<br />

New Mortgage and Repossession Law<br />

Approved<br />

Judges can now prevent mortgage lenders<br />

from repossessing properties where ‘abusive’<br />

clauses are included in the loan contract and<br />

grant a two-year stay of grace on repossession<br />

for homeowners considered to be ‘especially<br />

vulnerable’. The new mortgage and<br />

repossession law limits interest rate hikes on<br />

repayments made as a penalty for defaulting<br />

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on a monthly quota and also forces banks to<br />

set a minimum reserve when auctioning off<br />

properties they have already taken back from<br />

their owners. Certain mortgage contracts include<br />

a minimum auction reserve, which is<br />

fairly close to the amount of the loan, whereas<br />

others give a much lower reserve or none<br />

at all. Until now, that a lender could auction a<br />

property for just 1€, meaning the defaulting<br />

owner remained liable for the full amount of<br />

the debt, including administration and legal<br />

fees, plus interest.<br />

Those facing repossession who are considered<br />

‘vulnerable’ and automatically permitted<br />

a two-year moratorium include single parents<br />

with two dependent children, or with one<br />

child under three, or one or more disabled<br />

children, large families with three or more<br />

children, parents with at least one disabled<br />

child who needs their constant care, victims<br />

of domestic violence, or homeowners who<br />

are unemployed and whose dole money has<br />

run out. In these cases, the maximum family<br />

income cannot be more than 1,595.53€<br />

a month, which is three times the minimum<br />

wage.<br />

The mortgage law allows for reduction of the<br />

outstanding debt through waivers where the<br />

property has already been repossessed and<br />

sold to a third party and allows for the creation<br />

of ‘council housing’ at a very low rent<br />

ranging between 150€ and 400€ a month, but<br />

capped at 30€ of the tenant’s income. Eligible<br />

tenants must have been evicted from their<br />

homes in 2008 or later and will be given a<br />

rental agreement valid for two years, renewable<br />

for a further year if needed. In practice,<br />

the council housing system has already been<br />

running for some months and has received<br />

430 requests for the 6,000 properties available.<br />

As for the possibility of handing back to the<br />

keys to a property in exchange for wiping out<br />

the debt in its entirety, despite clamouring<br />

from nationwide pressure groups, this has not<br />

been included as an automatic legal right on<br />

the part of the homeowner, but is ‘strongly<br />

recommended’ within the mortgage lenders’<br />

Code of Good Practice. This Code has now<br />

been made law.<br />

In reality, as a result of the Code of Good<br />

Practice, a total of 298 homeowners have<br />

been able to return their house keys to the<br />

bank in order to cancel the mortgage debt<br />

completely. The change in the law was in response<br />

to widespread protests and to what<br />

has been described as ‘a need for emergency<br />

measures’ given Spain’s current economic climate.<br />

Motorists ‘More Careful’ and ‘More Afraid’<br />

When Travelling With Family<br />

Drivers tend to be<br />

slower and more careful<br />

when they have<br />

their family in the car<br />

with them, a survey<br />

reveals. Two in three<br />

say they are more<br />

frightened of suffering<br />

an accident when they<br />

have their partners<br />

and children in the car<br />

than when they drive<br />

alone. 42% of women<br />

and 33% of men perceived<br />

the risk of a<br />

crash is greater when<br />

their nearest and dearest<br />

are in the car, and<br />

72% of women and 61% of men say they are<br />

more scared of this happening when they are<br />

with family. 8 in 10 people said they were<br />

more attentive to road rules and speed limits<br />

when they were driving with their partners<br />

and children, particularly those in the 30-39<br />

age group. They were also inclined to take<br />

breaks every two to three hours on long journeys<br />

and make an ‘event’ of it, stopping for<br />

a meal or a picnic, and turning it into part of<br />

their holiday or weekend away.<br />

DGT Radar ‘Reads Number Plates To<br />

Check Cars Are Insured’<br />

Traffic authorities have developed a system<br />

that allows them to tell whether or not a car<br />

is insured by reading its number plate. They<br />

want to get older cars off the road, with none<br />

aged over seven by the year 2016, by launching<br />

a ‘repair history record’ of all vehicles registered<br />

in Spain.<br />

The number-plate radar was launched just<br />

after Easter and is connected to a central database<br />

which immediately shows whether a<br />

vehicle has at least third party liability insurance<br />

cover, the minimum required by law for<br />

a car to be used on the road.<br />

The DGT says older cars are being used because,<br />

due to the recession in Spain, few drivers<br />

can afford to replace them, meaning the<br />

number of new cars manufactured and registered<br />

in the country is falling considerably,<br />

causing serious losses in the motor industry.<br />

King ‘Worried’ About Monarchy’s Plummeting<br />

Popularity<br />

King Juan Carlos wants to launch an ‘institutional<br />

pact’ to address the unemployment<br />

figures in Spain and to travel as much as possible<br />

to North Africa and the Americas to encourage<br />

heads of state to invest in the country.<br />

Worried about the fact that less than 4<br />

in 10 Spaniards interviewed are in support of<br />

having a monarchy, the King says he wants<br />

to actively work on ‘agreements and consensus’<br />

to help improve Spain’s economic situation<br />

and restore the country’s faith in them by<br />

playing an active role in its recovery.<br />

The Monarch says he believes the royals’ ‘failure’<br />

is largely due to the fact that his daughter,<br />

the Infanta Cristina, has recently been<br />

called to testify in the Nóos case on suspicion<br />

of being involved in the fraud and moneylaundering<br />

racket that her husband, Iñaki Urdangarín,<br />

is on trial for.<br />

Over A Quarter Of Electricity Produced<br />

By Wind Farms; More Than Any Other<br />

Method<br />

Wind farms are now the most popular form<br />

of energy production in Spain, according to a<br />

recent study. They account for a quarter of all<br />

electricity produced, generating 31.7 TW per<br />

hour. This is the first time wind farms have<br />

taken over from all other forms of creating<br />

fuel, says the Spanish national grid (REE).<br />

Production plummeted in April, due to rising<br />

reservoir levels, less wind and reduced demand,<br />

causing a loss of 85 million Euros in<br />

the industry. Between the beginning of November<br />

and the end of March, enough energy<br />

was produced to fuel 18.1 million homes and<br />

Spain has only 17 million homes. It is the<br />

growth in the use of wind-generated energy<br />

that has partly been what has led to electricity<br />

bills falling in April, but the Wind-Farm<br />

Companies’ Association (AEE) has called for<br />

research by State authorities into why this<br />

type of fuel production is the worst-hit by cutbacks<br />

and to seek workable solutions.<br />

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YOUR Camposol Fiesta <strong>2013</strong> Sponsored<br />

by Mercer’s<br />

Programme of Events - Friday & Saturday<br />

14 th /15 th <strong>June</strong><br />

This year’s Fiesta has been organised by<br />

a brand new committee, so we took the<br />

opportunity to build on the success of<br />

previous events whilst introducing some<br />

changes. Notably the main change is that<br />

the event is shorter this year and has been<br />

compressed into Friday night and all day<br />

Saturday. You will see that there is a funpacked,<br />

non-stop programme of events<br />

with something for everyone. The emphasis<br />

is on community and family with a good<br />

mix of British and Spanish culture.<br />

The Fiesta will be hosted by the one and<br />

only Byron and will be opened on Friday<br />

evening at around 6pm by José Andrés<br />

Navarro Yepes, District Mayor of El Saladillo.<br />

Friday night is a “Musical Extravaganza”<br />

with tributes to some of the most well<br />

known artists of our time. Dicky Ray will<br />

set the ball rolling with his amazing tribute<br />

to Phil Collins, followed by local entertainers;<br />

Keiran as Robbie Williams, Nigel as<br />

Elvis Presley and the Diva herself Suzy<br />

G. We are delighted that the Friday Finale<br />

will be provided by “The Beatles Experience”,<br />

the best Lennon/McCartney Tribute<br />

on the <strong>Costa</strong>s! There will then be music<br />

into the small hours provided by our very<br />

own Stevie “T” from <strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Calida</strong> Radio.<br />

Saturday is the “Non-Stop, Family Fun<br />

Day” where there will be something to<br />

suit all ages. Starting at around 9.30am<br />

will be the Fun Run and Free Pony Rides<br />

for the children from 11am -2pm. There<br />

will something going on no matter what<br />

time of day you join us! We are delighted<br />

to be joined by “2 Shoes” who are “totes<br />

amazeballs” as they would say! Lucy and<br />

Charley are the Essex girls who made it<br />

through to the 2011 live shows of the UK<br />

X Factor. Along with our very own Simon<br />

Cowell, Ken Payne, they will be judging<br />

the “Search for a Fie-Star” Talent Competition<br />

and later in the evening we will see<br />

them perform their fun show. The Fiesta<br />

Headline Act is “Soul Power”. With front<br />

man JJ Soul Man, the five piece band play<br />

Camposol Fiesta <strong>2013</strong><br />

Grand Raffle Draw<br />

As you are probably aware by now, there is no car raffle this year.<br />

Instead you have the chance to win a dream holiday.<br />

Classic Soul and Motown Classics guaranteed<br />

to get you up on the dance floor.<br />

In true Fiesta style, the event will finish at<br />

around midnight with the much anticipated<br />

Firework Finale…always worth waiting<br />

for!!<br />

This year’s outside bars are provided by:<br />

Alley Palais<br />

Namaste<br />

The Steak Out<br />

Trevi’s Bar & Restaurant<br />

They will be providing food as well as drink<br />

so please support them as they support<br />

YOUR Fiesta.<br />

On behalf of the committee, I would like<br />

to say thank you to all our sponsors and<br />

those who have supported our fundraising<br />

to make this Fiesta possible. So all it<br />

remains for me to say is ….See you there<br />

and enjoy!!!<br />

Michelle Miles<br />

Chair of Camposol Fiesta <strong>2013</strong><br />

This year’s Grand Raffle Prize at the <strong>2013</strong><br />

Camposol Fiesta is a 5000€ Dream Holiday<br />

Voucher which entitles the lucky winner to go<br />

where they want and when they want!! What is<br />

your “Dream Holiday?”….. A Caribbean Cruise,<br />

flights to New Zealand or something close to<br />

home? Tickets are 10€ each and we are only<br />

selling a maximum number of 750 tickets.<br />

There are also several runner-up prizes!!<br />

The draw will take place on the Saturday night<br />

of the Fiesta on 15 th <strong>June</strong> at approximately<br />

10.45pm.<br />

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We have set up a Paypal Account which means<br />

that you can quite easily buy tickets over the<br />

internet from wherever you are. If paying in<br />

sterling, the price is £10 to cover additional<br />

administration and currency conversion. We<br />

will email your ticket to you within 24 hours of<br />

payment and you can even watch the draw via<br />

the live stream on the web. (Paypal Account:<br />

brucefurness@gmail.com)<br />

You can buy tickets from the following places:<br />

Alley Palais, Camposol B Commercial Centre<br />

The Club House, Camposol C<br />

Paramount Villa Rentals, Camposol C<br />

Derek’s H2Ozone Water Filter Stall, Camposol<br />

Thursday Market<br />

Outside Consum, Camposol B on Fridays<br />

F & C Car Rentals, Camposol A Sector<br />

The Teapot, Puerto de Mazarrón<br />

Telephone Michelle Miles 634 382 968<br />

Email michellecmiles@gmail.com or send a<br />

personal message to Michelle Camposol Fiesta<br />

Facebook page. Good Luck!!!<br />

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Camposol Fiesta <strong>2013</strong> Programme of Events<br />

Friday 14 th <strong>June</strong> <strong>2013</strong> – A Tribute to the Musical Greats of Our Time<br />

6.30pm Official Opening of the Fiesta – José Andrés Navarro<br />

Yepes,<br />

District Mayor of El Saladillo.<br />

6.45pm<br />

Dickie Ray as Phil Collins<br />

7.45pm<br />

Angels Instead - Robbie Williams Tribute<br />

8.45pm<br />

Nigel Burchill as Elvis Presley<br />

9.45pm<br />

Suzy G – Diva Tribute<br />

11pm<br />

The Beatles’ Experience<br />

12pm-2am Stevie T - <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida Radio<br />

Saturday 15 th <strong>June</strong> <strong>2013</strong> Non-Stop Family Fun Day<br />

9-11.30am Tug O War/Fun Run/Traditional UK School Sports Day<br />

12.00pm Welcome – Byron and Fiesta Committee<br />

12.15pm Camposol Guitar Club<br />

12.40pm Harlequins Rock Choir<br />

1.00pm<br />

Graeme Mykal - Magician & Children’s Entertainer<br />

2.15pm<br />

Ladies’ and Gents’ Fashion Show by “Branded Fashions”<br />

3.00pm<br />

“Search For A Fie -Star” – Talent<br />

Competition<br />

4.00pm<br />

Raquel Pena Flamenco Dance<br />

Company<br />

5.15pm<br />

“Pitu” Fantastic Spanish Singer<br />

6.30pm<br />

Murcia Dance Annual Performance<br />

7.30pm<br />

Results of Talent Show and Prizes<br />

8.30pm<br />

Soul Power Part 1 – Classic Soul &<br />

Motown Band<br />

9.30pm<br />

“2 Shoes” - Totes Amazeballs UK<br />

X Factor Live Finalists<br />

10.45pm Dream Holiday Raffle Draw<br />

11.00 pm Soul Power Part 2<br />

11.45pm Grand Fireworks Finale<br />

Midnight – 2am Stevie T - <strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Calida</strong> Radio.<br />

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The maintenance team and Wednesday Volunteers<br />

continued the clearing of dirt and debris<br />

after the heavy rains. Hopefully we have<br />

now seen the back of these and the usual settled<br />

weather is on the way! This has enabled<br />

the street spraying and weeding programme<br />

to continue. Yet more potholes have been<br />

filled and the Petanca court on Calle Ibiscum<br />

has been restored for Summer action!<br />

The corner of the dual carriageway and Calle<br />

Castillo Mayorazgo has also been cleared by<br />

our volunteer team and a pretty little windmill<br />

was commissioned by us from a local dry<br />

stone wall craftsman, Jason the Mason.<br />

A special mention must go to those who have<br />

also taken the time to ‘adopt’ a small area<br />

near their homes by planting, watering and<br />

weeding; they all look beautiful! It’s these<br />

displays which make ‘C’ such a pleasant place<br />

to live and spend a holiday. If any of our residents/holiday<br />

home owners would like to help<br />

in this way, we would be extremely grateful,<br />

and so would the plants (!). Donations of your<br />

unwanted plants and broken pots are always<br />

appreciated, too. These can be left behind<br />

the Welcome wall or call us for collection.<br />

The ‘Welcome to C’ Jubilee Garden is becoming<br />

established due to hard work and watering,<br />

despite a few plants being ‘removed’ by<br />

opportunists. Please keep vigilant on our behalf<br />

and report any thieves to us! ‘C’ Sector<br />

has so many kind people who give their time,<br />

donations of money and plants, snacks and<br />

drinks for the workers. It’s a shame to know<br />

this generosity is being taken advantage of<br />

by a few.<br />

If you would like to join our Volunteer Team<br />

on Wednesday mornings, or to help us in any<br />

other way and meet new friends, just get in<br />

touch. We offer the bribe of a free breakfast<br />

and the satisfaction of knowing you are keeping<br />

fit while making a huge difference to the<br />

local area. Each time visitors return here,<br />

they notice how lovely the improvements are<br />

and always let us know as they pass!<br />

John, our chairman, can be contacted on 634<br />

325 427 and more details about our group<br />

can be found on the chalkboards, Facebook<br />

and our website http://www.greenfingersgardenandsocialgroup.com/<br />

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Country Music at The Club House Camposol<br />

Meeting on the 1st Friday of each month, our<br />

latest night took place on Friday 3rd May.<br />

Starting at 7.30 pm, Ann taught a line dance<br />

called Cowboy Strut. Several requests were<br />

then played before Tom and Helen had about<br />

40 people on the floor to teach the couple’s<br />

dance, Sleaze; an easy, extremely visual and<br />

explicit dance!<br />

Interactive Murcia, talented musicians from<br />

Alhama de Murcia provided the live music<br />

from 9pm to midnight, from traditional to<br />

modern, with a couple of their own compositions.<br />

You may recall last month’s report told you<br />

about an individual who came with his slippers<br />

on. This time he forgot his money! What<br />

will it be next month?<br />

The girls from the line dance sold raffle tickets<br />

(Thank you ladies) then the draw was made<br />

by Brian. What was most difficult to understand<br />

- his Scottish accent or when he called<br />

the numbers in Spanish? Thank you again to<br />

those who brought along raffle prizes. Please<br />

keep these coming. Helping local charities<br />

is high on our agenda. We have teamed up<br />

with GO maD, with whom future events will<br />

be organized. Amanda, who started GO maD,<br />

gave us a brief summary of their objectives.<br />

She informed us they always need milk, so<br />

the entry fee for our next night (7th <strong>June</strong>) will<br />

be the usual €3 plus a carton of milk.<br />

Any surplus funds we make are to buy our<br />

own sound equipment. We now have our own<br />

speakers, speaker stands and a radio microphone.<br />

We have been offered a free laptop,<br />

so all we now require is a good amplifier.<br />

We have started the last 3 country nights at<br />

7.30pm primarily to ensure that there is sufficient<br />

time to play all requests and to teach<br />

both a line dance and a couple’s dance before<br />

the live music starts, but from Friday 7 th <strong>June</strong>,<br />

when the live music will come from Jimmy<br />

Vincent, the evening will start at 7.45pm.<br />

Dancing is a large part of any country music<br />

event, so on our nights, tables and chairs are<br />

cleared to provide a dance floor as large as<br />

possible.<br />

The one problem we are coming across is the<br />

shortage of country music entertainers, so if<br />

you are aware of anyone who does sing/play<br />

country music please let us know.<br />

Any enquiries to telephone/text 610 632 152<br />

Email helenwills46@yahoo.com<br />

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Energy Performance Certificates<br />

Bob Owen, CRA Chairman has negotiated a<br />

special rate for members with two companies.<br />

If you are planning to rent out for more than<br />

4 months of the year or sell your house you<br />

will need an Energy Performance Certificate<br />

after <strong>June</strong> 1 st this year.<br />

Most companies are charging in excess of<br />

300€, one as much as 500€. The special rate<br />

negotiated by Bob is 180€ + tax.<br />

The companies are:<br />

Iberswitch, contact David, The Care Team,<br />

EPC Department<br />

Tel: 902 027 517<br />

and<br />

Raul Miralles Sanchez, Technical Industrial<br />

Engineer<br />

Qualified Technician in Energy Efficiency Certification<br />

Tel 692 902 302<br />

Email raulmirallessanchez@gmail.com<br />

Embargos<br />

The CRA had ordered the nota simples from<br />

the Land Registry for every property on Camposol<br />

still in Masa’s name at a cost of circa<br />

2000€.This has enabled them to inform individual<br />

owners of embargos on their properties<br />

and pending auctions. This has been<br />

an on-going exercise for the last few months<br />

and has been managed by Jackie Drewe their<br />

Admin Manager and Jose Navarro, committee<br />

member and District Mayor. Nota simples are<br />

available at a cost of 10€ each from the CRA<br />

cabin alongside the Cultural Centre, Sector B<br />

or by email to info@cracamposol.com<br />

Bob Owen, Les Crook, Vice Chairman and Jose<br />

Navarro, District Mayor, attended the meeting<br />

held by Masa’s lawyer for D23/32 clients of<br />

Viva House recently. Steve Blacker produced<br />

a comprehensive account of the proceedings<br />

which can be viewed on the CRA and Sector D<br />

Group websites.<br />

Liaison Officer Appointment<br />

Ernie Prior has been appointed by the committee<br />

as the Liaison Officer for the CRA.<br />

Ernie will work closely with all the volunteer<br />

groups on Camposol providing an essential<br />

point of contact and offering assistance when<br />

requested.<br />

Street Lights<br />

The CRA are continually raising the subject<br />

of street lights with the Mayor. In February<br />

he promised to get the main duel carriageway<br />

lights put on. We are now in May and it’s<br />

still not done.We are meeting him again on<br />

17 th May when it will be on the agenda again.<br />

Burglaries have increased of late, despite<br />

Camposol now having a dedicated policeman.<br />

Proper lighting is a deterrent and we will be<br />

emphasising this point.<br />

Political Sub Committee<br />

The Political Sub-Committee of the CRA has<br />

taken legal advice about how we set up a<br />

Camposol Party to contest the next local elections.<br />

This has been decided upon due to our<br />

frustration with the Town Hall and its apparent<br />

lack of interest in Camposol itself. Acting<br />

on the legal advice it received, the PSC<br />

is currently writing the Constitution of our<br />

proposed party and this should be completed<br />

shortly. At that point the Constitution will<br />

be submitted to the relevant authorities in<br />

Madrid for ratification. Once this has been<br />

achieved we will begin to select candidates to<br />

represent Camposol at the next local election.<br />

It is hoped that by concentrating on Camposol<br />

itself, the new party will attract support from<br />

those who live on the urbanisation regardless<br />

of nationality. Further news about our proposed<br />

party will continue to be issued as we<br />

work towards creating a Camposol Party.<br />

Bob Owen, Chairman, CRA, Central Liaison<br />

Committee<br />

www.cracamposol.com<br />

info@cracamposol.com<br />

Thursday May 9th saw a guided walk<br />

around Alhama followed by lunch in Gebas.<br />

The tourist board led the group on an extremely<br />

interesting trip around the town,<br />

taking them into some places that are usually<br />

closed to the general public!<br />

“picnic of nibbles” and a chance to catch<br />

up with friends before summer and visitors<br />

take over!<br />

Sew and Sew group are now meeting<br />

every Monday!<br />

Centre, Camposol B. For more information<br />

ring Pat on 608 548 136<br />

Details of our new programme for the Autumn<br />

will be in the September issue of the<br />

<strong>Costa</strong> Cálida <strong>Chronicle</strong>.<br />

<strong>June</strong> 13th is our last meeting before the<br />

summer (how fast the year flies!) and<br />

there will be a demonstration on “alfresco”<br />

entertaining by Chris Leiper and Jackie<br />

Rooke. This will be in the Cultural Centre,<br />

Camposol B at 2pm. Come and enjoy a<br />

Chatterbox Sew and Sew is a group for<br />

anyone who would like to meet with other<br />

sewing or craft work enthusiasts (not necessarily<br />

very experienced!) to work together,<br />

chat and enjoy a cuppa! We meet<br />

every Monday 2.30-4.30pm at the Cultural<br />

Ladies’ Chatterbox Group normally<br />

meets at the Cultural Centre, Camposol B<br />

on the 2 nd Thursday of each month. If you<br />

would like further information, please contact<br />

Rosemary Scott on 619 575 463 or<br />

Chris Leiper on 968 199 418.<br />

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I suppose<br />

we should<br />

start with “A<br />

good time<br />

was had by<br />

all”. This is in<br />

reference to<br />

the excellent<br />

fund raising<br />

gathering at<br />

“Casa Beryl”.<br />

Of course the problem with this sort of BBQ<br />

party is the limited number of people you can<br />

have there. Nevertheless the effort put in by<br />

several group members, including Beryl, who<br />

hosted the day and Paul, the cook, (sorry<br />

Chef), helped make this a very successful<br />

day. We hope that there are more events being<br />

planned.<br />

Regarding the group’s efforts to become an<br />

association, we started the ball rolling when<br />

the Chairman, Edward Roberts, with the secretary,<br />

Joce Grant and treasurer, Beryl Holland,<br />

had a meeting with the solicitor in Mazarrón.<br />

It was decided at the AGM that the group<br />

would be renamed, “The Los Palacios Garden<br />

and Social Group”. Please remember this is<br />

your association, looking after your part of<br />

Camposol, so<br />

don’t adopt<br />

the attitude<br />

of let someone<br />

else do<br />

it.<br />

On the garden<br />

front,<br />

an extensive<br />

programme<br />

of Palm tree<br />

dressing is in<br />

progress to<br />

remove the<br />

dead fronds<br />

and get rid of<br />

them. This in<br />

itself creates<br />

another problem; how to get the dead fronds<br />

to our green bins? If you have a trailer, you<br />

can hopefully help solve this problem. Remember<br />

this task is only done once a year<br />

and this is one of the jobs that make a big<br />

visual difference to our area.<br />

We have a very impressive design for our entrance<br />

signs to LOS PALACIOS, but we cannot<br />

progress until we get permission from the<br />

Town Hall. The wheels do not grind slowly;<br />

they don’t grind at all!<br />

Finally, an update on our weed eradication<br />

team; it’s good news and bad news. We have<br />

six new volunteers, but the bad news is that<br />

this is still not enough. Remember, keep fit<br />

and make friends. Sounds like a garden group<br />

to me!<br />

Chairman Edward Roberts<br />

Email<br />

volunteers@lospalacios-garden.com<br />

Tel 646 557 887<br />

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For MABS, England and Saint George!<br />

