Out and About Costa Blanca Magazine - June 2021 Issue -188
Welcome to Out and About magazine Costa Blanca June 2021 as things start hotting up in the Costa Blanca and Spain and now that Spain is allowing visitors from the UK without any Covid testing, June is likely to see holidaymakers return for the start of the summer as well as those who plan to reunite with family. June is also the month for the postponed event of Euro 2020 to 2021 which in turn should see many bars being busy and full of people of different nationalities having fun from 12th June.
Welcome to Out and About magazine Costa Blanca June 2021 as things start hotting up in the Costa Blanca and Spain and now that Spain is allowing visitors from the UK without any Covid testing, June is likely to see holidaymakers return for the start of the summer as well as those who plan to reunite with family. June is also the month for the postponed event of Euro 2020 to 2021 which in turn should see many bars being busy and full of people of different nationalities having fun from 12th June.
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<strong>June</strong> <strong>2021</strong> • <strong>Issue</strong> <strong>188</strong><br />
<strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Blanca</strong><br />
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2 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
Calpe, Benissa, Altea, Moraira<br />
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4 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
Dear Reader<br />
Time is just racing along<br />
at such a speed lately<br />
that I am wondering<br />
where days, weeks <strong>and</strong><br />
months have gone? It is now<br />
<strong>June</strong> <strong>and</strong> cannot believe it.<br />
However, it is said that when you<br />
are enjoying life time speeds along at a<br />
quicker pace ha!<br />
Why is the Sixth Month Called <strong>June</strong>?<br />
The first is that the month is named after<br />
the Roman goddess Juno, the goddess<br />
of marriage. The second is that the name<br />
comes from the Latin word iuniores,<br />
meaning “younger ones”. It also may<br />
have been called “sere-month, meaning<br />
“dry <strong>and</strong> withered,” though this term may<br />
have meant <strong>June</strong>, July or August.<br />
Wimbledon tennis. Let’s hope that<br />
Wimbledon will be back this summer,<br />
with the best tennis players in the world<br />
competing on the grass courts, in front of<br />
passionate spectators. Limited seating no<br />
doubt due to the restrictions.<br />
The weather is often a topic of<br />
conversation <strong>and</strong> this is of no exception<br />
now as summer is here. It is the most<br />
excellent time of the year when dining<br />
“al fresco” is at its best. The cool evenings<br />
<strong>and</strong> the eagerness, which comes with the<br />
holiday passion of the tourists, family <strong>and</strong><br />
friends <strong>and</strong> more people arriving, creates an<br />
exciting atmosphere. Spain offers so much<br />
with its s<strong>and</strong>y beaches, lively markets,<br />
several golf courses <strong>and</strong> great restaurants.<br />
A fiesta is a party, a celebration, a thanks<br />
giving. To a Spaniard, it symbolises the<br />
town in which they were born: its Patron<br />
Saint; its culture. Therefore fiestas are<br />
important places, to individuals <strong>and</strong> to<br />
DEAR READER<br />
families. There are so many<br />
wonderful fiestas celebrated in the<br />
<strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Blanca</strong> that you are bound<br />
to see one whatever time of year,<br />
hopefully if restrictions are lifted.<br />
Rose is the flower of this month.<br />
Though roses are available in many<br />
colours from red to pink to white to yellow,<br />
all with their own special meanings, the<br />
underlying message the flowers convey is<br />
that of Love <strong>and</strong> Devoted Affection.<br />
<strong>June</strong> birthdays claim two birthstones;<br />
pearl <strong>and</strong> Alex<strong>and</strong>rite. Pearls have been<br />
wildly popular in jewellery for centuries<br />
because of their natural beauty. Alex<strong>and</strong>rite<br />
gemstones are extremely rare <strong>and</strong> desirable<br />
since they change colour based on the<br />
lighting.<br />
The two zodiac signs associated with<br />
the month of <strong>June</strong> are the Gemini <strong>and</strong><br />
Cancer. For those born from <strong>June</strong> 1st<br />
to <strong>June</strong> 20th, they are members of the<br />
Gemini zodiac sign. Social, talkative <strong>and</strong><br />
familiar with trends, <strong>and</strong> is one of the most<br />
outgoing zodiac signs. While these traits<br />
of the Gemini sign can make them a lot<br />
to h<strong>and</strong>le, their charisma <strong>and</strong> intelligence<br />
is also refreshing, <strong>and</strong> their magnetism is<br />
irresistible.<br />
Have a great <strong>and</strong> enjoyable “Summer<br />
Time”.<br />
Remember you are never alone with<br />
a copy of <strong>Out</strong> & <strong>About</strong> <strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Blanca</strong><br />
magazine. Keep cool <strong>and</strong> happy. Until next<br />
time.<br />
Carol R. Levey
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6 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
Moraira, Benissa, Benitache<br />
Yes, you read that correctly, despite<br />
the current health situation, we’re<br />
back to selling properties just like<br />
yours <strong>and</strong> we have a growing list of<br />
enquiries from people to buy right<br />
here in the Northern <strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Blanca</strong>. In<br />
fact, its even been recently reported<br />
in the British Press that overseas<br />
enquiries are 30% up compared to<br />
last year with people wanting to get<br />
out of the UK before Brexit.<br />
Of course it’s been tough for<br />
businesses since March, but we’re<br />
taking this opportunity to look<br />
inwards <strong>and</strong> see how we can<br />
improve to meet our simple goal:<br />
to sell your property as quickly as<br />
possible whilst achieving the highest<br />
price.<br />
When it comes to Javea, we have<br />
decided to move offices <strong>and</strong> will<br />
soon be re-opening in an even<br />
better location to be able to serve<br />
buyers <strong>and</strong> sellers even better. So,<br />
yes, the port office is closed, but<br />
keep your eyes out for a new office<br />
opening soon!<br />
You might be wondering about<br />
pricing, <strong>and</strong> rightly so. We’re<br />
pleased to note that whilst we’re
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we’ll get you moving<br />
ORE<br />
EASE<br />
list your property with us today<br />
ll Calpe, Jávea, Denia, Jalon <strong>and</strong> all surrounding areas<br />
receiving some ‘silly offers’, most<br />
vendors <strong>and</strong> agents have held their<br />
nerve meaning that we’re hopeful<br />
that we’ll look back on this time <strong>and</strong><br />
see that the property market took a<br />
pause, maybe had a small dip, <strong>and</strong><br />
then carried on straight where it left<br />
off in March 2020.<br />
We’re back to doing what we do<br />
best which is selling property.<br />
We’ve got the staff, we’ve got the<br />
marketing clout, <strong>and</strong> we’ve got the<br />
experience. The message is clear,<br />
if you want to sell, we’ll get you<br />
moving!<br />
Contact us (all areas):<br />
+34 96 649 <strong>188</strong>3<br />
moraira@moraira-hamiltons.net<br />
www.moraira-hamiltons.net
8 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
JUNE<br />
Please note that all events in <strong>2021</strong><br />
may be subject to change due to<br />
Covid-19 restrictions.<br />
Spain offers so much especially in <strong>June</strong>.<br />
Everything is on your door step, as such,<br />
or travel a short enjoyable distance. Here<br />
are a few “food for Thought” ideas to soak<br />
up some happy times visiting local events.<br />
The <strong>2021</strong> International Music festival<br />
Moraira is being held next to Moraira<br />
Castle in <strong>June</strong>. The event starts at 6pm<br />
<strong>and</strong> features 7 different live acts for you<br />
to enjoy. If you are visiting the Moors &<br />
Christians Fiesta in Moraira this year,<br />
come <strong>and</strong> enjoy this fantastic evening of<br />
live music.<br />
The “Fogueres San Juan de la Cometa” is<br />
a Fiesta in Calpe, which is held normally<br />
towards the end of on <strong>June</strong> <strong>and</strong> has been<br />
printed 23rd <strong>June</strong> <strong>2021</strong>. The Night of San<br />
Juan is celebrated in Calpe as the shortest<br />
night of the year <strong>and</strong> summer solstice.<br />
Many associated cultural rituals make this<br />
Amazing Events<br />
in <strong>June</strong><br />
fiesta one of the highlights of the Calpe<br />
fiesta experience. This is the night of the<br />
summer solstice ritual. The next night, the<br />
24th of <strong>June</strong>, is the eve of San Juan Bautista,<br />
the patron saint of La Cometa. Bonfires are<br />
built up out of old wooden furniture <strong>and</strong><br />
are lit during the night in celebration of<br />
the forthcoming summer. Again subject to<br />
confirmation.<br />
Moraira/Teulada. Corpus Christi, Moors<br />
& Christians Fiesta - Main Gala Parade<br />
San Juan Bonfires again it is scheduled<br />
for <strong>June</strong> subject to confirmation.<br />
Why not spend your time in the port in<br />
Alicante exploring the delights of Villena,<br />
tours might be available. Explore Atalaya<br />
Castle — widely considered to be Villena’s<br />
most important attraction — also normally<br />
there is available a private guide <strong>and</strong> you<br />
can gain insight into the region’s rich<br />
history. Head onward to a local winery <strong>and</strong><br />
olive grove, <strong>and</strong> tour the bottling rooms,<br />
cellars <strong>and</strong> vineyards as a guide sheds<br />
light on the grape varietals thriving in the<br />
region’s fertile soils. Sample delicious local<br />
wines accompanied by Iberian ham during<br />
a tasting session then return in comfort to<br />
Alicante.<br />
Campello <strong>and</strong> Villajoyosa Villages Trip<br />
from Benidorm with Visit to a Chocolate<br />
Factory. Campello <strong>and</strong> Villajoyosa tempt<br />
visitors to explore their resort-worthy<br />
beaches, Roman ruins, <strong>and</strong> Mediterranean<br />
scenery. A private guided tour of these<br />
towns from Benidorm lets you learn<br />
about the towns’ attractions with ultimate<br />
comfort <strong>and</strong> ease. However,,..check as<br />
again subject to confirmation.<br />
Or drive to the city of Campello. Learn<br />
about the town’s history as a Roman
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settlement wanted by pirates <strong>and</strong> Christian<br />
pioneers alike. Excursions usually are<br />
available.<br />
Next, continue to the village of Villajoyosa.<br />
Tour a chocolate factory <strong>and</strong> museum <strong>and</strong><br />
then see the spots where Barbary pirates<br />
once attacked the coast. All these are ideas<br />
to help you think of a day exploring.<br />
Benidorm on our door step. Lovely place to<br />
visit. Traditional area of Benidorm situated<br />
near church <strong>and</strong> local bars. Wonderful<br />
place to take scenic photos because of high<br />
location overlooking both beaches <strong>and</strong> it’s<br />
always nice to chill out in some of the bars<br />
there. Then there is the old town to visit<br />
<strong>and</strong> enjoy the great views across the bay<br />
<strong>and</strong> the old town has some excellent Tapas<br />
bars.<br />
Visit the vibrant Mediterranean port city<br />
of Valencia, a must-see city. Or travel from<br />
<strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Blanca</strong> in air-conditioned comfort<br />
without the stress of navigation. This way<br />
you can enjoy plenty of free time to explore<br />
at your leisure.<br />
Just a short journey from the <strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Blanca</strong>,<br />
Valencia is a must-see Spanish city known<br />
for its architecture <strong>and</strong> dining scene. You<br />
could arrange to go on this tour, you’ll<br />
travel by coach from Benidorm or Albir to<br />
Torres de Serranos, located in the centre<br />
of Valencia, in air-conditioned comfort,<br />
without the hassle of advance planning.<br />
From here, spend the day independently<br />
exploring the city at your own pace <strong>and</strong><br />
prioritize the sights you want to see.<br />
However, should you decide to go by train<br />
or your own transport still will make a<br />
good day exploring.<br />
<strong>June</strong> is an excellent month for festivals,<br />
both Andalucia <strong>and</strong> Catalonia have a lot<br />
going on <strong>and</strong> Madrid <strong>and</strong> Barcelona offer<br />
city backdrops for lots of festival fun.<br />
Some of the <strong>June</strong> festivals in Spain include<br />
the Grec Performance Arts, Barcelona’s<br />
Sonar festival as well as the strange ham<br />
<strong>and</strong> water festival in Granada. However<br />
for beach lovers the night of Saint John<br />
(Noche de San Juan) is a special night<br />
spent on the beach with friends enjoying<br />
bonfires, music <strong>and</strong> fun, however again<br />
check that this event will take place as this<br />
could be subject to restrictions.<br />
Usually celebrated the last weekend in <strong>June</strong><br />
each year up <strong>and</strong> down the coastal areas<br />
of Spain most notably in Andalucia this<br />
ancient pagan festival is now legendary<br />
however hopefully these festivals will<br />
be able to take place. The Grec festival<br />
in Barcelona. The festival is one of the<br />
highlights of the summer attractions in<br />
Barcelona as well as the annual calendar<br />
of the European performing arts. All<br />
the shows are well organised largely by<br />
private sector theatre promoters. The<br />
festival’s name is derived from the venue<br />
Greek theatre which was built to host the<br />
Mount Montjuïc Universal Exhibition in<br />
1929.<br />
Some 80,000 visitors each year make it<br />
to this prestigious festival to take in the<br />
splendour of multimedia arts <strong>and</strong> live<br />
music concerts. The main celebrations of<br />
the Sonar Music Festival are held around<br />
the Raval District where you will also<br />
find the Museum of Modern Art <strong>and</strong><br />
the Contemporary Culture Centre. All<br />
electronic music lovers should not miss this<br />
because apart from the big international<br />
acts, experimental artists also get a chance<br />
to share the concert.<br />
In <strong>June</strong> there is a platform on local events as<br />
well as travelling through Spain. Perhaps<br />
just sit back on the terrace, or relax near<br />
a swimming pool, or on one of the many<br />
splendid beaches <strong>and</strong> read a copy of <strong>Out</strong> &<br />
<strong>About</strong> magazine. Enjoy your <strong>June</strong>.<br />
by Carol Levey
10 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
AGONY UNCLE<br />
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Can our AGONY UNCLE help you<br />
Readers<br />
Letters<br />
Email to: relojdesol@mail.com<br />
My Husb<strong>and</strong> has made a decision that we<br />
should return to the UK <strong>and</strong> proposes to uproot<br />
my son <strong>and</strong> daughter, who have only attended<br />
school in Spain, <strong>and</strong> who are virtually Spanish.<br />
He has a notion that we are returning back for a<br />
better future, but for whom? He is able to work<br />
online anywhere so where we are doesn’t matter<br />
to him, but my life is very much here on the<br />
<strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Blanca</strong>.<br />
<strong>June</strong>: Alcalali<br />
Hi <strong>June</strong>,<br />
<strong>June</strong>, such an upheaval as changing home<br />
<strong>and</strong> returning to a Country you <strong>and</strong> your<br />
family hardly know anymore should<br />
surely be up for discussion. You are not<br />
your husb<strong>and</strong>’s goods <strong>and</strong> chattels but<br />
a part of a family that has lived here in<br />
Spain for many years by the sounds of it.<br />
There has to be dialogue,organisation <strong>and</strong><br />
very sensitive planning to bring about<br />
any changes that only he appears to want,<br />
anyway. Whether you are blamed for<br />
digging your heels into the s<strong>and</strong> or not, it is<br />
a question of a joint decision that embraces<br />
the well being of all four of you <strong>and</strong> which<br />
surely merits examining things more<br />
closely than relocating on a whim.<br />
My father has taken a girlfriend as a final<br />
defiant gesture of trying to find his youth,<br />
at the gr<strong>and</strong> age of 80 years old. This<br />
woman seems to have taken him over <strong>and</strong><br />
she is now making decisions that will affect<br />
my future <strong>and</strong> that of my sister. We are very<br />
happy that he has found someone special<br />
to share his golden years with, but we will<br />
not be manipulated, neither should our<br />
relationship with our dear Father have to<br />
change in any way.<br />
Georgi: Relleu<br />
If your Father has decided to take the<br />
step of marrying his girlfriend then<br />
there could be changes in the family<br />
pecking order <strong>and</strong> you should be very<br />
focussed on what these mean to you<br />
as the two family members closest to<br />
him currently by ties of inheritance.<br />
Presumably you should be having<br />
a meeting with your Father face to<br />
face to discuss what the implications<br />
are for the future. If you want that<br />
this girlfriend makes your father<br />
happy <strong>and</strong> genuinely cares for him<br />
then she has the potential to become<br />
financially rewarded by him on his<br />
passing on, if she becomes his wife. The<br />
silence <strong>and</strong> the not knowing could be<br />
devastating to a situation that should<br />
not be allowed to go out of control, but<br />
which means, simply, that four adults<br />
should meet up to talk freely <strong>and</strong> raise<br />
any issues now, whilst you are all on<br />
speaking terms. There is work to be<br />
done here to keep a peace that embraces<br />
the true wishes of your Father, <strong>and</strong> he<br />
will adequately respond so that you<br />
know best your future stances.
