Semana Santa Salobreña

The Town Hall has limited itself to scanning a brochure and emailing it to us – life would have been a lot easier if they had sent us a text document, as Almuñécar did. Anyway, we’re completely bogged down trying to get the April hard copy out so there is no time to type it…

March Events

Don’t miss the upcoming art exhibition by artist Anna DiGesu, Life in Color: (La Vida en Color). Where and when: Centro Cívico, La Herradura, Friday, March 26th – Saturday, April 3rd. Hours: 11:00 – 13:30 & 18:00 – 20:00.

What to Do…

Although it’s definitely not a nice subject, we have to face the reality that one day we might be confronted with the death of one of our relatives.

Why Hope Matters

Most of us see hope as something that gets us through difficult times but psychologists are discovering that in fact it can help us succeed in our everyday life. And we can learn how to cultivate it!

Olympic Insider

Unless you watch no TV whatsoever, you can’t miss the coverage of the Winter Olympics taking place in Vancouver as I write this.

Mobil Vet Visits

Had an e-mail re last months column, no not with regard to caterpillar cruelty but pointing out that if one were to enter a pine forest full of dry tinder, throw petrol around willy nilly, then set it alight, it could cause a horrendous fire!

Pensioners Perish I

British pensioners, Christopher and Christine Martin, met a tragic end when the living room ceiling fell on them as they sat on a sofa at their friends’ cortijo in the Alpujarra village of Rubite.

Pensioners Perish II

We have all been witness to the very uncharacteristic rainfall this winter, which has been with us since the 18th of December on an off – more often ‘on’ than ‘off’. Whilst roads have subsided, houses flooded and crops ruined, up to the last week of February, there had been no fatalities in our neck of the woods. That all changed up in the tiny Alpujarreño village of Rubite on the Monday the 22nd February.

Paraglider Ditches Off Taramay

Have you ever watched the hang gliders and paragliders flying over the beach and wondered how they are not blown out to sea? Well, it does happen, as was the case of a female paraglider pilot, who had to be rescued by the Guardia Civil coastguards.