MABS Supporters and friends celebrated St<br />

George’s Day in style at La Vida Restaurant<br />

in El Pareton. The sun shone and attracted<br />

a crowd to enjoy fun, music, fashion show,<br />

prize draws and friendship, raising funds for<br />

MABS Mazarrón. MABS Volunteers modeled<br />

clothes from the MABS Shop in Totana.<br />

The day started with the arrival of St George<br />

and his trusty steed, Soraya, a beautiful<br />

grey, which is a rescued horse. Owner, Teresa<br />

Hicks, was a little worried about how<br />

she would react to crowds, but she was the<br />

perfect ambassador and stole the hearts of<br />

everyone who met her. Soraya was abandoned<br />

by her owners 8 years ago, left in a<br />

livery yard in Lorca with an uncertain future<br />

as there was no-one to pay for her keep. She<br />

was also very lame through neglect and could<br />

not be sold as a riding horse. Teresa said “It<br />

is one of the craziest things I have ever done<br />

in my life, but I paid off the back livery fees<br />

(approx 2,000€), got her papers transferred<br />

to my name and took her away.” For 4 years<br />

Soraya suffered abscess after abscess in her<br />

front hoof and was on and off lame for the<br />

entire time. With careful care and a good<br />

farrier she has been sound now for around<br />

4 years and has become a lovely little riding<br />

horse, although not an easy ride! She is<br />

almost blind in one eye and very nervous of<br />

just about everything, but she is so sweet natured<br />

that everyone loves her. She is around<br />

20 years old now. “The event at La Vida was<br />

her first real public appearance and I am so<br />

very proud of her.” remarked owner, Teresa<br />

Hicks from the <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida <strong>Chronicle</strong>. “She<br />

coped with the crowds and gave her hoof to<br />

all the kids in exchange for polos.”<br />

MABS Mazarrón raised 503.65€ on the<br />

day, with donations still coming in. “We’re so<br />

grateful to La Vida and everyone in El Pareton<br />

for organising such a wonderful event. This<br />

is the first time that Spanish businesses in El<br />

Pareton have supported a charity and donated<br />

prizes for the raffle and it’s been a huge success.”<br />

said MABS Co-ordinator, Zue Burgess.<br />

Special thanks should go to: Lynn and<br />

Andy,La Vida Bar; Teresa Hicks, <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida<br />

<strong>Chronicle</strong>; Cristobel Electrodomesticos, El Pareton;<br />

Lopez Milan Garage, El Pareton; Ferreteria,<br />

El Pareton; Sam Mobile Hairdresser;<br />

Joan and Bill, Camposol Laundry Service;<br />

Juanjo y Mari; Isabel Aivero; Lali; Hazel and<br />

Shaun, Four Legs Dog Grooming; Den Computers<br />

for camera work and all the helpers at<br />

La Vida and from MABS Mazarrón.<br />

MABS Mazarrón is a registered charity (No.<br />

7261) offering help and support to local people<br />

of all nationalities who have been diagnosed<br />

with or are being treated for cancer. If<br />

you or someone you know would like some<br />

confidential help or support call our HELPLINE<br />

620 422 410 or visit their website www.<br />

mabsmurcia.com<br />

CANCER DOESN’T DISCRIMINATE AND NEI-<br />

THER DO WE.<br />

MABS HELPS ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY CAN-<br />

CER, WHATEVER THEIR NATIONALITY<br />

Photographer: Stanley Laird<br />

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By popular demand we were invited back<br />

to The New Royal in El Alamillo last month,<br />

where it was a great evening, with standing<br />

room only. We sang some new songs and solos,<br />

all of which were well received.<br />

Andrew Hurrell<br />

is the Assistant<br />

Musical<br />

Director of the<br />

choir, and at<br />

the moment<br />

is also our<br />

sound engineer.<br />

Formerly<br />

from Exeter,<br />

he has been<br />

living on Camposol<br />

for 10<br />

years, loves everything about Spain, and has<br />

no desire to return to the UK because of the<br />

sheer madness that exists there, with all that<br />

noise and pollution. Andrew ran a Corporate<br />

Video Production company and Entertainment<br />

Agency in the UK and here in Spain has done<br />

some work for <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida Radio in the form<br />

of advertising. Although Andrew has no previous<br />

singing experience, he loves everything<br />

about the choir, and is particularly skilled at<br />

putting harmonies together….. but keeping<br />

over 20 female members in line is a bit of a<br />

challenge. So, when it comes to audio work,<br />

in fact sound in general, then Andy is your<br />

man. Check him out on You-Tube.<br />

Did you know that joining a choir can benefit<br />

your health? Yes, it’s official; singing is good<br />

for you. It is now an accepted fact that singing<br />

improves breathing, exercises the brain,<br />

and even improves your overall mood. Now<br />

we can all do with a bit more of that. It has<br />

also been recognised that laughter, and there<br />

is a lot of that in the choir, is a strong medicine,<br />

stretches muscles, burns calories and<br />

produces a natural energy booster, but perhaps<br />

one of the most important aspects of the<br />

choir is the friendships that are made, since<br />

having friends enriches and extends your life.<br />

So, if you want to be healthier, slimmer and<br />

live longer then all you have to do is join The<br />

Harlequins.<br />

Our next performance will be at Los Almagros<br />

on the 7 th <strong>June</strong> where we will be fund raising<br />

again for the Operation Smile children’s charity,<br />

and we will of course also be performing<br />

at the Camposol Fiesta.<br />

If you would like more information please<br />

contact our Musical Director, Ann Thompson<br />

on 628 149 840<br />

The Choir That Rocks<br />

Mazarrón Will Be Internationally Projected<br />

Through Underwater Photography<br />

The Open International Underwater Photography<br />

“Bahía de Mazarrón”, is a photography<br />

competition organized by the Diving Centre<br />

of Sureste “Bachisub” and the Federation<br />

of Underwater Activities of Murcia Region,<br />

thanks to the collaboration and support of<br />

the Town Hall of Mazarrón and of the Autonomus<br />

Community of Murcia Region. The<br />

event was introduced in Murcia by the Mayor<br />

of Mazarrón, Ginés Campillo, the Counsellor<br />

of Tourism and Culture, Pedro Alberto Cruz,<br />

the president of the Federation of Underwater<br />

Activities of Murcia Region, Jesús Cano Belchí,<br />

and the manager of the Diving Centre of Sureste<br />

“Bachisub”, Alfonso Bachiller.<br />

The competition has eight prizes; the winner<br />

of the Open Section will receive 6,000€ with a<br />

second and third prize of 3,000€ and 1,500€<br />

respectively. There are also 4 minor prizes of<br />

1,000€ each and a fifth one of 1,500€ for the<br />

diver that takes the most photographs of the<br />

seabeds of the Bahía de Mazarrón. The event<br />

will take place in Mazarrón between 12th<br />

and 15th September.<br />

The Mayor of Mazarrón said, “During the last<br />

few months we have organized specialized<br />

events such as “Fotogenio” and the III Regata<br />

“Bahía de Mazarrón” when more than 200<br />

sailors of different Autonomous Communities<br />

will be competing.”<br />

The president of the Federation of Underwater<br />

Activities of Murcia Region, Jesús Cano<br />

Belchí explained that “The underwater tourist<br />

that comes to the Región is normally male<br />

aged between 20 and 50 years, and his average<br />

stay is between 8 and 10 days, if Spanish,<br />

or between 10 and 15 days, in the case of<br />

foreigners”. The number of amateur divers is<br />

still growing in the Region, with an increase of<br />

10% over the last four years.<br />

The manager of the Diving Centre Sureste<br />

“Bachisub”, Alfonso Bachiller, explained that<br />

the competition “Fotosub Online Bahía de<br />

Mazarrón” is on the website www.openfotosubmazarron.com,<br />

through which you<br />

can enter. The town will also host, together<br />

with the Diving Centre Sureste “Bachisub”<br />

and the Federation of Underwater Activities<br />

of Murcia Region, the first round of the<br />

Regional Championship “Fotosub” that will<br />

take place from 1st <strong>June</strong> and the second Regional<br />

Championship “Cazafotosub” on 15th<br />

<strong>June</strong>, both of which are classifications for the<br />

Championship of Spain.<br />

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New Website<br />

The Department of Tourism in Mazarrón has<br />

launched a website under the domain “turismo.mazarron.es”<br />

with a window that opens<br />

infinite possibilities that tourism will lead to a<br />

revolution in the promotion of the municipality<br />

to the outside world. The Mayor of Mazarrón,<br />

Ginés Campillo, the Councillor for Tourism of<br />

the City, Maria Celeste Soria, and field technician,<br />

Pio Garrido said that the website, www.<br />

mazarron.es , is devoted entirely to tourism.<br />

There are dozens of applications includes and<br />

they will have an understanding of the tourist<br />

promotions in Mazarrón. One will show tour<br />

packages and shopping facilities together with<br />

the ability to make online reservations at hotels<br />

and accommodation in the town for those<br />

companies that are members of the system of<br />

“Murcia Tourist” which has actively collaborated<br />

in the creation of this website. Those hotels<br />

or accommodations that are not attached<br />

to the regional body system can contact the<br />

City and can benefit from this new resource.<br />

Another novel aspect is the “Travel Log”<br />

where he surfer can visit the different sections<br />

of culture, archeology, traditions, gastronomy,<br />

roads, hotels and lodging, among many<br />

others. With a single “click” that data, landmarks<br />

and shops or establishments that are<br />

of interest, can be printed or saved in a document<br />

that is generated in pdf. This is original<br />

and handy for the tourist to design their own<br />

tours according to their interests and hobbies.<br />

Although Mazarrón is “Sea and More”,<br />

the beaches continue to have a prominent<br />

place on the website and through a<br />

search engine, the Internet and tourists<br />

will know which beaches have been granted<br />

a ‘Q’ Quality Tourism and the state of the<br />

beaches and water complete with a banner<br />

on the weather and thus enhancing the<br />

many sunny days which Mazarrón enjoys.<br />

The language is not only Castilian, but is also<br />

in English and French. The Councillor for Tourism<br />

said “There is no shortage of information<br />

and traditional sections that have been presented,<br />

such as brochures and now they have<br />

done a great job updating the street plan of<br />

Mazarrón and Puerto de Mazarrón as well as<br />

telephone numbers.”<br />

Pedro Cano<br />

Ginés Campillo, Mayor of Mazarrón, and<br />

Pedro Cano, the Murcian International<br />

painter, have signed an agreement to promote<br />

the culture in the municipality. After<br />

the success of the exhibition promoting<br />

the 440 th anniversary of the independence<br />

of Mazarrón, they appreciate the opportunity<br />

to continue promoting art and culture<br />

through Pedro Cano’s Foundation. They<br />

were accompanied by the Councillor for Culture,<br />

Maria Celeste Soria, and the manager<br />

of the foundation, Raquel Vázquez-Dorero.<br />

The Foundation “Pedro Cano” conducted<br />

training courses for students and teachers<br />

and cultural activities like the painting competition<br />

Outdoors “Domingo Valdivieso”.<br />

The painter from Blanca has been excited<br />

with the signing of this agreement because<br />

“Culture does not only exist in big cities and<br />

in the major centers, but it is a human need<br />

and human beings are everywhere”. Cano<br />

has invited everyone in Mazarrón to visit his<br />

foundation in Blanca, where he explained<br />

“The exhibition has “Traffic Identity” with<br />

diaries whose pages move depending on the<br />

month and the day, we meet a retrospective<br />

insight into his work from the age of 11, entitled<br />

“Live Painting”.<br />

The Mayor of Mazarrón thanked the painter<br />

for sealing these cultural ties in Mazarrón, as<br />

it represents a further step in the consolidation<br />

of the commitment that we are promoting<br />

Culture with firmness in the municipality.”<br />

“Healthy Breakfast”<br />

The Department of Education has launched<br />

for the second year, the campaign “Healthy<br />

Breakfast” which was a great success last<br />

year. This year will focus on students in<br />

junior schools in the municipality. The Mayor<br />

of Mazarrón, Ginés Campillo, the Councillor<br />

for Education, Maria Celeste Soria,<br />

and Aldermen Juan Miguel Muñoz and Carlos<br />

Garcia, have been responsible for giving<br />

the go-ahead for the lead in the CEIP<br />

“Manuela Romero” in Puerto de Mazarrón.<br />

The idea is to teach that small breakfasts<br />

and lunches are a very important meal and<br />

you have to take them from a healthy perspective.<br />

This time they are taking fresh<br />

orange juice and toast with tomato oil. A<br />

total of 854 students participating from<br />

Child and Primary Education have been<br />

given special shirts to remind them of the<br />

lessons learned during this healthy day.<br />

The Mayor stressed “It is a very good initiative<br />

as it is a great success with scholars and parents<br />

and teachers who know that a good diet<br />

is essential for our children to develop their<br />

physique and intellect and grow up healthy.”<br />

Singing Bird Competition<br />

12 th May was the final of Regional Championship<br />

Silvestrismo XXIV, at the Estadio<br />

Municipal de Mazarrón where there<br />

were over 100 birds in four pens competing<br />

in the categories of singing Linnet, Linnet<br />

mixed singing, chanting and singing<br />

Goldfinches and mixed Goldfinches.<br />

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The awards ceremony for the winners was<br />

made by the Mayor of Mazarrón, Ginés<br />

Campillo, President of the Federation of<br />

Hunting in the Region of Murcia, José Antonio<br />

Moreno, Councillor for Sports, Andrew<br />

James, President of the Society Silvestrita<br />

“ The Colorín “Ginés Vera, and the<br />

president of the Society of Hunters” La<br />

Purisima “in Mazarrón, Ginés M ª Vivancos.<br />

The winners of each category have become<br />

finalists for the Championship of Spain to be<br />

held in Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid). Next year<br />

Mazarrón will host the championship, a choice<br />

that “makes us very proud”, said the Mayor.<br />

“La Vuelta Al Mundo en 80 Días”<br />

On Saturday, May 18, the School’s Theatre<br />

Group “La Aceña” and “Maestro Eugenio<br />

Calderón” staged “La Vuelta Al Mundo en<br />

80 días” (“Around the World in 80 Days”).<br />

Around three hundred people enjoyed this<br />

work, a self-produced musical story. Rafael<br />

García Castillo, head of the adaptation<br />

summarised the works of Jules Verne,<br />

alternating narrative, theater and music.<br />

Under the baton of Alexander Castañeda Martínez,<br />

head of the musical selection, the band<br />

played songs like “Pomp and Circumstance”.<br />

World Day of Migratory Birds<br />

About forty people participated in the activity<br />

held on Saturday 11 th May for the World Migratory<br />

Birds under the LIFE Malvasia Murcia by<br />

the Department of Environment of Mazarrón,<br />

with the collaboration of Anse. The participants,<br />

including children and adults, came<br />

to learn more about the birds that can be<br />

found in the Wetlands. The itinerary included<br />

bird watching, scientific ringing and a workshop<br />

making themed masks for the children.<br />

Some of the birds seen during the activity<br />

were the White-headed Duck, the Common<br />

Pochard, the Gallinule or egret. During<br />

ringing we captured 114 specimens of 17<br />

species, the most abundant being the Reed<br />

Warbler, with 39 and Greenfinch, with 30.<br />

The Charcones de Las Moreras, a former<br />

anthropogenic gravel pit which currently<br />

receives treated water from Puerto<br />

de Mazarrón, are located in the bed of the<br />

ravine, to just over 1km from its mouth in<br />

Bolnuevo . This space, together with the final<br />

stretch of the Rambla of Las Moreras has recently<br />

been declared as a Wetland of International<br />

Importance (Ramsar Wetland) for their<br />

wildlife and can highlight the presence of the<br />

White-headed Duck. Other birds of special<br />

interest are the Marbled Teal or Ferruginous.<br />

San Isidro<br />

The rain and wind did not prevent the image<br />

of San Isidro thrilling everyone through<br />

the streets with many dressed in costumes.<br />

Among them was the Mayor of Mazarrón,<br />

Ginés Campillo councilors Francisco Garcia,<br />

Isidro Coy, Andres Valera, Carlos Garcia<br />

and Magdalena Mendez government team<br />

and Alicia Jimenez, Jose Antonio Roman<br />

and Yolanda Vivancos by the opposition.<br />

The select club atmosphere for London’s<br />

protagonist, Phileas Fogg, had “Sad Song”<br />

as background to the shocking story of Aouda,<br />

the girl who escapes a horrible death at<br />

the stake. These and other pieces of music,<br />

and environmental sounds such as the running<br />

of the train, elephant or horse carriage,<br />

linked in history with expertise and perfectly<br />

coordinated with actors and narrators, delighted<br />

the audience for fifty minutes with<br />

the exciting adventures of the protagonists.<br />

The procession began after the Mass celebrated<br />

by the parish priest of San Jose, Justo José<br />

Sánchez, who praised “the simplicity of the life<br />

of the saint who protected the land animals<br />

and styled to make the best of it,” calling to the<br />

office “to aspire to holiness like San Isidro.”<br />

The entire educational community “La Aceña”<br />

was involved in the preparation of the work,<br />

from the preparation of the new curtains, to<br />

the beautiful and elaborate scenery painted<br />

by Isabel Iborra, through to the careful selection<br />

of period costumes.<br />

After the procession, the scene of the festivities<br />

hosted a performance by the Rondalla<br />

de San Isidro, adding to the children’s performances<br />

and local artists so characteristic<br />

of these parties. Another of the most public<br />

events was the Miss and Mister Children’s<br />

parties, at which the neighbourhood children<br />

came dressed for the titles. This year the Miss<br />

Child was Aroa Solano, while the title of Mr.<br />

Child went to Damian Lopez.<br />

San Isidro was celebrate with various events<br />

including the great costume ball with entertainment<br />

by the superb band “Liverpool”,<br />

magic, ballet, Spanish dance and acrobatic<br />

song. Finally the residents from associations<br />

and districts shared a large paella and the<br />

performance of the singer Karmen Rivero put<br />

the finishing touches to the festivities of San<br />

Isidro this year.<br />

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Dear Editor<br />

My name is Sandra and this is an appeal to<br />

cat lovers. I have made a lot of enemies because<br />

I feed stray and abandoned cats on<br />

Camposol Sector A. I am hoping perhaps a<br />

Cattery or a Rescue Centre could help me<br />

remove and maybe home some of these<br />

poor cats.<br />

Sue and I feed up to about 12 cats every<br />

day. If we have funds we neuter the cats<br />

when we can. Neighbours don’t want the<br />

cats around, and said they will get the Council<br />

to remove them, which will mean that<br />

they will probably poison them, so if there is<br />

anybody out there that can help me please<br />

give me a call.<br />

being room-sealed, they are far safer with<br />

respect to leakage of combustion gases internally<br />

from the flue and also blockage of<br />

the air vents because they lead to draughts!<br />

However, UK standards recognise that it is<br />

possible for the exhaust flue gases to reenter<br />

by nearby windows, doors and vents.<br />

In many cases the side of the flue terminal<br />

must be at least 600mm away from openings<br />

and must not be tucked away in corners<br />

of buildings. The exhaust gases are quite<br />

safe if in the free open air where there are<br />

no obstructions. Many flue terminations in<br />

Iberia are nicely hidden by bougainvillea or<br />

other plants. We have seen several where<br />

the plants have grown like triffids back into<br />

the flue duct!!<br />

It’s not only water heaters that can cause<br />

problems; gas ovens and grills if not maintained<br />

can be equally lethal. A young lad<br />

was found dead in bed in a one bedroomed<br />

flat in the UK only after people smelled gas<br />

coming from the front door letter box! He<br />

had died two days before! In this case the<br />

grill was not working correctly and when two<br />

slices of bread were put under it to toast,<br />

they restricted the air to the burner and it<br />

then started to produce CO. The kitchen was<br />

properly ventilated, yet the emissions of CO<br />

were so high and so bad that deadly levels<br />

built up in a few minutes! These levels soon<br />

travelled within the flat and reached the<br />

bedroom where the lad had rested his head<br />

for the last time.<br />

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Sandra 680 783 705<br />

Dear Editor<br />

Many of you will have read harrowing reports<br />

of gas incidents and deaths resulting<br />

from carbon monoxide in the UK. You might<br />

also think that you hear little of these in the<br />

Iberian Peninsula and so can relax on gas<br />

safety issues. Having worked in the gas industry<br />

with British Gas and now for my own<br />

company for many years, I fear that such a<br />

view may be misplaced!<br />

After working for a number of holiday organisations<br />

on gas inspections it is clear that<br />

there are numerous privately owned installations<br />

that are potentially dangerous and a<br />

tragedy is just around the corner. The UK<br />

Gas Safety Standards are far more rigorous<br />

than in many other countries and as a result<br />

installation costs may be slightly higher, but<br />

how do you put a value to your grandchildren<br />

if one of them became overcome by<br />

fumes? Remember the sad incident in Corfu<br />

with a poorly maintained appliance without<br />

a proper chimney? It was only the fact that<br />

a hole had been left through the wall by the<br />

newly installed air conditioning supplies that<br />

made the system really dangerous! How little<br />

would it take for your installation?<br />

The north European countries have moved<br />

towards high efficiency condensing boilers,<br />

maybe over 90% of installations and<br />

Shared chimney systems are another potentially<br />

dangerous scenario, especially where<br />

the water heater chimney and the fanned<br />

cooker hood share the same external duct<br />

and vent. All may be well until the hood fan<br />

is turned to full rate! The water heater gases<br />

are then driven back into the water heater<br />

and CO by the buckets is produced in seconds!<br />

The big problem with CO poisoning is that<br />

firstly it’s hard to smell; any smell of combustion<br />

when appliances are working is<br />

worthy of investigation! Secondly the effects<br />

can build up slowly over time and you<br />

don’t notice it. It’s a bit like the car breaks<br />

wearing out! There are many tables giving<br />

indications of how much CO in the air will<br />

give you a headache, stomach ache or tiredness.<br />

However, physiologically we are all different.<br />

A young girl died some years ago in<br />

Spain in a bedroom where only a few parts<br />

per million could be discovered. Tables will<br />

say this would give you a mild headache. A<br />

lady in her late 30’s was considered a hypochondriac<br />

because of her continued stomach<br />

pains and headaches. The rest of the family<br />

were OK. She was treated by a psychiatrist,<br />

thrown out of doctors and then given a hysterectomy!<br />

Still the problems continued! Despite<br />

all the tests by the installer, we found a<br />

problem with her chimney in the roof space.<br />

Abracadabra!<br />

CO detectors and alarms are a useful tool<br />

to give you a warning of problems, but even<br />

these can fail! Good installation and most<br />

importantly good maintenance are so essential<br />

with any gas installation. Fitting a CO detectors<br />

is a however a good insurance policy!<br />

Good installation relies on good installation<br />

safety standards and such standards, in my<br />

opinion, are best found in UK gas standards!<br />

In the UK gas installers have to be Gas Safe<br />

registered and to achieve this they must<br />

have passed a serious of arduous examinations<br />

referred to as ACS. In other countries<br />

they may have similar things to Gas Safe<br />

registration, but may not have the depth of<br />

training and assessments that we have in<br />

the UK. It may be possible for UK engineers<br />

working and living in other countries to use<br />

their ACS certificates as a means of achieving<br />

local registration. Selection of such gas<br />

installers should ensure that they are well<br />

trained and able to perform the installations<br />

with safety, but do make sure that their<br />

assessments are up-to-date as in the UK<br />

they have to attend refresher courses on as<br />

5-yearly basis.<br />

Barrie Church<br />

Director<br />

Global Energy Associates Ltd<br />

www.globalenergy.co.uk<br />

Fellow Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers<br />

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Why is it that as soon as I decide it is time<br />