AGONY UNCLE JUNE <strong>2021</strong> | 11<br />
I have uncontrollable pain as a byproduct<br />
of my diabetes <strong>and</strong> I am not a good sleeper<br />
anyway. I just dread another hot Summer<br />
of pain <strong>and</strong> never enough rest.<br />
Sonia: Benitachell<br />
Sonia, I am sorry to hear that you<br />
have referred pain as a result of your<br />
diabetes. However you do need to<br />
urgently discuss medications that<br />
would help you to get the good night’s<br />
rest that you so deserve.You may get<br />
some help by looking at alternative<br />
medicines too, <strong>and</strong> then applying them<br />
into your life with a view to relieving<br />
pain <strong>and</strong> getting a full night’s sleep<br />
each night. This does not mean that<br />
you become a zombie, or look towards<br />
your medication as anything more<br />
than assisting your immediate medical<br />
needs <strong>and</strong> restoring natural sleep,<br />
so that you can live a better quality<br />
of life; <strong>and</strong> remove pain from the<br />
agenda as a natural right. Schedule an<br />
appointment with your Doctor, who<br />
has pledged to keep you both alive <strong>and</strong><br />
well <strong>and</strong> who can discuss with you the<br />
alternatives of successful pain relief<br />
<strong>and</strong> the many options open to you right<br />
now. Considerable research examines<br />
pain control <strong>and</strong> there are many new<br />
medications out there that will surely<br />
help to steer you without pain through<br />
the long hot summer ahead.<br />
@<br />
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Different types of low vision devices also can<br />
help in different circumstances:<br />
• A student might need a camera-like telescopic<br />
device attached to a portable video camera<br />
magnifier to capture an image at the front<br />
of the classroom. That image then can be<br />
enlarged on a monitor on the student’s<br />
desktop.<br />
• A mechanic might benefit from<br />
a magnifier mounted on<br />
prescription eyeglasses, so<br />
that h<strong>and</strong>s remain free to<br />
work.<br />
• A h<strong>and</strong>held magnifier<br />
is portable <strong>and</strong> easy to<br />
use when needs are<br />
simple. As an example,<br />
h<strong>and</strong>held magnifiers<br />
are ideal for checking<br />
product labels at the<br />
grocery store or quickly<br />
looking over the mail.<br />
“There is a lot of confusion<br />
about the size of devices <strong>and</strong><br />
the power they have,” says Lylas<br />
G. Mogk, MD, founding director of the<br />
Visual Rehabilitation <strong>and</strong> Research Center of<br />
the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.<br />
“Often people will say, ‘Well, this one is a 3x<br />
<strong>and</strong> that one is a 6x. So I want the one that’s a<br />
6x.’ But the disadvantage of magnifiers with<br />
higher power is that you then see a much<br />
smaller area,” she says. “As a general rule,<br />
you want the magnifier with the least power<br />
you can get away with, in exchange for the<br />
largest area you are able to see.”<br />
If you are an avid reader, you will find that<br />
simple magnifiers are inadequate to help<br />
you sustain the concentration needed for an<br />
extended time period.<br />
Guide to magnifiers<br />
for low vision<br />
patients - Part II<br />
DR. M. ISABEL SIGNES-SOLER<br />
Which magnifiers work best in different circumstances?<br />
A small, h<strong>and</strong>held magnifier greatly enlarges a<br />
few words or sentences on a page. But reading<br />
something like a novel requires an exp<strong>and</strong>ed<br />
field of view <strong>and</strong> the ability to scan ahead in<br />
order to see <strong>and</strong> process information quickly.<br />
Another limitation of h<strong>and</strong>held magnifiers<br />
is that they can’t be used for task-specific<br />
activities such as knitting, which requires<br />
both h<strong>and</strong>s to be free. In this case, you<br />
would need a magnifier on a st<strong>and</strong><br />
that can be easily positioned<br />
where you need it.<br />
If you are buying a h<strong>and</strong>held<br />
magnifier or a magnifier<br />
on a st<strong>and</strong>, you might be<br />
interested in extra features<br />
such as:<br />
• Built-in lighting<br />
that can help you see<br />
better.<br />
• “Gooseneck”<br />
attachments in st<strong>and</strong><br />
magnifiers that can be easily<br />
moved <strong>and</strong> adjusted to whatever<br />
position you need.<br />
• Various lenses <strong>and</strong> powers in the same device,<br />
so you achieve just the right magnification at<br />
the precise distance you need.<br />
Also, you may think high-powered reading<br />
glasses are the best solution for all your needs.<br />
But these types of low vision glasses limit you<br />
to seeing objects at a fixed distance that could<br />
be less than a foot from your nose.<br />
Dr. Mogk says the best reading tool for virtually<br />
anyone with vision loss is a video camera<br />
magnifier. These devices use video cameras that<br />
focus on items of your choice <strong>and</strong> then magnify<br />
them on a screen or monitor.<br />
Some features to look for in video camera<br />
magnifiers include:
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• Autofocus<br />
• Color <strong>and</strong> black-<strong>and</strong>-white displays<br />
• Ergonomics allowing ease of use<br />
• Glare <strong>and</strong> contrast control<br />
• Compatibility with computers <strong>and</strong> computer<br />
screens<br />
• Screen size that best meets needs<br />
• Portability<br />
• Memory settings<br />
With video camera magnifier technology, people<br />
may benefit from glasses that focus at this<br />
intermediate distance.<br />
Bioptic telescopes require considerable<br />
concentration <strong>and</strong> quick reaction times<br />
This month<br />
discounts on<br />
frames <strong>and</strong><br />
sunglasses<br />
up to<br />
70%<br />
for driving, which means they aren’t for<br />
everyone. Each state specifies whether such<br />
devices can be used <strong>and</strong> — if so — what level<br />
of vision is required to be a c<strong>and</strong>idate for this<br />
device.<br />
“Some of these high-end telescopes that are<br />
commonly prescribed may be ideal for<br />
students <strong>and</strong> young people.<br />
Dr. Jackson said telescopes clearly are an<br />
advantage for magnifying objects that are far<br />
away, in the same way that bird watchers <strong>and</strong><br />
opera fans use binoculars.<br />
“But all telescopes decrease the area you<br />
see, <strong>and</strong> they all decrease the light,” says<br />
Dr. Jackson. “So if you have poor contrast<br />
sensitivity to begin with, you could have a lot<br />
of trouble looking through a telescope.”<br />
Television viewing is the most common use for<br />
telescopes, when people prefer not to move<br />
closer to the screen for a better view.<br />
Dra. Maria Isabel Signes-Soler, PhD, FAAO<br />
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JOHN CURTIS<br />
Hello again <strong>and</strong> a warm welcome<br />
to this month´s All Time Greats<br />
which is the continuation <strong>and</strong><br />
completion of my review on the late <strong>and</strong><br />
infamous Phil Spector. We left off last<br />
month in 1966 <strong>and</strong> him taking a break<br />
from production following the failure of<br />
his work with Ike <strong>and</strong> Tina Turner notably<br />
the lack of recognition in the US for the<br />
epic “River Deep Mountain High.” Phil<br />
lay low for four years during which he<br />
got married to Veronica Bennett the lead<br />
singer of The Ronettes <strong>and</strong> he did show<br />
up on the set of the film Easy Rider in 1969<br />
<strong>and</strong> played a cameo role as a drug dealer.<br />
A dabble back in the studio in late 1969<br />
lead to the next spell of working behind<br />
a mixing desk. American Alan Klein who<br />
had taken over managing The Beatles at<br />
PHIL SPECTOR - PART II<br />
the very troubled end of their era thought<br />
that Phil could add something to John<br />
Lennon´s solo song “Instant Karma” <strong>and</strong><br />
invited him over to the UK. Produced by<br />
Phil Spector the song was a number 3 hit<br />
in early 1970 <strong>and</strong> a working relationship<br />
was forged with both John Lennon <strong>and</strong><br />
George Harrison. The recent success of<br />
the Abbey Road LP made The Beatles<br />
wonder if their earlier <strong>and</strong> disharmonious<br />
Let It Be recordings, shelved a year earlier,<br />
might yet yield some fruit <strong>and</strong> it was John<br />
& George who invited Phil to remix <strong>and</strong><br />
overdub these tracks very much against<br />
the wishes of Paul McCartney who, on<br />
this occasion, was outvoted. The Let It Be<br />
album, released as The Beatles swansong<br />
in the spring of 1970, had the Spector<br />
hallmark “Wall Of Sound” all over it to
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JUNE <strong>2021</strong> | 17<br />
John & George´s satisfaction<br />
but not to Paul who<br />
particularly hated the<br />
huge orchestral <strong>and</strong><br />
vocal overdubs to his<br />
song “The Long &<br />
Winding Road.” Phil´s<br />
good relationship<br />
with John & George<br />
continued for a few years<br />
<strong>and</strong> he produced their<br />
early solo albums which<br />
included the mega hits “Imagine”<br />
<strong>and</strong> “My Sweet Lord.” This apparent<br />
crest of a wave was soon undermined<br />
by an increasing use of drugs <strong>and</strong><br />
Phil´s growing reputation for unstable<br />
behaviour <strong>and</strong> unreliability. First George<br />
sacked him <strong>and</strong> then after a wild rant<br />
during a recording session with John in<br />
which a gun was drawn <strong>and</strong> fired into<br />
the ceiling their relationship ended too.<br />
The seeds for the murder of actress Lana<br />
Clarkson in 2003 <strong>and</strong> a life sentence were<br />
very apparent some 30 years earlier!<br />
Another hiatus followed punctuated<br />
by working on a Dion album to mixed<br />
reviews in 1975 <strong>and</strong> finally working with<br />
Leonard Cohen <strong>and</strong> The Ramones in<br />
1979. In both cases the results were not<br />
acclaimed <strong>and</strong> rumours have abounded<br />
about Phil´s growing instability <strong>and</strong><br />
fondness for toting a gun in the recording<br />
studio. Perhaps his last chance of a<br />
healthy mind was lost in 1974 when he<br />
went through the windscreen of his car<br />
in an accident <strong>and</strong> nearly lost his life. Ex<br />
wife Ronnie´s account of her life with him<br />
also makes harrowing reading. After The<br />
Ramones very few people wished to work<br />
with him so he lived off his royalties in<br />
increasing seclusion until the tragic<br />
event of 2003 reminded people<br />
he was still alive. The rest is<br />
history as they say <strong>and</strong> Phil´s<br />
legacy , despite his obvious<br />
considerable talents, is one<br />
of public revulsion for the<br />
monster he became.<br />
Before closing may I tell you<br />
my own news?<br />
I now have a new show on PURE<br />
GOLD FM (94.1 FM & , of course,<br />
on The Internet). I present a 3 hour<br />
show on Sunday mornings from<br />
9AM to Midday CET which starts<br />
with an hour of “The Crooners”<br />
<strong>and</strong> is followed by 2 hours of easy<br />
listening love songs. I hope you will<br />
join me for this <strong>and</strong> ALSO for “JC´s<br />
Podcast” on The Internet which<br />
continues the content <strong>and</strong> spirit of<br />
Ready Steady Sunday with 2 hours<br />
of 60s/70s music. This is available to<br />
you anytime throughout the week<br />
<strong>and</strong> is renewed with a fresh show<br />
every Saturday. Look out for my<br />
programme about Phil Spector on<br />
JC´s Podcast on the first Saturday of<br />
July. Please note too my NEW EMAIL<br />
ADDRESS : “jcpodcast10@gmail.<br />
com.”<br />
These articles will continue so I will<br />
be back in next month´s magazine<br />
with another All Time Great. Until<br />
when my best wishes <strong>and</strong> my usual<br />
mantra to KEEP ROCKING!<br />
by John Curtis
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Magic Travel<br />
Moments<br />
Highlight those (many) travel moments in<br />
my life when things have ‘sparkled’.<br />
by John<br />
David<br />
Moorhouse<br />
DAVID MOORHOUSE.<br />
Up at Zekia<br />
In the upl<strong>and</strong>s of Southern<br />
Greece there lies an empty<br />
field surrounded on three<br />
sides by thick woodl<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong><br />
edged by a narrow country<br />
road.<br />
The feeling of empty<br />
l<strong>and</strong>scape is underlined by the<br />
skeletal ruins of a roofless, twostorey<br />
house set well back from<br />
the road with gaps in its walls<br />
where doors <strong>and</strong> windows<br />
once looked onto the field.<br />
A single, large tree st<strong>and</strong>s<br />
guard close by while southfacing<br />
mountains gaze upon<br />
the silent scene.<br />
An old friend, a senior<br />
member of the family who once<br />
lived in the house, <strong>and</strong> who still<br />
own it <strong>and</strong> the surrounding<br />
l<strong>and</strong>, leads me into what was<br />
once the downstairs of the<br />
house.<br />
I sense that my friend’s<br />
family, going back generations,<br />
are still here, downstairs,<br />
upstairs, living, eating,<br />
sleeping, working the l<strong>and</strong>.<br />
They have not gone away....<br />
<strong>and</strong> neither can I.... never!
