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October 2021 • Issue 191
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DEAR READER
Remember Clocks Change This Month - October
Dear Reader
Well it certainly has
been an awkward
time for us all
trying to understand new
rules and restrictions. It gets
so confusing. After all this time
let’s hope it will not be long now
before normality returns. It has also been
difficult to accept wearing masks, for me it is
uncomfortable, again keeping fingers crossed
it doesn’t last too long at least we don’t wear
them when outside now?
As the summer has come to an end as
the days are cooler, however our October
issue will brighten up your day. Whatever
the weather’s like outside your window,
consider that the sun is well and truly
shining in our Out & About Costa Blanca
magazine, all year round. As always you
will find something amazing and different
with every edition. In the pages of the
Out & About magazine, you are spoilt for
choice when it comes to articles to read on
different stimulating and exciting subjects
and on every page you will find something
of interest. Having so many professional
journalists writing such fascinating articles.
Although the summer brought excitement
October is as busy. Time and Tide waits for
no man and I cannot believe how quickly
the summer has gone and how soon things
start to change. For example, this month,
remember the clocks go back an hour on
Sunday, October 31, 3:00 am and in England
go back 1 hour at 2am on 31st October.
To remember which way to set your watch,
keep in mind “spring forward, fall back”.
You set your clock forward in the spring
when Daylight Saving Time (DST) starts
thus lose one hour and back one hour when
DST ends in the fall, so we gain an hour by
turning the clock back. DST is a
change in the standard time with
the purpose of making better use
of daylight and conserving energy.
The birthstones and flowers for
October are Opal or Tourmaline,
Calendula or Cosmos. The two signs
associated with the month of October are
Libra and Scorpio. People born from October
1st to October 22nd are members of the
Libra sign. The people born under the Sign
Libra are kind, gentle and lovers of beauty,
harmony and peace. However, in their effort
to keep everyone happy, they find it difficult
to say ‘NO’ to anyone, and as a result, they
end up getting stressed. They have a lot of
positive traits, but some negative ones, too.
Because of its incredible passion and
power, Scorpio is often mistaken for a
fire sign. In fact, Scorpio is a water sign
that derives its strength from the psychic,
emotional realm. Like its fellow water signs,
Cancer and Pisces, Scorpio is extremely
clairvoyant and intuitive
In the ancient Roman calendar, October
was the name of the eighth month of the
year. Its name comes from octo, the Latin
word for “eight.” When the Romans
converted to a 12-month calendar, they tried
to rename this month after various Roman
emperors, but the name October stuck!
Enjoy October and keep healthy, happy,
smiling and positive. Perhaps with the cooler
weather now you can relax and step out of
those fridges ha! Remember you are never
alone with a copy of “Out &About Costa
Blanca”. Until next month keep happy and
healthy!!
Carol R. Levey

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Readers
Letters
Email to: relojdesol@mail.com
My boyfriend and I have been living
together very happily for three years.
Lately though I have noticed that he seems
more tired and pays me less attention
than he did. I am scared that he may have
another woman in his life, and I keep
thinking what am I doing wrong?
Elisabeth. Calpe
Relationships change. After three
years together you are probably
very comfortable together, but the
relationship may change for many
reasons, and not necessarily because
he has met someone else. If home
life is happy and you are content
living together then the relationship
moves into a comfortable slot. If you
are looking for signs of his infidelity
and worrying that you are doing
something wrong then something is
wrong, and you are insecure as his
partner. The only way to resolve this
is not to look for clues, or to accuse,
but simply talk to each other. He
shouldn’t need reminding about being
your partner, and you really have to
eliminate your suspicions and have
trust in your ongoing relationship.
My Father lives alone back in the UK
and we have not seen each other for some
time because of the current restrictions.
My older sister, who lives nearby him,
has suggested that it is time for me to
return to live in the UK so that we can
share the care of Dad. Currently he is in
good health and under the watchful eye
of my Sister, but I cannot face returning
to live back in the UK. I do not want to
upset my Sister, but this may not be an
option.
Pat. Sagra
If you are needed then you can think
about going back temporarily, when
needed, to help to share the care of
your father. I trust that your
Sister chose to live where she does,
and that gives you the right to live
where you want to too. When, and
if any care is needed for your father
then your Sister may call you to
help when the time comes. You are
not denying your responsibility but
you are stating the facts that you
may continue to be resident in the
Country that you have chosen to
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hedges on the health and care
of your father, and he currently
isn’t the person calling you back
home, anyway. Steer away from
any emotional blackmail. Tell your
sister that you will always do
whatever you feel that you can do,
and she will have to be satisfied
with that, for now.
The annual anniversary of the death of
my husband is approaching and I am
always so depressed as I miss him so
very much. I do not sleep well nor do I
eat properly and my stress levels are at
an all time high every September. There
is no use telling me that I should get
over this, every year is worse and I will
never ever be the same again.
Merle. Denia
I am sorry for your loss. I do think
however that you cannot change
what has happened by honouring
your husband’s demise with your
sorrow. There are many other ways
to show the man that you still love
that you are continuing to live
your life and getting on with all the
things that you must. I am sure that
he would not want to hear of your
grieving and risking your physical
and mental health levels recalling
the painful month of his death,
by suffering. Rather still, accept
as an anniversary your wedding
day, or his or your birthday, or
the memories of a special holiday
together. If you celebrate by
remembering happy times then
that love that brought you together
can be suitably honoured with
a beautiful smile as a treasured
memory of your very special
relationship.
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DR. M. ISABEL SIGNES-SOLER
Vision problems are very common among schoolage
children. These issues are often easy to
treat, sometimes requiring little more than a pair of
prescription glasses. But if vision problems aren’t
addressed, it can have lasting effects on your child’s
success in school, personal relationships
and confidence engaging in normal
activities.
It’s important for parents and
teachers to stay mindful of
everyday signs that a child
may need vision correction:
1. They hold books
unusually close to their
face
2. They lose their place as
they read
3. They squint or tilt their
head to see better
4. They sit too close to the TV
5. They rub their eyes a lot
6. Their eyes tear up for no
apparent reason
7. They tend to close one eye during
activities like reading or watching TV
8. They avoid activities that require near vision
(reading, homework, computer use) or distance
vision (sports, other recreational activities)
9. They mention that their eyes are tired or they have
a headache
10. Their grades are lower than normal
Blurry vision may be interfering with your child’s
ability to learn in school. Regular eye exams can
detect and correct this and other vision problems.
If your child shows any of these signs, an optometrist
can help you figure out whether an eye problem is the
underlying cause.
Childhood refractive errors
In some cases, a child can have astigmatism and
nearsightedness (myopia) or farsightedness at the
same time. You will get a vision prescription after
your child’s eye exam (and contact lens fitting, if
contacts are needed) and you can use it to buy glasses
or contacts wherever you’d like.
Myopia is a growing problem among children. It’s
natural for myopia to slowly get a little worse as
10 “hidden” signs your
child may need glasses
people get older, but sometimes it progresses too
quickly. It can lead to a condition called high myopia.
This greatly increases the risk of developing visionthreatening
diseases like retinal detachment, macular
degeneration, cataracts and glaucoma later in life.
By 2050, as many as 1 in every 10 people on
Earth may have high myopia — nearly
four times as many people as in 2015.
Other childhood eye problems
Refractive errors change the
way light registers inside the
eye, but other childhood eye
conditions can affect the way
the eyes move together.
Between 5% and 10%
of school-age children
are thought to have an
eye teaming or focusing
problem.
These conditions include:
- Strabismus – a problem with
the way the eyes are aligned.
Strabismus is often referred to as
“crossed eyes”.
- Amblyopia – also called “lazy eye.” Reduced
vision in one eye.
- Convergence insufficiency – a form of intermittent
exotropia, which is itself a type of strabismus. The
eyes have a hard time working together to focus on
near objects. When a child tries to focus on something
close, one eye turns slightly outward instead of
inward.
Refractive errors and eye teaming or focusing
problems aren’t the only conditions that can affect a
child’s life.
Other common problems include:
- Color blindness: More accurately known as color
vision deficiency, color blindness causes problems
seeing some – but rarely all – colors. There are several
different types of color blindness.
- Vision loss: The most common causes include
injuries, congenital conditions and complications
that stem from other health problems. About 3% of
children under age 18 are either visually impaired or
blind.
Connecting vision with attention and learning
Dra. Maria Isabel Signes-Soler, PhD, FAAO • Tel: 965832080