to concentrate on shedding a few extra<br />

pounds in preparation for the summer we<br />

get a whole host of new restaurant customers<br />

with delicious menus to try out?<br />

This month, yet again we have been really<br />

spoilt for choice, starting with The<br />

Blues House American Bar and Grill in<br />

Bolnuevo. We spent a very pleasant Saturday<br />

afternoon there on the terrace with<br />

our French friends who have 2 young boys<br />

whose wide eyes showed that they had never<br />

seen food like it! The menu is very extensive<br />

and also extremely good value for money<br />

costing around €80 for 6 of us, including<br />

drinks. We certainly sampled a fair few of<br />

these dishes which included, buffalo wings,<br />

enormous burgers, home made onion rings,<br />

racks of bbq ribs, Texas nachos, and cheesy<br />

chilli chips. Everything is homemade and<br />

freshly cooked and it will take a few visits to<br />

do this menu justice. If you have not tried<br />

this yet then you really should!<br />

You may have noticed for the last couple<br />

of months that Restaurante La Cata on<br />

Çondado de Alhama has had a series of<br />

special weekend menus during May. We decided<br />

to try out the Italian one last weekend<br />

and it was excellent. There is a selection of<br />

starters to share, which were very tasty,<br />

including cheesy type Fondue and then the<br />

main course options included many forms<br />

of “mix and match pasta” with freshly made<br />

sauces. I opted for Gnocchi with Carbonara<br />

sauce, whilst Kev chose, stuffed Ravioli with<br />

a fresh mushroom sauce made with “setas”.<br />

The choices included meat or seafood Lasagne<br />

or any large Pizza from the menu.<br />

This was superb value for money at only<br />

€22 per couple including the wine and desserts.<br />

Look out for their <strong>June</strong> offers; there is<br />

something on every day!<br />

Whilst I love my food, I also do like to keep<br />

in shape and have tried several different<br />

keep fit classes and instructors over the<br />

years, but am a little restricted as my work<br />

schedule dictates only evening or weekend<br />

availability and most classes here are during<br />

the morning! I was delighted, therefore,<br />

when Ian Field from CDA Fitness started a<br />

series of classes on Camposol, one of which<br />

is an early evening class. Ian is a properly<br />

qualified and knowledgeable fitness instructor<br />

and personal trainer and runs a variety<br />

of classes to suit everyone. Starting early<br />

in <strong>June</strong> he will be running a series of ‘aqua<br />

aerobic’ classes which are great fun and<br />

much easier to commit to during the hotter<br />

weather, so very much looking forward<br />

to those!<br />

Whilst it has been much cooler than usual<br />

during May, we all know that the weather<br />

will break soon and it will be hot for months,<br />

so I thought that I had better get the airconditioning<br />

serviced in the car as it did not<br />

seem to be working that well. This time I<br />

chose Decklid Autos in Mazarrón. It was a<br />

simple process that they did whilst I waited<br />

(it took about 1 hour) and now it is working<br />

perfectly and at a very reasonable cost<br />

too. The filters do get clogged up quite easily,<br />

especially if you have a hairy dog that<br />

spends a lot of time in the car!<br />

More next month<br />

Teresa<br />

Rapid Draw<br />

The Lions Club recently organised a “Rapid<br />

Prize Draw” for a Samsung Galaxy Tab2<br />

with case. The ticket sales were limited to<br />

100, held over just a 6 week period with<br />

the draw on Friday may 3 rd at the Lions<br />

bric-a-brac stall on Camposol.<br />

The Lions are most grateful to Oscar from<br />

Oscar’s Bar for allowing us to use the front<br />

of his premises for the weekly sale, and the<br />

help we receive from all staff.<br />

Restaurant on Camposol A.<br />

This event was well supported and the various<br />

activities raised a fantastic €538 which<br />

was donated to Lions Club of Mazarrón<br />

to be added to the appeal in Bolnuevo for<br />

the disabled young boy to pay for his physiotherapy<br />

sessions.<br />

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Oscar was invited to make the draw and<br />

the winner was ticket number 29, Mrs Sue<br />

Arnold.<br />

We would like to also thank all at TJ Electrics<br />

for showcasing the prize during the raffle,<br />

donating a case, organising the guarantee<br />

along with offers to help with the set up<br />

routine to the winner.<br />

Lions with Dutch Club<br />

On May 1 st there were great celebrations in<br />

honour of the crowning of the New Dutch<br />

King Willem Alexander, the Dutch Club<br />

held a market and social event at Mariano’s<br />

The Lions are most grateful for this kind<br />

gesture, providing much needed resources<br />

to help us continue with our aim of helping<br />

those in need where ever they may be.<br />

Once again thank you all for helping The<br />

Lions and many thanks to Heleen Sonneveld<br />

for translating the last section from<br />

Dutch to English.<br />

July 18th Lion’s excursion to Gaudalest and<br />

boat trip on the river. This historic town<br />

is one of Spain’s most interesting historic<br />

sites.<br />

We are outside Oscar’s Bar on Camposol<br />

every Friday 11am-1pm<br />

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The Colour Purple<br />

It all started with a glimpse of an enormous<br />

sofa in the store in Cartagena; a huge comfortable<br />

chaise with extending bits and bobs,<br />

foot rests, head rests and rests for every other<br />

part of your anatomy.<br />

Large enough to seat 7 people in comfort, it<br />

also came with a “free” 3 seater, just in case<br />

the chaise wasn´t huge enough.<br />

And the colour??<br />

“Aubergine” said the label, or darkest purple<br />

to those of us without artistic tendencies.<br />

Made of lovely soft leather, the new purple<br />

sofa quickly became THE place to sit, with<br />

family and dogs squeezing on and jostling for<br />

space, and fighting over who got to sit on the<br />

lounger section.<br />

Unfortunately for the rest of the family, the<br />

sofa was just the beginning. As we moved into<br />

our new villa, it was joined by some heavy<br />

purple curtains, shot through with silver and a<br />

dark purple enormous rug with silver threads.<br />

Oh, and a couple of blinds in…. purple.<br />

The kids hoped it might end there, but a trip<br />

to see Chris at Furniture Plus put paid to that<br />

when I fell in love with one of the ranges of<br />

furniture and found out that it was available<br />

in “aubergine with a silver trim”. Furniture<br />

heaven!<br />

And so now I have another two lovely matching<br />

items, my TV unit and linen chest.<br />

At Christmas the table was decked, not with<br />

boughs of holly, but with glitter and silver and<br />

napkins, in shades of my favourite colour and<br />

the room looked wonderful, but I have finally<br />

had to promise to curb my purple habits.<br />

Shopping with Cameron the other day, I<br />

picked up a dress<br />

“No Mum” he said sternly “Not that one. No<br />

more purple. If you sit on the sofa in that we<br />

will never find you!”<br />

Liz Edmiston<br />

OwnersAway Property Rentals & Management<br />

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At the Police Station<br />

¿Cómo se llama usted?<br />

What is your name?<br />

Digame su dirección.<br />

Tell me your address.<br />

Número de identidad/pasaporte Identity/<br />

passport number<br />

Me han robado.<br />

I have been robbed.<br />

Me han robado en casa.<br />

My house has been burgled.<br />

Entraron a robar en mi casa.<br />

They broke into my house<br />

Me han robado en la calle.<br />

I have been robbed in the street.<br />

¿Puedes ayudarme?<br />

Can you help me?<br />

Han llevado .... They have taken …<br />

La cartera - Wallet<br />

El bolsa - Handbag<br />

La bolsa de viaje - Travel bag<br />

La maleta - Suitcase<br />

La tarjeta de crédito - Credit card<br />

Dinero en efectivo - Cash<br />

Las joyas - Jewellery<br />

Los documentos - Documents<br />

Las llaves - Keys<br />

El móvil - Mobile pone<br />

Han roto … They have broken …<br />

El cristal de la ventana - Window pane<br />

La cerradura (de la puerta) - (door) Lock<br />

Las rejas (de la ventana) - (window)<br />

Grilles<br />

¿Cuándo? When<br />

Esta mañana - This morning<br />

Esta tarde - This afternoon<br />

A la una - At one o’clock<br />

A las dos y media - At half past two<br />

Entre las diez y las doce - Between 10<br />

and 12<br />

En la noche - At night<br />

Los ladrones entraron de noche en la<br />

casa.<br />

The burglars broke into the house during the<br />

night.<br />

¿Tiene seguro?<br />

¿Tiene alarma?<br />

Have you got insurance?<br />

Have you got an alarm?<br />

¡Ladrón! - Thief!<br />

Socorro! - Help!!<br />

¡Vete! - Go away!<br />

Necesito ayuda - I need help (assistance)<br />

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St Nicholas Ecumenical Church<br />

Calle Sobrija 2248<br />

Sector D20 Camposol<br />

By Rev Len Eaton MBE<br />

www.stnicholaschurchspain.com<br />

May has been a very busy time for our<br />

Church with four Baptisms, a renewal of<br />

vows after 31 years of marriage, blessing<br />

of a marriage for a young couple recently<br />

married, plus 3 funerals and one memorial<br />

service and all of this with both Pentecost<br />

and Trinity Sunday services and yet more<br />

marriage blessings in the pipeline, so it is<br />

good to be in the period after Trinity which<br />

takes us to the middle of November. On<br />

23 rd May the Clergy will take its biannual<br />

retreat in the Sierra Espuña. This important<br />

day away allows the clergy to discuss<br />

matters and subjects concerning the Liturgy<br />

and other allied items.<br />

About this time of the year many of our old<br />

friends return to the fold and it is always a<br />

great pleasure to see them again. Numbers<br />

in the Church continue to rise slowly<br />

but surely. On 9 th <strong>June</strong> we will mark the second<br />

anniversary of the Church’s dedication<br />

here on Sector D20 with a special joint Holy<br />

Communion Service with the English and<br />

German speaking congregations coming together<br />

for the celebration. The Church will<br />

be packed to capacity but anyone wishing<br />

to come along will be made very welcome.<br />

Services for <strong>June</strong><br />

Sunday 2 nd<br />

Songs of Praise<br />

10.30am<br />

Sunday 9 th<br />

Holy Communion/Joint Service<br />

10.30am<br />

Sunday 16 th<br />

Morning Prayer<br />

10.30am<br />

Sunday 23 rd<br />

Holy Communion<br />

10.30am<br />

Sunday 30 th<br />

Family Service<br />

10.30am<br />

All services take place at Calle Sobrija 2248,<br />

D20 Camposol, where a warm welcome<br />

awaits you. Services offered by the Church<br />

are Wedding Blessings, Holy Baptism,<br />

Confirmation and Funerals. We have a<br />

Pastoral Service throughout the year, people<br />

who listen, talk and are there to help<br />

anyone who is sick or in need. The Pastoral<br />

care is absolutely confidential.<br />

For any of the Church Services offered, or<br />

other information, please call:<br />

Rev Len Eaton 968 138 952<br />

Rev Deacon Maureen Kent 636 099 679<br />

Rev Deacon Bill Coyle 634 143 260<br />

Rev Bro Konrad 679 927 268<br />

After a long time, within a policy of housing<br />

support and rehabilitation and in compliance<br />

with Community European law, the<br />

Council of Ministers of the Government of<br />

Spain has approved by Royal Decree RD<br />

235/ <strong>2013</strong> 5th April, published on Saturday<br />

13th April, the basic procedure for<br />

Certification of Energy Efficiency of buildings<br />

and houses. This law has some exceptions<br />

to it:<br />

Isolated houses with less than 50 meters<br />

squared habitable Buildings or part of<br />

buildings used only and exclusively to worship<br />

and religious places.<br />

Provisional constructions of less than 2<br />

years.<br />

Buildings and houses that are used for less<br />

than 4 months of the year.<br />

For more information you can read the<br />

Real Decree at http://www.boe.es/<br />

boe/dias/<strong>2013</strong>/04/13/pdfs/BOE-<br />

A-<strong>2013</strong>-3904.pdf<br />

Any offer promoting or advertising the sale<br />

or rental of a building or building unit must<br />

show clearly and unequivocally whether it<br />

has an energy performance certificate or if<br />

the building project is finished.<br />

Raul Miralles Sanchez<br />

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National Microchip Month In <strong>June</strong><br />

National Microchipping Month is a campaign<br />

that encourages and promotes responsible<br />

pet ownership through microchipping as the<br />

preferred method of permanent identification.<br />

If you have ever lost your pet you will know<br />

just how worrying it can be and understand<br />

the importance of making sure that they are<br />

properly identified so that, when found, your<br />

pet can be returned to you as quickly as possible.<br />

As a dog owner, you have a legal requirement<br />

to ensure that your pet is under<br />

control and is properly identified with suitable<br />

collar and tag and that it has a current Rabies<br />

vaccination. In some cases, your pet can become<br />

lost, so a microchip is vital as the permanent<br />

form of identification which will be in<br />

place for life.<br />

What Is A Microchip?<br />

The microchip is 12mm long and 2mm in<br />

diameter and is approximately the size of a<br />

grain of rice, which is then implanted just under<br />

the skin and between the shoulder blades<br />

of your pet. It will have its own unique bar<br />

code number, and this, with your pet’s details<br />

and your details will be registered for life on a<br />

National Pet Identification database.<br />

What Happens If My Pet Goes Missing?<br />

If your pet goes missing and is then picked<br />

up as a stray by your Local Authority, it will<br />

be scanned and your pet’s unique number<br />

will be displayed. Identification database and<br />

the microchip number will confirm your address,<br />

then you and your pet will quickly be<br />

reunited.<br />

When And Where Can I Get My Pet<br />

Chipped?<br />

All vets in Spain are able to implant microchips<br />

for your pet. The cost does vary,<br />

but it should be around 35€. The pet must<br />

have a rabies vaccination first, which should<br />

be repeated every year. Make sure that the<br />

microchip is checked by the vet before you<br />

leave the surgery as they have be known to<br />

be faulty and if you are going back to the UK<br />

with your pet, the microchip will be checked<br />

as you enter UK.<br />

Animal medicine is completely private in<br />

Spain and can be expensive. Bear this in<br />

mind if you are thinking of taking on any<br />

pets. Vets have to spend years training and<br />

also have to earn a living, so do not expect<br />

your vet to treat your animals for free. Many<br />

vets will help the numerous animal charities<br />

in the area, but this should not be taken for<br />

granted.<br />

Do vets have to assist any animal which needs<br />

treatment that may be found on the road,<br />

with or without an owner? It is very common<br />

for owners to bring their animals to a vet<br />

and explain that they do not have any money<br />

to pay for the treatment. The socioeconomic<br />

situation we are living in these days has been<br />

increased until it has reached an unbearable<br />

point. It must be understood that customers<br />

should not try to blackmail the vets into<br />

giving free treatment. Most vets show great<br />

empathy under these circumstances and will<br />

charge only the fees necessary to cover costs,<br />

but they cannot do it all the time. In extreme<br />

cases the only solution is euthanasia, but the<br />

vets will do their best to help the animals.<br />

One solution to large vet bills when owning a<br />

pet is Pet Insurance and there are many companies<br />

in the area offering various schemes.<br />

Give them a call and see what the best policy<br />

is for you and your pet.<br />

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From the moment you enter La Vida Bar &<br />

Bistro in El Pareton, you get a sense you are<br />

being welcomed into a happy family home;<br />

and that is exactly how new owners Andy &<br />

Lynn want it to be.<br />

When Andy heard that his local bar Scottee’s<br />

was closing down, he was very saddened,<br />

but also realised that it had great potential<br />

for a new venture. In October 2012, they<br />

took over the bar and with new Manager, Sheryl,<br />

“with an S”, started putting their plans<br />

into action.<br />

It was Sheryl who came up with the name<br />

La Vida. Shortly after Andy and Lynn took<br />

over the business, both Lynn’s mother and<br />

Andy’s father sadly passed away. La Vida,<br />

Spanish for ‘Life’ is a tribute to their parents<br />

whilst symbolising new beginnings. Andy<br />

said that their sudden loss spurred them on<br />

and the refurbishment of the bar became a<br />

‘labour of love’. They revamped the inside,<br />

turning it into a cosy lounge and restaurant<br />

area and the outside is now a delightful garden<br />

& terrace where La Vida grows its own<br />

herbs; a perfect place for basking in the sun<br />

with a cold beer.<br />

The Restaurant Menu is a mix of traditional<br />

English and International dishes. On Tuesday<br />

nights there is a Menu del Noche; a Steak<br />

Night every Wednesday and Beer Battered<br />

Cod with Hand Cut Chips on Fridays. The A la<br />

Carte Menu and a variety of speciality dishes<br />

are available throughout the week. You can<br />

enjoy a Menu del Dia from Monday to Friday<br />

between 12 -4pm which is excellent value<br />

for money at 10€ for four courses including<br />

a small beer or glass of wine. Home Cooked<br />

Sunday Roast Lunches start at just 7.50€<br />

and Theme Nights are held once a month.<br />

Andy explained that he had employed all<br />

new staff including a first class chef and the<br />

emphasis is on providing ‘Quality, beautifully<br />

presented food and excellent service with a<br />

smile’.<br />

Every evening La Vida Bar & Bistro is<br />

adorned with crisp white linen tablecloths<br />

and napkins and dinner is served at candlelit<br />

tables. “We want people to feel at home<br />

whilst enjoying the wonderful ambience of<br />

the new surroundings” Sheryl explained “We<br />

have even incorporated the candle into our<br />

logo in memory of Andy and Lynn’s parents.”<br />

Located in a typically Spanish village, you<br />

get the feel of a real ‘pub’ atmosphere at La<br />

Vida Bar & Bistro, with a free fun quiz with<br />

Leon on Friday nights and Monday is “One<br />

Euro Coin Night” with a DJ and music from<br />

4pm and just 1€ for a pint and selected bottled<br />

beers and snacks.<br />

La Vida Bar & Bistro caters for private parties<br />

and functions and has free Wifi throughout.<br />

It is open 7 days a week from 10am, except<br />

for Mondays when it opens from 12pm.<br />

Andy, Lynn and Sheryl would like to thank<br />

everyone who has supported them over the<br />

last few months and look forward to welcoming<br />

customers old and new.<br />

Tel 625 917 425<br />

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FATHER’S DAY – 16 th <strong>June</strong><br />

Do you celebrate Spanish Father’s Day, English<br />

Father’s Day or both? Whether or not your<br />

experience of an earthly father was good, bad<br />

or you did not know one, be assured that<br />

your heavenly Father is waiting for you with<br />

arms outstretched, not only when you reach<br />

heaven, but here and now. Such is God the<br />

Father’s love for all mankind.<br />

He said,<br />

You may not know me, but I know everything<br />

about you. Psalm 139:1<br />

I knew you even before you were conceived.<br />

Jeremiah 1:4-5<br />

You were not a mistake, for all your days<br />

are written in my book. Psalm 139:15-16<br />

You are fearfully and wonderfully<br />

made. Psalm 139:14<br />

I am not distant and angry, but am the<br />

complete expression of love. 1John 4:16<br />

I offer you more than your earthly father<br />

ever could. Matthew 7:11<br />

I am the perfect father. Matthew 5:48<br />

My plan for your future has always been<br />

filled with hope. Jeremiah 29:11<br />

If you seek me with all your heart, you<br />

will find me. Deuteronomy 4:29<br />

I am also the Father who comforts you in<br />

all your troubles. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4<br />

When you are broken-hearted, I am<br />

close to you. Psalm 34:18<br />

I am your Father, and I love you even as<br />

I love my son, Jesus. John 17:23<br />

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.<br />

John 17:26<br />

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,<br />

you receive me. 1 John 2:23<br />

My question is…Will you be my child? John<br />

1:12-13<br />

I am waiting for you. Luke 15:11-32<br />

Your Dad,<br />

Almighty God<br />

A warm welcome awaits you on Sundays<br />

10.30am at the Cultural Centre, Camposol B<br />

Contacts: Pastors Ralph & Margaret Locke<br />

Tel 968 199 622<br />

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Hello from Bob with this month’s report. Do<br />

you remember my telling you last month<br />

that Fran and I were going to Disney World<br />

in Florida? Well, we had a fantastic time – up<br />

and out early and back to the hotel late. Fran<br />

had her photo taken with Mickey Mouse, and<br />

with Donald Duck wearing a Mexican hat of<br />

all things, so she’s happy now. So much to do<br />

and so little time! If you’ve never been, you<br />

must try and go, but leave the grandchildren<br />

at home. There’s so much for adults to do<br />

that they’ll only cramp your style. Take them<br />

to Alton Towers instead!<br />

At the Welcome Meeting on Saturday 4th<br />

May we were pleased to present MABS Mazarrón<br />

with 491€ for the cost of the insurance<br />

of the new MABS car which should be<br />

delivered in the near future. The money for<br />

this was raised at our Book Club where a 50<br />

cent donation is asked to cover the cost of<br />

the book rent. All surplus money is donated<br />

to one of our charities. 100€ was also donated<br />

from the sale of the recycled cards that we<br />

make. If you have any old cards; birthday etc,<br />

please bring them to our meetings or Book<br />

Club and buy new ones for 1€. We also presented<br />

MABS with money to cover the cost<br />

of the MABS Helpline phone. We have been<br />

supporting this phone for many years and are<br />

pleased to keep this going.<br />

We haven’t a dance since last month’s issue,<br />

as the April dance was earlier than usual, but<br />

as there’s a new programme out, I’ll concentrate<br />

on what’s coming up over the next few<br />

months.<br />

12 th <strong>June</strong> Ladies’ Day to be held at the Club<br />

House, Camposol C. There will be stalls, bingo,<br />

fashion show, cold buffet, and entertainment<br />

by the popular Woody. Just €10.<br />

26 th <strong>June</strong> Summer Ball at La Cumbre Hotel,<br />

Puerto De Mazarrón, with a champagne reception,<br />

6 course meal, all drinks, and entertainment<br />

by Terry J. Only €29.<br />

23 rd July Dance to be held outside at Mariano’,<br />

Camposol A, around the pool with new<br />

to Welcome, PDQ - 3 very talented musicians<br />

who will soon have everyone dancing. €8 a<br />

ticket and €5 for chicken and chips.<br />

We don’t usually have an August Dance, but<br />

this year is an exception and we will be outside<br />

at Mariano’s again on 27 th in aid of Age<br />

Concern. Entertainment will be by the B Boppers,<br />

with our favourite songs from the 50’s,<br />

60’s and 70’s. None of us know when we may<br />

need to call on Age Concern, so come along<br />

and support this worthwhile charity event.<br />

Just €8 a ticket and €5 for chicken and chips.<br />

Trips this year are to Sevilla from September<br />

16 th for four nights B & B at hotel Becquer,<br />

right in the heart of the city and close to restaurants<br />

and bars and just a short walk to the<br />

river. Visit the Plaza De España, take a carriage<br />

ride from outside the cathedral, or relax<br />

at one of the bars down by the university.<br />

Included is a trip to Huelva, the port where<br />

Christopher Columbus sailed from, a visit to a<br />

‘jamon’ factory, and a stop in Granada on the<br />

outward journey, with time in Cordoba on the<br />

way home. Only €350pp.<br />

Our annual Benidorm trip is from October<br />

14 th for 3 nights half board at everyone’s favourite<br />

Hotel Helios. There will be a day trip<br />

on Tuesday 15 th , and market day is Wednesday.<br />

The hotel is only a five minute walk from<br />

the market where you can pick up the usual<br />

bargains. €140pp including coach.<br />

We are going again to the Hotel Helios at<br />

Christmas, from 23 rd December, for 4 nights<br />

full board, including a gala Christmas Day<br />

lunch. €230pp including coach.<br />

Book/Jigsaw Swap dates for <strong>June</strong> are 11 th<br />

and 25 th . For more information call Jo on 669<br />

457 985.<br />

We had our Annual Petanca Competition<br />

in April with 32 people competing. A lovely<br />

afternoon in the sunshine. The winners were<br />

Jose and John (nice to see the Spanish joining<br />

us), Dennis and Margaret were second<br />

and Jean and Keith third. All winners were<br />

presented with prizes at The Trevi restaurant<br />

afterwards.<br />

The usual Fun Petanca date is July 3 rd . Ring<br />

Les on 968 131 880 for details.<br />

Welcome is open to everyone. There is no<br />

membership – just come along and meet<br />

friends old and new. For more information call<br />

Rosemary on 620 105 179, or email<br />

rosemarybeak@hotmail.com, or visit<br />

www.welcomegroupspain.com.<br />

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Quiz questions on the May <strong>2013</strong> <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

