May 2013 - Costa Calida Chronicle
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<strong>Costa</strong><br />
The Longest Established<br />
FREE Magazine<br />
in Murcia<br />
Cálida<br />
<strong>Chronicle</strong><br />
www.costacalidachronicle.com<br />
Date: <strong>May</strong> <strong>2013</strong> Issue: 6 Volume: XIII
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SPECIAL PAGES<br />
Mar Menor 74-80<br />
Mazarrón 16-23<br />
Northwest Murcia 40-43<br />
Sport 96-101<br />
What’s On 89-94<br />
ADVERTORIAL<br />
Corral & Alcaraz 66<br />
Energy Efficiency 26<br />
Ibex 6<br />
Just Fabulous 62<br />
Linea Directa 12<br />
The Blues House 14<br />
UK Tax Refund 58<br />
CHARITIES<br />
ACTIN 84<br />
Age Concern 26<br />
Andrea’s Charity 48<br />
Easy Horse Care 77<br />
GO maD 49<br />
HELP Mar Menor 76<br />
Helping Hands 24<br />
John Kemp 55<br />
JJ Puppies 30<br />
Lions of Mazarrón 56<br />
MABS Mar Menor 74<br />
MABS Mazarrón 18<br />
MABS Northwest 43<br />
MAMAS 60<br />
MARA 40<br />
Noah’s ARC 64<br />
PALS 44<br />
Pets In Spain 46<br />
CHILDREN<br />
Chatterbox 68<br />
EDUCATION<br />
Jane Cronin’s Spanish 79<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Classic Artistes 34<br />
Cloud Nine 58<br />
Country Music Nights 23<br />
Flamenco for All 78<br />
Harlequin Rock Choir 16<br />
Spangles 75&80<br />
FOOD & DRINK<br />
Food for Thought 36<br />
Herb of the Month 60<br />
Ma Millbank 10<br />
Menu del Dia 88<br />
GROUPS<br />
Darwinians 70<br />
Evolutionists 6<br />
HAH 79<br />
Hondon Valley RBL 76<br />
Ladies’ Chatterbox 23<br />
Los Palacios 19<br />
Sector C Greenfingers 22<br />
Welcome 38<br />
HEALTH<br />
FAST 22<br />
Red Cross Day 56<br />
Sacred Hearts 55<br />
INFORMATION<br />
Advertiser’s Directory 104/105<br />
Ask Jennifer 68<br />
Business News 106<br />
Camposol Fiesta 16<br />
Camposolers 18<br />
Caravaca Wine Horses 42<br />
Charities etc 54<br />
Classified Ads 102<br />
CRA 19<br />
Dates to Remember 84<br />
Dear Editor 62<br />
Early Childhood Centre 79<br />
IFEPA 80<br />
Life in Spain 38<br />
Mazarrón News 20/21<br />
Missing Man 24<br />
Murcia News 52<br />
Northwest Murcia 43<br />
Spanish News 28<br />
Teresa’s Travels 46<br />
LEISURE<br />
Author Review 82<br />
Gardening News 8<br />
Hiking in Moratalla 41<br />
Island Tabarca 95<br />
NEST 86<br />
Puzzle Page 72<br />
Puzzle Solutions 102<br />
TV News 44<br />
WARM 41<br />
PROPERTY<br />
Housing Update 103<br />
RELIGION<br />
Beacon of Light 48<br />
Mass in English 70<br />
Olive Branch 30<br />
Open Door 86<br />
St Nicholas Church 32<br />
Welcome House 40<br />
Wellspring Victory Church 50<br />
SPORT<br />
Badminton 97<br />
Camposol Golf 99<br />
Fuente Old Guard 98<br />
Golf Tips 100<br />
Liga Local 96<br />
Los Amigos Mazarrón 101<br />
RC Sailing 96<br />
SAMM 98<br />
Supermoto 100<br />
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With summer hopefully on its way and<br />
no doubt lots of visitors, we thought it a<br />
good idea to see what was on offer in the<br />
area regarding eating out economically.<br />
We hope that you like our article and list<br />
of all our customers who offer a Menu<br />
del Dia on page 88. We now have over<br />
30 bars and restaurants in our Business<br />
Directory, which means that you have<br />
an amazing choice for not only a Menu<br />
del Dia, but also fantastic menus with<br />
or without entertainment. The Menu del<br />
Dias vary in price and choice, but there<br />
should be something to suit all tastes<br />
and budgets. Please support your local<br />
restaurants; they will always be pleased<br />
to see you.<br />
We would like to welcome the<br />
following new advertisers:<br />
Restaurante Le Carrousel<br />
The Voice Kaylou<br />
The Blues House American Grill<br />
B & H Soluciones Integrales<br />
Restaurante La Chara<br />
Dolphin Pools<br />
Pampered Paws<br />
Protech Surveillance & Security<br />
Restaurant Ratatouille<br />
The Old Market Tavern<br />
Welcome Back to:<br />
Another World Properties<br />
UK Supplies Direct<br />
Angels Instead<br />
The Vista Bar<br />
Following a serious robbery at the<br />
Garden Centre 2003 during April,<br />
Pedro and Juani would like to thank all<br />
the Camposol Residents for their concern<br />
and support in the weeks following this<br />
dreadful event. Many residents went out<br />
of their way to ensure that every penny<br />
spare they had was spent at the Garden<br />
Centre. Pedro and Juani are very keen<br />
supporters of all the gardening groups on<br />
Camposol and are very grateful for the<br />
kind comments and support they have<br />
been shown.<br />
The timing of this robbery coincided<br />
with both our palm trees contracting the<br />
dreaded palm weevil bug. Pedro and his<br />
colleague expertly removed them which<br />
was fascinating to watch as they had to<br />
use a “grua” to get them out. By law,<br />
these palms must be disposed of via<br />
incineration in Cartagena. There was a<br />
terrible smell, and a lot of liquid poured<br />
out of the trunks, but they did a very<br />
professional and tidy job!<br />
(Teresa Hicks)<br />
With more flights starting again to and<br />
from San Javier, hopefully business<br />
will pick up over the next few weeks,<br />
especially for those in Los Alcazares<br />
and the Mar Menor. We look forward to<br />
the good weather so that you and your<br />
visitors can explore the wonderful part of<br />
Spain in which we live.<br />
From all at<br />
the <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />
DISCLAIMER<br />
Whilst the CCC are happy to accept monthly reports from the various organizations in the area, the articles printed are not necessarily the<br />
opinions of the editor or publisher and the contents should be viewed as a guideline only. Professional advice should be sought to cover any<br />
information printed therein. Advertisements and reports are not formally endorsed by the CCC. We cannot accept responsibility for advertisers’<br />
works, service or goods. The publishers endeavour to ensure the contents are correct, but cannot accept responsibility for the effects of<br />
errors or omissions.<br />
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On Saturday 16 March a group of 19 walkers<br />
from the Evolutionists made the rocky<br />
ascent of the Aguilon Mountains from the<br />
Pulpi side. This was a steep, sometimes<br />
tricky climb, but was rewarded at the top<br />
by spectacular sea and “campo” views.<br />
A convivial and noisy lunch at the Avenida<br />
Restaurant on Mazarrón Paseo was most<br />
welcome and enriched by the multi-national<br />
nature of the group which included,<br />
Welsh (oh the rugby, the rugby!), Scots,<br />
Irish, English, Americans and Dutch walkers<br />
plus at lunch a Finn.<br />
We are an English-speaking humanist<br />
group and welcome new members<br />
to any and all of our activities. We do<br />
not seek to change anyone’s viewpoint<br />
or have a political agenda but simply<br />
hope to enjoy each others company.<br />
Contact me, Richard Ward, at<br />
taperleg@hotmail.com for details of upcoming<br />
activities.<br />
Ibex Insurance, Making Life Easier...<br />
Insurance is one of those things in life that<br />
we can’t avoid; simple as that. Taking out<br />
your Insurance with the right company is<br />
also very important and despite the current<br />
economic crisis, the lowest price does not<br />
necessarily mean good value in the long<br />
term and should an accident happen it’s no<br />
good having cover which does not have the<br />
level of service and support which you require<br />
to back it up when it comes to making<br />
or settling a claim.<br />
Underwritten by Lloyds of London, Ibex Insurance<br />
Services Ltd began operations in<br />
the year 2000, with its head office based in<br />
Gibraltar and 14 branches located in Spain<br />
and Portugal, as well as many more agents<br />
and brokers also offering our products.<br />
Ibex Insurance continues to grow from<br />
strength to strength.<br />
At the Ibex Insurance office in Mazarrón,<br />
both Kelly and Alan are on hand to advise<br />
you on which is the best policy for you, be it<br />
motor, home, medical, travel, pet, marine,<br />
business or a funeral plan.<br />
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Kelly is from North Wales, but grew up in<br />
the UAE capital Abu Dhabi before moving<br />
back to Wales to study business and travel.<br />
She moved to Spain in 2000 with her family.<br />
Kelly has been working with Ibex Insurance<br />
indirectly since 2004 and directly at<br />
our Mazarrón office since 2010. Kelly offers<br />
almost 10 years of expat Insurance experience<br />
in Spain and is registered with the<br />
CII (Chartered Insurance Institute) and last<br />
year passed the first of a series of exams<br />
that will see her personally qualify as an Insurance<br />
Broker.<br />
Alan hails from West Sussex and has recently<br />
joined the Ibex Insurance Mazarrón<br />
team. He moved to Spain 13 years ago,<br />
where he was an estate agent for 7 years.<br />
He moved on to work in sales, travelling up<br />
and down the <strong>Costa</strong>s and his expertise lies<br />
within funeral plans and the workings of<br />
such procedures when it comes to funeral<br />
handling in Spain. He is married to a Spanish<br />
national so his Spanish is excellent.<br />
The Ibex Insurance Mazarrón well located<br />
office is open from 10am-6pm Monday to<br />
Friday. All our policies are written in English<br />
and we can cover both Spanish and UK<br />
registered cars.<br />
For more information call our Ibex Insurance<br />
Services Mazarrón Office on 968<br />
595 945 or email<br />
mazarron@ibexinsure.com.<br />
See our advert on page 3<br />
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Orphaned Puppies and Kittens<br />
It is very common to find puppies and kittens<br />
without their mothers here in Spain and it is<br />
very hard for the person who will become the<br />
“adopting mother” to act correctly, especially<br />
if the animal is only hours or days old.<br />
The puppy’s mother does some basic functions<br />
that are very important in the first days<br />
of life, like giving food, balancing the environmental<br />
factors and making eliminations<br />
easier, as well as socializing and educating<br />
labours that are very important in the third or<br />
fourth weeks onwards.<br />
The period of obligatory nursery lasts 30<br />
days, until the puppy is able to eat solid food.<br />
A new-born dog or cat can take milk about<br />
20/25 times per day. It is recommended they<br />
take some every 3 hours for the first two or<br />
three days, and then, every 4 or 6 hours, depending<br />
on how it is growing and until it is<br />
able to eat solid food alone from a dish. This<br />
usually happens between 15 and 20 days of<br />
life. If feeding the puppy or kitten manually,<br />
it is recommended to use bottles with the size<br />
of the teat adapted to the size of the animal<br />
and with very small holes. Generally, it is better<br />
to give commercial milk to dogs. We have<br />
to bear in mind that dog and cat’s milk has<br />
more protein, grass, calcium, phosphor and<br />
iron than cow’s milk, so if we choose a formula<br />
made at home, we must give cow’s milk<br />
plus one yoke of egg per each quarter of litre,<br />
and add some vitamins.<br />
It is essential to keep the conditions of temperature<br />
and humidity for the puppy as close<br />
as possible to what the mother does with her<br />
own body, especially during the first days,<br />
keeping to 25-27º and 50-60% humidity. We<br />
also should put the puppy face up and pass a<br />
wet cloth 3-5 times per day over the anal and<br />
genital area in order to make urination and<br />
defaecation easier, in the same way as their<br />
mother would clean it.<br />
Finally, if the puppy or kitten does not have<br />
any brothers or sisters around it, and has a<br />
lack of social contact, it should be touched<br />
and cuddled by different people as much as<br />
possible in order to help its socialization.<br />
Many baby animals can be reared quite successfully<br />
in this way, but it is a lot of satisfyingly<br />
hard work.<br />
Undoubtedly, food is the most important<br />
thing. Nursing is divided into two periods: the<br />
first one that lasts one or two days, and the<br />
obligatory nursing that lasts about 30 days.<br />
The first milk produced by dogs and cats is<br />
denser and more yellow than the usual milk<br />
and is segregated during the first two or three<br />
days. It contains a great amount of anti-bodies<br />
which will give passive immunity to the<br />
baby and will protect it against many infections<br />
for the first two or three months of its<br />
life. After this time, the puppy or kitten will<br />
be able to develop actively its own defences<br />
against infections. In cats, this first milk<br />
can be substituted for any other in lactation.<br />
Cat’s milk has a good number of anti-bodies<br />
during all the lactation, however dogs need<br />
this first milk, and this is not always possible<br />
in Spain, because it is not sold here, although<br />
it is in other countries. However, this first milk<br />
may be substituted for serum obtained from<br />
the blood of a healthy dog.<br />
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in Spain for 25 years.<br />
Starting<br />
Your New<br />
Garden or<br />
Modifying<br />
an Old One<br />
by Clodagh<br />
and Dick<br />
Handscombe,<br />
holistic gardeners<br />
and<br />
authors living<br />
Most expatriates buy properties in Spain with<br />
a very different lifestyle in mind from the one<br />
they experienced previously. They envisage a<br />
more open-air lifestyle to make the most of<br />
the generally dry warm and healthy climate.<br />
However, this is only possible if the garden<br />
is designed and constructed to support this.<br />
For instance:<br />
* The provision of shade from the hottest<br />
suns and shelter from the coldest<br />
winds show the extreme temperatures<br />
are very different from the average<br />
temperatures often quoted by tourist<br />
boards, estate agents and persons attempting<br />
to sell their house privately.<br />
* The provision of good sized covered<br />
and open terraces for when the family<br />
or friends visit for meals or to partake<br />
in hobby activities or games.<br />
* An interesting network of paths that<br />
do not turn boggy after monsoon-like<br />
rainfalls.<br />
* Colourful perfumed and productive<br />
plants with minimum monthly maintenance<br />
needs, especially if you plan<br />
a busy working or social life.<br />
* Safe for both young and elderly.<br />
* A swimming pool located and surrounded<br />
by a low-leaf drop mini garden<br />
so that it is not the dominating<br />
feature of the garden.<br />
* Cooking features beyond a barbecue<br />
so that al fresco meals can be organised<br />
daily in good weather without the<br />
style of eating becoming boring.<br />
* A collection of fruit trees and facilities<br />
to grow at least a few ecological fruit<br />
and vegetables.<br />
* Thick boundary hedges for privacy<br />
and hideaways for nesting birds.<br />
* Trees that not only provide shade,<br />
but also hide surrounding houses and<br />
possibly local eyesores.<br />
* A challenge for the dedicated<br />
gardener/s in the family.<br />
* A garden that looks great from wherever<br />
one stands or sits at all times of<br />
the year, for with an outdoor lifestyle<br />
you will live within it and not just view<br />
it through rain splashed windows as<br />
so often happens in northern Europe.<br />
* Hideaways for peaceful reads and siestas.<br />
* Areas for children and grandchildren<br />
to play safely without constant supervision.<br />
* Matches all aspects of the lifestyle<br />
that you foresee in both the short and<br />
longer term. The latter is very important<br />
if you are to be happy with your<br />
purchase.<br />
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When we wrote the first edition of our practical<br />
and comprehensive book ‘Your Garden<br />
in Spain’, the subtitle was ‘Practical ideas<br />
for gardens that suit your Spanish lifestyle’.<br />
Some years later, our publisher Santana<br />
Books asked us to split the book into<br />
four in order to expand the chapters on growing<br />
fruit and vegetables and the development<br />
of gardens on apartment terraces and<br />
balconies. To differentiate the new edition of<br />
‘Your Garden in Spain’, the subtitle of the<br />
new one, but an essential chapter in both is<br />
Chapter 2.1 ‘Design the garden to match<br />
your lifestyle’, which includes an easy to follow<br />
self questionnaire to help you clarify your<br />
lifestyle needs. We suggest that anyone who<br />
asks for assistance or coaching in designing<br />
or redesigning their gardens to first read the<br />
book and then complete the questionnaire.<br />
Do so yourself before investing another euro<br />
in the garden.<br />
Our books<br />
can be obtained<br />
from<br />
high street<br />
and internet<br />
bookshops<br />
including<br />
Amazon, The<br />
London Book<br />
Depository,<br />
Bookworld<br />
and our publisher<br />
Santana<br />
Books.<br />
If you are<br />
retiring to<br />
Spain, a recent<br />
booklet<br />
published by Amazon Kindle ‘Your Practical<br />
Guide To Having A Great Retirement’<br />
could also be useful. If you are interested in<br />
a hard copy as a retirement present contact<br />
us via our website www.gardenspain.com.<br />
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Apparently it is Doughnut Week in the UK<br />
from 11 th to 18 th <strong>May</strong>, so I was asked to<br />
do some recipes! I tried to find the easiest<br />
recipe for my readers, but they are all<br />
quiet involved. Still, whether you fill your<br />
doughnuts with jam, pour icing on the top,<br />
or just cover them in sugar, they are certainly<br />
worth the struggle. I like the Spanish<br />
doughnuts, Churros and dipping them in<br />
chocolate is my favourite treat. Of course,<br />
I couldn’t make doughnuts for my diabetic<br />
husband, so I have added some pancake<br />
ideas for those people who can’t have sugar!<br />
He loves the apple pancakes which I do<br />
without any sugar and use artificial sweetener<br />
instead.<br />
Buen Apetito<br />
Doughnuts<br />
3 (7g) packets yeast (21g total)<br />
120ml water (105-115F / 40-46C)<br />
530ml milk, scalded, then cooled<br />
170g sugar<br />
1 1/2 teaspoons salt<br />
3 eggs<br />
113g shortening<br />
940g all-purpose flour<br />
Oil for frying<br />
Glaze<br />
115g butter<br />
375g powdered sugar<br />
2 1/4 teaspoons vanilla<br />
90-135ml evaporated milk (can substitute<br />
regular milk or water for milder flavour)<br />
Make the dough<br />
Coat a large bowl with oil and set aside.<br />
Gently warm 1/2 cup milk and oil in a small<br />
saucepan. Combine the water and yeast<br />
in a large bowl, stir to dissolve, and sprinkle<br />
with 1/4 teaspoon sugar. Let stand for<br />
5 minutes. Add the warm milk and oil to<br />
the yeast mixture and stir to combine. Add<br />
the remaining sugar, eggs and salt. Stir<br />
to combine. Add the flour gradually. Transfer<br />
the dough to a lightly floured surface<br />
and knead until smooth. Place it in the prepared<br />
bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and<br />
set aside in a warm, draft-free place until<br />
doubled in volume — about 2 hours. Punch<br />
dough down, re-cover the bowl with plastic<br />
wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 or<br />
up to 12 hours. Turn the dough out onto<br />
a generously floured work surface. Lightly<br />
flour the dough and roll it out to about<br />
3/4 inch thick. Cut doughnuts out using a<br />
3-inch doughnut cutter and transfer them<br />
to a baking sheet. Chill for 30 minutes.<br />
Heat about 4 inches of vegetable oil in a<br />
large deep pan, medium-high heat. Fry the<br />
doughnuts until golden — about 2 minutes<br />
per side. Remove doughnuts and drain on<br />
paper towels. Repeat.<br />
Make the Glaze<br />
Cream the butter and combine the remaining<br />
milk, vanilla essence and powdered<br />
sugar in a small bowl and stir until smooth.<br />
While doughnuts are still hot, dip them in<br />
the glaze and transfer to a wire rack until<br />
glaze is set and doughnuts are cool. Serve<br />
immediately.<br />
Basic Recipe for Pancakes<br />
1 egg<br />
300ml milk<br />
100g plain flour<br />
Pinch of salt<br />
Cooking oil or Butter<br />
Combine the flour and salt in a bowl and<br />
make a well in the middle. Add the egg.<br />
Whisk or stir well whilst adding the milk a<br />
little at a time. Mix until there are no lumps.<br />
The mixture can be stored in a fridge for up<br />
to six hours. Heat a small amount of oil in<br />
a suitable pan, ensuring it covers the entire<br />
pan. Pour the mixture into the pan and<br />
quickly move it around so it spreads evenly.<br />
Once one side is cooked toss the pancake<br />
and cook the other. To tell if the pancake is<br />
cooked look for small bubbles forming on<br />
the side. Serve with lemon and sugar, jam,<br />
maple syrup, honey, chocolate spread or<br />
your favourite topping.<br />
Banana and Toffee Pancakes<br />
Batter as above<br />
250g butter toffee<br />
3 tbsp milk<br />
6-8 ripe ripe bananas sliced (one per person)<br />
Make the batter as above and then leave to<br />
stand for half an hour. Put the broken toffee<br />
and the milk in a heavy saucepan. Stir<br />
constantly over a low heat until the toffee<br />
has melted and the sauce is smooth. Fry<br />
the pancakes and stack up them and keep<br />
them warm while you cook the rest. Place<br />
slices of banana down the middle of the<br />
pancake and pour over generous amounts<br />
of toffee sauce. Fold over each side of the<br />
pancake into the middle. Stack up or lay<br />
out on a plate and serve with more sauce.<br />
Potato Pancakes<br />
2 large raw potatoes, grated<br />
1 large egg beaten<br />
3 cups of water<br />
2 tbsp milk<br />
1 tbsp lemon juice<br />
Salt<br />
1 cooked potato boiled and mashed<br />
Vegetable oil as needed<br />
Grate raw potatoes into water to which<br />
lemon juice has been added. Place potatoes<br />
in a strainer and drain off liquid. Beat raw<br />
and cooked potatoes with egg, milk and<br />
salt to form a batter. Using the heated oil,<br />
cook 3 to 4 pancakes at a time in a large<br />
frying pan. Brown both sides and drain on<br />
a paper towel.<br />
Apple Pancakes<br />
1 tbsp butter<br />
1 tbsp sugar<br />
2 eggs<br />
1 ½ cups flour<br />
1 tsp baking powder<br />
1 cup apples<br />
Cinnamon<br />
Milk<br />
Cream the butter and sugar. Add the<br />
beaten eggs, the flour, baking powder and<br />
cinnamon. Finely chop the apple and add<br />
to the mixture. Gradually add the milk to<br />
make a medium batter. Cook as for ordinary<br />
pancakes and serve either as savoury<br />
dish or with a main course such as pork<br />
chops. Cooked apple or apple sauce can be<br />
used in the batter in same way.<br />
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www.murciatoday.com<br />
The American Grill, owned by Chris and<br />
Debbie, is open 7 days a week from 9am until<br />
midnight with the last food orders taken at<br />
11pm.<br />
Chris, who is American, has many years of catering<br />
experience both in the US and UK and<br />
with the other members of the Blues House<br />
team produces outstanding food and a great<br />
dining experience.<br />
The Blues House American Bar and Grill<br />
in Bolnuevo opened in March, offering its customers<br />
an authentic American Dining Experience<br />
with great food, true Blues Music, set in<br />
a décor that captures the heart of The Blues!<br />
All this at prices that don’t hurt your wallet.<br />
Why not ease yourself into the day with one<br />
of our American Breakfast Bagels, freshly<br />
squeezed juice and great coffee?<br />
Between 4pm and 6pm we offer a Happy Hour<br />
with a wine or caña for 1€ and a low priced<br />
appetizer Dish of the Day.<br />
At sundown, enjoy one of our American Cocktails<br />
– sip a Margarita, Long Island Iced Tea or<br />
one of our Florida Rum Runners.<br />
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The Blues House American Bar and Grill’s<br />
extensive menu brings American favourites to<br />
Spain. All freshly homemade, you can enjoy<br />
our own tempting Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich,<br />
Taco Salad, Texas Nachos, New York<br />
Chilli Dogs, T Bone Steaks or Buffalo Chicken<br />
Wings. We also offer a selection of delicious<br />
burgers that are all freshly homemade from<br />
100% beef and served with homemade relishes<br />
and accompanied by American fries.<br />
Our house BBQ ribs and chicken will put us on<br />
your favourite list.<br />
Try the Blues House American Bar and<br />
Grill Appetizer Platter Which Has Mini Burgers,<br />
Quesadilla, Loaded Potato Skins and Buffalo<br />
Wings – a taste treat for two to share.<br />
We also offer salads, hot dogs, hogies and a<br />
selection of children’s meals.<br />
The Blues House American Bar and Grill<br />
is a relaxed and fun spot with a lovely sunny<br />
terrace to enjoy a di fferent experience in<br />
the Spanish sunshine and it prides itself on<br />
its mix of great food, great Blues Music and<br />
great customer service. Come and enjoy the<br />
experience.<br />
Blues enthusiasts alert: In the summer, The<br />
Blues House will begin monthly ‘jam’ sessions<br />
for Blues Music enthusiasts.<br />
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This month’s profile – Norma and Owen<br />
Pegram<br />
Norma and Owen Pegram are well loved<br />
members of The Harlequins. They moved<br />
to Spain from Gosport in Hampshire ten<br />
years ago and now reside on Camposol.<br />
They were both teachers, now retired of<br />
course, and are loving every minute of<br />
their life in Spain. Like many of us they<br />
miss their family, but they also miss the<br />
theatre.<br />
With no previous singing experience, they<br />
joined the Harlequin Rock Choir to make<br />
new friends, have a go, and yes, they are<br />
loving it. Norma loves singing so much that<br />
she has also joined the recently formed<br />
Ladies Barbershop Chorus which is also<br />
based on Camposol. They have no intentions<br />
of ‘putting their feet up’, and have<br />
joined an exercise class, paint, read and<br />
play Bridge.<br />
If you would like to give singing with the<br />
Harlequin Rock Choir a try, we meet at<br />
the Culture Centre, Camposol B on Saturday<br />
afternoons from 2pm to 4pm and<br />
Tuesday evenings from 7.30pm to 9pm.<br />
New members are always welcome.<br />
If you would like more information please<br />
contact our Musical Director, Ann Thompson<br />
on 628 149 840<br />
The Choir That Rocks<br />
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Camposol Fiesta <strong>2013</strong> Sponsored by Mercers<br />
The new Fiesta logo was the winning entry in<br />
the childrens› Design the Logo Competition.<br />
The winner is Megan Bailey from Totana.<br />
Nearly There! - Update from the Chair –<br />
Michelle Miles<br />
You have heard the phrase “no news is good<br />
news”….well that is definitely the case. We<br />
may have been a little quiet over the last few<br />
months, but believe me, plenty has been<br />
happening behind the scenes in the countdown<br />
to the big day.<br />
The Committee took a decision some time<br />
ago to cancel the usual fund raising social<br />
events and to raise funds through sponsorship<br />
and raffles. It was a big decision, but<br />
with so many worthwhile charities in the<br />
area staging events we feel it was the right<br />
decision given the current economic climate.<br />
However, we did feel that we wanted to do at<br />
least one event before the Fiesta and have<br />
teamed up with MABS Mazarron to stage a<br />
Grand Charity Spring Ball on Friday 24 th <strong>May</strong>.<br />
It will be hosted by The Club House Camposol<br />
and will be a night of “Glitz and Glamour”.<br />
There will be a fabulous hot and cold<br />
buffet and entertainment from Martin Ross,<br />
Michelle and a Table Magician. There will<br />
also be a free taxi service across Camposol.<br />
The Grand Raffle Prize this year is a Dream<br />
Holiday to the value of 5000 Euro!!! We will<br />
only sell a maximum of 750 tickets and the<br />
lucky winner will be able to select the holiday<br />
of their choice whether that is a Caribbean<br />
Cruise, flights to visit relatives in New<br />
Zealand, a ski holiday or something closer to<br />
home. There will also be several runner-up<br />
prizes, all of which will be drawn on the day<br />
of the Fiesta.<br />
Once again the Fiesta will be compered by<br />
the one and only Byron. The show starts<br />
at around 6pm on Friday 14 th June with a<br />
“Tribute to the Musical Greats of our Time”;<br />
a night of music and dance to suit all ages.<br />
Saturday will be the “Fiesta Fun Day”. Starting<br />
at around 10am there will be a constant<br />
stream of non-stop activities and entertainment<br />
until midnight. The Fiesta will finish<br />
with the usual Grand Firework Finale.<br />
The fun-packed programme is now complete,<br />
but we are keeping it under wraps<br />
until nearer the time. The emphasis is on<br />
Community and Family and we have tried to<br />
ensure that there is a good mix of British<br />
and Spanish culture, local talent and a touch<br />
of Celebrity.<br />
Talent Show Sponsor - Miles Better Entertainment<br />
We are even offering the opportunity<br />
for someone to be a Fie-“Star”. We have<br />
launched a talent competition sponsored by<br />
“Miles Better Entertainment” with a minimum<br />
cash prize of 150€. The competition<br />
will take place on the day of the Fiesta and<br />
is open to singers, dancers, musicians and<br />
speciality acts of all ages. There is an entry<br />
fee of 5€ in advance or 10€ on the day, so<br />
get your application form now! Are you hiding<br />
your light or your dancing dog under a<br />
bushel?<br />
All tickets and application forms are available<br />
from Alley Palais, The Club House Camposol<br />
Golf, PALS’ usual outlets, Camposol<br />
Markets and all Committee Members. Alternatively<br />
telephone 0034 634 382 968 or<br />
email michellecmiles@gmail.com or send<br />
a personal message to the Michelle Camposol<br />
Fiesta Facebook Page. Spring Ball Tickets<br />
are also available from MABS Camposol.<br />
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MABS Mazarrón Race Night is a Hit<br />
Close to 90 people attended MABS Cancer<br />
Support Group’s Race Night at The Club<br />
House, Camposol C on Tuesday, 2 April.<br />
MABS Mazarrón was pleased to welcome<br />
their regular supporters and some new faces<br />
at the event.<br />
The night started with a presentation to<br />
Martine Shindler, who single-handedly<br />
raised 1135€<br />
for MABS<br />
Mazarrón<br />
in last year’s<br />
Race for Life,<br />
receiving<br />
loud cheers<br />
and applause<br />
from the audience<br />
for<br />
this awesome<br />
achievement.<br />
Then, the<br />
races began;<br />
slowly at firs t,<br />
but as the<br />
night progressed,<br />
the<br />
atmosphere grew more intense and everyone<br />
got into the racing spirit. A welcome interval<br />
to recharge their glasses also meant that they<br />
could enjoy a light-hearted game of ‘Play Your<br />
Cards Right’ which sadly produced no winners,<br />
but six lucky raffle winners took home<br />
an array of luxury prizes and a further winner<br />
taking home 80€ from the Forecast Trimester<br />
Game. After the interval, the excitement increased,<br />
with the throng growing even louder<br />
as a betting frenzy began with the horses being<br />
auctioned to hopeful owners.<br />
MABS Mazarrón thanks everyone who attended<br />
and all the volunteers who helped in<br />
making the night such a fantastic success,<br />
raising 735€. If you would like to keep upto-date<br />
with events, please visit the website<br />
www.mabsmurcia.com or find them on<br />
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/<br />
mabs.mazarron?ref=ts&fref=ts<br />
MABS Mazarrón is a registered charity (No.<br />
7261) offering help and support to local people<br />
of all nationalities who have been diagnosed<br />
with or are being treated for cancer. If<br />
you or someone you know would like some<br />
confidential help or support call our HEL-<br />
PLINE 620 422 410 or visit their website<br />
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Cancer Doesn’t Discriminate And Neither<br />
Do We.<br />
MABS Helps All Those Affected By Cancer,<br />
Whatever Their Nationality<br />
Photographer: Stan Laird<br />
Camposolers Community Group Website<br />
Camposolers Yahoo is a group website<br />
whose membership is restricted to Home<br />
Owners in the Camposol Urbanisation. It<br />
celebrated its tenth year on 10 th February<br />
<strong>2013</strong>.<br />
Membership of Camposolers includes a<br />
simple click of the mouse for Membership<br />
of its sister site Camposolers 2003 which<br />
provides access to the Camposol Council Office.<br />
If you are a home Owner in Camposol and<br />
wish to be a part of Camposol’s<br />
Community Group please email<br />
reg_rogers@rocketmail.com for an application<br />
to join Camposolers<br />
Owner of Camposolers and Camposolers<br />
2003<br />
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The Los Palacios Garden Group held its<br />
AGM on Wednesday 17 th April, at Mariano’s<br />
Restaurant, Los Palacios. Some of the points<br />
to be discussed were the Registration as a<br />
“Neighbourhood Association” with the title,<br />
Los Palacios Garden and Community<br />
Group. To this aim a new committee was<br />
formally elected. The meeting was well attended.<br />
Well I suppose we should get back to gardening.<br />
The two things you can guarantee will<br />
happen in Spain, the sun will shine and the<br />
weeds will grow. As a gardening group, we<br />
have the equipment; strimmers, back pack<br />
weed sprayers and weed killer, but there is<br />
a definite lack of people to use them. We<br />
are still looking for volunteers to form a weed<br />
eradication group .This will comprise of about<br />
ten people to concentrate on weeds only.<br />
They would be expected to put in only about<br />
3 hours a month; not much to ask for to see<br />
the area looking neat and tidy. If you think<br />
you would like to help, contact me on 646<br />
557 887 or email<br />
volunteers@lospalacios-gardeners.com.<br />
This really is a case of “Many hands make<br />
light work”.<br />
We seem to be mentioning the “Book Shop”<br />
every Month, but they are running a “free”,<br />
yes free raffle. You buy two books and get<br />
one free and because you have three books,<br />
you are entitled to a raffle ticket. The raffle<br />
is drawn on the last Friday of every month<br />
and is valid for one month then a new ticket<br />
is drawn.<br />
I have been approached by people telling me<br />
that they are not physically able to help, or<br />
they don’t live here permanently. You can<br />
still help by making a small donation at the<br />
“Book Shop” on a Friday morning<br />
We would like to thank the Ex-Servicemen’s<br />
Association for their generous donation of<br />
50€. This is greatly appreciated.<br />
Our entertainment section is planning some<br />
very pleasant nights. We hope that the community<br />
will support them.<br />
For more information about the Los Palacios<br />
Garden Group, minutes and future projects,<br />
why not visit our website<br />
lospalacios-gardeners.com.<br />
Edward Roberts<br />
Chairman<br />
Meeting With Town Hall’s Lawyer –<br />
4/4/<strong>2013</strong>.<br />
Jose Navarro, District <strong>May</strong>or of El Saladillo,<br />
accompanied by Bob Owen our Chairman,<br />
met with the council’s lawyer Tomas, who had<br />
offered free advice to the CRA. Tomas said he<br />
could help us with advice, but could not take<br />
action on our behalf.<br />
Tomas went on to say that members should be<br />
cautious in their dealings with Masa. He has<br />
stated that members must be made aware<br />
that although not illegal, it is most unusual for<br />
the same lawyer to act for both Masa and the<br />
client. Members do have a choice on whether<br />
they go with Masa’s lawyer or appoint their<br />
own. He went on to say that you must use<br />
Masa’s lawyer for escrituras, but have a free<br />
choice to use another for the embargo situation.<br />
Bob Owen assured him that was the<br />
advice he had given members from day one.<br />
If Masa refuse to issue an escritura to anyone,<br />
they have a legal right to it and can force<br />
them to comply through legal channels. Tomas<br />
was adamant that Masa must pay their<br />
fines, but this would not hold up division of<br />
plots on the affected poligonos enabling escrituras<br />
to be issued. There is also no connection<br />
between the fine being paid and individual<br />
building licences being issued.<br />
On the question of whether Masa had built<br />
to the original plan parcial in regard to D23<br />
&32, Bob raised the point that Blaya Blaya<br />
had stated that too many properties had been<br />
built on D23, but not enough on D32. Masa<br />
had modified the plans without approval. Tomas<br />
stated that it was now irrelevant as the<br />
plan parcial is going to be amended to show<br />
what is here now. The plan parcial will be<br />
modified in September at the same time as<br />
the Plan General is presented to Murcia, the<br />
Plan General being for all the amendments<br />
and modifications for the whole municipality<br />
of Mazarrón.<br />
Approval of the Plan General by Murcia can<br />
take up to 2 years and will include the system<br />
of management for Camposol, whether<br />
it is by the residents or the council. Once this<br />
is approved, Certificates of Habitation can be<br />
issued and the final completion of Camposol<br />
can take place. Tomas went on to say that<br />
previous promises made by individual councillors<br />
were made on the assumption of complete<br />
co-operation from Masa which had not<br />
been forthcoming.<br />
The subject of extensions/pools/ wall extensions<br />
was raised as licences have not been<br />
issued for some considerable time. Tomas<br />
has stated that if you can prove the works<br />
were carried out more than 4 years ago, the<br />
council will approve them and not fine the<br />
individual. Works carried out in the last 4<br />
years will require licences and providing the<br />
extensions do not exceed 5% of the plot size,<br />
these should be approved. As an example, on<br />
a 400sqmtr plot, any extension must not exceed<br />
20sqmtrs.<br />
Touristico properties were discussed, but at<br />
present the council are not in a position to<br />
make a decision on them. It may be possible<br />
to allocate the touristico quota to unbuilt<br />
poligonos, but no decision has been reached<br />
yet. Technically you should apply for a licence<br />
to operate a business at the address, but Tomas’s<br />
view is that it is extremely unlikely anyone<br />
would do anything about it. Tomas was<br />
also of the view that there could be a case of<br />
fraud against the selling agent. There are no<br />
grounds for a case against Masa as they had<br />
listed all these properties correctly as touristico<br />
on the plans.<br />
All in all a good meeting with the lawyer who<br />
has explained everything quite clearly and<br />
cleared up some mis-conceptions.<br />
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Semana Santa in Mazarrón<br />
According to data from the Tourism Hall of<br />
Mazarrón, hotel occupancy reached 100%<br />
from 28th to 31 st March in the coastal areas.<br />
The Murcia region escaped some of<br />
the bad weather and Mazarrón enjoyed<br />
a pleasant few days. Puerto de Mazarrón<br />