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disorders
Between 5% and 15% of school-age children are
affected by a learning disorder. About 80% of these are
reading disorders, like dyslexia. Nearly 1 in 10 schoolage
children have attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD).
These conditions are not vision disorders themselves,
but they can coexist with certain eye problems.
How often do kids need eye exams or vision screenings?
The American Academy of Ophthalmology
recommends the following schedule for vision
screenings early in life:
1. As a newborn
2. Between 6 and 12 months’ old
3. Between 1 and 3 years’ old
4. Between 3 and 5 years’ old
5. After age 5
As children progress through
their school-age years, it is
recommended an eye exam
every year, regardless of
whether a vision problem is
present.
If you suspects a problem with
your child’s eyes or eyesight,
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JOHN CURTIS
Hello and welcome once again to
The All Time Greats page. In the
light of the recent sad news about
Charlie Watts I thought I would say a
few words about the now late and
irreplaceable quiet man of The
Rolling Stones. In all their
notoriety when did you
hear that Charlie Watts had
caused any trouble???!
On many occasions
Charlie has been called
one of, if not the, greatest
rock drummers of all time.
Having spent the last 60 of
his total of 80 years as a key
member of, again many say, the
greatest rock band of them all I do not
see this as flattery. Charlie was, yes, very
much the quiet man of the band. His journey
into rock drumming had actually started
with a love of jazz which is something
he retained all his life actually leading
and drumming with a number of
jazz bands. In the early 60s this
inevitably branched into R &
B and it was moving in those
circles in London that he came
to meet Brian Jones and the
other members of the band
that became The Rolling
Stones. Charlie was in fact
the last of the “main five” to
join in 1963. Away from the
group he led a very private life
that was totally different from the
kind enjoyed by most rock stars. With
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completely reliable whilst, at the same
time, undemonstrative. With the
equally reliable and placid
bassist Bill Wyman at his
side Charlie was half
of the Stones´ rhythm
section that was
actually the bedrock
on which the band´s
eternal flamboyance
was based. Their
rock steady musical
talent allowed Mick
and Keith to kick out
the jams and provide
the fireworks from the
front of the stage.
When famously asked about
his life as a Rolling Stone Charlie replied
that he and Bill had spent about 20 years
EACH sitting around in recording studios
waiting for their colleagues to show up for
work! Charlie did have a spell under the
influence of heroin but it was a habit he
kicked unlike his fondness for alcohol. He
had it seems a solid marriage which started
as early as 1964 with his wife, Shirley,
surviving him today. They had one child, a
daughter born in 1968 (with the great name
of Serafina!) who, in turn, gave them one
granddaughter. Charlie, it seems, was never
interested in dabbling with groupies or the
trappings of a rock star´s life that would
put his marriage in peril. Charlie was, of
course, a VERY rich man and indulged
in some delightful hobbies. He loved to
collect antique furniture and artefacts and
in mature years enjoyed living on a farm in
Devon where he and Shirley bred Arabian
horses. He was also a competent artist who
made a habit of sketching the hundreds of
hotel rooms in which he lodged. Unlike his
colleagues in the Stones Charlie was a very
snappy dresser and always turned out for
public appearances immaculately dressed
suited and booted and wearing a collar and
tie. He had a shave and donned full
regalia on the famous night on
which he punched Mick Jagger
to the floor after hearing the
infamous “Where is my
drummer” rant. Of all the
Charlie Watts stories that
have emerged after he left
us this one seems to be the
favourite!
The years had taken their
inevitable toll and in 2004
Charlie was diagnosed with
throat cancer despite giving up
smoking twenty years earlier and
moderating his drinking. A year later
he was involved in a serious car accident
in the South Of France but he recovered and
drummed on. Shortly before he died Charlie
had announced he would be resting rather
than touring in the autumn as a result of a
“previous procedure” and then , on the 24th
August, came the news that he had gone.
RIP Charlie.
Starting on Saturday 23rd October
and available for the next 7 days
JC´s Podcast will take us back to
1964 and feature the very first , rough
and raw, eponymous LP recorded at
Decca by The Rolling Stones. Feel
free to contact me via Pure Gold FM
or by Email to “jcpodcast10@gmail.
com.” I look forward to the pleasure
of your company for another
All Time Great in next month´s
magazine until when I strongly urge
you to KEEP ROCKING and aim to
make it to, at least, 80.
by John Curtis

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Magic Travel
Moments
Highlight those (many) travel moments in
my life when things have ‘sparkled’.
by John
David
Moorhouse
DAVID MOORHOUSE.
A Bed of Roses
St. James’s - rich in Springtime colours, young
skies full of promise, at noon in The Park -
after Morning Service at The Abbey.... cross
over The Pond, greet the birds.... and there
it is, before me, a feast for appreciative eyes,
in an immaculately-maintained setting.... yet
delicately free !
An expression of pure beauty and subtle
aroma.... an Invitation to Love, to the Joys of
Nature, to Perfection Itself .... I should have
stopped longer, but “The Grenadier” was
calling me to a clash of arms and the memory
of heroes long dead.
Tarragona Cannon
Walking up a long, impressive Ramp
towards the towering Ramparts,
under a blazingly hot sun almost
overwhelming us, we stopped to take
photos, grouping in front of the barrel
of an old, black Cannon, set in a carriage
of stone.
The barrel was pointed over our
heads, a pyramid of iron balls stacked
neatly beside it, ready to greet an
approaching enemy with deadly
defiance.... a different kind of defiance

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It’s not about catching a cold, or finding a pot of
gold....
it applies equally to young and old !
But can I retain it? Try to grasp and explain it?
How to draw a picture of something that’s not
there?
And yet it’s everywhere.... all the time !
Why chase an illusion, a veritable fusion of
thoughts,
feelings, un-real delusions, half-truths, lies,
confusions ?!
What’s the difference between reality and
(imagination) ?
was demanded of the 4 as they
clambered onto the Cannon and seated
themselves astride it, youngest at the
front, oldest at the back.
Somehow, the sun did not matter
as they grinned at the camera with
squinting, crinkled, young eyes !
To Catch the Dream; to hold it;
to never let it go; to build on it;
to make it come alive, to do more than just
survive....
let me reach out for it; to do more than thrive !!!!
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MEMORY LANE
October 1, 1908 - Henry Ford’s
Model T, a “universal car”
designed for the masses, went on
sale for the first time.
October 1, 1979 - After 70 years
of American control, the Panama
Canal Zone was formally
handed over to Panama.
October 3, 1863 - President
Abraham Lincoln issued a
proclamation designating the
last Thursday in November as
Thanksgiving Day.
October 5, 1964 - The largest
mass escape since the
construction of the Berlin Wall
occurred as 57 East German
refugees escaped to West Berlin
after tunnelling beneath the wall.
Birthday - “Father of the Space
Age” Robert Goddard (1882-
1945) was born in Worcester,
Massachusetts. During his
lifetime he was ridiculed by
the public and the press over
his idea of constructing a
space flight machine. In 1926,
he launched the world’s first
liquid-fuelled rocket on a
farm near Auburn, Mass. In
1935, his liquid-fueled rocket
surpassed the speed of sound.
Other developments included
a steering apparatus for rocket
machines, staged rockets to
reach high altitudes, rocket fuel
pumps, and a self-cooling rocket
motor.
October 6, 1927 - The first
“talkie” opened in New York.
The Jazz Singer starring Al
Jolson was the first full-length
feature film using spoken
dialogue.
Birthday - Engineer and
inventor George Westinghouse
(1846-1914) was born in
Central Bridge, New York. He
developed air brakes for trains
and was later responsible for the
adoption of alternating current
(AC) systems for electric power
transmission in the U.S. He was
also the first employer to give his
employees paid vacations.
Birthday - John Lennon (1940-
1980) was born in Liverpool,
England. He was a member
of The Beatles, an influential
rock group which captivated
audiences first in England and
Germany, and later in America
and throughout the world. He
was murdered in New York City
on December 8, 1980.
October 13, 1792 - The
cornerstone of the White House
was laid by George Washington.
The building, located at 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue, is three
stories tall with over 100
rooms, and was designed by
James Hoban. In November of
1800, President John Adams
and his family moved in. The
building was first known as
the “Presidential Palace,” but
acquired the name “White
House” about 10 years after
its completion. It was burned
by British troops in 1814, then
reconstructed, refurbished and
reoccupied in 1817.
October 13, 1884 - Greenwich
was established as the universal
time from which standard
times throughout the world are
calculated.
October 20, 1944 - During World
War II in the Pacific, General
Douglas MacArthur set foot on
Philippine soil for the first time
since his escape in 1942, fulfilling
his promise, “I shall return.”
October 24, 1929 - “Black
Thursday” occurred in the New
York Stock Exchange as nearly 13
million shares were sold in panic
selling. Five days later “Black
Tuesday” saw 16 million shares
sold.
Birthday - Artist Pablo Picasso
(1881-1973) was born in Malaga,
Spain. He was an experimental
painter and also became a fine
sculptor, engraver and ceramist.
October 28, 1886 - The Statue
of Liberty was dedicated on
Bedloe’s Island in New York
Harbor. The statue was a gift
from the people of France
commemorating the French-
American alliance during the
American Revolutionary War.
Designed by Frederic Auguste
Bartholdi, the entire structure
stands 300 feet (92.9 meters)
tall. The pedestal contains the
words: “Give me your tired,
your poor, your huddled masses
yearning to breathe free, the
wretched refuse of your teeming
shore. Send these, the homeless,
tempest-tost to me, I lift my
lamp beside the golden door!”
October 31st - Halloween or
All Hallow’s Eve, an ancient
celebration combining the
Christian festival of All Saints
with Pagan autumn festivals.
October 31, 1940 - The Battle of
Britain concluded. Beginning on
July 10, 1940, German bombers
and fighters had attacked coastal
targets, airfields, London and
other cities, as a prelude to a
Nazi invasion of England. British
pilots in Spitfires and Hurricanes
shot down over 1,700 German
aircraft while losing 915 fighters.
“Never in the field of human
conflict was so much owed by so
many to so few,” declared Prime
Minister Winston Churchill.