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TARRAGONA - THE ROMAN AQUEDUCT<br />
Radiating Power <strong>and</strong> Stability (two highly<br />
relevant concepts in today’s world), built<br />
almost 2,000 years ago, the Aqueduct is<br />
both massive <strong>and</strong> dream-like, solid <strong>and</strong><br />
surreal, a symbol of life <strong>and</strong> death.<br />
As a monument to Ancient Roman<br />
engineering it speaks eloquently <strong>and</strong><br />
exhibits a multi-dimensional creativity.<br />
In total contrast we enter a nearby,<br />
dingy Bar, some dirty glasses lying<br />
around on two small tables, <strong>and</strong> sit<br />
down on rickety chairs. There is no<br />
ventilation to relieve the oppressive<br />
heat of mid-summer.<br />
Drinking cheap wine <strong>and</strong> munching<br />
on oily crisps I feel a strong link to the<br />
Ancient Roman-ized population of this<br />
part of Spain as it too must have sought to<br />
forget the heat of mid-summer.<br />
The Aqueduct <strong>and</strong> the Bar remain in my<br />
heart.<br />
Non-Communication<br />
by John David Moorhouse.<br />
They travel the same road,<br />
one going east, the other west,<br />
but neither knows which view’s best.<br />
All comes into focus when they collide<br />
on a stretch of road un-straight, not wide.<br />
Communication now takes place, face to face....<br />
neither showing respect or grace.<br />
Words are fierce <strong>and</strong> few,<br />
each ignoring the other’s view.<br />
“This was your fault, not mine!”<br />
“Don’t talk rubbish, you ignored the line!<br />
Now I’m late for a big date!”<br />
“It’ll just have to wait!”<br />
“Yea - great!”<br />
Was this all that was said?<br />
Yes.... each shot the other dead!
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MEMORY LANE<br />
MEMORY LANE<br />
LOS VILEROS WIN THE RC L´HOSPITALET AT THE<br />
BEGINNING OF THE SECOND RETURN<br />
<strong>June</strong> 1st Birthday - Marilyn Monroe<br />
(1926-1962) was born in Los Angeles<br />
(as Norma Jean Mortensen). Following<br />
an unstable childhood spent in foster<br />
homes <strong>and</strong> orphanages, she l<strong>and</strong>ed<br />
a job as a photographer’s model<br />
which led to a movie career. She later<br />
married baseball legend Joe DiMaggio.<br />
Beneath her glamorous movie star<br />
looks she was fragile <strong>and</strong> insecure <strong>and</strong><br />
eventually succumbed to the pressures<br />
of Hollywood life. She died in Los<br />
Angeles from an overdose of sleeping<br />
pills on August 5, 1962. Best known<br />
for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953),<br />
The Seven Year Itch (1955), Bus Stop<br />
(1956), Some Like It Hot (1959), <strong>and</strong><br />
The Misfits (1961).<br />
<strong>June</strong> 3, 1937 - The Duke of Windsor<br />
married Wallis Warfield Simpson in<br />
Monts, France. As King Edward VIII,<br />
he had abdicated the British throne in<br />
December of 1936 amid tremendous<br />
controversy to marry Simpson, an<br />
American who had been divorced.<br />
Following the wedding, the couple<br />
lived in France <strong>and</strong> had minimal<br />
contact with the British Royal family.<br />
The Duke died in Paris on May 28,<br />
1972, <strong>and</strong> was buried near Windsor<br />
Castle in Engl<strong>and</strong>.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 4, Birthday - King George<br />
III (1738-1820) was born. He ruled<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> for 60 years from 1760 to 1820<br />
<strong>and</strong> was the British King against whom<br />
the American Revolution was directed.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 5, 1783 - The first sustained<br />
flight occurred as a hot-air balloon<br />
was launched at Annonay, France,<br />
by brothers Joseph <strong>and</strong> Jacques<br />
Montgolfier. Their 33-foot-diameter<br />
globe aerostatique ascended about<br />
6,000 feet. In September, they repeated<br />
the experiment for King Louis XVI,<br />
using a sheep, rooster <strong>and</strong> duck as the<br />
balloon’s passengers.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 5, 1968 - Robert F. Kennedy was<br />
shot <strong>and</strong> mortally wounded while<br />
leaving the Hotel Ambassador in Los<br />
Angeles. The shooting occurred after<br />
a celebration of Kennedy’s victory in<br />
the California presidential primary.<br />
He died at 1:44 a.m., <strong>June</strong> 6, at age<br />
42, leaving behind his wife Ethel <strong>and</strong><br />
eleven children, the last one born after<br />
his death.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 6, 1944 - D-Day, the largest<br />
amphibious l<strong>and</strong>ing in history, began<br />
in the early-morning hours as Allied<br />
forces l<strong>and</strong>ed in Norm<strong>and</strong>y on the<br />
northern coast of France. Operation<br />
Overlord took months of planning<br />
<strong>and</strong> involved 1,527,000 soldiers in 47<br />
Allied divisions along with 4,400 ships<br />
<strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong>ing craft, <strong>and</strong> 11,000 aircraft.<br />
The Germans had about 60 divisions<br />
spread along France <strong>and</strong> the Low<br />
Countries. American forces l<strong>and</strong>ed<br />
on two western beaches, Utah <strong>and</strong><br />
Omaha, while British <strong>and</strong> Canadian<br />
troops l<strong>and</strong>ed farther east on Gold,<br />
Juno <strong>and</strong> Sword beaches. By the end<br />
of the day 150,000 Allied soldiers<br />
<strong>and</strong> their accompanying vehicles<br />
had l<strong>and</strong>ed with 15,000 killed <strong>and</strong><br />
wounded.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 9, 1898 - The British signed a 99-<br />
year lease for Hong Kong, located on<br />
the southeastern coast of China. Hong<br />
Kong, consisting of an area measuring<br />
400 square miles, was administered as<br />
a British Crown Colony until July 1,<br />
1997, when its sovereignty reverted to<br />
the People’s Republic of China.<br />
Birthday - Composer <strong>and</strong> lyricist Cole<br />
Porter (1893-1964) was born in Peru,<br />
Indiana. He published his first song<br />
The Bobolink Waltz at the age of ten.<br />
His Broadway career was launched<br />
in 1928 when five of his songs were<br />
used in the musical play Let’s Do It.<br />
Among his many contributions to<br />
the Broadway stage; Fifty Million<br />
Frenchmen, The Gay Divorcee,<br />
Anything Goes, Leave It to Me, Du<br />
Barry Was a Lady, Something for the<br />
Boys, Kiss Me Kate, Can Can <strong>and</strong> Silk<br />
Stockings.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 10, 1942 - In one of the most<br />
infamous single acts of World War II<br />
in Europe, all 172 men <strong>and</strong> boys over<br />
age 16 in the Czech village of Lidice<br />
were shot by Nazis in reprisal for the<br />
assassination of SS leader Reinhard<br />
Heydrich. The women were deported<br />
to Ravensbrück concentration camp<br />
where most died. Ninety young<br />
children were sent to the concentration<br />
camp at Gneisenau, with some later<br />
taken to Nazi orphanages if they were<br />
German looking. The village was then<br />
completely leveled until not a trace<br />
remained.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 10 Birthday - Judy Garl<strong>and</strong><br />
(1922-1969) was born in Gr<strong>and</strong> Rapids,<br />
Minnesota (as Frances Gumm). She<br />
is best remembered for her portrayal<br />
of Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of<br />
Oz (1939) <strong>and</strong> other films including<br />
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) <strong>and</strong> Easter<br />
Parade (1948). She became one of the<br />
most popular concert performers of<br />
the 1950s <strong>and</strong> ‘60s <strong>and</strong> broke box-office<br />
records in New York City <strong>and</strong> London.<br />
She was found dead of an overdose<br />
of sleeping pills in London on <strong>June</strong><br />
22, 1969.
MEMORY LANE<br />
<strong>June</strong> 12 Birthday - George Bush, the<br />
41st U.S. President, was born in Milton,<br />
Massachusetts, <strong>June</strong> 12, 1924. During<br />
World War II, he became the youngest<br />
pilot in the U.S. Navy. Following<br />
the war, he co-founded a Texas oil<br />
equipment manufacturing company.<br />
He then entered politics, serving in a<br />
variety of roles including in the U.S.<br />
Congress, the United Nations, as<br />
U.S. liaison to China, C.I.A. director,<br />
<strong>and</strong> two terms as vice-president<br />
under Ronald Reagan. Elected to<br />
the presidency in 1988, President<br />
Bush is best remembered for forging<br />
a successful multinational military<br />
alliance following the invasion of<br />
Kuwait on August 2, 1990, by Saddam<br />
Hussein’s Iraqi army. However,<br />
following the defeat of Iraq, Bush was<br />
beset by domestic problems in the U.S.<br />
which resulted in a significant drop<br />
in popularity <strong>and</strong> his loss in the 1992<br />
election to Bill Clinton.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 12 Birthday - Anne Frank<br />
(1929-1945) was born in Frankfurt,<br />
Germany. She is perhaps the best<br />
known victim of the Nazi Holocaust.<br />
Anne <strong>and</strong> her family moved from<br />
Germany to Amsterdam to flee Nazi<br />
persecution, then went into hiding in a<br />
small attic after Holl<strong>and</strong> was invaded<br />
by Nazis. Anne, a girl on the verge of<br />
womanhood, was unable to go outside<br />
for any reason. In 1942, she began<br />
a diary to cope with the boredom,<br />
fear, annoyances, <strong>and</strong> loneliness of<br />
captivity. Her family’s hiding place<br />
was eventually discovered <strong>and</strong> Anne<br />
<strong>and</strong> her family were deported to Nazi<br />
concentration camps. She contracted<br />
typhus <strong>and</strong> died at Bergen-Belsen<br />
in 1945. After the war, her father<br />
published her diary, which inspired<br />
the world, revealing a young woman<br />
who had managed to remain hopeful,<br />
despite it all.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 14. Birthday - German<br />
psychiatrist <strong>and</strong> pathologist Alois<br />
Alzheimer (1864-1915) was born<br />
in Markbreit am Mainz, Germany.<br />
In 1907, he published an article<br />
first describing ‘Alzheimers,’ a<br />
degenerative disease, usually<br />
beginning at age 40-60, affecting nerve<br />
cells of the brain <strong>and</strong> leading to severe<br />
memory impairment <strong>and</strong> progressive<br />
loss of mental faculties.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 16, 1963 - Valentina Tereshkova,<br />
26, became the first woman in space<br />
as her Soviet spacecraft, Vostok 6, took<br />
off from the Tyuratam launch site. She<br />
manually controlled the spacecraft<br />
completing 48 orbits in 71 hours before<br />
l<strong>and</strong>ing safely.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 17, 1972 - Following a seemingly<br />
routine burglary, five men were<br />
arrested at the National Democratic<br />
Headquarters in the Watergate<br />
complex in Washington, D.C. However,<br />
subsequent investigations revealed the<br />
burglars were actually agents hired<br />
by the Committee for the Re-election<br />
of President Richard Nixon. A long<br />
chain of events then followed in which<br />
the president <strong>and</strong> top aides became<br />
involved in an extensive cover-up of<br />
this <strong>and</strong> other White House sanctioned<br />
illegal activities, eventually leading to<br />
the resignation of President Nixon on<br />
August 9, 1974.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 18, 1983 - Dr. Sally Ride, a<br />
32-year-old physicist <strong>and</strong> pilot, became<br />
the first American woman in space,<br />
beginning a six-day mission aboard<br />
the space shuttle Challenger, launched<br />
from Cape Canaveral, Florida.<br />
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<strong>June</strong> 20. Birthday - American military<br />
hero <strong>and</strong> actor Audie Murphy (1924-<br />
1971) was born in Kingston, Texas.<br />
He was the most decorated American<br />
soldier of World War II, awarded 37<br />
medals <strong>and</strong> decorations, including<br />
the Medal of Honor for singleh<strong>and</strong>edly<br />
turning back a German<br />
infantry company by climbing on a<br />
burning U.S. tank destroyer <strong>and</strong> firing<br />
its .50-cal. machine gun, killing 50<br />
Germans. He later became an actor in<br />
western <strong>and</strong> war movies <strong>and</strong> made<br />
45 films including; The Red Badge of<br />
Courage (1951), Destry (1954), <strong>and</strong><br />
To Hell <strong>and</strong> Back (1955), based on<br />
his autobiography. He died May 28,<br />
1971, in a plane crash near Roanoke,<br />
Virginia.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 25, 1876 - General George A.<br />
Custer, leading 250 men, attacked an<br />
encampment of Sioux Indians near<br />
Little Bighorn River in Montana.<br />
Custer <strong>and</strong> his men were then<br />
attacked by 2000-4000 Indian braves.<br />
Only one scout <strong>and</strong> a single horse<br />
survived ‘Custer’s Last St<strong>and</strong>’ on<br />
the Little Bighorn Battlefield. News<br />
of the humiliating defeat infuriated<br />
Americans <strong>and</strong> led to all out war.<br />
Within a year, the Sioux Indians were a<br />
broken <strong>and</strong> defeated nation.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 30, 1971 - The 26th Amendment<br />
to the U.S. Constitution was enacted,<br />
granting the right to vote in all federal,<br />
state <strong>and</strong> local elections to American<br />
citizens 18 years or older. The U.S. thus<br />
gained an additional 11 million voters.<br />
The minimum voting age in most<br />
states had been 21.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 30, 1997 - In Hong Kong, the<br />
flag of the British Crown Colony was<br />
officially lowered at midnight <strong>and</strong><br />
replaced by a new flag representing<br />
China’s sovereignty <strong>and</strong> the official<br />
transfer of power.