noted a significant increase in tourists during<br />
these days, both for the hotels and by<br />
the arrival of those with second homes<br />
who came to their Mazarrón residence for<br />
a few days of rest.<br />
Semana Santa de Mazarrón to the sound<br />
of drums. The “Quinteto Almazarrón” preceded<br />
the image of Cristo Crucificado.<br />
In the chair was the <strong>May</strong>or of Mazarrón,<br />
Ginés Campillo, who was accompanied by<br />
Councilors Andres Valera and Juan Miguel<br />
Muñoz, and Queen of the festivity, Ana Cristina<br />
Hernández. Also in the parade was the<br />
curate of the Parish of San Andres Apostle<br />
and San Antonio de Padua, José Carlos<br />
González, President of the Cabildo y de la<br />
Cofradía de la Soledad, Cecilia Morales,<br />
and representatives of the guilds Santo<br />
Sepulcro, Magdalena Campillo; Nuestro<br />
Padre Jesús Nazareno, Tomás Zamora; and<br />
San Juan, Andrés Navarro.The procession<br />
ended at the Centre of Mazarron.<br />
charitable causes.<br />
The following day the Holy Burial parade<br />
filled the central streets of the port and<br />
received a warm welcome by locals and<br />
tourists. The parade was started by the<br />
Brotherhood of San Pedro and as a sign of<br />
respect for the death of Jesus, the image<br />
of the apostle was dressed in black with a<br />
black velvet cape embroidered in gold on<br />
his white robe.<br />
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28 March saw the De Las Promesas procession<br />
with the Cofradía de la Virgen de<br />
La Soledad which once again took place<br />
around the streets of Mazarrón. The parade<br />
was opened by the Cruz Guia from<br />
the nursing home “La Purisima” and was<br />
followed by the banners of the Virgen de<br />
la Soledad y del Cabildo de Cofradías de<br />
A large number of residents and tourists<br />
witnessed the procession of Nuestro Padre<br />
Jesús Nazareno, leaving from the Church of<br />
San José in Puerto de Mazarrón. A pleasant<br />
evening took the march through the main<br />
streets of the seaside town. Among them<br />
were a large number of “manolas” which<br />
this year accompanied several floats.<br />
Opening the procession was a Band of Bugles<br />
and Drums of Puerto de Mazarrón, followed<br />
by the Cofradía de San Pedro whose<br />
members marched with red hoods, capes<br />
and white robes. The throne with the image<br />
of San Pedro this year was decorated<br />
with fishing nets, and the money that<br />
would normally be spent on flowers for the<br />
throne was donated by the Brotherhood to<br />
Also during the Easter weekend, the Paseo<br />
and beach of Puerto de Mazarrón and the<br />
go-kart track next to La Piramide, hosted<br />
the Ist Juegos Juveniles de la Bahía de<br />
Mazarrón organized by the Department of<br />
Youth from Mazarrón Town Hall and Siroco<br />
Aventuras through the programme “Jovenarea”.<br />
Dozens of children, youth and adults<br />
enjoyed the activities that were a huge<br />
success and the Councilor of Youth, Andres<br />
Valera presented the trophies and medals.<br />
Participants enjoyed a beach soccer tournament,<br />
a bicycle competition, a climbing<br />
competition, a tennis tournament, a tournament<br />
of karts and a photography competition.<br />
The gym “Bahia Sur” organized classes<br />
that were enjoyed by both young and old.<br />
The <strong>May</strong>or of Mazarrón, Ginés Campillo,<br />
said “These games, as with the annual<br />
activity programme designed from the<br />
council, are responding to the youth of<br />
Mazarrón. We will continue organizing<br />
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activities and programmes of this type for<br />
our youth to invest their free time in a safe<br />
and healthy way.”<br />
World Water Day<br />
On Friday March 22 to celebrate World<br />
Water Day, the Secondary School “Felipe<br />
II” carried out a solidarity march called the<br />
“Gotas por Níger”. The institute collaborated<br />
with the “UNICEF” campaign entitled “Water<br />
leads to School”. The objective of this<br />
campaign was that in Niger, one of the countries<br />
with the worst indicators in education<br />
is to help children have access to school.<br />
and teachers and Mazarrón Town Council<br />
and local police.<br />
Tree Planting<br />
On 21 March the Centre for Infant and<br />
Primary Education “Infanta Leonor” of<br />
Mazarrón for Dia de Arbor, with the<br />
planting of a tree in the Centre’s facilities.<br />
The children conducted their tree planting<br />
with reading a poem. The event included<br />
the planting of pine trees donated by the<br />
Department of Environment of the City of<br />
Mazarrón and the children reflected on the<br />
ten reasons and benefits of planting trees.<br />
Carles Cano, who has over 50 publications<br />
for Infant and Primary students, captivated<br />
students telling stories in order to<br />
encourage them to read and discover the<br />
rich world of fantasy or reality that is in<br />
the books. He also responded to questions<br />
from the students who wanted to<br />
know everything from his favourite book<br />
to at what age he thinks one should retire.<br />
There were certainly some funny moments.<br />
Carles Cano is an author of children’s literature<br />
as well as a well-known storyteller.<br />
In 1994 he received the “Premio Lazarillo”<br />
of creative writing for the play “Te pillé,<br />
Caperucita”. Although his work has various<br />
degrees of complexity, sometimes his<br />
prosé tends to be experimental, with great<br />
presence of puns. It has also created fictional<br />
universes full of strange creatures,<br />
born of pure linguistic ability.<br />
Lack of water and sanitation facilities has<br />
much to do with the early dropouts, especially<br />
in girls. Access to water favours education,<br />
prevents truancy and 600,000 girls<br />
and 400,000 boys are deprived of their<br />
right to education. Something as simple as<br />
a toilet protected with a door for dignity<br />
and providing hygiene and protection from<br />
prying eyes is a luxury and the possibility<br />
of having access to clean, safe water for<br />
consumption, is still a distant dream. The<br />
I.E.S. “Felipe II”, has worked for the rights<br />
of the children and this culminated in the organization<br />
of the solidarity march in which<br />
participants contributed 1€ or more. At<br />
11am the youngsters of the institute began<br />
walking up the streets of Mazarrón, escorted<br />
by the local police. The school stopped<br />
at the Town Hall to receive greetings from<br />
<strong>May</strong>or of Mazarrón, Ginés Campillo, Councilor<br />
for Education, Mary Celeste Soria, and<br />
the <strong>May</strong>ors of local police and youth, and<br />
Isidro Coy Isidro and Andres Valera. Finally,<br />
the march returned back to the school.<br />
400€ was raised to go through UNICEF. A<br />
spokesman from I.E.S. “Felipe II” thanked<br />
all who contributed, including the students<br />
The director of C.E.I.P. “Infanta Leonor”,<br />
Antonio Gallego said “This activity<br />
is giving us a very important natural<br />
heritage at school and we have just<br />
over 100 trees now in the school. “<br />
Linda Scott, a Professor of Horticulture<br />
at the University of Seattle in the United<br />
Kingdom, gave a talk to pupils in Primary 4<br />
in English about the importance of trees in<br />
our lives. Undoubtedly, it was a full day of<br />
activities that are “highly symbolic”.<br />
Carles Cano Peiro<br />
The Valencian writer Carles Cano Peiro<br />
held meetings with pupils from Primary<br />
6 of several schools on 21 March. Councillor<br />
for Education, Mary Celeste Soria,<br />
commented “These meetings encourage<br />
the reading habit among students<br />
of the municipality, and more activities<br />
are planned to promote reading as<br />
a means of intellectual and personal enrichment,<br />
both among young and adults.”<br />
Free Walks<br />
Mazarrón and the Murcia Institute of<br />
Tourism have scheduled a series of tours<br />
around the town of Mazarrón and Puerto<br />
de Mazarón.<br />
Puerto de Mazarrón:<br />
<strong>May</strong> 5 th and 19 th , June 2 nd and 16 th . Visiting<br />
Phoenician Boat Interpretation Centre,<br />
Casa Romana de la Calle Era and the Archaeological<br />
Museum.<br />
Mazarrón:<br />
<strong>May</strong> 11 th and 25 th and June 8 th . Visiting the<br />
Town Hall, St. Andres Church, Sanctuary<br />
of La Purisima, Church of San Antonio, Casino<br />
and Tower of Molinete.<br />
Departures: 10.30am.<br />
The routes are with an official<br />
guide and are free.<br />
To participate in the routes call 968 59 44<br />
26 or Email turismo@mazarron.es<br />
This agreement has also been signed<br />
with 25 other municipalities in the region.<br />
Those interested can pick up the brochure<br />
and further information at the Tourism Office,<br />
Puerto de Mazarrón.<br />
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We had a very productive AGM at the Golf<br />
Club; a healthy turn-out of over 30 people enjoyed<br />
a lively meeting with a welcome break<br />
for free hot drinks. John Osborne and the<br />
committee were all re-elected and this year<br />
our guest speaker was Jeremy from Medical<br />
Link who gave an informative talk about<br />
claiming back prescription charges incurred<br />
by residents in Spain. Tributes were paid to<br />
our current Chairman and the whole of the<br />
committee, and to all our volunteers who<br />
have worked so very hard in all weathers during<br />
the last year. Thanks were also given to<br />
Greg Green from Sensol Villas for the use of<br />
their underbuild for storage and for auditing<br />
our accounts. These are always available for<br />
anyone to examine.<br />
On 22 nd March we were pleased to welcome to<br />
‘C’ the new <strong>May</strong>or of Camposol, Snr Jose Navarro,<br />
who met with John, our Chair, and given<br />
a tour of Sector C. He was very impressed by<br />
all the work we had done to keep the streets<br />
clean and improve the area. Our next project<br />
is to gravel along the remaining side of the<br />
dual carriageway and the upkeep of already<br />
planted verges. We are always ready for<br />
suggestions of other future projects or work<br />
which needs doing in your area so please let<br />
us know by phone or email.<br />
The repairs to all the pavements from Aqualia<br />
works on ‘C’ have been completed and the<br />
weed spraying has begun again. We would<br />
like to send our good wishes to Antoine, who<br />
has been with our maintenance team since its<br />
inception. A huge thank you to him for all his<br />
hard work and we wish him lots of luck with<br />
his new restaurant. Our volunteers have been<br />
busy planting and watering plants, trees and<br />
pruning palms along the dual carriageway. If<br />
you have any pots or plants which you would<br />
like to add to our area, please leave them behind<br />
the ‘Welcome Wall’ or get in touch and<br />
we will collect them. Our work to keep ‘C’<br />
looking wonderful is ever-increasing; there<br />
are so many jobs we would like to tackle,<br />
but simply do not have enough volunteers to<br />
keep all the planted areas weed free, so if you<br />
have a couple of hours to spare, we would<br />
love to hear from you, or join our group on<br />
Wednesday mornings 9am outside the Sensol<br />
Villa office. Our area has been transformed<br />
by all the hard work and is now a lovely place<br />
to live or spend a holiday so come along and<br />
make new friends and keep fit while enjoying<br />
a free bacon butty!<br />
We would like to take this opportunity to invite<br />
any interested people from Poligonos<br />
C14-17 to a meeting at the Club House on<br />
14 th <strong>May</strong> at 5pm to discuss joining the Green<br />
Fingers maintenance scheme.<br />
Our Chairman John can always be contacted<br />
on 634 325 427<br />
Information can be found on the chalkboards,<br />
Facebook and our website http://www.<br />
greenfingersgardenandsocialgroup.<br />
com/<br />
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FAST - Easter Fayre<br />
Saturday 23 rd March saw the doors of Mariano’s,<br />
Camposol A opening at 8.30am in order<br />
to set everything up ready for the stall<br />
holders and the FAST Easter Fayre. By<br />
10.20am all was ready for the main doors<br />
to be opened to the people of Camposol<br />
and visitors to the area to browse their<br />
way through over 30 trader stalls looking<br />
for goodies, bargains and prizes. The doors<br />
opened just before 11am and in came a<br />
steady flow of shoppers over the next few<br />
hours making for a highly successful day.<br />
Over 400 people attended the fayre, demonstrating<br />
in part the wonderful support given<br />
to FAST and the unique service they offer<br />
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within Camposol. The day was a resounding<br />
success raising €3,549.07. This was<br />
only possible through the support given by<br />
all involved from the FAST Support Team<br />
making all the arrangements, the members<br />
setting up and taking down tables and manning<br />
FAST stalls throughout the day and of<br />
course Mariano’s for allowing us to hold the<br />
fayre there.<br />
Our thanks also go to all those who donated<br />
prizes for the FAST Prize Raffle:<br />
TJ Electricals; Branded Fashion; 2let2buy-<br />
2sell; Trevi’s Bar; The Steak Out; Liz’s Café;<br />
Oscar’s; Quicksave; BarSalud; Dental Care;<br />
Ocean Fish Bar; Multi Optica; Bistro Bulgaria;<br />
Puncture Safe; Bezza ‘Market’; Annette<br />
Ryder; Debbie Shaw; Bodega Martinez;<br />
Tropic Ana’s; Clinica Veterinaria; Mr Print;<br />
Manuel Canavos Hairdresser; Cat’s Bar; Kelly<br />
Ensor; Debbie (Stall Holder)<br />
Our thanks to the Steak Out for putting up<br />
with and supplying our support team with<br />
the facilities to sell raffle tickets every Friday,<br />
the stall holders and traders who keep<br />
coming back for more and of course you the<br />
residents and visitors to Camposol for all the<br />
appreciation you show with your support,<br />
donations etc throughout the year.<br />
FAST Bookstall is back on 2 nd & 4 th Friday<br />
every month Camposol B<br />
Saturday 25 th <strong>May</strong> FAST Spring Ball & 2 nd<br />
Anniversary @ Amapola Restaurant, Bolnuevo<br />
€25 Entertainment ‘Wildcat’.<br />
Saturday 13 th July BBQ & Western Theme<br />
Night with ‘Dave C’ @ The Club House,<br />
Camposol C €10<br />
Saturday 24 th August Flamenco Show @<br />
Oscars, Camposol B €8 incl. basket meal<br />
Friday 11 th October Comedy Cabaret with<br />
‘Justin Sane’ @ The Club House, Camposol<br />
C €8 incl raffle<br />
Saturday 23 rd November FAST Christmas<br />
Fayre @ Mariano’s, Camposol A’11am-3pm<br />
Event tickets will be on sale from the FAST<br />
Bookstall and the FAST Support Team<br />
every Friday morning, Camposol B. Keep<br />
watching the press for updates and new<br />
events.<br />
For information about FAST please call 634<br />
314 386 or 626 465 847or 634 327 730.<br />
FAST – Making Camposol Safer For All<br />
FAST – Registered Charity G30863658<br />
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In April we had a fantastic number of<br />
members attending the fashion show at<br />
the Amapola Restaurant in Bolnuevo.<br />
Thursday <strong>May</strong> 9th is a Cultural Trip.<br />
There will be a guided walk around Alhama<br />
followed by lunch in the Espuñas. There<br />
are still a few places left so speak to Margaret<br />
by telephone on 619 661 245 if you<br />
are interested in going.<br />
June 13th is the last meeting before the<br />
summer (how fast the year flies!) and<br />
there will be a demonstration on “alfresco”<br />
entertaining by Chris Leiper and Jackie<br />
Rooke. This will be in the Cultural Centre<br />
on Camposol at 2pm. Come and enjoy a<br />
“picnic of nibbles” and a chance to catch<br />
up with friends before summer and visitors<br />
take over!<br />
Ladies Chatterbox group meets on Camposol<br />
in the Cultural Centre on the 2 nd<br />
Thursday of each month. If you would like<br />
further information please contact Rosemary<br />
Scott on 619 575 463 or Chris<br />
Leiper on 968 199 418.<br />
Chatterbox “SEW and SEW” is a group<br />
for anyone who would like to meet with<br />
other sewing or craft work enthusiasts (not<br />
necessarily very experienced!) to work together,<br />
chat and enjoy a cuppa! We meet<br />
every 2 nd Monday 2.30-4.30pm in the Cultural<br />
Centre. For more information ring Pat<br />
on 608 548 136.<br />
Country Music nights at the Club House,<br />
Camposol<br />
Our 2 nd night of Country Music at the Club<br />
House took place on Friday 12 th April. Ann<br />
and Tony started the night playing requests<br />
for the dancers. Ann taught a line dance to<br />
a Tanya Tucker song which was fast and it<br />
went down well. She also revised the dance<br />
she taught last month ‘Pick a bale of cotton’,<br />
which had the same hilarious response. Tom<br />
and Helen then re-taught the Barn Dance<br />
which is a couple’s dance.<br />
The live music was provided by Lenny Mitchell,<br />
who took to the stage at 9pm. It was<br />
obvious that he had spent a considerable<br />
amount of time preparing his programme. He<br />
is not normally called to sing Country Music<br />
songs, but he gave us an extensive selection<br />
of modern (Texas Tornados) and the more<br />
traditional songs like Kris Kristoffeson. He<br />
was, in one word, superb. Thanks a lot Lenny<br />
for a great night.<br />
Someone, who will remain nameless, (for obvious<br />
reasons), brought a bit of a laugh on<br />
the night when he discovered, whilst learning<br />
one of the dances, that he still had his slippers<br />
on! He had forgotten to put on his shoes.<br />
Fortunately he didn’t live too far away!<br />
Several of the girls from the local Line Dance<br />
class sold the raffle tickets, and Ray took over<br />
the raffle draw. It is pleasing that people are<br />
willing to assist whenever they can. We actively<br />
encourage this participation and once<br />
again thanks to the people who brought along<br />
raffle prizes. From each month’s surplus<br />
funds, we are hoping to buy sound equipment<br />
- at this rate it won’t take long!<br />
As a ‘reward’ to Ray, one of his favourite songs<br />
was played; a Garth Brooks song ‘Friends in<br />
Low Places’. The couples’ dance Sleaze is<br />
done to this - an easy 10 step dance, which is<br />
extremely visual! Several people commented<br />
that they would like to learn it, so that is the<br />
dance we will teach at our next night, which<br />
will take place on Friday 3rd <strong>May</strong> at the Club<br />
House, Camposol. The live music will be provided<br />
by Interactive, Murcia, a trio from Alhama.<br />
Entry is only €3 and food is available at<br />
affordable prices. We would appreciate any<br />
contribution of prizes towards the raffle.<br />
If you would like to know more, phone or text<br />
610 632 152 or<br />
email helenwills46@yahoo.com<br />
PS To the Camposol Sector A ‘phantom poster<br />
stealer’ who took down at least 6 of our posters<br />
from outside Alan/Margaret’s shop, give<br />
us a call and these will be delivered direct to<br />
you. This will save you sneaking about early<br />
morning or late at night. Steve made such a<br />
wonderful job of these (thanks Steve). It’s<br />
not surprising you want to ‘collect’ them!<br />
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Detectives investigating the disappearance<br />
of Robert Golden, who has not returned from<br />
a walking holiday in Spain, have launched a<br />
website www.findrobertgolden.com which<br />
is aimed at gathering information from the<br />
public in an effort to find Robert.<br />
It follows four possible sightings of Robert in<br />
Spain since he flew alone to Seville on 5 November.<br />
The latest reported sighting was on<br />
28 January when a couple saw a man fitting<br />
Robert’s description and carrying a backpack,<br />
walking at a pace towards Gibraltar.<br />
Detective Chief Inspector Dave Wardley-<br />
Wilkins said “These unconfirmed sightings of<br />
Robert are encouraging. If they were in fact<br />
Robert, then it is obviously good news. We<br />
want to confirm it is him and that he is safe<br />
and well. His family have not heard from him<br />
and they would be delighted to hear positive<br />
news.<br />
“This new website, in Spanish and English, is<br />
a part of our efforts to find him. By appealing<br />
directly to people in Spain we hope they will<br />
come forward with any information about his<br />
whereabouts. I would appeal to anyone living<br />
or visiting southern Spain who believe they<br />
have seen him to get in touch.”<br />
Apart from the sighting on 28 January in<br />
Sabinilla, there have been sightings of Robert<br />
on 11 January hitch hiking on the A7 which<br />
leads to Gibraltar, Nurca or Seville. Two days<br />
earlier, on 9 January, a man who lives in Vera<br />
saw a man, carrying a rucksack, walking from<br />
there towards the AP7 to Almeria. On 21 December<br />
a couple thought they saw Robert sitting<br />
on the ground at the Lidl store in Benissa<br />
in the province of Alicante.<br />
Robert’s brother Barry said: “I’m really worried.<br />
I’m really missing him and want to see<br />
him back<br />
home. Robert<br />
loves walking<br />
and the<br />
outdoors. It<br />
is worrying<br />
that he can<br />
be away for<br />
that length of<br />
time and not<br />
use his bank<br />
cards. He is<br />
a very nice<br />
chap and approachable.<br />
If<br />
anyone thinks<br />
they have<br />
seen him<br />
could they please talk to him to see if he’s<br />
ok? He would never be rude. We are worried<br />
that he has possibly had a medical episode.”<br />
Anyone with information is asked to contact<br />
police on +44(0) 1273 475432 from Spain,<br />
quoting 804 of 23/11 or email<br />
contact.centre@sussex.pnn.police.uk<br />
In glorious<br />
sunshine and<br />
overlooking<br />
the beautiful<br />
playa and marina,<br />
more than<br />
200 people attended<br />
the long<br />
awaited Flamenco<br />
Festival<br />
at the Hotel Puerto<br />
Juan Montiel<br />
in Aguilas.<br />
with The Berry Chuckett Trio.<br />
Commendation Awards were also presented<br />
to those who have assisted the local community<br />
and the charity itself including; Furniture<br />
Plus, Mazarron; Clinica Veterinario Cervantes,<br />
Lorca; The Animal Hotel, Aguilas; Amelia<br />
Manzanara and Rita Lenssons.<br />
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The event, in aid of the charity Helping Hands, was arranged<br />
by their Patron,<br />
Doña Beatriz<br />
Garcia Romera. Many<br />
local dignitaries and<br />
well known Flamenco<br />
artistes were in attendance<br />
and the day<br />
proved to be a colourful<br />
event.<br />
In addition to the Flamenco<br />
was an auction<br />
which included a<br />
magnificent Rooster<br />
(which now has a new<br />
home with many lovely<br />
lady chickens!), and a<br />
performance by Oscar<br />
Fernandez, lead singer<br />
Finally, the ladies of Helping Hands and<br />
their friends treated the audience to a Fashion<br />
Show displaying some of the beautiful garments<br />
donated to their shop in Calle Fuensanta,<br />
(situated off Avenida Juan Carlos in<br />
Aguilas).<br />
For further information on the charity please<br />
contact Linda on 968 482 948.<br />
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Our “Talking Shop” Easter picnic was<br />
a very happy afternoon. Thanks go to all<br />
the volunteers who helped to make the afternoon<br />
pass so pleasantly. An even bigger<br />
thank you goes to D.J.B.K who played<br />
some enjoyable foot tapping music. The<br />
next “Talking Shop” will be on Wednesday<br />
5 th June in the Cultural Centre, Camposol<br />
B at 1.30pm. Come along and have<br />
a cup of coffee and a chat. If you have difficulty<br />
getting there, give us a ring on 634<br />
310 216 and if we can we will pick you up.<br />
On 27 th March, 60 of our followers were<br />
at the Playa Grande Hotel for our monthly<br />
Menu del Dia. Johnny Sparrow provided<br />
the entertainment and we had a chocolate<br />
raffle as it was Easter (as well as everyone<br />
having a mini-egg on arrival!). The next<br />
Menu del Dia will be on Wednesday 29 th<br />
<strong>May</strong> at Lagarto Verde, Via Axial, Puerto de<br />
Mazarrón 10€.<br />
The next Age Concern Auction, at Mariano’s,<br />
Camposol A, will be on Thursday<br />
23 rd <strong>May</strong>. They are proving very popular<br />
and a good way to dispose of some of your<br />
unwanted items for a small donation of 5€<br />
to put 3 items up for auction. Come along<br />
and bid for something.<br />
Our Annual Summer Fair will be held at<br />
Lagarto Verde Bar/Restaurant, Via Axial,<br />
Puerto de Mazarrón on Saturday 1 st June<br />
from 11.30am to 3.30pm. There will be<br />
cakes, pies, sweets, face-painting, clothing,<br />
ceramics, bags, ‘bling’, plants, cards<br />
and pottery on display with entertainment<br />
provided by our supporters Harry & Julie.<br />
Bar open for full English breakfasts and<br />
food available all day.<br />
Tickets available from the Cultural Centre<br />
Wednesdays and Thursdays 10am-1pm or<br />
outside the Salud Bar, Camposol B on Fridays<br />
11am-1pm or phone 634 364 484 or<br />
634 310 215<br />
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Within a policy of housing support and rehabilitation<br />
and in compliance with Community<br />
European law, the Council of Ministers<br />
of the Government of Spain has approved<br />
the Royal Decree which establishes<br />
the basic procedure for Certification of<br />
Energy Efficiency of buildings and houses.<br />
The legislation, which already existed<br />
in Spain for new buildings from the RD<br />
47/2007 of January 19 th , establishes that<br />
from the 1 st June of <strong>2013</strong> it will be mandatory<br />
to have an Energy Efficiency Certificate,<br />
for every house constructed previous<br />
to 2007. Such certification is compulsory<br />
for every single house either rented<br />
or for sale (when rents are longer than<br />
four months). It will also be mandatory to<br />
display the result of that energy certification<br />
in any offer, promotion or advertising<br />
of the property, which is common in other<br />
European Union countries.<br />
This certificate will assess the home’s energy<br />
efficiency, describing how effective<br />
the building is, in terms of energy consumption<br />
and associated CO2 emissions.<br />
It will always give a rating that varies from<br />
A (highest rating) to G (lowest rating). The<br />
document will be valid for 10 years.<br />
The certificate must be submitted to the<br />
competent entity of the Autonomous Community<br />
for the registry file created by the<br />
General Department of Industry, Energy<br />
and Tourism. Apart from the objective information<br />
on their energy characteristics,<br />
the certificate will include recommendations<br />
in order to improve the property’s energy<br />
efficiency .The aim of measuring is to<br />
encourage savings and efficiency, in order<br />
to foster the promotion of those houses<br />
that have high efficiency and energy saving<br />
investments. In this regard, the government<br />
has approved a set of grants and<br />
subsidies to facilitate the implementation<br />
of measures to improve energy efficiency<br />
on thermal installations in residential buildings,<br />
and the use of renewable energies.<br />
The Energy Efficiency Certificate may<br />
be only produced by Engineers and Architects,<br />
who are fully trained and qualified in<br />
this area.<br />
Raul Miralles Sanchez<br />
Technical Industrial Engineer<br />
Technician in Energy Efficiency Certification<br />
Tel 692 902 302/629 220 960<br />
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Spain <strong>May</strong> Ban Private Owners From Letting<br />
Their Properties To Holidaymakers<br />
Restrictions on letting property to holidaymakers<br />
in a bid to appease the hotel industry<br />
could cost around 150,000 people their livelihood.<br />
The government is about to approve<br />
legislation which will mean private property<br />
let to tourists will no longer be covered by the<br />
State Law of Urban Rentals (LAU), and will instead<br />
be subject to regional government law<br />
or industry regulations.<br />
At present, Spanish law allows holiday homes<br />
to be rented out under any circumstances,<br />
classifying them as ‘seasonal lets’, but the<br />
central government says the omnipresence<br />
and proliferation of private villas and apartments<br />
being let – largely over the internet<br />
– is creating ‘intrusion’ and ‘disproportionate<br />
competition’ for the ‘traditional tourism<br />
industry’.<br />
The new law is likely to ban owners from renting<br />
out their properties for given numbers of<br />
days or nights. Letting out a private home by<br />
the day or night has been a basic right of all<br />
owners, but soon, if it is considered that this<br />
is ‘purely for tourism purposes’, it will be restricted<br />
to only hotels and aparthotels. This<br />
would effectively make the short-term letting<br />
out of any residential property against the<br />
law.<br />
Although nothing has changed at present,<br />
spokespersons from various apartment letting<br />
companies say this appears to be little<br />
more than ‘a moratorium with an expiry date’.<br />
Unemployed Persons Have To Show Nine<br />
Paper CVS as a Condition of Their Monthly<br />
Benefit<br />
Jobseekers whose dole money has run out<br />
and who want to claim the 450€ monthly unemployment<br />
benefit provided by the State,<br />
have to show nine paper copies of their CV<br />
stamped by companies they have applied to<br />
for work. They also have to produce names<br />
and telephone numbers of companies they<br />
have contacted seeking work, links to job<br />
search websites they have signed up to or<br />
‘sits vac’ where they appear as applicants.<br />
These have to be shown to the job centre,<br />
or INEM office, 30 days before they hope to<br />
receive the benefit, which is currently 85% of<br />
the minimum wage, being a total of 452.63€.<br />
The nine stamped CVs requirement is mandatory,<br />
which automatically means an obligation<br />
to visit companies in person and speak to a<br />
person in authority. This is frequently impossible<br />
and CVs are merely taken off visitors by<br />
reception staff and in most cases, those contacting<br />
companies on spec looking for work<br />
tend to send their CV by email, meaning a<br />
stamped copy will not be available.<br />
Those in receipt of the monthly benefit,<br />
known as the ‘Plan PREPARA’, are given a<br />
‘personalised itinerary’ for getting back into<br />
the job market.<br />
Brits Grew Hash Plants In Cellar Using<br />
Council’s Electricity Supply<br />
Three British residents have been arrested in<br />
Benijófar (Alicante) for growing a hash farm<br />
in a basement by siphoning water and electricity<br />
from the council’s supply. Two men and<br />
a woman were arrested and are due to face<br />
trial in Torrevieja.<br />
Police were notified about ‘possible suspicious<br />
activity’ going on at a villa in the town, which<br />
has a high population of mostly-British expatriates.<br />
A total of 62 marijuana plants, some<br />
over two metres tall, were found in a cellar, as<br />
well as a further 125 plant pots which had the<br />
remains of already-harvested crops. It turned<br />
out the massive electricity and water bill for<br />
growing the plants was being picked up by<br />
the town hall, since the three British nationals<br />
had managed to illegally tap into the public<br />
supply to avoid paying their own utilities for<br />
their illicit underground garden and to prevent<br />
suspicion being aroused by huge bills.<br />
Seven-Metre Wasp Nest Found in Abandoned<br />
House<br />
Police in San Sebastián de la Gomera cordoned<br />
off an abandoned house after finding<br />
a seven-metre-long wasp nest. Officers were<br />
called out by worried neighbours of the empty<br />
home and say the nest was in an indoor hallway<br />
and contained literally millions of wasps.<br />
Experts have examined the nest, which is said<br />
to be 21’ 9” in length, and say the common<br />
type of wasp found in gardens would never<br />
normally build a nest of this size. They believe<br />
it must be an invasive species of wasp which<br />
had migrated from Africa.<br />
Mum Fined 1,500€ For Letting Daughter<br />
Play Truant For Months<br />
Education authorities say the 13-year-old<br />
only went to school for five weeks in the first<br />
years and in the second year, she only attended<br />
class for four days. She was at primary<br />
school at the time, in the academic years of<br />
2008-2009 and 2009-2010, say social services<br />
in Motril (Granada) where the mother and<br />
daughter live.<br />
They contacted the mother during the first<br />
year to find out if there was any justifiable<br />
reason why her daughter was not going to<br />
school and to remind her of her obligation to<br />
ensure her daughter received an education,<br />
but in spite of promises to do so, the mother<br />
ignored the warnings. The headmaster of<br />
the school in Motril said the accused failed to<br />
enrol her daughter for<br />
the year 2009-2010,<br />
but after contacting<br />
them, managed to get<br />
the child a place.<br />
In some cases, parents<br />
who allow their<br />
children to continually<br />
skive off school can<br />
end up losing custody<br />
and the kids are put<br />
into care.<br />
Lessons Must Be Given In Spanish If Just<br />
One Pupil Requests It<br />
Classes at school in parts of Spain with regional<br />
languages must be taught in Spanish if<br />
any pupil so requires, says a Supreme Court<br />
ruling. So far, 10 verdicts by the Supreme<br />
Court on the subject have been passed in<br />
favour of mums and dads in Catalunya who<br />
want their children to be taught in Spanish,<br />
even if this is in combination with Catalán.<br />
Although all these cases have taken place<br />
in Catalunya, the Supreme Court verdict is<br />
valid for the whole of Spain and parents in<br />
the Basque Country, Galicia, the Comunidad<br />
Valenciana and the Balearic Islands will also<br />
have the right to demand that their children<br />
are taught in Spanish as well as in the coofficial<br />
languages of these regions.<br />
Residents In Spain Throw Away Enough<br />
Groceries To Fill The Country’s Food<br />
Banks 80 Times Over<br />
An estimated 50% of all foodstuffs produced<br />
in the EU ends up in the bin, whether or not<br />
it has gone off. In total, eight million tonnes<br />
– nearly a tonne per two people – of food<br />
are thrown away in Spain every year, says<br />
the Spanish Federation of Food Banks. They<br />
are calling for changes to reduce the sheer<br />
waste that happens in a country where millions<br />
are unable to feed themselves or their<br />
families due to job loss and are forced to rely<br />
on hand-outs from the Red Cross, Cáritas, or<br />
soup kitchens.<br />
These methods include eradicating ‘two-forone’<br />
offers in supermarkets on perishable<br />
goods, and reducing packaging size to reflect<br />
modern society. The Federation also says<br />
‘use-by’ and ‘sell-by’ dates should be more<br />
realistic and better explanations given, since<br />
many people throw food away fearing it has<br />
gone off when it is perfectly safe to eat and<br />
the flavour and nutritional content has not<br />
reduced at all. Recently, use-by dates were<br />
removed from yoghurts on the basis that they<br />
did not expire.<br />
Pasta, rice and other foodstuffs are said to<br />
never really go off, according to nutritional<br />
experts. Most food in food banks are non-perishables,<br />
meaning people who rely on these<br />
as the only way of surviving do not get any<br />
fruit or vegetables or other vitamin-rich produce,<br />
so they are likely to suffer in terms of<br />
their health, particularly long-term.<br />
Spain Second-Worst In Europe For Human-Trafficking<br />
And Forced Prostitution<br />
EU statistics firm Eurostat says a total of<br />
1,605 women were smuggled into the country<br />
and held hostage, being forced to work as<br />
prostitutes against their will. There are more<br />
cases of forced prostitution among immigrants<br />
in Spain than in Romania, despite the<br />
fact that a high number of human-trafficking<br />
victims come from the latter country.<br />
According to the International Work Organisation<br />
(OIT), as many as one in five humantrafficking<br />
victims are male. They detected a<br />
total of 880,000 people forced into slavery,<br />
sexual or otherwise, within the EU in 2010, of<br />
whom 68% were women, 12% were underage<br />
girls, 17% men and 3% underage boys. Provisions<br />
of the Directive include the harshest<br />
possible penalties for offenders, total support<br />
– before, during and after trial – for victims,<br />
maintenance of statistics on such crimes, and<br />
special protection for those who fall prey to<br />
traffickers to ensure they do not come to any<br />
harm from their captors or become targets for<br />
similar criminal organisations.<br />
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Registered Charity Nº 8.714/1ª<br />
JJ’s Puppy Rescue Association rescue<br />
abandoned puppies in the Mazarrón area and<br />
care for them in foster homes where they can<br />
be trained and socialised whilst we are finding<br />
them a loving forever home locally or abroad.<br />
To be successful in our work we are always<br />
in need of foster carers. We pay for all vaccinations<br />
and veterinary costs and give you<br />
support whenever you need it. If you feel you<br />
can offer a place in your home and your heart<br />
for one of our rescued puppies short or long<br />
term as a family pet or companion please talk<br />
to us about our Foster Charter.<br />
We have a Charity Shop in Puerto de Mazarrón<br />
staffed entirely by volunteers and we really<br />
need all the public help we can get. Any unwanted<br />
saleable items will be gratefully received.<br />
We can arrange for donated items to<br />
be collected by one of our Association Members.<br />
We also need volunteer helpers who can<br />
give some of free time to work in our Charity<br />
Shop so if you would like to help come in and<br />
have a chat with the staff.<br />
We thank Liberty Seguros for their recent<br />
generous Sponsorship Donation of 400€ to<br />
our funds for the care of abandoned puppies<br />
and we support their Pet Insurance Plan for<br />
the essential veterinary care of domestic pets.<br />
For further details of the Liberty Seguros Pet<br />
Plan contact their local representative Trudy<br />
669 075 081 or Natalia 669 075 157.<br />
For More Information or Collection of<br />
Donated Items Give One of Our Committee<br />
Members a Call<br />
Tony 618 034 921 or Christine 603 127 984<br />
WeDoItAll4ThePuppies.<br />
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The Carpenter’s Son<br />
He was born in a little village, the child of a<br />
peasant woman,<br />
He learned to be a carpenter and worked in<br />
his father’s carpentry until he was thirty years<br />
old,<br />
Then he spent three years as an itinerant<br />
preacher telling people about God and God’s<br />
love,<br />
He never wrote any book,<br />
He never held any office,<br />
He never went to a university,<br />
He never had a family or a house of his own,<br />
He never travelled more than two hundred<br />
miles from the place he was born,<br />
He never commanded a great army and never<br />
won any wars – for he was opposed to violence,<br />
He was always loving towards his fellow humans-<br />
even his enemies,<br />
When he was only thirty three years old, public<br />