MEMORY LANE
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TAKE AWAY
SERVICE
AVAILABLE
OPENING
TIMES
Mon - Sun
11.30-4.00pm
in the afternoon
6.00pm-12
Midnight
Carretera Calpe-Moraira, 193, TEULADA 03724 (Alicante)
Tel: 965 744 431 or +34 625 763 925
Email: lingganglu@gmail.com

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OCTOBER 2021 | 23
Free Home Delivery
Servicio a Domicilio Gratis
Moraira & Surrounding Area
FINE NEPALESE AND INDIAN CUISINE
10% Discount On Take Away / Para Llevar
Lunch menu 9,95€ Special menu 13,95€
Ctra. Moraira-Calpe, 253 | 03724 Moraira, Alicante | Tel. +34 965 748 298
Mov. 632 87 24 08 | www.gurasrestaurant.com |
12.00 - 15.30/ 18.00 - Late | Monday Lunch Closed
10%
discount on
take away
food
Available
for special
occasion
or private
parties
At Guras Curry House, we have a
passion for making sure customers
have an enjoyable time as well as
eating delicious genuine Nepalese
Indian Food. Guras combine a
panoramic range of Nepalese and
Indian food, cooking many of
your favourite dishes including,
Tikka Masala, Korma, Pasanda,
Karahi, Bhuna, Saag as well as
Special House Grilled dishes.
Private parking.
Childrens
menu available
from Chicken
Nuggets to
Fish fingers
6.50€
Reserve your table telephone
632 87 24 08 or 96 574 8298

24 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA
Calpe, Benissa, Altea, Moraira
Inmo COBAT welcomes you to the Costa Blanca.
Since 2003 we are an “all-in” company
when buying or selling property.
www.cobatcostablanca.com
LOOKING FOR ALL KINDS OF PROPERTIES
CALPE 279,000€
Single storey villa with
long driveway, garage
and pool, spacious
terrace with beautiful
views, fruit orchard,
quietly located at
the end of dead end
street only 10 minutes
by car from centre
and beach of Calpe.
Ref. 3142
CALPE 445,000€
Ready to move
in, a bright and
modern villa (2013)
with several terraces
and beautiful
swimming pool
with sauna, in
a quiet location
close to the town
Ref. 3129
CALPE 429,000€
Wow; villa with
3 kitchens, 2
living rooms, 5
bedrooms and
4 bathrooms,
outside shower,
covered BBQ area,
garage, carport
and parking.
Ref. 3016
CALPE 475,000€
Spacious villa in
tranquil area,
walking distance
beach and with
100% privacy.
Lovely views to
the “ Peñon de
Ifach “. Ref. 2791
CALPE 720,000€
Modern new
build villa with
landscaped
garden, spacious
garage and private
swimming pool, a
real opportunity.
Ref. 12835
CALPE 785,000€
Gorgeous panoramic
sea view villa with
heated pool,
garage,
exterior kitchen
annex lounge and
mature garden.
Ref. 2837
Inmo Cobat
Telephone:
0034 620146993

The Kathmandu Nepali-Indian Restaurant
Carretera Moraira-Calpe coast road No 144,
(in front of Euro Gym), Moraira
Tel: 96 649 2436
Welcome to ‘The Kathmandu’ restaurant in Moraira
where the food is prepared in the Nepalese style giving you
fragrant and tasty dishes from India.
Kathmandu Restaurant is a very popular Nepali-Indian
Restaurant in Moraira.
The restaurant serves quality Indian and Nepali dishes at
reasonable prices or to Take Away with a 10% DISCOUNT.
NOW OFFERING FREE HOME DELIVERY.
There are special discounts for celebrations and parties.
The Kathmandu has free parking directly outside the restaurant.
The menu at The Kathmandu includes a wide selection of Indian
and Nepalese dishes to choose from. There is a special set menu
for 14.50€ per person, which includes a choice of starter, main
course, rice or naan bread, side dish and ice-cream or coffee.
Nepalese cuisine, is known for the flavours and textures of their
curries. For those of you who enjoy a hotter curry, then just ask the
Chef and he will certainly be able to accommodate.
There is also a very well stocked bar to suit all tastes. Inside the
restaurant is spacious and attractive in design. Outside has a
stylish, also spacious semi covered lovely terraced area.
Great Indian food, owner and members of the staff are really
friendly and you will find it a pleasure eating there! There are other
Kathmandu restaurants in Javea and Denia.
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK.
12.00 – 15.30/18.00 – late. For
reservations call on 966 492 436.
SPECIAL
MENU
14.50€

26 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA DEE’S TRAVELS
DEE’S TRAVELS
MOVING AROUND
PART ONE
Have you ever had one of those
flashes when you realise
something you should have
known all along? I think it has
to do with bits inside your
brain called synapsis. I
understand (well to be
honest I don’t) but I
read somewhere that
two of these brain
bits connect with
an electrical signal
and you ‘get it’, a
new understanding.
It’s often shown in
cartoons with a flashing
light bulb over the head.
I had one of those
momentous realisations which
is so obvious I can’t understand
why I’d not thought of it before. In England,
America and Australia and maybe other
first world countries shopping is a hobby
especially in UK. What else can you do on
a cold, wet, windy miserable Saturday than
throw on the coats and go to the local mall?
The bright lights, the entertainment centre,
the warm friendly buzz and the shops. Ah,
the shops with their tempting displays (all
scientifically arranged based on trends and
temptations) lie in wait to relieve you of
your money.
“Oh, I love that.”
“That would be helpful in the kitchen.”
“His eyes will pop out when he sees me
wearing this.”
I’m sure you get the picture.
Even men I understand are
not immune although they
are most likely to be found
in the DIY stores or the
electronics department.
Everyone is happy,
moving from shop
to shop, spending,
acquiring and drooling
over the purchases back
home.
Even the Covid
restrictions did not stem the
flow, we simply exchanged
shop windows for internet screens,
scrolled down studying the goods on
offer and pressed the buy button. Even
imprisoned in our homes, the spending did
not stop.
Box after package after parcel piled up
on doorsteps all around the world and we
tricked ourselves into believing we were
providing employment for the delivery
companies and workers in the mega
warehouses.
But what is the result? Besides the piles of
discarded cardboard filling up the rubbish
bins, we have crammed our homes with
stuff we don’t really want and often, stuff we
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don’t really need either. Cupboards, shelves,
wardrobes are bulging at the seams, older
possessions go up into the attic, occasionally
items are transported to charity shops, but
most times we occupy by volume a smaller
and smaller space in our living areas.
But then the day comes when we decide
to move, maybe downsize and we are forced
to have a major sort out. Now, we discover
that none of the offspring or relatives will
give houseroom to things that are just too
good to throw away. Did we ever think
that stuff we treasured was of no interest to
another generation?
Are you old enough to remember the days
when the 21st birthday watch was removed
as you were laid to rest? That the Dunhill
lighter, bought on the plane on your way to
Majorca would now be defunct?
So, we live in a throwaway world, but
that doesn’t stop us buying stuff that has a
limited shelf life.
When we first moved from Scotland
to live in Kenya, we carefully chose
possessions that would be sent on to our
new home in Nairobi. Due to a combination
of circumstances, it was never shipped and
when we unpacked the boxes almost two
years later, we couldn’t believe what rubbish
we’d chosen to keep. Many of the clothes
were covered in mildew, and I had no use
for any of the items that only months earlier
had seemed so precious.
We are being urged to reduce raping our
planet by acquiring unnecessary goods and
now, as I gaze in the shop windows, the
question I ask myself is “Am I prepared to
pay to have this shipped across an ocean?”
If the answer is no, I admire and walk away.
By Dee Tavener-Craig
WE COMMENCE OUR END OF SUMMER SALE
on Monday, 13th to Friday, 24th September. We will then close for one week for re-stocking with
our Autumn/Winter items and re-open on Monday, 4th October.
All proceeds are for the needy animals of Calpe
A difficult year for all of us but we still need to raise money for Calpe’s lost or abandoned dogs and cats.
Our shop is an Aladdin’s cave of clothing, books, DVDs, bric-a-brac
and household goods so come along and snap up a bargain. The shop is situated in the lower ground floor of
Edificio Perlamar on the Gabriel Miro, Calpe and is open from 10am until 1pm Mondays to Fridays.
The president, Elinor Gonzalez lives in Las Bassetes where she cares for
Calpe’s abandoned and sick animals, bringing them back to health and
finding new caring owners for them. Her telephone number is
620 106 733
and she also has a stall on the Wednesday and
Saturday market in Calpe if you wish to offer help
or Dog walk, or adopt one of the lovely dogs
Elinor would be so pleased to hear from you.

28 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA SIMON RATCLIFFE
PERCUTANEOUS
ELECTROLYSIS THERAPY
The application of
percutaneous electrolysis
applies mostly to tendon
injuries such as tendonitis (
tendonosis), partial tendon
tears and myotendon injuries in
different parts of the body.
This therapy consists of applying a
galvanic electrical current through a
small needle ( accupuncture needle)
with the idea of causing a mild local
inflammatory reaction that restarts the
healing process. We always apply this
technique guided by our ultrasound
imaging system, which allows for
precission when introducing the needle
into the affected area. The ultrasound
equiplment allows us to keep a check
on the progress of the recovering tissue.
We usually apply 3 sessions that are
spaced out within a period of 3 to 4
weeks, these sessions are combined
with our usual physiotherapy and
osteopathy treatments.
I have been applying this technique for
over 7 years now and with great results
Simon Ratcliffe is a licensed Physiotherapist and Certified Osteopath C.O. for the
Family Medical Centre in Albir. Contact Simon on 966 865 072 for an appointment.

