Costa CálidaThe Chronicle Longest - December Established 2018 FREE Magazine in Murcia Costa Cálida Chronicle

Date: December 2018 Issue: 1 Volume: XIX www.costacalidachronicle.com

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We wish Marge Laws a speedy recovery HomeSpace Rentals and that she and Arthur enjoy a super Hotel & Restaurant Argos Christmas and New Year. They both Josh Garvey Plumbing deserve a good relaxing time after all the Los Balcones Restaurante THANK YOU love and work they put in helping others Mobile Home For Sale Totana less fortunate than themselves. Marmoles Deliam Builders Missing Links Butcher Sorry, no Ma Millbank this month! We MultiOpticas TO OUR wish a speedy recovery to Sara who Old Farmhouses writes the recipes for Ma Millbank for Quicksave us each month. Having just had a knee Resort Villas Murcia CONTRIBUTORS replacement, Sara then fell and broke her Sheraton Hotel leg and had to have another operation. Sofi a Restaurant Antrim Loonnah - Birding Luckily the knee was undamaged! Love Spanish Wills from us all Sara. The Spaniards Inn Dave Bass – Formula 1 Square Bar We hope that you enjoy this month’s Starlight Marine Dean Colwell – Northwest Murcia News bumper ‘new look’ magazine which gives Unique Beauty Studio you plenty to read over the festive period. George Mitchell – Never a Dull Moment Many thanks to all our Contributors Welcome Back who have sent in an amazing selection Automociones Ureña (Renault Jane Cronin – Learning Spanish of articles over the past year. It is your Garage) contributions that help to make the Beauty by the Golf Keith Littlewood - Finance Costa Cálida Chronicle stand out as the Branded best magazine in the area. Kidease Nursery Hire Liz Edmiston – Life in Spain Pampered Paws Dog Grooming Our sales team have had an incredibly Paras Continental & Indian Martin Freeman – Renewable Energy busy month and we would like to welcome Restaurant the following advertisers: The Diner Restaurant & Bar Matthew Harris – Tech Guru

Welcome Please note that the recycle points for Mike Smith – Cruising with Mike Smith 62 Corvera Christmas cards are: Business Website Builders BWB Post Offi ce and Best Wishes on Camposol N332 – Driving Information Danny Bazavan B and Noah’s ARC in Puerto de Mazarrón. D’Fusion Restaurant Rainbow Satellites – TV News Dog Sitters Murcia We wish you all a fantastic Christmas and and we look forward to a Fusion Bar, Pliego New Year The Condado Gym – The Fitness Hub Golf Breaks With A Difference great 2019. From all of us at the Habity Estate Agents The Salon – Beauty Tips Hacienda Golf Properties Handyman Builder Costa Cálida Chronicle. Think Spain – Spanish News DEAR READERS

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Special Pages Club 47 Christmas and New Year’s Eve 88-90 Welcome Group 40 Health and Beauty Section 80–83 Health and Beauty Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Beauty Tips 82 CONTACT Feature 52–59 The Fitness Hub 80 Northwest Murcia Section 66–71 Information South East Murcia Section 32–37 Advertisers Directory 112–113 US South Murcia Section 42–48 Birding in Murcia 22–23 Camposol Offi ce - 968 970 680 Sports Section 100–109 Book Review 24 Sales & Marketing - 619 199 407 What’s On 91–98 Business News 6 Patti Benn - Editor - 646 005 017 Aditorial Camposol Fiesta 45 Jo Wrench - Graphic Design 62 Corvera 20 Classifi eds 110 - [email protected] Another World Properties 18 Contributors 2 Argos Hotel and Restaurant 66 Cruising with Mike Smith 12 Martine Shindler - Offi ce Manager Bar Yan 71 Life in Spain 86 & Customer Services - 968 970 680 Camposol Heating & Maintenance 8 Price List 4 [email protected] Chimeneas Llamas 16 Puzzle Answers 110 www.costacalidachronicle.com LG Dentist & Indent Dentist 35 Remembrance Day 7 www.costacalidachronicle.com/ Missing Links 32 Renewable Energy 74 articles-main/costa-calida- Pampered Paws Dog Grooming Service Spanish Students Views 69 chronicle-blog/ 16 Tech Guru 78 Our offi ce address is: Sheraton Hotel and Spa 114 Leisure Calle Jara, Sooty & Son 18 Never a Dull Moment 62–63 Camposol B, Charity Puzzle Page 64 Mazarrón, Age Concern Costa Cálida 99 TV News 14 Murcia 30875 Andrea’s Animal Rescue 72 WARM - Walkers around Murcia 70 Offi ce Opening hours: Cavalli Foundation 60 News Tues & Thurs 10am-2pm Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre 37 N332 38 Weds 1.30pm-5.30pm FAST 42 Northwest Murcia News 68–69 Payments can also be made in our offi ce on Forget Me Not 42 South East Murcia News 34 Monday-Friday 10am - 5pm Friends of Mazarrón Animals 44 South Murcia News 46 FIND US INSIDE ANOTHER WORLD HAH (Help at Home) Mar Menor 35 Spanish News 50 PROPERTIES ON SECTOR B, Hope For Dogs Murcia 26 Property CAMPOSOL. MABS Mazarrón 20 Housing Update 111 Making a Difference If you would like to place an 44 Property Matters 10 MAMAs advertisement or write an article to be 43 Religion Noah’s ARC included in the 79 Mass in English 12 Paradise Rescue Kennels 36 Open Door 78 Costa Cálida Chronicle, then please send Pets in Spain 65 Rios de Vida (RIvers of Life) 74 it to us San Animal Santuario costacalidachronicle@gmail. 10 St Nicholas Ecumenical Church 8 Swap Tears for Smiles com 24 The Rockin’ Vicar 71 Yo Encuentro 36 Welcome House 66 To our advertisers. Education Wellspring Victory Church 30 Jane Cronin’s “Step by Step Spanish” If you have sent an email to the CCC and Sports

76 Camposol Golf Association 108 NOT received any acknowledgement Entertainment Formula 1 Report 102 then you can assume that we have not Costa Cálida Country Music Club 99 Fuente Old Guard Golf Society 103 received it. Finance Los Amigos de Mazarrón FC 104 Financial Advice 28 Los Amigos Golf Society 103 In line with our customer service policy Groups Los Nietos Golf Society 107 we always reply to every email even if it Camposol Reading Group 48 Mazarrón Bowls Club 109 is just a short note to say “got it”. Camposol Residents Association 47 Radio Control Mar Menor Sailing Group Camposol Security 84 107 Chatterbox Ladies Group 48 Sailing Association Mar Menor 100

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If you are an existing customer and you have some Business News that you would like to share with our readers then why not email it to us to be included on our Business News page. Please keep your news to about 50 words and send us an email by 15th of the month, to [email protected] with Business News in the subject box.

opened its doors in the 62 Corvera Take advantage of special prices (until summer this year, situated just a few Fusion Bar is a newly refurbished bar 7th January) to sort out your minutes from the new Murcia Corvera in Pliego, near Mula bringing a Fusiòn Spanish by calling/Whatsapp airport. Along with comfy interior of English and Spanish to the area. Wills 677 713 or emailing seating, there is a modern outside Their extensive menu includes good old 881 spanishwills@ For only 160€ per couple terrace. Delicious homemade food is English Fish and Chips and Traditional gmailcom. or 90€ for a single person you can be available, hand rolled pizzas being a Sunday Roasts. They have regular assured that your Spanish Will is legal. speciality. See main advert on page xxx Discos, Karaoke, Bingo & Play Your All notary and legal fees are included and use the special 15% food discount Cards Right etc. Parties are catered for. Facebook page in the price. voucher. Chris and Amanda wish https://www. to thank all customers for their facebook.com/FusionPliego/ Tel See our advert on page 15. support and a Merry Christmas 665 303 150 and Prosperous New Year.

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Unique Beauty Studio on Hacienda If you are looking for somewhere del Alamo has not been open a year yet, different, try Los Balcones Keep warm with Yorkshire Linen! but it has already gained an excellent Restaurant at Cañadas del Romero, The nights are getting chillier already, reputation with customers writing just a short drive from Condado de so say goodbye to cold sheets and hello some great reviews. They specialise Alhama, Camposol and Mazarrón to a warm, cosy bed. Choose from two in all types of beauty treatments, hair Country Club. All their food is home- models of electric blankets: with or and nails, using only the best quality made and their Menu del Dia is only without dual controls; safety overheat products. Lisa is a qualifi ed Lecente 11€ from 12pm-5pm Tues-Fri. Check protection; BEAB approved; two year educator and stockists for these out their Facebook page for details of guarantee; machine washable. fantastic products and only uses CND their Christmas Day and New Year’s Prices start from 24.99€. and Lecante on nails. Eve menus Tel 633 612 765 For more information please call: Check out Facebook Unique Beauty Yorkshire Linen Studio or call 968 157 297 Puerto de Mazarrón Tel 968 595 946

Ken Sherwood at Cuevas de Reyllo will be closed on 22nd December and will re-open on 8th January 2019. After the success of our last year’s event Kevin’s Flyscreens They would like to announce an for Helping the Perrera Dogs, Carol Kevin is having a well-deserved break, additional service - Automatic Gear Box th Singing returns on 20 December at but he will be back in business at the Repairs. The Diner, Camposol B from 6pm. This beginning of March. Please keep his year helping us along will be ‘UkeSkool’ phone number handy so that you can For full details of all services offered, (Ukelele Band). Mulled Wine, Mince contact him in the Spring. call 679 646 859 Pies and Songs Sheets provided! Tel 650 662 579

Take your visitors somewhere different! in Torre Another Planet Brewing Winter Kitchen Opening Times Pacheco organise tours of the brewery The Diner on Camposol Commercial where you will meet the brewer and Centre is now open: learn all about the craft of beer making. The team at The Salon & The Mon, Tues, Sat 10am-8pm Sample the beers and buy some to take Salon 2 are pleased to announce Weds 10am-6pm home for the festive season. 5€ per that Sarah is joining their team. Thurs, Fri 10am-9pm person with groups up to 12 people. Sarah is a fully qualifi ed beautician Sunday 12pm-4pm If you own a bar/restaurant and would offering beauty & holistic treatments. The new Menu del Dia available on like to sell locally produced beer, get in Tuesdays between 1pm-8pm is already touch with Laurence. Contact The Salon 2 on 653 463 490 proving popular at just 9.95€ Tel 968 153 355 Tel 664 694 344

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This year was the 100 Year Remembrance of Remembrance is a peaceful act, which World War I and there were Remembrance is in no way meant to glorify war, but is Services throughout the Costa Cálida. The a way to remember the men and women Royal British Legion volunteers were out who have sacrifi ced their lives for peace at various locations selling poppies and and freedom, so that hopefully we don’t many businesses collected donations in have to. the special Poppy Appeal collection boxes. Our own Poppy Appeal was once again Photos from Leos very well supported and we would like to thank all those who donated making this Once again we would like to thank all of our best year ever, raising almost 1,000€ those who supported our RBL Poppy Appeal. We raised nearly 1,000€. Camposol Leos We apologise to the Camposol Golf When Mark Hepworth of Camposol C, Association for omitting the word Green Fingers contacted the Leos and ‘Association’ after their name in the list of asked if they would like to help with their contributors to the ‘There but not There’ display and whilst Poppy Appeal. planned presentation, Remembrance Day working and talking to the adults, they they were delighted and said “Yes please!” were learning about why it is done and its importance to us all.