opinion turned against him,<br />
His friends betrayed and deserted him,<br />
He was turned over to his enemies and endured<br />
taunting and spitting at his trial,<br />
Despite being innocent he was nailed to a<br />
Cross between two common criminals,<br />
When he was dead he was laid in a borrowed<br />
grave,<br />
But the story of this man does not end here-<br />
------------<br />
By his death and resurrection people were<br />
freed from sin,<br />
Since then, many centuries have come and<br />
gone,<br />
All armies ever to have marched,<br />
All ships ever to have sailed the seas,<br />
All parliaments that ever sat,<br />
All kings that ever reigned,<br />
Have not had such a profound influence on<br />
the people of this planet as did this carpenter’s<br />
life.<br />
Give JESUS some influence over your life,<br />
You will see miracles happen!<br />
A warm welcome awaits you on Sundays at<br />
the Cultural Centre, Camposol B.<br />
Contacts: Pastors Ralph & Margaret Locke for<br />
help, a chat, prayer, counsel, etc 968 199<br />
622/618 720 181 or obcf36@yahoo.es<br />
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St Nicholas Ecumenical Church<br />
Calle Sobrija 2248<br />
Sector D20 Camposol<br />
By Rev Len Eaton MBE<br />
www.stnicholaschurchspain.com<br />
I promised in my previous report written<br />
in Mid-March that I would tell you how the<br />
latter end of Lent leading up to Easter Day<br />
went at St Nicholas Ecumenical Church.<br />
The Palm Sunday Service was a very joyous<br />
time, the Lord making his triumphal<br />
procession toward Jerusalem. Palm Crosses<br />
were blessed and distributed to the<br />
congregation. Sad to say that the joy was<br />
gradually decreased during the Holy Week<br />
until Good Friday and the Crucifixion, so<br />
a solemn service of Holy Communion took<br />
place on that day. Two days later we celebrated<br />
the Resurrection of Our Lord with<br />
a wonderfully joyful Service of Holy Communion<br />
celebrating the Easter Day. Now<br />
we are in the Easter Period, we are looking<br />
forward to Ascension and Pentecost. While<br />
we are waiting for these times we ask God<br />
to send the Holy Spirit to tear away the<br />
bars that imprison us in sin, evil and death.<br />
Fill us with the power of the Resurrection<br />
Christ so that we may be his faithful disciples<br />
in life, in death and beyond death.<br />
Something rather marvellous is happening<br />
here over this Eastertide. During April and<br />
early <strong>May</strong> four children are to be Baptised,<br />
two couples are to be Blessed after their<br />
Civil Marriage, and a couple renewed their<br />
Wedding Vows after 31 years of marriage<br />
and lastly but no means least, we look forward<br />
to celebrating the 90 th birthday of our<br />
oldest Church Member on 13 th <strong>May</strong><br />
Services for <strong>May</strong><br />
Sunday 5 th <strong>May</strong><br />
Songs of Praise 10.30am<br />
Sunday 12 th <strong>May</strong><br />
Morning Prayer 10.30am<br />
Sunday 19 th <strong>May</strong><br />
Pentecost Holy Communion<br />
10.30am<br />
Sunday 26 th <strong>May</strong><br />
Trinity Sunday Holy Communion<br />
10.30am<br />
All services take place at Calle Sobrija<br />
2248, D20 Camposol, where a warm welcome<br />
awaits you. Services offered by the<br />
Church are Wedding Blessings, Holy<br />
Baptism, Confirmation and Funerals.<br />
We have a Pastoral Service throughout the<br />
year, people who listen, talk and are there<br />
to help anyone who is sick or in need. The<br />
Pastoral care is absolutely confidential.<br />
For any of the Church Services offered, or<br />
other information, please call Rev Len Eaton<br />
on 968 138 952, Rev Deacon Maureen<br />
Kent on 636 099 679, Rev Deacon<br />
Bill Coyle 634 143 260, or Rev Bro Konrad<br />
679 927 268<br />
ARE YOU CARING FOR SOMEONE WITH<br />
DEMENTIA?<br />
St Nicholas Pastoral Care Group, in conjunction<br />
with Age Concern, are running a<br />
series of sessions for carers, providing relaxation<br />
and some fun!<br />
Starting Wednesday 22 nd <strong>May</strong> 2-4pm at<br />
the Cultural Centre, Camposol B<br />
For further details phone 628 691 739<br />
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Sponsored by the Murcia Riding Federation<br />
(FHRM), Pavo Horsefeeds, Piccadilly Coffee<br />
and the Cavalli Foundation, the Murcia<br />
Region Association for Riding for the<br />
Disabled (Asociacion Murciana de Terapias<br />
Ecuestres), was able to present an impressive<br />
Conference and Demonstration of Paraequestrian<br />
Riding at the Equimur Horse<br />
Fairin Torre Pacheco in March.<br />
An appreciative audience listened as<br />
speakers, Fatima Cao (Vocal for Paraequestrian<br />
Riding of the Spanish Riding<br />
Federation RFHE), Elena Peropadre (Spanish<br />
National Champion in Paraequestrian<br />
Dressage 2011) and Joaquin Clotet (Specialist<br />
in Equine Nutrition Piensos Pavo),<br />
gave Murcia an insight into the world of<br />
Paraequestrian riding.<br />
In an interview, Elena Peropadre explained<br />
that she had turned to Paraequestrian Riding<br />
after a near fatal<br />
accident in which a<br />
horse that she was<br />
training attacked her<br />
whilst in the box, almost<br />
amputating her<br />
arm and causing serious<br />
injuries to her<br />
left leg and practically<br />
destroying her<br />
foot. Her immediate<br />
concern on arriving<br />
at the hospital was<br />
that the horse should<br />
not be sacrificed and<br />
her next question<br />
to surgeons<br />
was if she<br />
would ever<br />
be able to<br />
ride again.<br />
The proof<br />
was seen in<br />
the amazing<br />
demonstration<br />
that Elena<br />
gave in the<br />
main arena<br />
at Equimur,<br />
showing<br />
skill, dedication<br />
and<br />
true love of<br />
horses.<br />
Murcia is<br />
looking for<br />
Paraequestrian riders with a view to forming<br />
a Regional Team.<br />
For more information phone Liz<br />
Vocal de Doma Paraecuestre FHRM<br />
636 172 198<br />
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A l b e r t<br />
Greene (born April<br />
13, 1946), better<br />
known as Al<br />
Green or Reverend<br />
Al Green, is<br />
an American Gospel<br />
and Soul music<br />
singer. He<br />
reached the peak of<br />
his popularity in the<br />
1970’s, with hit singles<br />
such as “You<br />
Oughta Be With<br />
Me”, “I’m Still In<br />
Love With You”,<br />
“Love and Happiness”,<br />
and “Let’s Stay Together”.<br />
In 2005, Rolling Stone named him No 66 in<br />
their list of the ‘100 Greatest Artists of All<br />
Time’. The nomination stated that “People are<br />
born to do certain things, and Al was born<br />
to make us smile.” The Rock and Roll Hall of<br />
Fame inducted Green in 1995, referring to<br />
him as “One of the most gifted purveyors of<br />
soul music.”<br />
Green has sold more than 20 million records.<br />
He was born in Forrest City, Arkansas. He was<br />
the sixth of ten children born to Robert and<br />
Cora Greene. The son of a sharecropper, he<br />
started performing at age ten in a Forrest<br />
City quartet called the Greene Brothers;<br />
he dropped the final “E” from his last name<br />
years later as a solo artist. They toured extensively<br />
in the mid-1950s in the South until<br />
The Greenes moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan,<br />
when they began to tour around Michigan.<br />
His father kicked him out of the group<br />
because he caught Green listening to Jackie<br />
Wilson.<br />
Green formed a group called Al Greene &<br />
the Creations in high school. Curtis Rogers<br />
and Palmer James, two members of<br />
The Creations, formed an independent label<br />
called Hot Line Music Journal. In 1967,<br />
under the new name Al Greene & the Soul<br />
Mates, the band recorded “Back Up Train”<br />
and released it on Hot Line Music; the song<br />
was an R&B chart hit. The Soul Mates’ subsequent<br />
singles did not sell as well.<br />
Al Green’s debut LP “Back Up Train” was<br />
released on Hot Line in 1967. The album was<br />
upbeat and soulful but didn’t do well in sales.<br />
This was the only album on the Hot Line<br />
label. Green came into contact with band<br />
leader Willie Mitchell of Memphis’ Hi Records<br />
in 1969, when Mitchell hired him as<br />
a vocalist for a Texas show with Mitchell’s<br />
band and then asked him to sign with the<br />
label. Mitchell coached Green to find his<br />
own, unique voice at a time when Green<br />
had previously been trying to sing like his<br />
favorites Jackie Wilson, Wilson Pickett,<br />
James Brown, and Sam Cooke.<br />
Green’s debut album with Hi Records<br />
was “Green Is Blues” a slow, horn-driven<br />
album that allowed Green to show off his<br />
powerful and expressive voice, with Mitchell<br />
arranging, engineering and producing.<br />
The album was a moderate success. The next<br />
LP, “Al Green Gets Next to You” (1970),<br />
included a hit remake of the Temptations<br />
classic “I Can’t Get Next to You”, and more<br />
significantly, Green’s first of seven consecutive<br />
gold singles, “Tired of Being Alone”<br />
was a massive commercial success. “Let’s<br />
Stay Together” 1972) was an even bigger<br />
success, as was “I’m Still In Love With<br />
You” (1972).His next album “Call Me” was<br />
a critical sensation and it is one of his most<br />
fondly remembered albums today. “Al Green<br />
Explores Your Mind” (1974) contained his<br />
own song “Take Me to the River”, which<br />
was later turned into an R&B hit by labelmate<br />
Sly Johnson and also covered by Talking<br />
Heads on one of their their albums.<br />
On October 18, 1974, tragedy hit. Mary<br />
Woodson White, a girlfriend of Green’s,<br />
assaulted him before committing suicide at<br />
his Memphis home. Although she was already<br />
married, White reportedly became upset<br />
when Green refused to marry her, some four<br />
months after he peaked at No. 32 on the Hot<br />
100 with the ironically titled “Let’s Get Married”.<br />
At some point during the evening, White<br />
doused Green with a pan of boiling grits (A<br />
traditional American breakfast) while he was<br />
showering, causing severe burns on Green’s<br />
back, stomach and arms. Then she went and<br />
found his .38 and killed herself. The police<br />
found in her purse a note declaring her intentions<br />
and her reasons. “The more I trust you,”<br />
she’d written, “the more you let me down.”<br />
Green cited the incident as a wake-up call to<br />
change his life. He became an ordained pastor<br />
of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Memphis in<br />
1976 and continues to serve in this capacity,<br />
delivering services down the street from Graceland.<br />
Continuing to record R&B, Green saw<br />
his sales start to slip and drew mixed reviews<br />
from critics. 1977’s “The Belle Album” was<br />
critically acclaimed, but did not regain his former<br />
mass audience.<br />
In 1979, Green injured himself falling off the<br />
stage while performing in Cincinnati and interpreted<br />
this as a message from God. He then<br />
concentrated his energies towards pastoring<br />
his church and Gospel Singing, also appearing<br />
in 1982 with Patti Labelle in the Broadway<br />
musical ‘Your Arms Too Short to Box with<br />
God.’ According to Glide Magazine, “By the<br />
late 70’s, he had begun concentrating almost<br />
exclusively on Gospel Music.” His first Gospel<br />
album was “The Lord Will Make a Way.”<br />
From 1981 to 1989 Green recorded a series<br />
of Gospel recordings, garnering eight “Soul<br />
Gospel Performance” Grammys in that period.<br />
In 1985, he reunited with Willie Mitchell<br />
along with Angelo Earl for “He Is the<br />
Light”, his first album for A&M Records.<br />
In 1984, director Robert Mugge released<br />
a documentary film, ‘Gospel According to<br />
Al Green’, including interviews about his life<br />
and footage from his church. In 1989, Green<br />
released “I Get Joy”, again with producer/<br />
guitarist Angelo Earl.<br />
After spending several years exclusively<br />
performing Gospel, Green began to return<br />
to R&B. First, he released a duet with Annie<br />
Lennox, “Put a Little Love in Your<br />
Heart” for ‘Scrooged’, a 1988 film starring<br />
Bill Murray. In 1989 Green worked with<br />
producer Arthur Baker writing and producing<br />
the international hit “The Message Is<br />
Love”. In 1992, Green recorded again with<br />
Baker, the Fine Young Cannibals, and reunited<br />
with his former Memphis mix engineer<br />
(this time functioning as producer) Terry<br />
Manning, to release the album “Don’t Look<br />
Back”.<br />
His 1994 duet with country music singer Lyle<br />
Lovett blended country with R&B, garnering<br />
him his ninth Grammy, this time in a pop<br />
music category. Green’s first non-religious<br />
album in some time was “Your Heart’s In<br />
Good Hands” (1995), released to positive<br />
reviews, but disappointing sales. The same<br />
year Green was inducted into the Rock and<br />
Roll Hall of Fame. “Keep On Pushing<br />
Love” a single released from the album invokes<br />
“the original, sparse sound of Green’s<br />
early classics.”<br />
In 2000, Green published ‘Take Me to the<br />
River’, a book discussing his career. He also<br />
sang the National Anthem at the 2000 NBA<br />
All-Star Game in Oakland, California. Green<br />
received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement<br />
Award in 2002. Since then Green has continued<br />
to perform with artists of all musical<br />
genres, but it is the music of the 70’s that<br />
most people associate him with.<br />
I am a massive fan of Al Green and know<br />
through requests on my shows that many<br />
people, like me love the songs he made.<br />
You can listen to Mark Davies on <strong>Costa</strong><br />
Cálida Radio on Nite Express on Mon and<br />
Wed 7-9pm and on Friday evenings on Cálida<br />
Rocks 7-9pm.<br />
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y best selling<br />
author<br />
Mary Wood<br />
Following on<br />
from my first<br />
article in the<br />
<strong>Costa</strong> Cálida<br />
<strong>Chronicle</strong>’s<br />
March issue,<br />
I would<br />
like to share<br />
with you how easy it is to publish your work,<br />
whether it be a full novel, a short story, a ‘how<br />
to’ manual, a collection of poems or anything<br />
that you want to publish in book form.<br />
The feedback from my first article from near<br />
and far – one from as afield as Dubai, told me<br />
that there are a lot of you out there beavering<br />
away at writing, and some dreaming of finding<br />
a publisher. Well, I am here to tell you.<br />
You don’t have keep receiving rejection slips.<br />
You can go it alone and be very successful,<br />
earning high royalties and have the joy of being<br />
read. I did, so you can too!<br />
Self-publishing is no longer tainted with those<br />
words – vanity publishing – the label once<br />
given to those rejected by the big publishers<br />
and who went ahead and published their own<br />
work. Such work, even if of a good standard,<br />
was slated as being egotistic and was rarely<br />
stocked by book shops. Well, that has all<br />
changed. Now, it is becoming the ‘done thing’<br />
to publish your work yourself.<br />
Many writers are doing self-publishing; even<br />
some of the big names, as it is more lucrative<br />
for them and they can re-publish their back<br />
catalogue and earn on books that had long<br />
since bitten the dust. Amazonbooks for kindle<br />
is one of the most popular routes to take,<br />
but there are other ebook sites, all offering<br />
the self-publishing facility. It is easy to bring<br />
out a paperback version of your book and to<br />
have it available to buy worldwide!<br />
How?<br />
First; make sure your work is well edited. This<br />
is a specialist job. Being good writers doesn’t<br />
make us good editors. The creative bit is<br />
down to us. We have to learn and be proficient<br />
at our craft, otherwise we insult anyone<br />
who takes a chance on us and buys our book<br />
and we will fail in our quest to be successful.<br />
The creative bit is no good without the editing<br />
bit; they are two halves that make a whole.<br />
The editor I engage makes my work sing with<br />
clarity, stops my verbosity, corrects my punctuation<br />
down to the last full-stop and helps<br />
me to produce a manuscript that is ‘clean’<br />
and fit for publishing.<br />
Once this is done, find one or more betareaders.<br />
These are lovers of books who will<br />
read your work and feed back to you on anything<br />
they think jarred with them or felt flat<br />
or repetitive. They will tell you if the story<br />
flowed, or if there were parts they flicked over<br />
– the boring bits – that should be cut.<br />
Next, you need an eye-catching cover – front<br />
only for kindle, front and back for paperback.<br />
If you are good at graphic art, then you can<br />
do this yourself. I have done this on two occasions<br />
without being good at it. I bought a<br />
suitable picture from one of many online that<br />
sell royalty-free photos and then found a programme<br />
that allowed me to write text on the<br />
photo. Lastly I re-sized it to the correct proportions<br />
– simple. For a more complex cover,<br />
engage a cover artist/graphic designer as I<br />
have for my soon-to-be-released fourth book.<br />
With this all done, you can have your book up<br />
for sale in kindle format in as little as twelve<br />
hours. For the paperback version, go to Feedaread.com.<br />
They are sponsored by the Arts<br />
Council and will produce your book for no<br />
charge. Plus, if you purchase the unique number<br />
all books need for distribution, the book<br />
will be available within weeks on Amazon and,<br />
available to order from all book-sellers worldwide!<br />
As space is limited here, please feel free to<br />
email me any questions you may have. I’ll be<br />
happy to tell you more about how to publish<br />
on Amazon kindle, or how to get your book<br />
into paperback. I can also give you more information<br />
about how to get an editor, book<br />
cover designer, and beta-readers, as well as<br />
what you can expect to pay for these services.<br />
If you would just like to make contact with<br />
me, email mary.wood18@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Good luck and I hope that if you choose to<br />
go down this path in your writing career, you<br />
achieve the success that I have and that it<br />
changes your life as it has mine.<br />
Best Wishes<br />
Mary<br />
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This month I have been travelling a little<br />
further afield, and the distinctive restaurant<br />
El Molino caught my eye on a recent family<br />
outing to La Manga. The windmill is easily<br />
spotted on the Gran Vía strip, on the left<br />
hand side as you drive down.<br />
The Menu del Día was a good price, at 10€<br />
per head including drink and dessert, although<br />
coffee was extra. There were several<br />
starters on offer, and we tried the pasta Bolognese<br />
and the “crema de calabacin” soup.<br />
The soup was delicious and piping hot, although<br />
my younger son declared it “not<br />
creamy enough”, but it was packed with veg<br />
and flavour. It was obviously too healthy for<br />
his 10 year old palate!<br />
Main courses were ‘pollo asado’, tender and<br />
tasty, griddled chicken breasts for the kids,<br />
and a fillet of sea bass for me. All came with<br />
a small portion of sliced fried potatoes and<br />
peppers. The fish was one of the nicest I<br />
have eaten; very tasty!<br />
As usual, all eyes were on the dessert menu!<br />
Unlike some all inclusive menus, with the<br />
rather unimaginative flan and natilla, this<br />
Italian-style eatery had got it spot on. My<br />
3 die-hard chocoholics chose the chocolate<br />
cake, with rich creamy filling and generous<br />
portions. However, when my lemon meringue<br />
pie appeared, there were a few envious<br />
glances to the plate and cries of “swap”!<br />
Mine was a tangy lemon custard and a topping<br />
so high I thought I might not be able to<br />
finish the lot. A challenging task, but with a<br />
little help from the boys the plate was clean.<br />
This was a superb deal for a ‘menu’, and the<br />
atmosphere even on a quiet weekday was<br />
good. A place to return to!<br />
Rating: (out of 5)<br />
Quality :<br />
Service :<br />
Value for Money :<br />
Location :<br />
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Hello from Bob. By the time you read this,<br />
Fran and I will have been to Disney in Florida.<br />
I’m writing it the day before we leave to fly<br />
to Gatwick, where we stay overnight, ready<br />
for our flight to Orlando. Fran’s getting really<br />
excited now and looking forward to having<br />
her photo taken with Mickey Mouse. I don’t<br />
plan to go on any of the rides that I’m not in<br />
control of. If I’m in control and it goes wrong,<br />
then it’s my fault, but big-dippers and things<br />
that go round and round don’t do much for<br />
me, so I’ll just stand and watch as the others<br />
make themselves sick!<br />
We had our annual Treasure Hunt on 24 th<br />
March, with over 100 people taking part. We<br />
started from<br />
El Pareton<br />
and made our<br />
way through<br />
the campo,<br />
into La Hoya,<br />
bypassed<br />
Totana, and<br />
finished at<br />
the Social<br />
Centre in Los<br />
Muñoces, answering<br />
the<br />
questions all<br />
the way. Well<br />
done to Paul<br />
and Jim who<br />
organised the<br />
route, the<br />
staff at the<br />
Social Centre,<br />
and to the<br />
eventual winners,<br />
Latte<br />
For Coffee. Everyone had a great time and<br />
as far as we know, there are no divorce cases<br />
pending!<br />
Our April<br />
Dance was<br />
on 10 th , and<br />
what a night<br />
this was! Angie<br />
McKay<br />
as herself to<br />
start off the<br />
entertainment,<br />
then<br />
the fabulous<br />
Dan Davy<br />
and the highlight<br />
of the<br />
night, Angie<br />
as Cher. If<br />
you weren’t there, you missed a real treat,<br />
and if you were there, then you’ll agree that<br />
this was one of the best nights ever! Her outfit<br />
didn’t leave too much to the imagination I’m<br />
pleased to say, and the audience (well, the<br />
men really) participation was eagerly given,<br />
including me! In case you didn’t notice, I did<br />
make sure I was sitting as near to the front as<br />
I could get in anticipation. It worked! Apparently,<br />
this was her toned-down performance<br />
– can’t wait for the big one! Another fantastic<br />
night and well done to the organisers.<br />
Tickets available:<br />
<strong>May</strong> 22 nd Dance; with one of our favourites,<br />
Sunset, featuring tributes to Status Quo and<br />
The Eagles, and the best Abba tribute anywhere,<br />
Abba Elite. Also that night we have<br />
the lovely Maria O’Hara, who everyone looks<br />
forward to seeing. Just €10 and €5 for lamb<br />
and chips.<br />
Ladies’ Day on 12 th June, at The Club House,<br />
Camposol C; a fashion show, bingo ,stalls and<br />
cold buffet. Woody is providing the entertainment,<br />
and tickets are just €10.<br />
There are still a few places left for Benidorm<br />
Trip from October 14 th ; 3 night’s half-board<br />
at Hotel Helios, at €140 including a day trip<br />
out.<br />
There are 6 rooms left on the second coach<br />
for Christmas at the Helios Hotel; 4 night’s<br />
full-board, with a gala Christmas lunch, all<br />
transport, at just €230.<br />
Sevilla Trip from September 16 th , staying 4<br />
nights B & B at Hotel Becquer, close to the city<br />
centre, near bars and restaurants, to include<br />
a trip to Huelva and a jamon factory, a stop in<br />
Granada on the outward journey, and time in<br />
Cordoba on the way home. Just €350.<br />
Book/Jigsaw Swap dates for <strong>May</strong> are 28 th<br />
only as most people will be on the Norwegian<br />
Fjords Cruise earlier in the month. Ring Jo on<br />
669 457 985 for more details.<br />
The Annual Petanca Competition is on<br />
Wednesday 29 th <strong>May</strong> at 1pm. Call Les on 968<br />
131 880 for details.<br />
The next Welcome Meeting is on <strong>May</strong> 4 th ,<br />
where you can buy tickets for July Dance on<br />
and all previously advertised events where<br />
available.<br />
For more information, ring Rosemary on 620<br />
105 179, or email<br />
rosemarybeak@hotmail.com, or visit<br />
www.welcomegroupspain.com.<br />
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My Spanish friend María cannot drive, and<br />
still relies on husband Pepe to take her to<br />
the supermarket once a week, Monday<br />
evening being the time set aside for the<br />
big “weekly shop”. Truthfully, I don´t know<br />
how she manages it, living as she does in<br />
the middle of nowhere. Perhaps the fact<br />
that she has a constant supply of home<br />
grown fruit and veg and chickens and rabbits<br />
at her disposal makes life a little easier.<br />
In our household, the weekly shop has<br />
now become a daily event, due to the<br />
amount of food and milk that the kids<br />
consume and the fact that we never seem<br />
to be completely organised. Last week<br />
started with the weekly shop, on Monday<br />
morning, swiftly followed by the trip to the<br />
supermarket on the way home from work<br />
on Tuesday to pick up the bits I had forgotten.<br />
Wednesday was a quick trolley-dash<br />
as we had run out of dog food and salad,<br />
and by Thursday I was sick and tired of the<br />
sight of the aisles, and life had a certain<br />
“Groundhog Day” quality about it.<br />
Despite the fact that we have a list on the<br />
kitchen counter to prompt us and encourage<br />
the kids to write down anything that<br />
they need, I generally arrive at the supermarket<br />
only to find the list is still at home<br />
(along with the eco-friendly re-useable<br />
carrier bags). Luckily I have a good memory,<br />
but when I get home and check the<br />
stuff, there will be at least 2 or 3 things<br />
that I will have forgotten.<br />
Ah well, I can always pop back tomorrow!<br />
Liz Edmiston 691 977 107<br />
info@ownersaway.com<br />
www.ownersaway.com &<br />
www.villasalesmurcia.com<br />
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Already Whitsun is upon us. What are your<br />
childhood memories of Whitsun? Did you, like<br />
me, have a new outfit for Sunday best and<br />
perhaps a new dress for the Whitsun treat?<br />
I remember with delight Whit Monday, how<br />
the whole Sunday school clambered onto the<br />
back of open lorries decked with chairs from<br />
the school hall. It wouldn’t happen these<br />
days, what with health and safety, to be taken<br />
to a country venue. The farmer had cut his<br />
field in readiness for the onslaught and we<br />
found various events going on like egg and<br />
spoon race, three legged race and a coconut<br />
shy. Oh yes don’t forget the sweetie stall!<br />
Mums would be busy spreading bread and<br />
making sandwiches for everyone to eat and<br />
at the end of the day we would return home,<br />
again on the open lorries singing our hearts<br />
out; by far the highlight of the day.<br />
But what of the reason behind Whitsun when<br />
our Lord ascended to heaven?<br />
During the 50 days after His resurrection, He<br />
appeared to various people, including His disciples<br />
who had been hiding, frightened, behind<br />
locked doors.<br />
John 20:19<br />
Not all recognised Him at first, like the two<br />
on the road to Emmaus, but when the Lord<br />
opened their eyes, they recalled the elation<br />
they had felt as they walked and talked with<br />
the Lord. Luke 24:13-32<br />
We can all experience this excitement when<br />
we choose to follow Him and allow Him to<br />
be Lord over our lives. One way to do this<br />
is to find a church where there are others to<br />
encourage and help you in your walk. Why<br />
not join us on the first Sunday each month at<br />
Welcome House? We are a small group but<br />
growing steadily and very informal, ‘a different<br />
way of doing church.’<br />
Our next event is on <strong>May</strong> 5th at the new time<br />
of 4pm.<br />
Lynda.spain@hotmail.co.uk or Derek.tycymru@talktalk.net<br />
Tel 633 447 937<br />
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Berlingo is a small little girl who was found in<br />
the most unusual circumstances. A supporter<br />
of MARA had heard a strange noise coming<br />
from his car. After 5 days he and a friend<br />
set about investigating the noise and to their<br />
surprise found this little dog trapped behind<br />
the headlight of the car. After removing the<br />
headlight they<br />
were able to free<br />
her and she is<br />
no worse for her<br />
experience. The<br />
make of the car<br />
was a Berlingo<br />
hence the name.<br />
Freddy is a real<br />
little cutey. He is<br />
7 months old and<br />
is house trained.<br />
He lives with his<br />
foster parents but<br />
would love his for<br />
ever home.<br />
Juanito is very<br />
lonely since his<br />
brother was adopted.<br />
In our kennels<br />
we have a lot of<br />
small dogs who<br />
desperately need<br />
a forever home.<br />
They are all socialized<br />
with other<br />
dogs. If you<br />
are interested in<br />
adopting one of<br />
our dogs please ring Marion on 968 979 865<br />
or 628 811 187.<br />
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This month the WARM group enjoyed two<br />
beautiful walks in the region of Murcia.<br />
On the first, Saturday 23 rd March, our prayers<br />
were answered - it neither rained nor were<br />
we baked - the day had dawned perfectly for<br />
walking and a very multinational and multiaged<br />
group met at the Ermita de San Roque<br />
north of Blanca, to go exploring the tracks in<br />
the area. 25 people and two dogs completed<br />
the route of just less than 14km. We set<br />
off downhill towards Blanca on a lovely wide<br />
track that’s invisible from the road, alongside<br />
the Sierra del Solán. It was impossible not<br />
to stop and enjoy the treat provided by the<br />
intriguing yellow spiked flowers of the parasitic<br />
broomrape Cistanche Phelypaea. Continuing,<br />
we passed alongside the cemetery<br />
until reaching the lookout platform over the<br />
huerta of Blanca and the Rio Segura. Continuing<br />
through the fragrant azahar of the flowering<br />
citrus trees we stopped beside the Azud<br />
de Ojós lake to enjoy the canine entertainment<br />
of one of the dogs retrieving a cane six<br />
times longer than her. After a leisurely meander<br />
through the hamlet of Bayna we reached<br />
the picnic area under La Navela and made the<br />
long and gradual climb back upwards through<br />
the pines, stopping frequently to admire the<br />
views up the Valle de Ricote towards Abarán<br />
and Cieza, and the distant remains of the last<br />
Moorish stronghold in Spain – the ruins of the<br />
castle of Ricote. Finishing the walk back at<br />
the Ermita, we drove a very short distance to<br />
our final destination and a warm welcome at<br />
a local restaurant for well-earned drinks and<br />
a three course meal.<br />
The second walk was on Easter Saturday<br />
when 20 people started in Ucenda and walked<br />
through the Reserve De Selva in a loop and<br />
returned to Ucenda. We stopped at an old<br />
ruin and went inside to investigate. On the<br />
walls, someone had painted a picture of birds<br />
which were very intricate and colourful. We<br />
continued on what had turned into a beautiful<br />
day with cloudless skies although the wind<br />
was quite strong. At about the halfway point<br />
we stopped at some marble blocks and had<br />
a picnic with homemade Hot X Buns - much<br />
appreciated by all. On the return we stopped<br />
to look at a lake that had formed since last<br />
year’s Gota Fria and an eagle swooped low<br />
across the water, circled round and disappeared<br />
into the woods. We returned to the<br />
cars having walked for 16kms, tired but happy.<br />
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the<br />
walk especially those who were in Spain for a<br />
holiday. So nice to see new faces.<br />
There are just a few walks left in <strong>May</strong> and<br />
June, so if you are interested in exploring the<br />
region of Murcia on foot with a group of likeminded<br />
people please contact warm2005@<br />
gmail.com for further information.<br />
Route No 5 Benizar - Fuente de Arriba<br />
- Scratch de las Cuevas<br />
On 24 th March we started spring with the<br />
Benizar tour, although it was “freezing cold”<br />
and black clouds crowned the limestone mass<br />
of the Fuente de Arriba. There was a chilly<br />
wind but we intended to go into the depths<br />
of this unique corner of Moratalla with a visit<br />
to the disturbing Benizar petroglyphs, carved<br />
millennia in this limestone area.<br />
We went down to the village to visit some<br />
of the streets of the mill, lovingly tended<br />
by neighbours and we were surprised at the<br />
presence of a plant called Venus’s Navel, present<br />
in all the walls, which indicates the high<br />
degree of humidity. This is not surprisingly as<br />
the presence of water is constant in Moratalla.<br />
We took an old trail that winds through the<br />
gardens and lead us to the Rincon de las<br />
Cuevas, a botanical enclave. Here the landscape<br />
becomes surreal, surrounded by multicolored<br />
cenajos, several habitats coinciding<br />
in this area, so that biodiversity is awesome<br />
with more than fifty species of breeding birds<br />
seen, even today. We heard a nightingale<br />
sing and a wren or finch whose local name<br />
is piquirrojas chovas. The birds have started<br />
their reproductive period and birds of prey fly<br />
over the peak carrying some small trophy.<br />
In the rocks, we also note that some spring<br />
flowers are growing in the grass; violets and<br />
hellebores are so pretty. We also admire the<br />
paintings barely visible in 3 metres of soil and<br />
ditches and a Muslim aqueduct.<br />
We decided to have lunch in the shelter of a<br />
large cave, well protected from the wind, before<br />
heading to the Cueva de la Pila del Fraile<br />
by an ancient path that passed by a damaged<br />
raft before crossing the creek to observe a<br />
sunset Natterjack toad. After a full ascent, we<br />
excavated a stalagmite developed from the<br />
persistent dropping of water from the roof of<br />
the cave for millions of years. These cenajos<br />
date back to the Miocene era and the atmosphere<br />
is magical and spectacular.<br />
We reached an old cattle pen in which we<br />
observed a schematic style painting before<br />
climbing the steps. Despite its length and verticality<br />
June who is 75 years old, managed to<br />
reach this ancient path. The end of the dizzying<br />
ascent lead us to view a spectacular landscape,<br />
before arriving at the forest of Sabina<br />
which is dotted with plants such as lavenders<br />
etc. that cover one area that collects a lot of<br />
water after the springs feed the area.<br />
In the distance the inaccessible Castillo de<br />
Beniza is located on top of a small plateau<br />
that we eventually<br />
reached. We<br />
went down some<br />
steps and got to<br />
the edge of the<br />
foot of the cenajos<br />
and descend some<br />
new steps to go a<br />
ledge with stunning<br />
caves. The<br />
new landscape<br />
was breathtaking<br />
and spectacular<br />
and to top all a<br />
female peregrine<br />
flew past us.<br />
We left this authentic natural balcony to return<br />
to the cars, as it was time to go to Bar<br />
Fofi, a restaurant that prepared a magnificent<br />
banquet and the good wine Ulea Tertia. At the<br />
end June and her friends said goodbye and<br />
the rest of us decided to stroll by Benizar in<br />
order to “reduce” the hearty meal with that<br />
we had just eaten.<br />
The next walks are:<br />
12 th <strong>May</strong> – El Salero de Zacatin-La Torre<br />
21 st <strong>May</strong> – Casicas del Portal-Calar de Sevilla<br />
Tel 968 730 208<br />
turismo@ayuntamientomoratalla.net<br />
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The first five days of <strong>May</strong> see one of Murcia’s<br />
best known and loved fiestas take place in<br />
Caravaca de la Cruz. All of this is reflected<br />
in a superb museum in Caravaca – the Museo<br />
de la Fiesta (Museum of the Fiesta), located<br />
in Calle de las Monjas, beyond the end<br />
of the road in which you find the Tourist Office.<br />
You really cannot miss it as it is located<br />
in an imposing 16 th Century building with a<br />
large sign outsided. Entrance to the museum<br />
when we were last there (September 2012)<br />
was 4€ per person (3€ for concessions) and<br />
this included an audio guide in English to listen<br />
to as you walked around.<br />
The tour begins in an upstairs room which<br />
deals with the origins of the <strong>May</strong> Fiesta. The<br />
wall panels tell of the miraculous appearance<br />
of the True Cross of Caravaca at the mass<br />
celebrated by a captive Christian priest, before<br />
the Arab King, Abu-Ceyt, in Caravaca<br />
on 3 <strong>May</strong> 1232. Another panel deals with the<br />
origin of the spectacular Wine Run and a third<br />
concerns the part played by the Bands of<br />
Moors and Christians in the Fiesta. It is said,<br />
in the descriptive material, that in the 13 th<br />
Century, when Caravaca was on the frontier<br />
of Christian Spain against the Moorish Kingdom<br />
of Granada, the town was besieged and<br />
the water supply had putrefied. Consequently,<br />
several knights rode through the encircling<br />
Moors to search for clean supplies. None was<br />
to be found - only wine! As a result, wine was<br />
put into the skins and the knights returned to<br />
Caravaca. Less romantically, it is believed<br />
that rivalry among those transporting wine to<br />
an annual blessing led, in the 19 th Century, to<br />
the development of today’s competition racing<br />
the horses up the hill to the Castle.<br />
From the first room, you pass on to another<br />
which chronicles the daily progress of the Fiesta.<br />
Thus, on 1 <strong>May</strong>, there are flower offerings<br />
and a competition to find the best<br />
horses. The serious part of the Fiesta, however,<br />
begins the following day, 2 <strong>May</strong>. There<br />
is a dawn chorus of bells from the Church of<br />
San Salvador, but the “official” start of the Fiesta<br />
comes with a mass to celebrate the True<br />
Cross of Caravaca and numerous parades<br />
of the horses which will later participate in<br />
the Wine Run. Moors and Christians follow<br />
and their processions come together as they<br />
make their way to the castle precincts. If<br />
you are in Caravaca at the time, you cannot<br />
help bumping into one band of Moors or<br />
Christians (or more) as they wander through<br />
the streets.<br />
It is the race of the Wine Horses up the hill<br />
to the entrance to the castle which has always<br />
struck us as a truly remarkable event.<br />
The 80 metre course starts at a bend in the<br />
road, with around 60 horses participating one<br />
by one. Each is decked out in a bright livery<br />
from head to tail and has four “handlers”<br />
holding on to the sides. If any one of these<br />
handlers lets go, then the horse is disqualified.<br />
The runs are timed electronically and<br />
the fastest take less than 10 seconds. What<br />
has also been remarkable when we have been<br />
there is the way that crowds throng the narrow<br />
road up which the horses run and part<br />
to allow them through. It is something, in<br />
our view, well worth going to see, although<br />
you may want to try and position yourself in<br />
a rather less challenging place than many of<br />
the locals so you are in no danger from the<br />
horses!<br />
