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Dear Reader 

The summer atmosphere is 

fantastic and really pleasing to 

know that the holiday season 

is here and everyone can start 

to enjoy this season’s warm 

months. 

The sun is a fabulous source 

of vitamin D, it makes you 

feel happy and relaxed but too 

much of a good thing really 

can be dangerous! So always 

wear a hat, put on some sunscreen, 

sunglasses and sip that, yes, water! There 

are also wristbands you can wear, that 

helps keep your body from overheating and 

also pillows to cool you whilst sleeping. 

Also beware of the “downsides”; yes too 

much sun, not enough drinking water and 

too much alcohol, all can spoil your day. 

Although “al fresco” eating on the lovely 

summer days and evenings can be quite 

relaxing and enjoyable. 

What is special about the month of July is 

it was named by a Roman Senate in honour 

of the infamous Roman general, Julius 

Caesar as July is the month of his birth. 

Prior to this time, it was called Quintilis. 

July’s birthstone is the ruby, which 

symbolises contentment. Its birth flowers 

are the Larkspur or the Water Lily. 

July is a pretty unique month, being 

known for the month in which a grand total 

of seven US Presidents have died in – more 

than any other month – and also known 

for being the midway point of the year. 

However, July the 3rd is the year’s midway 

point, not July the 1st. 

DEAR READER 

The two zodiac signs associated with 

the month of July are Cancer and Leo. 

People born from July 1st to July 22nd 

are members of the Cancer zodiac 

sign and can be identified by their 

emotional and intimate nature. 

Cancer is a receptive and highly 

sensitive sign, capable of huge 

empathy giving oodles of love, 

care and reassurance when 

required. Leos are affectionate, 

warm and cheerful people and can 

be counted on to bring sunshine into 

other people’s lives. Dignified, playful, 

ambitious and loyal, they’re known for 

being exceptionally generous. 

Out & About Costa Blanca magazine 

keeps modern and lively by introducing 

new ideas each month and keeping each 

edition interesting. We are privileged to 

have experienced journalists covering all 

interesting subjects and would like to take 

this opportunity of thanking our gifted 

writers for their welcomed expertise and 

I receive many compliments to this effect. 

The articles being so varied makes Out & 

About magazine so popular. 

So now relax, sit back with your favourite 

magazine and enjoy your reading. 

Remember you are never alone with an 

“Out & About”. 

Keep Cool, Happy and Smiling. 

Carol R. Levey


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24 Dee’s Travels 

32 Wimbledon 

34 Walsh’s Wisdom 

40 Whining On 

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Laying out at the pool, building 

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Ultraviolet 

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The cornea is the clear outer covering of the 

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photokeratitis. Some more common names 

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for photokeratitis are welder’s flash, snow 

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sun exposure. 

A pterygium has the potential to spread 

onto the cornea and negatively impact vision 

while a pinguecula does not. 

Wearing proper UV protection is the best 

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these topical growths. 

If the pterygium affects vision surgical 

removal may be considered. If either growth 

causes irritation a topical lubricant is often 

prescribed. 

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The impact of ultraviolet radiation on the 

development of macular degeneration is not 

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Macular degeneration involves the 

disruption of the macula, the central area 

of the retina, which is responsible for clear 

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Just Nuisance, a Great Dane, is the only dog ever 

to have been officially enlisted in the Royal Navy. 

During World War II between 1939 and 1944, the 

donkey-sized hound served with HMS Afrikander at 

the Royal Navy naval base in Simonstown near Cape 

Town. 

The massive mutt was purchased when still a pup 

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A very approachable dog, he soon became a 

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sailors, to whom he became a sort of mascot. 

The dog, in turn, became very fond of sailors and 

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of lounging about at the top of the gangplank, he 

blocked the gateway to the vessel and this earned 

him the nickname, Nuisance. 

The Great Dane would often escort drunken sailors 

safely back from the train or the pub to their bunks, 

even if they weren’t actually based in Simon’s Town. 

However, it was his habit of following sailors onto 

trains that got him into trouble. When the sailors 

went on leave, he liked to go with them on the train 

to Cape Town. Not having a ticket, the sailors would 

try to conceal him from the Ticket Inspector. 

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be exposed and Nuisance would be ejected from 

the train at the next station. It was not a problem for 

Nuisance as he would simply jump on the next train 

to complete his journey. 

The Commander-in-Chief of the Navy came up 

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into the Royal Navy. An enlisted man was entitled to 

free rail travel and so on August 25, 1939. 

Just Nuisance was signed up as naval rating. His 

name was listed as Just Nuisance, his trade was listed 

as Bone-crusher and his religion was Scrounger. 

Nuisance signed his papers with a paw mark which 

entitled him to free rations. 

A seaman was assigned to Nuisance to ensure 

he was regularly groomed and to prepare him for 

appearing at parades wearing his seaman’s hat. 

Alas, he was not the perfect seaman, as his 

Conduct Sheet shows. He committed many offences. 

These included riding the train without his pass, 

going Absent Without Leave (AWOL), losing his 

dog collar, and refusing to leave the pub at closing 

time. And, on one occasion he was caught sleeping 

in a Petty Officer’s bed. For this last misdeed, he was 

denied bones for seven days. 

Just Nuisance had to be discharged from the 

Navy for health reasons on 1 January 1944. He had 

been involved in a car accident and developed a 

thrombosis which was slowly paralysing him. It was 

decided that the kindest thing to do would be to put 

him down and so on 1 April 1944 the Naval Surgeon 

put him to sleep. 

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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. 

How green can green be? 

Standing at the parapet to one side of a 

small, oddly-shaped plaza at the top of 

an impressive, rocky crag that always 

takes me by surprise.... having walked up 

a steep, winding path, then climbed higher 

along an old, narrow, house-lined street, 

the family began to take in the magnificent 

scenery on offer.... mountain upon mountain, 

variable slopes, birds circling close by us, 

deep blue summer skies, not too many 

people crowding us. 

Looking to my left, a rocky outcrop juts out 

defiantly from the crag.... on it is silhouetted 

the wall of an old cemetery.... I felt as if I was 

standing on another planet. 

I turned back to the view in front of me. 

Something made me look downwards.... 

far below me stood the greenest lake I have 

ever seen! The lake was actually rather small, 

the water as still as glass, but the ‘green’ 

shocked my senses. It was unreal, certainly 

not ‘normal’, and it challenged the ‘Laws of 

Nature! 

How could water be so green? The 

mountains looked ‘normal enough’ to me, 

the weather had not changed.... 

it was another, unforgettable “Magic 

Moment”.


A Tale of Two Cities 

When we first visited Ampurias (Costa 

Brava) in 1967 on-site ruins were 

pretty much limited to (part of) the 

Ancient Greek trading settlement (Greek: 

Emborio = trade) which had once been at sealevel 

and, behind that, atop a low hill, a large 

stretch of flat, scrub-land. 

Only on return visits in later years would 

we learn that this ‘large stretch of flat, scrubland”’ 

was the site of a later/larger Roman city 

flanked by a massive wall.... on this, our first 

visit, we only ‘discovered’ a small paved area 

with one or two column-stumps, near which 

ran a low stone wall with a drainage channel. 

Future excavations were to reveal much 

more to us! 

Returning to (Emborio) we entered the Greek 

settlement (trading city) by scaling huge, cubelike 

boulders which had once lined a grand, 

stone entrance-stairway. 

Many Ancient Greek cities proclaimed 

their status by the size and grandeur of their 

entrances. (Stepped - arched - impressively 

heavy - walls from which statues of Gods and 

Heroes greeted arriving visitors - etc.). 

