Just what is it with all the fires in el campo? July – September are supposedly fire-free months, unless such fires are licensed. Yet, every year, wood from the chirimoyos y olivos is burned in the Vega, day after day.
Salobreña
News from Salobrena, costa tropical, Granada
Squatting for Outstanding Debt
by Dave Nichols •
More from Molvízar; oh, yes, the throbbing metropolis has more to report. One Don Arsenio, having undertaken work for the Town Hall, has not yet been paid.
Indicative Squabbling
by Dave Nichols •
And yet more local politics in the form of our new best friend, Sr. Rufino Eugenia. His latest complaint is regarding the care of the beaches in Salobreña, which play a major role in attracting tourism. He has been having another go at Sr. Gustavo Aybar, this time accusing him of conducting a ‘smear’ campaign…
Shopping Mall?
by Dave Nichols •
The Great Zone Project has now taken a step forward. It’s a plan to develop the area between Salobreña and Motril, with a shopping mall, hotels and all sorts of things that should help the local economy. Local planning permission is on the cards. Early days, although inside information tells me that the nod has…
Avenida Federico García
by Dave Nichols •
Now we have the Furore at Avenida Federico Garcia Lorca; after all the works carried out over the past few months, all the new roads and pavements were mysteriously dug up again. Then the road was re-laid. Ideal reports that the initial works were ‘liable to subsidence;’ therefore it was sensible to dig it all up and start over again.
Publication Update – September
by Editor •
Publication info for the September edition of the Seaside Gazette.
1001st Post
by Editor •
Well, we have just clicked up our thousandth post on the new Seaside Gazette website, making this article the 1001st post, which is not bad, seeing as this online version of the Seaside Gazette has only been going since April 2009 – a little over a year. At the moment we have around 1,700 visits…
British Embassy Newsletter – August
by Editor •
The monthly newsletter from the British Embassy in Madrid with useful information for British residents in Spain
Salobreña Fiestas 2010
by Editor •
Herewith the Summer Festival Programme, which we received just a tad late, surprisingly… Anyway, plenty to offer, so read on! Ah, anybody who missed the classical music concert in La Herradura, where members of the Cologne Philamonic Orchestra played in a chamber arrangement will have a chance to see them again, but in Salobreña at…
Lingwood’s Changes Hands
by Dave Nichols •
It’s the talk of the Monte… and the end of an era! Mike & Margaret Lingwood have sold their highly successful Estate Agency, in the face of what Mike calls, ‘An offer that could not be refused’ (I don’t think any horse’s heads were involved).