SIMON RATCLIFFE
OCTOBER 2021 | 29
so far, these are the sort of problem it
can be used for:
• Rotator cuff injuries at the shoulder.
• Patellar tendinopathy (knee)
• Achilles tendinopathy (heel)
• Tennis elbow
• Plantar fasciitis
• Old muscular or tendon injuries
that develop fibrosis.
If you suffer any of these injuries
you now know we have this
technology, allowing for a correct
evaluation and best treatment
available.
Carrer Móstoles
Article supplied by Simon Ratcliffe
Osteopath and Physiotherapist, the
Family Medical Centre, Albir.
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Calpe-Moraira Road No 223
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You will immediately notice the pleasing atmosphere and the different areas where you can dine. From a front
terrace to a well presented dining area inside, to a large covered back terrace. Thus plenty of space to choose where
to dine, with comfortable seating. Everything is perfect.
There is a variety of menus and diverse dishes, with delicious tasty food, all at
excellent prices. There are set menus and a variety of meat dishes from Pork,
Duck, Chicken, Beef and seafood with vegetables, rice or noodles.
There is also a “Take Away Service”. Very attentive friendly
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Perhaps you would like to relax just with a drink on the
terrace. No problem.
Parking available at the
front of the restaurant.
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Paralympic Movement
The Paralympic Movement offers sport
opportunities for athletes with physical,
vision and/or intellectual impairments
that have at least one of the following 10 eligible
impairments: Impaired muscle power, impaired
passive range of movement, Limb deficiency, Leg
length difference, Short stature, Muscle tension.
The word “Paralympic” derives from the
Greek preposition “para” (beside or alongside)
and the word “Olympic”. Its meaning is
that Paralympics are the parallel Games to
the Olympics and illustrates how the two
movements exist side-by-side.
In the Paralympic Games, the eligibility
criteria differ across sports and disability groups.
... In the Special Olympics, an athlete must be at
least eight years of age and be identified by an
agency or professional as having an intellectual
disability to be eligible to participate.
Special Olympics welcomes all athletes with
intellectual disabilities, (ages 8 and older) of
all ability levels, to train and compete in over
30 Olympic-type sports. ... To participate in the
Paralympic Games, athletes must fulfil certain
criteria and meet certain qualifying standards in
order to be eligible.
What is T20 Paralympics?
The Paralympic class for Track and Field
athletes with intellectual impairment is “20.” The
Prefix T to the class denotes Track events (e.g.
T20) while “F” denotes Field events (e.g. F20).
T44 is a disability sport classification for
disability athletics, applying to “Single below
knee amputation or an athlete who can walk
with moderately reduced function in one or both
legs.” It includes ISOD A4 and A9 classes.
What is Paralympics 11? Class 11 : Paralympic
Games Class 11
The Paralympic Games are a multi-sport
event for athletes with physical, mental and
sensorial disabilities. This includes
mobility disabilities, amputees, visual
disabilities and those with cerebral pfounder Sir
Ludwig Guttmann
Sir Ludwig Guttmann, the neurosurgeon who
founded of the Paralympic Games. The Jewish
doctor arrived in Oxford in 1939 having fled
Nazi Germany.
Sir Ludwig Guttmann was a British
neurologist who established the Stoke
Mandeville Games, the sporting event for people
with disabilities (PWD) that evolved in England
into the Paralympic Games. A Jewish doctor who
fled Nazi Germany just before the start of the
Second World War, Guttmann was a founding
father of organized physical activities for people
with disabilities. Please see the article on Ludwig
Guttmann.

Sir Ludwig Guttmann
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Sir Ludwig Guttmann CBE FRS (3
July 1899 – 18 March 1980) was
a German-British neurologist
who established the Stoke
Mandeville Games, the sporting
event for people with disabilities
(PWD) that evolved in England
into the Paralympic Games.
A Jewish doctor who
fled Nazi Germany
just before the
start of the
Second World
War, Guttmann
was a founding father
of organized physical
activities for people
with disabilities.
Ludwig Guttmann
was born on 3 July
1899 to a German
Jewish family in Tost
in Upper Silesia in
the former German
Empire (currently
Toszek, Poland), the son
of Dorothy (Weissenberg)
and Bernard Guttmann, a
distiller. His family moved
when he was three years old
to the Silesian city of Königshütte
(today Chorzów, Poland) where he passed
his Abitur at the humanistic grammar school in
1917 before he was called up for military service.
Guttmann encountered his first paraplegic
patient, a coal miner with a spine fracture,
while volunteering at an accident hospital in
Königshütte. The patient later died of sepsis.
[ Guttmann started his medical studies in April
1918 at the University of Breslau. He transferred
to the University of Freiburg in 1919 and received
his Doctorate of Medicine in 1924.
By 1933, Guttmann was working in Breslau
(now Wrocław, Poland) as a neurosurgeon and
lecturing at the university. Guttmann learned
from the pioneer of neurosurgery Otfrid
Foerster at his research institute. Despite having
worked successfully as first assistant to Foerster,
Guttmann was expelled from his
university appointment and his
job in 1933 under the Nuremberg
Laws and his title changed to
“Krankenbehandler” (one who
treats the sick). With the arrival
of the Nazis in power, Jews were
banned from practising medicine
professionally, and he was
assigned to work at the Breslau
Jewish Hospital, where he became
medical director in 1937. Following
the violent attacks on Jewish people
and properties during Kristallnacht on
9 November 1938, Guttmann ordered his staff
to admit any patients without question. The
following day, he justified his decision on a
case-by-case basis with the Gestapo. Out of 64
admissions, 60 patients were saved from arrest
and deportation to concentration camps.
Escape to Britain
In early 1939, Guttmann and his family left
Germany because of the Nazi persecution of the
Jews. An opportunity for escape had come when
the Nazis provided him with a visa and ordered
him to travel to Portugal to treat a friend of the
Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar.
Guttmann was scheduled to return to Germany
via London, when the Council for Assisting
Refugee Academics (CARA) arranged for him
to remain in the United Kingdom. He arrived
with his wife Else Samuel Guttmann and two
children, a son, Dennis, and a daughter, Eva age
6 in Oxford, England, on 14 March 1939. CARA
negotiated with the British Home Office on
their behalf, and gave Guttmann and his family
£250 (equivalent to £16,000 in 2019) to help
settle in Oxford. Guttmann continued his spinal
injury research at the Nuffield Department of
Neurosurgery in the Radcliffe Infirmary. For the
first few weeks after arrival the family resided in
the Master’s Lodge of Balliol College (with the
Master Sandie Lindsay) until they moved into
a small semi-detached house in Lonsdale Road.
] Both children were offered free places by the
headmistress of Greycotes School. The family
were members of the Oxford Jewish community,
and Eva remembers becoming friendly with

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Miriam Margolyes, now a famous actress. The
Jewish community in Oxford was growing
rapidly as a result of the influx of displaced
academic Jews from Europe.
With the outbreak of the Second World War,
Guttmann and his family stayed in the home of
Lord Lindsay, CARA Councillor and Master of
Balliol College.
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
In September 1943, the British government
asked Guttmann to establish the National Spinal
Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital
in Buckinghamshire. The initiative came from
the Royal Air Force to make sure the treatment
and rehabilitation of pilots with spine injuries,
“who often crashed on approach with their
bombers damaged”. When the centre opened
on 1 February 1944, the United Kingdom’s
first specialist unit for treating spinal injuries,
Guttmann was appointed its director (a position
he held until 1966). He believed that sport
was an important method of therapy for the
rehabilitation of injured military personnel,
helping them build up physical strength and
self-respect.
Guttmann became a naturalised British citizen
in 1945. He organised the first Stoke Mandeville
Games for disabled war veterans, which was
held at the hospital on 29 July 1948, the same
day as the opening of the London Olympics.
All participants had spinal cord injuries and
competed in wheelchairs. In an effort to
encourage his patients to take part in national
events, Guttmann used the term Paraplegic
Games
These came to be known as the “Paralympic
Games”, which later became the “Parallel
Games” and grew to include other disabilities.
By 1952, more than 130 international
competitors had entered the Stoke Mandeville
Games. As the annual event continued to grow,
the ethos and efforts by all those involved started
to impress the organisers of the Olympic Games
and members of the international community.
At the 1956 Stoke Mandeville Games, Guttmann
was awarded the Sir Thomas Fearnley Cup by
the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
for his meritorious achievement in service to
the Olympic movement through the social and
human value derived from wheelchair sports.
His vision of an international games, the
Guttmann
presenting gold
medal to Tony
South at the
1968 Summer
Paralympics in
Tel Aviv
equivalent of
the Olympic
Games themselves,
was realised in
1960 when the
International Stoke
Mandeville Games were
held alongside the official
1960 Summer Olympics in
Rome. Known at the time as the 9th
Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games,
and organised with the support of the World
Federation of Ex-servicemen (an International
Working Group on Sport for the Disabled),
they are now recognised as the first Paralympic
Games. (The term “Paralympic Games” was
retroactively applied by the IOC in 1984.)
In 1961, Guttmann founded the British Sports
Association for the Disabled, which would later
become known as the English Federation of
Disability Sport.
Later life
In 1961, Guttmann founded the International
Medical Society of Paraplegia, now the
International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS); he was
the inaugural president of the society, a position
that he held until 1970