1. Where can you see<br />

spring flowers?<br />

2. Where can you get Renewed,<br />

Relaxed and<br />

Refreshed?<br />

3. Who is offering tasty<br />

buffalo wings on a nice<br />

sunny terrace?<br />

4. Who is offering to keep<br />

you warm and cosy<br />

this winter?<br />

5. Who is showing the<br />

basic recipe for pancakes?<br />

6. Who claims “Wider the<br />

Cover” easier the ride?<br />

7. For only 15€ who is offering<br />

you an All Over<br />

Spray Tan?<br />

8. What was Thomas<br />

Strong Ferandez granted?<br />

9. What is the herb of the<br />

month?<br />

10. Who is Author of the<br />

Month of May?<br />

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Answers on page 98<br />

ACROSS<br />

1 Official<br />

4 Get out!<br />

8 Stinging insect<br />

12 Every<br />

13 Dessert<br />

14 Swimming mammal<br />

16 Spherical<br />

18 Frisked<br />

20 Capital of South<br />

Korea<br />

21 Inclined plane<br />

23 Resort hotel<br />

24 Pain unit<br />

25 Muzzle<br />

26 Essence<br />

27 Attorney (abbr.)<br />

29 Manicotti Cheese<br />

32 Friday (abbr.)<br />

33 Certain<br />

34 Grape soda brand<br />

38 No-horned beef<br />

cattle (2 wds.)<br />

40 Chamomile serving<br />

place<br />

41 Painter Georgia ___<br />

42 Greek god of war<br />

43 Wing<br />

44 Plunge into sleep<br />

46 Tails<br />

47 Western Athletic<br />

Conferences<br />

50 Build up<br />

51 Vase<br />

52 Boxer Muhammad<br />

53 Brand of coffee<br />

alternative<br />

55 Legal claim<br />

58 Waitress<br />

60 In plasma<br />

63 Mount<br />

64 60 minutes<br />

65 Epoch<br />

66 Healing plant<br />

67 Meditation<br />

68 House pet<br />

DOWN<br />

1 Torn up fabric<br />

2 Women’s magazine<br />

3 Growing tide<br />

4 Row<br />

5 Calorie<br />

6 Precedes an alias<br />

7 Porch<br />

8 Dirt dweller<br />

9 On top<br />

10 Short-term memory<br />

11 Cola company<br />

15 Representatives<br />

17 Raise one’s spirits<br />

19 Digital audio tape<br />

22 Gone by<br />

25 Young lady<br />

26 Girls<br />

27 Big hairdo<br />

28 Star __<br />

29 Monarch<br />

30 Woollen<br />

31 What Celestial<br />

Seasonings makes<br />

33 Settee<br />

35 Focused<br />

36 Own<br />

37 Baths<br />

39 Chest muscles<br />

40 Snip<br />

42 Wasting away of<br />

body<br />

45 Paddle<br />

46 Canal<br />

47 Western Athletic<br />

Conference<br />

48 Alack’s partner<br />

49 Approximate date<br />

51 Extreme<br />

53 Horse game<br />

54 Fencing sword<br />

56 Roman emperor<br />

57 Male deer<br />

59 Movie 2001’s talking<br />

computer<br />

61 W.C.<br />

62 Back to school mo.<br />

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Asparagus - Espárrago<br />

The much-revered Asparagus season is<br />

upon us so eat your fill of the tasty spears<br />

before they disappear. There is also plenty of<br />

wild Asparagus around, so if you are out on<br />

a walk, look for this free food. As well as being<br />

fabled as an aphrodisiac, Asparagus is<br />

packed with nutrients including dietary fibre,<br />

vitamins A, C, E and K and chromium, which<br />

helps manage your energy by controlling<br />

blood sugar levels.<br />

Peas - Guisantes<br />

These are highly nutritious members of the<br />

legume family, and are low in calories but<br />

packed with nutrients and add a touch of<br />

natural sweetness to dishes. Peas are high<br />

in vitamin C, folate and plant sterols that<br />

are thought to reduce cholesterol. They are<br />

also antioxidant and high in minerals including<br />

calcium and zinc, as well as vitamin<br />

K, which also helps promote bone mass.<br />

Kiwi - Kiwi<br />

This nutritious fruit is imported so it’s not<br />

great on the eco footprint scale, but Kiwis<br />

are extremely good for your body. Just one<br />

Kiwi gives you 16% of your RDA of dietary<br />

fibre. They contain phytonutrients, which play<br />

a role in preventing cancer and neutralising<br />

oxidants, as well as vitamins and minerals,<br />

including more vitamin C than an orange.<br />

Spinach - Espinaca<br />

Spinach is a powerhouse of a superfood,<br />

so it’s no wonder so many celebs wander<br />

around clutching green drinks packed with<br />

the stuff. It offers a high proportion of dietary<br />

fibre, which prevents constipation and protects<br />

against cancers in the digestive system.<br />

Spinach has also been found to lower blood<br />

pressure and increase immunity to common<br />

illnesses. Because it contains high levels of vitamin<br />

A, Spinach helps clear skin conditions<br />

such as acne and psoriasis and even protects<br />

against wrinkles.<br />

Apricots - Albaricoque<br />

It is easy to snack on Apricots and they<br />

get their superfood title for being a great<br />

source of vitamins A, C and E, potassium<br />

and even iron. Like all fruit, Apricots contain<br />

sugars, but they are actually fairly low<br />

in calories and provide a huge amount of<br />

vitamins and flavonoids that help detox the<br />

body. Dried Apricots are the ideal snack<br />

to eat on the run, but don’t eat too many!<br />

Beetroot - Remolacha<br />

Beetroot can be a bit of an acquired taste,<br />

but it is worth acquiring.<br />

Beet juice was recently<br />

found to reduce<br />

the chance of stroke<br />

and also helps lower<br />

blood pressure and<br />

the risk of heart attack.<br />

The compound<br />

that gives Beetroot<br />

its stunning colour, betacyanin,<br />

is a powerful<br />

antioxidant. It also<br />

contains vitamins and<br />

minerals that help promote<br />

healthy bones,<br />

boost energy and promote<br />

balanced blood<br />

sugar.<br />

Carrots - Zanahoria<br />

Containing antioxidant<br />

beta-carotene,<br />

Carrots are a cheap<br />

superfood that helps<br />

boost your skin and<br />

eye health and aids<br />

digestion. They are<br />

packed with vitamins<br />

A and C and can be<br />

eaten whole or juiced<br />

for a nutritious drink.<br />

Carrots and Carrot<br />

juice detox the blood<br />

and liver and acne sufferers<br />

may notice a<br />

marked improvement<br />

from drinking a glass<br />

of Carrot juice a day.<br />

Blueberries -<br />

Arándanos<br />

We know that of all<br />

fruits, berries are the<br />

best for us and Blueberries<br />

have one of<br />

the highest levels of<br />

antioxidants available in fresh fruit. They contain<br />

anthocyanin, vitamin C, B complex, vitamin<br />

E, vitamin A, copper (which is antibacterial<br />

and boosts the immune system), selenium,<br />

zinc and iron. The anthocyanin is what<br />

gives Blueberries their blue colour. It’s a<br />

powerful antioxidant that helps slow aging by<br />

fighting free radicals in the body. Like cranberries,<br />

Blueberry juice helps rid the urinary<br />

tract of bacteria build-ups that cause cystitis.<br />

They also help slow mental decline, protect<br />

eyesight and reduce the risk of heart disease.<br />

Peaches - Melocotón<br />

Abundant, cheap and containing 10 of your<br />

essential vitamins, Peaches rank as a superfood<br />

that remind us of sunny days and spring<br />

fun. A large Peach provides high levels of<br />

vitamins C and A, both antioxidants. They are<br />

also a good source of vitamin K, which is key<br />

for healthy blood clotting. Peaches are also<br />

full of B-vitamin complex compounds thiamin,<br />

riboflavin, vitamin B-6, niacin, folate and<br />

pantothenic acid.<br />

Strawberries - Fresas<br />

Strawberries are another yummy reminder<br />

that long summer days are on their way.<br />

This typical English fruit is in season for<br />

much of the spring and summer, so get<br />

your hands on them as often as possible.<br />

Strawberries are a low calorie way of getting<br />

plenty of dietary fibre. Both anti-inflammatory<br />

and cancer-fighting, a small<br />

bowl of Strawberries also contains 21% of<br />

our RDA of manganese, helps fight against<br />

free radicals and reduces cell inflammation<br />

that can lead to cardiovascular diseases.<br />

Five Natural Antibiotics To Try<br />

Onion - Cebolla<br />

The sulphur in Onions that gives them their<br />

strong smell and distinct taste is thought to<br />

have diuretic and anti-bacterial properties. As<br />

well as traditionally being used in a similar<br />

way to garlic for fighting minor colds, syrups<br />

made from Onions are thought to work as an<br />

expectorant for nasty coughs. They also improve<br />

blood flow and are anti-inflammatory.<br />

Garlic - Ajo<br />

One of the oldest medicinal plants, Garlic<br />

has been used in many cultures for its antibiotic<br />

properties and ability to ward off colds<br />

and flu. The chemical allicin that gives Garlic<br />

its strong taste and smell is thought to<br />

also give it its therapeutic power. Studies<br />

have suggested Garlic can lower blood pressure<br />

and reduce cholesterol levels and a recent<br />

study found that it was more effective at<br />

treating food poisoning than standard drugs.<br />

Green Tea – Té Verde<br />

Though not quite an antibiotic food, Green<br />

Tea has been shown in scientific studies to<br />

help antibiotics work well, so you’re less likely<br />

to need to take another course of them. As<br />

well as being full of antioxidants and generally<br />

great for you, Green Tea is a fairly low<br />

caffeine choice and could also make even<br />

resistant bacteria susceptible to antibiotics.<br />

Honey - Miel<br />

Good externally for cuts and infections, Honey,<br />

and especially Manuka Honey, from bees<br />

that feed exclusively on the manuka bush in<br />

New Zealand and Australia, is well known for<br />

its antibiotic properties. Containing antimicrobial<br />

enzymes that release hydrogen peroxide,<br />

Honey can help prohibit the growth of<br />

bacteria and has been used to treat external<br />

and internal bacterial infections, including<br />

stomach ulcers. A dab of Manuka Honey on<br />

wounds keeps infection way.<br />

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Well, what a month it’s been!<br />

Our lovely Heidi has had both her injections<br />

and is rapidly improving - such a delight to<br />

see her looking so much better and gaining<br />

in weight, happiness and confidence!<br />

She will have a blood test in a few months,<br />

and we will continue to update you on her<br />

progress.<br />

Two of Truffle’s piglets are reserved for<br />

Tracy of Euronics on Camposol B. Still two<br />

more available if anyone can offer them a<br />

loving home - please get in touch with Andrea.<br />

Our biggest news this month concerns a<br />

very neglected young donkey whom Andrea<br />

has named Charlie-boy. He was in a<br />

horrendous state; hooves very overgrown,<br />

full of fleas and emaciated. The hospital in<br />

Alicante have operated on his hooves, given<br />

him special shoes to wear, and have also<br />

shaved all that matted, flea-ridden fur off!<br />

He is looking so much better! We are having<br />

an on-line auction to help pay for his treatment<br />

(a cost of €1800 so far!) so any item<br />

or monetary donations gratefully received!<br />

Our PayPal address is below, and details<br />

of the auction are on our Facebook page -<br />

hope to see you there!!<br />

Some unusual animals have arrived this<br />

month:<br />

A beautiful 6 week old baby fox (vixen) was<br />

rescued from a swimming pool by Karen<br />

Spittle and is being fostered till we can find<br />

a suitable sanctuary for her to go to. If anyone<br />

knows of one please let us know - the<br />

nearest we have found so far is in Valencia.<br />

Four gorgeous chicks were found motherless<br />

and are being fostered by Susan Smith.<br />

Apparently they are red legged partridge<br />

chicks and will be released as soon as they<br />

can fend for themselves.<br />

The nameless bundle of fur was delivered<br />

safely to his new family down near Malaga.<br />

We (reluctantly) handed him over at a<br />

service station in Baza, and picked another<br />

stray up while we were there!! He is a lovely<br />

corgi-cross (we think), such a sweetheart,<br />

always smiling, now called Baza!! He is<br />

available for adoption; please contact Andrea.<br />

Finally, we have taken possession of another<br />

shop, in Mazarron town opposite the new<br />

health centre!!! We will be opening on Saturday<br />

1st <strong>June</strong> at 10am. Lots for sale and a<br />

smile to greet you!!<br />

Donations gratefully accepted in both shops<br />

and via PayPal to andreasanimalrescuemurcia@hotmail.com.<br />

Join us on Facebook<br />

at www.facebook.com/pages/Andreas-Animal-Rescue-The-Henrietta-Foundation/<br />

Thanks for reading!<br />

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Hi my name is Lucky and this is my story.<br />

I was found on Mazarrón Country Club<br />

living rough, so someone made a call to<br />

Andrea’s Animal Rescue and asked her to<br />

help me. I was taken to the vet and Paco<br />

the vet told Andrea I was very ill and covered<br />

in ticks and before he could start any<br />

treatment I would need a blood transfusion.<br />

He told Andrea I had about half an<br />

hour to live. Well luck was on my side that<br />

day because a Dalmatian arrived at the<br />

vet for a jab and I was given a transfusion<br />

from him (so thanks big guy you helped<br />

save my life.) I pulled through and was<br />

given the name Lucky Boy.<br />

My story didn’t end there; it had only just<br />

begun. I lived with Andrea and her husband<br />

Kevin for almost a year, along with all<br />

her other rescued animals. I am partially<br />

sighted and never thought I would find my<br />

forever home. How wrong was I!<br />

On 4 th May 2012, a couple came to see Andrea<br />

as they were looking for a rescue dog.<br />

They wanted a Yorkshire Terrier and they<br />

wanted a bitch. Well I thought that’s me<br />

right out of the equation because I am a<br />

Terrier cross and male. I heard Andrea say<br />

“Why don’t you take Lucky Boy for a walk?”<br />

and reluctantly they did. I was a good boy<br />

and if I’m honest, I enjoyed my walk and<br />

I liked them. When we got back to Andrea<br />

my heart sank as I heard the words “We’ll<br />

think about it” and off they went.<br />

I was in luck again, because a little while<br />

later the couple returned with a blue collar<br />

and lead and said they had decided to<br />

adopt me; I was very happy! I have been<br />

with my mammy and daddy now for a year<br />

and it’s been great. I am spoiled rotten and<br />

I love every minute of it. My mammy and<br />

daddy are Carol and Eric McGovan and I<br />

love them very much and I know they love<br />

me. My name was shortened to Lucky by<br />

my new mammy, but I’m ok with that.<br />

I would like to say a big thank you to Andrea’s<br />

Animal Rescue for helping me when<br />

I needed it.<br />

Lucky x<br />

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We have recently has a phone call from a<br />

very distraught lady living between Fuente<br />

Alamo and Cartagena who has been the<br />

victim of ‘Bogus’ gas service maintenance<br />

men. These men had arranged an appointment<br />

to visit the couple and they turned<br />

up in what looked like official uniforms and<br />

had all the official looking paperwork. They<br />

seemed to know what gas appliances the<br />

couple had in the house and one of the men<br />

spoke quite good English. They did various<br />

checks on the appliances and in the end<br />

asked for 500€. The couple did not have<br />

that amount of money on them and so paid<br />

for it with their credit card, using the portable<br />

machine the ‘gas men’ had. After going<br />

to Repsol, they discovered that they had<br />

been the victims of a con and although they<br />

reported it to the local police, nothing has<br />

been done about the incident.<br />

<strong>Costa</strong> Cálida International Radio constantly<br />

put out warnings about these gas<br />

men; where they are and what to do about<br />

them. We do appreciate that not everybody<br />

listens to the radio, or may not have heard<br />

the warnings. With this in mind, we have<br />

undertaken to try to get the correct information<br />

from Repsol regarding this problem,<br />

so below is a quick resume about our findings<br />

and hopefully with this advice to hand<br />

it will stop anybody else being ‘conned’ by<br />

these so-called gas men.<br />

Repsol do not do ‘cold calling’. They<br />

operate an appointment-only system, so<br />

if these ‘service engineers’ knock at your<br />

door, without an appointment, they do not<br />

work for Repsol. They may well work for<br />

another service company that is permitted<br />

to service gas appliances, to use the Repsol<br />

logo, and be a completely legal and registered<br />

company, but they do not work for<br />

Repsol, and as such are only trying to earn<br />

a living, not a crime.<br />

With this information in hand, ask for<br />

photographic identification, but bear in<br />

mind, once you have allowed them into your<br />

property, it is your responsibility to make<br />

sure that what they are purporting to do<br />

to your gas appliances, is with your agreement<br />

and to your satisfaction. Once they<br />

tell you what they are intending to do, always<br />

ask how much it is going to cost<br />

and get the estimate on an official piece of<br />

paper, not a scrap from the drawer. If they<br />

refuse this simple action, very politely ask<br />

them to leave, and come back later with<br />

the right paperwork. Always try to avoid<br />

any confrontations. If you then give them<br />

permission to do the repairs etc, it is your<br />

responsibility to pay the bill/factura and as<br />

such you have no recourse for complaints.<br />

If they do work for Repsol the factura<br />

will be on official Repsol headed paper.<br />

Gas hoses and regulators have a shelf-life<br />

and should be checked and changed regularly.<br />

The orange gas hose should have<br />

a date on it. That date indicates when it<br />

should be checked and changed if necessary.<br />

If used outside on BBQ’s, they will deteriorate<br />

quicker than hoses in the house on<br />

heaters and water appliances. A competent<br />

DIYer should be capable of changing hose,<br />

clips and regulator on an outdoor BBQ in<br />

approx 30-45 minutes.<br />

Costs at the Repsol offices in Puerto de<br />

Mazarrón using official Repsol products are<br />

as follows:<br />

Regulator €10-15<br />

Hose approx €1.50 per metre (prices may<br />

vary in a DIY shop or ferreteria).<br />

If you are unsure, whether it is fitted correctly,<br />

please contact a certified plumber or<br />

gas-fitter who should be able check it for<br />

you, for a small cost.<br />

We sincerely hope that the above will help<br />

everybody to be aware and use common<br />

sense. If your neighbour is a holidaymaker,<br />

please warn them about what<br />

might happen if these men call, or get<br />

another copy of the <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

and tag this page leaving it where your<br />

neighbour can find it.<br />

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Geraniums<br />

Galore. But!<br />

We had never<br />

seen so<br />

many healthy<br />

Geranium<br />

plants as<br />

when we last<br />

visited the<br />

Cordoba Patio<br />

Garden Festival<br />

some eight years ago with some 60 to 70<br />

inner patio gardens with wonderfully colourful<br />

patios open to the public for twelve days<br />

each May. Some dedicated to Geraniums,<br />

with up to eight hundred hanging pots covering<br />

the walls within in a single small patio<br />

garden. Others had a mix of Geraniums and<br />

cascading petunias like you’ve never seen.<br />

Then we visited a number of garden centres<br />

at the time overflowing with new offerings of<br />

Geraniums, from the hot houses of more<br />

northerly regions of Spain and the EU. Lastly<br />

we walked across the ‘piece de resistance’ of<br />

the Geranium world in Spain that year. The<br />

Pont d’Aragon Bridge across the old watercourse<br />

of the river Turia in Valencia, decked<br />

with twenty thousand Geraniums stacked as<br />

a double sided wall, stretching right across<br />

the bridge on either side of the roadway. We<br />

thought ‘Where have the Geranium moths<br />

gone?’ and ‘Who does all the watering and<br />

dead heading?’<br />

The answers were not hard to find and made<br />

the mind boggle. Such displays were not for<br />

the amateur gardener.<br />

The truth about Cordoba.<br />

1. By the time we had visited most of the<br />

patios during a long day on foot, we<br />

realised that perhaps only a quarter<br />

were dedicated to Geraniums and<br />

that these were generally only prepared<br />

and fully maintained for the period<br />

of the fiesta. Others were genuine<br />

residential patios full of a wide variety<br />

of evergreen plants, succulents, pots<br />

of bulbous plants with just a few seasonal<br />

petunias and Geraniums; the<br />

sort of patio garden that would be cool<br />

and colourful throughout the year. At<br />

one point we wandered from one Geranium<br />

temple into a more natural<br />

patio tended by a group of elderly<br />

neighbours. Their Geraniums were<br />

not as virulent as in the last patio.<br />

We asked why. The answer was, ‘We<br />

try and keep our Geraniums from<br />

year to year and take cuttings from<br />

those that survive the summer oven<br />

of Cordoba. It reached 50 degrees in<br />

the shade last year. We don’t get any<br />

subsidy like next door does and can’t<br />

afford to buy hundreds of new plants<br />

every year.’ We walked through an<br />

arch into an adjacent patio that was in<br />

the competition. Eight hundred fresh<br />

plants festooned the walls. Not a dead<br />

head or poor plant to be seen.<br />

2. We chatted to the owners. ‘No we<br />

don’t keep this up all summer. We<br />

water and dead head in preparation<br />

for and during the festival, but then<br />

cut back on the watering and hours of<br />

daily care. We can only water with a<br />

small half litre tilting can on the end<br />

of a 4 or 5 metre pole. It takes us 4<br />

hours a day to just water each plant<br />

every other day. In two months, most<br />

will have succumbed to the sun and<br />

Geranium moth. It would be difficult<br />

to spray chemicals within these<br />

four high walls. Yes, we buy 800 new<br />

plants every March! It’s worth all the<br />

effort if we win a prize that year.’<br />

3. When we later visited several nurseries<br />

along the <strong>Costa</strong>s, they were<br />

filled with newly delivered Geraniums<br />

from the hot houses of Holland,<br />

Italy, Germany etc as well as Spain.<br />

We wondered how many would make<br />

it through the summer, as most were<br />

the upright zonal varieties, Geraniums<br />

that are more susceptible to attack<br />

by the dreaded Geranium moth.<br />

Interestingly, 95% of<br />

Geraniums in Cordoba<br />

were of the ivy<br />

leaved trailing varieties,<br />

or crinkly leafed<br />

pelargoniums that are<br />

more resistant.<br />

The truth about Valencia.<br />

Intrigued by the freshness<br />

of the display on<br />

the Pont d’Aragon, we<br />

phoned the park’s department.<br />

‘Oh, we maintain the<br />

display until December<br />

when we change<br />

the display to 10,000 poinsettias. Keeping up<br />

the display is almost a full time job. Watering<br />

is by an inbuilt irrigation system. It needs<br />

checking many times a week and the task<br />

of dead-heading, spraying against the Geranium<br />

moths, replacing poor and missing<br />

plants is very labour intensive, but the display<br />

makes a wonderful entrance to the town and<br />

tourists love it as you obviously did.’<br />

Yes, we did enjoy both the displays in Cordoba<br />

and Valencia, but it suggested that a resumé<br />

of the care Geraniums require in our more<br />

normal garden displays would be timely.<br />

Whether you have space for one or ten Geraniums<br />

in pots, window boxes or flower beds<br />

do:<br />

1. Only purchase strong healthy plants.<br />

2. Assume the worst and spray new<br />

plants against the Geranium moth<br />

the day you get them home from the<br />

garden centre and then ensure you<br />

then re-spray weekly.<br />

3. Water to just keep damp; probably<br />

every other day during hot weather.<br />

4. Feed weekly with a Geranium fertilizer.<br />

5. Dead head, and remove dead leaves<br />

weekly. Also remove any rubbish that<br />

builds up on the top of the soil in pots.<br />

6. Watch out for the small holes surrounded<br />

by a black circle that indicates<br />

that a Geranium moth has<br />

been around in spite of your spraying.<br />

Prune out affected stems.<br />

7. Take cuttings of your best plants in<br />

the autumn to propagate new plants<br />

for an even better display next spring.<br />

Yes, we recognise<br />

that Geraniums<br />

are not for everyone,<br />

especially<br />

since the mid<br />

1990’s when the<br />

Geranium moth<br />

appeared. That’s<br />

why we list, describe<br />

and illustrate<br />

some 400<br />

plants in ‘Your<br />

Garden In Spain<br />

– From Planning<br />

To Planting And<br />

Maintenance’ together with English Spanish<br />

and botanical names.<br />

These days the easiest way of obtaining our<br />

books is by mail order from Bookworld, Santana<br />

Books and Amazon.<br />

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On the Wednesday 12th <strong>June</strong> at the school<br />

at the back of 4 Plumas there will be a<br />

Fund Raising Concert in aid of the Red<br />

Cross starting at 6pm. The Classic Rock<br />

Band and others will be performing.<br />

On Saturday 29th <strong>June</strong> there will be a Free<br />

Concert for all at the Bull Ring in Bolnuevo.<br />

Bands playing include:<br />

Traspie (funky music)<br />

Sarabia & La Tribu Del Groove (groove)<br />

La Low (rap)<br />

Classic Rock Band (rock)<br />

Le Bandowsky (hard rock)<br />

Glenn DJ (jungle music)<br />

La Musique D’ordinateur (dubstep)<br />

Little Nookie (electro)<br />

Cold Fusion (jazz)<br />

José Navarro, Mayor of Saladillo says<br />

“We are able to put this party on because<br />

everybody is helping a little bit. Budweiser,<br />

Herbie’s Seeds and ToroXL energy drink<br />

will be give away more than 500 gifts. We<br />

are keeping the prices of drinks to a minimum<br />

to help pay for insurance, the generators<br />

and security, but the entrance is<br />

FREE.”<br />

Come down and enjoy the fun!<br />

Last month saw the opening of a new restaurant<br />

in Puerto de Mazarrón, and a recent<br />

birthday celebration gave me an excuse to try<br />

this one out.<br />

Gula Gula is situated on the promenade in<br />

the port, in front of the marina, and offers<br />

the chance to try food with a twist and just<br />

a little bit different. A word of warning here;<br />

the names of the dishes on the menu do not<br />

reflect the great food on offer at times!<br />

On arriving we were offered paté and nibbles<br />

on the house, although we did notice that<br />

we were the only diners to be offered this.<br />

No idea why! I chose the Ensalada Tijuana,<br />

and upon asking the waiter to explain what I<br />

would be getting the words “Mexican Salad”<br />

did not do it justice. A large crispy, tortilla-like<br />

basket appeared, filled with a mixture of ham,<br />

cheese, fresh tomatoes and salad leaves, with<br />

a slightly spicy dressing. My Mother, the birthday<br />

girl, looked on enviously over her “Melon<br />

Soup”, although that too was delicious.<br />

The main courses were excellent, and I chose<br />

the Lamb Meatballs in a Gorgonzola and fresh<br />

mint sauce laid out artfully over some giant<br />

chunky fried potatoes. Mum had Sea Bass<br />

and although we did have to send it back to<br />

be cooked a little more, the waiter was very<br />

helpful and returned the dish to the kitchen<br />

for a touch more cooking before bringing it<br />

straight back.<br />

Finally, the choice of coffee or dessert! I went<br />

for coffee on the grounds that the Mexican<br />

Salad basket was enough to keep me going<br />

all day, but somehow the birthday girl managed<br />

to squeeze in a delicious chocolate/<br />

white chocolate cake concoction in honour of<br />

her 74 th .<br />

The price was 10€ a head for starter, main<br />

course and one drink and choice of coffee or<br />

dessert. Portion sizes were just right given<br />

the richness of the food and the flavours. If<br />

you want a Menu del Día with a little bit of<br />

sophistication about it, then this is the place<br />

to go!<br />

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Humanists In Spain (Formerly known as<br />

the Evolutionists of Almeria and Murcia).<br />

On Saturday 20th April the Humanist<br />

Group, numbering 33 walkers, gathered at<br />

the Mirador de Gebas for their penultimate<br />

walk of the season. The 3 hour walk led by<br />

Jon and Joan Thompson took us around the<br />

famed “moonscape” countryside which contains<br />

innumerable points of interest. A huge<br />

orange covered over with plastic intrigued<br />

us and we subsequently learned that hailstones<br />

were a feature of this beautiful area<br />

and the plastic was a simple protective<br />

measure.<br />

Our spirits were not dampened by the overcast<br />

weather and intermittent drizzle and<br />

lunch was enjoyed with great gusto.<br />

The final walk of the season was on Saturday<br />

11th May when there were 35 walkers<br />

for the occasion, the<br />

highest number so far.<br />

The route led by Mike<br />

Brett and Richard Ward<br />

commenced at the Hotel<br />

Puerto Juan Montiel<br />

on the Aguilas sea front<br />

and proceeded south<br />

over beaches and coves<br />

and a few steep paths<br />

to Playa Carolina. The<br />

warm weather was<br />

modified by gentle sea<br />

breezes and everyone<br />

felt exhilarated and<br />

well-exercised after the<br />

3 hour round journey along this magnificent<br />

stretch of the Spanish coastline.<br />

Lunch was taken at the excellent Piccolo<br />

Mundo Restaurant in Aguilas and<br />

the conviviality undimmed by the slight<br />

disappointment that the next outing<br />

is not scheduled until October.<br />

The activities of our group are open to all.<br />

We have no joining fee, just an occasional<br />

raffle, and do not seek to change anyone’s<br />

social or religious outlook. We can, however,<br />

provide non-religious ceremonies for<br />

births, marriages and deaths and do seek<br />

to defend the rights of atheists and agnostics<br />

from the intrusions of the organised<br />

church.<br />

For further details contact Richard Ward on<br />

taperleg@hotmail.com.<br />

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Route 8: El Salero del Zacatín-La Torre<br />