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28 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA DEE’S TRAVELS<br />
DEE’S TRAVELS<br />
LIVING ABROAD –<br />
GETTING THERE<br />
I<br />
started my globetrotting life in 1974,<br />
yes, I’m really that old, just as I began<br />
my writing career using a manual<br />
typewriter – <strong>and</strong> I still can’t type without<br />
looking at the keyboard. On social media<br />
I’m known as the queen of typos. But<br />
back to the travel, even in those mists of<br />
time we left one country <strong>and</strong> arrived in<br />
another by air.<br />
I know some people are scared of<br />
flying, but I love it. In fact, I can be very<br />
badly behaved on aircraft, reacting like a<br />
kid in a c<strong>and</strong>y store.<br />
My first experience was a trip from<br />
London to Dublin for my gr<strong>and</strong>father’s<br />
funeral. I’m sure, if there had been<br />
enough time, we would have floated<br />
over the Irish Sea by boat as before, but<br />
time was not on our side.<br />
My mother was absolutely terrified, I<br />
think it must have been her first flight,<br />
but I loved it <strong>and</strong> remember feeling very<br />
superior as I sat calmly holding her h<strong>and</strong><br />
as I described everything I could see out<br />
of the window. For some strange reason<br />
she didn’t appear to be enjoying my<br />
travel commentary, <strong>and</strong> my h<strong>and</strong> was<br />
sore <strong>and</strong> bruised for days after.<br />
My next airborne trip was to France,<br />
where I was wedged into a tiny seat on a<br />
Dan Air prop plane, next to a generously<br />
proportioned lady holding an equally<br />
large cactus on her lap. I arrived covered<br />
in tiny pin pricks all over my h<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong><br />
wrists. It was my turn to sit rigid as the<br />
plant life attacked me with every lurch in<br />
the turbulent air pockets.<br />
Flying to African of course, they<br />
provided much larger aircraft, with dogeared<br />
magazines to read, as much to eat<br />
<strong>and</strong> drink as you could consume <strong>and</strong><br />
delightful packages of goodies. They<br />
gave you socks, an eye shade, mouth<br />
freshener, eye mist spray, ear plugs<br />
<strong>and</strong> an assortment of creams <strong>and</strong> nice<br />
smelly stuff to plaster all over yourself.<br />
And too, they thoughtfully provided<br />
a tiny toothbrush <strong>and</strong> paste <strong>and</strong> moist<br />
refreshing wipes.<br />
Before you even took off, they offered<br />
a range of free newspapers, baskets of<br />
boiled sweets, a steaming hot towel<br />
proffered in tongs <strong>and</strong>, in those days<br />
they hurried back to collect them, they<br />
didn’t leave you immersed in a pile of<br />
rubbish until the end of the flight. These<br />
days, if you miss that black, plastic bag<br />
as it speeds down the aisle, you’re out of<br />
luck. On a bad day it’s like sitting in the<br />
local rubbish dump.<br />
I remember having the ability to open<br />
the dinky food containers <strong>and</strong> eat before<br />
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we l<strong>and</strong>. Nowadays the little foil pots<br />
have been hermetically sealed by some<br />
demented food workers out to ensure<br />
you starve between London <strong>and</strong> Tokyo.<br />
Should you be lucky enough to have<br />
your favourite Stanley knife secreted<br />
on your body that escaped the customs<br />
search, you may be able to access your<br />
lunch or dinner, but it’s more likely you<br />
spread it all over the passenger in front<br />
of you, the cabin roof <strong>and</strong> any passing<br />
cabin crew. They get quite cross with<br />
you, I should know.<br />
I love airports too. All those wide-open<br />
spaces, nearly always clean, with bright<br />
twinkly lights <strong>and</strong> people rushing to <strong>and</strong><br />
fro. Being sensitive, I can almost taste the<br />
vibrations of ecstasy <strong>and</strong> despair left by<br />
departing <strong>and</strong> arriving travellers, but for<br />
the most part they exude happiness – for<br />
those of us who love to travel.<br />
Should you be planning to sleep over,<br />
I would recommend Gatwick, because<br />
they have rows of seats without armrests<br />
<strong>and</strong> it’s possible to lie out, clutching the<br />
h<strong>and</strong>le of the carry on in one h<strong>and</strong> while<br />
using your h<strong>and</strong>bag as a pillow.<br />
Next time, more airport lay-overs <strong>and</strong><br />
the flight from hell.<br />
I have a new book out, my psychological<br />
thriller A Year in the Life of Belinda<br />
Br<strong>and</strong> – available on Amazon.<br />
By Dee Tavener-Craig<br />
WE ARE NOW OPEN WITH OUR SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION, PLUS OUR<br />
USUAL STOCK OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. WE ALSO HAVE TRAVEL COTS,<br />
CAR SEATS AND PUSHCHAIRS FOR HIRE.<br />
All proceeds are for the needy animals of Calpe<br />
A difficult year for all of us but we still need to raise money for Calpe’s lost or ab<strong>and</strong>oned dogs <strong>and</strong> cats.<br />
Our shop is an Aladdin’s cave of clothing, books, DVDs, bric-a-brac<br />
<strong>and</strong> household goods so come along <strong>and</strong> snap up a bargain. The shop is situated in the lower ground floor of<br />
Edificio Perlamar on the Gabriel Miro, Calpe <strong>and</strong> is open from 10am until 1pm Mondays to Fridays.<br />
The president, Elinor Gonzalez lives in Las Bassetes where she cares for<br />
Calpe’s ab<strong>and</strong>oned <strong>and</strong> sick animals, bringing them back to health <strong>and</strong><br />
finding new caring owners for them. Her telephone number is<br />
620 106 733<br />
<strong>and</strong> she also has a stall on the Wednesday <strong>and</strong><br />
Saturday market in Calpe if you wish to offer help<br />
or Dog walk, or adopt one of the lovely dogs<br />
Elinor would be so pleased to hear from you.
30 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA SIMON RATCLIFFE<br />
ULTRASOUND IMAGING<br />
IN PHYSIOTHERAPY<br />
Ultrasound imaging has<br />
technologically improved<br />
over the last 20 years, in<br />
a big way. The equipment that is<br />
available today allows for a great<br />
imaging exploration of several<br />
areas of the body with minimal<br />
costs in comparison with<br />
an MRI for example.<br />
So why is this<br />
relevant in the world<br />
of physiotherapy?<br />
The answer<br />
is simple, it is<br />
an extra bit of<br />
equipment<br />
that can<br />
help figure<br />
out what<br />
the problem<br />
is when<br />
combined<br />
with our always<br />
valuable physical<br />
exploration. It also<br />
allows us to rule out<br />
other issues that may<br />
need evaluating or treating by<br />
a doctor, which can be crucial in a<br />
speedy recovery.<br />
There are three aspects of ultrasound<br />
imaging to be applied in physiotherapy:<br />
1. Improvement of clinical diagnosis (<br />
which is what we mentioned above).<br />
2. Injury management: This would mean<br />
that we can explore the area during<br />
each session <strong>and</strong> record how the tissue<br />
is reacting <strong>and</strong> recovering with our<br />
treatment.<br />
3. Ultrasound-guided therapy: there<br />
are several techniques that require<br />
ultrasound guidance to allow<br />
for a correct application. I<br />
myself apply a treatment<br />
called percutanous<br />
electrolisis,this<br />
allows soft tissue<br />
injuries to recover<br />
by applying<br />
electrotherapy<br />
through an<br />
acupuncture<br />
needle. I<br />
then use the<br />
ultrasound<br />
image to guide<br />
the needle to<br />
the injured area<br />
to then apply the<br />
therapy. This would<br />
be impossible to do<br />
without live imaging of<br />
the structure, the accuracy<br />
of this technique is key <strong>and</strong> would<br />
be a mistake to use it without image<br />
guidance.<br />
So in what areas or situations would we<br />
use ultrasound imaging?<br />
• Shoulder pain. It is very useful<br />
Simon Ratcliffe is a licensed Physiotherapist <strong>and</strong> Certified Osteopath C.O. for the<br />
Family Medical Centre in Albir. Contact Simon on 966 865 072 for an appointment.