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He became the first editor of the journal,
Paraplegia (now named Spinal Cord). He retired
from clinical work in 1966 but continued his
involvement with sport.
Guttmann suffered a heart attack in October
1979, and died on 18 March 1980 at the age of 80.
Legacy
Guttmann on a 2013 Russian stamp from the
series “Sports Legends”
Stoke Mandeville Stadium, the
National Centre for Disability Sport
in the United Kingdom, was
developed by him alongside
the hospital.
A specialist
neurorehabilitation
hospital in Barcelona,
the Institut Guttmann
[es], is named in his
honour. The founder
of this, the first
rehabilitation clinic
for paraplegics in
Spain, was Guillermo
González Gilbey, who
himself suffered from
paraplegia and made
great progress in In June
2012, a life-sized cast-bronze
statue of Guttmann was
unveiled at Stoke Mandeville
Stadium as part of the run-up to
the London 2012 Summer Paralympics
and Olympic Games. After the Games, it was
moved to its permanent home at the National
Spinal Injuries Centre. Guttmann’s daughter, Eva
Loeffler, was appointed the mayor of the London
2012 Paralympic Games athletes’ village.
In August 2012, the BBC broadcast The Best of
Men, a TV film about Guttmann’s work at Stoke
Mandeville during and after the Second World
War. The film, written by Lucy Gannon, starred
Eddie Marsan as Dr. Guttmann and Rob Brydon
as one of the seriously injured patients, who were
given a purpose in life by the doctor.
England with Ludwig Guttmann.
The Sir Ludwig Guttmann Centre is an NHS
facility providing GP, Orthopaedic and Sports
and Exercise Medicine outpatient services as
well as imaging on the site of the 2012 Olympic
village.
The Sir Ludwig Guttmann Lectureship
was established by the International Medical
Society of Paraplegia (now ISCoS) to recognize
Guttmann’s pioneering work and lifelong
contribution to spinal cord care.
The Ludwig Guttmann Prize of the German
Medical Society for Paraplegia is awarded for
“excellent scientific work in the field of clinical
research on spinal cord injury”.
In 2019 the National Paralympic Heritage
Centre, a small accessible museum, was opened
at Stoke Mandeville Stadium celebrating the
birthplace of the Paralympics, sharing the
collections of the early Paralympic Movement
and the central role played by Professor Sir
Ludwig Guttmann.
Honours
As “Neurological Surgeon in charge of the
Spinal Injuries Centre at the Ministry of Pensions
Hospital, Stoke Mandeville”, he was appointed
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
in the 1950 King’s Birthday Honours. On 28 June
1957, he was made an Associate Officer of the
Venerable Order of Saint John.
He was promoted to Commander of the Order
of the British Empire (CBE) in 1960, and he was
knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1966.
On 24 October 2013, a commemorative plaque
was unveiled by the Association of Jewish
Refugees (AJR) at the National Spinal Injuries
Centre to honour Guttmann’s life and work. As
an active member of the AJR, he had served on
the board for over 25 years.

34 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA
Name a Guide Dog
Puppy Competition
COMPETITION has been launched to name
A a cute young guide dog puppy.
As part of a campaign to support the ONCE
Foundation for Guide Dogs (FOPG), Specsavers
Ópticas is running the competition during the
month of October. One lucky winner will have
the honour of naming the guide dog puppy,
as well as winning a hamper of prizes. This
will include a voucher for a pair of designer
sunglasses, a selection of goodies from the
charity, a certificate, and a photo of the puppy.
Jorge Martínez de Lizarduy Araico from
Specsavers Ópticas in Benidorm comments: ‘We
are really looking forward to receiving some
great name suggestions for FOPG’s next litter of
puppies. Names must start with the letter N, be
short and easy for the dogs to hear and can’t be
people’s names. Please tell us what name you
have chosen and why you have chosen it. We’ll
select our favourite at the end of October and
announce our lucky winner and their chosen
name.’
The competition, which is free to enter,
runs throughout Blindness Awareness Month
in October. To enter the competition, follow
Specsavers Ópticas on Facebook, Instagram or
Twitter and send them a message with your
answer, or comment on the competition post.
Alternatively, you can email your entry to paul.
ainsworth@specsavers.com, or fill in a paper
entry form at one of the Specsavers Ópticas
stores.
The competition is being organised as part of
Specsavers Ópticas’ campaign to raise 5,000€
for the charity by the end of 2021 and to raise
awareness of the tireless work they do. The
ONCE Foundation for Guide Dogs (FOPG)
breeds and trains guide dogs, so they can be
placed free of charge with people who have
severe visual impairment in the community,
enabling them to live the fullest lives possible. To
breed, train and place a guide dog with someone,
costs approximately 35,000€ and the charity relies
on fundraising to provide as many guide dogs as
possible for people who really need them.
Specsavers Ópticas is located in Javea, Calpe,
Benidorm, Torrevieja, La Zenia and Guardamar
on the Costa Blanca. Pop in to your nearest
store to enter the competition, or visit www.
specsavers.es to find out more.

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Foster Consulting is an insurance agency in Calpe, established in 1987, the first
dedicated insurance business in Calpe that dealt with the Expatriate community.
We work with two companies:
LIBERTY SEGUROS and ASSSA.
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36 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA WALSH’S WISDOM
Walsh’s Wisdom
THE AMOROUS GHOST
AND ENCOUNTERS
When Damien Fairweather rents the
annexe of an early Victorian era
manse the handsome 49-year-old
novelist expects a haven to allow his creativity
to blossom undisturbed. Until he
has settled in, Damien is blissfully
unaware that his roomie is the earthbound
spirit of Lydia Napier.
The coquettish nymphet who due to a
sinister incident lived and died in the manse
nearly two hundred years earlier dwells in the
secret crypt beneath his study’s floorboards.
Lydia has a fiendish motive in winning the
writer’s commitment to her. Will the seductive
spirit of a Victorian shipping baron’s daughter
bring the author to his doom?
If you have a book or indeed any writing needs contact Michael by emailing him at keyboardcosmetics@gmail.com
Michael Walsh Heart to Heart Poetry, Amazon Books.
Email: keyboardcosmetics@gmail.com
AMAZON ‘TOP 100
BOOKS OF THE YEAR’
Website: www.mikewalshwritingservices.wordpress.com

WALSH’S WISDOM
The unwitting ghosthunter who falls in
love with the wraith is brought to earth
by Penelope Fulbright-Illingsworth. The
hauntingly beautiful ex-model former
debutante and wife of an investment banker
invites the dishy novelist to a sanctuary at
her husband’s remote manor on Dartmoor.
The story embraces the reader in a heartstopping
reincarnation of love and lust. All is
revealed in this ground-breaking story based
on the author’s real-life experiences.
You might well read that last line twice.
Michael Walsh, a regular columnist for
Out and About has encountered several
supernatural wraiths in his colourful life.
The Amorous Ghost and Encounters
by Michael Wash is the most recent of the
celebrated author’s books; it is Michael’s
sixth novel.
He believes his latest novel is a groundbreaker
because much of the story, the
characters and the incidents truly involved
him. And, he lived for several years at
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Sunnyside Mansion near Liverpool. As a
guest, he often stayed at the equally haunted
Widdecombe Manor which also is located on
the remote Dartmoor Moors.
The Amorous Ghost and Encounters will
captivate your curiosity, change your beliefs
in the supernatural, and bring you to accept
that love does transcend death.

38 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA
WALSH’S WISDOM
Walsh’s Wisdom
Inspire a Nation
the Gift that keeps Giving
Did you ever pause when reading a
passage or a quote that jolted your senses
when you were reading whatever book
was in your lap? The veteran writer Michael
Walsh over the years occasionally did so. Unable
or unwilling to let an inspiring passage slip like
moon dust through his fingers he assiduously
kept those sayings he thought of special merit.
These, he thought, will one day fill the pots of
gold found at the end of most people’s rainbows.
The talented writer’s adagio of adages and
truisms over many years were meticulously
stored for posterity.
The award-winning writer often proven to be
a prophet had no clear idea of what he might do
with his growing collection of sayings coined by
history’s greatest thinkers.
Into the Aladdin’s Cave went the most
remarkable but unforgettable thoughts
of Europe’s great composers, writers and
philosophers. The period being irrelevant his
collection of hundreds of priceless literary gems
was uttered by the lips, penned by the quills, the
pens and the typewriters of epochs.
Who would otherwise keep such breath-taking
memorable words of priceless wisdom? Hardly
modern-day teaching professionals who in this
dumbed-down Age of Mediocrity appear to have
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WALSH’S WISDOM
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replaced inspiration and honour with the bland
mantras of political correctness.
When cheap paperbacks litter the shelves
of charity shops and when mummy-porn in
growing demand could there not be a discovered
a sanctuary for the more discerning generations
who shall hopefully follow today’s Philistines
whose literary sewerage assaults the senses?
With the sense of duty of a pilgrim who
carefully tends the graves of the dearly departed
in an abandoned cemetery, Michael Walsh,
with the help of his erudite wife published a
compilation of history’s most inspiring quotes
and evocative sayings.
The question is again asked; have you ever
stopped at a picture or paused when reading a
quote? At such an enriching moment you will
recall staring into the distance. Perhaps you will
have become lost in thought. Then again, you
might have silently said over and over again
those golden words as if each word was a drop
of nectar that could be tasted over and over
again.
Inspire a Nation II, a compilation of almost
500 breath-taking illustrated quotes collected
over decades by Michael Walsh are here to be
savoured.
The book really should come with a little
advice. Never allow your copy of Inspire a
Nation Volume II be taken prisoner by a socalled
friend. Otherwise, you will likely never
again see your copy of Inspire a Nation II ever
again.
If you are a thoughtful caring soul then your
perhaps hesitantly purchased copy will inspire
you to do something quite magical too.
On devouring your copy of Inspire a Nation II
nearly 500 thought-provoking sayings illustrated
by 75 heart-stopping pictures rarely seen you too
will be inspired. The collection’s author promises
you that Inspire a Nation II purchased as a gift
for those you most treasure your gift will outlive
both giver and receiver.
INSPIRE A NATION Volume II. Michael
Walsh. Hundreds of imaginatively
beautifully illustrated romantic quotes,
poems and stories from the master of the pen.
www.mikewalshwritingservices.wordpress.com