My “Magic Travel Moment”, not the only 

one that (Emborio) was to present to me over 

the years, came as I climbed those entrancestairway 

boulders that morning.... massively 

Bronze Age.... just how were the ancient 

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MEMORY LANE 

July 2, 1917 - A race riot occurred 

in St. Louis, Missouri, resulting in 

an estimated 75 African Americans 

killed and hundreds injured. To 

protest the violence against blacks, 

W.E.B. DuBois and James Weldon 

Johnson later led a silent march 

down Fifth Avenue in New York. 

July 2, 1964 - President Lyndon 

B. Johnson signed the Civil 

Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting 

discrimination on the basis of 

race in public accommodations, 

publicly owned or operated 

facilities, employment and 

union membership and in voter 

registration. The Act allowed for 

cut off of Federal funds in places 

where discrimination remained. 

Birthday - The first African 

American on the U.S. Supreme 

Court, Thurgood Marshall (1908- 

1993) was born in Baltimore, 

Maryland. Nominated by 

President Johnson, he began his 

24-year career on the High Court 

in 1967. 

Birthday - Promoter and showman 

P.T. Barnum (1810-1891) was 

born in Bethel, Connecticut. His 

American Museum opened in 

1842, exhibiting unusual acts 

such as the Feejee Mermaid, 

Siamese Twins Chang and Eng, 

and General Tom Thumb. In 1871, 

Barnum opened “The Greatest 

Show on Earth” in Brooklyn, New 

York. He later merged with rival 

J.A. Bailey to form the Barnum and 

Bailey Circus. 

Birthday - Cecil J. Rhodes 

(1853-1902) was born at Bishop’s 

Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. 

As a South African millionaire 

and politician, he was said to have 

once controlled 90 percent of the 

world’s diamond production. 

His will established the Rhodes 

Scholarships at Oxford University 

for young scholars aged 18-25. 

Rhodesia was also named for him. 

July 6, 1885 - Louis Pasteur gave 

the first successful anti-rabies 

inoculation to a boy who had been 

bitten by an infected dog. 

July 8, 1943 - During the Nazi 

occupation of France, Resistance 

leader Jean Moulin died following 

his arrest and subsequent torture 

by the Gestapo. He had been sent 

by the Allies into France in 1942 to 

unite the fledgling Underground 

movement. In June of 1943, he 

was arrested in Lyon, tortured for 

eleven days but betrayed no one. 

He died aboard a train while being 

transferred to a concentration 

camp. 

July 10, 1943 - The Allied invasion 

of Italy began with an attack on the 

island of Sicily. The British entry 

into Syracuse was the first Allied 

success in Europe. General Dwight 

D. Eisenhowerlabeled the invasion 

“the first page in the liberation of 

the European Continent.” 

July 10, 1973 - The Bahamas gained 

their independence after 250 years 

as a British Crown Colony. 

July 10, 1991 - Boris Yeltsin took 

the oath of office, becoming the 

first popularly elected president in 

Russia’s thousand-year history. 

Birthday - Tennis player Arthur 

Ashe (1943-1993) was born in 

Richmond, Virginia. He won a 

total of 33 titles including the U.S. 

men’s singles championship and 

U.S. Open in 1968 and the men’s 

singles at Wimbledon in 1975. As 

a pioneering African American 

athlete, he fought against racism 

and stereotyping and was arrested 

numerous times while protesting. 

In 1992, he announced he had 

likely contracted HIV through a 

transfusion during heart surgery. 

He then began a $5 million 

fundraising effort on behalf of the 

Arthur Ashe Foundation for the 

Defeat of AIDS and campaigned 

for public awareness regarding 

the dreaded disease. He died from 

pneumonia in New York, February 

6, 1993. 

July 15, 1918 - During the Battle 

of the Marne in World War I, 

German General Erich Ludendorff 

launched Germany’s fifth, and 

last, offensive to break through the 

Chateau-Thierry salient. However, 

the Germans were stopped by 

American, British and Italian 

divisions. On July 18, General 

Foch, Commander-in-Chief of the 

Allied troops, launched a massive 

counter-offensive. The Germans 

began a retreat lasting four months 

until they requested an armistice 

in November. 

Birthday - Dutch painter 

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) 

was born in Leiden, Holland. Best 

known for The Night Watch and 

many portraits and self portraits. 

July 16, 1769 - San Diego was 

founded as the mission San Diego 

de Alcala by Father Junipero Serra. 

July 16, 1945 - The experimental 

Atomic bomb “Fat Boy” was set 

off at 5:30 a.m. in the desert of 

New Mexico desert, creating a 

mushroom cloud rising 41,000 ft. 

The bomb emitted heat three times 

the temperature of the interior of 

the sun and wiped out all plant 

and animal life within a mile. 

July 16, 1969 - The Apollo 11 Lunar 

landing mission began with a lift 

off from Kennedy Space Center at 

9:37 a.m. 

July 16, 1999 - A small plane 

piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. took 

off at 8:38 p.m. from Fairfield, New 

Jersey, heading toward Martha’s 

Vineyard, Massachusetts. His wife, 

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and 

her sister Lauren were passengers 

on the 200 mile trip. The plane 

was expected to arrive about 10 

p.m. but disappeared off radar 

at 9:40 p.m. Five days later, July 

21, following an extensive search,

the bodies were recovered from 

the plane wreckage in 116 feet of 

water roughly 7 miles off Martha’s 

Vineyard. The next day, following 

an autopsy, the cremated remains 

of John F. Kennedy, 38, his wife 

Carolyn, 33, and her sister Lauren, 

34, were scattered at sea from 

a U.S. Navy ship, with family 

members present, not far from 

where the plane had crashed. 

Birthday - Norwegian explorer 

Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was 

born near Oslo. He was the first to 

sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific 

Ocean via the Northwest Passage. 

He discovered the South Pole in 

1911 and flew over the North Pole 

in a dirigible in 1926. In June 1928, 

he flew from Norway to rescue 

survivors of an Italian Arctic 

expedition, but his plane vanished. 

JJuly 19-20, 1848 - A women’s 

rights convention was held at 

Seneca Falls, New York. Topics 

discussed included voting rights, 

property rights and divorce. The 

convention marked the beginning 

of an organized women’s rights 

movement in the U.S. 

July 19, 1863 - During the 

American Civil War, Union troops 

made a second attempt to capture 

Fort Wagner near Charleston, 

South Carolina. The attack was 

led by the 54th Massachusetts 

Colored Infantry, commanded 

by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, 

who was killed along with half of 

the 600 men in the regiment. This 

battle marked the first use of black 

Union troops in the war. 

July 20, 1954 - An agreement was 

signed in Geneva, Switzerland, 

ending hostilities between French 

forces in Vietnam and the People’s 

Army of Vietnam. 

July 20, 1969 - A global audience 

watched on television as Apollo 

11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong took 

his first step onto the moon. As he 

stepped onto the moon’s surface 

he proclaimed, “That’s one small 

step for man, one giant leap for 

mankind” - inadvertently omitting 

an “a” before “man” and slightly 

changing the meaning. 

Birthday - Explorer Edmund 

Hillary was born in Auckland, 

New Zealand, July 20, 1919. In 

1953, he became first to ascend 

Mount Everest, the highest 

mountain in the world at 29,023 ft. 

July 21, 1898 - Guam was ceded to 

the United States by Spain. 

