Locals in Órgiva protested outside the Town Hall over “illegal excavations” along the Guadalfeo riverbed.
Alpujarra
News from La Alpujarra
Stoned for His Almonds
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil have arrested a 36-year-old man in Murtas (Alpujarras) for stealing ten sacks of almonds from a farm labourer.
Órgiva Fiestas
by Vanessa Bosch •
From today until this Sunday, Órgiva and visitors will be enjoying its annual Reales Ferias Fiestas.
Lanjarón Honey Museum Blaze
by Martin Myall •
The fire broke out in the laboratory of the honey museum in Lanjarón, which was put out by the quick thinking of the owners and volunteers to hand.
New Year in August
by Vivienne Hughes •
What began life as a disappointment has turned into a tourism success for Bérchules in the Alpujarra.
Mountain Fire in Cañar
by Vivienne Hughes •
A huge catastrophe was narrowly avoided by the prompt action of the Infoca, fire fighters in Cañar, in the Alpujarra on the 2nd. As is the case in far too many forest or mountain brush fires, it appears that the fire was deliberately started.
Busy Weekend for Mountain Rescue
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil Mountain Rescue unit, Sereim, is busy all year round; in summer just as much as winter, rescuing people in the Sierra Nevada area. They were called out four times in just one July weekend.
SGAE 0, Torvizcón 1
by Martin Myall •
The Sociedad General de Autores de España bit off more than they could chew in Torvizcón, which is in the Alpujarra. The SGAE is an Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society.
Unpardonable Optimist
by Martin Myall •
A driver offered two Guardia Civll policemen a bribe in exchange for cancelling the traffic fine that they had just written out – the were not amused.
Ramón and His Missing Mule
by Martin Myall •
Anybody that had a pet dog for ten years or more knows what a blow it is to lose him, Well, imagine how 88-year-old Ramón from Cáñar in the Alpujarra felt when he lost his Mule after 22 years.