Out and About -July-issue-
Out and About magazine is all about Costa Blanca a leisure guide as the summertime takes hold here is a hot handy read to take with you anywhere, living in Spain or as holiday makers return the July 2021 edition arrives in your local shops, Iceland supermarket, cafe bars, and restaurants. With England taking the Euro 2020 by the scruff of the neck and making history it surely is time to get out and about and celebrate! Stay safe, have fun and enjoy the sun.
Out and About magazine is all about Costa Blanca a leisure guide as the summertime takes hold here is a hot handy read to take with you anywhere, living in Spain or as holiday makers return the July 2021 edition arrives in your local shops, Iceland supermarket, cafe bars, and restaurants. With England taking the Euro 2020 by the scruff of the neck and making history it surely is time to get out and about and celebrate! Stay safe, have fun and enjoy the sun.
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20 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
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 />
Meeting Face to Face<br />
Approaching The Rock from the<br />
Spanish Mainl<strong>and</strong> is indeed<br />
an awe-inspiring experience.<br />
It looms large, its impressive Peak<br />
sometimes crowned by cloud (like a veil).<br />
Having watched a cricket match for<br />
a while, we make our way up from the<br />
Town. Near the Top of The Rock a Magic<br />
Moment presents itself....<br />
a group of Barbary Apes (3 of them)<br />
are seated on rocks at the side of the path<br />
<strong>and</strong> react to our arrival with a degree of<br />
excitement (or is it in anticipation of a<br />
tidbit?)<br />
The 3 Apes (is this a family?) know the<br />
ropes better than we do. Cautious to a<br />
degree, one of them (the leader?) makes<br />
a move towards us without going so far<br />
as to hold out a begging h<strong>and</strong>. He (or<br />
she) mouths some kind of ape-greeting<br />
towards us.<br />
This is not a meeting between two<br />
families (although in reality it is).<br />
This is not a meeting between two<br />
cultures (although in reality it is).<br />
This is a confrontation between two<br />
species of animal, which somehow does<br />
not feel antagonistic; rather, there is<br />
mutual curiosity <strong>and</strong> recognition of rights<br />
to co-exist on this
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