Birthday - Ernest Hemingway 

(1899-1961) was born in Oak Park, 

Illinois. His works included; The 

Sun Also Rises (1926), A Farewell 

to Arms (1929), For Whom the 

Bell Tolls (1940) and The Old Man 

and the Sea (1952). Awarded the 

Nobel Prize in 1954, he wrote little 

afterward, became ill and shot 

himself to death on July 2, 1961. 

July 22, 1934 - Bank robber John 

Dillinger (1902-1934) was shot 

and killed by FBI agents as he left 

Chicago’s Biograph Movie Theatre 

after watching the film Manhattan 

Melodrama starring Clark Gable 

and Myrna Loy. Dillinger was the 

first criminal labelled by the FBI 

as “Public Enemy No. 1.” After 

spending nine years (1924-1933) in 

prison, Dillinger went on a deadly 

crime spree, traveling through the 

states of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, 

Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. 

He was reportedly betrayed by the 

“Lady in Red.” 

July 24, 1945 - At the conclusion 

of the Potsdam Conference in 

Germany, Winston Churchill, 

Harry Truman and China’s 

representatives issued a demand 

for unconditional Japanese 

surrender. The Japanese, unaware 

the demand was backed up by 

an Atomic bomb, rejected the 

Potsdam Declaration on July 26. 

July 25, 1909 - The world’s first 

international overseas airplane 

flight was achieved by Louis 

Bleriot in a small monoplane. After 

asking, “Where is England?” he 

took off from France and landed in 

England near Dover, where he was 

greeted by British police. 

July 25, 1943 - Mussolini was 

deposed just two weeks after the 

Allied attack on Sicily. The Fascist 

Grand Council met for the first 

time since December of 1939 then 

took a confidence vote resulting in 

Mussolini being ousted from office 


and placed under arrest. King 

Victor Emmanuel of Italy then 

ordered Marshal Pietro Badoglio 

to form a new government. 

July 26, 1944 - The U.S. Army 

began desegregating its training 

camp facilities. Black platoons 

were then assigned to white 

companies in a first step toward 

battlefield integration. However, 

the official order integrating the 

armed forces didn’t come until 

July 26, 1948, signed by President 

Harry Truman. 

July 26, 1953 - The beginning 

of Fidel Castro’s revolutionary 

“26th of July Movement.” In 1959, 

Castro led the rebellion that drove 

out Dictator Fulgencio Batista. 

Although he once declared that 

Cuba would never again be ruled 

by a dictator, Castro’s government 

became a Communist dictatorship. 

Birthday - Irish playwright George 

Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was 

born in Dublin, Ireland. 

July 28, 1943 - During World 

War II, a firestorm killed 42,000 

civilians in Hamburg, Germany. 

The firestorm occurred after 2,326 

tons of bombs and incendiaries 

were dropped by the Allies. 

Birthday - Jackie Kennedy (1929- 

1994) was born in Southampton, 

New York (as Jacqueline Lee 

Bouvier). She was married to 

John Fitzgerald Kennedy and 

after his death later married 

Greek shipping magnate Aristotle 

Onassis. 

Birthday - Automotive pioneer 

Henry Ford (1863-1947) was born 

in Dearborn Township, Michigan. 

He developed an assembly-line 

production system and introduced 

a $5-a-day wage for automotive 

workers. “History is bunk,” he 

once said.

24 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA DEE’S TRAVELS 

DEE’S TRAVELS 

LIVING ABROAD – 

MORE AIRPORT TALES 

We are often faced with the choice – 

affordability or comfort. I’m all for 

taking a trip which might mean 

three stop overs between Alicante and 

Paris if we can get there for under 

a fiver, but I have a hard time 

convincing the DH (Dear 

Husband) to agree. 

I guess I should 

admit 

my 

backpacking days 

are over (not that I 

have ever owned 

one) and I’m 

convinced exercise 

is dangerous, and 

do as little walking 

as is humanly 

possible. That’s 

probably why I like 

airports and flying. 

Of course, when you 

travel cheap, they take 

great delight in parking the 

planes as far away as humanly 

possible. In some airports they do have 

signs that helpfully tell you how long it 

will take to walk to Gate ZZZ 162, but, in 

my experience, those times only apply to 

Olympic marathon runners. I can double 

that time with ease. 

This month I was going to tell you about 

my most horrendous flight. It was only 

planned as a short one-hour flight from a 

small airport outside Durban, South Africa 

up into the Drakensburg Mountains to film 

a five-star hotel as part of a video for an 

international tourist convention. 

As we lugged the camera equipment 

across the apron, I was dismayed to 

see it was a one engine prop. 

I know I’m a coward, but 

I do prefer two engines 

on my planes – just 

in case. The pilot 

paused, looked at 

the mountain of 

flight cases and 

stopped his preflight 

checks. 

“We’ll need a 

bigger plane.” 

I breathed a 

sigh of relief as 

the second one 

had two engines, 

presumably to 

launch its larger 

fuselage into the air. Not 

that it was much bigger 

with seats for only eight, and the 

equipment took up three of them plus 

the cargo hold. 

I was a little alarmed to find that my safety 

belt was not attached to anything but there 

was little I could do about that. 

It was a bright, sunny day as we took off at 

6am, but that soon changed to a thick, grey 

fog and we were flying blind. Our charming 

young pilot, whom I suspected was on day 

release from kindergarten, asked if we could 

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pass his briefcase to the front. He opened it, 

got out a map and using a protractor like 

instrument fiddled about for a while. 

I know piloting a plane is not the same as 

driving a car but he wasn’t watching where 

we were going and that made me very 

nervous. He then enquired if anyone had a 

cell phone? Weren’t they dangerous to use in 

planes? Apparently not in this case. 

We suddenly dived down and he spied a 

brown patch and suggested we land there 

for a while. My cameraman who had a 

pilot’s licence at one time grabbed his arm 

shouting “No! It’s a ploughed field.” 

Up we went again into the thick allenveloping 

fog. For those familiar with the 

Drakensburg Mountains, they are very tall, 

largely uninhabited and have lots of sharp, 

craggy peaks along the top. 

Luckily the airport control staff in 

Pietermaritzburg answered the mobile call 

and guided us into their small airport. So 

far, it had taken us three hours to cover the 

one-hour distance by car. 

We arrived at the resort late afternoon, 

to be met by a disgruntled group of Zula 

dancers who’d been waiting for hours to 

perform their welcome dance and looked 

less than enthusiastic on camera. Even the 

costumes were wilting by then. 

We raced around as if on speed taking 

shots of the gym, ballroom, spas and so on 

before we sped back to the plane sitting on 

the grass nearby. As we bounced over the 

air strip, trying to ignore the wind socks 

being blasted off their poles, the pilot kindly 

shared with us he didn’t have a licence to fly 

at night. He hadn’t passed all the right tests 

yet, but he was working on it. 

As we looked down at the twinkling lights 

of Durban coming ever closer, and when I 

tumbled out of the craft on rubber legs, for 

the first and only time, I knelt down and 

kissed the tarmac. 

By Dee Tavener-Craig 

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 

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restaurant in every way - It’s a must 

This restaurant is fantastic!!!! You will love the food 

and its location is in a top spot right opposite the 

beach. The staff are lovely and very efficient. It’s a 

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Excellent variety of great food and if you need 

food to be gluten free they totally understand your 

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The Chef at El Nido, Moraira is an artist, the meals 

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anyone’s expectations. Everything is presented 

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El Nido has a really good menu with a nice mix 

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Service is friendly and attentive and the food is of 

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It is a real gem and you will look forward to eating 

there again and again, as the service is quick 

and friendly, food is tasty. Location is good. The 

whole place feels perfect and is worth trying. El 

Nido’s paella is also a must and is very tasty and 

good value plus an excellent house wine. There 

is so much variety in Paella choices from a mixed 

meat or fish, vegetable, Seafood, Mellow rice with 

Lobster, to Saffron and Squid and many more to 

think about. The tapas are mouth-watering from 

mixed fried fish, Clams in Marina sauce, Grilled 

cuttlefish to name but a few. A big variety of meat 

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THE WIDE-BRIMMED 

HAT 

I saw not her but wide-brimmed hat, 

With ribbon red as flame, 

Her shoulders bare were white and slim 

No doubt she had a name, 

I feared that she would turn around, 

And still my beating heart, 

I knew her well, I cannot tell, 

Why must we be apart? 

