This year the coast gets plenty of visitors and not all of them are human, such as the basking shark from ten years ago.
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Not a Good Start
by Martin Myall •
As soon as the increased summer population of La Herradura ups the workload on the new sewage system… well, you can guess what hits the fan, so to speak.
Bike Meet at the Fort
by Martin Myall •
Right, you still have today to make your way along to the castle (fort) in La Herradura to join in the fun at the bike meet there.
Looking Back: A New Bridge
by Martin Myall •
Back in the far-off days when the Darby family used to live in La Herradura, Dave was closely following the building of a bridge… instead of the road.
30,000 Discarded Cigarette Butts
by Martin Myall •
Puerta del Mar, Marina del Este and Herradura beaches are cleaner thanks to volunteer work yesterday organised by Playa Patrol.
It’s Orange, It’s Here
by Martin Myall •
You know that summer has arrived on the Costa Tropical when ‘mysterious orange stains’ start appearing along the coastline.
New Almuñécar Taxi Rank
by Hugh MacArthur •
One of the first decisions taken by the new Councillor for Citizen Safety & Transport, Paco Robles, was to open a new taxi rank in Almuñécar.
Looking Back: The Brolly War
by Martin Myall •
Do you remember when the then Mayor, Juan Carlos Benavides banned planting your beach umbrella at first light and then disappearing until around eleven in the morning?
Cemetery Lane Cleaned Up
by Hugh MacArthur •
Towards the end of last month La Herradura cemetery was clean up, or better said, it’s access lane was.
Almuñécar Beaches Manned & Ready
by Martin Myall •
Almuñécar and La Herradura have got their beaches sorted out and manned, thanks to a budget of 206,000 euros. The town’s new Councillor for Citizen Safety, Paco Robles, presented the 2019 campaign to the press, with its 31 lifeguards, four of whom are qualified to pilot rescue-craft (jet skis & RIBs). There is also a designated ambulance,…