Some time later, at one of the Leos meetings, Green Fingers arrived and laid out their plans for Remembrance Day and got the Leos cracking on the project. The kids had a great time and were even more engaged with the project when Mark Hepworth showed them a scrapbook full of old family postcards from around the time of the war.

Once the kids had fi nished the job Green Fingers left to complete the work and set up the presentation. The kids had a great time making the silhouettes for the

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There was once a little girl named Lucinda That night, at the Christmas Eve service, wrong presents! What a relief it was and who couldn’t wait for Christmas to come. the little girl listened as the Christmas what a valuable lesson she had learned. She was so excited about Christmas that Story was read from the Bible. She knew She would never, ever even try to peek she was about to burst! Lucinda loved the story well and she especially liked the at her presents again! She would wait everything about Christmas. part where the angel told the shepherds patiently and with great excitement for She loved singing Christmas Carols. about the birth of the baby Jesus. How Christmas to come. She would wait as She loved decorating the tree and sending excited they must have been as they made long as it took. Christmas cards. their way to Bethlehem. Their people She loved shopping and wrapping the had been waiting a long, long time for Remember, Christ was content with a presents, but, most of all, she loved the Messiah to come. Even though it had stable when He was born, so that we could unwrapping presents on Christmas taken many years, they had never given have a mansion when we die. morning. up hope. How special it must have been to see the baby Jesus in the manger, even December Services - Sunday @ 10.30am She couldn’t wait to see what she was going though the angel told them exactly what Calle Sobrija 2248 to get and one year she didn’t wait! She they were going to see. Camposol D sneaked into the closet where her mom and dad had hidden her presents and she “Maybe that’s how it will be for me when 2nd Songs of Praise peeked. She unwrapped the presents just I open my presents,” the little girl thought 9th Holy Communion enough to see what she was going to get. and she began to get excited about 16th No service in Church. 11am Joint At fi rst she was very excited, because she Christmas morning all over again. When Service, with German Branch in Puerto liked the presents and she couldn’t wait to Lucinda opened her presents the next de Mazarrón (by Tourist Information play with them, but later, she began to feel morning, what do you suppose happened? Centre) sad. All of the excitement of waiting was She was surprised! She didn’t get any of 23rd Holy Communion gone. Now she didn’t have anything to look the presents she had peeked at! Her sister 24th 3pm Nine Lessons & Carols forward to on Christmas morning. got all of those. She had peeked at the 30th Family Service

Are you coming out to Spain for busy and cannot always drop everything Christmas? to come to the rescue. Visitors may arrive One of the services that Camposol at the weekend which can result in having Heating & Maintenance offers to wait until Monday to get an engineer to (especially for those with holiday homes) call; not a great start to your well-earned is a call-out service to review your heating break! and hot water systems prior to your next visit. Just as we were getting ready for our Christmas break on 22nd December last All too often we get frantic calls from year, we started receiving call after call people arriving to spend a few precious from owners who had just arrived for days at their villa only to fi nd no hot Christmas. As you are booking either a water and/or no heating. We try and fl ight, a road trip or a ferry to get here, accommodate everyone, but we do get why not give Camposol Heating & Maintenance a call when your dates are confi rmed?

You can pre-book an engineer at any time to call a week or so before your next visit. For the cost of a call-out of just €30, we will come and check your heating and hot water and fl ush the toilets etc to ensure you can enjoy your stay without loss of any vital services or the prospect of having to wait in for someone to call.

If you have a property management company looking after everything, we can liaise with them or if not, we just need a friendly neighbour to let us in.

You can arrange this service by calling us on our offi ce number 968 199 184, our mobile number 646 965 082 or by emailing us on camposolheating@ gmail.com

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Rudi is a Samu is a Desperately Seeking Foster Homes German large cream We feel that the best option for our dogs Shepherd coloured is to live in a foster home before they fi nd cross around mixed breed their forever homes, but we are currently 7 years old dog found short of fosterers. Foster placements can who has living as a be for an agreed fi xed period or on an had a very stray with ongoing basis. San Animal will cover traumatic a badly cut all the expenses associated with the dog time. He was leg. He is (vets bills, food etc) and can also arrange found by now healed to provide holiday cover. Please consider the police, and currently taking a dog into your home – you can abandoned living with a change its life. on the beach foster family in Aguilas which has If you would like to meet our dogs or be Rudi with the Samu several other a fosterer, please call or WhatsApp us most horrendous infection in both ears. dogs, cats and chickens. He has also been on our dedicated phone 675 467 647, This infection had been left untreated having lead training and now walks well on through our Facebook page San Animal for so long he had to undergo a series of the lead. If you would like to meet Samu, Santuario or email admin@sananimal. operations to remove the infected bone. please contact us. org He has recovered well and is now ready for a new loving home. He would be best Monthly Dog Walk in a home without other dogs, but is a very Our next monthly dog walk is at 10am on affectionate dog who loves cuddles and Sunday 2nd December from our shelter just being brushed by our volunteers. If you outside Aguilas. You can bring your own can give him a home, or just take him for dog, or walk one of our shelter dogs and a walk, please contact us. then join us for coffee and snacks.

Last Chance For 2018!! From 1st January, my prices for registration 95€ plus IVA to kick the process off. As we come to the end of the year, this is will rise due to the rising cost of fuel and Some recent clients had heard via the the last chance to get your Tourist board the extra time needed to process ‘defect’ (misinformed) grapevine that registration Registration sorted out at 2018 prices. reports and corrective actions at the cost THOUSANDS of euros, but this is not properties. If you want to take advantage the case. Most applications came in at The winter months are a great time to get of the 2018 prices, then you will need to be under 290€, including the dreaded IVA and the whole process underway, as you can quick, as applications will need to be pre- the 60€ payable to Turismo for the plaque, get the paperwork in, be inspected and paid and submitted before 21st December. so it certainly is an affordable process. have that all important plaque up before Certainly much cheaper than the fi nes! the fi rst guests of 2019, if you act fast! If you miss the deadline then don’t panic. Contact me for early 2019 registration and Analysis of my fi rst two months trading prices will start from a very reasonable as Murcia Solutions shows that Tourist Board registrations and sorting out people’s unpaid IBI tax are the two most requested services, closely followed by the Padrón and general translating. I am certainly loving the extra freedom and fl exibility and enjoying my new work immensely.

So to close; a very Happy Christmas to clients new and old and all my readers and I look forward to solving more of your problems over the coming year. Make it your New Year’s resolution to get registered, get legal and get 2019 off to the right start. I will certainly be doing that, as I am off to London with my boys and David. We have tickets for the fi reworks & 5 nights in Westminster – and the 2 oldies are more excited than the teens!

Liz Edmiston Murcia Solutions Tel + 34 662 556 433 [email protected] www.murciasolutions.com

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Roman Catholic Church We wish you a Merry Christmas and a two million letters In St. Joseph’s Church (El Saladillo), near Happy New Year! from around the Camposol and Mazarrón Country Club world. When Padre urbanizations (exit 17, RM 3 motorway). St Padre Pio Pio heard about the Padre Pio had a special devotion to the growing number of Schedule of Masses: Passion of Our Lord, Our Lady and St radical priests, nuns Two Masses every weekend in English: Michael the Archangel. He exhorted others and laity, as well as Saturday: Mass at 4.30pm to these devotions. Padre Pio emphasized dissent from Sunday: Mass at 4.30pm that St Michael is our protector against Catholic teaching The fi rst Sunday of the month, Mass is the the snares of the devil. He recommended and the lack of Traditional Mass in Latin. St Michael to souls, telling them to have vocations, he was (On the fi rst Sunday of the month there is recourse to him always during temptations. reported to have no Mass in English) remarked more When Padre Pio died in 1968, he was than once “Thank Schedule of Confessions: receiving fi ve thousand letters per month. God I am old and near death!” Saturdays and Sundays from 3.15pm- Padre Pio received so many letters, which 4.20pm (also on request). were saved by the friars, that they built a Padre Pio urged the frequent recitation of storehouse as large as a garage in which the prayer, “O Jesus, save the elect in the to keep them. There were an estimated hour of darkness.”

In the May 2017 edition of the Chronicle The ship, built in 1960 as a Norwegian Ferry, ‘Norwegian Coastal Odyssey’, calling at I wrote an article on one of our favourite was renovated throughout in a somewhat many smaller ports, again many where a occasional visitors here at Cartagena; Swedish 18th century country house style large percentage of cruise ships are too the 100 passenger small cruise ship - bright, comfortable and intimate rather large to visit, ending in Copenhagen. Serenissima and I was delighted to than luxurious. Most cabins are small and recently welcome this popular ship here irregular in size and shape, but all have their For full information of itinerary, all details once again on 29th October (2018); as per own facilities including a shower. Inevitably can be found on Noble Caledonia website attached two pictures of this fi ne vessel. the deck layout is quirky, but the endearing keying in the ship’s name. little ship delights those seeking a different experience from that of a ‘fl oating resort’. There are two lounges and a dining room that takes everyone at a free-seating single sitting for tasty buffet lunches and set dinner, cooked and served by the friendly Filipino crew. No formal nights here; just smart casual. No show-style entertainment, but talks and lectures relating to the places visited. You are welcomed on the bridge by the European offi cers and can even sign up for a tour of the engine room. As well as “Britannia” heading for open sea on port calls and included excursions, the ship departure recently sometimes anchors in remote locations, I am hoping to be cruising myself over landing guests in zodiacs. Christmas - fl ying to Tenerife to join Serenissima Pullmantur Line’s ‘Zenith’ for a week’s Early in May 2017, the ship called at At the time of preparing this contribution cruise around the Canary Islands including our City’s namesake, Cartagena, on the the ship was in La Palma, Canary Islands, Funchal, Madeira, Caribbean coast of Colombia, having having arrived from the Moroccan port previously cruised along the Pacifi c coast of of Dakhla, which highlights that due to Central America culminating in a daylight its small size, it can visit ports unable to transit of the Panama Canal and it will be accept a large percentage of vessels at sea offering a similar itinerary during 2019. these days.

During December ‘Serenissima’ will undergo signifi cant refurbishment, including reconfi guring of deck plans resulting in maximum of just 95 guests.

th On 18 December, departing from “Queen Victoria”, alongside 11th November Barbados on a Christmas and New Year cruise through sub-tropical waters of Meanwhile thanks ALL for the positive the Caribbean calling at many islands, feedback to my contributions over the calling at Cartagena in Columbia, Central past 12 months and wishing everyone America. During January and beyond it a Merry Christmas together with a will be offering further similar Caribbean Prosperous New Year - hoping anyone cruises. Mid 2019, the ship will return to deciding to cruise for the fi rst time fully European waters where, as an example, enjoy the experience and become avid Serenissima it will complete a 12 night cruise entitled Cruisers.

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For those regular readers of TV News, the available locally to assist with any TV satellite system latest Foster dog, Ella, has gained much issues BUT we may not have telephone You will need a 1.80 m dish (HUGE) for confi dence in the Rainbow Satellites availability every day. We will have successful 24/7 viewing and it will cost you household. When she arrived she was internet; email, WhatsApp and messenger, some €1,000 for a complete installation. frightened of her own shadow, but now will so Facebook contact could get a faster Rainbow Satellites feel this system has have a ‘reluctant’ cuddle. She travels to response than a telephone call by leaving a limited life in Southern Spain - perhaps the UK to her forever home. Some patient a message. Internet contact will be dealt 5 years. Channels are already migrating to work needed, but will be a wonderful pet. with at a minimum of twice a day, but a frequencies that are unavailable in Spain phone call message may take a day or (eg ITV HD and all the Quest Channels) three! and eventually all channels will go this way.

