Over 50 hikers had a fantastic day out, thanks to perfect weather and a great route. Let’s face it; this time of year is best for walking.
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Second Highest in Europe
by Hugh MacArthur •
Here’s a surprise for you… not: Spain has the 2nd highest Internet prices in Europe – Cyprus has the highest.
Exhibition: Experimental Textile Art
by Anne Eastwood •
Ten days of cloth, fabrics and plenty of fun ideas, from the 10th to the 20th of April at the Casa de la Cultura, Almuñécar, with viewing hours of 11.00h to 13.00h & 17.00h to 21.00h
The Anxiety Behind Letting Go
by Anne Eastwood •
As I’m two days’ away from my 16-year old’s first trip abroad with her school, I find myself doing some soul searching about the realities of being a mother.
Two British Doctors Die in Tenerife
by David Darby •
Two British women have drowned after being “dragged into the sea by a wave” at Playa Paraiso in the south-west of Tenerife.
Spring Is In The Air
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
My Nicaragua diary is now on sale, but only as an e-book. A good English friend got me to consider the idea of writing a diary and although it is above suspicion of winning the Nobel price for literature, I really enjoyed doing it. Sue Brewer helped me in translating the diary, but to be fair to her, I did not always follow her suggestions.
Lucky Levi’s!
by David Darby •
A tale of domestic violence from the USA now, where Gerald Orock, 56, from Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, was having one the latest of violent arguments with his ex-wife Lisa Jones-Orock. However, during this particular argument, Mrs. Jones-Orock decided to cut off her ex husband’s penis with a Stanley Knife.
Horned Beasts on the Streets
by David Darby •
No, not Pamplona, but a suburb of Sydney, Australia, where a couple of water buffalo escaped from a film set and had quick run through the streets of Newtown.
Reader’s Letter – MNDA Appeal
by David Darby •
My name is Gill Tilcock and I live in the Lecrin Valley. During the last week of May I, along with my daughter Teresa and two of her colleagues are going to be doing a sponsored walk along the Beacons Way in Wales. We are doing this walk to raise funds for MNDA (Motor Neurone Disease Association), the only organisation committed to working for suffers of MND and to carrying out vital research into the causes and cures of the disease.
Here We Go Again…
by Louise Powell •
The surprising Regional-High-Court verdict on the controversial hotel on Algarrobico beach in Almería has left nobody unmoved. The High Court found that the hotel was erected on land that was legally apt for development.