Talking of road related stories… the work continues at the top of Rambla del Espinar, where there have now covered the top of the Rambla with concrete and have even started laying the kerbing stones, which look like they will mark the entrance to the roundabout.
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Peugeot Playa Peril
by David Darby •
A young driver nearly caused a disaster after leaving his car without first applying the handbrake at the Peña Parda end of the bay. It didn’t help that the hapless young chap also left the vehicle in neutral.
A short time after the driver wandered off, the Peugeot 206 started its driverless jaunt down the beach towards the sea.
Hugging Mugging
by David Darby •
Talking of people up to no good, has anyone ever heard the expression ‘hugging mugging’? It was new to me as well, but apparently, a chap catches your eye, then approaches with a big grin and arms open wide, and claims to be a long lost friend. Then, making his apologies for mistaking you for someone else shoots off on a moped. Then you find that you have been relieved of your wallet/purse.
Bogus Gasman
by David Darby •
Beware, the bogus gasman cometh! Seriously, we have had a report that someone has turned up at an elderly resident’s house claiming to be there on behalf of Butano, and that he needed to check the occupants appliances.
Doctor Attack
by David Darby •
A doctor at our local medical centre was punched several times, and his computer screen and keyboard smashed with a hammer by an angry local man on the 1st of July.
La Herradura Fire
by David Darby •
Fire swept through over a hectare of land in the area of La Herradura known as Pago de La Mezquita.
Mayor Found Guilty
by Editor •
Whilst we were still waiting for the verdict of the case against the Mayor, concerning the controversial closing down of the private company that run Almuñécar TV, the Mayor, on
Chiringuito Reprieve
by Editor •
The Chiringuitos can breathe more easily, at last. After two worrying years, and the last few months of cliff-dangling tension, this summer and the next 15 they can get down to doing business without having an
Raging Council Meeting
by Editor •
On the 20th of June, the Town Hall announced that it would put forward a motion in the council meeting that same week for the town to assume the costs of finishing off the two ‘paralyzed’ underground projects, which have amputated the town’s two extremities
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Accident on the N-340
by Editor •
There was quite a nasty accident on the N-340, just past Taramay, in the Salobreña direction. A bloody great tanker lorry came hurtling round one of those tight bends between Urbanización Alfamar and the new Taramay roundabout and ploughed into a mini bus, as