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JUNE <strong>2021</strong> | 31<br />
in rotator cuff injuries ( famous<br />
supraspinatus tendinitis)<br />
• Tennis elbow<br />
• Carpal tunnel syndrome<br />
• Patellar tendinitis<br />
• Achilles injuries<br />
• Muscular injuries<br />
• Plantar fascitis<br />
• Etc<br />
We have this equipment at the<br />
Family Medical Centre, we are using<br />
it daily to assist our treatments <strong>and</strong><br />
improve our patients problems.<br />
Carrer Móstoles<br />
Article supplied by Simon Ratcliffe<br />
Osteopath <strong>and</strong> Physiotherapist, the<br />
Family Medical Centre, Albir.<br />
MR YEN<br />
ASIAN BAR/RESTAURANT<br />
Calpe-Moraira Road No 223<br />
(Opposite Centro Comercial Moravit Moraira)<br />
Tel. 966 279 783/631 274 015 • Asia_ye@hotmail.com<br />
MR YEN BAR/ RESTAURANT IS THE PERFECT PLACE<br />
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There is a variety of menus <strong>and</strong> diverse dishes, with delicious tasty food, all at<br />
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There is also a “Take Away Service”. Very attentive friendly<br />
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Perhaps you would like to relax just with a drink on the<br />
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<strong>June</strong> 12 • 5pm (BBC)<br />
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<strong>June</strong> 17 • 5pm (ITV)<br />
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RUSSIA<br />
FINLAND<br />
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<strong>June</strong> 21 • 8pm (BBC)<br />
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<strong>June</strong> 13 • 8pm (ITV)<br />
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AUSTRIA<br />
<strong>June</strong> 17 • 8pm (BBC)<br />
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ENGLAND FIXTURES<br />
<strong>June</strong> 13th 3pm<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> v Croatia<br />
<strong>June</strong> 18th 9pm<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> v Scotl<strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>June</strong> 22nd 9pm<br />
Czech Rep v Engl<strong>and</strong><br />
UKRAINE<br />
vs<br />
<strong>June</strong> 21 • 5pm (ITV)<br />
AUSTRIA
<strong>2021</strong><br />
NER<br />
JUNE <strong>2021</strong> | 33<br />
ALL GAME TIME S BST<br />
GROUP D<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> • Croatia • Czech Republic • Scotl<strong>and</strong><br />
ENGLAND<br />
SCOTLAND<br />
vs<br />
<strong>June</strong> 13 • 2pm (BBC)<br />
vs<br />
<strong>June</strong> 14 • 2pm (BBC)<br />
CROATIA<br />
CZECH REP<br />
ROUND OF 16<br />
CROATIA<br />
vs<br />
CZECH REP<br />
MATCH 5<br />
<strong>June</strong> 28 • 5pm<br />
ENGLAND<br />
<strong>June</strong> 18 • 5pm (BBC)<br />
vs<br />
SCOTLAND<br />
<strong>June</strong> 18 • 8pm (ITV)<br />
INALS<br />
I 1<br />
8pm<br />
QUARTER-FINALS<br />
QUARTER 1<br />
July 2 • 5pm<br />
2D<br />
2E<br />
vs<br />
CROATIA<br />
CZECH REP<br />
vs<br />
SCOTLAND<br />
<strong>June</strong> 22 • 8pm (ITV)<br />
vs<br />
ENGLAND<br />
<strong>June</strong> 22 • 8pm (ITV)<br />
W6<br />
W5<br />
vs<br />
MATCH 6<br />
<strong>June</strong> 28 • 8pm<br />
GROUP E<br />
Spain • Pol<strong>and</strong> • Sweden • Slovakia<br />
INAL<br />
• 8pm<br />
1F<br />
3<br />
A/B/C<br />
vs<br />
POLAND<br />
SPAIN<br />
vs<br />
SLOVAKIA<br />
<strong>June</strong> 14 • 5pm (ITV)<br />
vs<br />
SWEDEN<br />
<strong>June</strong> 14 • 8pm (BBC)<br />
SWEDEN<br />
vs<br />
SLOVAKIA<br />
MATCH 7<br />
<strong>June</strong> 29 • 5pm<br />
SPAIN<br />
<strong>June</strong> 18 • 2pm (BBC)<br />
vs<br />
POLAND<br />
<strong>June</strong> 19 • 8pm (BBC)<br />
1D<br />
I 2<br />
8pm<br />
QUARTER 4<br />
July 3 • 8pm<br />
2F<br />
vs<br />
SLOVAKIA<br />
SWEDEN<br />
vs<br />
SPAIN<br />
<strong>June</strong> 23 • 5pm (ITV)<br />
vs<br />
POLAND<br />
<strong>June</strong> 23 • 5pm (ITV)<br />
W8<br />
W7<br />
vs<br />
MATCH 8<br />
<strong>June</strong> 29 • 8pm<br />
GROUP F<br />
Germany • France • Portugal • Hungary<br />
1E<br />
vs<br />
HUNGARY<br />
vs<br />
<strong>June</strong> 15 • 5pm (ITV)<br />
PORTUGAL<br />
SCOTLAND FIXTURES<br />
<strong>June</strong> 14th 3pm<br />
Scotl<strong>and</strong> v Czech Rep<br />
<strong>June</strong> 18th 9pm<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> v Scotl<strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>June</strong> 22nd 9pm<br />
Croatia Rep v Scotl<strong>and</strong><br />
3<br />
A/B/C/D<br />
WALES FIXTURES<br />
<strong>June</strong> 12th 3pm<br />
Wales v Switzerl<strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>June</strong> 16th 6pm<br />
Turkey v Wales<br />
<strong>June</strong> 20th 6pm<br />
Italy v Wales<br />
FRANCE<br />
HUNGARY<br />
PORTUGAL<br />
PORTUGAL<br />
GERMANY<br />
vs<br />
GERMANY<br />
<strong>June</strong> 15 • 8pm (ITV)<br />
vs<br />
FRANCE<br />
<strong>June</strong> 19 • 2pm (BBC)<br />
vs<br />
GERMANY<br />
<strong>June</strong> 19 • 5pm (ITV)<br />
vs<br />
FRANCE<br />
<strong>June</strong> 23 • 8pm (BBC)<br />
vs<br />
HUNGARY<br />
<strong>June</strong> 23 • 8pm (BBC)
34 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA WALSH’S WISDOM<br />
Walsh’s Wisdom<br />
Popeye the Sailor<br />
Man really existed<br />
Popeye the Sailor Man really existed<br />
<strong>and</strong> his real name was Frank Rocky<br />
Fiegel. Rocky was born in Pol<strong>and</strong> in<br />
1868. A retired sailor he was contracted by<br />
Wiebusch’s tavern in the city of Chester,<br />
Illinois, to clean the town’s lawlessness<br />
<strong>and</strong> maintain order. Rocky Fiegel was<br />
notorious for his belligerent attitude <strong>and</strong><br />
firmly believed that everything could be<br />
sorted out with his fists.<br />
Rocky Fiegel’s eye was deformed but<br />
it is not certain if this was a birth defect<br />
or consequence of a hard-won fight <strong>and</strong><br />
this facial feature earned the former<br />
seaman the ‘Popeye’ sobriquet. Another<br />
distinguishing characteristic was his pipesmoking<br />
manner which meant that when<br />
he was smoking his pipe he spoke through<br />
the corner of his mouth.<br />
Like many rough men, Rocky was at his<br />
most comfortable when in the company of<br />
children. However, there is no accounting<br />
of his imaginary adventures which boasts<br />
about the exploits of his physical strength,<br />
ensuring he never lost a fight.<br />
The author of Popeye, Elzie Crisler<br />
Segar, who was born in Chester,<br />
met his friend Frank when he was<br />
a youngster <strong>and</strong> he loved to listen<br />
to the old sailor’s yarns. The years<br />
passed by <strong>and</strong> the once avid listener who<br />
had developed his literary skills <strong>and</strong> now<br />
an aspiring writer honoured his old friend<br />
If you have a book or indeed any writing needs contact Michael by emailing him at keyboardcosmetics@gmail.com<br />
Michael Walsh Heart to Heart Poetry, Amazon Books.<br />
Email: keyboardcosmetics@gmail.com<br />
AMAZON ‘TOP 100<br />
BOOKS OF THE YEAR’<br />
Website: www.mikewalshwritingservices.wordpress.com
WALSH’S WISDOM<br />
JUNE <strong>2021</strong> | 35<br />
<strong>and</strong> mentor with the character Popeye the<br />
Sailor Man.<br />
Olive Oil also existed as the inspiration<br />
for Olive (Oil) was the very much alive<br />
Dora Paskel. Dora was the owner of a<br />
grocery store in Chester. She is also said<br />
to have dressed just like Olive Oil or was<br />
Olive attired like her fictional counterpart?<br />
Segar kept in touch with Frank Rocky<br />
Fiegel <strong>and</strong> had always helped him with<br />
money. Frank <strong>and</strong> Popeye also carried<br />
some inherent features like courage,<br />
chivalry <strong>and</strong> virility.<br />
SOURCE: Sagas of the Sea Volume IV,<br />
Michael Walsh, Amazon Books.<br />
If you have a book or indeed any writing needs contact Michael by emailing him at keyboardcosmetics@gmail.com<br />
Michael Walsh Heart to Heart Poetry, Amazon Books.<br />
Email: keyboardcosmetics@gmail.com<br />
AMAZON ‘TOP 100<br />
BOOKS OF THE YEAR’<br />
Website: www.mikewalshwritingservices.wordpress.com
36 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
Walsh’s Wisdom<br />
Is this Germany<br />
or Austria or Italy<br />
When last <strong>June</strong> the state of emergency<br />
was relaxed in Spain my wife <strong>and</strong><br />
I decided to tour Europe. Covid-19<br />
mania still gripped the 27 nations making up<br />
the European Union but undeterred we loaded<br />
our car <strong>and</strong> set off.<br />
Approaching the French border was a white<br />
knuckle ride. We were prepared for border<br />
controls, questioning <strong>and</strong> perhaps Covid tests.<br />
In truth, there was nothing of the kind. There<br />
was no visible frontier save a small bl<strong>and</strong> road<br />
sign that disclosed our having arrived in France.<br />
So far so good as we blithe spirits carried on<br />
to Perpignan <strong>and</strong> then our first overnight stay<br />
in Avignon in France. There, everything was<br />
perfectly normal with not a hearse to be seen.<br />
There was a pause for reflection as nearing<br />
France’s border with Switzerl<strong>and</strong> I spotted a<br />
liveried Duane patrol car. Woohoo, the Customs<br />
officers had spotted our Spanish registered car.<br />
My fears were realised when after tailing us<br />
for 20km the blue lights went on <strong>and</strong> we went<br />
off – directed off the motorway into a service<br />
area police checkpoint.<br />
Even when you are ‘innocent of all charges’,<br />
being pulled in <strong>and</strong> checked out by heavily<br />
armed French cops causes unease. The outcome<br />
was that our right to roam being clarified we<br />
sailed on with the cops best wishes still making<br />
a gr<strong>and</strong> impression.<br />
Our route took us into Switzerl<strong>and</strong> through<br />
which frontier we crossed unmolested; we<br />
weren’t even stopped. But, we were pulled up<br />
WALSH’S WISDOM<br />
short when on making an intended overnight<br />
hotel stop we were quoted €200 no haggling.<br />
‘It is Switzerl<strong>and</strong>,’ the receptionist smiled.<br />
‘No, it is Germany,’ I grinned <strong>and</strong> off we<br />
sallied <strong>and</strong> two hours of road works later we<br />
w<strong>and</strong>erers were warmly welcomed in a small<br />
German border town <strong>and</strong> we saved €130 for our<br />
pleasing overnighter.<br />
Although the German-Austrian Anschluss<br />
(reunification) was 82-years behind us there<br />
are no border controls between Germany<br />
<strong>and</strong> Austria. Each time we crossed from one<br />
country to another my wife <strong>and</strong> I asked: ‘is this<br />
Germany or Austria?’<br />
‘Austria,’ the bartender smiled as he pointed<br />
down the road <strong>and</strong> the bridge crossing the River<br />
Inn. ‘In Germany, they still wear masks.’<br />
Ausfart! We happy pair gaily motored on<br />
our way <strong>and</strong> discovered the most charming<br />
of hotels just a short bus ride from Salzburg.<br />
Unlike the great Mozart who was born in the<br />
lovely Austrian city, we two got on fine with the<br />
authorities.<br />
Several days later we turned off the sound of<br />
music <strong>and</strong> after swooping over the Brenner Pass<br />
we arrived in Italy, again without indication<br />
that we had crossed yet another national border.<br />
What a pizza experience that was as we toured<br />
<strong>and</strong> photographed ourselves in Verona <strong>and</strong> the<br />
following day in Genoa.<br />
It was whilst driving through Italy’s ancient<br />
port that we did confront the full force of the<br />
law. Exiting a fuel fill-up station I failed to see<br />
If you have a book or indeed any writing needs contact Michael by emailing him at keyboardcosmetics@gmail.com<br />
Michael Walsh Heart to Heart Poetry, Amazon Books.<br />
Email: keyboardcosmetics@gmail.com<br />
AMAZON ‘TOP 100<br />
BOOKS OF THE YEAR’<br />
Website: www.mikewalshwritingservices.wordpress.com
WALSH’S WISDOM<br />
JUNE <strong>2021</strong> | 37<br />
a roadwork’s traffic light. Such is a minor sin<br />
usually merits an underst<strong>and</strong>ing wave from<br />
the driver of the temporary inconvenienced<br />
oncoming motorist. Unless that is, the<br />
approaching car is a police car.<br />
Dull-witted <strong>and</strong> unrelenting, the local cops<br />
waited whilst we visited a cash point. After<br />
relieving us of €100 we kissed the l<strong>and</strong> of<br />
Sophia Loren, whispered arivederci <strong>and</strong> headed<br />
for our Spanish home situated 1,120 km distant.<br />
By the time we reached finally home we had<br />
crisscrossed about 12 national borders <strong>and</strong> we<br />
had not been stopped at a single crossing <strong>and</strong><br />
all perfectly within the law.
38 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
ANNE RODGER<br />
TEACHING<br />
BY<br />
ANNE RODGER<br />
It was a stimulating time to be a<br />
teacher in the Sixties. The buzz word<br />
was “Comprehensive”.<br />
How different the world would be<br />
if our children in school were treated<br />
equally. It was a big challenge to be<br />
teachers, to not introduce any element of<br />
competition into their lessons. No longer<br />
was there a “top of the class” - which also<br />
meant that no-one was bottom.<br />
I was lucky enough to get a job in one<br />
of the first purpose-built comprehensives<br />
in Engl<strong>and</strong>. We had an 8 stream<br />
entry. Theoretically, there could be no<br />
streaming. Practically (for those in the<br />
know) the Latin word ‘certamus’ (we<br />
strive) was used. This meant that the top<br />
class was C. It did not go un-noticed that<br />
the bottom 2 streams were U.S..<br />
As the youngest of 8 in the Science<br />
Department (<strong>and</strong> the only female) I got<br />
mostly the lower streams to teach.<br />
How I dreaded Wednesday afternoon<br />
when I had a double period of 4 M U S.<br />
these were non-examination classes who<br />
were simply passing away their time at<br />
school until they could leave on their<br />
Sixteenth birthday. Difficult.
ANNE RODGER JUNE <strong>2021</strong> | 39<br />
A different situation in my next job - as<br />
Biology mistress at a Grammar School in<br />
Lincolnshire. The school was only 12 years<br />
old <strong>and</strong> the Heads of Department had<br />
all been h<strong>and</strong>-picked by the Headmaster<br />
when the school began. There was only<br />
one Staffroom so we all knew each other<br />
very well.<br />
After only 2 years there, everything<br />
changed. All Secondary Schools in the<br />
County had to become Comprehensive.<br />
Education Authorities were required to<br />
submit plans to the Government as to how<br />
they would effect this change within 18<br />
months.<br />
2 terms later, our Headmaster, together<br />
with most Department Heads, had<br />
left. No money was made available for<br />
new school buildings, which meant<br />
that in order to fulfil the Government<br />
requirements, our school had to combine<br />
with a Secondary Modern Girls School<br />
which was on the other side of the town<br />
centre <strong>and</strong> over a mile away.<br />
Practically speaking, the obvious way<br />
to operate would be in name only, but<br />
with the constant threat of Government<br />
Inspectors descending on us The true<br />
spirit of Comprehensive Education¨¨ had<br />
to be upheld.<br />
The Secondary School had no<br />
laboratories which meant that all<br />
Science lessons had to be held in our<br />
school building. The mile walk across<br />
town somehow had to be timetabled for<br />
the dinner-hour where possible, but as<br />
this also applied to Home Economics,<br />
Gymnastics, etc. there was a constant<br />
stream of pupils walking in both<br />
directions - as an equivalent number had<br />
to go from our school to have lessons<br />
which did not require special facilities in<br />
the other school buildings.<br />
Chaos ensued. Teachers had to work out<br />
their own ways of how to conduct lessons.<br />
Did you start on time with only a h<strong>and</strong>ful<br />
of pupils, or wait until most of the class<br />
had arrived probably half was through the<br />
lesson time.<br />
Morale suffered.<br />
I used to approach lessons with such<br />
enthusiasm, particularly when I could<br />
call in at the Abbatoir on my way in to<br />
school in the morning, to pick up a fresh<br />
pair of lungs which the pupils would<br />
compete to inflate. Or take a class for<br />
some “field study” at a local pond or<br />
natural hedgerow. No point in planning<br />
such lessons for only 1/2 a class in 1/2 the<br />
lesson time.<br />
I don’t know how these situation<br />
eventually righted themselves, as I left<br />
teaching at the age of 29 when I was<br />
pregnant. I expected to be away from it for<br />
a number of years as I was hoping to have<br />
2 or 3 children <strong>and</strong> intended to be a full<br />
time mum until they started school.<br />
None of these plans turned out as I<br />
had hoped. My roller-coaster life took<br />
different turns <strong>and</strong> I was never to go back<br />
to teaching.
