A specialist company was brought in to repair the damage suffered by the mammoth and sabre-toothed tiger statues in Padul.
Lecrin Valley
News from Granana (Lecrin Valley): melegis,mondujar,restabal,padul,durcal
Mugged at an ATM
by Martin Myall •
A British resident in his 70s was mugged in Talará after he had withdrawn money from the ATM.
Municipal Market Reopens
by Martin Myall •
At last Dúrcal’s Municipal Market, which has been closed for 15 years, will reopened, but in a new guise: a gastro-tourism space.
Cannabis Cortijo
by Martin Myall •
A helicopter belonging to the Civil Guard located an illegal plantation of Marijuana belonging to a crtijo within the municipality of Padul.
Alquería Garden Market
by Louise Powell •
Alqueria de los lentos are hosting their monthly garden-market event on Saturday the 7th, starting at 10.00h.
Fire Recovery Work
by Martin Myall •
A Junta bigwig, Minister Ramón Fernández-Pacheco, visited the emergency works being carried out on the land damaged by fire in Los Guájares and the Lecrín Valley.
Padul Athlete Wins Athletics Medal
by Martin Myall •
Padul Athlete win Silver Medal in Murcia in Spanish Championships
Whiskey in the Valley, Aye!
by Martin Myall •
Something was afoot in the Valle de Lecrín in the mid 90s; seven entrepreneurs had decided to create a single-malt whiskey in Padul!
Ladrones de Lebrillos
by Martin Myall •
First of all, if you weren’t sure, un lebrillo is a large, glazed, terracotta bowl, usually with hand-painted designs on them.
The Wine and the Wind
by Martin Myall •
If you let you eyes sweep over the western horizon from in front of Nigüelas right up to the hills in front of Padul, clusters of windmills spin in unison.