Granada Inland
News from inland Granada: Alpujarra, Lecrin Valley,Alti-plano & Poniente
British Embassy Newsletter – December
by Editor •
The monthly newsletter sent out by the British Embassy. This month includes information on passport photographs and old-age pension for women.
Elderly Eat For Free
by Duncan Inglis •
Almegíjar has put into gear a service that will provide those elderly with scant means with free lunches.
Lanjarón Walks
by Duncan Inglis •
The most visited area in the Alpujarra, Lanjarón, has debuted a new footpath starting from the health spa and ending, a kilometre later, at the Arabic fortress.
You Know It’s Getting Rough (I)
by Editor •
…When drug addicts have to kick the habit because they’re on the dole and can’t afford it anymore, which is precisely what is happening.
You Know It’s Getting Rough (II)
by Editor •
…When the vans used by the riot police can’t go faster than 90, have unserviceable seatbelts and u/s air-con – is nothing sacred?
Signs of Besieged Budgets
by Editor •
Nobody likes to pay fines – especially traffic ones – but nowadays it is not a case of liking it or not, because many people lack the funds to be able to pay them, so they do the only thing they can – appeal against the fine.
Transported in Ecstasy
by Editor •
The bloody grua (tow truck) gets everywhere and turns up at the most inopportune times – like when you’ve left the car unattended for a moment to rush into the Post Office.
Frozen Students
by Editor •
Padul’s budding scholars at the San Sebastian school are tolerating freezing classrooms thanks to a combination of power cuts and a new heating system, the former, all too common, erasing the programming of the latter.
Wetlands Stroll
by Duncan Inglis •
Padul is home to the most important wetlands in the southeast of Spain. Most people don’t know – not even the locals – that it exists, in spite of it covering 300,000 hectares.