The latest way to watch TV – IPTV? If you are buying a property in Spain Rainbow Satellites offer a comprehensive get a professional TV company to assess entertainment package. We offer all the availability of UK TV at the property our clients a visit to their house to before you fi nally sign. “We are not coming demonstrate the system and then a 7 day to Spain for the TV. It’s not important.” trial to see if it is the system you want - Spend a winter here and you may change there is no charge or obligation for you to your mind! The Scrabble board is not take it. We see some new companies in always the answer! the business offering 12 hour or up to 2 day trials. That is not long enough to try Rainbow Satellites is the company for all such a comprehensive system or to see your TV needs in the Murcia area. if your internet is adequate to view IPTV. For free friendly advice on any TV issue: You do need to test it over a period of Email [email protected] days/evenings/weekends to be sure your Tel (0034) 686 358 475 internet is adequate. www.rainbowsats.org Like us on Facebook. Going on holiday and having family here for Christmas, we are going to have a More news in January (2019! Where foster rest, but I am sure there will be one does time go? Was it 19 years since that staying with us in the New Year. Friends enormous event 2000?) of Mazarrón Animals welcomes the offer of fostering a dog. We foster a dog and we can generally fi nd it a permanent forever home. Could you foster? Kennels cost the charity substantial funds and is not the best option for the dog. Contact us if you could foster.

Our own dogs, cats, fi sh and terrapins continue to enjoy their Spanish lifestyle. Rainbow Satellites have been installing UK TV in the Murcia region TV NEWS of Spain for some 20 years - we know The Rainbow Satellite staff (Trevor the business! and Alan!!!) will be on holiday until 16th December. We have a technical engineer Watching UK TV in Spain using a

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Chimeneas Llamas in Mazarrón town can also add value to your property and will take into account your existing space has been established for 35 years and means you can enjoy your home/holiday and ensure you get an effective and stylish they exclusively supply and fi t all types home all year around. fi re. If you are looking for an exclusive of fi replaces and pellet burners, wood and perfectly designed fi replace, visit the burners and Bioethanol fi res. They cover Chimeneas Llamas showroom, where on the whole of the Costa Cálida and have colder days some fi res will be fully working specialist fi tters who will visit you in your for you to see. home to discuss the best style of fi re to suit you and your home.

When deciding on what fi re will suit you and your needs always remember safety. A bad installation can be very dangerous and cause smoke in your home, carbon English, Spanish and French spoken by dioxide poisoning and even an actual fi re. staff. Make sure that you use an expert like In winter the temperatures can be very Chimeneas Llamas to help you decide Tel 968 591 030/615 501 108 cold at night and a fi re can not only make which fi re to install, knowing that all safety [email protected] your home cosy and comfortable, but it aspects will be carefully taken care of. They www.chimeneasllamas.com

Pampered Paws Dog Grooming 15 minutes from Camposol and Joanne is day without Service has now moved to Leiva, just offering FREE collection from Camposol, worrying about your pooches; perfect for your Christmas shopping trips, lunches out or hospital appointments when you may be away from home longer than usual. Mazarrón Country Everyone Club and surrounding deserves to areas for your be ‘pampered’ doggie’s make-over. at Christmas, so book your Also new to pooch in now Pampered Paws is to get them their Doggie Day looking special for the festive season. Care Service where doggies will be picked Tel 634 302 388 up in the morning and dropped back home to you in the afternoon, leaving you free to enjoy your

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Long Term Lets - Properties Required month let? The months can be decided ,so call into Urgently by you, especially as winter lets are very the offi ce Another World Properties on Camposol popular for expats. Another World for a chat, B are fi nding the demand for long term Properties currently has many holiday or ring Sue property lets increasing year on year. let owners who provide a winter let option for further As a company, they have over 13 years’ rather than leave the property empty. information. experience within the rental sector. There are many existing clients returning to the same properties year in year out. Another World Properties’ offi ce is based at Camposol B Commercial Centre.

Many clients are now looking at 6 month As a company Another World Properties rental options before deciding to purchase does the necessary checks and also issues and Another World Properties are a legal Spanish and English rental contract. receiving numerous enquiries daily that An inventory is also provided by the owner. they cannot at the moment fulfi l. Another World Properties not only If as an owner you only use your property covers Camposol, but they also have Tel 0034 968 592 679 a few times a year, why not think about properties on Mazarrón Country Club and Email covering your overheads by doing a 6 sea front areas from Bolnuevo to Isla Plana [email protected]

Is Your to ensure a Chimney perfect Ready For clean. Santa? Sooty & Call Sooty & Son are Son on 660 a very 478 881 for experienced appointment chimney as soon as sweeping possible to team. Lee ensure your has attained house is ‘Master smoke and Sweep soot free for Status’ and the festive are experts in cleaning all is currently senior admin member for the Sooty & Son season. makes of fi res including log and pellet European Chimney Sweep Forum providing burners, AGAs and oil-fi red heating support & technical expertise for sweeps systems. They are swept with very latest throughout Europe. Rotary Power equipment and HD cameras

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A Bitter Sweet Day for MABS Mazarrón There are no words that can accurately As always we are grateful to the Camposol On 8th November the MABS Mazarrón describe the immense debt of gratitude we Residents who were respectful and team was delighted to receive the keys owe to Mark and Gareth and their families courteous towards the runners and our to a brand new van. The van was a gift, for their wonderful gift, but we would like Race Marshalls. in appreciation for the care and support to say a huge THANK YOU to you all. MABS had provided to the late June Special Thanks to:- Parkinson and her family during her recent RACE For LIFE Raises Over 6,000€ for IBEX illness. MABS Mazarrón Insurance for This year saw the 13th annual MABS being the main June’s RACE for Life with participants from all event Sponsor passing nationalities taking part. The crisp cool again. in early weather was perfect for the runners as Mercers for September they made their way around the familiar stationery and was 4Km course. offi ce support. particularly Cruz Roja & diffi cult for FAST for being the MABS there in case Mazarrón we needed you. team Mazarrón because Ayuntamiento June was for your help not only and support. a patient; she was a much loved and Scotsdale respected volunteer. She may be gone, Finance for but her legacy will live on for many many Start supplying years to come and with the van bearing This year we were a little disappointed to water. a dedication to her memory she will be have only one Mobility Scooter entry – this MABS Doggies with us every day. The van will be used to part of the race is just for fun, with no volunteers transport hospital equipment to the homes pressure to whizz around the course – but who helped before, during and after the of our patients and to collect items donated that said Carl (standing in for Billie) did a race and particular thanks to Michael, Keith to our Charity Shop in Totana. great job negotiating the course with ease. and Zue for the hard work in preparation for and clearing up after the race.

Finally to the race participants, whether you ran, walked, skipped or rode around Camposol, you have helped raise in the region of 6,400€ for MABS Mazarrón

Thank You All and See You Next Year!!!!! Winners

62 Corvera cover all major sporting events, enabling, To compliment the modern interior, the only opened whenever possible, customers choosing bar also has an outside terrace area, its doors the events covered. All TV’s are turned off mezzanine level pool table and comfy sofa in June at 11pm on a Saturday night to make way area, showing that the owners have tried 2018, but for the regular live entertainment which to cater for everybody. has already encompasses both Spanish and English built a good performers. 62 Corvera is located only a few minutes reputation from the new international Murcia airport, with locals in Corvera Town. This already popular and expats family bar will be a regular place to go alike, who for those travelling to and from the new appreciate airport to meet and greet. bright modern Opening hours: surroundings Sunday to Thursday 12 noon to 12 and lively midnight, with the closing time being but also the extended until 2am on Friday and Saturday friendly atmosphere that has been created. evenings.

62 Corvera is now renowned for its 62 Tel 607 831 152 burger, and home-made hand rolled pizza, with the reasonably priced steak and salmon main dishes receiving rave reviews. The well-positioned large TV screens

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Driving and birding aren’t really compatible Peregrine Falcons are resident in Murcia various places in the pine woods. We knew and it makes my wife very nervous if I spot and a study of nesting pairs in 2009 from experience that these were well used something interesting when I am behind estimated a breeding population of 134 by the local fauna. the wheel. It normally produces a comment pairs, which is very good in such a relatively like, “I’ll look out for the birds and you keep small region. They are cliff nesting birds It took us all morning to fi nd suitable places your eye on the road”, but it is not always so and set up territories with suitable habitat close to the pool edges where we could polite! On our way to town we pass a spring and a ready food supply, principally other safely secure the cameras out of sight of where there is always standing water. It is birds. They are particularly well known for anybody passing by. We checked that they attractive to thirsty birds and I always look hunting Pigeons, but like most raptors, are were aimed at the correct height for the to see if there is anything interesting. On opportunistic and will hunt a wide range infra-red sensors to pick up any visitors one particular day there was nothing by the of birds. In fact, it surprised me to see and calibrated the cameras for either pool, but perched on a fence post across the one hunting photographs or videos from the number of fi elds there appeared to be a bird of prey Stone different settings available. We collected the that looked like a Falcon. Unfortunately Curlews cameras nearly a fortnight later and were I couldn’t stop (we were running late and as I had very keen to check the memory cards and the car behind was trying very hard to get presumed see what we had caught. Our expectations into the boot), but I made a mental note to that this were fairly limited and we guessed that check it out on our return. particular we would see lots of common species meal would such as Jays (Arrendajo), Wood Pigeons On coming back I wasn’t really expecting to be rather on (Paloma Torcaz) and Wild Boar (Jabalí) see my mystery bird, but as we approached the big side! and it turned out that this assumption was the spring I suddenly noticed a Falcon In recent correct. Wild Boar are very common in this fl ying nearby. It certainly wasn’t one of our years, some area and there were signs of their activity local Kestrels as it was bigger and more pairs have at all of the six sites. powerful looking. A quick look in the mirror become city and an emergency stop soon found me at dwellers, Peregrine Falcon In terms of the side of the road with binoculars in hand. breeding on cathedrals or high buildings and bird life the hunting feral Pigeons. There are several most notable The Falcon was fl ying fast and swooped pairs breeding in the centre of Madrid, shots were of down over the fi elds, approaching an area Barcelona and a few more Spanish cities. Sparrowhawk with low-growing vines and spooked a fl ock In the UK it is relatively commonplace to (Gavilán), of Stone Curlews that had been hidden have breeding Peregrines in some of our Tawny Owl from view. Stone Curlews are biggish cities and if you visit Bath and Norwich in (Cárabo) and birds, with a wingspan of up to 88cm (about the breeding season you can watch them on Buzzard 2½ft) and look almost invisible on the special webcams that have been set up for (Ratonero) and ground, but in fl ight they are completely visitors by the Hawk and Owl Trust. the quality of different, especially a fl ock of more than 20 On a different note, I recently had a call from the photographs of them taking off in fear of their lives. It was my friend Domingo who I help from time to was better than quite a spectacle watching the aerial battle time with his study of Tawny Owls in the I had expected. develop, as the tightly knit fl ock wheeled local sierras. The association he belongs to, We were able around the sky being closely harassed by ‘Caramucel’, had obtained funding to buy to identify the Falcon. As long as they kept calm and some camera traps which would enable his the subjects fl ew close together they would be OK, but and others’ studies to be developed and clearly and Common Buzzard as they turned tightly to avoid an attack, expanded. I was delighted to accompany with the videos it was fascinating to see one of the birds wasn’t quite as quick and a small group as we set out to place six birds coming to drink and bathing after became detached from the group. Instantly, cameras in strategic positions in the sierra satiating their thirst. We already knew that the Falcon turned all its attention to this near to where I live. It was something that Sparrowhawks were relatively common lone bird and despite a desperate attempt none of us had much experience of, so we and as we collect more information we are to re-join the fl ock, it was downed by a started with an interesting chat about where also starting to build up a better picture of lightening quick attack to its defenceless and how to place them to obtain the best Tawny Owl territories and populations. back and the two birds tumbled down to the results. Clearly, we wanted situations that I was particularly pleased to see the ground fi rmly locked together. It was a life weren’t too obvious to people as we were Buzzard photos as it is a bird of prey that and death battle played out before my eyes going to leave them for 10 days or more I don’t see too regularly in my home patch. with the winner being the fastest member of before returning to collect them. Also, they In previous years I have only seen them the animal kingdom; a Peregrine Falcon. needed to be situated in places attractive here during the winter. Despite it being a It can reach speeds of just over 200 mph as to the local wildlife. We decided to place common resident in most of the Iberian it dives to attack. them near to watering holes and chose the artifi cial pools built by local hunters at Continued on page 23