40 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA
ANNE RODGER
The Roller coaster
Part 7
BY
ANNE RODGER
Since I first introduced you to my
Autobiography in December, I have
given you a glimpse into my humble
Black Country “Beginnings”, my Grammar
School Days, Student Days, and, last month,
my career in “Teaching”.
Alongside these times, there existed my
private life and the extreme situations
and emotions that make
me describe the “Roller
coaster”.
Until I was 19, you
could describe my
life as “Normal”.
The usual ups
and downs and
“Ordinariness” .
Then I fell in
love. Big time.
We literally
“bumped into” each
other. With less than an
hour to go, I had decided
to “ditch” the boring chap I
had been with most of the evening.
Said I was going to the loo, and was on my
way out. Coming in was a group of lads
who were pretty drunk and on their way
home from a night out. They decided to
make one last stop, and I was caught up in
them as they barged their way in.
Before I knew it, I was grabbed by one
of them and pulled on to the dance floor.
Within minutes my head was literally
spinning in a very enthusiastic Gay
Gordons. Other dances followed until I was
so dizzy I had to be helped from the dance
floor by this gorgeous man who was so
apologetic that the Bar had closed and he
couldn’t revive me with a drink.
“That’s OK” I said. “I have
to go to the bus in the Car
Park that takes us back to
our accommodation.”
He saw me out to the
bus, but before he let
me get on it, we had
a passionate embrace
under the trees and
arranged to meet at
7 pm by the college
gate on the following
Thursday.
I don’t remember the bus
ride back. Or even signing in.
But I do remember sitting on my
bed in a kind of daze. Bring out all the
clichés. The lightning strike. Love at First
Sight. Whatever.
The days passed slowly, and Thursday
seemed the longest day of my life - but there
I was by the gate at 7 pm. By 7-30 I wasn’t

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sure what to do. I didn’t know the expression
“stood up” so just kept on waiting. Then
he arrived in a battered old MG, which
had apparently refused to start. He seemed
quite unaware of how late he was - and how
gauche and tongue-tied I was.
He took me to the Bar in the Clumber Park
Hotel and bought me ‘Bitter Lemon’ to drink
as I had never tasted alcohol. He was 25
and seemed to have had an exciting life. He
had been in the Royal Air Force and spent 2
years in Iraq. I was 19 and never been further
than Butlins Holiday Camp. He talked of his
holidays in Cyprus, then living in London
working for a Tea Company. He loved live
theatre and talked about the Art World which
fascinated him. “I’m into photography”
he said. “Next time I’ll bring along the
transparencies I’ve just had developed, and
show them to you.” My heart flipped with
the realization that he wanted to see me
again.
That was it. I was in love. My life would
never be the same again.
It was many years before he told me that
he was late for our first date was because
he was seeking out the mates he had been
with on that Saturday evening, to ask if they
could remember what “the bird” was like
that he was with. He had only got as far as
“brunette” and “not very tall” so desperately
hoped that there was only one short brunette
at the college gate on that fateful Thursday
evening.
They say opposites attract. But there is
no logic to falling in love. He was totally
unsuitable but totally gorgeous and no-one
could ever tell me anything different.
I rode the Roller Coaster of his years
out of work, his serial infidelities, and the
unhappiness he would bring me.
After 20 years of marriage, I finally
divorced him. Only to spend 6 years on my
own, and then marry him again. But I’ll tell
you about that another time.
“On Being Blonde”
And she was fair as the Rose in May.
About her hair, what more to say?
So fair and blonde - most time is true
Till 6 weeks gone and the roots show
through.
Then our May Rose begins to frown
At more expense to conceal the brown.
Her image must be as it was in May
No-other will know when the brown becomes
grey
For she’ll remain blonde
For blondes have more fun
And that’s what she’ll do in the
years to come.

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44 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA A MEDIUM RARE
As a youngster I used to visit Hampton Court
frequently. There is something very special about the
surviving Tudor architecture, although the Palace
shows evidence of innovations that have spanned the last
three hundred years. Each dynasty of Monarchy endowed
Hampton Court with updates, trimmings and features that
reflect the passing of times, thus producing a mixture of
architecture and a core of design that superbly reflects on all
aspects of decor across those centuries.
Central to the gardens is a wonderful Maze. It is
constructed in Box Wood trees which give density to the sheer
walls of green that hide the secret pathway to the middle. In
any maze it is the centre that everyone is looking for, and,
having found it, the exit is what everyone will seek. Chaos
comes when people are travelling in each and every direction,
and every turning looks exactly the same as the last one.
There are cul de sac dead ends and a lot of teasing when you
reach well into the centre but cannot fathom how you access
that coveted bench right in the centre.
People enter with a view to always keeping left, which
doesn’t work well, or maybe going for the right, which is
not always the correct strategy to follow, and which may
slowly serve to drive you crazy. What is needed to reach the
sanctuary of the centre is patience, calm, and persistence. As
you traverse the green corridors of pollarded trees you have
no clue as to where the next turning is taking you to. You
cannot rely on instinct because you may think you are onto a
winner and have found your way, but somehow that Centre
gets further away with every step. It is frustrating and it was
designed as an Amuse Bouche to whet the appetite for the
rest of the surrounding House and its gardens. Children got
lost in it. Lovers across the decades chose to get lost in it, and
after all it is merely part of our journey of life to overcome the
barriers that prevent us from reaching our goals and then to
go safely home for tea.
Life has become more complicated recently. We may feel,
and we do have every right to feel, as if changes all around
us have made us visitors to a big maze that is life. We should
mourn the freedoms of the past and present ourselves to
being a part of a future that embraces changes and yet it is
not so easy to take, and our instincts are based on survival
and strength, after all. We are all lost in a current Maze of
uncertainty and there may very well be some false turns and
frustrations as we look for each our personal Sanctuary as a
place of safety. The pathway ahead may serve to tease us, but
uncertainty and changes against our wishes are demands and
we should be free to experience that which we feel is a part of
our individual lives, and as such; our own rights as Citizens
of the World.
As there are shifts Politically we may very well see
many changes, and we all want to be part of any change
that will ensure that the Planet survives and that life, as we
perceive it, continues to be mutual and pleasing. Yes, we may
have to rethink, and backtrack and yet there should be no
compromise. When quality of life is no longer available to
us then we should not have to continue, and our own rights
should be there in our defence and not as an illusion of the
lies of some others.
Where does Spirit come into this? Well, our journey of life
has brought us safely to where we are, and on that journey
of life we have had a continuing backup of those who wish
that we get the very best that we can. By acting as a holding
station, open to all, the great Spirit World is not a divide,
but it is a filter to reclaim the souls that are passing through,
whilst caring adequately for all those who need Spiritual
Guidance and love to see them through. Because Spirit is
a body of those who have passed over, so too it is the final
resting place for all souls in transit. Unlike Hampton Court
Maze there will be no dead ends, cul de sacs or irritating
twists and turns as we complete this, our journey of life. The
directive point of the Spirit World is the mainstay of support
and the reception of travelling souls as they congregate and
plan their onward journey. This may take them out of their
comfort zones, but so too will it see a fairness in treatment, an
equality of residence open to all who have lived life and wish
to have guidance and support for the next vital stage of the
journey. Nobody who needs to enter is barred, and nobody
is ever alone there, unless they want to be. Pain does not exist
and all our loved ones who have gone ahead have passed
the portals and determined what choices awaited them in the
options of Spirit. There will be a way in, some changes and
an enlightening process designed to remove the burden of
past worries and negativities as we each examine our lives
and choose accordingly to move onwards, stay and work, or
develop skills as Guides or Helpers to those living here on
Earth who need our tender love and care to carry on. No life
is wasted. Mystery and magic such as we may never have
experienced awaits us, and since there are no barriers then we
know that we shall be well protected and taken care of.
Life is amazing in every way, and though sometimes we
find it hard to achieve happiness, or we are frustrated or
impatient, the Grand exit from Spirit, when the time comes,
means that we have done what we were sent here to do and
now is the time to rest and recuperate.
May life make your journey happy, and here’s hoping you
find your way to the safety of your destination with no wrong
turns or dead ends! Spirit knows sometimes you need to
know how to escape, but be safe and accept now the secrets
of life that are your true treasures.
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46 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA
Sunday
3rd October
A.J. SWING
Friday 29 October
HALLOWEEN
PARTY
Father Ted’s
Camino del Pallero, 6, Moraira
OPENING HOURS
Mon 3 – 9
Tues 3 – 9
Weds 3 – 11
Thurs CLOSED
Fri 3 – 10
Sat 2 – 10
Sun 10 – 8
Father Ted’s can be described as a “Jewel in a Crown” as
it sparkles with personality and is a “gem” of a bar to visit
with a warm welcome.
In the Moraira area where there are plenty of fizzy beers, it’s a joy to get a decent
pint of Guinness, properly served. The owner and staff are professional and friendly
and the food is very good. It has a relaxed and civilized feel about it, everything
a bar should be. Another big asset is the wide selection of “GUEST CRAFT ALES”
available including “ADNAMS BROADSIDE” and “NEIPA” on draught.
GUEST BEERS CHANGED REGULARLY.
What a find! Great food and service and good value for money. Treat yourself to
a traditional Sunday Lunch with a choice of starters, main courses of Roast Beef,
Roast Chicken, Roast Lamb, or Roast Pork served with all the trimmings, starting
from 10.95€. Spaces are limited though so give Gwen a ring on 966 490 277 or 630
965 392 to book. Lunch will be served from 1.30.
Staff very friendly and attentive. Home-made Specials from €6.95.
Inside seating 52 people and on the terrace 20. Plenty of outside parking space.
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One Course 11.95€
Two Courses 13.95€
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48 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA
CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Do you ever feel worthless?
Perhaps you have lost sight of the fact
that we are all precious, all different,
all given the capacity to love and
hate, and all given the choice to decide
which one of those two roads we want to
go down. It is amazing to realise that no
matter how many people are involved in
our lives, we have the final say about how
we are going to deal with things, just by
our attitude, and the way we decide to react
to what goes on in our lives.
I read something quite lovely the other day
and would like to share it with you to make
you think:
“A college lecturer held up a £20 note and
asked the audience of 200 who would like
to have it. All the hands went up. He then
crumpled it, and asked the question again...
all the hands went up. He then put it on the
floor and scruffed it up with his foot, and
still everyone wanted it. He then said:
“My friends, you have all learned a very
valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the
money, you still wanted it because it did
not decrease in value. It was still worth £20.
Many times in our lives, we are dropped,
crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the
decisions we make and the circumstances
that come our way. We feel as though
we are worthless; but no matter what
happened or what will happen, you will
never lose your value.
Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased,
you are still priceless to those who love
you. The worth of our lives comes, not in
what happens to us, but by ...WHO WE
ARE.
You are special - don’t ever forget it.”
Perhaps we could think of that when we
feel particularly down, or talk to someone
else who feels that way. Sometimes in life
we get pointers about which direction we
should go in, and we choose to ignore them,
even to the point of feeling that things
don’t apply to us......what opportunities we
could be missing! By just keeping an open
mind and considering every option that
comes our way, without being judgemental
or negative about things, we could open
our lives up measurably, even by taking
on other points of view. We are all given
masses of opportunities every day to make
a difference to our lives, but some of us
think that life just has to go on the same as
yesterday and the day before, and we don’t
see any way out of a routine or a rut that
we have created for ourselves.
You deserve better, we all do! Just viewing
things differently makes all the difference.
Just deciding to smile at everyone we meet
makes a difference! Did you know that
the mere gesture of smiling produces an
electrical stimulus that effects the pituitary
gland, which releases the endorphins in the
brain that make us feel good?....why not
smile more?!!!
Till the next time!
Violet King

