The Great Big Concrete Block Defecator – yes, that’s the primary function of that big machine that’s been parked just outside the Port of Motril for the past several weeks.
Salobreña
News from Salobrena, costa tropical, Granada
Car Docs Kept In Vehicle
by Dave Nichols •
Here’s a tip, which I just learned the hard way. If, like me, you don’t keep originals of any documentation in your car – after all, why make life easier for thieves – and your car is due for its ITV inspection, then beware. You need to produce the original of at least your Permiso…
La Calle Nueva
by Dave Nichols •
La Calle Nueva is now (almost) back in service. After more than six months of inactivity due to the bankruptcy of the original contractor, people will finally have access to their homes and/or to the town.
Hotels Not Happy
by Dave Nichols •
As if the Mayor didn’t have enough on his mind, the local Hotel Association is now making noises about, ‘irregular activity’ such as vendors selling produce on the streets, allegedly without licenses.
Publication Update July
by Editor •
Publication update on the coming July edition of the Seaside Gazette
Lobres Fiesta Week
by Editor •
Again, left it in Spanish for ya! Time to get your money’s worth from the bloody great dictionary that you bought when you moved out here!
Corruption Touchdown I
by Editor •
El Caso Gürtel is possibly the biggest corruption scandal in history of post-Franco Spain, and one of its tentacles has touched the Costa Tropical: Urbanisación Las Alminares.
Corruption Touchdown II
by Editor •
First of all, it is very important to make it very clear here that not all the villas in Urbanisación las Alminares are tainted by this scandal – many were bought by honest people through honest means.
Money Laundering
by Dave Nichols •
There’s only one place to start this month’s effort, for it’s not often our village makes the national news! I refer of course to the investigation (code-named Gürtel) into the source of funds used to purchase some of the houses built on the new(ish) urbanisation Alminares, abutting the Monte de Los Almendros.
Monte Problems?
by Dave Nichols •
Concerning Monte de los Almendros, there has been another outbreak of criticism regarding the water and sewage arrangements on the urbanisation, this time from a group called, Ecologists in Action.