Before Don Quixote thrust his lance at the imaginary re-creations of his mind, the Arabs of course had settled and defined Al Andalusi forever with such things as windmills, which is why Francisco Muñoz is building three cortijos near an Arabic mill up in El Padul to which, he assures us, tourists from the world over are flocking.
Monthly Archives: April 2011
The Burning Bush
by Duncan Inglis •
As better and hotter weather fast approaches, the following is a fire-risk reminder: outside of Guadix local fire-fighters were called in to extinguish a small blaze
No Bathing in Baza
by Duncan Inglis •
Work in progress, which would bring much needed water from Castril to Baza, have been halted.
Make Fun; not War
by Duncan Inglis •
The old military training complex up by El Padul, which opened not long after the Spanish Civil War, may soon become a sports and leisure centre.
The Risks of Argument
by Duncan Inglis •
A couple killed on A-44 motorway after they got out of their car do continue a heated verbal argument – they were both knocked over and killed.
Dumped Mutt Adopted
by Duncan Inglis •
Up in Granada’s Zaidín area, an abandoned pooch began to draw increasing attention from passersby, who couldn’t help noticing that Fido the fleabag wouldn’t leave a very defined zone by a road.
The Cost of Walking
by Duncan Inglis •
Ten years ago a senior citizen while out for a walk in the barrio, stepped into an unexpected hole in the sidewalk, fell, hurt himself, then got up and began proceedings against the Town Hall for 50,000 euros.
It Ain’t Academic
by Duncan Inglis •
A long-term professor up at Granada University has been charged with sexual aggression and abuse against his pregnant Russian girlfriend.
Nutshell Politics
by Duncan Inglis •
Duncan Inglis muses over the political structure of Andalucia: 30 years of PSOE rule and the coming regional elections.
Human, all too Human
by Duncan Inglis •
A part-time Malaga policeman was killed in a shootout with a SWAT team when they tried to arrest him on suspicion of a kidnap attempt of a local bank manager.