Don’t turn around, I whispered, 

Fervently I prayed, 

Unconsciously I knew the truth, 

She’d be my only maid. 

Don’t turn around, I murmured, 

But she turned her face to me, 

Her eyes met mine my soul divine, 

What price is put on free? 

That wide-brimmed hat of ochre, 

With ribbon red as wine, 

Now hangs on door in boudoir, 

She said that she’d be mine. 

Don’t turn around, I sighed to 

self, 

You never will be free, 

I murmured Que Sera, Que 

Sera, 

For what will be will be. 

by 

Michael Walsh


GAME, SET & MATCH 

ANYONE FOR TENNIS? 

Another great Wimbledon!!. The 2022 

Wimbledon Championships is a Grand Slam 

tennis tournament that takes place at the All 

England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Worple 

Road (1877–1921) Church Road (since 1922 in 

Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom). The 135th 

edition started 27 June 2022 and finished 10 July 

2022, with regularly scheduled play on the middle 

Sunday for the first time. 

Looking beyond 2022, the AELTC also announced 

a significant development to enhance The 

Championships, and open up tennis, for the future. 

From 2022, to coincide with the centenary of Centre 

Court, Middle Sunday will become a permanent part 

of the tournament schedule. Thanks to improved 

grass court technology and maintenance over the 

past five years or so and other measures, thus they 

are comfortable to be able to look after the courts, 

most particularly Centre Court, without a full day of 

rest. The Championships was a 14-day event. 

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet 

Club, also known as the All England Club,https:// 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_England_Lawn_ 

Tennis_and_Croquet_Club - cite_note-2 based at 

Church Road, Wimbledon, London, England, is 

a private members’ club. It is best known as the 

venue for the Wimbledon Championships, the only 

Grand Slam tennis event still held on grass. Initially 

an amateur event that occupied club members 

and their friends for a few days each summer, the 

championships have become far more prominent 

than the club itself. However, it still operates as a 

members’ tennis club. 

The club has 375 full members, about 100 

temporary playing members, and a number of 

honorary members, including past Wimbledon 

singles champions and people who have rendered 

distinguished service to the game. 

The Club was founded by six gentlemenhttps:// 


Tennis_and_Croquet_Club - cite_note-aecc-6 at the 

offices of The Field on 23 July 1868 at the height of a 

croquet craze as the All England Croquet Club, and 

held its first croquet competition in 1870. Its original 

ground was situated off Worple Road, Wimbledon. 

Croquet was very popular there until the then-infant 

sport of lawn tennis (a game introduced by Major 

Walter Clopton Wingfield a year or so prior, was 

introduced in 1875 when one lawn was set aside for 

this purpose.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_ 

England_Lawn_Tennis_and_Croquet_Club - cite_ 

note-9 The first tennis Gentlemen’s Championship 

in Singles was held in July 1877, when the Club 

changed its name to The All England Croquet and 

Lawn Tennis Club. That year at Wimbledon service 

was underarm. The champion, Spencer Gore, 

opined that Lawn tennis will never rank among 

our great games.”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 

All_England_Lawn_Tennis_and_Croquet_Club - 

cite_note-10 In 1878 the height of the net was altered 

to 4 feet 9 inches (1.45 m) at the posts and 3 feet (0.91 

m) at the centre.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 


cite_note-11 In 1882, croquet was dropped from the 

name, as tennis had become the main activity of the 

Club. But in 1899 it was restored to the Club’s name 

for sentimental reasons, and the Club’s name became 

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. 

In 1884, the Club added Ladies’ Singles and 

Gentlemen’s Doubles, and then in 1913 Ladies’ 

Doubles and Mixed Doubles.https://en.wikipedia. 

org/wiki/All_England_Lawn_Tennis_and_ 

Croquet_Club - cite_note-12 For the 1908 Summer 

Olympics, the venue hosted the Grass Courts 

tennis events.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 


cite_note-13 The early Club colours were found to 

be almost identical to those of the Royal Marines, 

so they were changed in 1909 to the present 

Club colours of dark green and purple.https:// 


Tennis_and_Croquet_Club - cite_note-14 The 

Club moved to larger grounds at its present site 

in Church Road, Wimbledon, in 1922,https:// 


Tennis_and_Croquet_Club - cite_note-15 where 

it’s first Championship was “plagued by rain each 

day”.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_England_ 

Lawn_Tennis_and_Croquet_Club - cite_note-16 

The current Centre Court dates from that year. 

It has been improved and extended on several 

occasions. Most recently a sliding roof was added 

in time for the 2009 Championships. In 1924 the 

old No.1 Court opened on the west side of Centre 

Court. During World War II The Championships 

were suspended but the Club remained open with 

a much smaller staff, and was used for fire and 

ambulance services, British Home Guard, and a

decontamination unit, and troops stationed nearby 

drilled on the main concourse. At 5:20 p.m. on 11 

October 1940, five 500 pound German bombs struck 

the grounds, demolishing 1,200 seats in Centre Court. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_England_ 

Lawn_Tennis_and_Croquet_Club - cite_note-17 The 

old No.1 Court was replaced with the current No.1 

Court in 1997, and the Broadcast Centre was built at 

the same time. Shortly afterwards, the Millennium 

Building, which houses facilities for players, press, 

officials and members, was built on the site of the old 

No.1 Court. 

The Church Road site initially extended only as 

far north as Centre Court. In 1967 the All England 

Club purchased 11 acres (4.5 ha) to the north. This 

was leased to the New Zealand Sports and Social 

Club and became known as Aorangi Park. It is 

most commonly known as ‘Henman Hill’ because 

of the popularity of former British tennis player Tim 

Henman. Initially the only use that the All England 

Club itself made of this new land was for car parking 

during The Championships, but in 1981 the New 

Zealanders’ lease was terminated, and the Club has 

developed most of the area for its own purposes. 

The Club currently has 18 tournament grass courts, 

eight American clay courts, two acrylic courts and 

five indoor courts. There are also 22 Aorangi Park 

grass courts, which serve as competitors’ practice 

courts before and during The Championships. The 

grass courts can be used from May until September. 

The grass has been cut to 8 mm since 1995, and 100% 

perennial ryegrass has been used for its strength 

since 2001. The courts are renovated in September, 

using nine tons of grass seed annually.https:// 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_England_Lawn_Tennis_ 

and_Croquet_Club - cite_note-24 

The largest court is the Centre Court, which hosts 

the finals of the main singles and doubles events 

at The Championships. The quotation above the 

players’ entrance to Centre Court is an extract from 

the poem “If—”, by Rudyard Kipling, which reads: 

“If you can meet with triumph and disaster and 

treat those two impostors just the same.” This court 

also served as the main venue for the tennis events 

at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Initially, the courts 

were arranged in such a way that the principal court 

was situated in the middle with the others arranged 

around it; hence the title “Centre Court”. 