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was introduced into Spain (possibly by the Continued from page 22 Moors) 1,000-1,500 years ago. I understand Peninsula, it isn’t in much of the south-east that they were kept domestically to control and Levante coastal strip. Around here, rats and mice that had been feeding there are resident birds in parts of the on grain stores, but have since become region, but it is more commonly a winter naturalised. They are very agile, have quick visitor with birds from northern Europe refl exes and great climbing skills that allow augmenting the population. However, this them to spend a lot of time in trees. They summer I have been seeing a local pair of will grow up to 58cms (about 2ft) and have and I suspect that there might Buzzards a very long, distinctively hooped tail. Their have been a breeding attempt this season. diet is quite varied and they will hunt small I am now hoping that there is a pair setting mammals, red squirrels, lizards, birds, up territory close to home. amphibians, centipedes, scorpions and fruit such as fi gs and olives. I saw one last year The mammals at night crossing a road and its long hooped photographed tail stood out very well and allowed me to in this fi rst identify it. If you are lucky enough to get a trial have glimpse of one, look out for the tail as a key been the stars identifi cation feature. of the show for me, as we obtained shots of Red Squirrel (Ardilla), Fox (Zorro), Beech Fox - Zorro Marten (Garduña) and Genet (Gineta). I suspect that everybody is familiar with squirrels and foxes, but not so with the latter two species identifi ed by our camera traps. Genet - Gineta

After these early successes with the camera traps I am looking forward to the next part of the project as we repeat the placements in different situations around the mountain. It is a privilege to have this glimpse of the secret lives of the inhabitants of my local sierra.

Thanks to Juan Lopéz García for his photographs of Red Squirrel and Fox.

If anybody wishes to comment or has a Red Squirrel - Ardilla Roja query, please contact me on antrimbirder@ gmail.com Beech Martens are similar looking to Polecats and their close relative, the Pine Marten. They grow up to 59cm (2ft) in length and can weigh up to 2kg (4.4lbs), but being nocturnal are seen infrequently. They are quite widespread and will live in urban areas as well as their natural habitats in the countryside. I saw one last year walking along the side of the road on the edge of a nearby town. They are omnivorous and eat a wide range of plant material and fruits, but will also predate rats, mice, small birds and plunder nests in the breeding season.

Beech Marten - Garduña

The other interesting species that we identifi ed was the Genet, a solitary nocturnal carnivore of African origin that appears cat-like (but is not a cat) that

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It is now the month for celebration and wish you all a very Happy Christmas festivities and because of all the wonderful and a Peaceful New Year. donations of food we have had lately we will be able to ensure that our families get a God Bless You All little something extra at Christmas. Arthur & Marge Sadly Marge has been in hospital for more than 2 weeks as I write this and has been Our Collections Coordinator is Pat West. If unable to visit the families as she usually you have any donations, please contact her does. We thank all of you for your kind directly on 844 704 1422 or 634 343 370 wishes and prayers for Marge and she hopes to be back with us all very soon. Arthur & Marge 659 270 885/689 653 987 We would both like to take this opportunity Email [email protected] to extend our thanks to all who have been Email swaptearsforsmilesspain@yahoo. involved in our charity this year. This is the If you have worked on the Table Top Sale, com 5th year we have been in existence and we delivered or collected items, donated any www.swaptearsforsmiles.wix.com/ never cease to be amazed and overwhelmed items or given us money, or even just put a swap-tears-4-smiles by the kindness of so many people out bag of rice in our box, we thank you and www.facebook.com/ there. swaptearsforsmiles-spain

Walking in the Region of Murcia to see on your excursions. Most importantly, different members Senderismo por la Región de Murcia of the walking group have tested all the A total of 15 walks are described in the 152 descriptions out on the ground. Unless you are a Spanish speaker there pages of the book; all in full colour. Many isn’t a lot of detailed information about of them are located in the Northwest of the The WARM walking group is an offi cially walks in Murcia and how to fi nd them. This Region, but there is also a coastal walk, registered non-profi t-making organisation fi rst volume of Walking in the Region of one near the regional border with Alicante, and the book is priced to recover the Murcia (published by the walking group one just over the border in Albacete and association’s costs at an affordable price WARM) is designed to help walkers of several close to Sierra Espuña. The walks of 12€. There is a discount for offi cial all abilities to fi nd routes they can enjoy are of different lengths and diffi culty to suit members of the group who have paid their in beautiful and fascinating areas of the all abilities and vary in distance from 6km annual insurance and membership. region. to 19km, although many are 13km or less.

The book is bilingual; all the information If you wish to buy a copy there are a and walk descriptions are written in both Each walk is accompanied by photographs number of stockists listed below. If there English and Spanish. The introductory to give you a good feeling for the geography isn’t one near you, please email us as we sections offer general advice for walking and beauty of the landscape you will are currently agreeing new stockists. in the mountains and an overview of the encounter on the route. The descriptions [email protected] geology, fl ora and fauna that you are likely begin with a summary of how to arrive at This invaluable little book would make an the starting point and ideal Christmas present and is available at: its GPS coordinates, Cosas y Cosas, Carretera de Murcia, 30430 length of route, Cehegín (opposite Mercadona) diffi culty and map Noroeste Aventura, Calle Fco Puerta number. Instructions Gonzalez Conde, 30, 30180 Bullas are written in a Librería Marianela, Calle Doctor Lucas Egea practical manner de la Cuesta, 30440 Moratalla so that someone Librería Cervantes, Avenida Andenes, 3 who does not know bajo, Caravaca de la Cruz the area can fi nd The Post Room, Calle Río Borines 62, the route - all the 30710 Los Alcázares necessary details Best Wishes, Centro Comercial, Camposol of junctions and B potential confusion Best Wishes, Avenida Dr Meca, Puerto de are identifi ed. Mazarrón

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Hope For Dogs Murcia is a new Association Kira, our at 62 Corvera and we have produced some and the culmination of our President, Jodie mummy, is fabulous Calendars featuring HDM dogs. Lea Duggan’s ‘Dream’. Jodie has for many the most Other merchandising and events are planned years supported many other Associations and loving little as every cent raised is spent on our mission Foundations, but always hoped that one day girl ever. She to give the dogs of Murcia ‘HOPE’. she would be able to strike out and make a is such a good difference by giving ‘Hope’ to dogs abandoned mum despite Donations can also be made via our PayPay and left to suffer in pounds all across Murcia. only being a account, details of which can be found on our With the help she has received from the baby herself Facebook page. community and support from other charities at 11 months who HDM continues to work with, Jodie and and around HDM have found Fosters and Adopters here 8 kilos. All in Spain, UK and other countries. All the dogs she wants is saved are fully prepared for their new life with you to fuss a ‘full passport’ and are spayed or castrated her. A very when old enough, (which adheres to our good girl and ethical policy) and transported either locally super special. or internationally. Kira Available to reserve now. If you would like to join our growing team of volunteers or sign up to become a Jazz was ‘Foster Pawrent’ anywhere in the Murcia found region, call us on 630 638 255 or email wandering in [email protected] the rain with his brother Dogs for Adoption Jacob. Both Meet Mila are bundles a beautiful of joy. Jacob Retriever has gone to Mastin Cross, his forever who was sadly home and hung by her now Jazz neck until she needs a home was almost now. dead. HDM was able to Please Follow step in and Jazz & Like us on foster her and Facebook discovered Email [email protected] or that she call 630 638 255 to fi nd out more. was also Mila suffering from Fundraising in growing All this work to save dogs that would otherwise eyelashes. She has since had surgery and is be overlooked, comes at a cost and HDM are slowly learning to trust humans again. Can continually looking at ways to enable us to you give her the home she deserves? help the next dog when called upon. Asking people for money is always diffi cult, so we like to try to ‘give something in return’. To this end, we have organised a Christmas Fayre

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Get Your Finances Up To Date In 2019! First of all - I wish all readers a very Merry Christmas from Blacktower Financial Management (International) Limited. If you want to make sure you have a prosperous New Year then read on: From January, Blacktower will be conducting workshops in the Costa Cálida area on the following subjects: * Asset declaration and the Modelo 720 - how to avoid fi nes and pitfalls.

* Common Reporting Standards – what information will the Spanish Authorities now have on you?

* Investing tax effi ciently in Spain – what’s next for people holding ISA’s, PEP’s TESSA’s and National Savings in the UK?

* Pensions - what to do with built-up pension funds; should you transfer or not? * Are your fi nances Brexit proof? If you wish to get up to date and fi nd out how you could be affected by any of the above topics, contact me today to reserve your place at your local workshop. Alternatively you can book an individual appointment to have a free initial consultation about your own personal circumstances.

In today’s fi nancial climate it is essential you do everything you can to make sure your money is safe and secure and what you want to transpire in the future has the best chance of happening.

The local Blacktower offi ce address is: 120 Avenida Dr. Artero Guirao 2C. San Pedro Del Pinatar, 30740, Murcia, Spain. Our offi ce suite is easy to fi nd on the main N332 through-road of San Pedro del Pinatar with easy parking.

If you want more information or wish to make an appointment to discuss your own situation then call 657 684 094 or email [email protected] or visit www.blacktowerfm.com

Blacktower Financial Management (International) Limited is licensed by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission. Licence 00805B and is registered with both the DGS and CNMV in Spain.

Blacktower Financial Management Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK.