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50 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA
DAWN BLYTHE
50+ men - are you taking
care of your health?
We all know that sticking to
a healthy lifestyle helps
prevent many illnesses and
health problems. People today are
very conscious of this and most are at
least making some kind of effort to stay
healthy and fit.
The trouble is how do you know
that you efforts are paying off? Some
things are obvious; we all have access to
weighing scales for example but are you
sure your heart is healthy? How do you
know you are not diabetic? Not all health
problems give us warnings or have
symptoms that we would necessarily
take much notice of. So what can you do?
Take part in screening programmes!
Screening means to look for signs of
diseases and conditions before there are
symptoms. It helps to identify health
issues at an early stage leading to earlier
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OCTOBER 2021 | 51
This is just as important for women as
it is for men but we know from
research studies that many men
will not go anywhere near a
Doctor unless dragged there
or blackmailed!!
So all you men, if
you are offered health
screening take advantage
of it! Depending upon
where you live you will
have access to different
types of screening but
do remember virtually
all kinds of screening are
available privately. If you have
concerns about family history of
certain conditions have a chat with
your Family Doctor.
Some examples of health screening are:
• Blood pressure
• Cholesterol
• Diabetes
• Bowel cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Aortic aneurysm
Think about it.......You wouldn’t drive a
car for 50 years and expect nothing to go
wrong with it! Checking brake hoses can
save you from injury, death or disability!
Now apply that same logic to your body.
Screening for the above does not just
improve prognosis for cancers and help
prevent a fatal ruptured aneurysm but
also helps avoid strokes, heart attacks,
kidney and eye disease and even
amputations!
So, seriously think about screening
tests. (See March Special Offer at the
Family Medical Centre, Albir – 20%
off PSA tests).
· Article by Dawn Blythe S.R.N. R.M.
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52 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA PUZZLE PAGE
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ACROSS
1 Stick held by African explorer (4)
3 Being most dilatory, I started afresh (8)
9 Draw animal, filling in only half (7)
10 Unexpected defeat for group at university?
(5)
11 Wireless announcement in port (5)
12 No longer bound to get involved in duet
(6)
14 Be back in time for discussion (6)
16 Collect James the actor (6)
19 Nut cracked for old man (6)
21 Cheers! Old man’s providing food in bar
(5)
24 Means to rebuild minister’s house (5)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sudoku Today
23
Classic Sudoku
24 25
Place a digit from 1 to 9 into each of the empty squares so that each digit appears
exactly once in each of the rows, columns and the nine outlined 3x3 regions.
25 Divert public besieged by soldiers twice (7)
26 A key adviser somewhere in Australia (8)
27 Biblical king finally lacking as leading man
26 27
(4)
ACROSS
1 Stick held by African explorer (4)
DOWN 3 Being most dilatory, I started afresh (8)
1 Pass 9over Draw Oregon animal, and filling notice in nothing only half in (7)
state
10
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Unexpected defeat for group at university? (5)
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54 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA PAWS FOR THOUGHT
Well Alfie certainly celebrated his
birthday in style in September
and got all the squeaky toys
imaginable, so he was very happy. So
was Bentley and I, we made sure we
got the toys first ha ha.
I am pleased the cooler weather
has arrived as I am carrying some
muscle and weight and the heat got
to me.
As I mentioned before I am on a
special Metabolic diet. The food is
helping me to lose weight…I think. It
should fill me so I am not hungry.
The trouble is I do not like to “miss-out”
on anything and like to keep up with the
other younger “party paws set” but the next
day I cannot keep my eyes open and just
sleep and sleep. Whereas the sensible one
Bentley goes to bed early. I wish I did but I
have to be in the midst of everything. Thus
the next day I look terrible, with bags under
my eyes, and yawning all day and flopping
here and there, I can hardly raise my head
to yawn. However, I have decided not to
do these party nights and punish myself
the next day!! Although I will be at the
Halloween party. Alfie is not keen to wear
his Halloween outfit.
For more info on this adorable dog please
telephone the PEPA helpline on 650 304 746
or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com
Please give a thought to those lovely
friends of mine in the local rescue shelters.
Bentley and Tyson together in their
Halloween costumes. .
The PEPA helpline on 650 304 746 or
Email: p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com
They need your help for dog walking,
fostering and most of all for adoption. My
four legged friends will love you forever.
We have our Halloween costumes and
already for the celebrations. Lots of tail
wags, paw, paws and licks from Tyson,
Bentley and Alfie.
Tyson

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56 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA CLARENCE BIRDSEYE
Frederick William Skilton
18.10.35 - 20.08.21
Known to his friends as Rick, he was born
in Croydon on the 18th October 1935 to
a humble, loving, working class family.
As he grew up, it soon became obvious how
bright and intelligent Rick was and he went on
to win a scholarship. From there he studied
medicine, subsequently becoming a Consultant
Gynaecologist working in London. This is where
he met a lot of celebrities as a patients, such as Julie
Garland, Marilyn Monroe and Shirley Bassey to
name a few. For a time he was a doctor with the
Royal family and even went on a trip to Australia
with them. Later in his career, he changed from
Gynaecology to research and teaching. He was part
of the research team who discovered the Vaccine
for poliomyelitis. He was also in the group of
assistant Doctors who helped Professor Christiaan
Barnard (who did the first heart transplant) when
he came to St George’s Hospital, London. In
1997 in Roslyn, Scotland, Rick was also part of the
research team who worked with Ian Wilmut in the
successful cloning of Dolly the sheep.
Rick’s life changed when he left the UK to
move to Spain with his then partner Graham, who
wanted to take early retirement. So, he left the UK
as Professor Skilton and arrived in Spain as ‘Rick’
at the end of the 1990’s.
Here they both joined the Harlequins in 2004
and went on to do many shows. A man of many
talents, not only playing a role in the chorus but
also at times, taking on the compéring.
His partner Graham, sadly passed away in
January 2007 but never one to stand still, later
that same year through to 2008 he directed many
cabaret shows of his own to raise money for
charities, one of which was for Adopt a Child,
which he organised through the Oasis church in
Javea run by Clive Read.
His life then changed again in October 2008 when
he met Tony who would later become his partner
for life when they married in 2009. They first met
when Rick went to see a performance of ‘Oliver’ by
the Footlights Theatre Group in which Tony was
part of the Chorus line. They were introduced by
a mutual friend, John Bennetts in the bar after the
show and the rest as they say, is history.
Rick was a well-loved
and respected man. Ready
to help where he could,
enjoying others people’s
company and whenever he
met you, he always left you with a smile on your
face. He will be missed by so many people.
I very much agree with the last lines on Rick’s
life. Rick was a well-loved and respected man.
He was a big asset to the Harlequin group.
He enjoyed being with people so “meeting
and greeting” people at the Harlequins shows
was perfect for Rick’s personality. He was also
excellent on stage and he was my dancing
partner. Such enjoyable, happy times. He
made me laugh so much as he was full of fun.
Whenever he met you, he always left you
smiling. He will be so greatly missed by me and
members of the Harlequin group.
The year’s Rick was in the group were such
jovial times to reflect on. He wrote an article for
my magazine called from “Theatre to Theatre”
as from being a Surgeon in a theatre he then
started to tread the boards on the stage theatre,
thus “Theatre to Theatre”. He would often tell
some very funny stories of questions asked him
as a doctor but we won’t go into that but they
were very, very comical. He was a character
himself and once you were introduced to Rick
you would feel you had known him all your life
and he always had something to say to make
you laugh. So pleased I met Rick recently and
had the chance of another laugh.
So, so sad. I feel privileged, delighted and
lucky to have known Rick he will always be in
my thoughts. Such a lovely, cheerful man.
Carol (Levey)