The present Centre Court, built in 1922 upon the 

move of the Club, was not actually in the centre at 

the time it was built, but as new courts were added 

in later years it became a more accurate description. 

It currently seats 15,000 – expanded from 14,000 

following redevelopment in 2007–08 (spatially, the 

expansion is greater than those numbers imply, as 

seats have been widened), and (as of 2009) is the 

fourth-largest tennis stadium in the world.https:// 



and_Croquet_Club - cite_note-26 The Club installed 

a retractable roof on Centre Court which was 

completed in May 2009. It is a ‘folding concertina’ 

made of 5,200 square metres of a translucent 

waterproof fabric that allows natural light to reach 

the grass, and opens or closes in under 10 minutes. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_England_ 

Lawn_Tennis_and_Croquet_Club - cite_note-27 

Redevelopment work commenced in 2006 and Centre 

Court had no roof at all in place for the duration of 

the 2007 Championships. 

The other ‘show court’ is No.1 Court, built in 1997, 

which holds around 11,500 people and occasionally 

plays host to Davis Cup matches (Centre Court 

usually being reserved for the Wimbledon 

Championships). This is to be fitted with a retractable 

roof similar to Centre Court in time for the 2019 

Championships.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 


cite_note-BBC-C1Roof-28 

A new No.2 Court with 4,000 seats was first used 

at the 2009 Championships. The old No.2 Court was 

renamed No.3 Court in 2009, and was rebuilt after the 

2009 Championships. The grounds are set to undergo 

major renovation in the coming years as part of the 

Wimbledon Master Plan.https://en.wikipedia.org/ 

wiki/All_England_Lawn_Tennis_and_Croquet_ 

Club - cite_note-29 

In December 2018 the club agreed to buy the 

adjacent Wimbledon Park Golf Club for £65 million 

in order to expand. The Club also houses the 

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. 

Among the features that differentiate The 

Championships from the other Grand Slams are 

that they are played on grass courts, they require 

the players to wear white, and they schedule a 

day off on the middle Sunday of the tournament 

(though sometimes — such as in 2004 and 2016 — 

poor weather has meant play has needed to take 

place). The winner of the Gentlemen’s singles at The 

Championships receives a gold trophy inscribed 

with the words: “The All England Lawn Tennis Club 

Single Handed Champion of the World”.https:// 


and_Croquet_Club - cite_note-31 

The Championships attract attendance of around 

450,000 people. Ninety per cent of the financial 

surplus that the Club generates from running The 

Championships is used to develop tennis in Great 

Britain; between 1998–2016 the surplus ranged from 

£25–40 million per year.https://en.wikipedia.org/ 

wiki/All_England_Lawn_Tennis_and_Croquet_ 

Club - cite_note-32 The Championships are run by 

a Committee of Management that consists of 12 club 

members and seven nominees of The Lawn Tennis 

Association (LTA).



OUR CHALLENGE: 

WOULD YOU HAVE 

ACTED DIFFERENTLY 

A 

manhunt has been launched after an 

employee was awesomely overpaid 

by accident. Promising to return the 

money he then resigned and vanished into 

thin air. 

An office worker at Chilean cold cuts 

conglomerate Cial has walked off with 

286 times his salary after his employer 

accidentally overpaid him last month. The 

company is attempting to take legal action 








against him – if they can find him - for 

misappropriation of its property. 

The unnamed dispatch assistant 

reportedly approached his deputy 

manager to disclose that he’d been 

handsomely overpaid on May 30. The getrich-quick 

aficionado received 165,398,851 

Chilean pesos ($180,000) for the month 

instead of the 500,000 ($542) he normally 

earned. 

The ‘lottery winner’ said he would 

pay the money back the next morning. 

However, after sleeping on the problem 

it seems he decided against reimbursing 

his company. Over the next few hours, 

all attempts to contact him ended up in 

failure. 

When he finally responded, he muttered 

he had overslept and would go to the 

bank right away. In fact, the beneficiary of 

the mistaken payment was well away. In 

fact, you couldn’t see his heels for the dust 

they were kicking up. 

Unfortunately for his employer Cial, 

the next message from their accidentallywealthy 

employee was a letter of 

resignation, delivered two days later via a 

lawyer. The funds remain unaccounted for. 

The former hamster on a wheel employee 

has reportedly disappeared leaving the 

company to figure out a way to recover its 

money through the legal system. 

Cial is Chile’s largest producer of cold 

cuts, responsible for several popular 

brands including San Jorge, La Preferida, 

and Winter. However, the company’s 

annual revenues reportedly do not exceed 

$5 million. This means the amount their 

ex-employee was paid represents a 

serious bite out of its profits. One hopes 

Cial is insured against such a loss but it is 

doubtful.

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THE ART OF 

ELEGANCE AND 

CLASSIC STYLE 

WALSH’S WISDOM 

Classic styles are always appropriate. 

Today’s fashion shortened trousers 

7/8, and women over 50 should 

not refuse them as they are a good option 

for hot summer. 

Very popular for many years, jeans. The 

straight lines with high or medium-rise 

jeans in classic blue jeans will make the 

figure more toned, massaging relief of the 

hips and buttocks. 







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Not only for the business lady but also as an 

everyday outfit will suit, pantsuit. A jacket in 

the wardrobe of a woman over 50, is always a 

great idea, it can be worn with a skirt and jeans 

or with a dress. Blouses and shirts are a musthave 

wardrobe element. Both can be casual and 

dressy. 

A classic and versatile white shirt will adorn 

any woman, and if properly chosen accessories 

can even diminish your age. Opt for smooth 

textures, you can also try on semi-transparent 

blouses, but they need to be complemented with 

a waistcoat, jacket or underneath an opaque top. 

Tuck your blouses and shirts into trousers or 

a skirt to elongate your legs. If you’re worried 

about putting on extra pounds on your stomach 

and flanks, top with a cardigan or jacket. 

A neck scarf goes well with the shirt as an 

accessory, it will not only add a colour accent 

but also hide age-related changes in such a 

problem area. Fashion is an exciting way to 

showcase yourself. The right clothes make you 

look interesting and out of the ordinary, which 

lifts our spirits and makes us feel confident and 

beautiful. 

NELLI KAMALOVA an 

international model says, ‘It 

was only in my older years that I 

discovered my potential. I learned 

to dress nicely, use the right makeup, 

and keep my posture. There 

was a new lustre in my appearance. 

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Whining on 

with Steve 

With summer now in full flow, 

today’s wine sipping turns 

to Rose or more accurately 

Rosado here in Spain. 

A chilled Rosado is a lovely crossover 

as we move into the hotter days. The 

three we have chosen to taste are Flor 

de Muga, Pago del Vicario Petit Verdot 

and Marques de Riscal Rioja rosado, all 

delightful and each very different. 

Rose wines are very often associated 

with France and in particular Provence 

where you find some lovely pink wines 

perfect for a warm summer afternoon. 

As with all wines however Spain is a 

great producer of beautiful rose wines 

in a variety of shades and flavours. 

The three we are looking at today 

offer a great insight into the variations, 

delicacies and strengths. 

Rose or Rosado wines, although 

seemingly popular to a modern audience 

are actually some of the oldest wines 

produced. These wines are made from 

red wine grapes produced in the same 

way however the time spent fermenting 

(or macerating) with the skin is reduced, 

the shorter the time together the paler 

the colour. 

As result of this, from a flavour 

perspective Rosado tends to resemble a 

light red but with brighter crisper tasting 

notes, primarily red fruits, flowers and 

citrus depending on the terroir. 

Despite the similarities with red wine 

most Rosados are better drunk young to 

fully appreciate the youthful fragrance 

although some standout Rosados can 

age for up to 10 years. 

