A bather on one of Almuñécar’s beaches was injured by a boat’s propeller on the Sunday the 25th of last month, at around 14.00h, when most our beaches were veritably ‘throbbing.’
Daily Archives: August 3, 2010
Injury at the Waterfalls
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Miles inland, at the Junta de los Ríos, a 36-year-old man had to be helivacked (old military abbreviation for Helicopter Evacuation) after he broke his ankle, descending the waterfalls.
Aquarium Party
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Almuñécar’s Aquarium celebrated its second anniversary last month with a party on the 16th.
Botellones on the Altillo
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The nightlife around the Bajos (under the Paseo del Altillo), whilst being very popular, probably doesn’t translate into elevated earnings for the bars along there…
Ibiza-Style Market at Aquatropic
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Talking of nightlife, the Aquatropic has come up with an idea to replace the loss of its discotheque (Aquanoche). – An Ibiza-style market.
Groyne Grows Beach
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There is good news down Velilla way with the termination of the groyne work. Even in the short time that this beach-protection construction has been working its way out, metre by metre, the beach to the east of it has grown quite noticeably.
PP Announces Pre-Election Campaign
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The Partido Popular has kicked off their local-elections, pre-campaign, which is why you have probably seen banners stretching across the roads with Trinidad’s face, calling for a change.
Mayor’s Stern Warning
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One item not included in the July edition, but very relevant, however, was the announcement by the Town Hall that they would be coming down heavily on illegal constructions within the municipality, meaning that demolitions rather than fines will be the order of the day.
Fire Aboard
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What a low blow! Just as the summer was set to begin, some bloody pyromaniac incinerated a whole fleet of pedaloes (pedal-powered catamarans).
No Stink
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Finally we come to the new sewage pump installations outside Las Góndolas… It’s finished and there isn’t a whiff of… The Lord knows that it took years and tears, but finally El Paseo Reina Sofía near Las Góndolas no longer smells like a stink-bomb factory. They had to build something that Rommel might have been…