There are further processions on 3 <strong>May</strong>, which<br />
also sees a solemn mass. The main event of<br />
the day, in the evening, and after an unsuccessful<br />
meeting between the Moor and Christian<br />
monarchs sees mock battles take place,<br />
is the blessing of the water at the Templete in<br />
the town. The Templete is a hexagonal baroque<br />
construction of the mid-late 18 th Century<br />
on the site of a former chapel into which<br />
the waters from the nearby Fuentes del Marqués<br />
flow. The cross is bathed in the waters<br />
to bless them amidst a massive crowd. The<br />
following day sees the cross taken around the<br />
houses of those who are ill in Caravaca and<br />
the grand, colourful procession of the Moors<br />
and Christians. On 5 <strong>May</strong> the cross returns<br />
home to the grand Church in the castle precincts.<br />
The inevitable fireworks follow!<br />
All this (and more) is explained in illustrated<br />
panels in the museum, and we hope that this<br />
brief description might whet your appetite to<br />
go to Caravaca on one of the principal days<br />
of the Fiesta, even if you may have to be very<br />
careful if you attend the Wine Horse races.<br />
What else is there in the museum?<br />
The next room on the tour concentrates on<br />
the Christian bands who participate in the<br />
Fiesta, showing their costumes and equipment.<br />
If nothing else, it will emphasise to<br />
you the care, time and expense lavished by<br />
a very large number of people in Caravaca<br />
in preparing for, and participating in the great<br />
<strong>May</strong> celebrations. Each group of Christians<br />
has two or three costumes to wear at different<br />
times during the Fiesta. At one end of<br />
the room were the even more richly clothed<br />
models of the Christian King and Queen.<br />
Not surprisingly, the next room deals with the<br />
Moors in a parallel way. Each of the Moorish<br />
groups has its own distinctive costume to<br />
wear between 2 and 4 <strong>May</strong>. There are wall<br />
panels in both rooms which show photographs<br />
of the processions.<br />
Downstairs toward the end of the tour, there<br />
are full size representations of the Wine Horses<br />
and their handlers in all their finery. The<br />
embroidery, especially on the decorative coverings<br />
for the horses, is extremely fine and<br />
detailed and note the wine skin which is also<br />
shown in the room.<br />
If you wish, you can also see a DVD showing<br />
images of the Fiesta, a representation of the<br />
appearance of the Caravaca Cross in 1232,<br />
as well as scenes from the Wine Run.<br />
The Fiesta is a great time for both townspeople<br />
and the hoards of tourists who descend<br />
on Caravaca alike. The museum gives you a<br />
good feel for it, and its importance, although<br />
you really have to be there to savour the full<br />
effects. Best of all is to see some of the actual<br />
<strong>May</strong> events and then contemplate the<br />
whole thing at greater leisure in the museum!<br />
Article by Clive and Rosie Palmer who have<br />
written several guide books on towns and regions<br />
in Murcia. These can be seen at, and<br />
obtained from, www.lulu.com, or contact<br />
clive.palmer5@btinternet.com. Clive and<br />
Rosie’s most recent book, “Exploring Murcia,<br />
Days Out” is now available to buy from<br />
the <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida <strong>Chronicle</strong> Office on Camposol<br />
B, Best Wishes (who also stock other of<br />
their books), or phone Patti on 968 433 978.<br />
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Hopefully by the time this has gone to print,<br />
the weather will be more like summer and we<br />
will be enjoying days out and about. There is<br />
so much to see in the area and many of the<br />
local tourist offices are promoting the local<br />
towns by organising walks and other events.<br />
There is one area that is worth a visit and that<br />
is the Sierra Espuña. The Hotel Mariposa in<br />
Gebas is an English run establishment that offers<br />
not only good food, accommodation and<br />
entertainment, but you can also explore the<br />
area either on foot, quad bike or mountain<br />
bike. We spent a very good evening at The<br />
Hotel Marisposa in March, having an excellent<br />
meal whilst listening to Martin Ross Lawford<br />
singing, giving us the chance to dance the<br />
night away. Mark, from The Hotel Mariposa<br />
picked us up from Bullas in their mini bus, at<br />
no extra cost, which saved us driving all the<br />
way up to the hotel. They have some excellent<br />
deals on special weekends if you want<br />
to get away for a few days and they serve a<br />
superb Sunday Roast from a little as 10.50€<br />
per person. See their advert on page 63 for<br />
full details on what is on offer this month.<br />
Cloud Nine Drama<br />
There will be a performance of “Filthy Rich”<br />
and “Last Panto in Camposol” at the Patio<br />
Bar in Pliego on Sunday 9 th <strong>May</strong> at 8pm. Tickets<br />
3€. Please turn up and support this group<br />
of enthusiastic thespians for a good night out.<br />
Tourism in Moratalla<br />
On 5th April, the <strong>May</strong>or of Moratalla, D Antonio<br />
García Rodríguez, underlined the intention<br />
of projecting and promoting the tourist values<br />
of Moratalla, including the sector of rural<br />
tourism which currently has more than 50%<br />
of the accommodation in the Region of Murcia<br />
which is a strategic sector in the economic<br />
development of the municipality.<br />
Juan Soria, highlighted the important positioning<br />
Moratalla has achieved within the<br />
rankings of several portal websites to highlight<br />
the image of the town, both regionally<br />
and nationally. He has also presented several<br />
projects of great importance for the municipality,<br />
including the declaration of national<br />
tourist interest of the tamboristas and Holy<br />
Week in Moratalla and the creation of the Museum<br />
of the Tamboras. Mª José Nicolás, Senator<br />
for the Grupo Popular, also highlighted<br />
the work of the Town Hall in developing tourism<br />
in the media. She emphasised the project<br />
“52 semanas y un destino” which includes,<br />
heritage, gastronomy, nature and fiestas for<br />
everyone to enjoy. These projects must be<br />
supported by the Regional Administration under<br />
the name of “Destino Región de Murcia”<br />
with the support of the Secretary of State for<br />
Tourism.<br />
Free Tours<br />
There are free tours to “Villa Santiaguista”<br />
held every Saturday in <strong>May</strong> and June from<br />
12pm-1pm from the Tourist Office in Moratalla.<br />
To reserve a place on any of these walks,<br />
please phone 968 730 208 or email turismo@ayuntamientomoratalla.net<br />
Investigating the existence of hydrocarbons<br />
in Northwest Murcia<br />
The Governing Council has granted permission<br />
to the company ‘Oil and Gas Capital, SL’<br />
to investigate the possible existence of hydrocarbons<br />
in the municipalities of Cehegín,<br />
Calasparra and Moratalla for six years. After<br />
studying the record, the regional government<br />
considers that the applicant company has the<br />
legal, technical and financial capacity to implement<br />
the programme of research.<br />
Cehegín Scene<br />
On the last Sunday of every month from October<br />
2012 to <strong>May</strong> <strong>2013</strong> in the “Plaza del Castillo”<br />
Cehegin there is a craft market known<br />
as “El Mesoncico” . There you will find more<br />
than 50 craftsmen of the area with stalls displaying<br />
such products as cured meats, hams,<br />
pottery, cakes, wines, cheeses, etc. Sunday<br />
26 th <strong>May</strong> is all about fruit and vegetables<br />
from the local area. Fresh produce will be<br />
on sale and you will be able to try Zarangollo<br />
(a mixture of eggs and courgette),<br />
tomatoes in local olive and ham. This is<br />
also when El Mesoncico celebrates the 12th<br />
Exhibition of Open Air Painting Casco Antiguo<br />
de Cehegín.<br />
The Archaeological site of Begastri is opened<br />
for visitors Saturdays and Sundays 10am-<br />
2pm. You will be able to see a video presentation<br />
followed by a guided tour to see the remains<br />
of the Iberian<br />
culture before the IV<br />
century B.C.<br />
From 17 th -19 th <strong>May</strong> we<br />
celebrate Fiestas in<br />
honour of San Isidro<br />
and San Zenón with<br />
running of bulls, bullfights,<br />
Acrobat competition<br />
as well as a Craft<br />
Fair.<br />
Car Boot Sale<br />
The date for the car<br />
boot market has been<br />
changed to 12 th <strong>May</strong><br />
instead of the 19 th as<br />
previously arranged<br />
and is taking place in<br />
the square beside the<br />
old railway station in<br />
the Vía Verde, just two<br />
minutes from Mercadona.<br />
There is plenty<br />
of room for parking<br />
and Stalls will be provided<br />
by the Town hall<br />
for 2€. Anyone interested<br />
in booking a stall<br />
contact the Cehegín<br />
Tourist Office on 968<br />
723 550.<br />
Free Nature Walks<br />
Cehegin provides a<br />
variety of landscapes<br />
which include woods,<br />
mountains, hills, sloping<br />
valleys, scrubland<br />
and streams which<br />
provide a priceless<br />
tourist and educational<br />
resource. Walks take<br />
place on 3 rd or last Saturday<br />
of each month.<br />
They are designed for people of all ages who<br />
enjoy hiking at fairly easy levels which makes<br />
them accessible for the whole family.<br />
This walk on 25 th <strong>May</strong> will begin in one of the<br />
least known areas of the region of Murcia (La<br />
Asomadilla) and will take us to the area of<br />
Carrascalejo through a pretty path under the<br />
shade of imposing poplar trees. The distance<br />
is 9.5 km, the time will be approximately<br />
3 hours with an average incline of 15,4% -<br />
11%.<br />
The Ecological Park Is Closed Until Further<br />
Notice<br />
Tel 968 723 550 or visit<br />
www.turismocehegin.es<br />
Santiago Leo<br />
Cehegin Tourist Office<br />
Organizing The World Cup of Orientation<br />
in Cehegín<br />
The regional government has given approval<br />
for a grant of €35,000 to the Federation of<br />
Orientation in Murcia to collaborate on expenses<br />
incurred in connection with the organization<br />
of the World Cup in Cehegin. The<br />
competition will be held in April 2014 and is<br />
expected to involve more than 1,500 people.<br />
This tournament, which is part of the promotion<br />
of the sport in the nature of the Ministry<br />
of Culture and Tourism, is also directed to the<br />
promotion of rural tourism in the region.<br />
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By the time this article is published the new<br />
CAFÉ Ambulance will have been presented by<br />
the Honary British Consul Antonio Berdonces<br />
Vivancos to the Ayuntamiento of Mazarron<br />
Gines Campillo. The ambulance will be administered<br />
by the Cruz Roja and will be identified<br />
by the CAFÉ logo on each side. You will<br />
see PALS The Lions and <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida International<br />
Radio logos as well. Thanks to<br />
everyone who over the years has helped pay<br />
into the fund. It reached 45000€ and PALS<br />
have advanced the balance making the total<br />
paid for this state of the art vehicle 57536€.<br />
The CAFÉ Concert in September will help<br />
out, so see you there and PALS continue to<br />
accept donations for the ambulance until the<br />
end of this year.<br />
PALS have, excluding the ambulance donation,<br />
now purchased life saving equipment to<br />
the total value of 188,414€ and were in the<br />
lead on the Lorca Earthquake Concert where<br />
6400€ of equipment was donated to that<br />
stricken city.<br />
We think we are the only local charity that declares<br />
publicly where all the money goes and<br />
are proud to advise that the financial records<br />
are open to all at our monthly meetings at the<br />
Cultural Centre, Camposol B. We always welcome<br />
new members and ideas and have some<br />
really exciting events planned for this year.<br />
If you wanted a cruise to the Greek Islands<br />
and Turkey, sorry it’s already at sea from<br />
the 29 th April for 7 nights, however we do<br />
have some really unusual trips coming up.<br />
A trip into the beautiful Sierra Espuñas<br />
on <strong>May</strong> 28 th with visits to the market and archaeological<br />
sites in the town of Alhama de<br />
Murcia, then lunch at La Perdiz. 25€ food included.<br />
A day trip to Benidorm, on June 5 th with<br />
drop offs at Terra Mitica, the Old Town of Benidorm<br />
and the famous market. Have fun in<br />
Europe’s fun filled hot spot 15€. Pick ups at<br />
most places.<br />
A trip to Salamanca, Segovia & Avila from<br />
24 th to 27 th June with a stop in Toledo 210€<br />
3 night’s hotel B & B. Some places available<br />
due to cancellations.<br />
We usually have our beach BBQ on <strong>May</strong> 1 st but<br />
as our team and quite a few of our supporters<br />
are on the cruise we have decided to hold a<br />
special lunch in a beachside restaurant, with<br />
special entertainment and hold the boules<br />
contest all on July 2 nd. 17.50€ per head.<br />
The second coach for the Basque Region<br />
Trip is rapidly filling up. Fantastic value at<br />
285€ full board, all excursions included. See<br />
a totally different part of Spain in Cantabria<br />
from 6 th -11 th October. 5 nights and 6 days of<br />
exploration<br />
It might seem early, but we have reserved<br />
our Christmas Ball Dinner/Dance at the<br />
<strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Costa</strong> Hotel, Mazarrón for Sunday 8 th<br />
December 29.50€ with masses to eat and<br />
drink and entertainment by popular request<br />
the John Lindo Trio are back.<br />
Information and tickets from the Trevi Bar on<br />
each Saturday morning from 11am-1.30pm<br />
or at Saralaras on a Wednesday 1-3pm or call<br />
626 460 465.<br />
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<strong>May</strong>! Month 5 – where does it go? All is well<br />
in the Rainbow camp. Matt and Alan went to<br />
the UK for a week in April to see mum Jones<br />
– did a little decorating for her and got the<br />
garden ready for summer. Mum Monk continues<br />
to be independent in her little house in<br />
the garden – 91 and going strong.<br />
Regular readers will know we have a large<br />
garden and “too much” land. We had some<br />
students from Cartagena cultivating some of<br />
it a few years ago but they stopped and now<br />
our local goat man Antonio has asked if he<br />
can use it and with his friends has started<br />
to grow lots of vegetables – using our well<br />
water! We should get a good supply of fresh<br />
seasonal vegetables. We have noticed lots of<br />
the villagers cultivating their land much more<br />
this year – a sign of the “crisis” times?<br />
The “crisis” has also brought with it security<br />
issues. Normally good law-abiding people<br />
with no money can turn to crime. Our two<br />
security products mentioned in last month’s<br />
newsletter were received with interest – the<br />
personal distress alarm and the solar floodlights<br />
are both in stock. Ask for more details.<br />
TV NEWS<br />
There is lots of talk in the bars and on the<br />
internet about all Brits losing their UK TV later<br />
in the year – remember the same talk this<br />
time last year for a November close down?<br />
There certainly are some changes coming<br />
with the launch of the “E” Satellite and the<br />
moving of the remainder of the FREESAT<br />
channels to this satellite. What those moves/<br />
changes will bring to us down here is UN-<br />
KNOWN – 100%. I suspect that the changes<br />
will be similar to those already made (the<br />
entire Channel 5’s and some of the 4’s) and<br />
will have little effect on us (except for those<br />
with the smallest dishes?) but there is no concrete<br />
information for reception one way or the<br />
other. We can only wait and see. The 5’s<br />
and 4’s already moved will not change again<br />
along with any pay SKY channels. These are<br />
on the pan-European beam and have mostly<br />
already moved.<br />
Supposing the worst and signals do become<br />
weaker in our region; that may mean you will<br />
need a bigger dish or change to internet TV<br />
(IPTV). The irony is that “those in charge” try<br />
to stop us watching our national TV in any<br />
other country in the EEC, but there are, and<br />
always will be, ways around that, so why even<br />
bother trying to stop us? Why not just open<br />
up the airwaves to all? We can live, work,<br />
pay tax and play in any EEC country, but we<br />
can’t, or at least officially can’t, watch our national<br />
TV. Crazy or what? What I do find disturbing<br />
is that further<br />
down the coast where<br />
expats have lost the<br />
5’s and some 4’s, installers<br />
are pushing,<br />
and installing, bigger<br />
dishes to get these<br />
channels back, with<br />
clients spending up to<br />
a 1000€ for a dish that<br />
the installer cannot<br />
guarantee will work for<br />
the “E” Satellite and I<br />
bet they disappear if<br />
they don’t work!<br />
Hold tight, don’t fret and let’s see what happens.<br />
We at Rainbow are getting as prepared<br />
as we can for whatever eventuality and<br />
we are advising clients that are making investments<br />
of the possible changes with open<br />
minds! Just don’t listen to unsubstantiated<br />
“bar and internet talk”!<br />
Manhattan have been having a few issues<br />
with recordings. There is a software fix<br />
and Humax (told to us by Don of Spain and<br />
Bournemouth) have been having issues with<br />
the FREETIME boxes closing right down and<br />
not waking up to record items. Again a fix<br />
available, BUT both these fixes are “dangerous”<br />
to apply unless you are confident in what<br />
you are doing. Best to contact us for more<br />
detailed information if you are having either<br />
problem. We often get calls from clients having<br />
“odd” problems with all makes and types<br />
of digiboxes. All these boxes are powerful<br />
computers which are software controlled and<br />
like ANY computer the software, can get corrupted,<br />
especially in Spain where mains electricity<br />
is “dirty” – depending on what/where/<br />
which bit of software gets corrupted, will depend<br />
on the problem you get and its severity.<br />
There is nearly always an easy remedy.<br />
Firstly unplug the box from the mains, count<br />
to 20, and replug to get the box going – will<br />
solve 80% of these problems, but if that<br />
doesn’t work go into the MENU and do what<br />
is usually called a “Factory Reset”. This puts<br />
the box back to a state it came out of the<br />
factory, with software all in order and none of<br />
the “fiddling” you have been doing installed!<br />
Instructions are always “on screen” but you<br />
could get the manual out if stuck! Or call us!<br />
That’s it for <strong>May</strong>. Article sponsored by Rainbow<br />
Satellites the company for all your TV<br />
needs in the Murcia Region. Contact Alan or<br />
Matt for any advice. Email rainbowsats@<br />
gmail.com or call (0034) 686 358 475.<br />
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Although I have come from a large company<br />
background, often with huge marketing<br />
budgets for glossy brochures, exhibition<br />
stands etc, it is good to know that<br />
even the smallest organisation out here in<br />
Spain can achieve the same effect, but at<br />
minimal cost. Far too often we see internet-based<br />
business cards, blackboards with<br />
spelling mistakes, or magnetic vehicle signs<br />
thrown onto vehicles that are simply not<br />
professional looking. Well, you need look<br />
no further than Mister Print for that professional<br />
look for your business. Based on<br />
Camposol Sector A, Mister Print can give<br />
you a total package that starts by designing<br />
a professional logo, which should then<br />
be used on all marketing material. Mister<br />
Print produces flyers, business cards, A<br />
boards, clothing and vehicle sign writing,<br />
all with the same corporate “look and feel”<br />
of a big company, but at a small company<br />
cost. Times are still quite tough out there<br />
for some businesses, especially if you are<br />
not yet established, so please give yourself<br />
a chance to stand out from the rest. It is<br />
amazing at just how quickly a new business<br />
can suddenly be seen everywhere. Graham<br />
from Mister Print works closely with us by<br />
sharing these logos etc, so that we can design<br />
a professional looking advert for you.<br />
Just because your business is small, does<br />
not mean that you have to look small or not<br />
appear professional.<br />
As many of you know by now, I am no cook<br />
and frequently wriggle out of cooking whenever<br />
possible by eating out, buying take –<br />
away food, or eating frozen processed food.<br />
Let’s face it, this is not very good or very<br />
healthy and is a bit scary at the moment<br />
with all the recent bad press about meat<br />
products in frozen foods! For this reason,<br />
no-one was more excited than I was, to see<br />
the price list and menu launched by Country<br />
Kitchen. Whilst I have no doubt that<br />
the majority of their customers will be those<br />
that are in real need of a home delivery service,<br />
perhaps through ill health or without<br />
the transport to go shopping, but I can see<br />
anybody being a potential customer, especially<br />
if you live alone.<br />
The food from Country Kitchen is all<br />
freshly cooked and then frozen. It comes<br />
in oven and microwave proof disposable<br />
containers that have little compartments<br />
for each food component. For example; the<br />
stuffed chicken breast also came with peas<br />
and creamy mashed potato. The website is<br />
now up and running so you can either order<br />
on line or phone for next day delivery. Jim<br />
and Margaret from Country Kitchen say so<br />
long as they have a few hours notice they<br />
can deliver any variation of food from the<br />
menu. Kevin does not eat mashed anything,<br />
so he would ask for roast potatoes instead<br />
of mash and I prefer broccoli or cauliflower<br />
instead of peas. The Country Kitchen<br />
menu is extensive and has a whole range<br />
of soups, starters, main meals and desserts<br />
and must be sampled!<br />
More next month<br />
Teresa<br />
These 4 pups were found abandoned in the<br />
campo with their mother when they were just<br />
2 weeks old. They are now looking for homes<br />
and will be small/medium size when fully<br />
grown. Call: 645 469 253<br />
Wills is 1<br />
of 3 puppies<br />
brought to us<br />
after being<br />
found wandering<br />
the<br />
streets. 1 has<br />
been adopted<br />
and 2 are<br />
still available.<br />
They are<br />
now approx<br />
11 weeks old<br />
and will be<br />
medium size<br />
when fully<br />
grown. Call:<br />
966 725 975<br />
Teddy & Tiramasu<br />
are<br />
now around<br />
3 months old<br />
and are happy,<br />
healthy<br />
pups. They<br />
have started<br />
their vaccinations<br />
and will<br />
be medium/<br />
large when<br />
fully grown.<br />
Call: 633<br />
402 155<br />
Lucy was<br />
found extremely<br />
emaciated<br />
and<br />
heavily laden<br />
with puppy<br />
milk. She is<br />
approx 15<br />
months and<br />
after searching<br />
for 2 days<br />
no puppies<br />
were found.<br />
She is very<br />
loving and<br />
friendly and<br />
will make<br />
someone a<br />
lovely companion.<br />
Call:<br />
645 469 253<br />
To view more<br />
animals for<br />
adoption go<br />
to www.petsinspain.com<br />
To advertise an animal for adoption email<br />
info@petsinspain.info<br />
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Another busy month for us here at Andrea’s<br />
Animal Rescue, as usual!<br />
Heidi has not received her treatment yet; apparently<br />
the lab has been on a go-slow due to<br />
Easter. Hopefully it will be here by next soon,<br />
so we’ll let you know how it goes next month.<br />
She is doing well with the eye drops, and is<br />
looking so much better after her beauty session.<br />
She is turning into a real beauty. The<br />
auction to help pay for her treatment raised a<br />
whopping €763, which is enough to cover the<br />
injections and also to get her sterilised when<br />
she is well enough to have that done. Thank<br />
you to everyone who supported us, especially<br />
item donors and winning bidders!!<br />
We had a VERY big surprise this month when<br />
Truffle, one of our lady pot-belly pigs, produced<br />
4 more pot-belly pigs!! We didn’t even<br />
know she was pregnant!! But we know who<br />
the father is - definitely that cheeky monkey<br />
Linford! Hopefully that will be his last bit of<br />
fun as he is now castrated. We also gained a<br />
new member for our growing pig family, the<br />
lovely Peppa. She is such a babe!<br />
Toby and the nameless pup have both found<br />
their forever<br />
homes!<br />
One of our<br />
most fervent<br />
supporters,<br />
Angela<br />
Smith, has<br />
created some<br />
wonderful<br />
knitted dog<br />
hats & coats<br />
to sell in aid<br />
of the charity;<br />
what a<br />
wonderful<br />
bunch of people<br />
we have<br />
in our group.<br />
Check out our Facebook page for more info.<br />
Two more puppies have come in, picked up<br />
at the builder’s merchant!! Funny what you<br />
can get there these days! They are brothers,<br />
we think, around 4 months old, and are possibly<br />
Mastin crosses - they will definitely be<br />
big dogs when fully grown!! They have been<br />
named Yin and Yang. One of them (Yang,<br />
the mottledcolour<br />
one)<br />
has already<br />
been reserved<br />
for<br />
UK, but we<br />
are looking<br />
for a home<br />
for Yin. For<br />
more info on<br />
these 2 beauties<br />
please<br />
contact Andrea<br />
on 690<br />
906 565.<br />
Donations as<br />
always gratefully<br />
accepted,<br />
both in the shop in Fuente Alamo, and<br />
via PayPal to andreasanimalrescuemurcia@hotmail.com.<br />
Also please join us on<br />
Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/<br />
Andreas-Animal-Rescue-The-Henrietta-<br />
Foundation/<br />
Thanks for reading!<br />
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We were delighted<br />
to<br />
welcome<br />
back Barbara<br />
Almond from<br />
England on<br />
April 23 rd at<br />
Condado de<br />
Alhama for<br />
an evening<br />
of clairvoyance.<br />
It was<br />
a wonderful<br />
evening<br />
and as usual<br />
Barbara delighted the audience with her<br />
wonderful evidence of clairvoyance & lots of<br />
laughter. On the Wednesday at the Beacon<br />
of Light Centre she gave more amazing<br />
evidence as well as a wonderful reading and<br />
philosophy.<br />
<strong>May</strong> brings two guest mediums from England<br />
who came to Spain last year on honeymoon<br />
and asked if they could serve the<br />
Beacon of Light. They are Janet Harris<br />
and Shaun Gray. They will do an event at<br />
Condado de Alhama on Tuesday <strong>May</strong> 28 th at<br />
8pm with doors closing at 7.45 pm. Tickets<br />
are available at 5€. They will also take our<br />
Wednesday meeting on <strong>May</strong> 29 th at Cañadas<br />
del Romero. Details of Janet can be found on<br />
www earthangel.info and details for both<br />
of them on facebook.<br />
Our meetings are every Wednesday from<br />
7pm with weekly guest mediums which usually<br />
finish at approximately 8.30pm. As always<br />
the evenings end with a friendly chat<br />
and cup of tea and biscuits. Healing is now<br />
available before the meeting, starting at<br />
5.30pm. All our meetings are funded by donations<br />
given during the evening.<br />
Do you seek a special place?<br />
The welcome’s warm, a friendly face.<br />
Do you need a place to go,<br />
When you feel good or you feel low?<br />
Do you want to know some more,<br />
For when we exit Earth Plane’s door?<br />
Healing you can get from there,<br />
Given with lots of loving care.<br />
Mediums travel from afar,<br />
Some by ‘plane and some by car,<br />
Messages of hope to bring,<br />
From loved ones as we proudly sing.<br />
Life does not end at the grave.<br />
Eternal love to you they gave.<br />
They’re never very far from you,<br />
So very close in all you do.<br />
So why not pop along and see,<br />
And join us for a cup of tea?<br />
If you would like on a Wednesday night,<br />
Come to our Centre - The Beacon of Light<br />
For further information please phone 620<br />
877 326<br />
Email beacon.of.light.murcia@gmail.<br />
com<br />
http://beaconoflightmurcia.webs.com<br />
facebook Beacon of Light Murcia<br />
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Christian Humanitarian Aid Charity<br />
in the Mazarron & Surrounding area<br />
Helping Anyone in Need,<br />
Irrespective of Race, Creed or Status.<br />
This is the prompting that Started our<br />
MAD Journey…. Matthew 25 v 35-36<br />
“When I was Hungry .…, When I was<br />
Thirsty….., When I needed Clothes<br />
……, When I was a Stranger ..…,<br />
When I ……….………….…”<br />
God fills in the missing gaps.<br />
We are often asked what we take & do<br />
not take in way of donations. Simple answer:<br />
everything – clothes; especially<br />
children’s, furniture, linen, bric-a-brac,<br />
food, toiletries, hygiene products, underwear,<br />
shoes especially men’s sizes 41-43.<br />
We literally need everything for life<br />
& home – think of what you use daily &<br />
so do our clients!!<br />
We have Food & Toiletry/Hygiene<br />
Collecting Bins located@ The Tea Pot,<br />
Puerto de Mazarrón; Quick Save, Camposol<br />
B & English Butchers, Camposol A.<br />
Milk (UHT) is ALWAYS Needed<br />
for our growing Families.<br />
<strong>May</strong>be you have a Shop or Bar/Restaurant<br />
where we can place one of our Bins,<br />
if so please let us know.<br />
We are pleased to announce New Drop-<br />
Off points on Condado de Alhama, Gardens<br />
2 & 11 and TJ Electricals, Camposol<br />
B.<br />
Summer is almost here. Don’t forget GO<br />
maD when your family, friends or holiday<br />
makers leave behind food, toiletries, hygiene<br />
products including nappies, suntan<br />
lotion etc. PLEASE do not throw them into<br />
the rubbish bin. Put them in one of our<br />
Collection Bins or Drop-Off Points.<br />
We are negotiating on premises on the<br />
Paseo in Puerto de Mazarrón to accommodate<br />
a Charity Shop, Drop in<br />
Centre for clients, homeless & pilgrims,<br />
soup kitchen, sewing/craft workshops,<br />
children’s after school/holiday<br />
clubs. how wonderful to have the<br />
beach opposite for football, sandcastle<br />
competitions plus further activities.<br />
Volunteers Needed for ALL these Projects.<br />
To discuss further, call us today on<br />
the Outreach number 634 357 137.<br />
Saturday 8 th June Garden Party 2.30pm<br />
@ 6 C/Alicante, Camposol A. 5€ entry including<br />
afternoon tea. sale of summer<br />
clothes & accessories, cakes, raffle, tombola,<br />
live music & more. Tickets via GO<br />
maD Shop.<br />
Mazarrón Shop 634 321 161 (Open<br />
Tues-Sat 10am-2pm).<br />
Outreach/Enquiries 634 357 137<br />
Email madmazarron@live.com<br />
Facebook mad Mazarrón<br />
Drop-off Points:<br />
GO maD Shop<br />
GO maD Van @ Camposol A Lower Car<br />
Park, Tues 11am-1pm<br />
Camposol Cultural Centre, Fri 12.30-2pm<br />
<strong>Costa</strong> Cálida Radio, Pto de Mazarrón<br />
Mazarrón Country Club, Manzana 5 Plot<br />
15 Su 968 199 159<br />
We have been recently blessed to have<br />
carried out some house clearances.<br />
Please remember us when finding a new<br />
home for any of your unwanted items.<br />
Call Tony on 634 007 594.<br />
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What shall I write about this month? So many<br />
thoughts and ideas zip through my mind all<br />
day and every day, but when I come to write<br />
this article, on many occasions I look at the<br />
blank page on the computer screen and everything<br />
up top goes... well... BLANK! As I<br />
stare at the blank screen today, Words came<br />
to mind and I started thinking about how important<br />
it is to not only say the right things,<br />
but also to understand what other people are<br />
saying to us. It’s all about the translation and<br />
how very often we get the wrong end of the<br />
stick because we heard wrong, or we did not<br />
get the whole story, or even did not understand<br />
what was being said... no wonder we<br />
get ourselves in a mess sometimes trying to<br />
respond to a message we did not fully understand.<br />
How many times have we wished we had never<br />
said or done anything at all when we reap<br />
a whirlwind after saying or doing something<br />
based on our partial knowledge, or understanding,<br />
of a situation?<br />
Words are very powerful and can build<br />
someone up, or destroy them. Remember the<br />
rhyme from school ‘sticks and stones may<br />
break my bones, but names will never hurt<br />
me’ ... What utter rubbish; normally our physical<br />
bodies can be patched up, repaired and<br />
mended, but negative words can secretly destroy<br />
a person’s life. A great principle to follow<br />
is that if we cannot say something good about<br />
someone, then don’t bother saying anything<br />
at all ... but so often we jump in with both feet<br />
in our mouth at the same time.<br />
It is so important that we receive and understand<br />
the right message that is being conveyed<br />
to us and when we do this we are then<br />
able to respond in a correct and beneficial<br />
way.<br />
loud laughter; she was reading a notice on<br />
the back of the door ... this is what she was<br />
looking at.<br />
‘Rules for use of apartment:<br />
1. The 50€ deposit is liable for the condition<br />
of the apartment.<br />
2. Cleaning every three days, do not include<br />
the kitchen. At the end of your stay the kitchen<br />
must be returned, and in clean condition,<br />
otherwise will be charged tank cleaning.<br />
3. Please avoid change of room furniture. In<br />
any case, before departure must be all the<br />
furniture in its original location.<br />
4. Under the sink there is a dustbin with its<br />
corresponding bag. Please make use of it.<br />
Once full cube, or when they wish to avoid the<br />
accumulation of odours in the apartment, it<br />
can deposit the bag with garbage in containers<br />
which are to the effect in different parts of<br />
the Hotel. They have bags of garbage spare in<br />
the last drawer in the kitchen.<br />
5. Please take care of the tableware of the<br />
apartment and left in order to its output.<br />
6. They can please contact reception for any<br />
questions or help requiring!!!<br />
We certainly need help with Rule 4 as we did<br />
not want any spare bags of garbage!<br />
The Bible is certainly very clear about the following<br />
Words of Life. In the Gospel of John,<br />
Chapter 3 verse 16, it says, ‘For God so loved<br />
the world that He gave His one and only Son,<br />
that whoever believes in Him shall not perish<br />
but have eternal life,’ There it is perfectly clear<br />
so that every one of us has the opportunity to<br />
understand and respond. God loves us that<br />
much… more than we will ever be able to understand…<br />
I thank God that I am amongst the<br />
‘whoever believes’.<br />
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Last September we had a friend staying with<br />
us. She had never been to Gibraltar before, so<br />
we decided to spend a few days in the south<br />
of Spain with her and would include a visit to<br />
the Rock as well as going to Ronda. When we<br />
arrived at our apartment in Sotogrande and<br />
were settling in, I observed our friend giggling<br />
like a schoolgirl and then bursting into<br />
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Guided Tours<br />
Over a thousand people have already enjoyed<br />
these free guided tours which are the<br />
initiative of the Institute of Tourism and the<br />
Tourism Office Network. They are in effect for<br />
all weekends until July 16 th . The routes allow<br />
visitors to enter the cultural, historic, natural<br />
and ethnology of Murcia’s official tourist<br />
guides, technical offices and stage actors.<br />
All routes are contained in a prospectus, of<br />
which 15,000 copies have been published<br />
and distributed by the office network and<br />
tourist establishments. Information is also<br />
available on the website<br />
www.murciaturistica.es.<br />
The guide, along with illustrative texts, contains<br />
all relevant data on each route, the<br />
meeting point, the contact for booking, itinerary,<br />
duration, a recommendation on clothing<br />
and footwear, as well as the date and<br />
time.<br />
Ministry of Presidency<br />
Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia<br />
Tel (+34) 968 362 893<br />
Sports Centre ‘Europe’ in Lorca<br />
The Governing Council approved the signing<br />
of an agreement between the Ministry<br />
of Culture and Tourism and the City of Lorca<br />
to carry out repairs to facilities at the sports<br />
complex ‘Europe’, in Lorca, which were badly<br />
damaged by the earthquake of <strong>May</strong> 11,<br />
2011. They will undertake a comprehensive<br />
refurbishment of the centre. Once the work<br />
is completed, the complex will have four<br />
pools, two of them 25mtrs and two others<br />
for teaching, a gym, sports court, beach volleyball<br />
court, squash, table tennis and judo<br />
hall. The facility will have also a sauna, locker<br />
rooms, auditorium and cafeteria. This centre,<br />
attached to the Secondary School Prince of<br />
Asturias, will also be used by students from<br />
five other institutes of the city.<br />
The Community Contribution of Almost<br />
Nine Million Euros for Urban Renewal in<br />
The Neighborhood Of La Viña De Lorca<br />
The Governing Council approved the conclusion<br />
of the contract for the project design and<br />
execution of works related to urban renewal<br />
in the neighbourhood of La Viña. The works<br />
consist of the renovation of urban infrastructure,<br />
the release of public space and the pedestrianisation<br />
of roads in order to promote<br />
accessibility. The areas include the San Fernando,<br />
San Diego, Alfonso X, San Jose, San<br />
Pedro and other uptown areas and accessibility<br />
to the works of Lorca Castle.<br />
Lorca Workshop of Time<br />
The Governing Council has approved a grant<br />
of 30,000€, through the Institute of Tourism<br />
in the Region of Murcia, for tourism and cultural<br />
development of Lorca through the promotion<br />
of ‘Lorca Workshop of Time’. This will<br />
be to carry out a campaign in media and social<br />
networks, as well as various promotional<br />
materials that will contribute to the recovery<br />
of tourism in the city after the earthquake of<br />
<strong>May</strong> 2011.<br />
Health and Social Care<br />
435,000€ has been allocated for care centres<br />
and services for people with physical disabilities<br />
and for the maintenance of facilities,<br />
services and activities of the Federation of<br />
Associations of Physical and Organic Region<br />
Murcia (FAMDIF) during <strong>2013</strong>.<br />
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Activities of the Federation of the Deaf<br />
in the Region of Murcia<br />
72,600€ will go to the Deaf Federation of<br />
the Region of Murcia (Fesormu) through the<br />
Social Action Murcia Institute (IMAS), under<br />
the Ministry of Health and Social Policy to<br />
continue the activities planned by Fesormu<br />
to promote socio-professional integration of<br />
people who experience some degree of hearing<br />
loss. Fesormu has operated since 1994<br />
and currently serves more than 260 people<br />