Blush wines are actually not the same 

as these are made with a combination of 

red and white wines. 

Our first example to try is Flor de 

Muga Rioja Rosado, this is a really 

delightful delicate Rosado made from 

Garnacha grapes using only the flor 

must with a short maceration that 

creates it’s delicate pale, elegant colour 

and flavour. It’s wonderfully smooth 

and incredibly drinkable but be warned 

despite it’s subtle appearance it packs 14% 

alcohol. This is a great wine not unlike 

good Provence Rose, the price is around 20 

euro but very well worth it. 

The second option we have is Pago del 

Vicario Petit Verdot Rosado, this is a great 

option for red wine drinkers who find it 

hard to let go of their drink of choice. A 

deep red Rosado this is a really interesting 

wine, full bodied and yet light it packs all 

the punch of a red with all the summer 

freshness of a Rose whilst topping off with 

an impressive 15% alcohol! This wine is 

100% Petit Verdot from grapes grown near 

to Ciudad Real. At around 7 euro it’s a 

very interesting option to try. 

Our third choice today comes from 

the well know Marques de Riscal. This 

fine Rosado sits comfortably between 

the last 2 in both colour and taste. This 

is an example of a blended wine, using 

Garnacha, Viura and Malvasia all from 

young vines producing a very pretty and 

balanced soft pink wine with aromas of 

strawberry and raspberry and balanced 

acidity to taste. This is a good allrounder 

that should suit most tastes. 

So if you are dining light this evening 

with a wonderful vista before you I would 

opt for a Flor de Muga, to accompany a 

delicate plate of fish perhaps a Marques de 

Riscal or gathering around the barbeque 

maybe a Pago del Vicario. 

Whichever you choose…. Enjoy, as it’s 

my birthday this month I’ll take the Muga! 

Un Salud 

Until next time, Salud! 

Our wine term for today is corked! 

This is the term used to describe a musky 

smelling wine that has been tainted by TCA 

or trichloroanisole, this is usually transferred 

into the wine via a cork that may have come 

into contact with both chlorine and mould 

so developing TCA. Many wine producers 

have tried to reduce the instances of cork 

taint by adopting alternative stoppers such 

as plastics or screw caps!


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Magic happens, but it is faith that 

brings the subsequent changes 

into perspective. So many people 

are turning to the possibilities that exist in 

Spiritualism these days. They can interpret 

things their way and balance their lives so 

that concepts are open doors that bring in 

new levels of consciousness. The current 

World that we inhabit is so needy and 

broken by sets of events in which we have 

no control. We can say and think, but 

realism is the changing World, and we are 

still awaiting the differences that many of 

us know that Spiritualism can make. 

The World is burgeoning and yet faiths 

are so challenged. People want good 

results, but so too do they need to be 

understood, listened to and not patronised. 

There must be hope on the horizon, love in 

peoples’ hearts and something to cling to 

when the going gets tough and often there 

is no option but to look back. 

Love is the missing element that should 

be able to steer us through. The lack of love 

is a lack of respect that we may tolerate but 

never could we be anything more than a 

population born of love that knows respect 

and kindness are not optional. Never have 

there ever been so many people who need 

to examine their sources of love and never, 

sadly, so many who have abandoned the 

maxim that the love that they need isn’t 

coming and maybe it never will. 

Amidst the pain and the suffering of 

others we realise that what we have may 

be limited, but that is what keeps us going. 

I am meeting, more than ever, people who 

are desperate to make the changes that they 

need, but are unsure and questioning what 

comes next? People say that my gifts mean 

that I can get advanced warning of events, 

and it’s true. I have spent so much of my 

life returning people to exactly where they 

actually belong, and helping them to get on 

board for what comes next. I am honest and 

diligent, and equipped to assist people to 

carry the heaviest of burdens when that is 

their strategy. 

We are not set up to fail. When it happens 

then we go into panic mode. Some of us 

become depressed because we look inside 

ourselves and we don’t like what we see. 

If this is the case firstly comes anxiety 

followed by depression in layers. It doesn’t 

have to be like this, but if we feel weakened, 

or we have been abused at any time in the 

process of life, we do not need a slap in the 

face. 

Those who cannot look within, or are 

scared to do so then externalise their 

fears and troubles and unleash them out 

to the World. This route seldom brings 

any successes and there is no pleasure in 

misery or making others miserable into the 

bargain. 

One thing that I have learned about life 

is that compromise is sometimes painful. 

We keep our standards and we live within 

them in happiness, we cross borders to 

compromise and then we are no longer 

happy, and we question even ourselves. A 

wake up call can change the way that we 

operate. It’s a call internally for help that 

gets the silence of an appropriate answer, 

and words from within can be spoken 

louder than words ever could be .When 

others really know what we are dealing 

with we often can get the help we need. 

It’s a convoluted route that brings us safely 

back to base and this could be very different 

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if Spirit has their way, and we accept that those 

in the Spirit World can look down and see our 

predicaments, and 

then act accordingly. 

Those in Spirit have each had at least one 

life living on this Earth; some much more 

than others. They know what heartbreak and 

stress can do, and they want us to be allowed 

to pass through life with the distinct levels of 

care and protection that we need. They may be 

frustrated that they are inadequate to help our 

situations, and they are mindful not to scare 

us with messages in the conscious passing 

of messages in our waiting hours. They wait 

and permeate our dreams, often sending us 

their love, their advices and their dreams .We 

awaken remembering small snatches of these 

messages, sometimes however, our memory 

on awakening cancels out everything. We pass 

it off as a dream. 

If you want to receive a conscious message 

then you can do so. Such messages are passed 

to Mediums and Clairvoyants, and they will 

pass on to you messages they receive from 

loved ones in the Spirit World. This being 


the messenger has been my capability and 

my responsibility for sixty years. Love never 

dies, and Spirit always rewards when it can. 

Caring and sharing, Spirit finds a direct 

communication with those who need to hear 

and relaying such tender words is discrete and 

confidential. It’s just them and me and you! 

Send your message with love and your 

faith and devotion will help you to get the 

response that you need. Believe and anything 

and everything comes into play. Our dearly 

departed want to communicate so give them 

the chance to do what they need to do. Be 

open to interpretation and your dialogue with 

your loved ones who have crossed over need 

never cease. They will find that preferred way 

of contacting you and pull out all the stops 

to make it happen.You are the instigator and 

Spirit will do all the rest. Let me know how 

you get on, and know that if I can help in the 

process, I will! 

Love & Light, - Kenny Corris 

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Father Ted’s can be described as a “Jewel in a Crown” as 

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DAWN BLYTHE 

Monkeypox – What is it and 

why are we hearing about it? 

Monkeypox is related to smallpox 

but is not as severe, and it´s 

important to remember that it 

is not a new disease. Despite the name, 

Monkeypox is normally associated with 

rodents. Cases are usually confined to 

Central and West African countries, with 

only the odd case reported in Europe. The 

current outbreak is the largest ever seen 

outside of Africa. 

After the WHO declared that smallpox 

had been eradicated worldwide in 

1980, the routine smallpox vaccination 

(which also prevents Monkeypox) was 

discontinued, so currently only the older 

generation would have benefitted from 

that immunity. As a factor of this, cases of 

Monkeypox have been increasing slowly 

after the past 40 years. 

