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Dry Marina for Salobreña
by Louise Powell •
In coordination with the Club Náutico, plans are already well underway to install a dry marina near the Río Guadalfeo
Lookouts in Salobreña
by Louise Powell •
Salobreña has started plotting ways to take advantage of the, soon to be, reduced traffic on the old N-340.
Connected, At Last?
by Editor •
Yes, we’ve all heard it before – several times, but the latest word from the sources within the construction company is that the autovía will reach Almuñécar’s Taramay during this month, or by the beginning of the next by the latest. “A question of weeks,” they said, on the 20th of April.
Barbero Killer Sentenced
by David Darby •
At a court in Granada, the killer of Daniel Barbero was sentenced to ten years in prison. However, he and six other defendants were acquitted of forming a drug trafficking gang.
La Herradura Tragedy
by David Darby •
An incident unfolded on Thursday 23rd April while Alicia, a 35-year-old local woman was working at her cleaning job in the offices of Centro Jate de La Herradura, (underneath the Municipal Market).
The English Library in La Herradura
by David Darby •
The wonderful volunteers at The English Library in La Herradura are still looking for new members. These guys have fought tooth and nail to keep the library going, and all in the face of bureaucratic adversity, the like of which is normally encountered only by a British MP trying to sort out his expenses.
Anacondas R Us
by David Darby •
A local La Herradura resident decided it would be really good fun to have a huge snake (don’t we all!). So I’m presuming he contacted someone like ‘Anacondas R Us’ in Barcelona and within a few days he received his snake in the post.
Pedestrians Only… At Last
by Louise Powell •
Now, we couldn’t let a month go by without a roadwork tale or two, not when the Spanish are so fond of their diggers. This time however it’s by popular demand and the residents of La Guardia are actually happy to see work begin on turning the area into a pedestrian one.
El Cerval Bajo and El Cerval Alto
by Editor •
It’s funny how you can live here for a score or more years and still find somewhere new just seven kilometres behind La Herradura. I’m talking about los Cervales, which is a small cortijada (hamlet) – two really, because you have El Cerval Bajo and El Cerval Alto. It wasn’t that long ago that the hamlet had no paved thoroughfare, no electricity and certainly no telephones.