The publicly owned company, Cetursa, that manages the whole of the skiing complex on Sierra Nevada decided to close the season earlier than normal, which with the late snowfalls at the beginning of April, did not amuse the rest of the businesses up there; restaurants, hotels and shops.
Granada Inland
News from inland Granada: Alpujarra, Lecrin Valley,Alti-plano & Poniente
Cultural Guardia Civil
by Martin Myall •
In Franco’s last years there was a joke kicking around about why the Guardia Civil always walked around in pairs. The question was asked and the response was: one who can read and write and the other to keep an eye on the dangerous intellectual. Things have come a long way since then
Skinny Cows Time
by Martin Myall •
It might have been a dismal Easter, weather wise, but the drought continues, especially in the Alpujarra, where a lack of green pasture is costing farmers dearly.
Best Not Annoyed
by Martin Myall •
A woman was arrested by the Policía Nacional for assaulting her boyfriend with her telephone. It was only when she knocked him out with a blow to he back of the neck, rendering him unconscious, that she decided to call it a day and phone 091 for help.
Underhand Dealings
by Martin Myall •
It was meant to be a straight forward drug deal, with nearly a kilo of cocaine changing hands for just over 60,000 euros, but it in fact changed hands in exchange for an discharge from an tazer and a spot of good old fashion aggression in general.
The Unwanted Gift
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil have arrested a man in Zubia (suburb of Granada) for allegedly hiding drugs in his ex-wife’s car and then making anonymous, phone tip-offs to the police. The reason? Reportedly, to gain custody of his son.
Nude Man Interrupts Mass
by Martin Myall •
There seems to be a growing trend of interrupting religious services at churches and what follows is just one more case of this. A man stripped off his clothes at the altar and launched a tirade of invectives against the congregation.
Publication Update – April
by Martin Myall •
Complete list of distribution points for the April edition of the Seaside Gazette, ranging from Nerja to Castell de Ferro and up to Orgiva.
A Happy Ending
by Martin Myall •
On the 15th of March there was an article in the Ideal newspaper concerning a couple that was living in the back of a car, after losing their jobs and finally their home. Such was the sympathy evoked by the article that the following day the same newspaper announced that the couple hand been offered work and a house in which to live. Read on.
Whoops!
by Martin Myall •
The Chairman of the Granada Press Association threw what can only be described as an atomic wobbly when confronted by a heckler at an Hispano-Israeli conference in Granada. Things became simply surreal when a young woman burst into the hall waving a Palestinian flag quickly followed by the Chairman whipping his belt off and brandishing it at her, promising to thrash the startled woman.