40 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
The Kathm<strong>and</strong>u Nepali-Indian Restaurant<br />
Carretera Moraira-Calpe coast road No 144,<br />
(in front of Euro Gym), Moraira<br />
Tel: 96 649 2436<br />
Welcome to ‘The Kathm<strong>and</strong>u’ restaurant in Moraira<br />
where the food is prepared in the Nepalese style giving you<br />
fragrant <strong>and</strong> tasty dishes from India.<br />
Kathm<strong>and</strong>u Restaurant is a very popular Nepali-Indian<br />
Restaurant in Moraira.<br />
The restaurant serves quality Indian <strong>and</strong> Nepali dishes at<br />
reasonable prices or to Take Away with a 10% DISCOUNT.<br />
NOW OFFERING FREE HOME DELIVERY.<br />
There are special discounts for celebrations <strong>and</strong> parties.<br />
The Kathm<strong>and</strong>u has free parking directly outside the restaurant.<br />
The menu at The Kathm<strong>and</strong>u includes a wide selection of Indian<br />
<strong>and</strong> Nepalese dishes to choose from. There is a special set menu<br />
for 14.50€ per person, which includes a choice of starter, main<br />
course, rice or naan bread, side dish <strong>and</strong> ice-cream or coffee.<br />
Nepalese cuisine, is known for the flavours <strong>and</strong> textures of their<br />
curries. For those of you who enjoy a hotter curry, then just ask the<br />
Chef <strong>and</strong> he will certainly be able to accommodate.<br />
There is also a very well stocked bar to suit all tastes. Inside the<br />
restaurant is spacious <strong>and</strong> attractive in design. <strong>Out</strong>side has a<br />
stylish, also spacious semi covered lovely terraced area.<br />
Great Indian food, owner <strong>and</strong> members of the staff are really<br />
friendly <strong>and</strong> you will find it a pleasure eating there! There are other<br />
Kathm<strong>and</strong>u restaurants in Javea <strong>and</strong> Denia.<br />
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK.<br />
12.00 – 15.30/18.00 – late. For<br />
reservations call on 966 492 436.<br />
SPECIAL<br />
MENU<br />
14.50€
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Sports Bar<br />
Calle Móstoles,<br />
Moraira.<br />
Tel: 96 5270 162<br />
Open 7 days<br />
a week, early<br />
until late.<br />
There is something for everyone<br />
at Hill Top Sports Bar!<br />
Breakfast from 9.00 am – 1.00 pm.<br />
Lunch <strong>and</strong> Evening meals available.<br />
Sunday lunches from 1.00 pm<br />
QUIZ NIGHTS 8.00 pm.<br />
Cash Prizes, 2 euros per person<br />
• Pool <strong>and</strong> Terrace •<br />
ALL SPORT/BIGGEST<br />
SCREEN IN MORAIRA<br />
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Your Friendly Post Office offering<br />
WORLDWIDE MAIL & COURIER SERVICES & MAIL BOX RENTAL<br />
We have a Huge Range of<br />
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42 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA A MEDIUM RARE<br />
And so we rise up. A new generation that<br />
needs desperately to awaken if it is to have<br />
any effect on an ever changing burgeoning<br />
World. Consciousness is a state of our living rights<br />
<strong>and</strong> we have to cram so much into the workings of<br />
our body <strong>and</strong> mind anyway, so have we got time to<br />
take on all that is happening around us right now?<br />
Those who do will benefit from the experience.<br />
Our anxiety levels have reached a new hiAt the<br />
moment there is a tremendous shift occurring in<br />
the Spiritual World; <strong>and</strong> it is acting as an influence<br />
<strong>and</strong> a strength, depending on whatever level of<br />
needs the individual needs. We all need some<br />
input <strong>and</strong> we can control so much of our lives by<br />
our manners, our demeanour, our belief <strong>and</strong> our<br />
faith. However, if you are not in a position to feel<br />
that you can ask for what you need, then things<br />
will never be balanced, <strong>and</strong> fear can set in. After a<br />
period of grim restrictions to our lives, most of us<br />
stepped up, <strong>and</strong> are now looking back to a warm<br />
feeling of pride that when things got tough we<br />
became tough <strong>and</strong> got going. Many would say that<br />
we didn’t have much of an option. I would add<br />
that restrictions of contact with people made things<br />
more difficult, as it wasn’t the same not to hug, kiss<br />
<strong>and</strong> not to have contact.<br />
Slowly we see a cessation of the restrictions that<br />
were supposedly engineered for our own safety,<br />
but which made us prisoners at the very same time.<br />
Spirit too is stepping up big time to enable us to<br />
make those subtle changes that we all need to make<br />
sometimes. What were dreams can soon be a reality<br />
if we embrace what is coming next for us. There has<br />
never been a more poignant time to connect with<br />
Spirit <strong>and</strong> to know better that inner you that dwells<br />
within. Indeed I never forget that we are Spirit<br />
living in a body. Yes the body gets old <strong>and</strong> finally<br />
dies, but the soul is our blueprint to the Spirit<br />
World <strong>and</strong> whatever comes next in the scheme of<br />
things, that wraps all around our perennial lives.<br />
How do I become more spiritual? It’s the number<br />
one question I am asked in my mailbags. It comes<br />
daily as a message of true need from someone who<br />
needs that support, <strong>and</strong> who needs to know more.<br />
These days when we meet someone new, we<br />
depart from them with their phone number, or<br />
email, or connect on What’s App. The point of<br />
the communicative process is that it opens doors<br />
<strong>and</strong> so it could snowball to start a fabulous new<br />
direction to follow. Could. If nothing happens <strong>and</strong><br />
no invitation, or update, or message ever comes...<br />
another button is used..DELETE!<br />
As with Spirit, find a quiet area of your home<br />
<strong>and</strong> wait until light changes to darkness <strong>and</strong> start<br />
talking. Light a few c<strong>and</strong>les dedicated to your new<br />
connection with Spirit. Tell them what you want to<br />
say <strong>and</strong> not what you think that they want to hear<br />
from you. Be honest. Introduce yourself, identify<br />
yourself <strong>and</strong> ask for whatever you need right now.<br />
Don’t beg! Be brief…..many messages are coming<br />
in as well as yours. If you burn a little incense <strong>and</strong><br />
close your eyes then concentrate on breathing<br />
deeply to achieve a point of meditation, which is<br />
right for you.<br />
If you have truly created a sacred space in your<br />
home <strong>and</strong> you are feeling that your Spiritual<br />
connection needs to strengthen, then that’s possible<br />
too. Finding your way into a better connection with<br />
Spirit is a great reward. It takes only a strong desire<br />
to turn anything into magic, but believe me we are<br />
capable of so much more. Believe in yourself <strong>and</strong> a<br />
stronger connection can be made. Magic happens<br />
when you let it in, but if you want to win the<br />
Lottery you first have to buy a ticket.<br />
Shortlisting for Workshop to Create Sacred Space<br />
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Oasis - UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT<br />
JUNE <strong>2021</strong> | 43<br />
This new look to<br />
the bar will make<br />
you feel warm &<br />
comfortable<br />
we have:<br />
• Dart Board<br />
• Pool Table<br />
All nationalities are<br />
Welcome, Cheap<br />
Price’s & service<br />
with a Smile<br />
KAI AND RAY WELCOME<br />
ALL CUSTOMERS<br />
OLD AND NEW<br />
Come as a customer<br />
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44 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA U3A<br />
Flower Arranging Photographic Competition<br />
We are taking this opportunity to alert<br />
you to what our committee hope will<br />
be the first face-to-face competition,<br />
following further relaxation to the covid<br />
p<strong>and</strong>emic regulations, at our <strong>June</strong> General<br />
Assembly.<br />
The competition is a chance to show the<br />
members your fabulous flower arranging skills<br />
using the theme ‘Afternoon Tea’. The closing<br />
date for your photographic submissions is<br />
Monday 24th May, so judging can be completed<br />
before the <strong>June</strong> GA on Thursday 3rd <strong>June</strong>. This<br />
early notice will give you the chance to use<br />
your garden flowers, as they now start to burst<br />
into flower following the long cool winter, in<br />
a variety of arrangements – you can submit as<br />
many photos as you want so why not take one<br />
each week <strong>and</strong> select the best one or two to send<br />
to Secretaryu3avalldelpop@gmail.com before the<br />
deadline.<br />
The submissions will be judged in three<br />
categories by Christine Brazier:<br />
• Professional flower arrangers<br />
• Members who attend flower arranging groups<br />
• Member who really just love flowers but<br />
haven’t got a clue.<br />
Fingers crossed we will be able to display the<br />
photos at the <strong>June</strong> GA, so don’t delay start today.<br />
My wife has already started her portfolio of<br />
photographs, so I will have to go – ‘Tea is Served’<br />
[photo], this arrangement has been made in the<br />
garden not a vase!!!<br />
The vaccine release has started in our area, so<br />
please take every precaution to stay safe in these<br />
final weeks before the rules can be relaxed.<br />
For further information on U3A Vall del Pop<br />
check our website [www.u3avalldelpop.com].
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46 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
Sunday<br />
13th <strong>June</strong><br />
Mark West<br />
Sunday 27th <strong>June</strong><br />
Matt<br />
Mason<br />
OPENING HOURS<br />
Mon 3 – 9<br />
Tues 3 – 9<br />
Weds 3 – 11<br />
Thurs 3 – 9<br />
Fri 3 – 10<br />
Sat 2 – 10<br />
Sun 10 – 8<br />
Father Ted’s<br />
Camino del Pallero, 6, Moraira<br />
Father Ted’s can be described as a “Jewel in a Crown” as<br />
it sparkles with personality <strong>and</strong> is a “gem” of a bar to visit<br />
with a warm welcome.<br />
In the Moraira area where there are plenty of fizzy beers, it’s a joy to get a decent<br />
pint of Guinness, properly served. The owner <strong>and</strong> staff are professional <strong>and</strong> friendly<br />
<strong>and</strong> the food is very good. It has a relaxed <strong>and</strong> civilized feel about it, everything<br />
a bar should be. Another big asset is the wide selection of “GUEST CRAFT ALES”<br />
available including “ADNAMS BROADSIDE” <strong>and</strong> “NEIPA” on draught.<br />
GUEST BEERS CHANGED REGULARLY.<br />
What a find! Great food <strong>and</strong> service <strong>and</strong> good value for money. Treat yourself to<br />
a traditional Sunday Lunch with a choice of starters, main courses of Roast Beef,<br />
Roast Chicken, Roast Lamb, or Roast Pork served with all the trimmings, starting<br />
from 10.95€. Spaces are limited though so give Gwen a ring on 966 490 277 or 630<br />
965 392 to book. Lunch will be served from 1.30.<br />
Staff very friendly <strong>and</strong> attentive. Home-made Specials from €6.95.<br />
Inside seating 52 people <strong>and</strong> on the terrace 20. Plenty of outside parking space.<br />
Check us out on Facebook for Up <strong>and</strong> Coming Events.<br />
QUIZ AND SPECIAL MEAL DEALS EVERY SATURDAY<br />
TRADITIONAL SUNDAY LUNCH from €11.95.<br />
Please check our Facebook page for revised times, capacity <strong>and</strong><br />
entertainment, as these may change due to the easing of restrictions<br />
SELECTION OF CRAFT ALES<br />
Including Punk IPA <strong>and</strong><br />
Bombardier on draught.<br />
New beer arriving on draught.<br />
TV - WATCH IT INSIDE & OUT<br />
All your favourite sports!<br />
WEDNESDAY NIGHT<br />
Quiz Night & The Open Box<br />
FRIDAY NIGHT<br />
Homemade fish & chips<br />
plus a selection of<br />
homemade pies for 7.95€<br />
SATURDAY NIGHT<br />
Meal deals from 5.00€<br />
SUNDAY LUNCH<br />
Available from 11.95€
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Father Ted’s<br />
Camino del Pallero, 6, Moraira<br />
A Gem of a Place<br />
One Course 11.95€<br />
Two Courses 13.95€<br />
Three Courses 15.95€<br />
Normal Opening Hours<br />
Mon 3 - 9 , Tues 3 – 9, Weds 3- 11, Thurs 3 – 9, Fri 3 – 10,<br />
Sat 2 – 10, Sun 10 – 8<br />
Opening hours may vary <strong>and</strong> entertainment due to ongoing restrictions.<br />
Check our Facebook page or phone the bar on 966 490 277/630 965 392<br />
Booking advised: 966 490 277 / 630 965 392<br />
Camino Del Pallero 6, Moraira
48 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA CHANGE YOUR LIFE<br />
Try the 3 AAAs!!!............<br />
Nothing in life is perfect...that is what<br />
keeps us trying to sort things out!<br />
What will help however, is<br />
learning how to cope when<br />
things are not the way we<br />
want them to be, <strong>and</strong> when they don’t<br />
look like changing!<br />
You may find that applying the 3As<br />
might help!<br />
Acknowlege.... Accept....<br />
Adjust....<br />
It can be simple...it just may take a little<br />
concentration to apply it at first.<br />
Acknowledge that the problem exists,<br />
don’t spend your life in denial <strong>and</strong><br />
refusing to admit that you can see what<br />
is wrong, <strong>and</strong> that it bothers you.