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It’s that time of year again! The perfume food than can possibly be good for us and prophesied town of David. adverts are on the television, the pop stars far more to drink than is wise… but it is and other recording artistes are pushing Christmas isn’t it? The true reason for the season is for us their latest CD’s, the well-known jingles to remember Jesus was born in a lowly will be playing in all the shops; order now Jesus isn’t just for Christmas; He’s for stable, without the comforts of a maternity in time for Christmas delivery! every day and every event in our lives. It’s hospital or a posh hotel to stay in. He not unusual for people in distress to call was born in humble beginnings so that He Yes, it’s almost Christmas again. Our Carol out to God or Jesus – help me! could identify with everyone reading this Singers are practising, the ukulele players article. He would grow up in a working are tuning up and the singing dates on Jesus isn’t just for the diffi cult times! He’s home helping His earthly father in the Camposol and Condado are all planned. for the everyday times, the routine, the carpenter’s shop and in His later years, It’s time to get Jesus out of the box again! mundane and for the exciting and the among His friends would be fi shermen enjoyable times. and tax collectors. Jesus came from lowly Week after week, so many people manage beginnings to identify with you and me. He their day to day lives without Jesus and That long donkey ride from Nazareth to grew up obedient to His heavenly Father then along comes the Christmas reminder. Bethlehem wasn’t for us just to have an and willingly died to bring sinners to We must go to the Carol singing, or we extra slice of turkey or an extra glass or repentance. must go to midnight mass and then we two of our favourite tipple. Mary made the get on with celebrating Christmas in our journey with her husband Joseph so the The real reason for the season is for Jesus time-honoured traditions with far more Saviour of the world could be born in the to come and die on a cruel cross that we all might fi nd a way to God the Father.

Will you make time this Christmas for the Saviour of the world? Will you give Jesus just a bit more of your time and consider why He came to earth?

Wellspring Church will be Carol Singing on Camposol A on 12th December, Camposol B on Friday 14th December and Camposol D on Wednesday 19th December. We will also be at The Clover Bar on Condado de Alhama on Sunday 16th December. All these start at 6pm.

Why not come and join us and discover the true meaning of Christmas?

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Missing Links – under new ownership Missing this outstanding business to something Links is extraordinary. I have known Steve (aka Our Story probably Steve Lewis) for many years as a friend In our famous recipe for Missing Links best known and I am now hugely proud to be able to ‘Finest’ sausages, the ingredients are for their call him my business partner. This is a critical; it is the same with business. To selection of trip down memory lane for Steve having my mind a complete focus on customer sausages, trained as a butcher at Sainsburys. satisfaction; unparalleled passion for including the products you supply; and a talented, the famous Steve brings enthusiastic and committed team of ‘Finest’ a new and employees are the critical ingredients. range. different Missing Links has all of these in Missing energy to abundance and it is for this reason that Links the business on 1st October 2018 I was truly honoured needed a and for to become the new owner of the ‘fi nest’ sausage those of you butcher in southern Spain – Missing maker who had the experience to produce who have Links. links to the very highest quality that our already met customers have become accustomed. Roy him, you will To all of our existing customers, hello again, (aka Royston Ellis) has worked for the appreciate you probably know our story. To our new business for many years and is relishing that his customers, a very warm ‘Missing Links’ the opportunity to lead our sausage personality Welcome to you all. Let me tell you a little production. is infectious. more about those special ingredients that Together we make Missing Links unique:- Customer hope that we satisfaction will be able The original is our key to ensure founders of aim and that Missing Links not only supplies the the business, that starts quality of meat that you expect from us, Paul & Steph, at ‘front of but also that we continue to expand our were third house’, in the services to best meet your needs. There generation shop. Adu are many ideas in the pipeline……we’ll keep butchers (aka Andres you posted! and it was Veloso) has crucial that worked at Thank you as Missing Missing again for Links moved Links for your loyal to new 5 years custom and I ownership and always look forward we would greets every to seeing be able to customer with a smile and an attitude that many of you continue says ‘nothing is too much trouble’. soon. with the same calibre of knowledge and experience to continue this legacy. Our Like all secret recipes there is always one My warmest very own lead butcher ‘Choppa’ (aka Paul vital ingredient. When I purchased the personal Cummins) is himself a ‘third generation’ business in October, I knew that I needed regards butcher. We are privileged to have him a partner who would not only share my Annabel working in the business. passion for the business, but someone who Wilson had the excitement and energy to build

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Cabo de Palos Cartagena Piensa Think! (until 26th Social Centre, Urbanization Mediterranean. Market Sun December) will have 37 workshops and 56 free activities such as Mission: Rescue Saturday 29th December – 125th Cartagena the Mar Menor; The Origin of Earthquakes Anniversary of SAM Santa Cecilia with www.cartagena.es and how to measure them; Robotics and Nuria Fergó and Felipe Garpi with their Tel 968 128 800 – Market Wed Electronics; Microconstructions; Torres mariachis @ El Batel Auditorium 9pm Exhibition at Nicomedes Gómez Subject and Puentes; etc. The programme has 10€/12€ Hall of the Consistorial Palace also included Cafés with Science and ‘Devenir’, by Lourdes Angosto (until 10th Thought; two debates on current social Autumn Programming at the Apolo December) problems. They will deal with bullying Theater of El Algar Tues-Fri 10am-1.30pm & 5pm-7pm and cyberbullying and prostitution. The Saturday 15th December – Oliver Twist Sat 10am-1.30pm & 5pm-8pm Philosophy Workshop for adults will offer the musical 7pm Sun 10am-1.30pm fi ve sessions around the Philosophy for Life Saturday 22nd December - Little Emotional and workshops for Scientifi c and Technical Suite with Roger Alvarez 9.30pm Exhibitions at Museum of the Roman Dissemination for children and adolescents, Saturday 29th December - Theatre: with children’s workshops of Art and the ‘Supercalafragilistico’ the musical 6pm ‘Places of Oblivion’, by Antonio Gómez workshops of Hayat’s Chocolate Factory. Tickets (not exceeding 12€) available Ribelles (until 14th January) from Ticketea.com or by calling 648 Programme For The Elderly and People 710 099 or from the box offi ce every Genesis. Art on the street ‘by Sebastião With Disabilities (until 31st December) Wednesday 6pm-8pm. Salgado - Heroes de Cavite (until 9th Full programme at https://www.cartagena. December) @ Plaza Heroes de Cavite es/gestion/documentos/30116.pdf La Union The exhibition consists of 38 black and www.ayto-launion.com white photographs of landscapes, animals Exhibition – Medicine in Times of War Tel 868 049 941/692 925 970 – Market and people who have been able to escape (until 31st January 2019) @ Refugio de la Tues the infl uence of the modern world. Salgado Guerra Civil Museum made a total of 32 trips to carry out this tour Tues-Sun 11am/1pm & 4pm Los Alcazares of the virgin world, with stops in Antarctica, 3.50€ (free for Club Cartagena Puerto de Market Tues & Sat (Los Narejos) Madagascar, Botswana, the Kafue National Culturas members) Park in Zambia, the Colorado Plateau in Guided Route: Cartagena Under The San Javier the United States, Alaska, the archipelago Pumps Of Hitler 11.30am 10€ (5€ Club www.murciaturistica.es/en/san_ of the Galapagos in Ecuador, Siberia and Cartagena Port of Cultures) javier/ the Amazon Jungle among others, taking Interesting route explaining the armament Tel 968 172 041 – Market Wed & Thurs shots of polar regions, forests and tropical used by the Republican side and National San Javier Squalos Rugby @ Rugby fi eld, savannahs, scorching deserts, mountains side from Italy, Germany and Russia on PDM Sports Ground dominated by glaciers and solitary islands. Spanish soil. See weapons and gas masks Men Tues & Thurs 8.30-10.30pm Guided tours by appointment: from Europe and Russia. This route will go Women Tues & Thurs 10.00-11.30pm Mon-Fri 6pm & Sat/Sun/hols 1pm & 6pm through the Refugio galleries and the great 12-18yrs Tues & Thurs 7.30-9.00pm Students by appointment on 900 801 137 rooms of the Historical Military Museum. 6-10yrs Thurs 6pm-7pm & Sat 10am- Mon-Fri 10am/11am/12pm The route ends with a gastronomic tasting. 11am Saturdays 1st/15th/22nd & 29th December & The Autumn T-La Programme (until 21st 12th/19th & 26th Saturday 8th December – Ruta A Pie De December) has a total of 78 activities Arte Urbano - a free guided tour on foot aimed at young people between 14 and 35 Theatrical Visit For Children: The to enjoy urban art in the streets of Los years of age including 29 youth groups and Experiments Of Doc Doctor & Marí Purí Alcazares. Enjoy some of the murals made a budget of 10,000€. @ Refugio Civil War Museum 12pm 8€ (4€ by the Cultural Association of the Company Club Cartagena Port of Cultures) of Mario from Los Alcázares. 10am from Thursday 13th – Saturday 15th December Sunday 2nd/16th/23rd/30th December the Sports Centre, Avenida Joaquin Blume. - Visit Salamanca and Toledo -with the Comfortable shoes are recommended. This Euronation Association Children’s Activity: Small visit may be suspended due to adverse Spies - Morse Code weather conditions. Check availability at Friday December 14th - Astronomy Nights Children will become spies, looking for hidden Tourist Offi ce. with the Astronomical Association of messages, in the galleries and passages of Cartagena @ the Astronomical Observatory the Refugio de la Guerra Civil Museum. 12pm Wednesday 12th December - English @ the Youth Centre, Canteras 10pm 3€ (free Cartagena Club Puerto de Culturas) Guided Boat Trip From La Manga Del Mar Menor- La Manga Del Mar Menor - Saturday 15th – 16th December - Visit the XXVIII Poetry Contest of the Centre for from Puerto Deportivo Tomás Maestre City of Granada - enjoy its cuisine, its Women and the XXII Painting Contest 12.15pm. Places limited so booking at history and culture. Angel Flores (until 9th March) Tourist Offi ce essential. The programme of activities will be include: The Poetry Competition is open to those hiking, canyoning, bicycle routes, board who have not published a book of poetry. Santiago de Ribera – 968 571 704 - games, dramatized routes, Tai Chi, Pilates, The deadline is February 25th 2019. Market Wed ice skating, and Christmas workshops. The Painting Competition is aimed at Register @ Youth Resource Centre or call people over 18 years residing in the Region San Pedro del Pinatar 968 128 862 ext 4. of Murcia, using any pictorial technique in www.sanpedroturismo.com full colour. Each entrant may submit up to Tel 968 182 301 – Market Mon & Thurs Friday December 28th – Free Activities @ three works from January 4th to March 4th (Lo Pagan) The Youth Resource Centre ‘Cristina Esparza 2019. Martín’: cooking (10€), textile printing, Torre Pacheco music therapy, belly dancing, monologues There will be a 1st prize of 300€ and a www.torrepacheco.es and short fi lms. trophy and 2nd prize of 150€ and trophy Tel 968 579 937 – Market Thurs for both competitions. The winners will be (Balsicas) & Sat (Dolores) announced on March 9th at 8.30pm, at the

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There was a fabulous and raised a huge amount of money from Thank you to the HAH volunteers and all atmosphere at the the clothes auction. the friends roped in to help. We would also HAH (Help at like to thank everyone who bought a ticket Home) Mar Menor and made the afternoon such a success. Fashion Show held at the 525 Hotel We raised an amazing €2021 in Los Alcazares on Wednesday HAH Christmas Lunch – Wednesday 5th 24th October, due December 11.50€ 1pm for 1.30pm to the hilariously For more details call Jackie on 634 358 funny Anthony 529 Horadada who worked really hard