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The Evening and the Morning
by Ken Follett (Author)
A Time of Conflict
It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. The
king’s grip on the country is fragile and chaos
reigns. A young boat builder dreams of a better
future after a devastating Viking raid shatters the
life he hoped for.
Lives Intertwined
A Norman noblewoman follows her husband
to a new land only to find her life there shockingly
different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey
has a vision of transforming his humble home
into a centre of learning admired throughout
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The Dawn of a New Age
Now, with England at the dawn of
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ambition, rivalry, love and hate.
Thirty years ago we were
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ISBN: 9781447278825
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Classifications:
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Weight:
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Language: English

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Halloween Night
Double, Double toll and trouble. Fire burn and caldron bubble!
The nights are drawing in and Halloween is creeping
nearer..
This year, Halloween Horror Nights returns as an
exhibition so fans can revisit popular features of the past
nine years of the event at the Universal Studios Singapore.
Last year, ths was cancelled. Think you’re brave enough to
walk around in a haunted house? Based on a man-versusnature
narrative, this house boasts special effects and
elaborate set designs.
It’s the event’s first regional collaboration to create an
original haunted house. So what’s the story behind it?
Curse Of The Naga charts the journey of a foreigner who
incurs the wrath of a malevolent naga spirit and has to find
a way to escape her clutches.
The 30th annual HHN at Universal Studios Orlando will
start on September 3. Both events run through October 31.
However in England there are known and talked about
haunted places. Borley Rectory was a Victorian house that
gained infamy as “the most haunted house in England”
after being described as such by psychic researcher.
Widely thought of as one of the most haunted places
in the UK, St Briavels Castle is a number one hot spot for
ghost hunters. Dating back to 1075, the castle has been
used as a hunting lodge, court, and prison. Visitors have
reported babies crying, a ghost in a suit of armour, dark
figures violently pushing them, the sounds of growling,
and a feeling of being strangled...to name but a few.
You could stay there this Halloween - the castle is
currently run as an YHA hostel - but you might not get a
peaceful night’s sleep.
Chillingham by name, and somewhat chilling by nature.
Built as a stronghold in the 12th Century, Chillingham
Castle has a history littered with battles and executions.
It’s rumoured to host tortured spirits, as well as a few
friendly ghosts. The venue puts on regular ghost tours and
all-night vigils.
The Ancient Ram Inn is infamous for its evil spirits and
is a must-visit destination for all paranormal enthusiasts. A
past owner of the inn has described being dragged across
the room by demonic spirits, while the inn is believed to
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Warwick Castle. Dating back to 1068 when it was built by
William the Conqueror, further additions and renovations
were made to the castle in the 12th century. All this activity
can only mean one thing – paranormal occurrences!
The castle has been the focus of many paranormal
investigations. One such ghost, Sir Fulke Greville, is
frequently spotted. Murdered by his manservant in 1628
he can be seen slowly appearing beside his portrait.
Despite their fame as tourist attractions, the dungeon and
the tower are not for the faint of heart due to the tortured
spirits that remain there. Dare you visit?
Rollright Stones. A site that concealed bones and
perpetuates tales of witchcraft, the Rollright stones are
thought to be older than Stonehenge. Located on the border
between Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, the stones have
stood silently at the very southern end of the county for
an eerie amount of time. What have they witnessed? Only
they know. The site has been rumoured to be a popular
gathering place for many covens over the centuries. Would
you visit to bear witness to the legend?
Battle of Edgehill. Half-way between Banbury and
Warwick is the site of the Battle of Edgehill. Despite the
battle occurring in 1642, phantoms of all the fighting
soldiers have been seen and heard since the dreadful
battle. Despite the visions tapering off into obscurity over
the years, many people who visit the site still feel uneasy
and hear the sounds of battle. It’s interesting to note that
the Edgehill ghosts are the only British phantoms able to
boast recognition from the Public Record Office. Would
you be brave enough to stand on the battleground?
There are many haunted places listed all over Spain and
some very scary places around the word but unfortunately
only enough space to describe a few.
The law School, Cordova, Andalusia. The old building
of the current Faculty of Law, Economics and Business
Studies at the University of Cordoba XIII century. Before
becoming a school began as a Carmelite convent and then
used as a maternity hospital, Sudoku Today
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military hospital. Nowadays, the ghosts of labour who lost
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their babies, the teacher exactly once died in each of of the rows, a sudden columns and the nine heart outlined 3x3 attack regions.
and
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The House of Seven Chimneys, Madrid. It is said that the
spirit of a beautiful lady dressed in white and accompanied
by a strike torch between the chimneys of the building every
night … Apparently, Dona Elena, which she was mistress
of King Felipe II, he died in mysterious circumstances and
his body was never found. But nevertheless, is not the only
walking on the other side and another young woman who
committed suicide on the wedding night of their marriage
of convenience with an elderly wealthy and now travels the
corners of this haunted house clinking coins that King, who
was also a lover, He had given her.
IF spiders, ghosts and things that go bump in the night
don’t scare you off, join the queue to splash €16 million on
Spain’s most haunted house.
The Cortijo Jurado in Malaga, which has captured the
attention of paranormal experts internationally, is now
up for sale. The imposing 19th century mansion perches
alongside the A357 Campanillas road in Malaga province
and was built with 365 windows, one for every day of the
year. Constructed by the Heredia family in the 1830s, legend
has it that numerous unspeakable crimes, kidnappings
and tortures took place before victims’ bodies were buried
within the building.
Halloween is the evening before the Christian holy days
of All Hallows’ Day of All Saints day on 1 November and
All Souls’ Day on 2 November, thus giving the holiday on
31 October the full name of All Hallows’ Eve (meaning the
evening before All Hallows’ Day).
How did it start Halloween? Halloween has its roots in
the ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival of Samhain, which
was celebrated on the night of October 31. The Celts, who
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lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the
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dead returned to earth on the Celtic (Old Irish) festival of
Samhain. It was the first and most important of the four
quarter days in the medieval Gaelic calendar.
It also marked the end of the harvest season and beginning
of winter or the darker half’ of the year. At Samhain, it was
believed that the Aos Sí needed to be propitiated to ensure
that the people and their livestock survived the winter.
Offerings of food and drink, or portions of the crops, were
left for the Aos Sí. The souls of the dead were also said to
revisit their homes. The belief that the souls of the dead
return home on one night or day of the year seems to have
ancient origins and is found in many cultures throughout
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Masks and costumes were worn in an attempt to mimic
the evil spirits or appease them. At Halloween, yards and
public spaces may be decorated with traditionally macabre
symbols including witches, skeletons, cobwebs, and
headstones.
In Ireland and Scotland, the turnip has traditionally
been carved during Halloween, but immigrants to North
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turnip. Subsequently, the mass marketing of various size
pumpkins in autumn, in both the corporate and local
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All types of materials for that “special occasion
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Fabrics, Sheetings, and Paper Patterns.
Fabrix is stacked to the roof with fascinating materials
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Ask Brian, the owner of Fabrix and an expert in his trade,
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Awarded the maximum 5 star rating in the most recent poll by
the American Federation of Certified Psychics and Mediums.
ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 20:
Later this month, the Full Moon
encourages bold actions and
decisions on the longterm that can
only be for the best, bringing with them results
that you have patiently long awaited.
TAURUS APRIL 22 - MAY 21:
With Venus entering boldly into
Sagittarius you will find this
an excellent time for forward planning,
especially if it encompasses the fun and
excitement you so desperately need.
GEMINI MAY 22 - JUNE 22:
Ceres reverberates into retrograde in
Gemini, and this transit could end
a relationship that has been on the
rocks of late. Predictably you will find much
relief when you have your freedom.
CANCER JUNE 23 - JULY 23:
You will find sympathy and
harmony by just being yourself
this month. The mid month Mercury direct
in Libra brings both timbre and balance
back into your currently busy life.
LEO JULY 24 - AUG 23:
A problem is not a problem if it
has a solution, and even though
someone has put a spanner in the
works, everything and anything right now
is better than the compromise of the past!
VIRGO AUG 24 - SEPT 23:
Justice is the word of the
moment. You deserve to have an
uncomplicated solution to matters
right now, but if a fight is needed then rest
assured your corner is fully covered.
LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCT 23:
Mercury and Libra conjunct with
Mars in Libra. The time has come
to choose your words carefully, there is more
involved in this than meets the eye and
bigger fish to fry, too!
SCORPIO OCT 24 - NOV 22:
Venus in Scorpio sextiles Pluto
in Capricorn. Be honest about an
affair of the heart because the time
has come to put your cards on the table and
sentiment is thrown aside.
SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 21:
The entry of Venus brings
adventure and travel. This is
a great time for any forward
planning, and a good opportunity to take
time to explore that which grabs your
attention.
CAPRICORN DEC 22 - JAN 20:
Pluto is as analytical as ever, and
sensitively placed to bring a halt
to conflicts and deepening egos. Don’t make
a drama into a crisis and be succinct. The
Sun in Libra balances.
AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19:
Jupiter sextiles Venus in Sagittarius
and your social circle seems to be
expanding, mainly because of your resilience
and your charm. Be aware and stay focussed
on all levels.
PISCES FEB 20 - MAR 20:
Neptune thrives in Pisces and
makes short work of a deed that
needs to be done. Somebody
needs their comeuppance, and with Venus in
Sagittarius, home truths will spill out too!

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