It was back in 2008 that the project to build a wind farm on Cerro Calcaire (Padul) finally got the go ahead with work commencing in 2011; not everybody was happy with the idea. About month ago it was announced that the installations would be operational by the end of this year, generating enough electricity for 7,000 homes.
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Publication Update – February
by Martin Myall •
The February edition of the Seaside Gazette is at present at the printers and will be ready for distribution Wednesday the 1st around midday.
Costa Tropical’s Seaside Gazette
by Editor •
The online version of the Seaside Gazette has been going for two years and already has 1,650 articles, some of them being multiple ones.
Publication Update – June
by Editor •
Am rushing to finish the Monday 8am deadline for the printer, which, barring major disasters, shouldn’t be a problem. Consequently, we will be out on the 1st of June. The online editions will start going up on the same day. The online edition, of course will start going up on the on the same day in the evening.
Publication Update – May
by Editor •
We collect the Gazette from the printer tomorrow, but bear in mind that Motril has a four-day bank-holiday weekend, so most places there won’t get the Gazette until the 4th. Anyway the online edition, of course will start going up on the 1st, as always, albeit in the evening. Distribution is as follows: The hard-copy…
Pathways to the Sky
by Duncan Inglis •
if you aren’t sure where to go for a pleasant walkabout, just use your mobile to navigate to Eurorando 2011, which will give you all the poop on paths and happy trails, especially those to be found in Andalucia and the vecinity of El Padul.
The Windmills of their Time
by Duncan Inglis •
Before Don Quixote thrust his lance at the imaginary re-creations of his mind, the Arabs of course had settled and defined Al Andalusi forever with such things as windmills, which is why Francisco Muñoz is building three cortijos near an Arabic mill up in El Padul to which, he assures us, tourists from the world over are flocking.
Make Fun; not War
by Duncan Inglis •
The old military training complex up by El Padul, which opened not long after the Spanish Civil War, may soon become a sports and leisure centre.
The Risks of Argument
by Duncan Inglis •
A couple killed on A-44 motorway after they got out of their car do continue a heated verbal argument – they were both knocked over and killed.
British Embassy April Newsletter
by Editor •
The monthly newsletter sent out by the British Embassy in Madrid, covering the Royal British Legion, unemployment benefit in Spain and many other points of interest