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Accept that some situations are here to<br />
stay, <strong>and</strong> that this may be one of those<br />
situations.<br />
Adjust to it <strong>and</strong> be determined to look<br />
for ways to prove that life is still very<br />
much worthwhile, <strong>and</strong> find the things in<br />
life that we can feel positive about <strong>and</strong><br />
that we can build on.<br />
I originally started to write this article<br />
in Bangkok. It was my second trip, <strong>and</strong><br />
when you read this I will probably be<br />
back there again, due to the incredible<br />
kindness of a friend of mine who has<br />
treated me to the trip this year to go <strong>and</strong><br />
visit her. I don’t really go to visit the<br />
country itself...travel films, books <strong>and</strong><br />
photos can show me everything I need<br />
to know about Thail<strong>and</strong>. My personal<br />
reason for continuing to go back there<br />
is that I have been completely knocked<br />
sideways by the experiences I have had<br />
with the Thai people out there. I have<br />
decided that they, above all people,<br />
must have learned to apply the 3As<br />
better than any of us, to the best of my<br />
knowledge..... it really shows!!<br />
Their happiness shines through, not<br />
only in the way they project themselves,<br />
but in the way they treat others, with<br />
a kindness <strong>and</strong> grace that I have never<br />
witnessed anywhere else. They have<br />
very little, <strong>and</strong> yet they are wonderfully<br />
happy...appreciating everything they<br />
have in their lives. They admire us<br />
tremendously, but I feel we have lost<br />
the plot in comparison. It could be said<br />
that perhaps we have totally lost our<br />
appreciation for the important things<br />
in life <strong>and</strong> we are materially led...which<br />
does not make for happiness. Having<br />
things just makes you want more, <strong>and</strong><br />
we can so easily take things for granted.<br />
Coming into contact with as many<br />
people as I have done, through<br />
counselling <strong>and</strong> other related work,<br />
I have never come across a set of<br />
circumstances that could not be resolved<br />
or improved by just having the right<br />
attitude. I cannot impress upon you<br />
strongly enough that it is lifechanging<br />
to realise that. There is nothing we<br />
can do about things that have already<br />
happened, <strong>and</strong> with the best will in the<br />
world we cannot prevent every disaster<br />
in our lives, but remember that the way<br />
we deal with it is what will affect the<br />
rest of our lives, <strong>and</strong> the lives of others<br />
we love, <strong>and</strong> those we come into contact<br />
with.<br />
Take care!….Till the next time<br />
Violet King
50 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
DAWN BLYTHE<br />
The Danger of<br />
Delayed Diagnosis<br />
Due to the tremendous strain<br />
that the Codid-19 p<strong>and</strong>emic<br />
has put on health services<br />
around the world, there has been a delay<br />
in specialist appointments <strong>and</strong> in most<br />
countries there is now a real backlog of<br />
overdue appointments.<br />
Whist this is very underst<strong>and</strong>able<br />
in these extreme circumstances, it<br />
nevertheless undoubtedly will put some<br />
patients at risk.<br />
Most concerning are delayed<br />
appointments for:<br />
▪ Radiology tests (TAC, MRI <strong>and</strong> CT<br />
Scans)<br />
▪ Oncology (cancer specialist)<br />
▪ Cardiology<br />
▪ Gynaecology<br />
Obviously this is not an exclusive list!<br />
It st<strong>and</strong>s to reason that a delay in<br />
clinical diagnosis will mean a delay in<br />
subsequent treatment. In some cases<br />
this means prolonged suffering <strong>and</strong><br />
unfortunately a delay in treatment may<br />
mean a poorer prognosis <strong>and</strong> shorter life<br />
expectancy.<br />
Leading medical journals are all in<br />
agreement that delayed diagnosis will<br />
without doubt lead to an increase in<br />
cancer deaths. The British Medical<br />
Journal estimates that ‘Cancer mortality<br />
could rise at least 20% as a consequence<br />
of the Covid-19 p<strong>and</strong>emic’.
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There are some patients who have<br />
symptoms of illness who are either<br />
‘frightened’ to enter a medical clinic or<br />
feel that they don’t want to bother their<br />
doctor at such a time. It is important<br />
that we encourage patients to still<br />
seek help if they have a medical<br />
problem. All clinics will have<br />
stringent measures in place to protect<br />
patients <strong>and</strong> of course staff!<br />
As there is a delay in specialist<br />
appointments, many patients are now<br />
opting to see specialists privately. This<br />
may not be as expensive as you may<br />
think (in many cases less than 100€).<br />
Underst<strong>and</strong>ably this option may not<br />
be affordable for some but in these<br />
unusual times many patients are taking<br />
this option. Many laughingly quote<br />
what they saved on social expenses<br />
throughout lockdown!!<br />
What some patients do not realise is<br />
that just because they have one private<br />
appointment it doesn’t mean that they<br />
have to ‘stay private’. Many patients<br />
‘dip in <strong>and</strong> out’ of the private health<br />
care system. Sometimes people choose<br />
to have a private consultation to avoid<br />
waiting for a social appointment, <strong>and</strong><br />
some because of the language barrier,<br />
especially if their problem is of a<br />
private nature <strong>and</strong> they do not wish to<br />
involve an interpreter.<br />
It is always good to be aware of your<br />
choices!<br />
· Article by Dawn Blythe S.R.N. R.M.<br />
· The Family Medical Centre, Albir. 966 865 072<br />
· www.albirfamilymedicalcentre.com
52 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA PUZZLE PAGE<br />
Firefox<br />
https://puzzles.bestforpuzzles.com/games/daily-cr<br />
ACROSS<br />
1 Sort of annual said to be Spanish (10)<br />
7 Judicial investigation makes sense (7)<br />
8 Sailors in the shade (4)<br />
10 Price paid for lettuce <strong>and</strong> last of<br />
beetroot (4)<br />
11 Don’t be wasteful with the jam (8)<br />
13 Capital letter initially is good in<br />
France (6)<br />
15 Put in prison one after the other, so<br />
we hear (6)<br />
17 Emperor turning pale? No, no! (8)<br />
18 L<strong>and</strong>ed in central Italy (4)<br />
Sudoku Today<br />
21 Bambi, for example, gets plant back Classic Sudoku<br />
(4)<br />
22 Rover, for example, gets sort of meal<br />
that’s sweet (7)<br />
23<br />
23 Offer lion fresh meat (10)<br />
DOWN<br />
6<br />
1 2 3 4 5<br />
7 8<br />
10 11<br />
13 14 15<br />
17<br />
12<br />
21 22<br />
Place a digit from 1 to 9 into each of the empty squares so that each digit appears<br />
exactly once in each of the rows, columns <strong>and</strong> the nine outlined 3x3 regions.<br />
ACROSS<br />
1 Gather a large amount (5)<br />
1 Sort of annual said to be Spanish (10)<br />
2 Welshman’s 7 Judicial platform investigation (4) makes sense (7)<br />
3 Group 8 Sailors of soldiers, in the shade say, devoured (4) by<br />
fierce 10beast Price (6) paid for lettuce <strong>and</strong> last of beetroot (4)<br />
11 Don't be wasteful with the jam (8)<br />
4 Perform 13 Capital a vocal letter duet initially in an is American good in France (6)<br />
prison? 15 Put (4,4) in prison one after the other, so we hear (6)<br />
5 Unfavourable 17 Emperor publicity turning pale? given No, to no! (8)<br />
metrical 18 L<strong>and</strong>ed in central Italy (4)<br />
21 Bambi, for example, gets plant back (4)<br />
composition 22 Rover, (7) for example, gets sort of meal that's sweet<br />
6 Charles (7) <strong>and</strong> Heather are obviously<br />
amused 23 Offer (9) lion fresh meat (10)<br />
DOWN<br />
9 Bank least upset by high growth? (9)<br />
1 Gather a large amount (5)<br />
12 Caught 2 Welshman's cold with platform real shivers (4) (8)<br />
14 This 3 Group could of make soldiers, me say, super devoured sovereign by fierce beast<br />
(7) (6)<br />
4 Perform a vocal duet in an American prison? (4,4)<br />
16 Fool 5 Unfavourable <strong>and</strong> knave see publicity eye to given eye to (6) metrical<br />
19 Fruit composition – a variety (7) of melon (5)<br />
20 Old 6 Greek Charles vessel <strong>and</strong> Heather found are in obviously Cheddar amused (9)<br />
9 Bank least upset by high growth? (9)<br />
Gorge (4)<br />
12 Caught cold with real shivers (8)<br />
14 This could make me super sovereign (7)<br />
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Fill each square so that each row, column <strong>and</strong><br />
each 3x3 square contains all digits from 1 to 9.<br />
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singing<br />
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songs at<br />
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13 <strong>June</strong><br />
from 5pm
54 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA PAWS FOR THOUGHT<br />
Hi Folks<br />
Here’s a belated Happy Birthday to Bentley<br />
8 years old 8th April. Due to some months<br />
of shutdown could not say Happy Birthday<br />
so announcing it now woof woof.<br />
How the years roll by? I<br />
can remember him when<br />
he was a few weeks<br />
old arriving into the<br />
home. He is the<br />
smallest <strong>and</strong> he is<br />
the “boss”, even<br />
today.<br />
Yes I am again<br />
putting my paw to<br />
paper <strong>and</strong> enjoying<br />
every minute of it.<br />
“Tyson’s Fan Club”<br />
is still acceptable <strong>and</strong> my<br />
friends have given me the “Paws<br />
Up”. I am hoping my articles helps my<br />
furry friends to find a “Forever Home”.<br />
We are lucky to be so loved <strong>and</strong> spoilt. I<br />
often giggle to myself as when I take a brief<br />
walk into the garden <strong>and</strong> on my return, a<br />
few minutes later, the welcome I receive<br />
from Bentley <strong>and</strong> Alfie, as if I had been on a<br />
two week holiday. They jump up <strong>and</strong> down<br />
with excitement. Go to the toy box <strong>and</strong> rush<br />
back to show me what they have selected.<br />
Alfie has to be with me all the time so when<br />
I have my many “naps” the snores vibrate<br />
but it doesn’t bother him he lays with his<br />
head on me <strong>and</strong> constantly licking my face.<br />
With all these birthdays mine first, now<br />
Bentley then Alfie’s later life is not yet<br />
back to normal as us boys have great fun<br />
enjoying our birthday treats, we all share<br />
<strong>and</strong> are real mates. I suppose they keep me<br />
Three gorgeous friendly brothers, Rosco, Brus <strong>and</strong><br />
Ogui, looking for a home together. They are aged<br />
5 – 7 years <strong>and</strong> are neutered <strong>and</strong> vaccinated.<br />
Phone 650304746 for more info or email<br />
p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com<br />
young! Let’s<br />
hope our<br />
friends in the<br />
sheltered<br />
homes<br />
have<br />
not been<br />
affected<br />
too much<br />
with the shut<br />
down. I know<br />
it was difficult<br />
for dog walking to<br />
take place. All such a<br />
shame.<br />
I have to say I am very lucky to be writing<br />
this article as I came in contact with a<br />
caterpillar <strong>and</strong> I was very, very poorly. So<br />
now, we are having the garden sprayed with<br />
liquid a Company called Fog Off is dealing<br />
with destroying the insects, caterpillars <strong>and</strong><br />
mosquitos. See their information in the mag.<br />
This also helps my family from suffering<br />
any bites as well.<br />
Pepa cat info to go here.<br />
For more information ring the PEPA help<br />
desk on 650 304 746 www.pepaspain.com<br />
Have an enjoyable <strong>June</strong>. All the best from<br />
yours truly Tyson , Bentley <strong>and</strong> Alfie.<br />
Tyson
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56 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
CELEBRITY PROFILE<br />
DAVID JASON<br />
Sir David John White OBE (born 2 February<br />
1940), known professionally by his stage name<br />
David Jason, is an English actor, comedian,<br />
screenwriter, television presenter <strong>and</strong> producer.<br />
He is best known for his roles as Derek “Del Boy”<br />
Trotter in the BBC comedy series sitcom Only<br />
Fools <strong>and</strong> Horses, Detective Inspector Jack Frost<br />
in A Touch of Frost, Granville in Open All Hours<br />
<strong>and</strong> Still Open All Hours, <strong>and</strong> Pop Larkin in The<br />
Darling Buds of May, as well as voicing Mr. Toad<br />
in The Wind in the Willows <strong>and</strong> the title characters<br />
of Danger Mouse <strong>and</strong> Count Duckula. His last<br />
original appearance as Del Boy was in 2014, while<br />
Jason retired his role as Frost in 2010.<br />
In September 2006 Jason topped the poll to<br />
find TV’s 50 Greatest Stars, as part of ITV’s 50th<br />
anniversary celebrations. He was knighted<br />
in 2005 for services to drama. Jason<br />
has won four British Academy<br />
Television Awards (BAFTAs),<br />
(1988, 1991, 1997, 2003), four<br />
British Comedy Awards (1990,<br />
1992, 1997, 2001) <strong>and</strong> seven<br />
National Television Awards<br />
(1996 twice, 1997, 2001 twice,<br />
2002 <strong>and</strong> 2011).<br />
Jason’s father, Arthur<br />
R White, was a porter at<br />
Billingsgate Fish Market, <strong>and</strong> his<br />
Welsh mother, Olwen Jones, worked<br />
as a charwoman. She gave birth to twin<br />
boys at North Middlesex Hospital in Edmonton,<br />
Middlesex, in February 1940, but Jason’s twin<br />
brother died during childbirth. In 1984, during an<br />
interview on TV-am, David Jason admitted that<br />
the name David Jason was taken from his like of<br />
Jason <strong>and</strong> the Argonauts, as the stage name “David<br />
White” was already taken.<br />
Upon leaving school, Jason wanted to follow in<br />
his brother’s footsteps as an actor, but their father<br />