with deafness.<br />
People With Intellectual Disabilities in<br />
The Municipality Of Cartagena<br />
The Ministry of Health and Social Policy has<br />
been granted 2,384,983€ to reserve 204<br />
places in day centres for people with intellectual<br />
disabilities in the city of Cartagena.<br />
The goal is to provide appropriate resources<br />
to provide a comprehensive and integrated<br />
care in society of people with intellectual disabilities.<br />
Children Psychosocial Intervention With<br />
Legal Action<br />
A grant has been awarded to the Presidential<br />
Diagram Foundation Intervention Psychosocial<br />
aimed at children and young people subjected<br />
to legal action in the region, imposed<br />
by the Juvenile Courts, which may include<br />
placement in open, semi-open, closed or<br />
therapeutic, educational task performance,<br />
probation or attending a day center. The aim<br />
is to promote the development of vocational<br />
training, educational support and social and<br />
psychological support to help them.<br />
Assistance To Women Victims Of Gender<br />
Violence<br />
769,180€ has been granted for the provision<br />
of services and the implementation of<br />
programmes and activities that contribute to<br />
realising the victim support gender violence<br />
and eradicate it from society. In cooperation<br />
and coordination with local organisation,<br />
this offers comprehensive care for women<br />
of domestic violence and offers shelter and<br />
assistance to women through the regional<br />
network of domestic violence resources with<br />
which the Community has, built by the Centers<br />
for Specialty Care (CAVI) Points Care<br />
(PAE), foster homes and supervised apartments.<br />
Integration of Graduates of The UMU<br />
Through Practice School<br />
The regional government has given approval<br />
to award a grant to the University of Murcia<br />
to collaborate with the business plan of the<br />
School of Professional Practice in <strong>2013</strong>. Encouraging<br />
the promotion and dissemination<br />
of knowledge and quality training of graduates<br />
towards their integration into the labour<br />
market is one of the objectives of the Ministry<br />
of Universities and Research Company.<br />
This extends to schools in Legal Practice,<br />
Psychology, Nursing, and Social Work and<br />
the School of Journalism, Advertising and<br />
Documentation.<br />
These refresher courses, taught by prestigious<br />
professionals, contribute to the professional<br />
advancement of the graduate. They<br />
are reinforced by building relationships with<br />
institutions, organizations, companies and<br />
professionals that develop programmes or<br />
activities in the same area as the above<br />
schools.<br />
The Construction Of Wastewater Discharge<br />
From The Pumping Station To<br />
The Neighbourhood Severo Ochoa Peral<br />
Cartagena<br />
The Governing Council has authorized the<br />
hiring and spending of the construction of the<br />
new wastewater discharge from the pumping<br />
station ‘Severo Ochoa’ the neighbourhood<br />
Peral Cartagena, and the construction of the<br />
extension of wastewater interceptor. These<br />
works will adapt sanitation infrastructure in<br />
the Northern, Eastern and Western town of<br />
Cartagena.<br />
The construction of the pumping station is<br />
another step in the series of actions undertaken<br />
by the regional government of Murcia<br />
to provide more and better quality water.<br />
Operating Plan Approved Infomur for<br />
Preventing and Extinguishing Forest<br />
Fires<br />
Infomur Plan establishes the organizational<br />
structure and protocols for coordination and<br />
mobilization of human and material resources<br />
needed to tackle forest fires and emergencies<br />
originating in the area, in order to protect<br />
people, property and the environment<br />
against the risk of forest fires. The means<br />
and resources assigned to the plan are on<br />
alert and immediately available 24 hours a<br />
day, 365 days a year, for their prompt and<br />
effective intervention in any of the three periods<br />
of wildfire hazard.<br />
Four Gold Medals in The Region Of Murcia<br />
The Regional Government has granted a<br />
Gold Medal to Thomas Strong Fernandez,<br />
president of Strong Corporate Group. He has<br />
been President of the Corporate Group and<br />
El Pozo Strong Food, for over forty years<br />
and stands out as one of the most important<br />
businessmen of Spain. The Strong Group<br />
manages more than 20 companies and has<br />
a workforce of over 5,500 people, in addition<br />
to indirectly employing another 20,000<br />
workers.<br />
The Community also grants this distinction<br />
to Secondary School Alfonso X El Sabio<br />
Murcia City to recognize the educational<br />
and cultural work during its 175 years, having<br />
been created by Royal Order on October<br />
5, 1837. This is the second educational institution<br />
of the Murcia region of Spain to be<br />
recognised. Throughout its history, famous<br />
personalities like Jose Echegaray and Juan<br />
de la Cierva were associated with this school.<br />
Murcian sculptor, Mariano González Beltrán,<br />
also receive the Gold Medal. He was<br />
born in Murcia in 1948 and is a sculptor with<br />
an international dimension, present in cultural<br />
venues worldwide, heir to a rich tradition<br />
of sculpture and has contributed to the<br />
renewal of artistic languages, and the figurative<br />
sculpture. His work is distributed in<br />
space and bodies such as the monument to<br />
the human rights of the Council of Europe in<br />
Strasbourg, and in private collections around<br />
the world, especially in Europe and the United<br />
States.<br />
The Gold Medal has been awarded for the<br />
work done by Scout Federation Explorers<br />
of Murcia. A hundred years ago, in Cartagena,<br />
a group of explorers began their first<br />
adventure, which culminates with the celebration<br />
of the centenary of Scout Federation<br />
Explorers of Murcia. Many young people in<br />
the region have been part of a Scout Group,<br />
which has given them the opportunity to<br />
make great friends, stay in touch with nature<br />
and travel.<br />
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Animal Organisations:<br />
ACTIN<br />
968 163 529<br />
Andrea’s Animal Rescue<br />
Fuente Alamo<br />
690 906 565<br />
Easy Horse Care<br />
Rojales<br />
652 021 980<br />
Galgos del Sol<br />
Murcia<br />
galgosdelsol@hotmail.com<br />
JJ’s Puppy Rescue<br />
Mazarrón<br />
618 034 921<br />
John Kemp’s Puppies<br />
La Pinilla, Fuente Alamo<br />
646 737 230<br />
MAMAS<br />
Mazarrón<br />
666 186 037<br />
MARA<br />
Mula<br />
685 311 599<br />
Noah’s ARC<br />
Mazarrón<br />
699 352 818<br />
968 154 507 (shop)<br />
PAPS<br />
966 769 137<br />
Pets in Spain<br />
San Fulgencio/La Marina<br />
info@petsinspain.info<br />
Protector de Animales<br />
http://protectoraanimalparraga.<br />
net/<br />
RAD Animal Association<br />
655 027 676<br />
Charities:<br />
Age Concern<br />
Mazarrón<br />
634 310 216<br />
Alcoholics Anonymous<br />
Cuevas de Reyllo, Mazarrón<br />
646 290 420<br />
Cabo De Palos<br />
968 545 181<br />
<strong>Costa</strong> Cálida Samaritans<br />
www.costablancasamaritans.com<br />
GO maD<br />
Mazarrón<br />
634 357 137<br />
Helping Hands<br />
contact@helpinghands.org.es<br />
Help Murcia Mar Menor<br />
Los Alcázares,<br />
968 570 059<br />
Lions Club Mazarrón Bahía<br />
Mazarrón<br />
636 746 959<br />
MABS Mar Menor<br />
693 275 779<br />
MABS Mazarrón<br />
620 422 410<br />
MABS NW Murcia<br />
mabsmurcianw@gmail.com<br />
PALS (Protection & Life Saving)<br />
Mazarrón<br />
968 437 837<br />
Churches:<br />
Beacon of Light<br />
Cañadas del Romero<br />
620 877 326<br />
Mass in English<br />
Pastrana, Mazarrón<br />
628 824 555<br />
New Life Church<br />
Los Belones<br />
966 769 300/650 509 606<br />
Olive Branch Christian Fellowship<br />
Cultural Centre, Camposol B<br />
618 720 181/968 199 622<br />
Open Door<br />
Los Almagros<br />
646 705 403/655 141 721<br />
Pilar Christian Community Church<br />
Pilar de la Horidada<br />
966 769 300/650 509 606<br />
Puerto Lumbreras Church<br />
619 945 283<br />
St Nicholas Church<br />
Camposol D, Mazarrón<br />
968 138 952<br />
Welcome House<br />
Cehegin<br />
633 447 937<br />
Wellspring Victory Church<br />
El Alamillo, Mazarrón<br />
620 599 270<br />
Groups:<br />
ADAPT<br />
San Pedro<br />
966 189 402<br />
Arts & Cultural Association of Murcia<br />
655 421 120<br />
Camposol Bridge Club<br />
968 130 583<br />
Cloud Nine Drama<br />
644 400 123<br />
Darwinian Gardeners<br />
darwiniangardeners@gmail.com<br />
Evolutionists of Almeria and Murcia<br />
www.bolnuevo.com/social/Evolutionists<br />
Ex-Servicemen’s Association<br />
Mazarrón<br />
968 965 058<br />
Friends & Buddies<br />
Camposol, Mazarrón<br />
968 163 758<br />
Greenfingers Sector C<br />
Camposol, Mazarrón<br />
626 513 842<br />
HAH Help at Home<br />
San Javier<br />
968 134 978/633 673 034<br />
Ladies’ Chatterbox<br />
Camposol, Mazarrón<br />
968 199 418/619 575 463<br />
Lion Country Music<br />
La Molata, Cañadas de Alhama<br />
968 163 082<br />
Los Palacios<br />
Camposol, Mazarrón<br />
Post Box A512<br />
Spangles Ladies’ Harmony Chorus<br />
Los Alcázares<br />
968 334 527/968 432 525<br />
Welcome Group<br />
Camposol, Mazarrón<br />
620 105 179<br />
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or organization included on this page,<br />
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Truly Loving Self…<br />
I’ve felt the energies intensify recently. The<br />
waves vibrate at a very fast and high frequency,<br />
coming from the Cosmos, the centre<br />
of the Earth and deep within everyone. They<br />
feel like hot flames burning away all my yesterdays<br />
that no longer support me, my old<br />
habits, addictions & patterns, until IAM left<br />
with only a peaceful and solid sense of pure<br />
love, joy and light...<br />
As I wrote in my recent blog post, http://sacredheartsretreat.blogspot.com<br />
it’s taken a<br />
toll on my dry red face; there is no getting<br />
away from it... and it continues to flake, peeling<br />
all the layers of yesterday off. I feel like<br />
a snake shredding its skin, going into<br />
another phase of life... So I know it’s important<br />
for me to stay relaxed, peaceful and<br />
focus on healing and balancing my body consciousness.<br />
However, I recently ‘went into’ drama, feeling<br />
sorry for myself, being the poor me and<br />
doubting my own healing. YES, my face followed<br />
my thoughts and beliefs and my healing<br />
took a step back, leaving my face inflamed.<br />
I was reminding myself that by not<br />
trusting myself to heal and rebalance my<br />
body consciousness, I wasn’t truly loving myself,<br />
so I thank myself for this reminder<br />
and will only focus on truly loving myself,<br />
instead of fear and victimhood.<br />
We are all going through this great shift of<br />
energy... we are all being confronted with our<br />
fears, having the chance now to choose to release<br />
them and integrate fully with our soul,<br />
our IAM divine self. No- one else can help or<br />
do it for another; it’s up to everyone to be<br />
conscious of their innate wisdom and love<br />
within that will guide them home.<br />
Come and join our Circle of Potential<br />
each Thursday morning, where we support<br />
each other’s journey, awakening,<br />
breathing and living in the New Energy<br />
Consciousness.<br />
Contact Barbara on 650 796 579 for<br />
more information.<br />
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World Red Cross Day is celebrated every<br />
year on <strong>May</strong> 8 to emphasize the role of its<br />
members and volunteers in saving lives and<br />
aiding the defenceless communities around<br />
the world. The first World Red Cross Day<br />
was held in 1948. This special day is very<br />
significant for the Red Cross because it is<br />
also celebrated as the birthday of its founder<br />
Henri Dunant. People are encouraged to<br />
support The Red Cross by donating blood.<br />
The volume of blood donated to The Red<br />
Cross is enough for 21,000 blood transfusions<br />
a day.<br />
There is a special theme every year on<br />
World Red Cross Day to emphasize the<br />
goal of the celebration. The global theme<br />
for <strong>2013</strong> is “Together for Humanity”. The<br />
theme is chosen to draw attention to the<br />
need and power of partnerships of organizations.<br />
It also highlights the need for stronger<br />
local and global associations in facing the<br />
growing humanitarian challenges.<br />
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies<br />
have the world’s largest humanitarian network<br />
to provide relief. It carries out its activities<br />
in more than 170 countries, so is the<br />
world’s largest force of unpaid assistants,<br />
helping some 233 million people every year.<br />
The total number of members and volunteers<br />
is approximately 97 million. The Red<br />
Cross and Red Crescent Movement originated<br />
to provide first aid as well as all the<br />
possible assistance to victims on the battlefield<br />
thus alleviating human suffering.<br />
The Red Cross is active in helping to avert<br />
deadly and painful diseases like measles<br />
and other childhood diseases, by vaccinating<br />
as many children throughout the world.<br />
The eradication of these diseases is the primary<br />
objective to saving children from sufferings.<br />
The Africa Women’s Initiative<br />
(AWI) has also contributed as a five-year,<br />
integrated health education and advocacy<br />
programme and the International Red<br />
Cross’s mission is to safeguard human life<br />
and health. Its aim is to prevent and lessen<br />
human suffering, ensuring indiscrimination<br />
on the basis of nationality, race, class or political<br />
opinions, religious beliefs. The red coloured<br />
cross on a white background was the<br />
symbol originating in 1864 by the Geneva<br />
Convention and is recognized as a protection<br />
symbol in conflict.<br />
The International Committee of the Red<br />
Cross (ICRC) is a private institution founded<br />
in 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland which<br />
consists of 25 members and The Red Cross<br />
was a committee authorised and empowered<br />
to protect the life and dignity of the victims<br />
of national and international war or conflicts,<br />
under international human rights law, most<br />
of which are using The Red Cross as their<br />
official organization emblem. The World<br />
Red Cross is working with other Red Cross<br />
Societies to improve miserable conditions<br />
in developing nations. They are reconnecting<br />
families separated by emergencies.<br />
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April has again been an extremely busy<br />
month for The Lions of Mazarrón Bahia.<br />
We were delighted to give a certificate of<br />
appreciation to Phil and Sue from Healthy<br />
H2O for their continuous support to the Lions<br />
in our work. We also gave a certificate<br />
to Dawn Heron from <strong>Calida</strong> Caring Agency<br />
for her support.<br />
At our monthly meeting we had a representative<br />
for Samaritans Spain talk about the<br />
work they do providing an emotional support<br />
service for English speakers of any age<br />
who may be experiencing distress or despair,<br />
or who may be feeling suicidal. People<br />
contact the Samaritans about many issues<br />
including loneliness, debt and illness.They<br />
asked for our help with telling local people<br />
about their 24 hour confidential and anonymous<br />
helpline service.<br />
Samaritans Spain 902 883 535<br />
We were delighted to be part of the handover<br />
of the ambulance to Mazarrón Council<br />
along with PALS and <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida International<br />
Radio. Once again thanks must go to<br />
all the supporters with their generous donations<br />
which have made this possible.<br />
We would also like to say many thanks to<br />
everyone in their continued collection of<br />
plastic tops to help with the treatment of<br />
six year old little Eva in Lorca. These can be<br />
given to any Lions member or Mercedes at<br />
Multi Optica on Camposol B<br />
Do you have any unwanted items of bric-abrac<br />
or books etc for us to sell at our weekly<br />
stall held every Friday at Camposol B in order<br />
that we may continue with our work?<br />
As always The Lions of Mazarrón Bahia<br />
would like to thank everyone for all their<br />
support. We could not do it without you<br />
Our grateful thanks to you all<br />
“HELP US TO HELP YOU”<br />
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Have you got a problem with HMRC or<br />
the Spanish Tax Office?<br />
Have you listened to many rumours about<br />
how difficult it can be to pay your taxes in<br />
Spain?<br />
Are you having any problem with HMRC which<br />
you are finding nearly impossible to sort out?<br />
You are not the only one in these circumstances.<br />
Unfortunately, a lot of expats in<br />
Spain invest valuable time and money trying<br />
to get in touch with the Inland Revenue. It<br />
is very frustrating being so far away and not<br />
being able to keep your affairs with the UK in<br />
order; especially your tax affairs.<br />
Spain can be THE GREAT UNKNOWN when we<br />
talk about Tax.<br />
Domiciliary or Fiscal Residents? Non Residents?<br />
What is your real situation in Spain?<br />
The Convention to Avoid Double Taxation between<br />
UK and Spain has just been changed.<br />
There is a new regulation about declaration of<br />
World Wide Assets for those who have been<br />
fiscal residents in Spain in 2012.<br />
UK Tax Refund SL clients were worried until<br />
they decided that a phone call may be worth<br />
making. We w ere able to explain how we<br />
work, what we could do to help them, and<br />
now, when they hear the word TAX, they do<br />
not panic as before.<br />
UK Tax Refund SL offers a unique service<br />
to British residents in Spain. We ensure that<br />
a client’s tax affairs in both Spain and the UK<br />
are dealt with correctly and any overpaid tax<br />
is refunded under the Double Taxation Agreement<br />
between Spain and the UK.<br />
UK Tax Refund SL, registered Agent with<br />
HMRC, can help you to sort out any problem<br />
with self-assessment, PAYE, wrong coding notices,<br />
letters about an under payment of tax<br />
and many other situation where you can see<br />
there is an error, but at the same time you are<br />
unable to deal with, without the assistance of<br />
a professional.<br />
UK Tax Refund SL deals with the HMRC and<br />
the Spanish Tax Office directly and ensures<br />
that our clients’ affairs are dealt with preference.<br />
Over 700 clients up and down the Coasts are<br />
able to verify this.<br />
There is a way to put your tax affairs in order<br />
in Spain and the best way is always the<br />
easiest.<br />
Give us a call on 965 636 938 and stop worrying!<br />
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Come and enjoy an evening of comedy<br />
with Cloud Nine!<br />
Two one act comedies to be performed on<br />
the following dates:<br />
Sunday <strong>May</strong> 19th at 8pm in The Patio<br />
Bar, Pliego – tickets 3€<br />
Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th <strong>May</strong> at<br />
8pm @ La Molata Social Centre, near<br />
Los Muñoces – tickets 5€<br />
For tickets please contact<br />
Ruma Jordan at rumajordan@hotmail.<br />
com or<br />
Paul Macdonald at pandsmac@hotmail.<br />
com<br />
We will be happy to meet you to arrange<br />
receipt of your tickets.<br />
Profits go to local charities.<br />
“Filthy Rich”<br />
The cleaning ladies in the municipal art<br />
gallery enjoy their work. Not only does<br />
it provide them with an escape from the<br />
mundane reality of their lives outside the<br />
marble halls, but they have grown to love<br />
and appreciate the objects in their care, although<br />
certain aspects of avant-garde art<br />
does worry them. Rumours of government<br />
cut-backs threaten to upset their cosy regime.<br />
However, in the face of adversity<br />
they come up with a solution that not only<br />
secures their futures and helps to save the<br />
gallery, but also ensures that their lives<br />
will never be quite the same again<br />
“Last Panto in Camposol”<br />
With membership down to four and no<br />
money, the Amateur Dramatic Society<br />
needs to put on a successful show. Joyce<br />
wants a musical, but Gordon has written<br />
a pantomime. Margaret and Bernard fear<br />
the worst and are proved right. What could<br />
go wrong? Everything, but the show must<br />
go on!<br />
For further information:<br />
Paul Macdonald at<br />
pandsmac@hotmail.com<br />
www.cloudninedramagroupmurcia.<br />
com<br />
SUPPORTED BY COSTA CÁLIDA CHRONI-<br />
CLE<br />
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Carly<br />
After losing her beloved little dog, Ann was<br />
certain she would never be able to take<br />
on another new one; that was until she<br />
met Carly. Unable to resist, she adopted<br />
Carly who became the newest member<br />
of her family. At this point MAMAS were<br />
approached for help towards the cost of<br />
spaying. We are always pleased when people<br />
are sensible and take the correct steps<br />
to protect their pets and so were happy<br />
to contribute towards the cost. We wish<br />
Carly good luck in her new family.<br />
Can we assist you with your pet?<br />
Have you provided a home for an animal<br />
from a rescue centre or shelter for a stray<br />
dog or cat? We can provide financial assistance<br />
towards the cost of spaying or castrating<br />
your new pet and also with those<br />
unexpected vet bills, if funds are available.<br />
To do this we need your unwanted items.<br />
You can donate at the shop, Mon to Sat<br />
10am-2pm. We normally have a good selection<br />
of furniture, household items and<br />
clothing in the shop all at reasonable prices,<br />
so if you are looking for anything make<br />
us your first port of call and you may save<br />
yourself some money and help our charity<br />
at the same time. We have just set out our<br />
range of summer clothes in the shop where<br />
we have some top brands at bargain prices<br />
so call in and grab a bargain.<br />
For full details go to<br />
mazarronanimalmedi-aid.co.uk<br />
Camposol Drop-Off Point<br />
Every Tuesday we are on Camposol B car<br />
park 10am-1pm opposite the petrol station.<br />
We will take any saleable items no<br />
matter how large or small, to raise money<br />
in order to help other people with the medical<br />
expenses for their cats and dogs.<br />
Fuente Alamo<br />
You can leave items at The Dog Bowl,<br />
Fuente Alamo every Friday until 12pm.<br />
Furniture Pickup Service & House<br />
Clearance<br />
If you are downsizing, moving house or<br />
just want to get rid of some clutter try our<br />
50/50 scheme. We can take anything<br />
from a single large item up to a full house<br />
contents, including household furniture,<br />
and white goods. We will collect the larger<br />
items free of charge, display them in our<br />
shop to ensure that you receive the best<br />
possible price for them and then forward<br />
your 50% share of the proceeds to you.<br />
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Saffron is a spice derived from the flower<br />
of Crocus Sativus, commonly known as the<br />
Saffron Crocus. The Saffron Crocus can<br />
survive long hot summers and cold winters<br />
with temperatures as low as -10ºC. It reproduces<br />
by corms, which must be broken<br />
up and replanted each year. It is an autumn<br />
flowering perennial plant which usually bears<br />
up to four vivid crimson flowers. It is the stigmas<br />
of these flowers that are dried and used<br />
as seasoning and colouring in many different<br />
styles of cooking. Saffron is the most expensive<br />
spice in the world as each stigma has to<br />
be collected by hand. To glean 450g of dry<br />
Saffron it requires the harvest of 50,000–<br />
75,000 flowers and forty hours of labour are<br />
needed to pick 150,000 flowers. The stigmas<br />
are dried quickly upon extraction and sealed<br />
in airtight containers. Saffron is native to<br />
Greece where it was first cultivated, although<br />
it does now also grow in Southwest Asia, Europe<br />
and America. The Saffron Crocus originated<br />
in Crete, although Iran now accounts<br />
for about 90% of the world’s production.<br />
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Saffron is slightly bitter in taste and carotenoid<br />
gives it its golden colour traditionally<br />
used in cooking and the textile industry. Despite<br />
attempts at quality control and standardisation,<br />
an extensive history of Saffron<br />
adulteration, particularly among the cheapest<br />
grades, continues to be a problem. Typical<br />
methods include mixing in extraneous<br />
substances like beets, pomegranate fibres,<br />
red-dyed silk fibres, or the Saffron Crocus’s<br />
tasteless and odourless yellow stamens. Other<br />
methods included dousing Saffron fibres<br />
with viscid substances like honey or vegetable<br />
oil. However, powdered Saffron is more<br />
prone to adulteration, with turmeric, paprika,<br />
and other powders used as diluting fillers.<br />
Adulteration can also consist of selling mislabelled<br />
mixes of different Saffron grades.<br />
Varieties from Spain,<br />
including the trade<br />
names “Spanish Superior”<br />
and “Creme”,<br />
are generally mellower<br />
in colour, flavour and<br />
aroma. “Spanish Saffron”<br />
is actually ‘safflower’<br />
and of course<br />
is an indispensable<br />
ingredient in such famous<br />
dishes as Paella.<br />
Almost all Saffron<br />
grows in a belt bounded<br />
by the Mediterranean<br />
in the west and<br />
the rugged region encompassing<br />
Iran and<br />
Kashmir in the east. In recent years, Afghan<br />
cultivation has risen. Prohibitively high labour<br />
costs and abundant Iranian imports mean<br />
that only select locales continue the tedious<br />
harvest in Austria, England, Germany, and<br />
Switzerland.<br />
Crushed Saffron threads are soaked in hot,<br />
but not boiling water, for several minutes prior<br />
to use in cuisine. This helps release the<br />
beneficial components. Saffron’s aroma is<br />
often described by connoisseurs as reminiscent<br />
of metallic honey with grassy or hay-like<br />
notes, while its taste has also been noted as<br />
hay-like and sweet. Saffron also contributes<br />
a luminous yellow-orange colouring to foods.<br />
Saffron has also been used as a fabric dye,<br />
particularly in China and India, and in perfumery.<br />
It is used for religious purposes in<br />
India, and is widely used in cooking in many<br />
cuisines.<br />
Saffron has a long medicinal history as part<br />
of traditional healing. It was used as a remedy<br />
to sleeplessness and to reduce hangovers<br />
caused by wine and was also used to perfume<br />
bathing and as an aphrodisiac.Several<br />
modern research studies have hinted that the<br />
spice has possible anticarcinogenic (cancersuppressing)<br />
characters. Saffron stigmas,<br />
and even petals, may be helpful for depression<br />
and early studies show that Saffron<br />
may protect the eyes from the direct effects<br />
of bright light and retinal stress, apart from<br />
slowing down macular degeneration and retinitis<br />
pigmentosa.<br />
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On 2 nd April<br />
Just Fabulous<br />
moved<br />
to a much<br />
larger outlet<br />
on the Camposol<br />
Commercial<br />
Centre,<br />
Sector B<br />
(opposite T J<br />
Electricals).<br />
The new store<br />
is beautifully<br />
laid out with<br />
a huge range<br />
of cards and<br />
gifts for all<br />
occasions at<br />
very attractive<br />
prices. The shop is light and airy and<br />
is offering a whole host of additional facilities<br />
not previously available. A wide range of<br />
helium balloons, party ware, stationery and<br />
mobile phones have also been added to the<br />
services offered.<br />
At the back of the Just Fabulous shop you<br />
will find the new Post Shop offering both<br />
UK and Worldwide Postal/Parcel service with<br />
new mailboxes that are available to rent at a<br />
very competitive price. There is also a comprehensive<br />
Photocopying and Laminating<br />
Service, which is proving very popular.<br />
Just Fabulous can even print your boarding<br />
passes for you - a real benefit, especially for<br />
holidaymakers.<br />
The new Passport Centre enables customers<br />
to renew their passports by offering a total<br />
solution, which includes taking your passport<br />
photos and help with the complex form<br />
completion of the passport application.<br />
There is a new Lottery Ticket machine available<br />
and Mobile Phone Top-Ups can be<br />
done within the shop.<br />
Also located within the premises is the only<br />
genuine Men’s Barbers on Camposol, courtesy<br />
of Martin and The Cutting Crew.<br />
Just Fabulous opening hours are:<br />
Monday to Friday 9.30am until 5.30pm<br />
Saturdays 9.30am until 2.00pm.<br />
Please pay Just Fabulous a visit . They are<br />
a very friendly team and will be delighted to<br />
see you.<br />
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Dear Editor<br />
I just want to tell everyone about the wonderful<br />
performance this little ragamuffin<br />
team from El Pareton put on at the Hacienda<br />
Alamo Football Tournament on Saturday<br />
30 th March.<br />
Teams came from all over Murica including<br />
Elche, Cartagena, Pilar de la Horadada,<br />
Murcia, Torre Pacheco, Fuente Alamo<br />
and many more. The teams all turned up<br />
with proper coaches. The little El Pareton<br />
team turned up with put-together<br />
kit, no socks to match and in some cases<br />
no matching shorts. Their coach was Jelco<br />
who also had no fancy tracksuit, just<br />
shorts and flip flops.<br />
The team played 8-a-side. The first match<br />
they drew 4-4 even though at one time the<br />
opposing team, Hacianda de Alamo had 9<br />
men on the pitch. The second game they<br />
were thrashed 9-0. In the 3rd game they<br />
bounced back and won 4-3. They then won<br />
a penalty shoot out and ended up in the<br />
semi-final which unfortunately they lost.<br />
We are so very proud of this little team for<br />
which it was the first time they had played<br />
together and yet they reached the semifinals;<br />
all this for the enthusiasm of one<br />
man - Well done Jelco! We just wish more<br />
people would support you. We need more<br />
8 years upwards boys to come along and<br />
train at El Pareton, Tuesday nights 6pm-<br />
7pm.<br />
From the family of George Lee Oliver<br />
Dear Editor<br />
I was struck by the Beacon of Light<br />
Centre article in the March issue of the<br />
<strong>Chronicle</strong> and the fact that they want to<br />
help others find peace and healing in their<br />
lives. It’s a great article which suggests<br />
that “peace” and “healing” can come from<br />
contacting those who have passed away.<br />
My immediate thought was drawn to Gods<br />
words in Leviticus 20 verse 27 “A man<br />
or woman who is a medium or spiritualist<br />
among you must be put to death, you<br />
are to stone them, their blood will be upon<br />
their own heads”.<br />
Deuteronomy 18 verses 10-12 “Let no one<br />
be found among you who sacrifices his son<br />
or daughter in the fire, who practices divination,<br />
sorcery, interprets omens, engages<br />
in witchcraft, casts spells, who is a medium,<br />
spiritualist, consulter of the dead,<br />
anyone who does these things is detestable<br />
to the Lord God. Very harsh words<br />
from God! What is God actually saying?<br />
I Can Meet Your Every Need, Take Me<br />
At My Word!<br />
1 Timothy 2 verse 5 “For there is one God<br />
and one mediator between<br />
John 3 verse 16 “For God so loved the<br />
world that he gave his one and only begotten<br />
Son that whosoever believeth in him<br />
shall not perish but have everlasting life”.<br />
1 Peter 5 verse 7 “Cast all you anxiety<br />
(burdens) on him Jesus, for he cares for<br />
you”.<br />
Psalm 147 verse 3 “God, heals the broken<br />
hearted and binds up their wounds”. John<br />
14 verse 1 Jesus said “Let not your heart<br />
be troubled, trust in God, trust also in Me”.<br />
The Prophet Isaiah 9 verses 6-7 says “For<br />
unto us a child is born, to us a Son is given,<br />
and the government shall be upon his<br />
shoulders and he will be called Wonderful<br />
Counselor, the Mighty God, Everlasting<br />
Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase<br />
of his government and peace there will<br />
be no end”.<br />
Jesus said in John 8 verse 12 “I am the<br />
light of the world, whoever follows me will<br />
never walk in darkness, but will have the<br />
light of life”. As the Psalmist David said,<br />
we too can have that assurance Psalm 56<br />
verse 13 “For you have delivered me from<br />
death and my feet from stumbling that I<br />
may walk before God in the light of life”.<br />
Jesus said to Martha after her brother had<br />
passed away John 11 verses 25-27 “I am<br />
the resurrection and the life, he who believes<br />
in me will live even though he dies<br />
and whoever lives and believes in me will<br />
never die.<br />
Do you believe this? Martha said “Yes<br />
Lord, I believe that you are the Christ<br />
the Son of God who was to come into the<br />
world”. If you have taken the step of faith<br />
and believe and trust Jesus Christ as your<br />
Saviour, you can say with the apostle Paul<br />
2 Corinthians 1 verse 3-4 “Praise be to the<br />
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br />
the Father of compassion and the God<br />
of all comfort, who comforts us in all our<br />
troubles so that we can comfort those in<br />
any trouble with the comfort we ourselves<br />
have received from God”.<br />
If you haven’t put your trust in Jesus,<br />
now is the time to do it. The apostle Peter<br />
at Pentecost stood up and said Acts 2 verse<br />
21 “And everyone who calls on the name of<br />
the Lord Jesus will be saved” which means<br />
“you shall not perish but have everlasting<br />
life”!! WHOA!!<br />
Sandra Carpenter<br />
Puerto Lumbreras Christian Fellowship<br />
Tel 619 453 283<br />
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Resident or Fiscal Resident. The Fiscal<br />
Issue.<br />
The recent new obligation for residents to report<br />
their assets abroad valued over €50,000<br />
and deadline 31st March on following years<br />
highlights the importance of ascertaining your<br />
Fiscal Residency. Your<br />
Residency dictates whether or not you have<br />
a requirement to complete this new tax form.<br />
Residency criteria can be more complicated<br />
than people realise. Many people assume<br />
they are non-residents when they are actually<br />
residents. Failing to complete this new report<br />
can have serious consequences.<br />
Civil residency issued by the Foreign Office is<br />
not conclusive to prove you are resident. The<br />
criteria followed by the Tax Office to determine<br />
if you are a Fiscal Resident in Spain is:<br />
You spend more than 183 days in Spain in<br />
one calendar year. You become liable whether<br />
or not you take out a formal residency permit.<br />
These days do not have to be consecutive<br />
(temporary absences from Spain are ignored<br />
for the purposes of the 183-day rule unless it<br />
can be proved that the individual is habitually<br />
resident in another country for more than 183<br />
days in a calendar year.)<br />
Your “centre of economic interests” is in<br />
Spain. i.e., the base for your economic or professional<br />
activities is in Spain.<br />
Your spouse lives in Spain and you are not legally<br />
separated, even though you may spend<br />
less than 183 days per year in Spain.<br />
You have also to bear in mind that you can be<br />
tax-resident in Spain even if you do not apply<br />
for a formal residence permit. It is your responsibility<br />
to register for, and pay tax, if you<br />
meet one of Spain’s tax-residence rules. People<br />
who meet the residence rules, but have<br />
not been paying tax in Spain, are now being<br />
pursued by the tax authorities.<br />
Tax-residency can be a complicated issue<br />
than first appears and you may be resident<br />
here, even if you are careful about day counting.<br />
The Tax Authority can investigate to<br />
make sure that you really have been a resident;<br />
a resident in their eyes being a fiscal<br />
one. To do this, they will ask for your fiscal<br />
residency certificate and tax declarations. It<br />
is pretty difficult to obtain a fiscal residency<br />
certificate without having presented an annual<br />
tax declaration. Residents should make<br />
a tax declaration even when there’s no tax to<br />
pay. That way you can be sure you have proof<br />
of being a fiscal resident when you need it.<br />
A recent agreement has been signed among<br />
the big five EU countries (UK, Germany,<br />
France, Spain and Italy) to develop and pilot<br />
multilateral tax information exchange, where<br />
financial information will be automatically exchanged,<br />
in a fresh effort to curb tax evasion.<br />
Source: The Financial Times <strong>2013</strong>/04/10.<br />
http://www.ftadviser.com/<strong>2013</strong>/04/10<br />
UK says that where there is a conflict, the<br />
taxpayer is resident in the country where they<br />
have a permanent residence available and, if<br />
they have one in both countries, it is where<br />
the centre of their economic interests lies.<br />
You can benefit from some fiscal advantages<br />
of being fiscal resident:<br />
Inheritance:<br />
If it can be demonstrated that the deceased<br />
had his fiscal residence in Spain and close relatives<br />
inherit, such as the spouse or descendants,<br />
with fiscal residence in Spain, they have<br />
99% reduction in many Autonomous communities<br />
such as Murcia. Non-residents pay according<br />
to a sliding scale with tax rate starting<br />
on 7.65% up to 34%.<br />
Capital Gains:<br />
If the vendor is a fiscal resident and thereafter<br />
he is able to obtain a certificate from the<br />
Tax Office, the purchaser won’t have to retain<br />
the 3% of the price, in accordance with law<br />
35/2006.<br />
Fiscal Residents for the last three years and<br />
older than 65 years and selling property<br />
which has been the main residency during<br />
this time, do not have to pay the Income Tax<br />
on the profit obtained.<br />
If the person is younger than 65 years and<br />
sells the main residency, he does not have<br />
to pay the Income Tax on the profit if he reinvests<br />
the obtained amount of money in buying<br />
new property as a main residency.<br />
To be certain that you are not liable to report<br />
your assets abroad you must obtain professional<br />
advice from a qualified professional<br />
Law<br />
Firm who can ascertain your liability.<br />
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Where there is a conflict to determinate fiscal<br />
residency:<br />
If you have interests in Spain and the UK and<br />
spend time in both there needs to be a way<br />
of working out where you are “fiscally domiciled”<br />
The double tax treaty between Spain and the<br />
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The month of<br />
<strong>May</strong> is named<br />
after a Greek<br />
Goddess called<br />
Maia. The first<br />
day of <strong>May</strong>, <strong>May</strong><br />
Day, is the time<br />
of year when<br />
warmer weather<br />
begins and flowers<br />
and trees<br />
start to bloom.<br />
It is also said to<br />
be a time of love<br />
and romance and<br />
people in the<br />
Northern Hemisphere celebrate the coming<br />
