Daily Archives: December 1, 2009

Fining Campervans

A new decree from Motril Council has wafted its way down the corridors of power and is now being implemented by the Tourism Department. Continuous complaints from residents living in the tourist zones of the beaches, golf course and near the camp sites of Motril have sparked this new initiative.

Red Beetles vs Palms

The red beetle is back and causing damage to palm trees at devastating levels and beginning to alter the Costa Tropical panorama. It is reported that over 500 trees have died during the summer months when the red beetle is at its most active.

Avenida de Salobreña

Let’s start the betting! Motril Council has said it is going to try and get the Avenida de Salobreña opened in time for business by Christmas. Now let’s see. From the time of writing this on 23 November, that will give approximately 20 working days for the works to be completed!

Crop Theft

Motril’s chirimoya ‘agriculturists’ (farmers to you and me but a grand word none-the-less), have been having a bad time of it of late. As soon as the chirimoya season has got underway the agriculturists (sounds good doesn’t it!) have been noticing that they are not the only ones harvesting their own crops.

Cheap Goodbye

The economic crisis has certainly taken its toll on the amount of people being buried at the Motril cemetery. As we all know, there is nothing more certain in life than taxes and death (and getting a few odd parking tickets along the way). Yes, we are going to talk about what you really don’t…

Reward for Missing TV’s

I’m looking at a press photo of a man called Ivan, who has a face that you wouldn’t like to inform that you got his daughter pregnant. But this has nothing to do with daughters or pregnancies, but has everything to do with TV’s.

Illegal Town Planning?

The Town Council of Lanjarón is being investigated over a spot of alleged ‘illegal’ town planning, bless them. A provincial delegate for the PP has accused the present incumbent in the Councillor for Town Planning’s office of being a bit liberal with his interpretation of building restrictions where his own house is concerned.

Eco-Órgiva

Órgiva hits the limelight thanks to the Junta de Andalucía choosing the capital of the Alpujarra as the subject of a national pilot project on sustainable urban development.

Kiddies’ Event

This month I went along to an event, organised by the Lanjarón Town Hall, aimed at young children. There was face-painting, coloured-sand arrangement workshops – there was even a fun course for making bracelets out of coloured macaroni.