Campaign To Encourage Early Diagnosis of 40, which might be associated with the explain and diagnose suspicious lesions or Of Oral Cancer human papilloma virus (HPV). In Europe, injuries. Studies show that there is a higher The General Dental Council of Spain, the the main location of this kind of cancer is the survival rate among patients who visit their Spanish Dental Foundation and the Spanish tongue and the fl oor of the mouth. dentists for an annual check-up. Association against Cancer (AECC) operated an information campaign to encourage early People usually appear for consultations when When do you need to visit your dentist diagnosis of oral cancer since 1st November the stage of their oral cancer is not very for a consultation? 2018, under the motto: promising – the fi ve-year survival rate is In the worst cases it is important to visit your “Watch your mouth, prevent oral about 40% to 56% of all cases. This concerns dentist annually. However, you must visit your cancer”. us deeply and that is why we are taking place dentist if you experience one of the following in this campaign. problems: Red or white spots persisting for more than What causes oral cancer? 3 weeks. Currently, the causes of oral cancer are still Sores in the mouth and throat persisting for unknown. However, research has been carried more than 3 weeks. out regarding the relationship between oral Buccal lesions with an abnormal, rapid cancer and carcinogens such as tobacco (8 out growth. of 10 cancer patients are smokers), alcohol, Lumps evident for more than 3 weeks. which produces a caustic effect and ulcerates Tooth shifting without any apparent cause the mucous membrane, gingivitis and white and ill-fi tting dentures causing sores. oral lesions; the mixture of both (tobacco and alcohol), some eating habits (the intake of We emphasise this campaign for the early fried or spicy red meat), immunosuppression diagnosis of oral cancer: “Do not wait until caused by HIV/AIDS or ultraviolet radiation tomorrow. Watch your mouth. Prevent This campaign is taking place as over 70% from the sun. oral cancer.” of cases of Oral Cancer are diagnosed late, We dentists are medical professionals so it is very important to know how to make specialized in abnormal changes in the lining LG Dental, San Pedro 968 186 660 a self-diagnosis, especially among the at-risk of the mouth, so it is our responsibility to Indent, Fuente Alamo 968 596 306 population.

The General Dental Council of Spain has set some of the campaign’s targets and, with the help of volunteer dentists, it has also implemented national, medical monitoring to assist in the early diagnosis of Oral Cancer and inform the public about self-diagnostic methods.

LG Dental and Indent are part of this network of volunteer dentists and early detection of Oral Cancer, since, due to a lack of awareness, patients with this type of cancer usually come to clinic in late stages of the disease. In Spain, the incidence rate is 5.7 – 12.9 per 100,000 men/year and 0.6 – 2.1 per 100,000 women/year.

What do we mean by oral cancer? We refer to malignant tumours in the lips, the corners of the mouth, the hard palate, the fl oor of the mouth and the tongue, in the cheeks and the isthmus of the fauces (behind the mouth cavity). It normally occurs in people older than 40 years (over half of individuals are aged 65 and over), but it has observed an upturn in cases under the age

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Christmas time is here again – a time children’s home Debra; orphans in Kenya and Our last day when we remember and give thanks for the India; pet charity; Abraham project; Caritas; of trading in best gift we could ever be given! Help Mar Menor and we have still retained a 2018 will be small amount in our emergency fund. Friday 21st December December 2018 means We are able again to provide Caritas (Murcia) for those the end of with a van load of surplus items this month last minute our fi rst 12 to distribute to the homeless, refugees and Christmas months of other charities they support, so everything gifts, trading at Yo possible that is donated and given to us is decorations Encuentro either sold or recycled. and other and we are special items. more than Thank you for making such great donations We will delighted and being great customers as well. We are open again with all that expecting some bumper donations in the New on Tuesday has happened Year when you decide to donate to us all your 8th January in that year. surplus items after all your Christmas gifts! 2019. Having nearly We have some great stock, top brand paid for our name clothes, small furniture, paintings, Opening hours: set-up costs golf equipment; almost you name it, we’ve Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 10am-2pm we are still got it! We have a good range of Christmas More information at www.Yo-Encuentro. expecting to decorations as well. (Let’s hope we still have org or https://www.facebook.com/ donate this year some €7,000 to our charity some by the time you read this!) yoencuentrospain/ contacts, which included: care for the elderly;

After rescuing donkeys for many years in 100 dogs and 20 puppies at any given time. Colleen. She has spent a lifetime of going Ireland, Colleen Jay and her husband Peter Colleen can’t say no to any dog in distress. without. To ensure that the animals in her moved to Spain 20 years ago with the She rescues throughout Alicante, Murcia and care have the best possible chance in life, intention of retiring. Peter built Paradise Almeria and has also taken dogs out of kill she keeps going for the love of dogs. Colleen Rescue Kennels, in Benferri, Alicante, 18 stations in other parts of the country. It’s a is 68 years of age. years ago, as a little hobby for Colleen. The regular occurrence to open her gate in the intention was to use it half for boarding and morning to fi nd a box of puppies there. As an attempt to raise some funds, this year half for rescue. Paradise Rescue Kennels has produced Many rescue a calendar. Sponsors have covered the Very quickly, kennels get printing costs, so at €10 each, all profi ts Peter had to funding, but from the calendars will go to Paradise build more Paradise Rescue Kennels. If you would like one of kennels as Rescue these special 2019 calendars, please contact the number Kennels is [email protected] of abandoned entirely run dogs on donations The Paradise Rescue Kennels’ Charity increased. and the Shop in La Murada accepts furniture as well The boarding takings from as small items and for any PayPal donations dogs were the recently please go to [email protected] intended opened to fund the Charity You can see Paradise Rescue Kennels and rescues, but Shop. Times its sister page, Purely Paradise Rehoming rapidly it have been page on Facebook. There is also a website became all incredibly http://paradiserescuekennels.com/ rescue and hard for and an Instagram account. they relied Colleen on donations to keep it going. Colleen is up and on occasions, when the kennels are every day at the crack of dawn and works in overfl owing, with vet bills piling up, a lesser the kennels until dusk. There can be at least person would throw in the towel, but not

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The Battle of Abuse and Abandonment malnourishment, parasitic infestations They work 24/7 every day of the year, but Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre both internally and externally and the due to fi nancial restraints, they do not have Foundation (EHCRC) based in Rojales worst case of overgrown hooves they had enough workers to help them. Sue and Rod currently has 123 equines under their ever seen. Annie now has a good quality say “We will always open our doors when care. They are asked by the Police every of life, although she will be disabled and a the Police call to take in an abused equine month to take in one or more abused or special-needs pony for the rest of her life facing an uncertain future. The animals abandoned animals. There were seven in due to the abuse she suffered. that come to us are high maintenance, one go once, making 18 rescues so far this but we will always continue to take care year! of them.”

The Farrier working on Marty the donkey. Photo - Elaine Warnock Marty the donkey. Photo - Elaine Warnock is a 17 year old donkey rescued from Marty Marty’s sorted feet. Photo- Elaine Warnock Co-founder Sue Weeding said “Once a San Javier. He was severely neglected by his horse or donkey has been seized by the owner and his hooves were horrendously Come and see for yourselves! Police, we go along and collect the animal. overgrown resulting in his hoof joint EHCRC is located outside Rojales at We then become the custodian, but not the getting twisted back at an unnatural angle. Partida Lo Garriga, 59 and is open to the owner and therefore cannot rehome the He was in so much pain, that he was public on the fi rst Sunday of every month equine. It has to remain in our care.” struggling to walk. EHCRC farrier, Enrique, from 1pm-4pm. put a special shoe on his deformed hoof as www.easyhorsecare.net a temporary measure to correct the angle. Facebook @EasyHorseCare Marty has adapted incredibly well to his new shoe and miraculously has now even started trotting. He has been castrated and is recovering very well.

All this takes a lot of time, money, labour and resources. EHCRC spends Marty the donkey with the farrier approximately Photo- Elaine Warnock 5,000€/week just to keep going, without Many of these animals come from across medical costs and Spain, not just locally and they often suffer hospital bills. They from serious medical conditions. Taking don’t receive any care of them incurs exorbitant medical fi nancial help from and maintenance costs. EHCRC has a no- the local councils and kill policy and believe that every animal must raise their own deserves a second chance regardless of funds. Floods this what condition it is in. year have caused havoc and much of Annie, a 15 year old tiny white pony, the alfalfa has been was brought to them by Almoradi Police. lost due to the bad She was suffering from severe laminitis, weather.

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Who and Where are the Safest Young emissions, especially that of greenhouse Newer autopistas do not usually have these People on the Roads of Spain? gases. The lower the resistance, the lower limitations, so the difference between an Young drivers are amongst the highest risk the consumption and, according to the Tyre autovía and a newly constructed autopista group on the road, in terms of likelihood Manufacturers Commission, “up to 20% of is minimal. to be involved in a serious incident, mostly fuel consumption is related to this factor.” due to their inexperience, but sometimes Autovías are not toll roads. motivated by bravado and pure immaturity. The special tyre labelling system came into force on July 1, 2012. Its objective was to How to Deal with Breakdowns According to a recent study, it is possible inform the consumer by means of colours, The average age of vehicles on the roads of to identify where the safest drivers of this symbols and letters, of the roll resistance, Spain is increasing, which is unfortunately group reside and, their profi le: the braking grip on wet roads and the going against the government’s hopes It is girls from Soria in the centre-north of sound level of the tyre, helping consumers of reducing the age of the fl eet, hence Spain who are the best young drivers in to choose the tyres that provide the best numerous subsidies to help older vehicle Spain and those who suffer the least serious performance for their vehicle, but that are owners buy new. The average age of vehicles incidents from all over the country. also safe, durable, effi cient and respectful to is nearing 12 years, which not only means Young people from Cuenca come in second the environment. that many vehicles are not equipped with and those from Huesca third. the latest safety features and technology, Those involved in more incidents with injury There is a transitional period for garages it also means they are more prone to are young people - 1.8 times greater than which have stock of these “F” tyres, in that breakdown. The good news is that most of those suffered by a person over 35. those manufactured before November 1st the breakdowns are common faults and in 2018 may still be sold for a period of 30 the worst case your insurance would cover The report refl ects how the probability of months; up until May 1st 2021. recovery. having a mishap decreases as experience is gained behind the wheel. A young person The Difference Between Autopistas and If you do breakdown on the road, the fi rst who has only held a licence for one year, is 4 Autovías thing to remember is to stay calm. times more likely to have a serious traffi c It is not always clear to many drivers, but Put on your high visibility vest and switch incident than an experienced driver. This there are two very different types of high- on your hazard lights. At night, you should difference drops to 1.8 times when they speed roads in Spain. Both are motorways, also have your parking lights on, if possible. have 10 years of driving experience. but autopistas (AP-7 for example) and Place your emergency triangles. These autovías (A-7) have their own defi nitions: have to be placed 50 metres from the rear Vehicles with only 2 wheels involved in of your vehicle if traffi c is fl owing in only collisions, tend to suffer more serious Both have at least two lanes for each one direction and 50 metres from the front incidents. The analysis shows that a driver direction, separated by a central reservation. if traffi c fl ows in two directions. It is also under 35, with less than one year of In both the maximum speed is 120km/hr important to ensure that your triangles are experience, is 7.5 times more likely to suffer and a minimum speed of 60km/hr. If your visible from at least 100 metres, bearing a serious incident than a person who has vehicle is not capable of that speed, you are in mind such obstructions as curves or the been driving this type of vehicle for more not allowed on. brow of a hill, for example. than a decade. Make a note of exactly where you are. Road Autopistas and autovías do not signs and kilometre posts are important, or Category F Tyres Banned have junctions which cross other roads. They major landmarks. You will need to know your All tyres for sale in Spain follow the European have fast fl owing entrances and exits which exact location because you need to summon Standards for safety rating. The sale of tyres join and leave the fl ow of traffi c and hard help from your insurance recovery company, which are ‘F’ category for roll resistance and shoulders. They also have service areas, or from the emergency services. which are intended for use on passenger normally no more than two hours apart. cars and vans, have been banned. A lot of problems are caused by poor Autopistas and autovías do not go through maintenance, such as with the brakes or Roll resistance directly infl uences fuel urban centres, but border them and go suspension. It is always best to get these consumption of the vehicle and its pollutant around them as bypasses. The maximum systems checked by approved and qualifi ed permitted speed of a motorway passing an mechanics at authorised garages. urban centre is normally reduced. Lights are a common failure for older The difference between the two is generally vehicles. These should be checked regularly, technical and interestingly historical: making sure that all lights are working, Autovías usually have their origin in old including brake lights and indicators. roads that underwent a transformation and conversion in the 1970’s and 1980’s. It The electrical system can deteriorate with is usual for an autovía to follow, at least age and can be prone to failures. Although partially and for some of the two directions, many faults may require a mechanic to the route of an old national road. This repair, some can be repaired if they are means that the autovías can have certain simple. Keep an eye on warning lights on limitations; they may have curves with the dashboard and if there is any doubt, visit steeper turning radii and greater climbs on a qualifi ed mechanic. slopes. The width of the hard shoulder may be narrower on the autovía. The engine can also be prone to failures as it gets old. Sometimes the rubber seals The lengths of the exit and incorporation become worn or damaged and you can and lanes can be shorter, or non-existent on must check your oil levels on a regular basis. autovías compared to the minimum length required for autopistas. Tyres deteriorate with age and these must be changed if worn. Damage can occur for Autovías can have bus stops on the road, many reasons and you can check the tyres not on the service road as with autopistas, yourself, looking for obvious signs of damage since on the autopistas it is not mandatory such as holes or knocks and that the tread that there is a service route. is even. You must also keep tyres correctly infl ated and check this on a regular basis.