of summer with lots of different customs that<br />
are expressions of joy and hope.<br />
Unfortunately, not everyone shares this sentiment<br />
as in the case of the two readers featured<br />
this month.<br />
Dear Jennifer,<br />
He Wants His Ring Back!<br />
My husband of 30 years left me for a<br />
younger woman and initially I was devastated<br />
but now I feel that I am better<br />
off without him. The problem is that<br />
he has decided to marry his new floozy<br />
and he wants me to give back my wedding<br />
ring! Granted it is a family heirloom<br />
passed down the generations on his side,<br />
but I feel that I deserve it after what I<br />
went through. Besides, I want to give<br />
it to our daughter when she gets married<br />
next year. Am I wrong in refusing to<br />
hand back my wedding ring?<br />
Gwen.<br />
Dear Gwen,<br />
Keep the ring for your daughter, that is, if she<br />
wants it. This way, you can assure your ex<br />
that the ring will remain within the family.<br />
If however, she does not want it, then what<br />
you decide to do with it is down to personal<br />
choice. Either way, after 30 years spent with<br />
your ex, you are entitled to keep it and point<br />
him towards the nearest jewellery store for a<br />
ring for his new bride. I am sure she will want<br />
a new ring anyway.<br />
Jennifer<br />
Dear Jennifer,<br />
Dumped By A Love Rat<br />
I have been seeing a fabulous man for<br />
a month now and am head over heels<br />
in love with him. Recently, however, he<br />
cancelled our date at the last minute<br />
and casually informed me that he was<br />
spending the weekend with his ex-wife<br />
and kids. My guy has been divorced for<br />
decades and his children are grown up,<br />
so I think it is a bit weird that he still<br />
wants to spend time with them and not<br />
me! Should I be jealous, worried or just<br />
let go?<br />
J.M.<br />
Dear J.M,<br />
I think you are being overly sensitive about<br />
the situation. Family ties are binding and your<br />
beau did not “dump you” for another woman.<br />
He is still the father of his children and there<br />
is nothing wrong with wanting to spend quality<br />
time with them. His connection to his family<br />
is admirable, but perhaps he should have<br />
taken time to reassure you of his love. Let<br />
him know just how you feel about the matter,<br />
but I don’t think there is any competition between<br />
you and his ex-wife. If you can’t handle<br />
a man who is loyal to his family, look for one<br />
without family ties.<br />
Jennifer<br />
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Hi, it’s Shannon writing this month. I am going<br />
to tell you about a trip to a car museum.<br />
You know where the Parque Meditteraneo is,<br />
on the way to Cartagena? Well, there used<br />
to be a shop there called Splaff - it closed a<br />
while back and has now opened up as a car<br />
museum. When we got there, it didn’t look<br />
very big from the outside, but once inside it<br />
was full of cars. It only costs 2€ per adult<br />
and 1€ for children and we were allowed to<br />
take photographs.<br />
There were at least 20 motor bikes at the<br />
entrance ranging from the early 1900’s to<br />
the present day. There was one that really<br />
caught my eye; it was a red racing bike that<br />
looked really odd. The racer would have<br />
to lie flat on his stomach to race it as the<br />
seat was so far back. There was an old airplane<br />
hanging from the ceiling above the<br />
bikes that was made out of wood and nylon.<br />
The wheels looked like bicycle wheels. As<br />
we moved around we saw Rolls Royce cars<br />
through the ages. My favourite one was a<br />
white one with a gold emblem on the bonnet.<br />
Matthew was with us as he was on leave from<br />
the Navy and he said that you were not allowed<br />
to have those emblems sticking up like<br />
that anymore as they were dangerous and<br />
could kill someone. He took loads of pictures<br />
for us as Mum had forgotten her camera -<br />
again! I spotted what I like to call a ‘Mr<br />
Bean’ car; a yellow Beetle with a burst tyre!<br />
They had new and old side by side and renovated<br />
cars as well. There were engines out<br />
so those who wanted to have a closer look<br />
at the workings could do so. Dad asked me<br />
if I could put one together. I said ‘No’! A<br />
Cadillac sat in the middle of the area with bull<br />
horns on the bonnet. That was the beginning<br />
of the American car display. It was huge and<br />
convertible.<br />
The whole museum was really well laid out<br />
with Rolls Royce cars, Ferraris, Bentleys,<br />
Fords and even an E Type Jaguar. All the<br />
cars had a bit of a history written mostly in<br />
English, so you could see when and where<br />
and how they were made. Some of the doors<br />
could open, so we could look inside and see<br />
the layout of the interiors. Some were very<br />
posh with drinks cupboards and little tables<br />
that dropped down like in an aeroplane. My<br />
favourite car though, was the red E Type Jaguar.<br />
It was gleaming like all the rest of the<br />
displays, but that one just looked the best.<br />
There was a stretch limo as well and the man<br />
in charge said we could get inside it and have<br />
our picture taken. We did and Matthew took<br />
a photograph of the three of us as you can<br />
see! A really good place to visit and worth<br />
every euro.<br />
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Mass in English is celebrated every Saturday<br />
at the Catholic chapel at Pastrana, approximately<br />
10km from Mazarrón<br />
Schedule of Masses:<br />
Saturday at 4:30pm<br />
Schedule of Confession:<br />
Saturday from 3:30-4:25pm also on request<br />
Fr. Carlos Prats 628 824 555<br />
Fr. Octavio Carpena 676 219 445<br />
www.pastranaonline.com<br />
Why Do We Call Mary, The Mother Of<br />
Mercy?<br />
We call Mary the Mother of Mercy for two<br />
reasons: firstly, because she is the Mother of<br />
Jesus Christ, who is the personification of Divine<br />
Mercy, and secondly, because she is our<br />
mother, who never ceased to show us mercy.<br />
Mary’s title of the Mother of the God/Man is<br />
the most glorious of her titles, for it is the<br />
source of her greatness and the reason for her<br />
being immaculate.<br />
The<br />
words “Mother<br />
of God”<br />
describe her<br />
being exalted<br />
above<br />
all others, to<br />
a supreme<br />
height, a<br />
person who<br />
is not only<br />
greater than<br />
anyone else<br />
that God has<br />
made, who is<br />
above anything<br />
that He<br />
could have<br />
made. So great is her dignity that all heaven<br />
honours her and pays her homage.<br />
The Eternal Word who was born from all eternity,<br />
of God alone; but when, out of mercy for<br />
all mankind, He became Man, He took human<br />
nature as well in Mary’s womb, uniting this<br />
nature with the Divine Nature, in one Person,<br />
and thereby giving a truly Divine value and<br />
dignity to the actions performed.<br />
Given the title “Mother of God”, was correct<br />
as she was the Mother of Christ. She did not<br />
bear only the human nature, separated from<br />
the Divine but gave birth, in very truth, to a<br />
Divine Person, the Eternal Incarnate Word.*<br />
By the light given her from above, Mary understood<br />
the nature of her mission and she<br />
gave her consent, with great love for God and<br />
complete submission to His eternal designs<br />
*by Blessed Fr, Sopoccko – St. Faustina’s<br />
Spiritual Director.<br />
“Behold the handmaid of the Lord: be it done<br />
to me according to thy word”. (Luke 1,38)<br />
Prayer: Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is<br />
with Thee. Blessed art Thou amongst women,<br />
and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus.<br />
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,<br />
now, and at the hour of our death. Amen<br />
On Saturday April 6 th the Darwinian Gardeners’<br />
regular meeting was a visit to a<br />
member’s garden between Alhama and Totana.<br />
Photos taken when they moved there<br />
nine years ago showed the house standing in<br />
a plot which was effectively a field. By using<br />
cuttings from the clump of false bamboo<br />
which was on the site, and fast growing trees,<br />
the garden has now been divided into several<br />
areas, giving an interesting and intimate feel.<br />
Those of us who garden on rocky mountains<br />
could only gaze in wonder at the abundance<br />
of lush greenery. As well as a football pitch,<br />
screened from the rest of the garden by trees<br />
and bamboo, there is an extensive vegetable<br />
garden, colourful wild area, gravelled paths<br />
and small island beds, a secluded grove with<br />
pond and goldfish and a delightful Moorish<br />
style pavilion.<br />
After showing<br />
us around<br />
the garden,<br />
our hostess<br />
showed us<br />
her collection<br />
of esparto<br />
grass objects<br />
and explained<br />
their<br />
traditional<br />
usage and<br />
also demonstrated<br />
several<br />
weaving<br />
techniques.<br />
Two members<br />
showed<br />
ways of taking<br />
cuttings<br />
and after refreshments,<br />
the raffle rounded things off and<br />
38 people went into Alhama for an excellent<br />
lunch.<br />
The Third Annual Garden Party took place<br />
on Saturday April 13 th at Cortijo Raja, Morata<br />
on the first really warm day of Spring, with<br />
traditional Spanish dancing at nearby Finca<br />
Los Loberos. As well as a number of stalls,<br />
the FAST team gave demonstrations of CPR<br />
and the Heimlich anti-choking manoeuvre,<br />
and burgers and hot dogs were provided by<br />
the Pawson family. The produce competitions<br />
were judged by Jim and Margaret of Country<br />
Kitchens and the plant competition by Andrew<br />
Brown. Winners in each category received a<br />
gold certificate and gold plant for first place,<br />
and a silver certificate and plant for second<br />
place. As well as enjoying a thoroughly enjoyable<br />
afternoon, 515€ was raised for the GO<br />
maD humanitarian charity.<br />
For information about future events see our<br />
webpage on www.bolnuevo.com, or email<br />
darwiniangardeners@gmail.com, or<br />
phone 669 338 885<br />
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Quiz questions on the April <strong>2013</strong> <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />
1. Where can you see six<br />
wild boars?<br />
2. Who claims to give you<br />
“Low cost removal Spain<br />
- UK – Spain?<br />
3. What does Philip Peacock<br />
Offer you?<br />
4. Who offers traditional<br />
Italian cooking with a<br />
Italian chef?<br />
5. Where can you find Martin<br />
& the Cutting Crew?<br />
6. Who is offering you the<br />
Queen’s birthday menu?<br />
7. Who are the new owners<br />
of Don Ricardo’s International<br />
Bistro?<br />
8. Where would you find<br />
“Le Gourmet”?<br />
9. Who says “We clean<br />
pools, we also do everything<br />
else”?<br />
10. What happened on the<br />
4 th April 1975 in Albuquerque<br />
New Mexico?<br />
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Answers on page 110<br />
ACROSS<br />
1 After-bath wear<br />
5 Group of bees<br />
10 Far away<br />
14 Asian nation<br />
15 Game<br />
16 Parasite<br />
17 Powdered drink<br />
18 City<br />
19 Parlay<br />
20 Intelligent<br />
22 Trials<br />
24 Extremely high<br />
frequency (abbr.)<br />
25 Warning<br />
27 Small ducks<br />
29 Stupid people<br />
32 Typing mistakes<br />
35 Endure<br />
38 Travel term<br />
39 Capital of South<br />
Dakota<br />
40 Roberto’s yes<br />
41 TV rating<br />
43 Most basic<br />
44 Pope’s governing<br />
organizations<br />
46 Environmental<br />
protection agency<br />
(abbr)<br />
47 Saclike structures<br />
filled<br />
with fluid or diseased<br />
matter<br />
48 Leaves out<br />
49 Common Catholic<br />
girl’s name<br />
51 Flowering herb<br />
54 Light purple flower<br />
57 Elver<br />
59 Soften<br />
62 Midwestern state<br />
denizen<br />
64 Native ruler<br />
66 Somberness<br />
68 Uncommon<br />
69 Ms. Minelli<br />
70 Shampoo brand<br />
71 Island<br />
72 Soup<br />
73 Mary __ Moore<br />
74 African nation<br />
DOWN<br />
1 Decays<br />
2 City in Nebraska<br />
3 Corny<br />
4 Implant<br />
5 Short-term memory<br />
6 Stay in one place<br />
7 Apt<br />
8 Cook with dry heat<br />
9 __ Carlo<br />
10 Wing<br />
11 Mist (2 wds.)<br />
12 Hormone<br />
13 Shallow area<br />
21 Affirmative<br />
23 Material<br />
26 Flick<br />
28 Caustic substance<br />
30 Fib<br />
31 Witch hunting city<br />
33 Globes<br />
34 Religious division<br />
35 South of the border<br />
crazy<br />
36 Short for aluminum<br />
37 Write in serial form<br />
39 Sea jewel<br />
41 Bad<br />
42 Resort hotel<br />
45 __ A Small World...<br />
47 Heat<br />
50 Three<br />
52 Number of notes in<br />
an octave<br />
53 Type of race<br />
55 Afloat<br />
56 Waitress on Cheers<br />
57 Snaky fish<br />
58 Shine<br />
60 Lounge<br />
61 Medicine amount<br />
63 Desire<br />
65 Half-baked<br />
67 Deface<br />
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ChariTEA Fundraises for Local Charity<br />
On 13 March, MABS Cancer Support Group,<br />
Murcia was delighted to continue their involvement<br />
in the annual ChariTEA fundraising<br />
event, organised by Escuela Oficial de<br />
Idiomas de San Javier (EOISJ) through its<br />
Cultural Association (CONEXIA EOSJ) at the<br />
Centro Civico in Parque Almansa, San Javier.<br />
EOISJ Director, Maria Angeles Martinez-AbarcaNicolás,<br />
opened the event and welcomed<br />
representatives from local charities: Help Mar<br />
Menor, Aidemar and MABS Murcia.<br />
Organisers, CONEXIA EOISJ, invited the Convocatoria<br />
del Conservatorio de Musica de<br />
San Javier to entertain visitors with a wide<br />
range of music, including chamber music performed<br />
by David Salar’s group, White Voices<br />
Choir(directed by Marinela Gabor), a string<br />
quartet (by Professor Lester Mejías) comprising<br />
Daniel Cánovas (violin), Inmaculada Belmonte<br />
(violin), Lesster Mejías (Viola), Marina<br />
Rubio (violoncello) and a percussion group<br />
(by Professor M Carmen Pérez) comprising<br />
José Luis Sánchez, Federico Martínez, José<br />
Martín, Juan Martínez, Gonzalo Pérez, Celia<br />
Muñoz, Inmaculada Egea, Alberto Pedreño<br />
and David Pérez. Solos were performed by<br />
Jesús Hernández (Piano and Voice), Conchi<br />
Aniorte (Piano), Alberto García-Quesada<br />
(Oboe), Laura Soria (Piano),<br />
Café Golf provided delicious cakes and tea<br />
for the event, donating 100€ to the charities’<br />
fund. A grand raffle was organised by CONEX-<br />
IA EOISJ, with fabulous prizes donated by local<br />
businesses. CONEXIA EOISJ President,<br />
Antonio García Clemente presented the prizes<br />
and announced that they had raised a fantastic<br />
total of 1327€. On 5 April, each charity<br />
was presented with 475.66€. Including the<br />
money collected from sales by each charity at<br />
their individual stands, the grand total for the<br />
event reached 1875€.<br />
MABS Murcia is extremely grateful to EO-<br />
ISJ Director, Maria Angeles Martinez-Abarca<br />
Nicolas, everyone from CONEXIA EOISJ and<br />
Café Golf for all their hard work to make this<br />
such a successful event. “Every year, they<br />
raise awareness of and funds for local charities,<br />
and MABS has taken part in the event<br />
since its inception” remarked MABS Director,<br />
Lyn Baines. “We are delighted to be associated<br />
with EOISJ and we have gained some<br />
very useful Spanish volunteers as a result of<br />
these events. We look forward to continuing<br />
our good, working relationship with them.”<br />
Hands Across The Sea For MABS<br />
MABS Cancer Support Group Murcia<br />
couldn’t have been more surprised when they<br />
received a large donation from the staff and<br />
customers of the Sun Inn Pub in Stockton,<br />
Cleveland in the UK. Sheila Moore, who works<br />
at the pub and heads up their fundraising<br />
committee, has holidayed in the Mar Menor<br />
area for several years and got to know local<br />
resident, Donna Walsh, very well during that<br />
time.<br />
Donna was recently diagnosed with breast<br />
cancer and is currently undergoing treatment.<br />
MABS Murcia has been supporting Donna<br />
throughout. Sheila was impressed with the<br />
work that they do and wanted to contribute<br />
something towards that. Most people have<br />
been touched by cancer in some way and<br />
when Sheila explained what MABS does, the<br />
staff and customers were keen to contribute,<br />
raising a fantastic amount of £300 (348€).<br />
Donna met with MABS Murcia Director, Lyn<br />
Baines, to hand over the cheque. “We are<br />
overwhelmed by the generosity of everyone<br />
at the Sun Inn Pub and we are so grateful for<br />
their kindness” commented Lyn. “The funds<br />
will be put to good use, helping those affected<br />
by cancer in the Murcia region.”<br />
MABS provides help and support in a number<br />
of ways, including:<br />
Translators for hospital and doctor’s appointments<br />
Drivers for hospital appointments<br />
Equipment in the home<br />
One-to-one counselling<br />
Therapy for conditions, such as lymphedema<br />
Share & Care Support Group<br />
Telephone Support<br />
Latest Cancer Information<br />
Donna is now helping other people who have<br />
been diagnosed with breast cancer. “We’re<br />
very proud of how well Donna has coped and<br />
she will be a great support for others undergoing<br />
the same treatment.” remarked Lyn.<br />
Photographer: Alfonso Fernandez<br />
MABS Murcia is a registered charity (No.<br />
7261) offering help and support to local people<br />
of all nationalities who have been diagnosed<br />
with or are being treated for cancer. If<br />
you or someone you know would like some<br />
confidential help or support call our HEL-<br />
PLINE 693 275 779 or visit their website<br />
www.mabsmurcia.com<br />
Cancer Doesn’t Discriminate And Neither<br />
Do We.<br />
MABS Helps All Those Affected By Cancer,<br />
Whatever Their Nationality<br />
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Going For Gold!<br />
Spangles Ladies’ Harmony Chorus became<br />
Champions of Spain and Portugal at<br />
the 2011 Convention of the Spanish Association<br />
of Barbershop Singers, which took<br />
place in San Pedro del Pinatar. Winners are<br />
not allowed to compete the following year,<br />
so they are now raring to go and win gold<br />
again at the <strong>2013</strong> Convention which was<br />
held in Benalmádena, Málaga on 13 April.<br />
See how they got on by reading the report<br />
on page 80.<br />
Spangles started in December 2004 with<br />
just five ladies and they now boast over<br />
40 members. Under the direction of Gail<br />
Grainger, they have been working hard on<br />
the two songs that they will sing in contest.<br />
“We work hard on our craft, but also ensure<br />
that what we sing is enjoyable and entertaining”<br />
says Gail. The chorus also boasts 5<br />
quartets, three of whom, Viva, Chardonnay<br />
and Fénix, will be competing in the quartet<br />
contest. A fourth quartet, Aurora, was<br />
formed specifically to be ‘mic-warmers’ in<br />
the contest to help the judges tune in for<br />
the first competitor.<br />
On Thursday, 21 March, Spangles and the<br />
quartets held a dress rehearsal, which was<br />
attended by the <strong>May</strong>or of Los Alcázares,<br />
Anastasio Bastida, supporters, family and<br />
friends in the Salon de Plenos at the town<br />
hall in Los Alcázares, and received rapturous<br />
applause. Amor Yagues kindly took on<br />
the MC role for the show and did a splendid<br />
job.<br />
“We are extremely grateful to everyone who<br />
supports us and we are proud to be representing<br />
Los Alcázares again in this competition.”<br />
commented Gail. “We will do our best<br />
to return in April with gold medals around<br />
our necks.”<br />
Following on from their gold medal success<br />
in 2011, Spangles has released a CD<br />
called ‘Pure Gold’, which includes their two<br />
winning contest songs and many audience<br />
favourites. ‘Pure Gold’ is on sale at 5€ and<br />
makes an ideal gift. Call 968 432 525 or<br />
968 334 527 to order your copy.<br />
Photographer: Michael Phillips<br />
Spangles Does it For Charity<br />
Saturday, 30 March, saw Spangles Ladies’<br />
Harmony Chorus taking part in a<br />
big charity fundraising day in Mil Palmeras.<br />
Organised by JP’s Bar in the square, this annual<br />
event has helped to raise thousands of<br />
Euros for local charities, such as the AECC,<br />
MABS Cancer Support Group and EMAUS,<br />
the children’s home in Elche.<br />
The main event of the day was a bike ride,<br />
with over 70 riders taking part. Supporters<br />
returned to the bar and were entertained by<br />
Spangles. It’s anticipated that the final total<br />
of funds raised will reach 2,500€, which<br />
will be divided between the AECC, EMAUS<br />
and MABS Murcia.<br />
Spangles welcomes new members, so if<br />
you’re looking to make new friends and enjoy<br />
singing, why not visit Spangles when<br />
they rehearse at Las Claras? They meet<br />
every Thursday from 10am-1pm.<br />
Please call Lyn on 968 432 525 or Anthea<br />
on 968 334 527 to book Spangles or to<br />
find out how to join, or visit the website<br />
www.spangleschorus.com.<br />
Photographer: Michael Phillips<br />
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At the latest British<br />
Legion branch meeting<br />
the Hondon Valley<br />
members said<br />
a fond farewell to<br />
two members; Steve<br />
Suffield who had<br />
been the Standard<br />
Bearer for the branch<br />
for many years<br />
and Evie his wife.<br />
Steve and Evie are<br />
leaving the Hondon<br />
Valley to be<br />
nearer the coast.<br />
Warrant Officer<br />
Neil Parvitt agreed<br />
to take over the<br />
roll of Standard<br />
Bearer and Alan Reed, ex-naval diver,<br />
was recruited to fill the gap and carry the<br />
Union Jack on all official engagements.<br />
There was an alfresco evening in Barbaraja,<br />
again to raise money for the appeal and on<br />
19 th April the Poppy Walk started from Restaurante<br />
Veintiocho in Hondon de las Frailes.<br />
A list of future social events was read out to<br />
the members, including a June Fiesta at<br />
Dave Spark’s house, which would celebrate<br />
both a 60th birthday and a 40th wedding<br />
anniversary. Dave and his wife will donate<br />
all proceeds to the Legion Poppy Appeal.<br />
The meeting ended with a light hearted social<br />
quiz, which although it was supposed to be<br />
an easy one, proved more difficult than they<br />
expected and a lot funnier than anticipated.<br />
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The HELP MMM AGM was attended by over<br />
fifty volunteers and the treasurer, Robin Bayliss,<br />
confirmed that at the end of 2012, the<br />
financial position was satisfactory. The president,<br />
Bernard Ash reported that €7500 was<br />
to be donated to the following good causes:<br />
Caritas, Butterfly Children and Holidays for<br />
Heroes - all very worthy causes.<br />
Bernard Ash, Cynthia Sherry and Elaine Dale<br />
were ratified in their current positions as<br />
President, Secretary and Membership Secretary.<br />
Pat Massingham and Joan Mitchell<br />
agreed to continue in their roles as Vice President<br />
and Chief Fundraiser respectively.<br />
The AGM was followed by the monthly General<br />
meeting and one amusing item was raised<br />
under AOB - Not Wanted on Voyage - There<br />
was a late plea for help with “Ricky” from a<br />
lady member who had booked a cruise for<br />
one. Poor “Ricky” was not wanted on the voyage.<br />
She was worried that she would have to<br />
give him away. Happily a temporary home<br />
was volunteered for her beloved “Ricky” the<br />
Canary<br />
HELP Murcia Mar<br />
Menor’s Friendship<br />
Group<br />
The latest lunch was<br />
held on 22 nd March at<br />
the Asia Restaurant,<br />
San Javier to say farewell<br />
to Iris Withers<br />
who is leaving for the<br />
UK. The lunch was<br />
also to celebrate Stella<br />
Hawkridge’s 90 th birthday<br />
on 28 th March, but<br />
unfortunately Stella<br />
was in hospital with a<br />
broken hip. We all wish<br />
her a speedy recovery.<br />
Spring Fayre<br />
Once again,<br />
the sun was<br />
shining for<br />
the HELP<br />
MMM Spring<br />
Fayre at the<br />
Arches on<br />
10 th April.<br />
There was a<br />
good mix of<br />
stalls doing<br />
a brisk business,<br />
but it<br />
was Ziggy’s<br />
Fashion Show<br />
that was the<br />
main attraction.<br />
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To the Ends of the Earth and Back<br />
Well to the end of the ancient world anyway.<br />
Starting on <strong>May</strong> 31 st Len Allen (from La Marina)<br />
is taking on the challenge of the Camino<br />
de Santiago, the famous pilgrimage known<br />
as ‘The Way’ starting in Pamplona and travels<br />
all the way to Santiago a distance of approximately<br />
800km. Not satisfied with this, Len is<br />
then going to continue on to Finisterre, which<br />
was widely believed to be the end of the earth<br />
until Columbus discovered America. This will<br />
take his total distance to 900km.<br />
Len, who will turn 60 later in the year, wanted<br />
to do something extra special for this milestone<br />
and when in Santiago last year he saw<br />
people finishing the walk he thought “This is<br />
something I could do”. Len, a seasoned marathon<br />
runner in the UK who moved to Spain<br />
in 2000, will be joined in this ambitious challenge<br />
by one of his old running partners John<br />
Cripps.<br />
“I have been training since Christmas and<br />
hopefully I will be ready by mid-<strong>May</strong>”. Len will<br />
then have a week or so of rest before setting<br />
off. This involves taking an overnight coach<br />
from Alicante to Pamplona and then the walk<br />
begins. Len added “I will be staying in the<br />
pilgrim hostels along the way each night and I<br />
am really looking forward to hearing the tales<br />
of the other walkers and their reasons for taking<br />
on the challenge”.<br />
Len is planning to walk some 40km a day and<br />
with a few rest days to make sure he gets to<br />
the other end and expects the walk to take<br />
23 days in total. He is doing this walk in aid<br />
of the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre<br />
Foundation based in Rojales. His wife Ann,<br />
who has been a great supporter of EHCRC for<br />
many years, thinks he is mad, but will be on<br />
hand to give him encouragement “However<br />
I’m not doing it with him”.<br />
Len can be sponsored by either contacting him<br />
directly on 620 180 002 or by going in to any<br />
of the EHCRC Charity Shops in Guardamar,<br />
La Siesta, La Zenia , Montesinos or Quesada.<br />
Alternatively you can sponsor him at the rescue<br />
centre on Sundays during the open day<br />
or contact Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre<br />
by email admin@easyhorsecare.net.There<br />
will also be sponsorship forms in several locations<br />
around La Marina including News 4U,<br />
Serafins & Cuts R Us.<br />
In the beginning<br />
Molly gave Faith<br />
hope, now Faith<br />
is giving Molly<br />
hope<br />
The EHCRC Foundation<br />
is delighted<br />
to announce the<br />
imminent launch<br />
of their first eBook<br />
about Faith<br />
the pony. Sue<br />
had always felt<br />
that Faith’s story<br />
would make a<br />
good book. Sue decided to have a go herself,<br />
as she realised that really only she and Rod<br />
could write it, as they are part of the story.<br />
Initially the story was written as a children’s<br />
book about Faith and her animal friends at<br />
the rescue centre, not really including Molly,<br />
the pony who lives in Louisiana after being<br />
rescued by Kaye Harris seven years ago when<br />
hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Because<br />
of a horrendous leg injury she had a<br />
front leg amputation and became a national<br />
figure of survival and inspiration. Molly visits<br />
hospitals for children with cancer and amputations,<br />
and soldiers that have lost limbs<br />
in the war. When they meet Molly with her<br />
artificial leg, they think if this little pony can<br />
do it, so can they, and<br />
for children she shows<br />
them it’s ok to be different.<br />
It was Molly<br />
that inspired us to<br />
save Faith, who went<br />
on to become the first<br />
pony in Spain to also<br />
have a prosthetic leg.<br />
A deep bond was<br />
formed across the Atlantic<br />
between Rod<br />
and Sue, and Kaye and<br />
Glen Harris, which led<br />
to Rod and Sue going<br />
over to New Orleans to<br />
meet these wonderful<br />
people and of course<br />
Molly the pony.<br />
In America there is already<br />
a children’s book<br />
published about Molly<br />
and people bought the<br />
book assuming, that<br />
Kaye got a percentage<br />
of the proceeds from<br />
it. Sadly it is not the<br />
case. The author<br />
has the copyright<br />
and gets all the<br />
money. Kaye and<br />
Glen trusted her<br />
and never signed<br />
an agreement with<br />
her before the book<br />
was published, or<br />
took legal advice.<br />
Having being told<br />
the whole story Rod<br />
and Sue became<br />
determined to help<br />
these wonderful<br />
people, who are still struggling financially to<br />
keep Molly’s foundation going, and to keep<br />
Molly. This was when the book was re-written,<br />
adding Molly’s story through Faith’s<br />
eyes, as if in her diary. Tthis was made possible<br />
by the team at ‘Soul Of The Net’ Web<br />
Design, who came up with the idea of an e-<br />
book, and created the beautiful design. Sue<br />
has been busy in the recording studio and<br />
she would like to thank Richard Haywood and<br />
Trevor Lugmayer at Viva TV for recording the<br />
audio at their studio in Campoamor.<br />
Initially the book will be available for the iPad,<br />
iPod and Kindle and we hope to have it in print<br />
within the next few months. All proceeds from<br />
the sale of the e-book will be shared between<br />
the two charities Easy Horse Care Rescue<br />
Centre Foundation (in Spain) & Kids<br />
and Ponies - Molly’s Foundation, Inc. (in<br />
America). We will keep you posted as to release<br />
date.<br />
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To celebrate our 5 th anniversary, on the first<br />
Saturday 4 th <strong>May</strong>, ADAPT Association of San<br />
Pedro, will be holding an open day at our<br />
meeting venue, The Hogar de Pensionistas,<br />
San Pedro from 10am.<br />
Invitations are being sent to various associations<br />
with which we have been involved over<br />
the past 5 years. ADAPT has close connections<br />
with local organisations and we thought<br />
it would be good to let them meet the members<br />
for a little socialising. Members of the<br />
press have been very kind to us since we<br />
started 5 years ago so we would like to invite<br />
them to come and meet us and perhaps partake<br />
of a drink and nibbles.<br />
Theatre Group<br />
On the 21 st , 22 nd and 23 rd <strong>May</strong> The Theatre<br />
Group will be putting on a show for various<br />
schools in San Pedro. These will be at the<br />
Casa de Cultura each morning of Tuesday,<br />
Wednesday and Thursday and will be a series<br />
of comic sketches in English and Spanish.<br />
On behalf of the president, Jane Cronin and<br />
the committee, Enid Winskill.<br />
Spanish Cookery Workshops<br />
Since January this year Eroski Supermarket<br />
of Dos Mares, San Pedro have been putting<br />
on Spanish Cookery Workshops for<br />
ADAPT within the store. These have proved<br />
to be so popular that extra weeks have been<br />
added to the course.<br />
Jose Manuel, Maestro Jamonero from El Pozo,<br />
gave an interesting talk about Iberian pig<br />
farming and the quality of ham which depends<br />
on the diet of the pigs. He then gave<br />
a demonstration on how to slice the ham and<br />
the tools needed and asked for volunteers to<br />
be shown the correct way to cut a ham using<br />
the sharpest of knives and protective chainmail<br />
gloves. Elena showed us how to prepare<br />
and cook cordero, while Damian, who runs<br />
the fish department of Eroski, poured our<br />
wine samples. We all thoroughly enjoyed the<br />
demonstrations and also our tasters of Jamon,<br />
Cordero and wine.<br />
The whole event was filmed and some of our<br />
members were interviewed by Beatriz for an<br />
Eroski Company video which will be also used<br />
in training. The fact that ADAPT is very keen<br />
to integrate with the local community was<br />
much appreciated.<br />
ADAPT meet on the first Saturday of the<br />
month at Hogar de Pensionistas, San Pedro at<br />
10:30am and welcome new members.<br />
Contact Enid Winskill on 966 189 402 or see<br />
www.adaptsanpedro.eu<br />
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Tickets are now on sale at the Torrevieja<br />
Municipal Theatre from 11am-1pm<br />
on Tuesdays to Saturdays and on the internet<br />
through ServiCAM for the new production<br />
of The Raquel Peña Flamenco<br />
Dance Company.<br />
If you have never seen one of their shows,<br />
take advantage of their forthcoming performance<br />
to see why the Company is<br />
considered one of the finest in Spain. We<br />
are very fortunate to have them based in<br />
Pilar de la Horadada, where Raquel Peña<br />
has her home base. For those of you who<br />
have seen this outstanding Ballet you will<br />
again be able to enjoy the excitement, colour<br />
and fire of new choreography, designer<br />
costumes and many of the old time favourites<br />
that are requested by the audience.<br />
A €2500 donation will be given to AFA, the<br />
Torreveija Alzheimer Association.<br />
For more information please contact the<br />
Company office at 630 689 431 or at<br />
info@flamencoforall.com<br />
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ITV Check<br />
El nivel - Level<br />
El nivel de agua - The level of water<br />
El líquido - Liquid<br />
El freno - Brake<br />
Me quedé sin frenos - My brakes failed<br />
El freno de mano - Handbrake<br />
La bombilla - Light bulb<br />
La refrigeración - Refrigeration<br />
El volante - Steering wheel<br />
Lavaparabrisas - Windscreen Washer<br />
El aceite - Oil<br />
El motor - Engine<br />
El filtro - Filter<br />
El aire - Air<br />
La escobilla - Wiper<br />
La luneta - Window<br />
La batería - Battery<br />
Se ha agotado la batería - The battery is<br />
flat<br />
El neumático - Tyre<br />
La presión de los neumáticos - Tyre pressure<br />
Delantero - Front<br />
Los asientos delanteros del coche - The<br />
front seats of the car<br />
Trasero - Back<br />
El asiento trasero - The back seat<br />
Izquierdo - Left<br />
Está a la izquierda - It’s on the left hand<br />
side<br />
Derecho - Right<br />
La presión - Pressure<br />
La linea de escape - Exhaust pipe<br />
Los gases de escape - Exhaust fumes<br />
La Fijación - Fastening/securing<br />
El cinturón de seguridad - Seatbelt<br />
La efectividad - Efficiency/effectiveness<br />
El estanque - Tank/reservoir<br />
El circuito - Circuit<br />
El amortiguador - Shock absorber<br />
La pastilla - Pad<br />
El disco - Disk<br />
In conjunction with Jane Cronin,<br />
Spanish Classes and Talks.<br />
www.janecronin.eu<br />
Tel 968 183 258<br />
Pink Is The Colour For HAH Mar Menor<br />
In the Pink, (Clothes, shoes, handbags etc.)<br />
Rio Nalon, Los Alcazares and HAH Mar Menor<br />
teamed up for a fashion show on Friday April<br />
5 th . Fabulous fashions were modelled by HAH<br />
volunteers and friends to a packed bar at La<br />
Torre Golf. There were many stalls, a raffle<br />
and cakes made also by HAH volunteers and<br />
offered in exchange for a small donation.<br />
In total, 425€ was raised on the night. Rose<br />
from In the Pink said “As this was my 1 st attempt<br />
at hosting a fashion show, I was delighted<br />
that HAH came on board to help.<br />
They were extremely supportive both before<br />
and during the event and the enthusiasm and<br />
input from their volunteers was a great help.<br />
I am delighted that we were able to raise so<br />
much money for such a worthy cause, and<br />
I really look forward to doing the next one”.<br />
To find out more about HAH, visit their website<br />
www.helpathome.es. If you are struggling<br />
to cope following illness call 633 673<br />
034, or if you would like to volunteer a little<br />
help to suit you, email helpathomespain@<br />
gmail.com<br />
Convention For The Maintenance Of An<br />
Early Childhood Centre In Torre Pacheco<br />
The Governing Council has approved 30,000€<br />
as a proposal from the Ministry of Health and<br />
Social Policy, of an agreement between the<br />
Instituto Murciano Social Action and the Association<br />
of Parents of Mentally Handicapped,<br />
Physical and Sensory (Prometheus) Torre Pacheco.<br />
The aim of this agreement is to maintain<br />
its Early Childhood Centre.<br />
The users of the centre will have access to<br />
six therapeutic needs and the association offers<br />
programmes of prevention, detection and<br />
diagnosis of therapeutic intervention, including<br />
cognitive and motor stimulation, speech<br />
therapy and hearing, as well as support and<br />
family counselling.<br />
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The first Fair for Game and Fisheries will<br />
take place from <strong>May</strong> 31st to June 2nd in the<br />
Palace of Congresses and Exhibitions Region<br />
of Murcia, located in Torre Pacheco.<br />
The fair has been designed to meet the business<br />
needs of all professionals in both sectors.<br />
The Murcia region issues thousands<br />
of hunting licenses, in addition to having a<br />
unique fishing tradition. Today, hunting and<br />
fishing brings in around 4,600 million Euros<br />
a year in Spain, despite both sectors being<br />
affected by the economic situation.<br />
This fair is a novelty in the region of Murcia<br />
and shows the passion that hunting and fishing<br />
still has in this region. It is clear that<br />
there are many conditions to make the fair a<br />
success both in number of visitors and number<br />
of exhibitors. The organizers of this event<br />
simply want to bring together a broad representation<br />
of exhibitors where the hunter and<br />
fisherman from Murcia, Valencia, Andalusia<br />
and other regions is like a day of hunting and<br />
fishing.<br />
Being aware of these difficult times IFEPA<br />
offers affordable priced stands looking for a<br />
very fair price for disbursement for the exhibitors<br />
by organizing an exciting programme<br />
of activities, including workshops aimed at<br />
professional exhibitions and competitions, in<br />
which even the visiting public may participate<br />
and that will please the whole family.<br />
Barbershop Takes The <strong>Costa</strong> Del Sol By<br />
Storm!<br />
Some 300 barbershop aficionados took Benalmádena,<br />
Málaga by storm when they arrived<br />
for their fifth annual convention last<br />
weekend. This is the second time that the<br />
Spanish Association of Barbershop Singers<br />
(SABS) has based its event on the <strong>Costa</strong><br />
del Sol. “Our delegates come from all over<br />
Europe, and we are keen to establish convention<br />
venues with excellent travel connections<br />
and accommodation.” said SABS Vice President,<br />
Lyn Baines. “This is the second time<br />
that we have hosted this international event<br />
in Benalmádena; it’s a great venue and we<br />
always receive such a warm welcome”.<br />
Delegates were based in the Sunset Beach<br />
Club Hotel, with shows and contests taking<br />
place in the Moonlight Lounge at the Sunset<br />
Beach Club, where SABS also held its second<br />
international quartet contest.<br />
Madrid ladies’ chorus, The Barbees, won<br />
the silver medal and Southern Sound, from<br />
