Well it may not quite be Camino de Santiago, but the challenge that brave local and foreign cyclists faced in reaching the peaks of Sierra Nevada, was not far short of a religious sporting experience! Certainly, at those heights, you can’t be far from heaven’s gates.
Granada Inland
News from inland Granada: Alpujarra, Lecrin Valley,Alti-plano & Poniente
That’s Gratitude for You!
by Martin Myall •
A woman struck out at a policeman who was attempting to arrest her; the same policeman who had saved her life eight years ago.
Violent Women
by Martin Myall •
The Policía Nacional in Granada arrested two women, aged 20 and 21, neither with police records, for glassing another girl. To glass means to attack with a broken glass, normally, but not always, to the face.
Suspicious, To Say The Least…
by Martin Myall •
The Granada City Hall sold a piece of land to land developers… and then bought it back at double the price.
Pinching Pigs in Ferreira
by Hugh MacArthur •
The owner of a pig farm in Ferreira, Guadix, lost 15 pigs, a generator and numerous tools to thieves in the early hours of one morning. The said owner, Virtudes Suárez, is not amused.
Chorizos No Faltan
by Martin Myall •
There’s no shortage of thugs: A father was beaten up in front of his 6-year-old daughter after he recriminated a man for urinating in front of her. This occurred in Granada in broad daylight.
Biggest Medieval Fair in the Province
by Louise Powell •
Huetor Tájar in the Poniente de Granada will be holding the biggest medieval fair in the whole of Granada this weekend. In fact, it’s one of the biggest in the whole of Andalucia.
Elderly French Couple Rescued
by Martin Myall •
A French couple of 78 and 71 years of age were rescued after 14 hours in the mountains behind Albuñuelas – their car GPS had malfunctioned.
Car Workshop Worker Seriously Injured
by Hugh MacArthur •
A young garage workshop lad of 19 in Guadix was seriously injured after the tyre that he was working on exploded.
Woman Arrested for Indecent Exposure
by Hugh MacArthur •
It’s not very often that you hear of women being arrested for indecent exposure but this was the case in Santa Fe, Granada. The 30-year-old woman was arrested in the Plaza de España, sitting on a bar terrace virtually naked.