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Hi Everyone information on ticket and trip availability. books, magazines, jigsaws and even DVD’s. This is John and another eventful year is Take away as many as you like for just €1 nearly coming to an end. May I take this Christmas Party Night – Wednesday 12th donation. Dates for January are 8th & 22nd - opportunity on behalf of Steve, Vicki, Chuck December times and location as above. and us all at the Welcome Group to wish Join us on which I am sure will be a you all a very Merry Christmas and a fantastic night. The talented and a great Forthcoming Trips and Events Happy New Year. Welcome Group favourite, Ricki Lavazza, Games Night - 9th January @ Mariano’s up from Benalmadena, will be assisted Beetle Drive, Quiz, Bingo etc. See Steve or In early November we enjoyed a lovely by the fabulous and brilliant voice of Miss the notice board for further information on trip to Benalmadena with excursions to Carla Stone, will entertain us. a fantastic night to relax with friends (and Gibraltar, Ronda and calling in to Granada Free mince pies will be served to get us make new ones) after the hustle of the on our way home. I would like to thank into the Christmas party spirit. Tickets €12 holiday period. Steve, Vicki and Chuck for organizing a (chicken and chips €5). lovely break before Christmas. Welcome Group Dance – 23rd January @ New Year’s Eve Party - Monday 31st Mariano’s On 15th December A welcome return of Mr Cameron James, November 3 great acts to have us all dancing into the the Big Geordie with the even Bigger Voice we also New Year. The lovely Christine, the crooning and Personality, plus little Miss Dynamite, enjoyed a Rob Sweeney and the great duo of Road Miss Debbie H. Two amazing voices on one one-day Runner, will be entertaining us. A great night. Contact Steve for further information trip to the night to be enjoyed by all and one not to be and ticket reservations. Benidorm missed. With full buffet, including Cava at Fiesta. An midnight, tickets available for this fantastic Trip to Cabo Roig - 17th March - St amazing day evening are €20. Be quick as tickets are Patrick’s Day was had by selling quickly! Join us for this trip as this area has the all to see the largest Irish community in Europe outside costumes Christmas In Benidorm Ireland. Enjoy the great atmosphere with and sights This trip is fully booked but contact Steve fl oats, street performer’s, fancy dress, and and sounds of one of the best Fiestas in for any possible availability or cancellations. entertainment in most bars. Tickets €13 Spain. Sadly the fl oats didn’t happen due pp. to the weather, but there was so much else Petanca to see. Join Peter and Carole for the Petanca Jumilla Wine Tasting - 13th/14th April Christmas Tournament on Wednesday The trip includes one night stay including At our November Dance we were entertained 5th December at the rear of Mariano’s at breakfast in a Hotel in the centre of Jumilla. by a live band the Best of British with a 1.45pm; a great social afternoon to spend A day out on the Sunday with a superb lunch great selection of music from the 60’s, with friends. Only €7 pp which includes and wine at the cave church of Calasparra 70’s and 80’s. It wasn’t long before people Chicken & Chips. Trophies for the winners All for just €82.50pp based on 2/3/4 people were up dancing to music from the 3 great and losers. No membership required. sharing a double, triple or family room. decades when Britain was the music capital of the world. Wednesday 2nd January at 1.45pm - once Trip to Cordoba - 3 night/4 days in early again join Peter and Carole for a relaxing May December Monthly Meeting - Saturday and enjoyable game of Petanca. Everyone A fantastic opportunity to join us to view 1st December (not as advertised on 7th welcome. Only €1 pp. the beautiful Patios of Cordoba with a December) wonderful variety of blooms, shrubs and You can purchase, reserve and collect Book Swap - 11th December plants. Cordoba is the most decorated town your tickets for all forthcoming dances, The last one for 2018. 10am-12pm @ Calle in Europe during this event and a wonderful trips, and events. Speak to Steve for more Barcelona 10, Camposol A. Bring along experience not to be missed. €235pp based on 2 people sharing a double/twin room.

Trip to Portugal - 20th -26th May We will be away for 6 nights/7 days, including excursions. Places are still available, so please contact Steve for further information, full itinerary and prices.

Welcome Group Cruise - October 2019. We are pleased to announce that we have been allocated 5 more Fantastica balcony cabins for the Welcome 2019 Cruise from Venice, Albania, Croatia and the Greek Islands in early October 2019, plus 2 nights stay in 4**** hotel. Includes B & B in Venice. All-inclusive on board with Drinks Package, Taxes, Gratuities, Transfers, Flights, and Insurance. Contact Steve for the full itinerary and cabin availability.

For further information/reservations on all trips and events, call 697 960 590 Email [email protected] Facebook The Welcome Group Spain

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A big thank you to Scully & CJ’s Bar for Our next Jumble Sale will be on Saturday If you have a few hours to spare on sponsoring our walk on Sunday 14th December 1st at Camposol B Social Centre. Mondays, we need help with our Book Sale October and many thanks to Terry & as Dave and Barbara are returning to the Norma Broadbent for all their time and Ukeskool will be entertaining us at the UK until March 2019. effort collecting and advertising the walk Social Centre at 11.15am on Monday 3rd in aid of Forget Me Not. December. All are welcome and there will If you need any more information, you can also be a raffl e, tea and coffee, mince pies contact DeeVan Loon on 603 121 416 or A big thank you to the ladies on Condado etc. email deevanloon@gmail,com for their kind donation collected at the MacMillan’s Coffee and Tea morning on 29th Singalong are coming to Forget Me Not We will be open on Monday 24th December, September in aid of MABS & Forget Me for Christmas Carols on Monday 17th Christmas Eve. Not. December at 11am. All are welcome.

In A Medical Emergency Call 112 Then Don’t forget the famous FAST Nurses Call FAST on 968 970 626 and Doctors CST/FAST is a fully registered and insured charity whose sole purpose is to serve the They are on the dual carriageway on emergency medical needs of everyone who Camposol on a Monday. Give them a lives or visits Camposol. All responders wave or your spare cash; they are always and instructors are volunteers who give extremely grateful. their time for the people of Camposol. Recruitment Things you can do while waiting for FAST: We are always ready to welcome new or * Ensure the casualty’s airway is open returning members to the team, whether and the patient is breathing. as a First Responder or a Supporter. Responders are all trained to Murcian * Try to stop catastrophic bleeding by Health Authority standards and verifi ed by applying direct pressure. EMS in the UK. The shifts that are covered The on 10th FAST Christmas Fayre are 6/12/24 hours to suit the individual. * Ensure the call to 112 informs November had the ever-popular cakes and There is no need to have previous the operator that this is a serious pastries and thanks to those who spent knowledge of fi rst aid as all training is incident. hours baking. Thanks also to the traders, provided free of charge. A new recruit supporters and Responders who all helped * You can ask for an English speaking training course was held on the week to make it a success. operator if you are not a Spanish commencing 5th November. The course speaker. lasted for three days, covering the legal * We are part of the bigger team of requirements; how to manage a scene; charity volunteers on Camposol: we CPR for adult and children; control of meet periodically to discuss items trauma conditions; signs and symptoms of that will make living on Camposol heart problems. The course also includes even better for all. how to help the emergency services when they arrive. We had 7 new recruits on the We recently course, so well done for volunteering to took a join this great team. coach trip to Seville and All FAST members would like to Cordoba for wish all a very Happy and Peaceful 3 nights/4 Christmas and a Healthy New Year. days in the Don Paco Have you fi lled in the contact details has a bookcase full of books in Hotel. A FAST The of your relatives or friends on the on Camposol B Commercial Centre. great time Diner last page of your passport? This is For a donation, you can take your pick and was had by important if they need to be contacted feel free to return books there. Thanks to all, although in an emergency. for this opportunity to boost the weather The Diner our funds. could have been better. We are applying for the correct licence to Mandy in Seville operate the weekly bookstall, so hopefully this will soon return.

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November has seen a downturn in the We have encountered the fi rst Processional weather with more winds and rain than Caterpillar nests of the season, so please usual, but our volunteers continued with make friends and neighbours aware of litter gathering, weed spraying, palm leaf this, especially those with pets and young cutting and ensuring the parks are clean children. We are of course seeing fewer and tidy. nests every year, but please be on your guard. There is so much work to do this time of the year so it’s great to see those living close to the parks, pruning plants and trees and keeping the parks looking so well. Remember, we are always looking for more volunteers and even 1 hour of your time Remembrance Day 2018 each week is a great help. Contact myself or any volunteer on how you can help your The Group’s Christmas Dinner is taking local community gardening group. place in The Vista Bar on Friday 7th December and tickets can be purchased from Pat and Lorna on Friday mornings at the Library. (The Library ladies would appreciate any donations of jigsaws in Remembrance Day 2018 particular as the stock is almost depleted.) The Remembrance Service took place at Parque Memoria on Sunday 11th November. Thank you for all your donations and The weather was very pleasant and there support, especially on Thursdays at our was a very big turnout. We would like to Bucket Collections and Fridays at our thank all those who helped organise the Libraries. service, the volunteer groups who gave of their time and especially all who attended. Keep up to date with all happenings Every year the service seems to attract and events on our Facebook page, Los Remembrance Day 2018 more and more people and for that we are Palacios Gardening and Community truly grateful. Group.