Symptoms are typically flu-like (fever, 

fatigue, muscle aches), swollen lymph 

nodes and a rash. A rash can appear 

on the face, genitals, palms of hands, 

soles of feet or anywhere else on the 

body. Sores can be confused with other 

conditions such as chickenpox, herpes 

or syphilis, so it is important to get any 

such symptoms reviewed by a doctor or 

nurse immediately. Symptoms last 2 to 4 

weeks, with an incubation period of up to 

3 weeks before symptoms develop. 

It is important to isolate those infected 

and their pets, because the virus can be 

passed from humans to animals, and if it 

reaches animals then it will be harder to 

contain. Health authorities fear that the

DAWN BLYTHE 


virus will become endemic in Europe, like 

it is in some African countries. However, 

at present there is no evidence to say that 

the virus spreads through the air, so a 

pandemic as we have recently seen with 

Covid-19 is unlikely. 

Transmission of Monkeypox is 

through close personal contact, 

including those sharing a household 

and healthcare workers. The virus 

can be spread by animals carrying the 

virus or via clothes/linens/towels 

which have been in contact with fluid 

from a Monkeypox sore. 

At the time of writing, confirmed 

cases of Monkeypox in Spain have 

increased from 22 to 120 in just 1 

weekend. The Spanish Health Minister, 

Carolina Darias, said the government 

would purchase Imvanex vaccine, which 

is made by the Danish company Bavarian 

Nordic, to help curb the spread of the 

virus. So far, the majority of cases have 

been reported in the region of Madrid, 

most of them traced to an adult sauna that 

has since been closed, with other cases in 

the Canary Islands. So far, there are no 

confirmed cases in the Valencia region. 

The government has not disclosed how 

many doses of the vaccine it will buy, 

but those purchased will be distributed 

amongst the autonomous regions and 

given to those deemed to be most at risk of 

contracting the virus. 

People with Monkeypox usually recover 

without treatment. The strain currently 

circulating in Europe has a fatality 

rate of around 1%; there have been no 

deaths reported in the current outbreak. 

Monkeypox is more likely to cause severe 

illness in children, pregnant women and 

immunocompromised people. 

People who think they might have 

Monkeypox should refrain from close 

social contact until they are tested. Highrisk 

contacts of known cases should 

isolate and self-monitor for symptoms 

for up to 21 days. Those with confirmed 

Monkeypox must isolate, abstain from 

sexual activity and avoid close physical 

contact until the rash heals completely, 

as advised by the European Centre for 

Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). 

· Article by Dawn Blythe S.R.N. R.M. 

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ANNE RODGER 

My First Published Work 

By 

ANNE RODGER 

In 1958 I was 16 and at the peak of my 

powers. I loved school and wanted to study 

all possible subjects. But I was classed as 

“academic” so didn’t get to do anything 

vaguely artistic. 

We had a different teacher 

for English in the fifth 

form and she gave a 

whole new meaning 

to the subject for 

me. One of our 

homeworks 

was to write a 

“descriptive 

essay”. I 

thought about 

describing 

the estate 

where I lived 

and including 

people I knew, 

but it all seemed 

very tame and 

uninteresting. 

Then I realised I 

could include ‘action’. 

By the time I sat down 

to do my homework, 

my imagination was fired. I 

was going to be a passenger in a 

stagecoach, driving through the countryside at 

dusk. As darkness fell, the stagecoach entered a 

forest - just as a sudden, intense thunderstorm 

began. 

I sat down with my notepad and large 

Dictionary, and wrote a list of adjectives I 

thought would be relevant to the story, down 

the left hand side of the page. Then I looked up 

each of them in the Dictionary. The words used 

to describe each adjective, I wrote next to it, 

right down the list. Starting at the top again, I 

looked up each of the second adjectives. If that 

gave me a third word, that was also added. 

I then wrote a list of relevant nouns and 

tried to match them, by the way they sounded, 

with the adjectives. 

When I began to write the essay, I started 

very low key as the stagecoach entered the 

forest, building up to a shattering climax at the 

height of the storm, when lightning strikes a 

tree and it comes crashing down. 

One of the rules I made for 

myself was never to use the 

same word twice. This 

taxed me a little, but, 

at the end I read the 

finished piece out 

loud to myself, 

and loved it. 

Fortunately, so 

did my teacher, 

and she said 

it would be 

included in 

the School 

Magazine for 

that year. 

So, how can 

you use a Scientific 

approach to create a 

work of art? This mix 

of genres has continued 

throughout my life as I have 

refused to be “put into a pigeon 

hole”. 

I was able to throw off the “Scientific” and 

“Academic” labels when I gave up teaching 

Biology and started my Catering business in my 

early thirties. I had everything to learn about 

food and cooking as I had no background in 

it, but became very absorbed as I built up my 

business. 

After retiring and moving to Spain I 

became a widow and suddenly had endless 

time on my hands. Drama and Creative Writing 

entered my life, but when they were taken away 

with Covid, another void appeared. 

From that first published work in the 

School Magazine when I was 16, after a gap of 

more than 60 years, here I am, being published 

again.

ANNE RODGER 

Cookery 

By 

ANNE RODGER 

Lemon Meringue Pie 

Back in the 1970’s, entertaining friends and family at home 

had become very popular, as people became more affluent. I 

ate enough prawn cocktails, beef Wellington and tiramisu at 

evening dinner parties to last a lifetime. 

One of the favourite desserts, which was not expensive to 

make, was Lemon Meringue Pie. This recipe comes from the 

“Stork” (margarine) Cookery Book, published in 1954, which 

had seen me through the Sixties and is with me to this day. 

Over the years, all my favourite T.V. cooks have come up with 

their own versions. I always give them a try, but inevitably 

resort back to this basic one, which is as good as it gets. 

You can vary the quantity of lemon juice to taste. 

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5. Return to low heat and cook till thick. (about 3 minutes) 

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heaped tbspns. castor sugar till very stiff. 

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covers over the edge of the pastry case. 

10. Cook at 150 degrees centigrade for about 30 minutes until 

the meringue begins to colour. Allow to cool before serving. 

11. If you want to eat the pie hot, cook at 200 degrees 

centigrade for 10 minutes and serve immediately. 



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Been having a yap with Alfie, he loves 

me to bits but he never leaves me alone. 

I had a few whispers in his ear and 

said he has to stop sleeping all the time 

pushed up next to me, as it is a bit 

warm. He cleans my face and 

ears and of course adores me, 

I enjoy being pampered. 

I put my paws in the air 

now and he cleans these. 

Yes I am spoilt. Our 

bossy little dog Bentley 

is getting a bit of a pain 

lately. He really is in 

charge and bosses us both 

all the time. However, since 

his birthday in April he has 

become bossier. Bentley has to 

have his food first and have all the 

toys or he gets annoyed with us, so we just 

give in. He gets grumpy and Alfie and I are 

placid. I had to bark to myself when he came 

in and took out of Alfie’s mouth his favourite 

toy and run downstairs with it and hid it. 

Afie is so placid he lets him do it and it never 

bothers me as I am so laid back. 

Bentley can run like a hare as he is small he 

nearly beats Alfie but I carry too much muscle 

to join in all the time so I stand and watch 

and bark occasionally. It’s all part of puppy 

fun and I always give in to Alfie and Bentley. 

However, this heat is getting to me so I tend 

to stay in the shade. My friends say that I am 

spoiling them too much. However, Alfie is so 

likeable and is such a kind loving dog and 

never gets upset. Bentley is a good little dog 

but his father is a Yorkie and he sometimes has 

that bossy aggression with us but we take no 

notice and let him be in charge. 