Having been forced to suspend the planned<br />

route due to inclement weather, this route<br />

gave us a range of beautiful scenery as we<br />

came to the farmhouse of El Salero del Zacatín<br />

from where we departed. The area<br />

was wrapped in a fog that was rising slowly<br />

as we were able to see inside this ancient<br />

salt tower in all its glory. The Iberians have<br />

exploited this over time and they have been<br />

passed down to current owners who are trying<br />

to keep them within the tourist industry.<br />

They have saved the farmhouse annex to<br />

them, which is an old house where families<br />

who worked the salt since medieval times<br />

lived.<br />

Rain fell briefly on us during our journey<br />

through the salt mines, accompanied by<br />

Antonia Maria, who told anecdotes that she<br />

had heard from her father, one of the last<br />

salt workers.<br />

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We left that area and followed the road to<br />

Fuente del Olmo where the landscape was<br />

enveloped by a mist that soaked everything,<br />

but created a magical atmosphere.<br />

As the road rose we could hear the Nightingales<br />

singing insistently and a Buzzard<br />

which lacked a tail feather. They flew over<br />

in complete silence, but not the male Buntings,<br />

who from their perches repeated insistently<br />

their singing, seeking the attention<br />

of females. Next we came to a field that became<br />

an infinite garden, studded with flowers<br />

enabling us to take some fantastic photos.<br />

It came as a surprise to see the Orchys<br />

purpurea (Orchid), with many plants growing<br />

along the road and we were surprised<br />

that the tractor had not touched them.<br />

Moisture seeped into our clothes when Juan<br />

called our attention for silence. We listened<br />

and scrutinized the<br />

sky trying to find the<br />

bird we heard.<br />

The mist gradually<br />

became high clouds<br />

so that we could<br />

enjoy the colourful<br />

landscape of Campo<br />

de San Juan where<br />

crops were at different<br />

stages creating a<br />

mosaic that still stood<br />

out in the clear powerful<br />

light of this May<br />

morning. We found<br />

another Orchys purpurea,<br />

this time more<br />

abundant, mixed with<br />

gorse surrounded by<br />

Ophrys lutea, causing<br />

a stir amonst the<br />

photographers.<br />

With the new shock<br />

of spring, we saw the<br />

eggs of the Natterjack<br />

Toad, in the deep puddles<br />

and also tadpoles<br />

of the same species.<br />

We arrived at the<br />

Fountain del Olmo,<br />

with crystal clear<br />

water reminiscent of<br />

the Caribbean Sea,<br />

and between the two<br />

rafts, landed a male<br />

Wheatear that stayed<br />

for a few seconds with<br />

us. We went to the<br />

corral where we had<br />

lunch, as we see the<br />

evolution of a pair of<br />

Buzzards in courtship<br />

flight, and Jesus warns that one of them is<br />

missing feathers in the tail ... was this the<br />

same one we saw at El Salero? Perhaps curious,<br />

the Wheatear male, perched on the<br />

wall of the pen watched us, again very close<br />

and in the distance, a lone vulture tried to<br />

climb as the temperature rose caused finally<br />

by the emerging sun.<br />

We continued our walk over the radically<br />

steep landscape that brought us to an oak<br />

forest on the hillside full of countless flowers;<br />

lichens, Silenes, Thymes, and hundreds<br />

of Gamones that hinder our walk. Some of<br />

the branches with flowers still open hung<br />

limply having been frozen during the last<br />

snowfall. Few plants are attractive as the<br />

Peonies, which grow abundantly in two<br />

groups under them. We loved the intensity<br />

of its colours; dark green leaves, reddish<br />

stems and pink flowers.<br />

We descended to the ruins of the mill’s<br />

tower, along the route from Roman times<br />

to medieval Moratalla. The deterioration of<br />

these remains was evident, yet we enjoyed<br />

imagining the days when the water moved<br />

the now defunct machinery. The fountain<br />

next to the farm of La Torre has a monumental<br />

walnut casting its leaves on the<br />

floor. We resumed our journey, recalling the<br />

history of El Torre.<br />

Almost in El Salero, we admired some magnificent<br />

old trees that had something magical<br />

about them. In the farmhouse, we again<br />

met Antonia Maria accompanied by her<br />

mother, who taught us about the old house<br />

and beautiful accommodation which has not<br />

lost any of the tradition and historic flavour,<br />

thanks to the careful restoration and the<br />

multitude of small details that are embellished.<br />

We left, grateful for the detail and we<br />

arrived at the bar Zaén for refreshments.<br />

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By the time you read this, hopefully, most<br />

of the apricots will have been harvested and<br />

taken to one of the many fruit factories in the<br />

area. Pots of jam and other preserves will<br />

have been made from apricots, peaches, nectarines<br />

and other fruit that has been grown<br />

over the last year. The crops are ripening in<br />

the fields and it looks as though the harvest<br />

will not be too bad this year, so long as we<br />

do not have the usual downpours just at the<br />

wrong time.<br />

Hopefully the weather will be more settled<br />

from the beginning of <strong>June</strong> and we can make<br />

the most of the beautiful Spanish summer.<br />

Many people complain of the heat during the<br />

summer months, but ‘when in Spain, do as<br />

the Spanish do’ – take that much needed siesta<br />

during the heat of the day and keep the<br />

sun out of the house by pulling curtains or<br />

blinds. It really does make a difference to<br />

the temperature in the house and will make it<br />

much more comfortable for sleeping at night.<br />

If you are going back to the UK for a summer<br />

break, make the most of easy parking at both<br />

San Javier and Alicante airports. Seguro<br />

Parking have a great ‘meet and greet’ service<br />

at both airports. This saves you having<br />

to find the parking off the airport, waiting for<br />

their transport to take you to the airport and<br />

of course that wait when you arrive back in to<br />

Spain. Seguro Parking meet you at airport<br />

departures and take your car away for you<br />

and they are waiting in the same place when<br />

you arrive back. How simple is that!!<br />

Going to the dentist can be quite traumatic for<br />

some people and finding a good dentist can<br />

be a problem, especially here in Spain. Even<br />

those of us who speak some Spanish, talking<br />

to a dentist or doctor can be quite difficult, so<br />

finding a dentist who spoke good English was<br />

brilliant. Juan Carlos, the medical dentist in<br />

Caravaca is very professional and he will tell<br />

you how much the treatment is going to be<br />

before he starts.<br />

Grants for Forest Fire Prevention<br />

The Governing Council has agreed to allocate<br />

556,555€ to finance measures and actions for<br />

the improvement, maintenance and operation<br />

of public forests of Jumilla and Fortuna, especially<br />

those that are related to the prevention<br />

and suppression of forest fires. They will<br />

develop a draft fire management in the Sierra<br />

de la Pila and hire a brigade of nine people<br />

for the prevention and suppression of forest<br />

fires in the mountains owned by the town of<br />

Fortuna.<br />

Also in Jumilla, a squad will be hired to carry<br />

out preventive silviculture work in public<br />

woodland. Local authorities must take the<br />

actions planned, while the Department will<br />

inspect and certify receipt of the work of improvement.<br />

A monitoring body composed of<br />

staff from regional and local administrations,<br />

will oversee the operations covered by the<br />

agreements.<br />

The Government Granted The Qualification<br />

Of Strategic Project Mula Solar Park<br />

This development by the German company<br />

JUWI, has a capacity of 450 megawatts and<br />

the implementation will put the Region of<br />

Murcia at the head of renewable and development<br />

of high volume energy initiatives.<br />

The solar plant is expected to create 200 jobs<br />

during the ‘design, promotion and project<br />

engineering’, and more than 1,000 jobs in<br />

during the ‘building’ and more than 100 permanent<br />

jobs in the phase of ‘operation and<br />

maintenance’. Of the total number of jobs to<br />

be created, it is estimated that 80% will be<br />

graduates or college educated people because<br />

of the high technological areas presented in<br />

all its phases. The solar park will be located<br />

in the southeast of the municipality, with an<br />

area of approximately 900 acres, which will<br />

involve solar photovoltaic technology, with a<br />

total investment of 450 million Euros.<br />

The facility will generate more than 750 million<br />

kilowatt/hours per year of ‘clean’ energy,<br />

enough to power a city like Murcia, avoiding<br />

the emission of large amounts of greenhouse<br />

gases.<br />

Cehegín Scene<br />

The artisan market “El Mesoncico” says goodbye<br />

to its monthly events until next October.<br />

Free Guided Tour on 8 th <strong>June</strong> 11am<br />

Enjoy a route around many historical señorial<br />

houses, churches and fascinating viewpoints<br />

of the old town.<br />

Route: Casa Jaspe (Townhall), Calle Mayor,<br />

Plaza del Mesoncico, Iglesia de Santa María<br />

Magdalena, Museo Arqueológico<br />

The Archaeological Site of Begastri is<br />

opened for visitors on Saturdays and Sundays<br />

from 10am-2pm. You will be able to see a video<br />

presentation followed by a guided tour to<br />

see the remains of the Iberian culture before<br />

the IV century B.C.<br />

At the third week of <strong>June</strong> we celebrate Fiestas<br />

in honour of San Antonio with fair,<br />

concerts and live music. Visit the website for<br />

up-to-date information.<br />

Free Nature Walks<br />

Cehegin provides a variety of landscapes<br />

which include woods, mountains, hills, sloping<br />

valleys, scrubland and streams. These<br />

natural habitats host flora and fauna of special<br />

interest which provide a priceless tourist<br />

and educational resource.<br />

These walks take place on the last Saturday<br />

of each month. They are designed for people<br />

of all ages who enjoy hiking at fairly easy<br />

levels which makes them accessible for the<br />

whole family. The tourist walks are free and<br />

start at 9am and they are between 4km and<br />

9km and will take 2-3 hours.<br />

On Saturday 22 nd <strong>June</strong> we will be following<br />

the course of the river Argos to arrive at the<br />

famous Hermita de San Gines. On the way<br />

back we will see the typical cultivation of the<br />

huerta consisting of apricots, pears, peaches,<br />

etc. The distance is 5km and it will take approximately<br />

2.5 hours with an average incline<br />

of 2.2%-2.4%<br />

The Ecological Park is closed until further<br />

notice<br />

If there are any further enquiries please contact<br />

the Cehegin Tourist Office at 968 723<br />

550 or visit our tourist website<br />

www.turismocehegin.es<br />

Santiago Leo<br />

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The forest of<br />

Burete was<br />

the choice<br />

of the leader<br />

on a very<br />

hot Saturday<br />

in April.<br />

We had 12<br />

Spanish people<br />

join us,<br />

which made<br />

the number<br />

of walkers<br />

28. We<br />

started off<br />

on the PR2<br />

and gradually<br />

made<br />

our way upwards to reach the Barranco del<br />

Canalón, often pausing to take breath and<br />

to look at the wonderful views. On reaching<br />

the top we had a short walk down to<br />

the picnic area where there were marble<br />

tables and benches for us to rest and enjoy<br />

our snack. We then continued heading<br />

downwards until we reached our starting<br />

point at the Albergue Coto Real, stopping<br />

on the way to enjoy the stunning views<br />

from the fire lookout.<br />

A walk around the old Roman area of Moratalla<br />

was planned for the end of April but<br />

unfortunately the leaders had to cancel<br />

due to rain. However they have promised<br />

to do the walk for us soon.<br />

At the time of writing we have just two<br />

walks left before the end of the season.<br />

The group normally takes a rest from<br />

mid-<strong>June</strong> to mid-September. If you are<br />

interested in joining us on one of the last<br />

walks then please contact warm2005@<br />

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While I was planning for our next Sunday<br />

meeting, it occurred to me just how much<br />

worrying I seem to be doing over it all. How<br />

many posters should I print; should I invite<br />

someone to talk; what should the subject<br />

be; how many folk do I ask to be involved;<br />

does the occasion warrant providing food and<br />

always, my greatest fear; what if folk don’t<br />

come and I have invited a speaker?<br />

Without fail, the Lord always comes up<br />

trumps. You would think by now that I would<br />

have gotten the message, but have I? I still<br />

have to remind myself not to panic and to put<br />

my trust in Him, even though at each meeting<br />

we seem to have at least two new folk join us<br />

every time.<br />

As my mum said, “Noah took the animals into<br />

the arc two by two. He placed all of his trust<br />

in the Lord”.<br />

When God told Noah to build an arc, with specific<br />

instructions, he did so - Genesis 6:14-<br />

16. Even though there had been no rain for<br />

some time and the people ridiculed him, he<br />

never stopped listening or heeding what God<br />

told him to do; Noah trusted and obeyed.<br />

Psalm 84:11-12 tells us “No good thing will<br />

He withhold from those who walk along His<br />

paths; blessed are they who put their trust<br />

in the Lord.”<br />

I am sure life would be less stressful if I<br />

adopted more of Noah’s attitude. After all,<br />

God has promised ‘He will never leave me<br />

or forsake me’ Joshua 1:5.and again in Hebrews<br />

13:5.<br />

If you allow God into your life He will do the<br />

same for you, but He will never come uninvited.<br />

Revelation 3:20 says ‘Behold I stand<br />

at the door and knock’. Will you invite Him to<br />

enter? Don’t leave it too late.<br />

Lynda.spain@hotmail.co.uk or Derek.tycymru@talktalk.net<br />

Tel 633 447 937<br />

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Ma Millbank´s Kitchen<br />

From the 9 th to 15 th <strong>June</strong> it is Diabetes Week<br />

which is designed to raise awareness of the<br />

illness. As regular readers will know, my husband<br />

is a diabetic and has been for 13 years.<br />

He controls this with three types of medicine<br />

and diet which has made our lives very interesting.<br />

At his last three monthly medical<br />

check at the diabetes clinic, he was told to<br />

cut down his intake of carbohydrates and high<br />

sugar fruit; not so easy now and we seem to<br />

be eating a lot of stir fried or roasted vegetables.<br />

What better reason for the cook books<br />

to come out and find some new and visit<br />

some old recipes suitable for Diabetic Week<br />

in <strong>June</strong>? The Fish Cakes do have potatoes in,<br />

but I tried them without the breadcrumbs and<br />

flour on the outside and they turned out just<br />

as good. Also Burritos are better for you than<br />

bread so try the Corn and Bean recipe which<br />

is also good for vegetarians.<br />

Buen Apetito<br />

Fish Cakes<br />

350g salmon<br />

175g haddock<br />

300ml milk<br />

3 bay leaves<br />

450g potatoes<br />

25g butter<br />

1 tbsp tarragon and dill<br />

Pinch of nutmeg<br />

2 tbsp sunflower oil<br />

Put the fish in a pan with the milk and bay<br />

leaves. Bring to boil and simmer until flaky.<br />

Peel and chop potatoes. Cook in boiling water<br />

until tender. Drain and mash with butter. Mix<br />

in herbs and nutmeg. Skin fish and break into<br />

large flakes. Mix with mash and shape into<br />

patties (makes around 8). Cook fishcakes for<br />

3 minutes on each side in oil until golden.<br />

Roasted Peppers<br />

4 large red peppers<br />

4 plum tomatoes<br />

4 tbsp pesto<br />

4 tbsp olive oil<br />

1 tbsp pine nuts<br />

Black pepper<br />

Cut the peppers in half, remove the pith and<br />

seeds, wash and dry with kitchen towel and<br />

place in a shallow dish. Place the tomatoes<br />

in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave<br />

for 30 seconds, remove tomatoes, peel and<br />

cut into quarters. Place two tomato quarters<br />

inside each pepper half. Mix together the<br />

pesto and olive oil and drizzle over the peppers.<br />

Scatter the pine nuts and black pepper<br />

over the peppers and bake in over 180º for<br />

45 minutes.<br />

Pork and Courgette Kebabs<br />

500g lean pork<br />

3 courgettes<br />

Marinade<br />

Marjoram<br />

Thyme<br />

Parsley<br />

1 lemon<br />

4 tbsp olive oil<br />

Salt and pepper<br />

Cut the pork into 2.5cm pieces and cut the<br />

courgettes into 1cm slices. Thread the pork<br />

and courgettes alternatively onto 8 skewers.<br />

Chop the herbs and place in a bowl. Grate the<br />

rid of the lemon and put with the squeezed<br />

juice into a bowl with the oil. Beat together<br />

and season then pour over the kebabs and allow<br />

marinating for 4 hours occasionally turning<br />

and covering again.<br />

Spicy Prawn Salad<br />

1 small onion<br />

2 sticks celery<br />

5 small green chillies<br />

2 tbsp sunflower oil<br />

400g can chopped tomatoes<br />

1tsp brown sugar<br />

700g prawns<br />

A few drops of Tabasco sauce<br />

½tsp dried thyme<br />

Peel and chop the onions and celery. Remove<br />

the seeds from the chillies and finely chop.<br />

Heat the oil and fry the onion, celery and chillies<br />

for 5 minutes until soft and brown. Stir<br />

in the tomatoes, thyme and sugar, bring to<br />

the boil and simmer for 5 minutes until thickens<br />

slightly. Peel the prawns and add to the<br />

sauce and gently cook for 5 minutes. Serve in<br />

Tabasco sauce and serve immediately.<br />

Burritos With Corn and Beans<br />

2230g red kidneys beans<br />

340g sweetcorn<br />

1 red and 1 green pepper<br />

2 cloves of garlic<br />

3tbsp sunflower oil<br />

1 tbsp oregano<br />

2tsp cumin<br />

150ml vegetable stock<br />

8 wheat tortillas<br />

Salt and pepper<br />

Rinse and drain kidney beans and sweetcorn.<br />

Finely cut the peppers and chillies and crush<br />

the garlic. Heat the oil in a large pan and fry<br />

the peppers, garlic and chillies for 3-5 minutes.<br />

Stir in the beans and sweetcorn, oregano<br />

and cumin. Season and cook over a low<br />

heat for 5 minutes. Add the vegetable stock<br />

and simmer for a further 5 minutes. Heat the<br />

tortillas in a dry frying pan for 30 seconds<br />

each side and serve with the mixture rolled<br />

inside.<br />

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Photo shows on left<br />

Mark Lewis, Murphy, and<br />

vet Antonio Fajardo<br />

Rescued<br />

Dog Is<br />

A Blood<br />

Transfusion<br />

Hero<br />

Many dogs<br />

are abandoned<br />

when<br />

their owner<br />

decides that a<br />

pet dog does<br />

not fit in with<br />

their future<br />

plans. Murphy<br />

is a large<br />

German Wirehaired<br />

Pointer<br />

aged 6 years.<br />

Sometime<br />

after he was<br />

abandoned<br />

he was rescued<br />

by the Pets In Spain animal rescue<br />

and rehoming charity. His live rescue was<br />

videoed and can be seen on the Petsin-<br />

Spain YouTube page. www.youtube.com/<br />

watch?v=7kAOAv8nO7Q<br />

Mark Lewis stopped his car and rescued this<br />

starving dog from danger on a busy road<br />

and since his rescue Murphy has been in a<br />

foster home. Mark is the founder of Pets In<br />

Spain and is well known for his involvement<br />

in rescuing and rehoming abandoned animals<br />

in Spain. Antonio Fajardo, the senior vet at<br />

the Clinicas Veterpet, remembered that at<br />

Mark’s request he had previously completed<br />

a full blood analysis on rescued dog Murphy<br />

and that the results were negative for contagious<br />

diseases. Murphy therefore was a suitable<br />

blood donor for a client’s Yorkshire Terrier<br />

that urgently needed a blood transfusion.<br />

Antonio called Mark and Murphy seemed to<br />

know that he was on a special assignment.<br />

He jumped into the back of Mark’s car and<br />

they soon arrived in the Veterpet animal hospital<br />

in Guardamar where Murphy donated<br />

some of his blood. It was a 12 year old Yorkshire<br />

Terrier that received Murphy’s blood<br />

and as a result of the transfusion he is now<br />

back home with his family. Murphy also had a<br />

happy ending as he has been adopted by an<br />

English couple and will travel to his new home<br />

in Lymington in the UK.<br />

Pets In Spain rely solely on donations to<br />

fund their efforts to help rescued animals.<br />

Daily they receive many calls and requests to<br />

take in stray and abandoned pets and funds<br />

are urgently needed. To make a donation, to<br />

give your support or to receive updates on<br />

Murphy, please visit and ‘LIKE’ their Facebook<br />

page: info@petsinspain.info or<br />

call 0034 645 469 253.<br />

Website: www.petsinspain.com.<br />

Murphy, you are a real hero.<br />

To view more animals for adoption go to<br />

www.petsinspain.com<br />

To advertise an animal for adoption email<br />

info@petsinspain.info<br />

Thanks on behalf of the animals,<br />

Yvonne<br />

Pets In Spain animal rescue and adoptions.<br />

Charity Registration: CV-01-050123-A<br />

Maggie was<br />

thrown from a<br />

car and tried<br />

chasing it but the<br />

car didn’t stop<br />

for her. She is<br />

around 1 year old<br />

and has a lovely,<br />

gentle nature.<br />

She is now settled<br />

in a foster<br />

home but needs<br />

a forever home.<br />

Call 645 469<br />

253<br />

Jackson is in<br />

need of a new<br />

home. He was<br />

found wandering<br />

around Caravaca.<br />

He was very thin<br />

but has now put<br />

weight on and is<br />

a wonderful dog.<br />

He is about 9<br />

months old and<br />

in great health.<br />

He is great with<br />

all other dogs and<br />

children.<br />

Call 634 002<br />

100<br />

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D a v i d<br />

R o b e r t<br />

Jones (born<br />

8 January<br />

1947),<br />

known by<br />

his stage<br />

name David<br />

Bowie is an<br />

English musician,<br />

actor,<br />

record<br />

producer,<br />

and arranger.<br />

Bowie<br />

has been a major figure in the world of<br />

popular music for over four decades, and is<br />

renowned as an innovator, particularly for<br />

his work in the 1970’s. He is known for his<br />

distinctive voice as well as the intellectual<br />

depth and eclecticism of his work.<br />

Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the<br />

public in July 1969, when his song “Space<br />

Oddity” reached the top five of the UK<br />

Singles Chart. After a three-year period<br />

of experimentation in which he released<br />

the albums “Space Oddity”, “”Man Who<br />

Sold the World and “Hunky Dory”, he<br />

re-emerged during the Glam Rock era with<br />

the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego<br />

Ziggy Stardust, spearheaded by the hit<br />

single “Starman” and the album “The<br />

Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the<br />

Spiders from Mars.”<br />

Bowie’s impact at that time, as described<br />

by biographer David Buckley, “Challenged<br />

the core belief of the Rock Music of<br />

its day creating perhaps the biggest cult in<br />

popular culture.” The relatively short-lived<br />

Ziggy persona proved merely one facet<br />

of a career marked by continual reinvention,<br />

musical innovation and striking visual<br />

presentation. A further 3 albums “Aladdin<br />

Sane”,”Diamond Dogs” and “Pin Ups”<br />

were all massive commercial successes.<br />

In 1975, Bowie achieved his first major<br />

American crossover success with the<br />

number-one single “Fame” and the hit album<br />

“Young Americans”, produced with<br />

the help of Luther Vandross which the<br />

singer characterised as “plastic soul”.<br />

The sound constituted a radical shift in<br />

style that initially alienated many of his UK<br />

devotees. Bowie then confounded the expectations<br />

of both his record label and his<br />

American audiences by recording<br />

the minimalist album “Low” (1977) - the<br />

first of three collaborations with ex-Roxy<br />

Music electronic genius and producer<br />

Brian Eno over the next two years. The<br />

so-called “Berlin Trilogy” albums (“Station<br />

to Station” and “Heroes” being the<br />

other two) all reached the UK top five and<br />

received lasting critical praise.<br />

After uneven commercial success in the<br />

late 1970’s, Bowie had UK number ones<br />

with the 1980 single “Ashes to Ashes”,<br />

and the follow-up single “Fashion”, both<br />

from the album “Scary Monsters (and<br />

Super Creeps)” , and “Under Pressure”,<br />

a 1981 collaboration with Queen.<br />

He then reached a new commercial peak in<br />

1983 with “Let’s Dance”, which yielded<br />

several hit singles.<br />

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Throughout the 1990’s and 2000’s, Bowie<br />