Fuengirola, Málaga, took the bronze medal.<br />
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Spangles, from Los Alcázares, Murcia, became<br />
gold medal champions of Spain and<br />
Portugal for the second time, also sweeping<br />
the board by winning all three trophies for<br />
top scores in music, presentation and singing.<br />
“We’re over the moon with our win,” said Gail<br />
Grainger, Spangles’ Musical Director “and<br />
to get the top scores is testimony to the hard<br />
work that the chorus has put in over the past<br />
twelve months.”<br />
In the quartet contest, Fourmidables from<br />
Torrevieja, Alicante were crowned Gold Medal<br />
Champions for the first time, having won silver<br />
in the last two contests. The silver medal<br />
went to Hanfris from Barcelona and the<br />
bronze medal was won by Cleftomania from<br />
the Algarve in Portugal. Hullabaloo from<br />
Torrevieja won the Senior Quartet Award and<br />
Fénix Quartet from Los Alcázares won the<br />
Highest Scoring Ladies’ Quartet Award.<br />
The international quartet contest saw Toneacity<br />
walk away with the gold medal and<br />
Simply 4 win the silver medal. Both quartets<br />
are from the UK.<br />
The next SABS annual convention is scheduled<br />
for Calpe, Alicante from 3-6 April 2014<br />
at the Gran Hotel Sol y Mar, right by the sea,<br />
with the national and international contests<br />
being held in the Casa de Cultura in Calpe. If<br />
you are interested in attending this event or<br />
would like to know more about SABS, you can<br />
find information on the SABS website www.<br />
sabs.es or contact by email lyn@sabs.es or<br />
gail@sabs.es<br />
Photographer: Michael Phillips.<br />
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Lesley Pearse<br />
is one of the UK’s<br />
best loved novelists<br />
and is a true<br />
storyteller and a<br />
master of gripping<br />
storylines<br />
that keep the<br />
reader hooked<br />
from beginning<br />
to end. Lesley<br />
Pearse introduces<br />
you to<br />
characters that it<br />
is impossible not<br />
to care about or<br />
forget and she<br />
writes different genres including crime and<br />
historical all with real passion and realism.<br />
Truth is often stranger than fiction and Lesley’s<br />
life has been as packed with drama as<br />
her books. She was three when her mother<br />
died under tragic circumstances. Her father<br />
was away at sea with the Royal Marines and<br />
it was only when a neighbour saw Lesley and<br />
her brother playing outside without coats on<br />
that suspicion was aroused - their mother<br />
had been dead for some time. The children<br />
spent three years in grim orphanages before<br />
her father remarried a veritable dragon of an<br />
ex-army nurse. Lesley and her older brother<br />
were eventually brought home, to be joined<br />
by two other children who were later adopted<br />
by her father and step mother; thus continued<br />
a stream of foster children.<br />
Lesley’s desperate need for love and affection<br />
as a young girl made her a party girl during<br />
the swinging 60’s and she had various<br />
jobs from nanny to bunny girl to designing<br />
clothes. She lived in damp bedsits while burning<br />
the candle at both ends as a ‘Dolly Bird’<br />
with twelve inch mini shirts. Lesley has been<br />
married three times and has had some really<br />
hard times. Writing probably kept her sane<br />
throughout all of this and much of her own life<br />
is portrayed in her books. She now lives near<br />
Bath and is president of the Bath and West<br />
Wiltshire branch of the NSPCC. She has three<br />
daughters and a grandson.<br />
Forgive Me (<strong>2013</strong>)<br />
When Eva Patterson returns home from work<br />
one day, a devastating scene awaits her. Her<br />
mother, Flora, lies dead in the bath. Beside<br />
her is a note saying only: ‘Forgive Me’. Flora’s<br />
suicide changes everything. When Eva discovers<br />
that in her will Flora left her an artist’s<br />
studio in London, she finds a collection<br />
of Flora’s paintings and old diaries. Searching<br />
for answers, Eva encounters a psychic<br />
who mysteriously warns her to beware of a<br />
‘sleeping serpent’, which she soon discovers<br />
refers to a shocking crime in Flora’s past. Will<br />
discovering the truth destroy Eva’s belief in<br />
everything she holds dear and will Phil stand<br />
by Eva even when her journey leads her and<br />
those she loves into certain danger?<br />
Gypsy (2009)<br />
Fifteen-year-old<br />
Beth’s life is shattered<br />
when she and<br />
her brother Sam are<br />
orphaned, believing<br />
that only in America<br />
can they make a<br />
fresh start. In New<br />
York, Beth’s talent<br />
with the fiddle earns<br />
her the friendship of<br />
gamblers, chancers<br />
and other rogues.<br />
Dodging trouble<br />
across America, Beth<br />
and her friends head for the Klondike River in<br />
search of gold. How far must Beth go to find<br />
happiness and will her travels lead this gypsy<br />
to a place she can ever call home?<br />
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Father Unknown<br />
(2006)<br />
Losing her adopted<br />
mother threatens<br />
all she’s ever had.<br />
Daisy was adopted,<br />
but when her mother<br />
dies, she finds her<br />
secure existence<br />
thrown into turmoil<br />
by the discovery of a<br />
scrapbook. Inside it<br />
is information about<br />
her real mother.<br />
However, when Daisy<br />
drops everything to<br />
go in search of her<br />
roots, she uncovers a harrowing story of<br />
greed, misery and corruption. She also risks<br />
hurting her adored Dad, the only true family<br />
she has left. Can she cope with the truth<br />
about her real parents and more importantly,<br />
who is the real Daisy?<br />
Secrets (2005)<br />
Without her mother she is alone in the world.<br />
Twelve-year-old Adele is placed in a bleak,<br />
cruel children’s home after a family tragedy<br />
drives her mother insane. When the owner<br />
betrays her trust, Adele has no choice but to<br />
run away. Alone and friendless, she heads for<br />
Sussex, to seek out the grandmother she has<br />
never known. However, the journey, without<br />
food or shelter, leaves her desperately ill.<br />
Surrounded by the beautiful Rye Marshes,<br />
Adele is nursed back to health. Can she now<br />
dream of a new life? What will happen when<br />
her mother reappears, bearing shocking family<br />
secrets?<br />
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The Liberation<br />
of<br />
Lonely Lola<br />
of La Pinilla<br />
Many local<br />
people<br />
who travel<br />
through La<br />
Pinilla nicknamed<br />
this<br />
dog ‘the hole<br />
in the wall<br />
dog’ and may<br />
remember<br />
seeing her. If<br />
you do know<br />
her, we are<br />
really happy<br />
to show you<br />
her now, out<br />
of her horrible<br />
situation. She has now been freed along<br />
with other dogs there that have been living<br />
in poor conditions, including 2 Pointers and<br />
2 Shepherd dogs. We have also agreed with<br />
the owners to help them with other dogs<br />
they own and in turn they are collaborating<br />
with us to make improvements for their own<br />
dogs and to report local acts of cruelty and/<br />
or abandonment.<br />
Lola lived in horrible conditions for 10 years<br />
of her poor life. Chained and un-loved, just<br />
there to bark in case of intruders, she never<br />
knew what it was to be loved or cared for by<br />
humans. Her life was a miserable existence<br />
on a chain outside, through the intense Spanish<br />
heat, the cold of the winter and the storms<br />
and elements that she had no way of hiding<br />
from. She was fed and watered when remembered<br />
by her farmer owner.<br />
Lonely Lola was recently saved by Actin Association,<br />
liberated from her chain at last.<br />
She was taken to a foster carer and within<br />
a short time<br />
this sweet<br />
and forgiving<br />
dog had won<br />
the hearts<br />
of Angie and<br />
Phil McCready<br />
who rescue<br />
and foster<br />
many dogs in<br />
Spain. Lola<br />
turned out to<br />
be healthy in<br />
spite of her<br />
unacceptable<br />
existence and<br />
although at<br />
10 plus years she is an old girl, we think that<br />
finding a new life with no chain and with freedom<br />
to do what dogs do, has given this lovely<br />
sweet dog a new lease of life.<br />
For information on Actin’s work check out<br />
our website www.actin-spain.com<br />
If you can help sponsor or adopt any of these<br />
rescued dogs please see www.awsm.es. We<br />
are also looking for foster and adoption for 8<br />
puppies that one of the rescued Pointers has<br />
recently given birth to.<br />
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<strong>May</strong><br />
2 nd 1982 The Argentinean warship ‘General<br />
Belgrano’ was sunk by the British<br />
submarine HMS ‘Conqueror’.<br />
4 th 1979 Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s<br />
first female prime minister<br />
following a landslide election victory.<br />
5 th 1980 The SAS stormed the Iranian embassy<br />
in London, freeing 19 hostages<br />
held by terrorists.<br />
6 th 1937 The Hindenburg Airship, the largest<br />
ever built, exploded at Lakehurst,<br />
New Jersey, killing 36 people.<br />
6 th 1954 British athlete Roger Bannister became<br />
the first man to run a mile in<br />
under four minutes.<br />
6 th 1992 The Channel Tunnel opened, linking<br />
London and Paris by rail.<br />
7 th 1945 Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally<br />
to the Allies at General<br />
Eisenhower’s HQ in Rheims,<br />
France.<br />
10 th 1994 Former political prisoner Nelson<br />
Mandela was sworn in as the first<br />
black president of South Africa.<br />
13 th 1787 The ‘First Fleet’ carrying convicts<br />
set sail for Australia, setting up<br />
the first penal colony.<br />
14 th 1796 English doctor Edward Jenner administered<br />
the first vaccination<br />
against smallpox, using pus from<br />
cowpox.<br />
16 th 1943 The ‘Dambusters Raid’ by the<br />
RAF’s elite 617 Squadron breached<br />
two huge dams in Germany’s Ruhr<br />
valley.<br />
17 th 1865 Thomas Cook began conducted<br />
tours to the continent - the first<br />
overseas ‘package holiday’.<br />
18 th 1991 Helen Sharman became the first<br />
Briton in space, as a passenger<br />
aboard the Soviet Soyuz TM-12.<br />
21 st 1927 Aviator Charles Lindbergh, in the<br />
Spirit of St Louis, made the first<br />
solo flight across the Atlantic.<br />
26 th 1868 The last public execution in Britain<br />
- the hanging of murderer Michael<br />
Barrett – took place at Newgate.<br />
27 th 1941 The German battleship ‘Bismark’<br />
was sunk by the Royal Navy, with<br />
only 110 survivors from its 2,192<br />
crew.<br />
29 th 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay<br />
became the first men to climb<br />
Everest.<br />
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NEST walks are friendly, particularly easy,<br />
outings to amazing places often rounded<br />
up by a wonderful meal in an authentic<br />
Spanish restaurant or occasionally a picnic.<br />
Definitely NOT for sporty walkers wanting<br />
a challenge! Come and make new friends<br />
with NEST!<br />
Friday 24 th <strong>May</strong> - Snow Houses<br />
Meet 10.30am in El Berro public car park.<br />
Experience the cooler heights of Sierra Espuña,<br />
where snow falls in winter. See how<br />
Snow Houses were used, plus an optional<br />
closer view of the giant military ‘golf ball’ on<br />
top of Sierra Espuña, then the visitors’ centre<br />
before our delicious meal in our favourite<br />
place where we often see wild boar. 5€<br />
for the walk and optional Menu del Dia at 9€<br />
for mixed salad, a starter, main course, dessert,<br />
and a drink, plus coffee, in pine-clad<br />
mountain surroundings. Wear sturdy nonslip<br />
footwear and bring sun protection and<br />
water to sip. An easy short 2hr walk along<br />
wide dirt tracks with one steepish dusty<br />
slope, to see the military installation closer<br />
up – unless you prefer to sit that part out<br />
and wait. There is often no mobile signal for<br />
emergencies, so you do need to be relatively<br />
healthy and come at your own risk. Bring<br />
binocs and cameras to make the most of<br />
stunning scenery and wildlife opportunities!<br />
Subscribe with your email address to the<br />
NEST website and be the first to hear of<br />
new dates and book in. Walks can be very<br />
popular and restaurants have limited places.<br />
We also go out in cooler, shady summer<br />
evenings, so look out for new outings! Also<br />
find detailed driving directions at www.<br />
nestwalks.info. We also have a (free)<br />
photography group so if you’re into photography,<br />
get in touch!<br />
Book your places by ringing or texting 679<br />
002 147 or email natureespunatrails@<br />
gmail.com, with your names and Spanish<br />
contact tel numbers and wait for confirmation<br />
you’re booked in. Looking forward to<br />
meeting you!<br />
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Perhaps it comes along with age together<br />
with the failing eyesight, dull hearing and a<br />
lack of concentration, but really grumpiness<br />
seems to be part of the package, at least according<br />
to my wife and children. It is not so<br />
much that I am impatient; it is simply that I<br />
do not understand why some things turn out<br />
the way they do. Perhaps I am missing the<br />
complexities of the task, or I do not fully appreciate<br />
the training required, but why is it<br />
in a full car park it is impossible to open your<br />
doors because the lines are drawn so close<br />
together? People overtake and then slow<br />
down! You cannot empty a tomato sauce<br />
bottle! Life’s frustrations can make us mad,<br />
but they are just that - frustrations.<br />
How frustrated must God be? He has provided<br />
us with a world of colour, variety, astonishing<br />
sunsets and sunrises, amazing<br />
wildlife, beautiful seas and fantastic views,<br />
a Saviour, a way of escape and yet we don’t<br />
acknowledge God’s hand in it all. Oh but,<br />
as soon as something goes wrong, we are<br />
quick to blame God and feel justified. I am<br />
sorry, but unless you believe God exists, you<br />
cannot blame Him; it just doesn’t work that<br />
way.<br />
”For I know the plans I have for you, says<br />
the LORD. They are plans for good and not<br />
for disaster, to give you a future and a hope”.<br />
Jeremiah 29 V11. This was God’s promise to<br />
a people who had turned away from Him.<br />
Despite His frustration, overshadowed by<br />
His love … it is still His promise to us!<br />
You are invited to come and join us for any<br />
of our events in <strong>May</strong>.<br />
Sunday 12 th Derek Cleave will be sharing<br />
with us for our monthly meeting. 5pm Start.<br />
Tuesday 14 th Chill ‘n’ Grill from 6pm in our<br />
garden. Bring your own food and cook it.<br />
Thursday 16 th Marty Ross in concert in our<br />
garden, raising funds for Operation Smile.<br />
Further details and other planned events go<br />
to<br />
http://open-door.wix.com/open-door<br />
If you would like to be informed of our events<br />
and be added to our mailing list please let us<br />
know opendoorgettogether@gmail.com<br />
Find us at Los Almagros, Fuente Alamo,<br />
30320, Murcia. GPS: 37”45’ 57.77’ North.<br />
1” 15’ 56.95’ West<br />
Phone Ken 646 705 403 or Carol 655 141<br />
721<br />
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If you want a truly Spanish meal, a good<br />
place to start is a Menu del Dia. These<br />
cheap value-for-money meals started during<br />
Franco’s time as a way for workers to obtain<br />
a nutritious meal at an affordable price.<br />
Franco has gone, but thankfully Menu del<br />
Dia lives on, and is in fact as popular as<br />
ever, but you have to know about it to get<br />
the best. Some restaurants advertise their<br />
Menu del Dia on a chalk board outside the<br />
bar or restaurant, whilst others will happily<br />
bring you the normal menu without mentioning<br />
the cheap option, especially if you<br />
are not a local.<br />
During the midday meal or “la comida”, the<br />
Menu del Dia is offered, normally including<br />
a soup, salad, main course with a side<br />
dish and dessert – all for one price. Some<br />
bars and restaurants also offer a Menu del<br />
Noche based on the Menu del Dia, also at<br />
a reasonable price, but to save any confusion,<br />
check the terms and conditions before<br />
you order any ‘Menu’.<br />
The Spanish concept of a meal is not ‘meat<br />
and two veg’. Instead, they split them up<br />
into ‘primer plato’ (first dish) and ‘segundo<br />
plato’ (second dish) and you choose one<br />
from each section. Your first plate will be<br />
predominantly vegetables and your second<br />
plate will be predominantly meat. If you<br />
prefer, you can usually order two ‘primer<br />
platos’ (but not two ‘segundos’). A menu<br />
will usually come with ‘pan’ (bread), ‘ensalada’<br />
(salad), ‘bebida’ (drink), two ‘platos’<br />
and ‘postre’ (dessert), though do check<br />
the menu. Sometimes the tax (IVA) won’t<br />
be included - check if it says ‘IVA incluido’<br />
or ‘IVA NO incluido’.<br />
As a restaurant’s Menu del Dia tends to<br />
change every day, it is unlikely that there<br />
will be anyone on hand to translate it into<br />
English. Some restaurants assume that as<br />
you are not a Spanish speaker, you couldn’t<br />
possibly want the Menu del Dia. If you<br />
aren’t offered a Menu del Dia, ask “¿Hay<br />
menú?” Frequently (and not just in touristy<br />
places) there will be a supplement for sitting<br />
on the ‘terraza’.<br />
Most restaurants will bring a salad and<br />
bread to the table before taking your order<br />
for drink. This is usually included in the<br />
price for the Menu del Dia, but you should<br />
always check if you are not familiar with the<br />
restaurant. In many restaurants, the standard<br />
serving for wine or water is a carafe<br />
- whether there are two of you or you are<br />
dining alone. If you both order wine, it will<br />
probably be a carafe to share. Beer or soft<br />
drinks are also often included in the price.<br />
Appetizers – ‘Entremeses’ or ‘Entrantes’<br />
This is a small dish that may or may not<br />
be ‘finger’ food. It is common to see sausages<br />
such as ‘chorizo’ or ‘morcilla’ (blood<br />
sausage), ‘lomo’ (cured pork loin), ‘jamón’<br />
(ham) or ‘queso’ (cheese) in this section.<br />
There will probably be a selection of both<br />
hot and cold dishes.<br />
First Course – ‘Primer Plato’<br />
The first course is generally a lighter course,<br />
similar to the entremeses above. Soups and<br />
salads or ‘sopas y ensaladas’ also appear<br />
in this section. These can include ‘guiso’<br />
(hot stew-like soup) and ‘gazpacho’ (cold<br />
soups).<br />
Second Course – ‘Segundo Plato’<br />
The second course is the main course of the<br />
meal. In this section, you will see all kinds<br />
of dishes, such as ‘cocidos/estofados’ (meat<br />
or stews), ‘asados’ (roast meat), ‘chuletas’<br />
(chops), grilled fish, etc. However, rather<br />
than list Primer Plato and Segundo Plato,<br />
the restaurant may list their dishes by type<br />
of food, such as fish, meat, etc. This section<br />
often contains the signature dishes of the<br />
restaurant, or what the restaurant is known<br />
for.<br />
Fish – ‘Pescados’<br />
Fish will almost always be main dishes<br />
and may be ‘emperador’ (swordfish), ‘calamares’<br />
(squid) or other fish such as salmon.<br />
Since Spain sits between the Atlantic<br />
Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, there<br />
is a big variety of fish and seafood on any<br />
menu. Each region will offer different fish<br />
dishes.<br />
Meat – ‘Carnes’<br />
As with the fish section, the meat section of<br />
a Spanish menu will contain the meat dishes,<br />
whether they are ‘ternera’ (beef), ‘cordero’<br />
(lamb) or ‘cerdo’ (pork) and they will<br />
be large portions, usually served with chips.<br />
Dessert – ‘Postre’<br />
Dessert may be a simple offering of fresh<br />
fruit and cheese. However, Spanish desserts<br />
include a wide variety of ice creams,<br />
cakes and sorbets, as well as ‘flan’, ‘natillas’<br />
and ‘arroz con leche’. You can usually<br />
choose from either coffee or dessert for<br />
your final course, as sometimes the coffee<br />
isn’t included. Ask, “¿Esta incluido?”<br />
This month we are including bars/restaurants<br />
that offer Menu del Dia to show you<br />
what is on offer in the area.<br />
If you would like your restaurant to feature<br />
in this guide please contact Teresa on<br />
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RED – Entertainment<br />
ORANGE – Special menus<br />
PURPLE –Market, exhibitions, leisure & meetings<br />
GREEN – Charity & non-profit making events<br />
BLACK – Fiestas & important events<br />
Please refer to the relevant advert or editorial for more details of events<br />
Every Mon<br />
Every Tue<br />
Duplicate Bridge @ La Cumbre Hotel, Pto de Mazarrón 9.30am<br />
Yoga with Mari Carmen @ Bolnuevo 10am<br />
Spanish Conversation @ Jane’s Salon, Bolnuevo 3pm 6€<br />
Fit4Life Weight Group @ Jane’s Salon, Bolnuevo 4pm 5€<br />
Chiropody with Phillip Dawe @ Sensol Golf Villa Sales Building, Camposol C<br />
Bowling League @ Alley Palais, Camposol B<br />
Music Quiz with John @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 9pm (free nibbles)<br />
Games Night including Roulette and Poker @ Oscar’s, Camposol B<br />
3 Course Menu del Noche @ Restaurant Ratatouille, Pto de Mazarrón 10€<br />
2nd Hand Goods to Buy/Sell/HAH @ Brenda’s Boutique, Los Urrutias10-1pm<br />
Andrea’s Animal Rescue Collection @ Car Park, Camposol B 11.30-1.30pm<br />
Hoy (card) Bingo/HELP MMM @ La Zona Bar, Los Alcázares 2pm 1€/game<br />
B Clean Weekly Working Party @ Commercial Centre, Camposol B 9am<br />
Quiz Night @ Restaurant Manchica, La Manchica optional meal 5€<br />
Football Training Session (ages 4-17) @ El Pareton 6-7pm<br />
Harlequin Rock Choir Meeting @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 7.30-9pm<br />
Quiz with Rock and Roll Bingo @ Oscar’s, Camposol B<br />
2 for 1 Lunch Special @ Rest Amapola, Bolnuevo 22€ inc btl wine for 2<br />
2 Course Al Fresco Cooking/Dining @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A 7.30pm, 8€ inc btl wine for 2<br />
2 Course Curry Night @ Restaurant Ratatouille, Pto de Mazarrón 8.50€<br />
3 Course Menu del Noche @ The Old Market Tavern, Pto de Mazarrón, 12€ inc btl wine for 2<br />
MABS Mazarrón Coffee Morning @ MABS Centre, Camposol B 10-1pm<br />
MAMAS Collection/Book Stall @ Camposol B Car Park 10-1pm<br />
Every Wed<br />
Mar Menor Golf Society Competition<br />
Camposol C Gardening Group Clean Up @ Camposol C 9am<br />
Camposol Bridge Club, Duplicate Bridge @ Trevi Bar, Camposol B 9.30am<br />
Gentle Yoga with Mari Carmen @ Bolnuevo 10am<br />
Pool League @ Alley Palais, Camposol B<br />
Beacon of Light Centre @ School House, Cañadas del Romero 7-8.30pm<br />
Pool League @ TJ’s, Camposol B, 8pm<br />
Every Thu<br />
2 Course Pie Night @ The Old Market Tavern, Pto de Mazarrón, 10€ inc a drink<br />
3 Course Steak/Spare Rib Night @ Restaurant Ratatouille, Pto de Mazarrón 15€<br />
Happy Evening, 2 for 1 @ Rest Amapola, Bolnuevo 35€ for 2 inc btl wine<br />
3 Course Steak Deal @ La Vida Bistro/Bar, El Pareton 25€ for 2 inc wine/cava<br />
Karaoke & Disco with Lisa @ Alley Palais, Camposol B 9pm-late<br />
Karaoke with Byron @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 9pm<br />
Live Music with Local Artiste @ Oscar’s, Camposol B<br />
HAH 2nd Hand Goods to Buy/Sell @ Brenda’s Boutique, Los Urrutias 10-1pm<br />
Age Concern booking events etc @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 10-1pm<br />
MABS MMM Art Workshop @ Café Golf, San Javier, 10-12pm 2€<br />
PALS booking events etc @ Saralara’s, Pto de Mazarrón 1-3.30pm<br />
HAH Book & DVD Club @ La Zona Bar, Los Narejos 2.30-4.30pm<br />
Camposol Market @ Camposol A<br />
Hearing Specialist for Tests/Hearing Aids @ Jane’s Salon, Bolnuevo, Appt Only<br />
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Sacred Hearts Circle of Potential @ Mazarrón Country Club 11-1pm<br />
Bingo @ The Club House, Camposol C 3pm<br />
Fun Quiz/Play Your Cards Right @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 6pm (food for teams)<br />
Quiz Night @ TJ’s, Camposol B 8.30pm<br />
Rib & Steak Night @ Restaurant Manchica, La Manchica 17.95€ for 2 inc btl of wine<br />
2 Course Curry Night @ The Old Market Tavern, Pto de Mazarrón, 10€ inc a drink<br />
4 Course Surprise Menu @ Restaurant Ratatouille, Pto de Mazarrón 25€ for 2<br />
Pie Night @ La Vida Bistro/Bar, El Pareton<br />
Party Night @ Oscar’s, Camposol B<br />
Age Concern booking events etc @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 10-1pm<br />
PALS for booking events etc @ Tel’s Bar, Camposol B 11am-1.30pm<br />
Andrea’s Animal Rescue Collection @ Mazarrón Country Club 11.30-1pm<br />
Every Fri<br />
Camposol Bridge Club/Duplicate Bridge @ Trevi Bar, Camposol B 9.30am<br />
Friday Art Group @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 9.45-12.30pm<br />
Indoor Market @ The Steak Out, Camposol B 10-2pm<br />
Camposol A Gardening Book Stall @ Car Park Camposol A 10.30-12.30pm<br />
Camposol C Greenfingers Garden Group 10 Pin Bowling @ Totana 4pm<br />
Positive Thinking Workshop @ Mazarrón Pensioners’ Club, Mazarrón 5-6.30pm<br />
Joker Jackpot @ TJ’s, Camposol B 6pm<br />
Fish & Chip Night @ New Royal, Pto de Mazarrón 6.50€<br />
3 Course Fish & Chip Night @ The Old Market Tavern, Pto de Mazarron 10€<br />
Fish & Chip Night @ Rest Manchica, La Manchica from 5.50€<br />
19€ for 2 large Cod & Chips @ Restaurante Marina, Pto de Mazarrón, inc btl wine<br />
3 Course Surprise Menu @ Restaurant Ratatouille, Pto de Mazarrón 19.50€<br />
Romantic Dinner @ Rest Amapola, Bolnuevo 25€ inc btl wine for 2<br />
Fish/Chips/Fun Quiz @ La Vida Bistro/Bar, El Pareton<br />
Disco and Karaoke with Lisa @ Alley Palais, Camposol B 9pm-late<br />
Live Music @ Kennelly’s, Hacienda del Álamo 9pm<br />
Live Entertainment/Rock n Roll/Tributes @ Oscar’s, Camposol B 9.30pm<br />
Karaoke @ The Steak Out, Camposol B<br />
Disco with Resident DJ’s Jalco & Romeo @ Oscar’s, Camposol B 12-5am<br />
Noah’s ARC Book Sale & bric-a-brac @ Camposol B 9.30-2pm<br />
HAH 2nd Hand Goods to Buy/Sell @ Brenda’s Boutique, Los Urrutias 10-1pm<br />
Age Concern booking events etc @ Commercial Centre, Camposol B 11-1pm<br />
Lions Mazarrón booking events etc outside Compusurf, Camposol B 11am<br />
GOmaD Donations @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B/<strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Calida</strong> Radio 12.30-2pm<br />
Every Sat<br />
Harlequin Rock Choir Meeting @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 2-4pm<br />
Adult Badminton @ El Pareton 10am-12pm<br />
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Every Sun<br />
Fish & Chip Lunchtime Special @ Restaurant Manchica, La Manchica from 5.50€<br />
19€ for 2 large Cod & Chips @ Restaurante Marina, Pto de Mazarrón inc btl wine<br />
3 Course Steak Night @ The Old Market Tavern, Pto de Mazarrón, 15€<br />
3 Course Surprise Menu @ Restaurant Ratatouille. Pto de Mazarrón 19.50€<br />
3 Course Steak Night @ Restaurant Manchica, La Manchica, 24.95 for 2 inc btl wine<br />
3 Course Steak Deal @ La Vida Bistro/Bar, El Pareton 25€ for 2 inc wine/cava<br />
Exotic Menu/different wine every course @ Rest Amapola, Bolnuevo 25€<br />
Live Entertainment/Rock n Roll/Tributes @ Oscar’s, Camposol B 9.30pm<br />
Disco with Resident DJ’s Jalco & Romeo @ Oscar’s, Camposol B 12-5am<br />
MABS Murcia MM Book Sale @ The Arches Bar, La Oasis 10-1pm<br />
HELP MMM Clothes Sale @ The Arches, La Oasis 10.30am-1pm<br />
HAH 2nd Hand Goods to Buy/Sell @ Brenda’s Boutique, Los Urrutias 10-1pm<br />
PALS for booking events @ Commercial Centre, Camposol B 11am-1.30pm<br />
Car Boot Sale @ Cañadas del Romero Social Centre 8.30am<br />
Car Boot Sale @ Venta Romero, Cuevas de Reyllo. 9-2pm<br />
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Sunday Roast @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A from 6.50€ inc glass of wine<br />
Sunday Lunch @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condada de Alhama from 6.50€<br />
Sunday Roast @ TJ’s, Camposol B from 7.50€ (inc lunch on a stick at 1€)<br />
Sunday Roast @ Restaurant Manchica, La Manchica from 7.50€<br />
Sunday Lunch @ La Vida Bistro/Bar, El Pareton from 7.50€<br />
2 Course Sunday Roast @ Rest Marina, Pto de Mazarrón 8€ inc glass of wine<br />
Sunday Roast @ New Royal, Pto de Mazarrón 8.50€<br />
Sunday Carvery @ The Club House, Camposol C from 9€<br />
3 Course Sunday Roast @ Alley Palais, Camposol B 9.95€ (5€ under 12’s)<br />
3 Course Sunday Lunch @ Restaurant Ratatouille, Pto de Mazarrón 10€ inc btl wine for 2<br />
3 Course Sunday Lunch @ The Old Market Tavern, Pto de Mazarrón, 10€ inc btl wine for 2<br />
3 Course Traditional Sunday Lunch @ Liz’s Café, Camposol B 10€ inc a drink<br />
Meat Carvery/Vegetable Buffet @ La Mariposa, Gebas from 10.50€ inc glass wine/beer<br />
3 Course Sunday Roast @ Rest Amapola, Bolnuevo<br />
Sunday Roast @ Kennelly’s, Hacienda del Alamo<br />
3 Course Sunday Roast (night) @ Rest Ratatouille, Pto de Mazarrón 10€ inc btl wine for 2<br />
Karaoke with Byron @ Oscar’s, Camposol B<br />
HELP MMM Car Boot @ Autocine, Los Narejos<br />
Open Day @ Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre, Rojales 1-4pm<br />
MAY<br />
Wednesday 1<br />
Fiestas del Barrio San José Obrero - Alcantarilla<br />
HELP MMM <strong>May</strong> Day Carnival @ La Zona Bar, Los Alcázares 5pm<br />
Thursday 2 Trip to Caravaca Wine Horse Festival - Dragontours 19€<br />
Market Morning @ Jane’s Salon, Bolnuevo<br />
‘Robbie Williams’ Show @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alhama 8.30pm<br />
Friday 3<br />
Santisima y Vera Cruz - Caravaca de la Cruz<br />
Santa Cruz - Abanilla<br />
Los <strong>May</strong>os - Alhama de Murcia<br />
Fiestas de la Santa Cruz en El Estrecho - Fuenta Álamo<br />
Santa Cruz - Ulea<br />
San Isidro - Yecla<br />
Madrid Open Tennis Tournament - ATP World Tour Masters (until 12 th )<br />
Country Music Night feat Interactive @ The Club House, Camposol C 7.30pm, 3€<br />
Grand Opening/live entertainment @ Restaurant Ratatouille, Pto de Mazarrón 8pm<br />
The CAS Band @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 9pm<br />
MABS Murcia NW Outdoor Market Stall @ Calle Segura, Calasparra 9-1pm<br />
HELP MMM Friendship Group @ Golf Deluxe, Torre Pacheco 11am<br />
Lion Country Music Nightspot @ La Molata, Cañadas de Alhama 8pm<br />
Saturday 4<br />
Sunday 5<br />
ADAPT Open Day (5 th Anniversary) @ Pensionista de Hogar, San Pedro 10am<br />
Darwinian Gardeners/Evolutionists Trip, Cabo de Gato bot gardens/museums 15€<br />
Welcome Meeting @ Mariano’s, Camposol A 2pm<br />
Free Tour of Moratalla from Tourist Office 12-1pm<br />
Cuban Night @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A 7.30pm, 8€ inc btl wine for 2<br />
Harlequin Rock Choir @ The New Royal, Pto de Mazarrón<br />
Pitu @ The Club House, Camposol C<br />
‘Bee Gees’ Show @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alhama 8.30pm<br />
Artisan Market @ Bullas<br />
Free Tour of Puerto de Mazarrón with Murcia Institute of Tourism 10am<br />
Mazarrón FC Home v Yeclano Deportivo<br />
Supermoto 2 nd round of the Valencian Championships<br />
Rock & Roll Bingo @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alhama 8.30pm<br />
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Monday 6<br />
Art Classes @ Jane’s Salon, Bolnuevo 9-11am<br />
Jerez Horse Fair (until 12th)<br />
PALS Monthly Meeting @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 11.15am<br />
MABS Murcia NE Hog Roast @ Castle Bar, Fortuna from 1pm<br />
MABS Mar Menor Cut ‘a’ Thon @ Hairy Clayre’s Salon, Los Belones 10am-4pm<br />
Tuesday 7<br />
Wednesday 8<br />
HAH Volunteer Meeting @ Bacchus Restaurant, Los Narejos 11.30am, Lunch Opt.<br />
MABS Murcia NE Auction @ Bob’s Bar, Fortuna 2pm<br />
World Red Cross Day<br />
General Meeting of SAMM @ CAR Infanta Cristina, Los Narejos 11am<br />
Jukebox Legends @ The Club House, Camposol C<br />
Rock & Gospel Evening/Wellspring Victory Church @ Mazarrón Country Club 8.30pm<br />
MABS Murcia MM Volunteer Meeting @ Centro Civico, Roda Village, 11.15am<br />
MABS Murcia NE Fortuna Ladies Lunch Club @ Las Palmeras, Baños de Fortuna 1pm<br />
MABS Murcia NW Volunteer Meeting @ Hotel Argos 5pm<br />
Thursday 9<br />
Europe Day<br />
Ladies Chatterbox Group Cultural Trip Guided Walk around Alhama & lunch<br />
Friday 10<br />
Indoor Market with fashion/bling/DVD’s etc @ Alley Palais, Camposol B<br />
Mountain Bike Day @ La Mariposa, Gebas 35€ inc lunch/insurance/bikes etc<br />
Paella Weekend @ La Cata, Condado de Alhama 22€ per couple<br />
Steve Fisher as Rod Stewart @ La Mariposa, Gebas<br />
MABS Mazarrón Book Sale @ Commercial Centre, Camposol B 9-1pm<br />
Saturday 11<br />
Free Tour of Mazarrón with Murcia Institute of Tourism 10am<br />
Free Tour of Moratalla from Tourist Office 12-1pm<br />
Rocky Horror Night @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A 7.30pm, 8€ inc btl wine for 2<br />
Paella Weekend @ La Cata, Condado de Alhama 22€ per couple<br />
Steve Fisher as Rod Stewart @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A, 5€ inc basket meal<br />
GNT @ The Club House, Camposol C<br />
Michelle @ The New Royal, Pto de Mazarrón<br />
‘Phil Collins’ Show @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alhama 8.30pm<br />
Sunday 12<br />
Artisan Market @ Mula<br />
Mazarrón FC Away v CD Cieza<br />
Walk in Moratalla – El Alero de Zacata-La Torre from Town Hall<br />
Car Boot Sale @ Old Railway Station, Cehegin 9am-2pm<br />
Paella Weekend @ La Cata, Condado de Alhama 22€ per couple<br />
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Monday 13<br />
Tuesday 14<br />
Wednesday 15<br />
MABS Mazarrón Jigsaw Bereavement Group Lunch @ Cat’s Bar, Camposol A 2pm<br />
Art Classes @ Jane’s Salon, Bolnuevo, 9-11am<br />
Ladies Chatterbox Group Sew and Sew @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 2.30-4.30pm<br />
Guided Walk followed by 4 course lunch @ La Mariposa, Gebas 12€<br />
Camposol C Greenfingers’ Meeting @ The Club House, Camposol C 5pm<br />
Open Door Chill ‘n’ Grill @ Los Almagros from 6pm. Bring your own food to cook<br />
Help MMM Charity Market @ La Zona Bar, Los Alcazáres 11.30am<br />
HAH Table Top Sale @ La Zona Bar, Los Alcácares 10-2pm<br />
HELP MMM Quiz with a Difference @ El Carmoli Restaurant 7pm 11€ incl chicken & chips<br />
San Isidro – Fortuna, Cehegin and Mula<br />
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HAH Chatters @ Bacchus Restaurant, Oasis, Los Narejos 11.30am, Lunch Opt.<br />
Thursday 16<br />
Open Door Concert with Marty Ross @ Los Almagros 7pm, 5€ (5€ for food)<br />
HELP MMM Lunch @ Diamantes, El Mojon 1.30pm, 10.50€<br />
Friday 17<br />
RC Sailing Club Meeting & Race Day @ 2pm (racing 3pm)<br />
Fiesta in Cehegin with bull running, acrobats & craft fair 17 th -19 th<br />
Italian Weekend @ La Cata, Condado de Alhama 22€ per couple<br />
MABS Mazarrón Book Sale @ Commercial Centre, Camposol B 9-1pm<br />
MABS Murcia NW Outdoor Market Stall @ Calle Segura, Calasparra 9-1pm<br />
Lion Country CM Nightspot @ La Molata, Cañadas de Alhama, 8pm<br />
Saturday 18<br />
Free Tour of Moratalla from Tourist Office 12-1pm<br />
Cuban Night @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A 7.30pm, 8€ inc btl wine for 2<br />
Italian Weekend @ La Cata, Condado de Alhama 22€ per couple<br />
Suzy G @ The New Royal, Pto de Mazarrón<br />
Woody @ The Club House, Camposol C<br />
The Beagles @ La Mariposa, Gebas<br />
‘Shanni Ormiston’ Show @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alhama 8.30pm<br />
Sunday 19<br />
Artisan Market @ Caravaca<br />
Free Tour of Puerto de Mazarrón with Murcia Institute of Tourism 10am<br />
Mazarrón FC Home v CAP Ciudad de Murcia<br />
Raquel Peña Dance @ Municipal Theatre, Torrevieja 5.30pm, 10€ & 15€<br />
Cloud 9 Drama Productions @ The Patio Bar, Pliego 8pm, 3€<br />
Italian Weekend @ La Cata, Condado de Alhama 22€ per couple<br />
Rock & Roll Bingo @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alhama 8.30pm<br />
Tuesday 21 ADAPT Theatre Group @ the Casa Cultura, San Pedro (until 23 rd )<br />
Walk in Moratalla – Casicas del Portal-Calar de Sevilla from Town Hall<br />
3 Course Thai Night @ La Vida Bistro/Bar, El Pareton 25€ for 2<br />
Help MMM General Meeting @ Las Claras, Los Narejos 11.30am<br />
Wednesday 22 Trip to Benidorm Market & Beach - Dragontours 19€<br />
Welcome Dance @ Mariano’s, Camposol A 10€ (5€ food)<br />
Dementia Carer Session @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 2-4pm<br />
Thursday 23 7 Course Menu/Wine Tasting Evening @ La Cata, Condado de Alhama 7pm, 20€<br />
Auction – Age Concern @ Mariano’s, Camposol A<br />
Friday 24<br />
Commonwealth Day<br />
Saturday 25<br />
NEST Walk with optional meal, Meet El Berro Car Park, Sierra Espuña 10.30am 5€<br />
Italian Weekend @ La Cata, Condado de Alhama 22€ per couple<br />
Grand Charity Ball @ The Club House, Camposol C, hot & cold buffet/music/dancing 8pm<br />
Corpus Christi y Virgen de la Salud - Archena<br />
Nature Walk, Cehegín<br />
Free Tour of Mazarrón with Murcia Institute of Tourism 10am<br />
Free Tour of Moratalla from Tourist Office 12-1pm<br />
Cloud 9 Drama Productions @ La Molata Social Centre, Los Muñoces 8pm, 5€<br />
Rocky Horror Night @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A 7.30pm, 8€ inc btl wine for 2<br />
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Italian Weekend @ La Cata, Condado de Alhama 22€ per couple<br />
Music from GNT & Curry Nite @ TJ’s, Camposol B, Free Entry (Opt Curry at 5€)<br />
Barrington @ La Mariposa, Gebas<br />
Dee @ The Club House, Camposol C<br />
CAS Band @ The New Royal, Pto de Mazarrón<br />
Party Night with Eddie B @ The Steak Out, Camposol B<br />
‘Adele’ Show @ Bistro Bulgaria, Condado de Alhama 8.30pm<br />
MABS Mazarrón Spring Fayre @ MABS Centre, Camposol B 11-3pm<br />
MABS MMM 4th Annual Village Fayre @ Rio Nalon, Los Alcazares, 11-2.30pm<br />
APAH Charity Day @ Iceland Store, San Javier<br />
Help for Heroes Night @ Alley Palais, Camposol B<br />
FAST Spring Ball @ Rest Amapola, Bolnuevo, 4 course meal/wine/dancing to Wildcat 25€<br />
Sunday 26<br />
Artisan Market @ Plaza del Castillo, Cehegin 10am<br />
Cloud 9 Drama Productions @ La Molata Social Centre, Los Muñoces 8pm, 5€<br />
Mazarrón FC Away v CF Molina<br />
Sevillana’s Social Meeting @ Asturias Restaurant<br />
Italian Weekend @ La Cata, Condado de Alhama 22€ per couple<br />
Monday 27<br />
Tuesday 28<br />
Art Classes @ Jane’s Salon, Bolnuevo, 9-11am<br />
Guided Walk followed by 4 course lunch @ La Mariposa Gebas 12€<br />
Welcome Book Swap @ ICA Medical Centre, Camposol B 10-12pm<br />
Sacred Hearts Creative Expression Workshop @ Mazarrón Country Club<br />
Camposol B Clean Meeting @ Trevi Bar, Camposol B 4pm<br />
Beacon of Light @ Condado de Alhama 7.45pm, 5€<br />
PALS Visit to Sierra Espuña/Market/Alhama 25€ inc lunch at La Perdiz<br />
MABS Mazarrón Volunteers’ Meeting @ Trevi Bar, Camposol B 11.30am<br />
Wednesday 29<br />
Welcome Annual Petanca Competition @ Mariano’s, Camposol A 1pm<br />
MABS Murcia NE Volunteers’ Meeting @ La Carcelera, Fortuna 11.30am<br />
Friday 31<br />
Indoor Market/fashion/bling/DVD’s etc @ Alley Palais, Camposol B<br />
Easy Horse Care Rescue 900km walk by Len Allen along ‘The Way’<br />
Game & Fishing Fair @ IFEPA, Torre Pacheco until 2 nd June<br />
Nigel Burchill as Elvis @ La Mariposa, Gebas<br />
GO maD Table Top Sale @ Commercial Centre, Camposol B 10–2pm<br />
MABS Murcia NW Book Sale Outside Trevol Bar, Calasparra 11-2pm<br />
MABS Mazarrón Jigsaw Bereavement Group @ Cat’s Bar, Camposol A 12pm<br />
JUNE<br />
Saturday 1<br />
Fiestas Trinitario-Berberiscas - Torre Pacheco<br />
ADAPT Meeting @ Pensionista de Hogar, San Pedro 10.30am<br />
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Sunday 2<br />
