What better place to observe the solar eclipse on Wednesday the 12th than on top of Sierra Nevada! OK, there are better places, if you don’t mind hiking it up to northern Spain, but nevertheless!
The Solar Eclipse & Perseids
by Martin Myall •
Alpujarra
News from La Alpujarra
Listeriosis Warning
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Junta de Andalucía has issued a contaminated food alert after Listeria monocytogenes was detected in a specific lot of fuet ibérico made by Cárnicas Sierra Nevada in Cájar (Granada).
50 Metres Down
by Hugh MacArthur •
Fire personnel from the city of Granada were called out to free a man trapped in his car after it went off the side of an embankment.
Lanjaron’s Tourist Office
by Martin Myall •
The Mayor of Lanjarón, Eric Escobedo, who occupies a second post in the Provincial Council, announced changes in the Municipal Tourism Office.
Tree Seeding in the Sierra
by Vivienne Hughes •
What would town halls do without armies of volunteers who give up their free time to protect and clean up the countryside, rivers and seabeds?
Narco Helicopter Crash
by Hugh MacArthur •
A helicopter flown by drug runners, which was used to sneak in low below the radar, crashed in an olive grove in the town of Pedrera (Sevillia). Both occupants were killed in the crash.
Bridge in Danger of Collapse?
by Hugh MacArthur •
The old Puente de Don Poli over Rio Chico above Órgiva in the Alpujarra is long out of use, ever since the A-4132 bypassed it.
Cars Swept Away
by Vivienne Hughes •
Fire personnel based in Cádiar were called out to confirm that two cars that had been swept down the Río Chico in Órgiva on Wednesday had nobody in them.
Low Snow
by Martin Myall •
One glance at the Spanish Meteorological Agency’s webpage is enough to make your eyes pop because it speaks of snow as low as 400 metres in Granada on the 5th, for example.
Man Dies in House Fire
by Hugh MacArthur •
A man in his 50s perished in a house fire in Pitres in the upper Alpujarra Granadina early yesterday morning.