continued to experiment with musical<br />

styles, including Blue-Eyed Soul, Industrial,<br />

Adult Contemporary and Jungle. He<br />

has not toured since the 2003–2004 Reality<br />

Tour and has not performed live since<br />

2006. Bowie’s latest studio album “The<br />

Next Day” was released in March <strong>2013</strong>.<br />

Buckley says of Bowie, “His influence<br />

has been unique in popular culture—<br />

he has permeated and altered more<br />

lives than any comparable figure.” In<br />

the BBC’s 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest<br />

Britons, Bowie was placed at number 29.<br />

Throughout his career, he has sold an estimated<br />

140 million albums. In the UK, he<br />

has been awarded nine Platinum album<br />

certifications, 11 Gold and 8 Silver and in<br />

the US, 5 Platinum and 7 Gold Certifications.<br />

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him<br />

39th on their list of the “100 Greatest Artists<br />

of All Time”, and 23rd on their list of<br />

the best singers of all time.<br />

I loved the early Bowie albums and he<br />

had a profound effect on the music I listened<br />

to, especially the “Hunky Dory”<br />

and “Ziggy Stardust” albums. Thanks to<br />

John the Barber in Puerto de Mazarrón for<br />

requesting the article. I hope I have done<br />

one of his favourite artistes justice.<br />

You can listen to Mark Davies on <strong>Costa</strong><br />

Cálida Radio on Nite Express on Mon and<br />

Wed 7-9pm and on Friday evenings on<br />

Cálida Rocks 7-9pm.<br />

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<strong>June</strong><br />

1 1962 Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann<br />

was hanged in Israel for<br />

orchestrating genocide against<br />

the Jewish people.<br />

1 1967 The Beatles released the<br />

groundbreaking album ‘Sgt.<br />

Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club<br />

Band’.<br />

2 1953 Elizabeth II was crowned<br />

queen in Westminster Abbey.<br />

3 1989 Chinese troops opened fire on<br />

pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s<br />

Tiananmen Square,<br />

killing hundreds.<br />

4 1913 Suffragette Emily Davison died<br />

after throwing herself in front of<br />

the king’s horse at the Epsom<br />

Derby.<br />

8 1929 Margaret Bondfield became<br />

Britain’s first female cabinet<br />

minister, serving as minister of<br />

labour.<br />

11 1987 Prime Minister Margaret<br />

Thatcher won an historic third<br />

term, the first politician to do so<br />

in 160 years.<br />

12 1964 Nelson Mandela, leader of the<br />

anti-apartheid struggle in South<br />

Africa, was jailed for life for sabotage.<br />

14 1982 The Falklands War ended as<br />

the Argentinean garrison in Port<br />

Stanley surrendered to British<br />

troops.<br />

15 1919 British aviators John Alcock<br />

and Arthur Whitten Brown<br />

completed the first non-stop<br />

transatlantic flight.<br />

16 1963 Soviet cosmonaut Valentina<br />

Tereshkova became the first<br />

woman in space, aboard Vostok<br />

VI.<br />

17 1940 More than 3,000 died when<br />

RMS ‘Lancastria’ was sunk<br />

by German bombers in Britain’s<br />

worst maritime disaster.<br />

18 1815 Wellington decisively defeated<br />

Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo,<br />

ending 25 years of war in<br />

Europe.<br />

19 1215 King John and his barons seal<br />

the Magna Carta - a statement<br />

of English liberties - at Runnymede,<br />

Surrey.<br />

21 1813 Wellington defeated the<br />

French at the Battle of Vitoria,<br />

ending Napoleon’s control of<br />

Spain.<br />

26 1945 The charter of the United Nations<br />

was signed by 51 nations<br />

in San Francisco, US.<br />

29 1960 BBC Television Centre opened<br />

in West London, trumpeted as a<br />

‘Hollywood’ for the small screen.<br />

30 1905 Einstein published ‘On the<br />

Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies’,<br />

explaining his special theory<br />

of relativity.<br />

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RED – Entertainment<br />

ORANGE – Special menus<br />

PURPLE –Market, exhibitions, leisure & meetings<br />

GREEN – Charity & non-profit making events<br />

BLACK – Fiestas & important events<br />

Please refer to the relevant advert or editorial for more details of events<br />

Every Mon<br />

Duplicate Bridge @ La Cumbre Hotel, Pto de Mazarrón 9.30am<br />

Legs, Bums n Tums with Ian @ The Club House, Camposol C 10am<br />

Legs, Bums n Tums with Ian @ The Club House, Camposol C 11am<br />

Spanish Conversation @ Jane’s Salon, Bolnuevo 3pm 6€<br />

Ladies’ Chatterbox “Sew & Sew” @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 2.30-4.30pm<br />

Fit4Life Weight Group @ Jane’s Salon, Bolnuevo 4pm 5€<br />

Aqua Aerobics with Ian @ Camposol D 5pm<br />

Chiropody with Phillip Dawe @ Sensol Golf Villa Sales Building, Camposol C<br />

Bowling League @ Alley Palais, Camposol B<br />

Music Quiz @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 9pm (free nibbles)<br />

3 Course Menu del Noche @ Restaurant Ratatouille, Pto de Mazarrón 10€<br />

“1€ Coin Night”/Live Music @ La Vida, El Pareton<br />

HAH 2nd Hand Goods to Buy/Sell @ Brenda’s Boutique, Los Urrutias10-1pm<br />

Andrea’s Animal Rescue Collection @ Car Park, Camposol B 11.30-1.30pm<br />

HELP MMM Bingo @ La Zona Bar, Los Alcázares 2pm 1€/game<br />

Every Tue<br />

B Clean Working Party @ Commercial Centre, Camposol B 9am<br />

Dance Fitness with Annette @ Trevi Bar, Camposol B 10am (no class 18 <strong>June</strong>)<br />

Sacred Hearts Creative Workshop @ Mazarrón Country Club 11-5pm<br />

Circuits with Ian @ The Club House, Camposol C 11am<br />

Petanca @ The Condado Club, Condado de Alháma from 4pm<br />

Football Training Session (ages 4-17) @ El Pareton 6-7pm<br />

Harlequin Rock Choir Meeting @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 7.30-9pm<br />

2 for 1 Lunch Time Special @ Restaurant Amapola, Bolnuevo 22€ inc btl wine for 2<br />

2 Course Al Fresco Cooking/Dining @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A 7.30pm, 8€ inc btl wine for 2<br />

3 Course Menu del Noche @ Restaurant Ratatouille, Pto de Mazarrón 10€<br />

3 Course Menu del Noche @ The Old Market Tavern, Pto de Mazarrón, 10€ inc btl wine for 2<br />

4 Course Menu del Noche @ La Vida, El Pareton 12€<br />

Karaoke @ The Arches, Los Alcázares<br />

MABS Mazarrón Coffee Morning @ MABS Centre, Camposol B 10-1pm<br />

MAMAS Collection/Book Stall @ Camposol B Car Park 10-1pm<br />

Every Wed Day Trip to Benidorm – Viajes Dragontours 19€<br />

C Gardening Group Clean Up @ Camposol C 9am<br />

Camposol Bridge Club, Duplicate Bridge @ Trevi Bar, Camposol B 9.30am<br />

Aqua Aerobics with Ian @ Camposol D 10am<br />

Body Tone with Ian @ The Club House, Camposol C 11.30am<br />

Mar Menor Golf Society Competition<br />

Pool League @ Alley Palais, Camposol B<br />

Beacon of Light @ School House, Cañadas del Romero 7-8.30pm<br />

2 Course Pie Night @ The Old Market Tavern, Pto de Mazarrón, 10€ inc a drink<br />

3 Course Steak/Spare Rib Night @ Restaurant Ratatouille, Pto de Mazarrón 15€<br />

Happy Evening, 2 for 1 @ Restaurant Amapola, Bolnuevo 35€ for 2 inc btl wine<br />

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3 Course Steak Night @ La Vida, El Pareton 25€ for 2 inc wine<br />

Karaoke & Disco with Lisa @ Alley Palais, Camposol B 9pm-late<br />

Karaoke with Byron @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 9pm<br />

HAH 2nd Hand Goods to Buy/Sell @ Brenda’s Boutique, Los Urrutias 10-1pm<br />

Age Concern booking events etc @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 10-1pm<br />

MABS MMM Art Workshop @ Café Golf, San Javier, 10-12pm 2€<br />

PALS booking events etc @ Saralara’s, Pto de Mazarrón 1-3.30pm<br />

HAH Book & DVD Club @ La Zona Bar, Los Narejos 2.30-4.30pm<br />

Every Thu<br />

Camposol Market @ Camposol A<br />

Hearing Specialist Tests/Hearing Aids @ Jane’s Salon, Bolnuevo, Appt Only<br />

Kettlebells with Ian @ The Club House, Camposol C 10am<br />

Step & Sculpt with Ian @ The Club House, Camposol C 11am<br />

Sacred Hearts Circle @ Mazarrón Country Club 11-1pm<br />

Dance Fitness with Annette @ Trevi Bar, Camposol B 11.30am (no class 20 <strong>June</strong>)<br />

15? with Ian @ The Club House, Camposol C 5.30pm<br />

Fun Quiz/Play Your Cards Right @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 6pm<br />

Market Day Special @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A<br />

Mexican Night @ The Condado Club, Condado de Alháma from 6pm<br />

2 Course Curry Night @ The Old Market Tavern, Pto de Mazarrón, 10€ inc a drink<br />

4 Course Surprise Menu @ Restaurant Ratatouille Pto de Mazarrón 25€ for 2<br />

4 Course Menu del Noche @ La Vida, El Pareton 12€<br />

Age Concern booking events etc @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 10-1pm<br />

PALS for booking events etc @ Tel’s Bar, Camposol B 11am-1.30pm<br />

Andrea’s Animal Rescue Collection @ Mazarrón Country Club 11.30-1pm<br />

Every Fri<br />

Camposol Bridge Club/Duplicate Bridge @ Trevi Bar, Camposol B 9.30am<br />

Friday Art Group @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 9.45-12.30pm<br />

Legs, Bums n Tums with Ian @ The Club House, Camposol C 10am<br />

Indoor Market @ The Steak Out, Camposol B 10-2pm<br />

Sit 2B Fit with Annette @ Mariano’s, Camposol A 10.30am (no class 14 <strong>June</strong>)<br />

Book Stall/Camposol A Gardening @ Car Park Camposol A 10.30-12.30pm<br />

10 Pin Bowling/Camposol C Greenfingers Garden Group @ Totana 4pm<br />

Positive Thinking Workshop @ Mazarrón Pensioners’ Club, Mazarrón 5-6.30pm<br />

Fish/Chips/Fun Quiz @ La Vida, El Pareton from 5.50€<br />

Fish & Chip Night @ New Royal, Pto de Mazarrón 6.50€<br />

Fish & Chip Night @ The Condado Club, Condado de Alháma from 6pm, 7.50€<br />

3 Course Fish & Chip Night @ The Old Market Tavern, Pto de Mazarron 10€<br />

19€ for 2 large Cod & Chips @ Restaurante Marina, Pto de Mazarrón, inc btl wine<br />

Steak Dinner Special @ Blues House American Grill, Bolnuevo 22€ for 2 inc a drink<br />

3 Course Surprise Menu @ Restaurant Ratatouille Pto de Mazarrón 19.50€<br />

Romantic Dinner @ Restaurant Amapola, Bolnuevo 25€ inc btl wine for 2<br />

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Every Sat<br />

Disco and Karaoke with Lisa @ Alley Palais, Camposol B 9pm-late<br />

Live Music & Evening Market @ La Plaza, Hacienda del Álamo (from 7nd <strong>June</strong>)<br />

Karaoke @ The Steak Out, Camposol B<br />

Noah’s ARC Book Sale/Bric-a-Brac @ Camposol B 9.30-2pm<br />

HAH 2nd Hand Goods to Buy/Sell @ Brenda’s Boutique, Los Urrutias 10-1pm<br />

Age Concern booking events etc @ Commercial Centre, Camposol B 11-1pm<br />

Lions Mazarrón booking events etc outside Compusurf, Camposol B 11am<br />

GOmaD Donations @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B/<strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Calida</strong> Radio 12.30-2pm<br />

Harlequin Rock Choir Meeting @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 2-4pm<br />

19€ for 2 large Cod & Chips @ Restaurante Marina, Pto de Mazarrón inc btl wine<br />

3 Course Steak Night @ The Old Market Tavern, Pto de Mazarrón 15€<br />

3 Course Surprise Menu @ Restaurant Ratatouille Pto de Mazarrón 19.50€<br />

3 Course Steak Deal @ La Vida, El Pareton 25€ for 2 inc wine/cava<br />

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Exotic Menu/different wine every course @ Restaurant Amapola, Bolnuevo 25€<br />

MABS MMM Book Sale @ The Arches Bar, Los Alcázares 10-1pm<br />

HAH 2nd Hand Goods to Buy/Sell @ Brenda’s Boutique, Los Urrutias 10-1pm<br />

PALS for booking events @ Commercial Centre, Camposol B 11am-1.30pm<br />

Every Sun<br />

Car Boot Sale @ Cañadas del Romero Social Centre 8.30am<br />

Car Boot Sale @ Venta Romero, Cuevas de Reyllo. 9-2pm<br />

Sunday Roast @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A from 6.50€<br />

Sunday Lunch @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condada de Alháma from 6.50€<br />

Buffet Special @ Blues House American Grill, Bolnuevo 6.95€<br />

Sunday Lunch @ La Vida, El Pareton from 7.50€<br />

2 Course Sunday Roast @ Rest Marina, Pto de Mazarrón 8€ inc glass of wine<br />

Sunday Roast @ Bistro Bulgaria, Camposol B from 8€<br />

Sunday Roast @ New Royal, Pto de Mazarrón 8.50€<br />

3 Course Sunday Roast @ Alley Palais, Camposol B 9.95€ (5€ under 12’s)<br />

3 Course Sunday Lunch @ Rest Ratatouille, Pto de Mazarrón 10€ inc btl wine for 2<br />

3 Course Sunday Lunch @ The Old Market Tavern, Pto de Mazarrón 10€ inc btl wine for 2<br />

3 Course Traditional Sunday Lunch @ Liz’s Café, Camposol B 10€ inc a drink<br />

3 Course Sunday Lunch @ The Condado Club, Condado de Alháma 10€<br />

Meat Carvery/Vegetable Buffet @ La Mariposa, Gebas from 10.50€ inc glass wine/beer<br />

3 Course Sunday Roast @ Rest Amapola, Bolnuevo<br />

3 Course Sunday Roast (night) @ Rest Ratatouille, Pto de Mazarrón10€ inc btl wine for 2<br />

JUNE<br />

Saturday 1<br />

HELP MMM Car Boot @ Autocine, Los Narejos<br />

Open Day @ Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre, Rojales 1-4pm<br />

Fiestas Trinitario-Berberiscas, Torre Pacheco<br />

ADAPT Meeting @ Pensionista de Hogar, San Pedro 10.30am<br />

Welcome Meeting @ Mariano’s, Camposol A 2pm<br />

Party with Woody @ The Clover, Condado de Alháma<br />

Richie C @ The New Royal, Pto de Mazarrón<br />

Robbie Williams & Ronan Keating Tribute @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

1-7th Paella/Italian/Speciality Grill Nights @<br />

La Cata, Condado de Alháma 22€ for 2 incl bot wine<br />

Age Concern Summer Fayre @ Lagarto Verde, Pto de Mazarrón 11.30-3.30pm<br />

Andrea’s Animal Charity shop opening in Mazarrón Town 10am<br />

Sunday 2<br />

Artisan Market @ Bullas<br />

Free Tour of Puerto de Mazarrón with Murcia Institute of Tourism 10am<br />

Mazarrón FC Home Game v Beniajan CF<br />

Rock & Roll Bingo @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

Street Party/BBQ/Live Music @ The Condado Club, Condado de Alháma 2pm<br />

Monday 3<br />

Tuesday 4<br />

Wednesday 5<br />

PALS Monthly Meeting @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 11.15am<br />

HAH Volunteers’ Meeting @ Bacchus Restaurant, The Oasis, Los Narejos 11.30am<br />

MABS Murcia NE Auction@ Bob’s Bar, Fortuna 2pm<br />

Tina’s Birthday Party/entertainment by Byron @ The Steak Out, Camposol C<br />

PALS Trip to Benidorm/Terra Mitica 15€<br />

MABS MMM Volunteer Meeting @ Centro Civico, Roda Village 11.15am<br />

Age Concern Talking Shop Social @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 1.30-3.30pm<br />

Thursday 6 Trip to Tabarca Island - Viajes Dragontours 32€<br />

Market Morning @ Jane’s Salon, Bolnuevo<br />

Moratalla Walk – Alto Alhárabe<br />

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‘Elvis’ & Rock n Roll Night @ The New Royal, Pto de Mazarrón<br />

HELP MMM Race Night @ Paddy Singh’s, Los Urrutias 4pm<br />

Friday 7 Country/Western Line Dancing @ Camposol Golf Club, Camposol C 7.45pm 3€<br />

Harlequin Rock Choir @ Los Almagros<br />

The CAS Band @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A<br />

Steve Fisher as Rod Stewart @ La Mariposa, Gebas<br />

John Lennon Tribute @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

MABS Murcia NW Outdoor Market Stall @ Calle Segura, Calasparra 9-1pm<br />

Saturday 8<br />

Free Tour of Mazarrón with Murcia Institute of Tourism 10am<br />

Free Guided Tour of Cehegín – 11am<br />

Mazarrón FC Home Game v Holbrook Sports (Friendly)<br />

Paella Night @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A 8€ inc btl wine for 2<br />

8-14 th Paella Week 3 Courses @ La Cata, Condado de Alháma 22€ for 2 inc btl wine<br />

Bee Gees Tribute @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

Disco & Karaoke with Byron @ The Clover, Condado de Alháma<br />

Stevie Spit (Comedian) @ The New Royal, Pto de Mazarrón<br />

Los Amigos “Player of the Year” Dinner @ Mariano’s, Camposol A 8pm 10€<br />

Arts & Craft Fayre @ The Club House, Camposol C 11-3pm<br />

GomaD Garden Party @ 6 C/Alicante, Camposol A 2pm, 5€ inc afternoon tea<br />

Sunday 9<br />

Diabetes Week (until 15th)<br />

Artisan Market @ Mula<br />

Michael Bublé Tribute @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

MABS MMM Picnic in the Park @<br />

New Vintage Restaurant, San Javier 6pm, 10€ inc food/entertainment<br />

Monday 10<br />

Tuesday 11<br />

Queen Elizabeth II’s Official Birthday<br />

Welcome Book Swap @ ICA Medical Centre, Camposol B 10-12pm<br />

HAH Table Top Sale @ La Zona Bar, Los Alcácares 10-2pm<br />

HELP MMM Charity Market @ La Zona Bar, Los Alcazáres 11.30am<br />

Wednesday 12 San Onofre y San Antonio, Alguazas<br />

SAMM General Meeting @ CAR Infanta Cristina, Los Narejos 11am<br />

Welcome Ladies’ Day buffet/dancing/fashion show @<br />

The Club House, Camposol C 2.30pm 10€<br />

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Thursday 13<br />

Friday 14<br />

MABS Murcia NE Fortuna Ladies’ Lunch Club @ Las Palmeras, Baños de Fortuna 1pm<br />

MABS NW Volunteers’ Meeting @ Hotel Argos 5pm<br />

Crisis Concert @ The Pyramid Centre, Pto de Mazarrón 6pm<br />

Ex Serviceman’s Meeting/Dinner @ La Sienna, Mazarrón 7pm<br />

San Onofre y San Antonio, Alguazas<br />

Ladies Chatterbox Group @ The Cultural Centre, Camposol B 2pm<br />

Woody @ The Condado Club, Condado de Alháma 10€ inc BBQ/Salads<br />

Indoor Market with fashion/bling/DVD’s etc @ Alley Palais, Camposol B<br />

NEST Train Trip to Elche. Meet 9.45am Alháma Train Station<br />

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Lenny Mitchell @ La Mariposa, Gebas<br />

UB40 Tribute @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

MABS Mazarrón Book Sale @ Commercial Centre, Camposol B 9-1pm<br />

Saturday 15<br />

Camposol Fiesta<br />

Thai Night @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A 8€ inc btl wine for 2<br />

15-21 st Speciality Grill Week 3 Courses @ La Cata, Condado de Alháma 22€ for 2 inc btl wine<br />

Keely @ The New Royal, Pto de Mazarrón<br />

Rod Stewart Tribute/Steve Fisher @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 5€ inc basket meal<br />

Neil Diamond Tribute @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

Miss Dynamite @ The Clover, Condado de Alháma<br />

Sunday 16<br />

Camposol Fiesta<br />

Father’s Day (UK)<br />

Free Tour of Puerto de Mazarrón with Murcia Institute of Tourism 10am<br />

Ruta del Ferrocarril (Railway Route) - Aguilas Tourist Office<br />

Artisan Market @ Caravaca<br />

Shanni Ormiston @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

MABS MMM La Manga Cricket Club Charity Fun Day @ La Manga Club<br />

HAH Rocking in Roda Concert @ Roda Social Club 4-10pm, 10€ inc BBQ<br />

Welcome House Jacket Potato Night/Rock n Roll with Cliff & Julia<br />

Tuesday 18<br />

Royal Ascot (until 22nd)<br />

3 Course Italian Night @ La Vida, El Pareton 25€ for 2<br />

HELP MMM General Meeting @ Las Claras, Los Narejos 11.30am<br />

Wellspring Church ‘A Night at the Movies’ @ C/Madrid, Pto de Mazarrón 6pm<br />

Wednesday 19 HAH Chatters @ Bacchus Restaurant, Oasis, Los Narejos 11.30am<br />

HELP MMM Lunch @ Diamantes, El Mojon 1.30pm, 10.50€,<br />

Thursday 20 Age Concern Menu del Dia @ Restaurante Peyma, Pto de Mazarrón 10€<br />

Friday 21<br />

Summer Solstice<br />

Caribbean Night @ Rest Ratatouille, Pto de Mazarrón, 2 courses/entertainment/cocktail 15€<br />

Katy Perry & Madonna Tribute @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

Saturday 22<br />

MABS NW Outdoor Market Stall @ Calle Segura, Calasparra 9-1pm<br />

MABS Mazarrón Book Sale. Commercial Centre, Camposol B 9-1pm<br />

MABS MMM Share & Care Group @ MABS Cancer Centre, San Javier 11am<br />

Lion Country CM Nightspot feat. Grumpy Old Men (proceeds to CAFE) @<br />

La Molata, Cañada de Alhama 8pm, 5€<br />

Free Walk in Cehegín – 10am<br />

Opening of Jane’s Salon/Fashion Show/Entertainment @ Condado de Alháma, 2pm<br />

Anniversary BBQ @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 3pm, 5€ inc BBQ & entertainment<br />

Thai Night @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A 8€ inc btl wine for 2<br />