I am having to wear my cooling 

collar and use my cooling 

mat as it is too warm for 

me to go out in the sun. I 

am even panting in the 

shade. Although I am 

feeling better on my new 

vitamins and do my 

daily walking exercise 

so have lost a little bit of 

weight. So I have to wear 

my cooling collar to keep 

me from overheating and 

a cooling mat and a magnetic 

collar that helps my rheumatism. I 

have just heard that I am getting a cooling 

jacket as my family are worried how this heat 

is affecting my health and they do not want 

me to be ill. So shortly I will be looking very 

smart in my favourite colour Blue cooling 

jacket. 

Alfie and Bentley are asleep now so I will 

have time for a quick nap myself…oh I do 

enjoy snoring and a good old stretch. On this 

happy note will say licks, paws and tail wags 

- until next month. Please keep supporting 

all the four legged furry friends. They need 

you, they cannot tell you so I will. Thank You!! 

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Robert William “Bob” 

Hoskins, Jr. (26 October 

1942 – 29 April 2014) was 

an English actor known 

for playing Cockneys and 

gangsters. He appeared in 

films such as The Long Good 

Friday (1980), Mona Lisa 

(1986), Who Framed Roger 

Rabbit (1988), Mermaids 

(1990), Hook (1991), Super 

Mario Bros.(1993), Nixon 

(1995), A Christmas 

Carol (2009), Neverland 

(2011) and in his final 

role in Snow White 

and the Huntsman 

(2012). Hoskins 

was the recipient 

of the prestigious 

Prix d’interprétation 

masculine as well as 

winning the BAFTA 

Award for Best Actor 

in a Leading Role and 

Golden Globe Award 

for Best Actor – Motion 

Picture Drama for his role 

in Mona Lisa (he was also 

nominated for the Academy 

Award for Best Actor) and 

an International Emmy 

Award for best actor for his 

appearance on BBC One 

drama The Street in 2009. 

Hoskins was born in Bury 

St Edmunds, West Suffolk, to 

Elsie Lillian (Hopkins), a cook 

and nursery school teacher, 

and Robert William Hoskins, 

Sr., a bookkeeper and lorry 

driver. His grandmother 

was a Romani gypsy. From 

the age of two weeks old, he 

BOB HOSKINS 

was brought up in Finsbury 

Park, London. Hoskins left 

school at the age of 15 with a 

single O-Level and worked 

as a porter, lorry driver and 

window cleaner. He started 

on a three-year accountancy 

course but dropped out. 

Hoskins’ acting career 

began in 1968 at the Victoria 

Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent. He 

played a servant, Peter, in 

a production of Romeo and 

Juliet. In 1969 he worked 

at the Unity Theatre. One 

evening, he was waiting in 

the Unity Theatre bar for 

his friend, the actor Roger 

Frost, to finish an audition. 

Whilst drinking at the bar, he 

was given a script and told 

“You’re next.” He got the 

part, with Frost ending up 

his understudy. Frost recalled 

that “Bob was a natural. He 

just got up on stage and was 

brilliant.” 

His first major television 

role was in On the Move 

(1975-6) an educational 

series intended to tackle 

adult illiteracy, in which he 

played Alf Hunt, a removal 

man who had problems 

reading and writing. 

Up to 17 million 

people watched the 

Sunday programme, 

according to eventual 

producer George 

Auckland. 

His breakthrough 

television role came 

in the original BBC 

version of Dennis 

Potter’s innovative 

six-part fantasy-drama 

Pennies from Heaven (1978) 

as adulterous sheet music 

salesman Arthur Parker. Later, 

he played Iago in Jonathan 

Miller’sBBC Television 

Shakespeare production of 

Othello. 

Hoskins’ performances 

in British films such as The 

Long Good Friday (1980) and 

Mona Lisa (1986) won him the 

wider approval of the critics 

and, in the case of the latter, 

a Cannes Award, Best Actor 

Golden Globe and BAFTA 

Awards and an Academy 

Award nomination for Best 

Actor. He also delivered 

comic turns in Terry Gilliam’s

CELEBRITY PROFILE 

Brazil (1985) and Super Mario 

Bros. (1993). Hoskins was 

not initially aware that Super 

Mario Bros. was based on 

the popular video game of 

the same name. His son had 

asked him what film he was 

working on, and recognising 

it, showed Hoskins the video 

game on the Nintendo video 

game console. In a 2007 

interview with The Guardian, 

Hoskins spoke of his regret 

at appearing in Super Mario 

Bros. He revealed that 

despite being praised for his 

performance in the film, he 

was extremely unhappy with 

the film and greatly angered 

by his experiences making it, 

referring to it as the “worst 

thing I ever did”. During the 

late 1980s and early 1990s 

he appeared in advertising 

for the recently privatised 

companies of British Gas 

and British Telecom (now BT 

Group). 

Hoskins had a small role as 

a rock band’s manager in the 

Pink Floyd film The Wall. He 

was slated to be a last-minute 

replacement in the film The 

Untouchables if star Robert 

De Niro had not decided to 

play Al Capone. When De 

Niro took the part, director 

Brian De Palma mailed 

Hoskins a cheque for £20,000 

with a “Thank You” note, 

which prompted Hoskins to 

call up De Palma and ask him 

if there were any more movies 

he didn’t want him to be in. 

Hoskins appeared in 

Who Framed Roger Rabbit 

(1988), for which he received 

a second Golden Globe 

nomination. Some of Hoskins’ 

other notable appearances 

include playing opposite 

Cher in Mermaids (1990), 

boatswain Smee to Captain 

Hook inHook (1991), and 

as the same character 

in Neverland (2011), 

and Uncle Bart, the 

psychopathic and 

violent “owner” of 

Jet Liin Unleashed 

aka Danny The 

Dog. He returned 

to television in 

productions for 

the BBC, including 

Flickers, David 

Copperfield as Wilkins 

Micawber (1999) and The 

Wind in the Willows (2006). 

He played Nikita Khrushchev 

as a political commissar 

in the film Enemy at the 

Gates (2001). He received a 

Golden Globe nomination 

for Best Supporting Actor 

for his performance in Mrs 

Henderson Presents, a film he 

also produced with Norma 

Heyman. 

Hoskins also directed two 

films, both of which he starred 

in; The Raggedy Rawney 

(1988) and Rainbow (1996). In 

2009, Hoskins made a return 

to British television in Jimmy 

McGovern’s drama serial 

The Street, where he played 

a publican who stands up to 

a local gangster. For this role 

he received his only Emmy 

when he won Best Actor at 

the 2010 International Emmys. 

On 8 August 2012, Hoskins 

announced his retirement 

from acting after being 

diagnosed with Parkinson’s 

disease in 2011. 

Hoskins’ father was a 

communist and brought up 

Hoskins to be an atheist. 

In 1967, aged 25, Hoskins 

spent a short period of time 


volunteering in kibbutz 

Zikim in Israel, and also 

herded camels in Syria. In an 

interview, when asked what 

he owed his parents, he said, 

“Confidence. My mum used 

to say to me, ‘If somebody 

doesn’t like you, f ‘em, 

they’ve got bad taste.’” When 

asked which living person 

he most despised, Hoskins 

named Tony Blair and claimed 

that “he’s done even more 

damage than Thatcher”. He 

made light of his similarities 

with film actor Danny DeVito, 

whom he joked would play 

him in a film about his life. 

With his first wife Jane 

Livesey, Hoskins had two 

children, Alex (born 1969) and 

Sarah (born 1972). With his 

second wife Linda Banwell, he 

had two more children, Rosa 

(born c. 1984) and Jack (born 

c. 1986). 

On 29 April 2014, Hoskins 

died from pneumonia. He is 

survived by his wife Linda 

and his four children.


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