insisted that he first got a trade. So, for six years,<br />
he trained as an electrician, before giving up his<br />
girlfriend at the time, <strong>and</strong> becoming a jobbing actor.<br />
Jason’s elder brother is the actor Arthur White,<br />
born in 1933. The two appeared together in the<br />
crime drama A Touch of Frost, with Arthur playing<br />
police archivist Ernie Trigg; <strong>and</strong> again in 2008, in the<br />
comic fantasy The Colour of Magic, where Arthur<br />
starred as a character called “Rerpf”<br />
He also appeared briefly with his brother in two<br />
episodes of The Darling Buds of May.<br />
Jason started his television career in 1964 playing<br />
the part of Bert Bradshaw in Crossroads. In 1967, he<br />
played spoof super-hero Captain Fantastic, among<br />
other roles, in the children’s comedy series Do Not<br />
Adjust Your Se. The programme ended in 1969,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the character then appeared for a time in the<br />
Thames Television children’s programme Magpie.<br />
Jason was going to be cast in the role of Lance<br />
Corporal Jones in the Jimmy Perry <strong>and</strong> David<br />
Croft BBC comedy Dad’s Army. Croft had<br />
been very impressed with the actor<br />
<strong>and</strong> knew that he had the ability to<br />
play a man much older than his<br />
real age. However, Bill Cotton<br />
overruled him, casting Clive<br />
Dunn. Jason appeared in the<br />
BBC comedy series Hugh<br />
<strong>and</strong> I, which starred Hugh<br />
Lloyd <strong>and</strong> Terry Scott as two<br />
friends who lived together in<br />
south London. He appeared in<br />
R<strong>and</strong>all <strong>and</strong> Hopkirk (Deceased)<br />
(“That’s How Murder Snowballs”,<br />
1969) as Abel, a framed performer in a<br />
major London theatre.<br />
Jason appeared in variety shows in support of<br />
stars such as Dick Emery <strong>and</strong> his performances<br />
caught the attention of Ronnie Barker. Jason was<br />
recruited to appear in Hark at Barker (LWT, 1969),<br />
starring opposite Barker’s Lord Rustless, as Dithers,<br />
the hundred-year old gardener. There was also a<br />
sequel, His Lordship Entertains (1972) for the BBC.<br />
Jason played junior employee Granville in the first<br />
programme of the comedy anthology Seven of One<br />
(1973), called Open All Hours (BBC) <strong>and</strong> starring<br />
Barker as the miserly proprietor of a corner shop.<br />
Four series of Open All Hours were made from
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1976–85. He featured in Barker’s Porridge (BBC),<br />
a prison comedy, as the elderly Blanco in three<br />
episodes<br />
Jason starred in London Weekend Television’s<br />
Lucky Feller (1975–76). <strong>About</strong> two brothers in<br />
South-East London, the series was in many ways<br />
a forerunner to Only Fools And Horses, only Jason<br />
was in the more dopey ‘Rodney’ role with Peter<br />
Armitage playing the cleverer of the two. The<br />
brothers drove around in a comical bubble car, a<br />
precursor to the famous Trotters’ van; <strong>and</strong> there was<br />
even the joke where, just as he was trying to impress<br />
the girl (Cheryl Hall), Jason casually leaned back<br />
against the bar, without his knowing that barman<br />
had just lifted it behind his back, <strong>and</strong> fell through.<br />
This situation was re-enacted in Only Fools And<br />
Horses. He played the lead role of Peter Barnes in<br />
the ATV sitcom A Sharp Intake of Breath (1977–81).<br />
In 1981, Jason found his most popular role, Del<br />
Boy Trotter in the BBC situation comedy Only<br />
Fools <strong>and</strong> Horses, created by John Sullivan. Del-<br />
Boy is a wide-boy who makes a dubious living<br />
in Peckham, south London, trading in shoddy,<br />
stolen, <strong>and</strong> counterfeit goods. He is assisted by his<br />
brother Rodney (played by Nicholas Lyndhurst)<br />
<strong>and</strong> Gr<strong>and</strong>ad (played by Lennard Pearce) <strong>and</strong>,<br />
in later episodes, Uncle Albert (played by Buster<br />
Merryfield).<br />
In 1989 Jason starred as Ted Simcock in the ITV<br />
drama series A Bit of a Do, aired from January to<br />
December.<br />
In 1999, Jason starred as Captain Frank Beck in<br />
BBC’s feature-length drama All the King’s Men<br />
about the S<strong>and</strong>ringham regiment lost in World War<br />
I. He earned acclaim for a string of straight roles.<br />
In 1992, he signed a golden h<strong>and</strong>cuffs deal at<br />
ITV to star as Detective Inspector Jack Frost in the<br />
long-running TV series A Touch of Frost (Yorkshire<br />
Television/ITV). In September 2006, he was voted<br />
by the general public as No. 1 in ITV’s poll of TV’s<br />
Greatest Stars<br />
Jason was made an Officer of the Order of the<br />
British Empire (OBE), <strong>and</strong> twelve years later, in<br />
the Queen’s Birthday Honours List of 2005, he was<br />
knighted for services to acting <strong>and</strong> comedy. On the<br />
day it was announced, many British newspapers<br />
used the headline “Arise Sir Del Boy” or similar, in<br />
reference to his most famous role. Upon receiving<br />
the knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II at<br />
Buckingham Palace on 1 December 2005, he said he<br />
was “humbled” by the “fantastic tribute”.<br />
Jason lived with his long-term girlfriend, Welsh<br />
actress Myfanwy Talog, for eighteen years <strong>and</strong><br />
nursed her through breast cancer until she died<br />
in 1995. This experience inspired him to create his<br />
own charity, The David Jason Trust for terminally ill<br />
children. It also mirrored the situation in A Touch<br />
of Frost, in which the character’s wife died after a<br />
long illness.<br />
On 26 February 2001, Jason became a father for<br />
the first time at the age of 61 when his girlfriend,<br />
41-year-old Gill Hinchcliffe, gave birth to a baby<br />
girl, born in Stoke M<strong>and</strong>eville Hospital, Aylesbury.<br />
Jason <strong>and</strong> Hinchcliffe married in 2005.<br />
Jason is a patron of the Shark Trust, a United<br />
Kingdom registered charity working to advance the<br />
worldwide conservation of sharks through science,<br />
education, influence <strong>and</strong> action. He has also been<br />
Honorary Vice Patron of the Royal International Air<br />
Tattoo since 1999, <strong>and</strong> on 29 May 2014, presented<br />
a cheque on behalf of the Fairford-based RAF<br />
Charitable Trust for £125,000 to the British RAF Air<br />
Cadet Organisation, to fund flight simulators for<br />
Air Cadets.<br />
In October 2013, he released his autobiography<br />
called David Jason: My Life. It was shortlisted for<br />
the 2013 Specsavers National Book Awards “Best<br />
Book of the Year”. A second volume, Only Fools <strong>and</strong><br />
Stories: From Del Boy to Granville, Pop Larkin to<br />
Frost was published in October 2017.<br />
In September 2017, it was reported that a<br />
“credible threat was made to his life”, although it is<br />
not known why Jason had been targeted.<br />
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58 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA POEM PAGE / PUZZLE ANSWERS<br />
THE CROSSING OF THE<br />
BAR (BURIAL AT SEA)<br />
Is that the sound of breaking surf,<br />
The sighing wind in stays,<br />
Who else can feel the rising breeze,<br />
Or hear the slapping sails?<br />
A N D A L U S I A N<br />
1 2 3 4 5<br />
6<br />
C M A E I D<br />
H E A R I N G N A V Y<br />
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C O S T<br />
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C O N S E R V E<br />
K<br />
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C N I S A<br />
L I S B O N I N T E R N<br />
13 14 15<br />
I hear a ship’s deep whistle,<br />
Feel rise of ocean swell,<br />
Ship’s telegraph is muted by,<br />
The tolling fo’c’sle bell.<br />
It’s gone eight-bells, my shipmate dear,<br />
And you’ll be soon away,<br />
It tolls like this at sailor’s end,<br />
It’s time to leave the quay.<br />
Then shroud me in the colours<br />
That flutters in the breeze,<br />
Commit me to the sunlit spray,<br />
I’ve reached my full degrees.<br />
The fo’c’sle bell must ring out well,<br />
Not muffled when I go,<br />
I’ll no more slip my anchor<br />
Where the sea winds gentle blow.<br />
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N A P O L E O N<br />
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D E E R<br />
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C A R A M E L<br />
M E U G O K<br />
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T E N D E R L O I N<br />
Michael Walsh<br />
OUT AND ABOUT POET<br />
IS MAKING THE NEWS<br />
<strong>Out</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>About</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> poet, Michael Walsh, has had his<br />
name <strong>and</strong> his art thrust into the limelight by a recent series of<br />
successes.<br />
Michael has been composing poetry for nearly fifty years. His<br />
first book collections have now been published on Amazon<br />
Books.<br />
His Diamonds Last Forever collection sells well on Kindle.<br />
However, our resident poet’s three volume anthologies, Heart to<br />
Heart Poetry Volumes 1, 2 <strong>and</strong> 3, are now available on Amazon as<br />
conventionally bound books. Each volume is colour illustrated<br />
<strong>and</strong> contains about 70 wonderful poems.<br />
He says, “What I find particularly encouraging is that my growing<br />
army of enthusiasts were never before inclined towards reading<br />
poetry. They thought it confusing <strong>and</strong> like a literary form of<br />
modernist art; beyond their underst<strong>and</strong>ing. My verse leaves<br />
readers with an itchy heart, not an itchy head.”<br />
His international acclaim as a poet is boosted by tributes paid<br />
to him by some of the world’s most respected figures in the arts,<br />
theatre, entertainment, the Church, politics <strong>and</strong> literature. His<br />
reputation has been further boosted by a You Tube 6-minute<br />
video that creates a stunning visual <strong>and</strong> musical l<strong>and</strong>scape<br />
to one of Michael’s most loved poems: The Oldest Love Letter.<br />
If you would like to try some of Michael’s poetry simply visit<br />
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You can also access Amazon. In the book section type Michael<br />
Walsh Heart to Heart Poetry. If you would like to experience his<br />
stunning <strong>and</strong> crowning glory go to You Tube <strong>and</strong> type in Michael<br />
Walsh The Oldest Love Letter.<br />
Immortal<br />
Beloved: Sublime<br />
Poetry for<br />
Romantic Souls<br />
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is now available on<br />
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PUZZLE<br />
PAGE<br />
ANSWERS<br />
Sudoku Today<br />
Classic Sudoku<br />
Place a digit from 1 to 9 into each of the empty squares so that each digit appears<br />
exactly once in each of the rows, columns <strong>and</strong> the nine outlined 3x3 regions.<br />
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ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 20:<br />
Mars enters Leo, bringing a fiery,<br />
long overdue confrontation over<br />
a trivial matter that will be both<br />
revealing, entertaining <strong>and</strong> in<br />
some ways inspiring too.<br />
TAURUS APRIL 22 - MAY 21:<br />
The mid month Trine between<br />
Venus in Cancer <strong>and</strong> Neptune in<br />
Pisces is the right time to work<br />
around a surprise event you need to plan<br />
carefully for.<br />
GEMINI MAY 22 - JUNE 22:<br />
You will be able to finally think<br />
more clearly after the Mercury<br />
Direct on the 22nd of the month.<br />
This means that the absolute<br />
truth has to be told, now.<br />
CANCER JUNE 23 - JULY 23:<br />
Venus enters <strong>and</strong> takes you<br />
back to basics. Nurturing <strong>and</strong><br />
accepting, a new contract is<br />
required, <strong>and</strong> only then can harmony <strong>and</strong><br />
peace can be restored at last.<br />
LEO JULY 24 - AUG 23:<br />
Right at the end of a busy month<br />
Venus enters in to reward you<br />
for a job done very well. Whilst<br />
it is fun to splash out, watch<br />
finances but do have the fun you deserve.<br />
VIRGO AUG 24 - SEPT 23:<br />
Awarded the maximum 5 star rating in the most recent poll by<br />
the American Federation of Certified Psychics <strong>and</strong> Mediums.<br />
With Saturn in Aquarius<br />
squaring up with Uranus in<br />
Taurus, there is bound to be<br />
frustration over unavoidable <strong>and</strong> highly<br />
necessary changes to schedule.<br />
LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCT 23:<br />
Balance your inspiration with<br />
your intuition <strong>and</strong> you could<br />
come up trumps this month.<br />
If you play your cards close to<br />
your chest then you are playing to win!<br />
SCORPIO OCT 24 - NOV 22:<br />
After the New Moon Solar<br />
Eclipse in Gemini, doors open<br />
for you. Keep a clear head <strong>and</strong><br />
realise that what you want finally seems<br />
to want you too.<br />
SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 21:<br />
Just after mid month Jupiter<br />
goes into retrograde in Pisces.<br />
You’ll get by by the very skin<br />
of your teeth if you keep a clear<br />
head <strong>and</strong> carry on carrying on!<br />
CAPRICORN DEC 22 - JAN 20:<br />
The Full Moon on the 24th<br />
brings with it a stark warning to<br />
finish any unfinished business<br />
<strong>and</strong> clear the decks. Be ruthless,<br />
because you have to be.<br />
AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19:<br />
Saturn in Aquarius transmutes<br />
with a square on Uranus in<br />
Taurus. Take time to see things<br />
the way that you want them to<br />
be <strong>and</strong> this will be your reality check.<br />
PISCES FEB 20 - MAR 20:<br />
Neptune retrogrades in Pisces.<br />
This is a great time to look<br />
within yourself <strong>and</strong> face up to a<br />
reality check. There’s room for<br />
improvement, <strong>and</strong> you can do it.
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