22-28th Italian Week @ La Cata, Condado de Alháma 22€ for 2 incl bot wine<br />

Nigel Burchill as Elvis @ The Clover, Condado de Alháma<br />

GNT @ The New Royal, Pto de Mazarrón<br />

Cliff Richard Tribute @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

Martin Ross @ La Mariposa, Gebas<br />

HELP MMM Treasure Hunt & Lunch @ Don Lorenzo’s, Los Urrutias 1pm 12€<br />

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Sunday 23<br />

Moros y Cristianos, Santomera<br />

PITU @ The Condado Club, Condado de Alháma<br />

Gene Pitney Tribute @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

Helping Hands Cliff Tribute @ Hotel Puerto Juan Montiel, Aguilas 8pm 20€<br />

Monday 24<br />

Wimbledon (until 7nd July)<br />

Mid-Summer’s Day<br />

San Juan y San Pedro, Fortuna and San Pedro del Pinatar<br />

PALS Trip to Salamanca/Segovia/Avila/Toledo 210€ (until 27th)<br />

Tuesday 25<br />

Welcome Book Swap @ ICA Medical Centre, Camposol B 10-12pm<br />

Mountain Bike Day @ La Mariposa, Gebas 35€ inc lunch/insurance/bikes etc<br />

B Clean Meeting @ Trevi Bar, Camposol B 4pm<br />

Wednesday 26 Welcome Summer Ball @ La Cumbre Hotel, Pto de Mazarrón 7.45pm,<br />

29€ inc 6 course meal/drinks/entertainment<br />

Bella Luna @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

Suzi G @ The Arches, Los Alcázares<br />

MABS NE Volunteers’ Meeting @ La Carcelera, Urb Las Kalendas, Fortuna 11.30am<br />

Thursday 27<br />

Friday 28<br />

Open Door Chill ‘n’ grill @ Los Almagros. 6pm<br />

Indoor Market with fashion/bling/DVD’s etc @ Alley Palais, Camposol B<br />

NEST Walk with optional meal, Meet El Berro Car Park, Sierra Espuña 10.30am<br />

Phil Collins & Blues Brothers Tribute @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

GOmaD Table Top Sale @ Commercial Centre, Camposol B 10–2pm<br />

Mazarrón Dance Festival @ Hotel Playa Grande, Pto de Mazarrón 10am<br />

MABS NW Book Sale. Outside Trevol Bar, Calasparra 11-2pm<br />

MABS Mazarrón Jigsaw Bereavement Group @ Cat’s Bar, Camposol A 12pm<br />

HELP MMM Beetle Drive @ Luis’s Lounge, San Javier 12.30pm, 7€ inc fish & chips<br />

Saturday 29<br />

San Pedro, Blanca<br />

Nature Walk, Cehegín<br />

Open Door Get Together @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 5.30pm<br />

Paella Night @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A 8€ inc btl wine for 2<br />

Barrington @ La Mariposa, Gebas<br />

Sandy Fitzegerald @ The Clover, Condado de Alhama<br />

Adele Tribute @ The New Royal, Pto de Mazarrón<br />

Lady Gaga Tribute @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

Angie McKay @ The Arches, Los Alcázares<br />

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Sunday 30<br />

JULY<br />

Monday 1<br />

Tuesday 2<br />

Wednesday 3<br />

Thursday 4<br />

Crisis Concert @ The Bull Ring, Bolnuevo from 3pm<br />

Sevillanas Social Meeting @ Asturias Restaurant<br />

Michelle @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alháma<br />

PALS Monthly Meeting @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 11.15am<br />

HAH Volunteers’ Meeting @ Bacchus Restaurant, The Oasis, Los Narejos 11.30am<br />

MABS NE Auction @ Bob’s Bar, Fortuna 2pm<br />

PALS Entertainment Night @ Rincon Elias, Bolnuevo 17.50€<br />

Petanca with Welcome @ Mariano’s, Camposol A 4pm<br />

Age Concern Talking Shop Social @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 1.30-3.30pm<br />

HAH “The Big Band” – look out for more information on our blog<br />

Market Morning @ Jane’s Salon, Bolnuevo<br />

Friday 5 Lion Country CM Nightspot/Phil Brady) @ La Molata, Cañada de Alhama 8pm, 5€<br />

Saturday 6<br />

Welcome Meeting @ Mariano’s, Camposol A 2pm<br />

ADAPT Meeting @ Pensionista de Hogar, San Pedro 10.30am<br />

Steve Fisher as Rod Stewart @ La Mariposa, Gebas<br />

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Beat The Heat In The Coming Summer<br />

Months.<br />

This summer might well rival last year on<br />

the temperature scales, so it is time to think<br />

about ways to beat the heat, at least for a little<br />

while. (Other than fleeing back to the UK<br />

for the whole summer, but that isn’t Spanish<br />

living!!)<br />

Have you thought about a cruise through the<br />

Norwegian fiords? This seems a delightful way<br />

to spend a week or 10 days, cruising through<br />

chilly blue waters and enjoying the long summer<br />

days. Many different cruise companies<br />

can offer you attractive itineraries, including<br />

flights from Spain to Copenhagen or Trondheim,<br />

near the Arctic Circle.<br />

Perhaps explore Iceland? See nature in all its<br />

glory; hot springs, volcanoes and wild seas. It<br />

is possible to fly from Alicante, via Barcelona,<br />

to Reykjavík.<br />

Without going quite so far, why not explore<br />

the North of Spain? From Alicante you have<br />

daily flights to Santiago de Compostela, the<br />

capital of Galicia; to Oviedo in Asturias; to<br />

Santander, all via Madrid and a daily direct<br />

flight to Bilbao, or treat yourself to a day train<br />

trip from Alicante direct to Asturias – either<br />

Oviedo or Gijón on the coast.<br />

Galicia is a magical place, full of Celtic folklore<br />

and archaeological remains, misty forests and<br />

sparkling seas full of delicious seafood just<br />

waiting for you. Take a boat trip on the Arousa<br />

inlet and savour freshly harvested mussels, or<br />

enjoy a glass of special light white wine whilst<br />

having an aperitif on a terrace overlooking<br />

some little fishing port. You might want to visit<br />

one of the holiest cities in the world, Santiago<br />

de Compostela, with its extraordinary cathedral,<br />

the ultimate destination of “St. James’<br />

Way”, or “el Camino de Santiago”, or do some<br />

white-water river rafting on the Sil River. Instead<br />

of Galicia’s green rolling hills, you might<br />

prefer the stark drama of the Asturian Mountains<br />

as they plunge into a wilder sea. If you<br />

are nearby on July 25 th , you can participate in<br />

an interesting festival celebrated at the lakes<br />

of Covadonga.<br />

To continue with cooler Spain, why not visit<br />

Santander, or the Basque country, where<br />

some of the highest rated restaurants in Spain<br />

– and in the world – are situated. Bilbao is<br />

also home to the world-renowned Guggenheim<br />

Museum.<br />

Whether your interests are for scenery, sea or<br />

mountains, architecture, gastronomy or culture,<br />

come into Dragontours on Camposol<br />

A and we will give you more suggestions to<br />

enjoy a respite from the summer heat.<br />

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The April<br />

gathering<br />

was once<br />

again at the<br />

Corvera Golf<br />

& Country<br />

Club, as several<br />

other<br />

courses have<br />

b e c o m e<br />

unavailable<br />

or showing<br />

signs of lack<br />

of water. The<br />

day started<br />

out with the<br />

distribution<br />

of the new polo shirts emblazoned with the<br />

club logo, which went down well with the<br />

exception of a couple of the wives who felt<br />

that white was not the best colour for keeping<br />

clean. Are we men really that messy??<br />

(answers on a postcard please!)<br />

Our thanks go to Danny at Insignia for the<br />

artwork and supply of the polo shirts.<br />

The skies were bright and not too much<br />

breeze at the start, but as the round went on<br />

the wind got up and created a few wayward<br />

shots. Fortunately this time no-one decided to<br />

paddle in the water collecting wayward balls.<br />

There was once again strong competition for<br />

the top spot, with several players scoring in<br />

the high thirties, but the Overall Winner<br />

was Dave Bennett who knocked up a score<br />

of 41 points.<br />

The Nearest The Pin Winners were Nigel<br />

Chadderton, and Norrie Bull<br />

The Annual Hog Roast has been announced<br />

for <strong>June</strong> 19 th and any member wishing to buy<br />

tickets (guest tickets also available) should<br />

obtain them as soon as possible from Joe.<br />

The <strong>June</strong> meeting of the club will be Lorca Resort<br />

Golf Club, all members and guests welcome,<br />

please book early.<br />

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Double Podium For Supermoto Brothers.<br />

For the first time this year, both of the British<br />

Supermoto racing brothers from Murcia<br />

were in action at the 2 nd round of the Valencian<br />

Championship at Oliva, near Denia.<br />

The brothers were in devastating form,<br />

with Mat Ford-Dunn racing in the SM Masters<br />

class and younger brother Anthony in<br />

the tougher SM Open category.<br />

Both brothers were trying new rear suspension<br />

parts that made the handling of the<br />

bikes near perfect for the fast flowing corners<br />

of the Oliva race track. Qualifying went<br />

well, with Anthony 2 nd in his class and Mat<br />

on pole for the SM Masters. With the two<br />

classes racing together, it was the first time<br />

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this year that the brothers had lined up on<br />

the same grid.<br />

The first of their two races saw Anthony<br />

lead the<br />

opening laps<br />

before being<br />

overtaken by<br />

Spanish Ace,<br />

Israel Esclarera.<br />

The<br />

two riders<br />

battled hard<br />

for the rest<br />

of the race<br />

with Israel<br />

taking the<br />

win with Anthony<br />

a very<br />

close 2 nd . Mat<br />

was a little<br />

too keen<br />

away from<br />

the start of<br />

the first race<br />

and had to make a jump start, stop and go<br />

penalty before rejoining the race. The penalty<br />

didn’t stop him from charging through<br />

the field to finish a close 2 nd behind the<br />

leader in the SM Masters class.<br />

The 2 nd race saw Anthony repeat his fantastic<br />

start from race 1 and this time he<br />

opened up a small lead until a mistake in<br />

the dirt section allowed Israel past and Anthony<br />

had to be content with another 2 nd<br />

position. Mat managed a clean start this<br />

time, and soon battled his way into the lead<br />

of the SM Masters class, opening up a lead<br />

to finish first at the flag and take the overall<br />

SM Masters victory with his 2 nd -1 st results.<br />

Anthony managed a superb 2 nd overall in<br />

the much tougher SM Open class with his<br />

two 2 nd positions.<br />

The brothers and their sponsors, Advance<br />

Moves International Removals would<br />

like to thank the many spectators and race<br />

fans that turned up to the race and the support<br />

and encouragement that was given at<br />

a great days racing.<br />

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The annual competition known as the Gerry<br />

Clarke Rose Bowl Memorial was again held at<br />

Hacienda del Alamo on April 25 th .<br />

Paul.<br />

The Division One Winner with 31 points was<br />

Ron Smart with Danny Lewis coming a close<br />

second with 28 points.<br />

overall and in Division Three with a personal<br />

best score of 33 points.<br />

The Nearest the Pin prize on hole 5 was won<br />

by Ron Smart while Keith Stubbs took the<br />

prize on the 15th green.<br />

As we started the round it was soon clear<br />

that the wind was going to make a big difference<br />

to the players’ scores, but with the<br />

driving rain that followed, the conditions became<br />

atrocious. Fifteen players managed to<br />

complete the game with Paul Western becoming<br />

the Rose Bowl Champion with 34 points.<br />

The Rose Bowl was presented to him by Jean<br />

Clarke and Captain Derek Hayward. Well done<br />

In Division Two, Roger Ollerenshaw took first<br />

place with 32 points and Dave Barrett came in<br />

with 24 points to claim second spot.<br />

Paul Western with his 34 points total took<br />

the Division Three prize to add to his trophy<br />

collection and Gavin Elbourne came second<br />

The Winning Guest was Alan Coleman with 25<br />

points<br />

Should anyone wish to join the Fuente Old<br />

Guards, or just play as a guest, please contact<br />

Dave on 868 082 013.<br />

Soccer School Camposol / Pareton vs<br />

Hacienda 1-3<br />

On Saturday, May 18th at 11am was the third<br />

game of the Soccer School. After having<br />

won two matches we were full of confidence,<br />

but the Hacienda team was well prepared and<br />

had a good start. They scored the first goal<br />

with a beautiful shot from the striker. After<br />

that the soccer school got some possibilities.<br />

George and Louis were close to scoring<br />

a goal, but again and again it was that good<br />

goalkeeper who intervened! Just before half<br />

time the Hacienda team made it 0-2.<br />

In the second half, it went better for the Soccer<br />

School and they got more grip on the<br />

game, but Hacienda remained dangerous on<br />

the counter. Lorena had to make good saves<br />

a few times and then out of nowhere came<br />

the 0-3. A shot that changed of direction went<br />

just into the goal. From that moment it was<br />

all or nothing. It was Jaime and Vicente who<br />

were very close with scoring a goal and totally<br />

out of the blue a great kick from Lorena and<br />

the ball went over everybody and came just<br />

at the feet of George.<br />

He walked straight to<br />

the goal and stayed<br />

cool scoring a beautiful<br />

goal.<br />

All in all a good game<br />

and........ oh yes<br />

sometimes you win<br />

and sometimes you<br />

lose; that is the way<br />

it is.<br />

For the summer the<br />

Soccer School is offering<br />

extra training<br />

days. These fun days<br />

have been held for<br />

three years with great success. Everyone is<br />

welcome. The training will be 10am-1pm on<br />

the following days:<br />

JUNE: 25th, 26th & 27th<br />

JULY: 12th, 13th & 14th<br />

AUG: 2nd, 3rd & 4th<br />

AUG: 23rd, 24th & 25th<br />

For more information email jelcooosterhof@<br />

hotmail.com or give us a call on (0034)<br />

653 120 633<br />

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La Liga Local de Fútbol with Fontanería Carlos<br />

at the top of the league.<br />

This year is one of the most exciting ever with<br />

exceptional sportsmanship being the norm in<br />

most cases. The Councillor for Sport, Andrés<br />

Valera said that La Liga provides enjoyment<br />

and entertainment with a high degree of competitiveness.<br />

Francisco and Antonio Santiago, from Ginés<br />

y Ana scored 9 and 7 goals respectively.<br />

La Liga has sanctioned the disqualification<br />

of championship player Juan José Heredia<br />

from Agrimur for serious misconduct during<br />

the match between Fontanería Carlos and<br />

Agrimur. The competition Committee has<br />

warned that it won’t allow any conduct involving<br />

anti-sports from its participants. They demand<br />

respect among the players and referees<br />

of the tournament as an essential part of this<br />

competition. They will take measures that are<br />

considered appropriate for the game’s proper<br />

functioning. In addition, is it has sanctioned a<br />

match ban for Francisco Menchón receiving a<br />

red card and Juan José Ruiz for accumulation<br />

of yellow cards.<br />

Unfortunately the game between Calzados<br />

Luna and Ginés y Ana had to be suspended<br />

due to misconduct between the two teams<br />

and these teams will be closely watched in<br />

future games.<br />

With regard to the rest of the matches, Automaza<br />

S.A. won by 6 goals to 5 to Ángela<br />

S.L., while Fontanería Carlos won by 4<br />

goals to 3 against Agrimur S.A. Postponed<br />

were matches that still have to be played are<br />

Prive Erasmo against Citronor, and Domi<br />

Dos against Aceromaza. After these encounters,<br />

Alex Javier from Fontanería Carlos is<br />

the man of the League with 10 goals. Juan<br />

Pt PJ PG PE PP GF GC DG<br />

Fontaneria Carlos 13 5 4 1 0 22 11 +11<br />

Automaza S.A. 12 5 4 0 1 30 18 +12<br />

Gines Y Ana 12 5 4 0 1 25 17 +8<br />

Calzados Luna 9 5 3 0 2 22 19 +3<br />

Aceromaza 6 4 2 0 2 13 14 -1<br />

Prive Erasmo 6 4 2 0 2 13 17 -4<br />

Domi Dos 5 4 1 2 1 14 12 +2<br />

Agrimur S.A. 3 5 1 0 4 14 26 -12<br />

Citronor 1 4 0 1 3 10 19 -9<br />

Angela S.L. 0 5 0 0 5 16 26 -10<br />

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27 players took part in this year’s competition,<br />

which was held at Playa Macenas Golf<br />

Complex, Mojacar. Most golf reports say<br />

the course was in great condition; well this<br />

will be a bit different.<br />

The fairways were green, the bunkers had<br />

sand in them, the greens were as slick as<br />

the top of my head, the bloke who chose<br />

the pin positions must have been a sadist,<br />

but hey, the sun was out all day and we all<br />

enjoyed ourselves. I wonder if it was Bob<br />

up there who chose the pin positions. The<br />

course was in good condition and a good<br />

test for all handicap golfers.<br />

Before the results, we would like to thank<br />

the following companies and individuals for<br />

their generous support:<br />

Playa Macenas Golf Complex, Trevi<br />

Bar, Ocean Fish Bar, The Club House, Fred<br />

Mordue, John Strain, Leigh Street, Steve<br />

Dixon and Del King. Without your fantastic<br />

help, the day would be just another golf<br />

day; instead it was a fabulous one for all<br />

to remember.<br />

The Par Threes were won by Eugene Toye<br />

twice! The following had one each: Big<br />

Nev, Dirty Harry, Ces Mcann, Pete Coulstock,<br />

Old Jeff and Pete Stevenson.<br />

The main competition was Singles Stapleford.<br />

28 players should have played, but<br />

Chris Scates tried to cut his throat shaving<br />

which took 3 hours to stop bleeding. Poor<br />

Chris, you missed a great day; see you<br />

next year. Bob would have been proud to<br />

have a lot of friends and colleagues turning<br />

out for his memorial day.<br />

In 3 rd place with 33 points was Pete Stevenson.<br />

Runner-up with 34 points was Old Jeff.<br />

Our winner this year was our Clint Eastwood<br />

lookalike Dirty Harry Peers with 36<br />

points. Harry has won the cup twice now<br />

and was a very popular winner. Well done<br />

Harry.<br />

Many friends and wives joined us at Mojacar<br />

to see the weekend out. The drinks<br />

must be slightly stronger down there; just<br />

ask the ones who had to be put to bed<br />

early.<br />

Thanks to everyone who turned up.<br />

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Mazarrón FC’s form continued to improve<br />

in the latter stages of the season. With three<br />

wins, two draws and only one defeat between<br />

mid March and mid May, the team cemented<br />

their position in the middle of the table with<br />

just three games remaining. Although hopes<br />

were high back in September for a promotion<br />

push, a dreadful start to the season in which<br />

only two points were obtained from the first<br />

six games made this an unrealistic prospect.<br />

The return of youngsters Jose Da and Diego<br />

junior in recent weeks has improved both the<br />

quality and performances of the team which<br />

was highlighted with a 1-1 draw to the runaway<br />

league champions Yeclano Deportivo and<br />

an 8-2 thrashing of lowly Cieza. The strength<br />

in depth of the squad has improved considerably<br />

and it is to be hoped that many of the<br />

players will stay with the club for next season.<br />

If this is the case, there is a great chance that<br />

a promotion bid could be launched in <strong>2013</strong>-<br />

14.<br />

Mazarron’s home games are normally<br />

played on Sundays with varying kick off<br />

times. Admission is €4 with juveniles free.<br />

Full details of all games, are announced on<br />

the Tuesday before the weekend on which the<br />

game is to be played and advertised in the local<br />

media, on our website www.losamigosdemazarron.es<br />

and on posters at various<br />

points throughout the area.<br />

The friendly game on 8 th <strong>June</strong> sees the visit of<br />

Holbrook Sports FC of the English East Midlands<br />

Counties League. The game which will<br />

be played as usual at the Estadio Municipal<br />

has a 5pm kick off. Holbrook are staying in<br />

Mazarrón for their end of season trip and their<br />

players and officials will also be attending the<br />

Mazarrón FC end of season Player of the<br />

Year Dinner organised by Los Amigos de<br />

Mazarrón FC.<br />

This year’s event is to be held at Mariano’s,<br />

Camposol A, on Saturday 8 th <strong>June</strong> at 8pm,<br />

following the game. In addition to the usual<br />

Player of the Year, Young Player of the<br />

Year and Players’ Player of the Year Trophies,<br />

there will also be presentations to both<br />

Mazarrón FC and Holbrook Sports. There will<br />

be the usual Mariano’s ‘chicken and French<br />

fries’ meal and music and dancing with Backwater.<br />

There are still a few tickets available<br />

at just 10€ each. A coach will be available to/<br />

from Camposol and Mazarrón Country Club at<br />

5€. At the time of writing there are only a<br />

handful of tickets remaining for the coach,so<br />

please call at the Trevi Bar on Thursday 6 th<br />

<strong>June</strong> 3.30-4pm if you would like tickets for<br />

the function and/or coach tickets.<br />

Los Amigos de Mazarrón FC stalwart, Trevor<br />

Taylor, presented a cheque for 2500€ to<br />

Jose Rodriguez the President of Mazarrón<br />

FC from the proceeds of the 4 th Annual Gala<br />

Evening and Dinner organised by Los Amigos<br />

in support of Mazarrón FC in March.<br />

Plans are now underway for the 5 th Gala<br />

Evening and Dinner 2014; more news will<br />

be available soon.<br />

Mazarrón Football Base hosted a four team<br />

schoolboy tournament at the Estadio Municipal<br />

on 1 st May when a large crowd saw an<br />

exciting day’s play. With hot dogs, burgers<br />

and pork sandwiches on sale, together with<br />

the usual alcoholic and soft drinks, there was<br />

something for everyone to enjoy. The tournament<br />

was won by CD Meditaranneo from<br />

Cartagena who defeated a Murcia Football<br />

Federation select team in the final<br />

If you are interested in football, why not join<br />

us at our weekly meetings at the Trevi Bar,<br />

Camposol B and at the various social events<br />

we organise throughout the year? You can<br />

find out all the latest information about your<br />

local football team and others in the area and<br />

enjoy a drink amongst friends in pleasant surroundings.<br />

You will also be able to view and,<br />

hopefully purchase some of our large range of<br />

Los Amigos de Mazarrón FC merchandise.<br />

See you on Thursday at 4 pm!!!<br />

Remaining fixtures:<br />

Sunday 2 nd <strong>June</strong><br />

Beniajan CF<br />

(home)<br />

Saturday 8th <strong>June</strong><br />

Holbrook Sports (Friendly) (home) 5pm<br />

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Manage Your Weight by David Gay PGA<br />

Professional<br />

One of the most common flaws I see in chipping<br />

is poor weight management. Often, I see<br />

my students try to chip by emulating miniature<br />

full swings, where they shift their weight<br />

to their right side on the back-swing and then<br />

over to their left on the forward-swing. Now<br />

that may be the kind of weight management<br />

you want with a full swing, but with chipping,<br />

the more stable you are at setup, impact and<br />

the finish, the more likely you’re going to<br />

make crisp, consistent contact with the golf<br />

ball.<br />

To improve your chipping weight management,<br />

I recommend you keep your weight at what I<br />

call “60/40” during your chipping stroke. This<br />

means keeping 60% of your weight on your<br />

left side (for right handed golfers) and 40%<br />

on your right side from start to finish. To maximize<br />

the potential of the 60/40 swing, start<br />

with the proper set-up. Play the ball in the<br />

middle to middle-back of your stance, with the<br />

hands slightly<br />

in front of<br />

the golf ball.<br />

Naturally, the<br />

60/40 swing<br />

will be a little<br />

steeper than<br />

normal, which<br />

in the case of<br />

chipping is a<br />

good thing.<br />

If you try and<br />

keep the club<br />

low to the<br />

ground, you’ll<br />

likely get<br />

caught up in<br />

the grass and<br />

hit a lot of fat<br />

and/or topped chips. We don’t want that! Just<br />

remember, 60/40 doesn’t exactly mean placing<br />

a big majority of your weight on your left<br />

side; it just means a slight favouring of the<br />

left side. In the photos, it still looks like my<br />

weight is fairly evenly balanced, doesn’t it?<br />

If you overdo it and place too much weight<br />

on your left side, you’ll get too steep and/<br />

or you’ll inadvertently shift to your right side,<br />

again, causing all sorts of problems with consistent<br />

contact.<br />

A great drill to practice the 60/40 swing is to<br />

take a head cover or even a book and place<br />

it just outside your right foot in the back of<br />

your stance. Hit a few chips and be sure you<br />

don’t hit the wood on the backswing or on the<br />

downswing. Having that obstacle not only will<br />

steepen your swing a bit, but it will force you<br />

to keep your 60/40 weight scheme throughout<br />

the stroke.<br />

The key for better chipping is to minimize<br />

excessive weight shifting and swinging a little<br />

steeper than you’re used to. Do that and<br />

you’ll start dialing in better chips in no time.<br />

For more information on lessons and club repairs<br />

you can contact David on 670 083 939<br />

or email davidgaypga@mac.com<br />

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Sailing Association Mar Menor (SAMM)<br />