Monday 3<br />
Tuesday 4<br />
Age Concern Summer Fair @ Lagarto Verde, Pto de Mazarrón 11.30-3.30pm<br />
Artisan Market @ Bullas<br />
Free Tour of Puerto de Mazarrón with Murcia Institute of Tourism 10am<br />
Mazarrón FC Home v Beniajan CF<br />
PALS Monthly Meeting @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 11.15am<br />
HAH Volunteer Meeting @ Bacchus Restaurant, The Oasis, Los Narejos 11.30am<br />
MABS Murcia NE Auction @ Bob’s Bar, Fortuna 2pm<br />
Wednesday 5 PALS Trip to Benidorm 15€<br />
Age Concern Talking Shop Social @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 1.30-3.30pm<br />
Thursday 6 Trip to Tabarca Island - Dragontours 32€<br />
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Photos copyright: Eileen Jenkins<br />
Tabarca – The Pirate’s Island<br />
The island has two distinct parts, the division<br />
marked by the narrow middle with the<br />
port on one side and a sandy beach on the<br />
other. The majority of the buildings are on<br />
the south part of the island, whereas the<br />
north is mostly barren. The lighthouse, inaugurated<br />
in 1854, was at one time used<br />
as a prison but is now closed to the public.<br />
The island, and the small outlying islets, La<br />
Cantera, La Galera and La Nao, have been<br />
a Mediterranean Marine Reserve since<br />
1986, for the flora and fauna which abound<br />
in the crystal clear waters.<br />
On 6 th June, Dragontours will have a boat<br />
trip to the island of Tabarca. After our early<br />
start, we expect to arrive in time for the<br />
11:30am sailing out to the island. The boat<br />
trip should take approximately 30 minutes.<br />
Our return will be on the 6:15pm boat, so<br />
a full day of enjoyment awaits you.<br />
For the less ambitious, there are plenty of<br />
bars and restaurants available, for tapas<br />
or a full Spanish meal. You might want to<br />
try the “caldero tabarqueño”, a typical fishrice<br />
dish the island is famous for. There<br />
are sun beds and umbrellas for rent for a<br />
long siesta on the beach, or during your<br />
explorations, you might want to purchase<br />
a souvenir or two from one of the shops.<br />
A stroll through the little village or around<br />
the island can also be very pleasant.<br />
The whole island has been declared an<br />
artistic-cultural heritage site, since 1964.<br />
During our journey, Eileen will be commenting<br />
on the historical background of<br />
this interesting island. The boat will make<br />
a brief stop shortly before arriving so passengers<br />
can enjoy viewing the fish and<br />
plants through the glass bottom. Access<br />
to the small islets is strictly controlled,<br />
but snorkelling is acceptable and the water<br />
is exceptionally clean and transparent.<br />
There is a small windward beach, and<br />
rocky coves on the leeward side of the island<br />
where snorkelling can be fascinating.<br />
Price only 32€, including the return boat<br />
trip and coach from the Mazarrón area.<br />
Book now with Dragontours on 968 199<br />
021 or email info@dragontours.net.<br />
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There are two sets of results to be reported<br />
on this month:<br />
“Privé Erasmo” won by 4 goals to 3 to<br />
“Calzados Luna”. The same result occurred<br />
in the showdown against “Ginés y Ana” and<br />
the “Citronor” team.<br />
Another result was the victory of “Agrimur<br />
S.A.” against “Ángela S.L.” by 5 goals to 2.<br />
The other two matches that should have<br />
been played have been deferred. The first<br />
of them was the team “Domi Dos” against<br />
“Fontanería Carlos”, while in the other<br />
match was “Aceromaza” against “Automaza<br />
S.A.”.<br />
Alex Javier from<br />
the “Fontanería<br />
Carlos” team is<br />
the current “top<br />
scorer”.<br />
10 teams<br />
played at the<br />
Pavilion of<br />
sports “La<br />
Cañadica”. The<br />
first result was<br />
the victory of the “Domi Dos” against “Prive<br />
Erasmo” by 6 goals to 2. “Calzados Luna”<br />
beat “Ángela S.L.” 4-6 and “Fontanería Carlos”<br />
won by 6 goals to 2 to “Citronor”. “Automaza<br />
S.A.” was upset by a 6-0 defeat by<br />
“Agrimur S.A.”. The last game “Gines and<br />
Ana” against “Aceromaza” was postponed.<br />
The league stands as:<br />
Pt PJ PG PE PP GF GC DG<br />
1 AUTOMAZA S.A. 6 2 2 0 0 12 2 +10<br />
2 FONTANERIA CARLOS 6 2 2 0 0 12 5 +7<br />
3 CALZADOS LUNA 6 3 2 0 1 12 9 +3<br />
4 GINES Y ANA 6 2 2 0 0 8 5 +3<br />
5 DOMI DOS 3 2 1 0 1 8 6 +2<br />
6 ACEROMAZA 3 1 1 0 0 5 3 +2<br />
7 AGRIMUR S.A. 3 3 1 0 2 6 11 -5<br />
8 PRIVE ERASMO 3 3 1 0 2 9 15 -6<br />
9 ANGELA S.L. 0 3 0 0 3 9 16 -7<br />
10 CITRONOR 0 3 0 0 3 7 16 - 9<br />
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The Radio Controlled Mar Menor Sailing<br />
Group has just started its Spring/<br />
Summer monthly race series. Racing commenced<br />
on Friday the 19 th April, running 6<br />
races starting at 11am. The wind was light<br />
and from the North East and the First Race<br />
started with a wind speed around 6 knots,<br />
progressively rising to 9 knots over the<br />
next five races.<br />
The Race Officer for the day was David<br />
Atherton, assisted by Tony Jones who both<br />
acted as O.D. and Monitors, calling out<br />
penalty turns for rule infringements. All<br />
races are run to RYA rules.<br />
The course was a sausage and triangle<br />
which consisted of one lap of a windward<br />
loo-erd course followed by a triangle. All<br />
starts but one were<br />
to windward. The<br />
fourth race was a<br />
wild card with a<br />
downwind start just<br />
to keep helms on<br />
their toes. One boat<br />
retired with a broken<br />
forestay and 9 boats<br />
in total took part.<br />
First place went to<br />
a visitor Guillermo<br />
Martinez. Guillermo<br />
is a local builder of<br />
full size yachts and<br />
in his spare time enjoys<br />
racing radio controlled I.O.M. yachts<br />
(I.O.M. stands for International One Metre).<br />
The results for the first five places as follows:<br />
Place Sail Number Points<br />
Awarded<br />
1st 46 14<br />
Guillermo Martinez<br />
2nd 50 15<br />
David Lees<br />
3rd joint 114 25<br />
Ernie Foster<br />
3rd ¨ 45 25<br />
Nigel Lane<br />
4th 56 27<br />
Stuart Lockwood<br />
Next monthly Series Race Day will be<br />
Friday 17 th <strong>May</strong> meeting at 14.00 hours<br />
racing starting at the new time of 15.00<br />
hours. We also hope to be joined by Carlos<br />
Martinez. Carlos is a J80 world champion.<br />
When Carlos is not racing 8 metre yachts<br />
and representing Spain in world heats, he<br />
gets in some practise with his I.O.M, so if<br />
any readers have an R.C. Racing Yacht and<br />
would like to come along and join you will<br />
be made very welcome.<br />
Thank you to all the other competitors for<br />
making it a very close run race. Please remember<br />
that practise racing will also be<br />
held on all other Fridays starting in <strong>May</strong> at<br />
the same time as above.<br />
For further information please contact<br />
David tel 968 170 870 or email davidlees66@hotmail.com.<br />
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Anyone for Badminton?<br />
Badminton<br />
For Adults<br />
Badminton<br />
Senior Totana<br />
plays<br />
in El Pareton<br />
on Saturday<br />
mornings<br />
10am-12pm.<br />
Whether<br />
you’re looking<br />
to become a member of a club or would prefer<br />
to play with your own group, our friendly club<br />
offers court time for all levels, from beginners<br />
to intermediate. We can also accommodate<br />
County Standard players in our Totana club.<br />
Why Play Badminton?<br />
Badminton will improve your all-round fitness<br />
and flexibility, it aids weight loss and combats<br />
weight gain and of course Badminton is fun<br />
to play.<br />
Badminton For Kids<br />
Badminton Junior Totana plays twice a<br />
week; Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Totana<br />
Sports Centre, (next to the railway station).<br />
The classes are fun and energetic and<br />
are open to girls and boys, with ages ranging<br />
from 9 years. Member’s fees are €10 per<br />
month, with a special offer, of any second<br />
brother or sister playing for free.<br />
Why play Badminton?<br />
Badminton requires running, jumping, fastpaced<br />
movement and flexibility. Once the<br />
basics are learnt, beginners quickly find their<br />
skill levels improving.<br />
Call Martin on 699 044 742<br />
Badminton Totana is a patron of the volunteer<br />
cancer support group MABS, one of<br />
the leading charities<br />
in Spain dedicated<br />
to the support of all<br />
who are affected by<br />
cancer, whether patients,<br />
family, friends<br />
or carers. MABS<br />
provides support irrespective<br />
of nationality,<br />
age, economic<br />
circumstances or<br />
medical history.<br />
On 19 March, Club Mazarrón Fútbol Base<br />
fulfilled a dream of playing several football<br />
matches against Real Madrid C.F. “Without a<br />
doubt, it will be a dream that they will never<br />
forget. More than 150 people enjoyed this<br />
magnificent experience, in which there were<br />
also magic moments seeing the stars of football<br />
like Zinedine Zidane, Fernando Morientes<br />
and Emilio Butragueño.”<br />
The journey began early on the Tuesday, arriving<br />
in Madrid before having a tour of the<br />
Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, where los Benjamín<br />
y Alevín and los Alevines teams felt for<br />
the first time what it would be like to be in the<br />
dressing room of their idols, exit through the<br />
tunnel from the locker room to the field and<br />
sit on the bench and enjoy the Real Madrid<br />
Museum.<br />
A few hours later, after enjoying a pleasant<br />
meal and time free, the Mazarronero expedition<br />
left for Valdebebas, where a great reception<br />
awaited them. Best of all was seeing<br />
Zinedine Zidane in the cafeteria, where<br />
they could be photographed next to him.<br />
Later, the President of Real Madrid, Florentino<br />
Perez, and the legendary soccer player Emilio<br />
Butragueño, approached them and greeted<br />
all those present, immortalising this unique<br />
moment. They also met another great footballer,<br />
Fernando Morientes.<br />
Most importantly, what made this trip special,<br />
was forged in the locker rooms. The illusion<br />
of children entering the field of play,<br />
with instructions from their coaches was a<br />
dream come true for them. The behaviour<br />
of both clubs was exemplary and after a day<br />
packed with events and strong emotions, the<br />
Mazarronero clubs headed home, leaving behind<br />
that wonderful dream which will provide<br />
them with so many warm memories that will<br />
remain as one of the best experiences of their<br />
childhood.<br />
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A Better Way To Spend Your Winter Fuel<br />
Allowance<br />
How many times have you looked out to sea<br />
and admired the beautiful view, with the blue<br />
sky blending seamlessly into the blue sea;<br />
a sailing yacht gracefully pushing its way<br />
through the rolling waves? How often have<br />
you imagined how great it would be to venture<br />
out for a sail especially on a hot day when<br />
the sea looks so cool, clear and inviting, only<br />
to be brought down to earth because everyone<br />
knows sailing is a financial black hole of<br />
astronomic proportions?<br />
The Sailing Association Mar Menor<br />
(SAMM) Catamaran Group is just one of<br />
seven SAMM boat groups. The proud owners<br />
of Hamoor, a Stryder 23ft cruising catamaran,<br />
formed the boat share group in 2008 with the<br />
intention of enjoying the near perfect sailing<br />
waters of the Mar Menor, and maybe venture<br />
a little further afield.<br />
Following the wintery conditions at Altorreal<br />
last month, March 28 th saw Fuente Old<br />
Guard make a return trip to La Peraleja at<br />
Sucina with the promise of a warm dry day.<br />
The better weather seemed to suit Phil Carter,<br />
recently back from injury, who came in as<br />
The then Commodore of SAMM, John Curtis,<br />
generously decided to let this new group have<br />
Hamoor on permanent loan to help them get<br />
under way. Hamoor was an ideal day boat just<br />
needing a bit of TLC. With the boat getting the<br />
all-clear, the group divided into various levels<br />
of sailing experience. The qualified skippers<br />
formed the back-bone of the group and along<br />
with those who could sail, they worked together<br />
as skipper and first mate. They then<br />
arranged sailing days and aced as crew and<br />
took out any group members wanting to sail.<br />
Sailing days take many forms; some days are<br />
dedicated to improving sailing skills, learning<br />
basic<br />
boat handling<br />
techniques,<br />
picking up<br />
and casting<br />
off a mooring,<br />
coming<br />
alongside a<br />
jetty; even<br />
man overboard<br />
drill<br />
is practised.<br />
Those wanting<br />
to take<br />
the helm<br />
were encouraged<br />
to do<br />
so, to master<br />
all aspects of<br />
sailing.<br />
For those<br />
looking to match their skills against others,<br />
there is always the SAMM Spring and Autumn<br />
handicap race series. There are also<br />
days when the boat ventures a little further<br />
away. Mini-cruises are usually a day trip into<br />
the Mediterranean for a cruise along the cost<br />
to Cartagena or maybe Torrevieja, sometimes<br />
taking in an overnight stop. The group is very<br />
friendly and sociable, having monthly lunches<br />
out. New members are welcome whether you<br />
have any sailing ability or not. New skippers<br />
who hold an ICC or have sailing ability to a<br />
minimum of Day Skipper are needed.<br />
For further information contact:<br />
Mike Harding on 968 532 315<br />
Derek English on 965 32 613<br />
www.sailingmarmenor.com<br />
We say farewell to Semana Santa and hello<br />
to the new racing season. The Catamaran<br />
Group has been training up new skippers in<br />
order to offer more trips and some race training.<br />
The three Balaton boats have been out<br />
of the water, cleaned and anti-fouled. They<br />
have their members standing by, rule book in<br />
one hand, stopwatch in the other. The Radio<br />
Controlled group continue to indulge in their<br />
own racing off the pantalan at CAR.<br />
Overall Winner and Winner of Division<br />
Two with 32 points. In 2 nd Place Overall and<br />
2 nd in Division Two was Dave Simpson with<br />
29 points, which was decided on count-back<br />
with Paul Western coming third.<br />
The 1 st Division Winner was Danny Lewis<br />
who seems to be on a good run of form with<br />
28 points and Bob Daffon was able to claim<br />
2 nd Place in Division One with 20 points.<br />
Paul Western, with his point’s score of 29, was<br />
able to take 1 st Place in Division Three with<br />
our new member Les Day coming in 2 nd with<br />
28 points.<br />
The Nearest the Pin Prizes were won by<br />
our guest Karl Killian, who also had the highest<br />
score of 34 points to take the Guest Winner’s<br />
Prize.<br />
The Two’s Money was shared by Phil Carter<br />
and Karl and Zac Killian. Finally we should<br />
A group from the Mojacar Sailing Club enjoyed<br />
a few days in a local hotel, bringing six<br />
Hobie Cats to indulge their sailing passion on<br />
the Mar Menor. The high winds of their first<br />
day saw several capsizes, but day two was<br />
more enjoyable with both the morning and afternoon<br />
sailing being less of a ‘fight’ and more<br />
of a jolly, managing to get round the islands.<br />
The Handicap<br />
Racing season<br />
opened<br />
on Sunday 7 th<br />
April, with 18<br />
competitors<br />
in 7 boats,<br />
all anxious to<br />
show a clean<br />
pair of heels.<br />
With a windstrength<br />
of 5-8 in a<br />
north westerly<br />
direction<br />
to blow<br />
away those<br />
winter blues<br />
and lubricate<br />
those muscles, the racing got underway. It<br />
was not long before the CAT, normally up with<br />
the leaders, was having some difficulty and in<br />
danger of drifting on to the reef as the wind<br />
shifted around. Although a mishap was avoided<br />
the boat finished in last place. In spite of<br />
crossing the line first, the Laser 2000 helmed<br />
by Tug Wilson and crewed by John Down,<br />
had to settle for 2 nd on corrected time. 1 st<br />
went to Connie, helmed by Vernon O’Byrne<br />
and crewed by Bob Miles and Carole Sibson. A<br />
worthy 3 rd went to the Martin helmed by Tony<br />
Jones with Barry Young crewing.<br />
A break for lunch observed a wind speed exceeding<br />
16 and promising more. A decision<br />
was taken to abandon a 2 nd race much to the<br />
disappointment of the Weta crew who went<br />
out to enjoy an unbridled ride on the crest<br />
of a wave.<br />
New members are always welcome, check<br />
the website www.sailingmarmenor.com<br />
or email sammracing@yahoo.co.uk<br />
mention Ian Murphy, who for the first time,<br />
was awarded the Plonker Trophy with just<br />
12 points.<br />
If anyone wishes to join FOGGS or just play<br />
as a guest, please contact Dave on 868 082<br />
013.<br />
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Big Changes at Camposol Golf<br />
Colin, his wife Kate, their daughter and sonin-law<br />
Stuart, owners of Alley Palais have now<br />
taken over Camposol Golf Club and Course.<br />
The new name for the course is Camposol<br />
Club de Golf and they have big plans of how<br />
they are going to improve the course over<br />
the next two years and already we are seeing<br />
significant progress. They outlined their<br />
plans for the future of the course at the Camposol<br />
Golf Association AGM held on Tuesday<br />
26 th March, all of which sounded positive.<br />
The new Committee voted in at that meeting<br />
are: Captain, Trevor Andrew; Vice Captain<br />
and Secretary, David Oakes; Handicap<br />
Secretary, Peter Stevenson; Competitions<br />
Secretary, Peter Coulstock; Treasurer, Barry<br />
Baker; Social Secretary, Eugene Toye; New<br />
Lady Captain, Marilyn Jones and the President<br />
remains the same as last year, Stewart<br />
Smith.<br />
Captain’s Farewell & Presentation Evening<br />
We had a fantastic Dinner Dance at the <strong>Costa</strong>s<br />
<strong>Costa</strong> Hotel on 2 nd March where all the<br />
Knockout Competition Winners were presented<br />
with their trophies. The meal was<br />
fabulous and the wine and beer flowed all<br />
night with dancing to Sunflower Valley and<br />
the dance floor was never empty. We had a<br />
Charity Auction for a year’s membership at<br />
Camposol Club de Golf that was very generously<br />
donated by Colin and Stuart. There<br />
was also a raffle and quite a considerable<br />
sum will be going to the Captain’s nominated<br />
charities FAST, MABS and the Spanish Red<br />
Cross - Cruz Roja.<br />
Knock Out<br />
Competition<br />
Winners<br />
Malcolm Lee<br />
– Men’s Singles<br />
Winner;<br />
Eugene Toye<br />
& Clive Porter<br />
– Men’s Doubles<br />
Winners;<br />
Sue Brew –<br />
Ladies’ Singles<br />
Winner;<br />
Evelyn Fealy<br />
& Mary Armitage – Ladies’ Doubles Winners;<br />
Liz & Mike Paul – Mixed Doubles’ Winners.<br />
Captains’ Drive In<br />
The two new Captains had their Drive in<br />
Competition on Wednesday 3 rd April and<br />
there was coffee & brandy for everyone before<br />
they drove off. The Captains drove off<br />
the tee for the first time as the Men’s and<br />
Ladies’ Captains and bets had been taken as<br />
to how far they could drive the ball individually.<br />
The rest of the members followed them<br />
with a mixed competition. There was a meal<br />
in the Club House afterwards subsidised by<br />
Association funds and very tasty it was too.<br />
Camposol Cup, Spanish v British<br />
This event took place last November and was<br />
unfortunately rained off and postponed until<br />
27 th April. It is a four ball match play competition.<br />
This is an event we all look forward to<br />
as we enjoy our golf clashes with the Spanish<br />
and the camaraderie it evokes.<br />
Summer Ball<br />
12 th July @ the Pinito de Oro. They always<br />
look after us really well with excellent food,<br />
free flowing wine and fantastic views. What<br />
else could you ask for?<br />
The Camposol Championship<br />
This prestigious 2 day event to find the best<br />
golf player in the Golf Club is to be held on<br />
26 th & 27 th June. We are hoping the weather<br />
will not be too hot as we are all getting<br />
older and the heat, plus the steep climb up<br />
the 18th hole, barely leaves you with enough<br />
puff left to climb the steps to the all important<br />
19th hole!<br />
The <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida Ladies’ League<br />
The last match of this Season was held on<br />
5 th April with Camposol against Hacienda at<br />
Hacienda, where the Camposol Ladies were<br />
delighted to come off the winners with 22<br />
points to 16, which away from home was a<br />
good win, but the overall run-away winners<br />
this season are Peraleja with 142 points.<br />
Second is La Manga with 125 points; third<br />
Camposol with 110 points and finally Hacienda<br />
with 90. We have a final Friendly Competition<br />
where all the teams are mixed in together<br />
followed by a meal hosted by the Winning<br />
Team, probably at the end of <strong>May</strong> which<br />
we are all looking forward to. We all enjoy<br />
our Ladies League encounters in a competitive,<br />
but friendly spirit. This coming new<br />
season which will start in September we are<br />
hoping to get 2 more teams to join in with us<br />
as this would make the League even more<br />
challenging. If you are group of Lady Golfers<br />
who would like to be part of our group<br />
you are very welcome to join us. We play at<br />
reciprocal golf courses at reduced green fees.<br />
To participate in the League you only need a<br />
group of 6 ladies. If you are interested, or<br />
would like more information, please contact<br />
Betty Roberts at email bettylloyd1560@<br />
hotmail.com.<br />
Betty Roberts<br />
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Victory in<br />
Villena for<br />
Supermoto<br />
Ace<br />
Sunday 14 th<br />
April saw<br />
Spain’s best<br />
Supermoto<br />
racers descend<br />
upon<br />
the Chicharra<br />
Kart<br />
racing circuit<br />
at Villena in<br />
Alicante for<br />
round two of<br />
the Spanish<br />
Supermoto<br />
championship.<br />
It was Britain’s<br />
Mat Ford-Dunn from Bullas in Murcia<br />
who put on a superb display of riding in both<br />
of the SM Master 35 Races to clinch the<br />
overall victory. With a large crowd watching<br />
the day’s racing, Mat qualified his Supermotoland<br />
SML 450 race bike on the front row<br />
of the grid for the first of his two races. With<br />
a good start and a strong pace, Mat was in a<br />
comfortable 2 nd position before a small crash<br />
in the dirt section allowed the 3 rd placed rider<br />
to catch him, but once underway again, Mat<br />
opened a gap and held it to the line to take<br />
2 nd position.<br />
The Supermotoland Race Team briefed<br />
Mat on the grid for the 2 nd of his two races and<br />
he knew exactly who he had to beat to gain<br />
the overall win. Mat’s start was not so good<br />
this time and he was locked in a 4-rider battle<br />
for the lead throughout the whole race and<br />
despite many overtaking attempts he was unable<br />
to pass the two riders in front without<br />
risking a crash, and finished a close third. Mat<br />
knew that was enough for the overall victory<br />
and made sure that he didn’t make any mistakes<br />
that might cost him the win.<br />
Once the chequered flag dropped, Mat was<br />
confirmed as the overall winner and took to<br />
the top step of the podium for the first time<br />
this year. Mat’s sponsors, Advance Moves<br />
International Removals and Stratton Motorsports<br />
were delighted with the result and<br />
the many expat race fans that turned up to<br />
watch a great day’s racing.<br />
Mat is next in action at Oliva in Denia on the<br />
5 th <strong>May</strong> for the 2 nd round of the Valencian<br />
Championships. Further details, race reports<br />
and videos can be found at the team’s website<br />
www.supermotoland.com<br />
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Fix Your Swing Mid-Round by David Gay<br />
PGA Professional<br />
How many times have you been in the middle<br />
of a solid round of golf when suddenly<br />
you lose your swing - no matter what you<br />
try, nothing seems to help? It’s such a frustrating<br />
experience; you just don’t know what<br />
to do. The following tips feature some midround<br />
fixes that can help you stop the bleeding,<br />
build your confidence and get your game<br />
back on track.<br />
Mid-Round Golf Tip: Back to basics<br />
Suddenly, out of nowhere, the bad shots start<br />
to ruin your round. Do what the tour pros do;<br />
start by checking your grip, alignment and<br />
ball position. These are the areas they attend<br />
to, not only on the practice tee, but during<br />
their rounds. The next time you watch them<br />
on TV, notice how meticulously they set-up to<br />
the ball before every shot. They understand<br />
bad shots start with bad basics, and they also<br />
understand this is an easy fix that does not<br />
require “working on your swing,” which you<br />
should never do during the round.<br />
Mid-Round Golf Tip: Get in rhythm<br />
No matter how good a player you are, it’s<br />
common to temporarily lose your rhythm during<br />
a round of golf. First, try and relax (not<br />
always easy to do when the bad shots start<br />
flying off your club face). Next, take a couple<br />
of extra practice swings holding two or three<br />
clubs, as you would do prior to warming up<br />
before your round. Another idea is to sing to<br />
yourself during your practice swings which<br />
will improve your tempo. Again, notice how<br />
many times tour pros take a few extra practice<br />
swings before an important shot - it’s because<br />
they’re working on their rhythm.<br />
Mid-Round Golf Tip: Close your eyes<br />
If you find yourself losing your swing, try taking<br />
practice swings with your eyes closed. I<br />
have on occasion had students hit balls with<br />
their eyes closed, in order to eliminate hitting<br />
at the ball instead of swinging the club. When<br />
bad shots pop up during the round, it’s common<br />
for golfers to overly fixate on the ball<br />
and thus lose their swing. Swinging with the<br />
eyes closed helps you release the club head<br />
through the impact zone.<br />
Mid-Round Golf Tip: When putting, look at<br />
the hole<br />
A couple of weeks ago a PGA Tour Pro missed<br />
so many short putts on his Saturday round<br />
that on Sunday he started to look at the hole<br />
when he putted, instead of looking at the ball.<br />
This is an excellent “fix” if you find yourself<br />
missing short putts. By looking at the hole,<br />
you free-up your mind and naturally release<br />
the putter head through the contact zone. As<br />
a result he putted much better on Sunday -<br />
too bad he didn’t use this fix during Saturday’s<br />
round.<br />
For more information on lessons, club repairs<br />
and discounted green fees you can contact<br />
David on 670 083 939 or email david@<br />
peralejagolf.com<br />
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Mazarrón FC’s rollercoaster season has continued<br />
in the usual manner. After a run of four<br />
games in which only one point was achieved,<br />
a 4-0 home victory over E.M. Fuente Alamo<br />
and a creditable 1-1 away draw at C.D. Alberca<br />
after the Easter break, gave renewed<br />
hope that a top half of the table finish to the<br />
season could be achieved.<br />
The return of midfield dynamo, Poyato,<br />
brought back some much needed steel into<br />
that area and allowed Baeza, Alfonso and<br />
Barrachina more freedom to move forward<br />
into attacking positions. Two other new signings,<br />
Chicho and Clemente have boosted the<br />
defence and Jose Da and Diego junior have<br />
returned to training with the Club following<br />
the end of their seasons at Los Alcazares and<br />
Elche respectively.<br />
played and advertised in the local media, on<br />
our website www.losamigosdemazarron.<br />
es and on posters at various points throughout<br />
Camposol and Mazarrón. The remaining<br />
League fixtures are in the What’s On section<br />
of this month’s <strong>Chronicle</strong>.<br />
On Saturday 8 th June there is an exciting finale<br />
to the season when Holbrook Sports FC of the<br />
English East Midlands Counties League will be<br />
playing a friendly game against Mazarrón FC<br />
at the Estadio Municipal; kick off 5pm. Holbrook<br />
are staying in Mazarrón for their end of<br />
season trip and their players and officials will<br />
also be attending the Mazarrón FC End of<br />
Season Player of the Year Dinner organised<br />
by Los Amigos de Mazarrón FC. This<br />
year’s event is to be held at Mariano’s Bar &<br />
Restaurant, Camposol, on Saturday 8 th June<br />
at 8pm, following the game. In addition to<br />
the usual Player of the Year, Young Player of<br />
the Year and Players’ Player of the Year Trophies,<br />
there will also be presentations to both<br />
teams who took part in the game, Mazarrón<br />
FC and Holbrook Sports. There will be chicken<br />
and chips and music and dancing with<br />
Backwater. Tickets are just 10€. In addition<br />
a coach will be picking up and dropping off<br />
at various points on Camposol and Mazarrón<br />
Country Club at a cost of 5€. Please call at<br />
the Trevi Bar any Thursday before our weekly<br />
meeting 3.30-4pm for your tickets.<br />
Los Amigos de Mazarrón FC supported the<br />
FAST Easter Fayre at Mariano’s recently<br />
when our extensive range of merchandise<br />
was on display. It is always useful to maintain<br />
a presence at these events and to be able to<br />
answer any questions about Los Amigos and<br />
Mazarrón FC. If you would like to purchase<br />
any merchandise, the Trevi Bar maintains a<br />
stock. If they don’t have the correct size,<br />
they will always take your orders. Otherwise<br />
come and see us at our weekly meetings at<br />
the Trevi Bar every Thursday 4pm.<br />
A number of Los Amigos de Mazarrón FC<br />
members joined three coach loads of players<br />
and parents of two of the Mazarrón FC<br />
schoolboy teams who travelled to Madrid in<br />
March to play against the mighty Real Madrid.<br />
Mazarrón FC’s home games are normally<br />
played on Sundays with varying kick off times.<br />
Admission is just €4 with juveniles free. Los<br />
Amigos de Mazarrón FC will be organising a<br />
supporters coach to the last two away games<br />
in <strong>May</strong> at Cieza and Molina leaving from the<br />
car park opposite Consum, Camposol B. The<br />
coach fare is just €7.<br />
Full details of all games, both home and<br />
away, are announced on the Tuesday before<br />
the weekend on which the game is to be<br />
If you are interested in football, why not join<br />
us at our weekly meetings at the Trevi Bar<br />
and at the various social events we organise<br />
throughout the year? You can find out all the<br />
latest information about your local football<br />
team and others in the area and enjoy a drink<br />
amongst friends in pleasant surroundings.<br />
See you on Thursday at 4 pm!!!<br />
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FOR SALE<br />
Sony wide angle lens VCL-0637H 37mm<br />
thread 25€<br />
New Duracell DR5 Video camera battery<br />
7.2v/15.8wh10€<br />
Fotima video/camera case 10€<br />
Tel 635 885 062 Camposol<br />
One lady’s and one gent’s mountain bikes.<br />
Never ridden! 15 gears. 40€ each<br />
Folding pet transport cage with base for medium<br />
dog! VGC 30€<br />
Tel 608 942 917 Camposol<br />
Tel Barry 868 046 390<br />
PETS<br />
2 baby female goats. Really cute. Born 7 th Feb.<br />
Ready to go.<br />
Tel 646 005 017<br />
Chocolate lab boy looking for girlfriend<br />
Good Pedigree. Can home the puppies.<br />
Tel 605 778 621<br />
BUSINESS<br />
Comanche Petit 2-berth trailer tent. Good all<br />
round condition. 499€<br />
Tel 676 915 760 Totana<br />
Dog transporting kennel 40(L) x 22(w) x 30(H)<br />
60€<br />
Tel 634 063 889<br />
GROUPS<br />
Yamaha electronic keyboard as new with stand<br />
50€<br />
Tel 968 199 487 Camposol<br />
Large Tunnel style tent, 2 beds,<br />
sleeps 5, £295 new, accept 80€<br />
Full length free standing ornate metal mirror,<br />
cost £200 exc cond accept 75€<br />
Tel 634 314 494 Totana<br />
Strong family outdoor full size table tennis<br />
table with Playback. Includes nets/bats/balls<br />
€150€ Buyer to collect.<br />
Tel 968 154 083 Puerto de Mazarron<br />
2 dark red IKEA lean back chairs/old and<br />
strong 20€ pair<br />
Old large mirror 80cmx130cm 30€<br />
Gas (gas bottle) heater 50€<br />
Tel 696 641 833/968 130 200 Fuente Alamo<br />
20 kilo sack (approx) of horse manure for 2€<br />
META Riding Centre, La Costera de Alhama.<br />
Tel 636 172 198 or meta@meta.nom.es<br />
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Brand new white roller blind 48cm w x 85 cm<br />
h. New €165 accept €75<br />
Arm chair recovered professionally in brown<br />
high quality fabric €50<br />
Tel 649 207 376 Mazarrón<br />
WANTED<br />
VHS video machine in full working order<br />
CLASSIFIED ADS ARE AVAILABLE FREE FOR<br />
ITEMS UNDER 500€ OR FOR WANTED/LOST<br />
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ES ONLY AND EXCLUDING PROPERTIES, VEHI-<br />
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April <strong>2013</strong> Quiz Answers<br />
1. What happened last month?<br />
Clocks sprung forward<br />
2. What day did World Poetry Day<br />
fall on?<br />
March 21st<br />
3. What’s the name of the choir that<br />
rocks?<br />
The Harlequins<br />
4. What is now located next to<br />
Caixa Bank, Camposol Sector B?<br />
Creature Comforts<br />
5. Who is Silvente?<br />
Solicitors and Accountants<br />
6. Who is the author who carried<br />
out their own revue?<br />
Mary Wood<br />
7. What was found in Lorca following<br />
the Gota Fria of 28 th September<br />
last year?<br />
Roman Milario<br />
8. What was the herb of the month?<br />
Parsley<br />
9. Who offers fitness with a smile?<br />
Dance Zone<br />
10. Who is offering French “Ooh La<br />
La” Nights in April?<br />
Tropic Ana’s<br />
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Well, summer is nearly here. Let’s hope that<br />
April saw the last of the rain for a while. My<br />
husband read last month’s article and said<br />
“it was boring” so, I must do better J……<br />
PLUS VALIA–in simple terms, Plus Valia is<br />
a tax the seller pays on the perceived increase<br />
in the land from the time the property<br />
was purchased to the time it is sold.<br />
I was staggered a week or so ago when a<br />
vendor showed me the Plus Valia due on<br />
the apartment they were selling. They had<br />
owned this apartment for 30 years and are<br />
selling it very cheaply (reference 687). The<br />
Plus Valia they have to pay is 6,600€!!! This<br />
is the quotation the vendor has been given<br />
by the Town Hall, so if you are selling your<br />
property and you have owned it for a number<br />
of years, it might be worth asking your<br />
legal representative to see what your commitment<br />
would be when you sell.<br />
STRUGGLING TO PAY YOUR MORT-<br />
GAGE?? –if you are struggling to pay the<br />
mortgage or have stopped paying altogether<br />
whilst you are trying to sell your property,<br />
speak to your agent, they should be able to<br />
advise you on what amount you would need<br />
to clear your debt. Be honest with them and<br />
they will be able to advise on a realistic price<br />
to sell your property. Keep the price low to<br />
sell it, even if it means losing money. Better<br />
to sell and walk away debt-free than go<br />
through the ordeal of repossession.<br />
On a lighter note and continuing from last<br />
month – here we go. Incidentally , three of<br />
these things happened only last week!<br />
Four Things Not To Do When Selling<br />
Your Property<br />
DO NOT: Tell the viewer about all the latest<br />
crime/noise/pig farms/dogs/hideous neighbours’.<br />
Don’t deceive, but don’t elaborate<br />
on the first viewing.<br />
DO NOT: Follow the clients from room to<br />
room and try to take over from the agent.<br />
Sit in the sunshine and relax. If there are<br />
any questions the agent can’t answer, they<br />
will ask you.<br />
DO NOT: Have curry/hot pot/chilli on the<br />
boil as everyone arrives.<br />
DO NOT: Have the television blaring at 100<br />
decibels. Turn it off!!<br />
DO: Keep that pool sparkling.<br />
If you have any questions about buying or<br />
selling a property, then contact me.<br />
Jennie Iredale<br />
Best of Spanish<br />
Email infor@bestofspanish.com<br />
Telephone (0034) 635 434 651<br />
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Hairdressers & Barbers<br />
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Pampered Paws is a new business based<br />
on Camposol offering all aspects of dog<br />
grooming. They are working closely with<br />
Noah’s ARC, helping them smarten up<br />
stray dogs, ready for rehoming. Joanne<br />
from Pampered Paws was taught by an<br />
English teacher who has been dog grooming<br />
for over 10 years in Torrevieja and was<br />
trained by a Crufts’ judge. Please bring the<br />
advert with you on your first visit and receive<br />
a €5 discount plus a VIP loyalty card.<br />
Home visits are available within 10kms of<br />
Camposol for 3 or more dogs at an extra<br />
charge of 5€.<br />
Tel 634 302 388<br />
La Vida Bar & Bistro in El Pareton, are<br />
delighted to announce the recruitment of<br />
two new chefs. Both chefs have a wealth of<br />
experience in producing exquisite food as<br />
well as producing traditional favourites.<br />
Saturday night is Fine Dining Night; choose<br />
from their A la Carte menu, which includes<br />
a bottle of wine for two people. All the food<br />
is home-made and seasonal. La Vida Bar<br />
& Bistro is the perfect place to hold private<br />
functions and special occasions inside<br />
the restaurant or garden.<br />
Open 7 days a week from 10am to 9pm.<br />
Tel 625 917425<br />
Curtain Call has bought some complete<br />
rolls of top quality linen mix fabric direct<br />
from the manufacture, so can now offer<br />
the fabric at less than half price to a<br />
limited number of customers. This means<br />
that a Neptuno D can now be curtained in<br />
ceiling to floor and side to side curtains for<br />
just €900. This price includes all rails and<br />
full fitting by Curtain Call.<br />
Contact Sally on 616 240 171 to discuss<br />
your project.<br />
If you want to protect your car from the<br />
sun this summer, contact Woodworks<br />
Direct for a carport with a sun reflective<br />
roof. For all wood pergolas, gazebos, garden<br />
sheds and garden furniture, Woodworks<br />
Direct have the best solutions.<br />
Tel 649 540 016<br />
Kennelly’s are looking for Market Stall<br />
Holders for Friday evenings at The Pueblo<br />
Español at The Hacienda Alamo Resort.<br />
This will be a night market starting early<br />
June. Stalls will be only €5 each. The market<br />
will be from 8pm until late and coincides<br />
with live music on the Plaza.<br />
For more info call Shaun on 686 341 749<br />
or email info@kennellys.es<br />
Yoann from Le Gourmet, your delicatessen<br />
shop & wine cellar in Calle <strong>May</strong>or, Puerto<br />
de Mazarrón, is pleased to inform you<br />
about the opening of his new restaurant,<br />
Le Carrousel. The new restaurant, which<br />
will be open every day, will serve international<br />
food and from the terraces will have<br />
fabulous views over the Bay of Mazarrón.<br />
Tel 636 690 126<br />
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