For the second year running, Salobreña was the host to the Father’s Day Chess Open with over 50 players competing from several provinces.
Daily Archives: March 23, 2018
La Herradura on Irish TV
by Vivienne Hughes •
La Herradura was chosen as a location for a Raidió Teilifís Éireann (Irish Public TV) cooking programme, with Irish chef, Neven Maguire.
Cantarriján Naturist Association
by Martin Myall •
Playa de Cantarriján in La Herradura started off as purely a nudist beach but over the years has been losing that use.
Beach Footpath Recovered
by Martin Myall •
Locals in the Playa Granada area of Motril now have their beach footpath back – they’d woken one morning to find it had been ‘confiscated’ by Hacienda
Storm Damage Calculated
by Martin Myall •
The Almuñécar Councillor for the Environment, Luis Aragón have been out visiting the storm damage and have valued it at 700,000 euros.
Official Almuñécar Phone App
by Louise Powell •
Darío Sanchez from DonkeyBrain Studio, which developes phone apps, has knocked up one for Almuñécar and La Herradura. Read on…
Cine Noir in Salobreña
by Hugh MacArthur •
The 6th edition of the Muestra de Cine Negro y Denuncia Social en Español in Salobreña now has firm dates: from 4th to the 7th of April.
Eels Released in Rio Guadalfeo
by Vivienne Hughes •
Confiscated baby eels from a Guardia Civil operation in Algeciras were given a new home in the Río Guadalfeo at the beginning of March. The stretch of river chosen was the Azud de Vélez; i.e., more or less under Vélez de Benaudalla, which has water all year round, thanks to the ecological discharges from Rules…
Policeman Saves Baby
by Martin Myall •
A Guardia Civil policeman based in Castro del Río (Córdoba) saved the life of a baby who had been choking.
Nerja’s New Medical Centre
by Vivienne Hughes •
Nerja’s new medical-centre project isn’t going anywhere fast, as the Junta de Andalucía still hasn’t moved. Believe it or not, it was 15 years ago that the Town Hall and the Junta signed an agreement for the town to have a new medical centre; i.e., 2003. It was going to cost 2.4m euros and they…