On April 21 st and the Second Race Day of the<br />

season, we wanted a little less wind, but forgot<br />

to say how much less. Having delayed the<br />

start to allow for an increase in wind speed,<br />

the first hurdle for the dinghies in the fleet<br />

was to negotiate their way through some 75<br />

Optimist dinghies parked across the slipway<br />

awaiting the start of their own race. Good to<br />

see so many youngsters enjoying the sport.<br />

The SAMM race eventually got underway with<br />

a fleet of 9 boats with 21 competitors taking<br />

to the water to sail round Isla Perdiguera.<br />

Deltania Uno was soon in trouble struggling<br />

to make the start line – some attention to<br />

trimming required. The Shoestring Gamba<br />

experienced problems with the centre board<br />

and began drifting. The crew of Vernon<br />

O’Byrne, Ingo Wilson and Carl Vogt eventually<br />

beached on the island to effect repairs<br />

and have a lunch. They did resume racing,<br />

but failed to complete the course. Meanwhile,<br />

the race was being keenly contested and although<br />

different tactics were being employed,<br />

four crossed the line within an 80 second period.<br />

After just over 2 hours, the Weta helmed<br />

by Brian Murray and crewed by Linda Coats<br />

crossed the line first, followed by Peter Cadwell<br />

sailing the Laser 2000 single handed.<br />

Once the handicaps were applied, Balaton<br />

Connie took first place with Rob Cheshire on<br />

the helm and crew members Marianne Elias<br />

and Carol Sibson (another first for Carol)<br />

The Third Race Day of the spring series<br />

welcomed twenty-one helms and crews in 8<br />

boats, 5 cruisers and 3 dinghies. With onshore<br />

winds, 9/10 kph in a south westerly direction,<br />

some boats had to put in a number of<br />

tacks to get into open water, negotiating the<br />

narrow strip between the reef and the jetty.<br />

Whilst the catamaran was slow to start the<br />

race and never made any impact, the rest<br />

of the fleet were all very keen to show their<br />

skills. Gemini Uno suffered some gear failure<br />

and was unable to complete the first<br />

race, but managed to effect repairs for the<br />

second race. After three laps the new Hartley,<br />

helmed by Tug Wilson and Don Clarke,<br />

crossed the finish line some five minutes before<br />

the next boat; an impressive result for<br />

the new boat. Once the handicaps were applied,<br />

Conny, the Balaton with Robert Hudson<br />

and Terry Chapman was, for the fourth<br />

time in a row, declared the winner putting the<br />

Hartley into second place.<br />

The afternoon race saw an increase in wind<br />

speed to 15 plus and all the morning competitors<br />

availing themselves of the challenge.<br />

Success evaded the Hartley which capsized<br />

almost at the start of the race. The crew,<br />

Linda Coats, hitched a lift back to shore in<br />

the support boat leaving Don Clarke to return<br />

single handed. Again fortune refused to shine<br />

on the catamaran and although Tug Wilson,<br />

with his crew of Ingo Wilson and Pete Cadman<br />

brought Shoestring Uno over the line<br />

first, he once again had to settle for second<br />

place on handicap with Conny taking the first<br />

place.<br />

SAMM was pleased to welcome Justine Sylvester<br />

to helm the support boat for the day.<br />

Justine was visiting the Mar Menor to gain<br />

additional practical experience to add to her<br />

Yachtmaster’s qualification. Well done Justine,<br />

SAMM certainly benefitted from your<br />

presence.<br />

For further information visit<br />

www.sailingmarmenor.com<br />

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Judo Championships<br />

Francisco Javier Paños is Regional Champion<br />

up to 34 KG<br />

Joaquín Contreras achieved a creditable 3rd<br />

in the category of 38 kg<br />

In Alhama de Murcia on 4th May, the second<br />

phase of the Regional Senior Championship<br />

of Judo was attended by two athletes from<br />

the Sports School of Judo de Mazarrón, both<br />

achieving outstanding results. Francisco Javier<br />

Paños is Regional Champion in the 34kg<br />

category and Joaquín Contreras achieved a<br />

creditable 3rd in the 38kg category. In the afternoon,<br />

also in Alhama de Murcia, held “Los<br />

Mayos” of Judo, in which Francisco Javier Paños<br />

repeated his previous performance in the<br />

Open Seniors and won another gold medal.<br />

The sports department congratulates both<br />

judo competitors for these medals, which will<br />

serve as a stimulus for the children of the<br />

Sports School of Judo.<br />

Table Tennis<br />

The II Regional Table Tennis Open Championships<br />

took place in San Javier. Juan Francisco<br />

López was runner-up in the Seniors. Benito<br />

González, in the Seniors, and Miguel Ortiz and<br />

Juan Manuel González, in the Juniors, represented<br />

C.D. Mazarrón T.M.<br />

Juan Francisco López reached the finals after<br />

defeating Benito González by 3 sets to 1, but<br />

he lost to Juan Pedro Sánchez after a tight<br />

match 3-2.<br />

Manual González reached the quarter finals,<br />

but lost by 3 sets to 1 and Miguel Ortiz also<br />

lost in the quarter finals, but they were good<br />

results for the Mazarrón team.<br />

Their next matches were in Murcia at the Pabellón<br />

Príncipe de Asturias.<br />

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Lg computer chair 25€.<br />

Computer table 25€.<br />

Epsom printer 15€.<br />

Hat & coat stand15€.<br />

Portable gas fire 25€.<br />

Tel 635 838 834 Mazarrón<br />

Upright Wine/drinks chiller. Hold up to<br />

45 bottles & cans. Light and adjustable<br />

temp. 125€. Can email photos.<br />

Tel 968 682 128 Ricote<br />

Above ground, metal sided pool/3.5m<br />

diameter/ 900 high/pump/cover etc 50€<br />

ono<br />

Tel 689 371 127 Purias<br />

Hinari bodyzone deep heat massager/5<br />

attachments as 10€<br />

Single flocked camping mattress/foot<br />

pump 8€<br />

Oxford Learn Spanish cassette course<br />

10€<br />

Tel 635 885 062<br />

UK TO SPAIN - MAN WITH A VAN<br />

Travelling from south England, end of<br />

<strong>June</strong><br />

to Camposol/Murcia.<br />

George: 0044 743 202 36 79<br />

Lg quantity tongue/groove/2 doors/1<br />

window & various long lengths/treated<br />

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2.8 400€<br />

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pillows/pillowcases 45€ ono<br />

Tel 968 974 053 (Camposol)<br />

4 orange gas bottles 20€ each<br />

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HOUSING UPDATE JUNE <strong>2013</strong><br />

Has Your Property Not Sold?<br />

Here are some ideas you might like to try:<br />

Give it a facelift - sometimes you need to<br />

spend a little money to make your house<br />

look “better than the rest”. It is so inexpensive<br />

to change kitchen unit doors and<br />

work tops (I’m not talking granite here!)<br />

that you can produce a sparkling white<br />

kitchen in only a few days. This will make<br />

all the difference when clients are looking<br />

at a number of properties. If you can’t<br />

do it yourself, then there are a number of<br />

businesses in the <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

that can help you spruce up your home.<br />

Review the price – you may be dropping<br />

the price of your house by 5,000€ every<br />

six months. It’s not enough if you want to<br />

sell. If you drip feed reductions, you are<br />

only following the market downturn. If you<br />

are serious about selling, then you need to<br />

be ahead of the market. Talk to your agent<br />

about a sensible price if you are serious<br />

about selling. Forget what you paid for<br />

it – harsh words I know, but if you need/<br />

want to sell, price your property correctly<br />

and take the plunge. It may have been six<br />

months or more since you spoke to your<br />

agent, or when you agreed the price. The<br />

market is still dropping, although maybe<br />

slower of late, but what seemed a good<br />

price 6 months ago may now in fact be too<br />

high. As agents, we can only give advice<br />

of what we see selling. It might not be<br />

what you want to hear but sometimes the<br />

facts speak for themselves.<br />

Energy Efficiency Certificates - The<br />

general rule is that, from <strong>June</strong> 1 st , <strong>2013</strong>, all<br />

owners wishing to sell their home in Spain<br />

must obtain an authorised energy certificate.<br />

The certificate, which is valid for 10<br />

years, is gained by having the property<br />

inspected by a qualified professional. We<br />

have been advised by our lawyers that no<br />

completions can take place at the Notary<br />

on or after 1 st <strong>June</strong> <strong>2013</strong> without this certificate.<br />

The price for the certificate seems<br />

to range from around 200€ to 450€ depending<br />

on property size. There are many<br />

companies now advertising this service, so<br />

contact one of them or speak to your agent<br />

and they will be able to advise you who to<br />

speak to or what to do.<br />

If you have any questions about buying or<br />

selling a property, then contact me.<br />

Jennie Iredale<br />

Best of Spanish<br />

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Telephone (0034) 635 434 651<br />

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Accomodation<br />

La Mariposa 968 631 008<br />

Respite Care B & B 638 392 737<br />

Accountants:<br />

Corral & Alcaraz 968 078 754<br />

Silvente 968 332 058<br />

Airport Parking:<br />

Seguro Parking 622 062 115<br />

Banking & Finance:<br />

Lloyds Bank International 902 024 365<br />

Money Corp 902 887 243<br />

UK Tax Refunds 965 636 938<br />

Builders:<br />

Fuente Building Services 696 744 982<br />

Tony’s Building Services 647 119 952<br />

Building Services:<br />

A1 Garden & Ground Serv 628 505 733<br />

Crystal Conservatories 680 386 142<br />

Doors And More 968 431 190<br />

B & H Soluciones (Energy) 692 902 302<br />

JD Roofing & Building 630 269 994<br />

Kano Architectural Design 963 141 082<br />

Kennelly’s Electrical Serv 968 341 749<br />

Solar Film Spain 634 143 240<br />

VIP Services 650 893 607<br />

Woodworks Direct 649 540 016<br />

Olivier Houdusse 968 153 645<br />

Education<br />

Intensive Spanish Beginners Course<br />

630 939 626<br />

Electricians:<br />

Kennelly’s Electrical Serv 686 341 749<br />

Louis Harris 619 712 821<br />

Entertainment<br />

Angels Instead 634 165 296<br />

Nigel Burchill 602 439 313<br />

The Voice Kaylou 695 011 121<br />

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Bars, Cafés & Restaurants:<br />

Alley Palais Diner 968 978 869<br />

Amapola Restaurant 660 328 092<br />

Big G’s American Diner 607 920 914<br />

Bistro Bulgaria Camposol 968 199 914<br />

Bistro Bulgaria (CDA) 968 328 084<br />

Bistro Ratatouille 968 155 887<br />

Blues House American Grill 968 156 537<br />

Cafeteria Plaza 968 705 406<br />

Casa Del Nono 968 152 056<br />

Chez Zoe 676 691 324<br />

Elliots Bolnuevo 968 158 499<br />

Kennelly’s Bar/Restaurant 686 341 749<br />

La Cata 868 082 662<br />

La Chara 968 152 016<br />

La Mariposa 968 631 008<br />

La Vida 625 917 425<br />

Le Carrousel 636 690 126<br />

Le Gourmet 968 154 315<br />

Leonardo’s 628 682 303<br />

Liz’s Cafe 696 724 123<br />

Mamma Mia 628 682 303<br />

Oscars 627 689 888<br />

Quality Indian 968 199 198<br />

Restaurant Marina 619 500 555<br />

Spice Villa 968 199 226<br />

The Arches 653 081 341<br />

The Clover 868 082 057<br />

The Condado Club 868 082 058<br />

The New Royal 968 595 864<br />

The Old Market Tavern 968 154 330<br />

The Steak Out 968 970 619<br />

The Vista Bar 648 731 309<br />

Tropic Ana’s 699 060 472<br />

Carpentry:<br />

Philip Carpenter/Joiner 680 443 219<br />

Car Hire:<br />

Bolnuevo Cars 968 150 979<br />

F & C Rent a Car 968 199 156<br />

Cars & Transport:<br />

Autotune 634 143 240<br />

<strong>Calida</strong> CMS Car sales 603 135 387<br />

Puncture Safe Murcia 968 979 260<br />

Specialist Vehicles SL 968 146 158<br />

Catering:<br />

Country Kitchen 603 135 387<br />

The Roving Diner 676 217 059<br />

Chimney Sweeps:<br />

Tony Chimney Sweep 646 438 694<br />

Chiropodists:<br />

Phillip Dawe 968 150 244<br />

Cleaning Services:<br />

Helping Hands Home Care 675 865 636<br />

K J Window Cleaning 688 697 629<br />

Limpieza Rosa 619 199 407<br />

Computer Repairs & Sales:<br />

Camposol Computers 968 199 191<br />

Consulting IT Services 691 993 219<br />

Loco Murcia 968 971 893<br />

Dentists<br />

Dental Care 968 199 111<br />

English Speaking Dentist 968 707 428<br />

Funeral Plans:<br />

ASSSA 968 153 396<br />

The Funeral Director 650 631 719<br />

Furniture:<br />

DFS 968 334 194<br />

Furniture Plus 968 482 456<br />

Garden Centres & Services<br />

A1 Garden & Ground Serv 628 505 733<br />

Garden Centre 2003 669 565 402<br />

Hairdressers & Barbers<br />

Jane’s Salon 968 158 433<br />

Martin & The Cutting Crew 664 051 612<br />

The Beauty Palace 968 971 828<br />

The Salon 691 916 717<br />

The Salon 2 686 354 232<br />

Health & Beauty:<br />

Freedom Mobility 638 893 357<br />

Jane’s Salon 968 158 433<br />

Rosies Toesies 639 171 835<br />

The Beauty Palace 968 971 828<br />

The Fuschia Beauty Clinic 630 439 480<br />

The Salon 691 916 717<br />

The Salon 2 686 354 232<br />

Heating and Aircon:<br />

<strong>Calida</strong> Gas & Oil 659 761 771<br />

Camposol Heating & Maintenance (CHM)<br />

968 199 184<br />

Cool Solutions 600 418 220<br />

Louis Harris 619 712 821<br />

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Home Furnishings:<br />

Curtain Call 616 240 171<br />

Yorkshire Linen, Pto Maz 968 595 946<br />

Yorkshire Linen, San Javier 968 193 912<br />

Insurance:<br />

ASSSA 968 153 396<br />

Ibex 968 595 945<br />

Liberty Seguros 902 255 258<br />

Linea Directa 902 123 975<br />

Nash Warren 968 156 583<br />

Internet Cafés:<br />

Alley Palais 968 978 869<br />

Camposol Computers 968 199 191<br />

Kennels, Cateries and Pet Care<br />

4 Legs Dog Grooming 608 712 599<br />

Catatonic 646 705 403<br />

Colina Kennels 639 012 342<br />

Delmonte Cat Hotel 968 168 711<br />

El Carro Cattery & Kennels 620 582 654<br />

Pampered Paws 634 302 388<br />

Laundrettes:<br />

Rainbow Laundrette 634 309 603<br />

The Laundry Shop 968 131 997<br />

Legal Services:<br />

Corral & Alcaraz 968 078 754<br />

<strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Calida</strong> Properties 968 199 251<br />

Nicky G Translation Serv 968 199 245<br />

Silvente Accountant/Lawyer 968 332 058<br />

Mechanics:<br />

Colair 626 796 149<br />

Decklid Auto Services 626 678 840<br />

Eurotyre 968 424 605<br />

Ken Sherwood Mechanic 679 646 859<br />

Kwik Fix English Mechanic 968 972 006<br />

Lopez Milan 968 429 216<br />

Mobile Car Mechanic 666 161 129<br />

Neumáticos El Ceña 968 422 015<br />

Medical:<br />

<strong>Calida</strong> Caring Agency 968 431 395<br />

Freedom Mobility 638 893 357<br />

Respite Care 638 392 737<br />

Outdoor Living:<br />

Furniture Plus 968 482 456<br />

Woodworks Direct 649 540 016<br />

Painting and Decorating:<br />

Helping Hands 675 865 636<br />

RJB Décor Painting 699 044 742<br />

Trevor Smith 968 163 298<br />

<strong>Calida</strong> Gas & Oil 659 761 771<br />

Camposol Heating & Maintenance<br />

968 199 184<br />

Printing & Design:<br />

Entorno Grafico 968 654 007<br />

Mister Print 638 893 357<br />

Property Maintenance:<br />

Helping Hands 675 865 636<br />

Trevor Smith 968 163 298<br />

Property Rentals:<br />

La Manga 4 U 0044 7921 351298<br />

Owners Away 691 977 107<br />

Paramount Resort Villa Rentals<br />

968 970 614<br />

Property Sales:<br />

Another World Properties 968 592 679<br />

Best of Spanish 635 434 651<br />

Fuente Alamo Real Estate 968 598 173<br />

Golden Sun Properties 968 152 515<br />

Holmes & Pegg 968 199 290<br />

Old Farmhouses 968 159 264<br />

Prime Property Murcia 646 692 471<br />

Removals & Storage<br />

Advance Moves 968 654 667<br />

Dainton’s 696 180 634<br />

Lord’s Removals & Storage 608 061 872<br />

Retail Outlets:<br />

Just Fabulous 968 970 599<br />

Kitchens Plus 1 968 184 235<br />

Legs & Co 660 792 513<br />

Le Gourmet 968 154 315<br />

Multioptica 968 199 361<br />

T J Electricals 868 181 121<br />

Security<br />

ADS Locksmith 600 255 250<br />

Arivic S. L (safes) 626 981 735<br />

Eriks Metal Works 636 050 008<br />

Protech Surveillance 667 196 366<br />

The Forge 618 963 958<br />

Services:<br />

4 Legs Dog Grooming 608 712 599<br />

Compusurf 968 970 666<br />

Healthy H20 968 437 270<br />

Pampered Paws 634 302 388<br />

Puncture Safe Murcia 968 979 260<br />

Solar Power:<br />

Freesol 659 232 507<br />

Solar Directa 659 315 130<br />

Professional & Legal Solutions<br />

968 595 826<br />

Silvente Accountant/Lawyer<br />

968 332 058<br />

Spas & Hottubs:<br />

Eurospas 650 722 905<br />

Sport & Leisure:<br />

Alfvin´s Rune & Tarot 634 168 285<br />

Alley Palais 968 978 869<br />

CDA Fitness 634 304 087<br />

<strong>Costa</strong> Cálida Radio 902 903 783<br />

Dance Zone 649 647 467<br />

Espuña Adventure 968 631 008<br />

Golf 525 Murcia 968 575 975<br />

Hacienda Los Granadicos 968 433 617<br />

Horse Riding META 636 172 198<br />

Sacred Hearts 650 796 579<br />

Swimming Pool Cleaning &<br />

Maintenance:<br />

Alpha Pools 968 971 824<br />

Daisy Pool Covers 660 080 201<br />

Jorge Pools 674 168 000<br />

Köhn Pool Service 968 138 638<br />

Watermaid 646 705 088<br />

Translation:<br />

<strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Calida</strong> Property Serv 968 199 251<br />

Nicky G Translations 968 199 245<br />

Travel Agents<br />

Dragon Tours 968 199 021<br />

TV & Satellite:<br />

CTV Aerial & Satellite Systems<br />

600 218 046<br />

ISS 655 480 543<br />

Loco Murcia 968 971 893<br />

Rainbow Satellites 686 358 475<br />

T J Electricals 868 181 121<br />

YPM Satellites 628 234 045<br />

Veterinary Clinics:<br />

Clinica Veterinaria Pto Maz 968 153 931<br />

Emerg 608 466 553<br />

Clinica Veterinaria SurEste 965 352 438<br />

Veterinary Clinic Maskota 968 597 929<br />

Emerg 619 378 473<br />

Plumbers:<br />

Apache 24/7 Plumbing 674 788 693<br />

Solicitors:<br />

Corral & Alcaraz 968 078 754<br />

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Please tell our customers where you saw their advertisement in the <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

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If you are an existing customers and you have some Business News that you would like to<br />

share with our readers then why not email it to us to be included on our Business News page.<br />

Please keep your news to about 50 words and send us an email by 15th of the month,<br />

to costacalidachronicle@gmail.com with Business News in the subject box.<br />

Two Years Old Already!!<br />

TJ Electricals – Euronics - celebrated their<br />

2 nd birthday in May. Where has the time<br />

gone? It only seems like a few months ago<br />

that they were fitting out the shop getting<br />

ready to open. Now, with satisfied customers<br />

all over the region, they have started<br />

their 3 rd year. With their slogan ‘It’s all<br />

about the service’ they must be doing<br />

something right.<br />

Tel 868 181 121<br />

Kwik Fix at Cañadas del Romero can supply<br />

and fit new tyres, repair punctures and<br />

carry out full services for brakes, cambelts,<br />

clutches, suspension and all other<br />

work for your car. They also do pre-ITV<br />

checks and can ITV your car. They also<br />

refurbish sun damaged headlights. There<br />

is a courtesy car available and a reception<br />

area where you can wait. They have ample<br />

storage for cars, vans, campers, boats and<br />

caravans.<br />

Tel 968 972 006<br />

Noah’s ARC has just opened a new shop<br />

on Camposol B, which is located opposite<br />

the petrol station and next door to the<br />

La Caixa Bank. They have bric-a-brac,<br />

clothes, accessories and furniture at very<br />

reasonable prices.<br />

If you have any of the above items you<br />

would like to donate we would be happy to<br />

collect, call Chris on 634 332 335<br />

Opening hours are 10:30am-2.30pm Mon-<br />

Sat.<br />

Jane’s Salon is proud to announce the<br />

opening of their second salon. On Condado<br />

de Alhama, Polaris World, situated at the<br />

Condado Club, opening Tues-Sat, Jane’s<br />

Salon will be offering all hair, beauty and<br />

health treatments in the 2 beauty rooms<br />

and a stylish hair salon all under one roof.<br />

For directions just call 968 158 433<br />

«Clearance corner for one month<br />

only»<br />

Come to Furniture Plus at the Piramide<br />

Center, Puerto de Mazarrón for end of<br />

ranges and various bits and bobs all up for<br />

grabs. Come and grab yourself a bargain<br />

before they all go. Open through siesta.<br />

Tel 968 153 907<br />

Melissa at The Salon, Camposol C would<br />

like to welcome Billi-Michelle a fully qualified<br />

Beauty & Nail Technician to her team!<br />

We know that she will bring a sparkle to<br />

The Salon and we wish her all the luck in<br />

her new job.<br />

Tel 691 916 717<br />

The Blues House American Bar & Grill<br />

Steak Special for 2 on Fridays until the end<br />

of <strong>June</strong> consists of Steak, Chips or Jacket<br />

Potato and Salad and wine, beer or soft<br />

drink for just 22€ per couple. On Sundays<br />

they are introducing a Blues House Special<br />

Buffet, all for 6.95€.<br />

Tel 968 156 537 to book your table.<br />

Old Farmhouses - Paramount -<br />

Letting -Investment<br />

Now that the Paramount Theme Park has<br />

building permissions approved, there will<br />

be a shortage of letting accommodation<br />

for engineers, technicians, builders<br />

etc employed by the company. We have<br />

many bank repossessed properties in the<br />

area that with refurbishment would meet<br />

these needs. See our website<br />

www.oldfarmhouses.es or call 968<br />

159 264<br />

April was one of the best months so far this<br />

year for house sales at Best of Spanish,<br />

with all the completions happening quickly<br />

in May. Could this be the start of a good<br />

summer for sales? We are always looking<br />

for properties to sell in Mazarrón Country<br />

Club, Puerto de Mazarrón and Bolnuevo.<br />

Please contact Jennie on (0034) 635 434<br />

651<br />

Email info@bestofspanish.com<br />

Since opening the office in Bolnuevo, Bolnuevo<br />

Cars have realized the need for<br />

scooters for hire to be included in their<br />

service. They now have 125cc scooters at<br />

great prices which are ideal for the summer.<br />

They also have a mobility scooter<br />

for hire. All customers, old and new,<br />

please come and visit us for a quote.<br />

Tel 968 150 979<br />

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May <strong>2013</strong> Quiz Answers<br />

1. Where can you see six wild boars?<br />

Front Cover<br />

2. Who claims to give you “Low cost<br />

removal Spain - UK – Spain?<br />

Advance Moves<br />

3. What does Philip Peacock Offer you?<br />

Carpentry Services<br />

4. Who offers traditional Italian cooking<br />

with a Italian chef?<br />

Mamma Mia<br />

5. Where can you find Martin & the Cutting<br />

Crew?<br />

Camposol Sector B Shopping Centre<br />

6. Who is offering you the Queen’s<br />

birthday menu?<br />

Ma Millbank’s Kitchen<br />

7. Who are the new owners of Don Ricardo’s<br />

International Bistro?<br />

Antoine and Corrine<br />

8. Where would you find “Le Gourmet”?<br />

Calle Mayor, 45 Puerto de Mazarrón<br />

9. Who says “We clean pools, we also<br />

do everything else”?<br />

Watermaid Europe S.L.<br />

10. What happened on the 4 th April 1975<br />

in Albuquerque New Mexico?<br />

Microsoft was founded<br />

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