Where did the summer go! It’s Winter Mercadona/Lidl shopping centre towards family for doing the right thing. already; time to get along to the MAMA’s the port. Just down the hill you will see store and get something nice and warm, Consum supermarket on your left. Go onto Please contact us if you need help: be it a heater or a woolly pulley! We have the road between Consum and the O’clock Tel 666 186 037 or call at the shop. lots of great stuff in. We really do get Bar. Drive up that road and we are in the Email mazarronanimalmedi_@zoho. some good donations, so come and have a third turning on the left in Calle San Juan, com browse. Your money goes towards helping opposite a small park. dogs and cats that have fallen on painful Helping You Helping Animals times and their owners could do with Nina Registered charity No 9537/1a assistance from us, so please remember Poor little Nina. Her Spanish owners MAMA’s before you throw it away! were so distraught about the cost of her Small working electricals, old mobiles, operation, until Paco our vet recommended bedding, bric-a-brac, clean clothes and the family put a quote in for us to take any large domestic appliance, furniture to a committee meeting. We were able to etc are always welcome. You can make assist with the cost and Nina is currently arrangements with Richard by email or in recovering and there will be no more person to collect larger pieces. babies for her. Well done to that Spanish

Camposol drop-off Point Every Tuesday Richard is on Camposol B lower car park, opposite the petrol station from 10am-12.00pm. We can collect items from you there, or arrange collection.

Furniture Sales If you are looking for replacement furniture, we advertise a small selection on Murcia Today under MAMA’s charity, but there is much more available in the shop. Check our website where there is a link to show furnishings for sale at mazarronanimalmedi_aid.co.uk

Location Our shop is in Puerto de Mazarrón past the

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We have diversifi ed somewhat this year issues we have been able to help with Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from from supplying food aid on a weekly basis transport costs to enable people to get 10.30am-1.30pm. directly to those families in need in our to hospital appointments and also help community and now work with Mazarrón with medicines and medical needs to Again we thank you for your continued Ayuntamiento and Social Services those families whose health, without our support during 2018 to enable us to help Department to help many families in more assistance, would suffer irrevocably. We those less fortunate than ourselves in this practical ways with our Child Welfare therefore thank our supporters for their area. With your help we have been able to Programme. This involves hearing testing continued support on behalf of those we make a real difference to families’ lives in and supply of hearing aids if needed; eye have helped. this and we hope to continue to do so next testing and the supply of glasses and year and beyond. We can only do this with dentistry and treatment if needed. This Donations the generosity of our supporters and the aid extends to all members of the family Our white van will be in the car park on volunteers who give their time and effort and we have helped many people in this Camposol A from 11am-12.30pm every for us to achieve what we do. We also way. We have also donated wheel chairs Tuesday. Please call Terry on 603 389 thank you on behalf of the people we have and walking frames to the Ayuntamiento 006 if you need anything picked up. been able to help. to distribute to those most in need. We Small items can also be taken to our drop have recently been able to supply books off point in Camposol on other days if you We wish you all a Merry Christmas and to families who are unable to afford these call Anne on 634 338 674. a Prosperous New Year!! expensive items which are crucial to their Items can also be taken to our shop in children’s education. Apart from these Puerto de Mazarrón. The shop is open on

Friends of Mazarrón Animals would Karen came to take him out, he was so and we will like to say a big thank you to everyone weak he couldn’t walk. In his early days miss you who has volunteered, fostered, donated he had three foster homes who played a very much. & attended an event. As a small charity massive part in his initial recovery and we Have a your support really makes a difference. would like to thank June, Anthea & Karen fabulous life, for their wonderful love and care. Over the the dog they ADOPTED is our favourite word. weeks and months, Suggs continued to called ‘The We have been waiting so long to announce improve and again we have to thank Laura Warrior’. the fabulous news about the wonderful for looking after him and especially Mandy Suggs. We know we are a little biased, who has cared for him for the last three We have but if any dog deserves a forever home months. some great then he surely does. So many people have events been involved in the rescue of Suggs, or Last month Suggs began his fi nal journey coming up the ‘Warrior’ as the vets nicknamed him to the UK with the help of AA Dog Rescue and in December because of his will to live against the odds. he now has a wonderful home in England. starting Without your really generous help we could with our Taken out of the perrera by Jodie Suggs, not have provided the fi nance that was Christmas didn’t even make it to his foster home as needed to care for Suggs and we cannot Market at Isla Plana on Saturday 1st he was so ill. Fighting for his life, he spent thank you all enough. Good luck adorable December; lots of handmade items, home over four weeks in the vets and even when Suggs. Everyone that knew you loved you cooked goodies & bargains to be had, plus live music by The Harlequin Choir.

Join us on Thursday 20th December for an intimate evening of good food, great music in the beautiful Casa Nono, Isla Plana. Price is 28€ to include a three course meal, glass of cava on arrival & live music by Tijuana Road. Limited tickets, so booking essential.

We would like to thank Balneario Archena Spa for their generous donation of two Spa Day vouchers. One was auctioned at our Troupers event in October & the other will be auctioned at the Tijuana event to be held on 20th December.

If you would like more information about any of the events or ways you can help & be part of the solution, please contact [email protected] or visit our Facebook page Friends of Mazarrón Animals. Donations to help more animals can be made at PayPal fma.murcia@ gmail.com

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Our Maintenance Team has continued clearing all year round! of hours, come along to the Welcome Wall cleaning, weeding and spraying the streets at 9am on a Wednesday. Breakfast butties of ‘C’ Sector North during very cold weather The volunteers this month have been and drinks are free - don’t worry if you this month. The scheme has been in weeding, pruning, watering and planting a can’t do heavy work; there are always operation a few years now and new owners memorial tree and new fl owerbeds on the lighter tasks available! Even if you’re only may not realise what our sector would look verges. The raised bed by the Mercer’s sign here on holiday you’ll be improving your like without it - huge weeds at the roadsides was also transformed with a large cross, whole community! have gone (just look at the roads near silhouettes and poppies as our tribute of the Golf Club to see what would happen remembrance to The Fallen. We are always Now a polite request concerning the green if the work was not carried out!). There looking for new volunteers as our numbers waste skips – Please could we appeal to used to be huge pot holes, no landscaped always decrease during the cooler months everyone not to leave their green waste in areas and rubbish blowing everywhere; when people leave after their holidays, so plastic bags, but empty them out and take an area forgotten and abandoned. No-one if you would like to join us for a couple the bags home. Thank you! wants to live or spend holidays in a place like that, so if you don’t already belong to We would fi nally like to take this the scheme, please think about joining? It opportunity to wish everyone a Merry only costs a small donation of 5€ per house Christmas! each month to have the whole of ‘C’ Sector North swept, cleaned and sprayed. We are A huge thank you to those who take time totally dependent upon your help. One day, to care for any plants near their homes, Green Finger’s Maintenance Scheme will those who have offered us refreshments no longer be needed as the Ayuntamiento and those who contribute to our buckets! will take over street cleaning etc, but until then we ask you to think about joining us, Further information is available from our even if your house is only used as a holiday Chairman, Graham on 604 253 604 or home – unfortunately the weeds don’t check our chalkboards and Facebook page. have holidays and your street still needs

A fantastic Camposol Fiesta Christmas Party – travel for 5€ from Camposol, Mazarrón evening Saturday 15th December Country Club & Condado de Alhama. was had by Join us at Hotel Costa, Mazarrón when Big all at our J Juanma and his band will be entertaining Facebook group: Search for Camposol Halloween us! Many will remember Big J and his Fiesta 2017 and click join. & BBQ band from the Fiesta in 2017. Videos can www.camposolfi esta.es Night with be viewed on our Facebook group. There Email camposolfi [email protected] Byron G at will also be Carol Singing, DJ & Disco, a E-newsletter: To join send an email The Club 3 course meal with drinks, drink vouchers camposolfi [email protected] House. and you may even see Santa! If you work, Our Friday Fiesta Stall is on Camposol B Many thanks why not get a group of colleagues together outside the Quality Restaurant between to Bill Pryor and enjoy your Christmas Party with 10.30am & 12.30pm for our us! Tickets 30€ with optional return coach scary coffi n complete with opening lid and our very own sit-up monster.

Forthcoming Events/ Trips: El Zoco Market – Sunday 2nd December Hundreds of stalls including clothes, shoes, jewellery, decorative/ artisan products, books, fruit & veg and much, much more. You will also fi nd plenty of food and drink choices for snacks or lunch.

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Aguilas that you can download. Thursday 6th – Sunday 9th December - IV www.aguilas.org Gastrogallo @ Cresta del Gallo Tel 968 493 285 – Sat Market Sunday 16th December – Free Theatrical Eleven stands will be available for food Every Saturday – Antique & Collectable Tour of Alhama and two for ice cream and pastries. Two Market near the Railway Station. From 11am from Tourist Offi ce of the food stands will be managed by 10am invited companies and the others went Lorca out to tender. Concerts in Auditorio Infanta Doña www.lorcaturismo.es Elena 8.30pm 10€ Tel 968 441 914 – Thurs Market Puerto Lumbreras - Tel 968 436 153 Friday 14th December – OSRM – Bolero & Lorca Castle – general entry 6€. Guided – Fri Market Piano Concerto for Left Hand/Prokofi ev’s Tours available in English for 4€ on Saturday 29th December 7pm – Romeo & Juliet Thursdays at 10.30am for 22€ to include Astronomy Course @ The Astronomical lunch, with special packages on Sundays. Observatory of The Cabezo De La Sunday 2nd December – Free Theatrical Check at Tourist Offi ce for full details. Jara 2.50€ (children under 10yrs free). Tour of Aguilas including steep walk to Booking at Tourist Offi ce essential. Castle (minimal entry fee) 10.30am from Week days in December – Tour of San Tourist Offi ce Patricio and Las Tres Plazas 11am Saturdays (4.30pm) & Sundays (12pm) from Tourist Offi ce Plaza de España. 10€ in December – Visit Medina Nogalte. Saturday Friday 8th December – Free (children under 12 free) Wear comfortable shoes and clothing, Guided Tour of Historical Aguilas hat, water and sun protection. 3€ in Spanish. 11am from Tourist Offi ce. Saturday 1st December – El Kanka @ (children under 10yrs free) Booking essential at Tourist Offi ce. Teatro Guerra 9pm 20€ Pay by bank transfer or deposit account (ES 12 3058 0204 15 2732000020-City Sunday 23rd December – Free 4km Friday 14th December – Three Little Council of Puerto Lumbreras). Coastal Walk Pigs @ Teatro Guerra 6.30pm 5€ The local path runs entirely through Totana the Protected Landscape of Cuatro Saturday 15th December – Free Guided www.totana.es Calas and allows you to enjoy the natural Tour of Historic Lorca (in Spanish) Tel 968 418 153 – Wed Market/Fri in and cultural areas that have made it 8.30pm from Tourist Information Point. El Pareton worthy of protection, as well as being Booking essential. Saturdays & Sundays in December - included by the European Commission in Guided Visit to La Bastida 3.40€ the Natura 2000 Network as a place of Saturday 22nd December – Free (2.50€ disc) 10am/12pm. Book at Tourist Community Interest. 10am from Playa de Theatrical Tour of Lorca 8pm from Offi ce Calarreona. Book at Tourist Offi ce. Tourist Offi ce Monday 10th December – Jungle Book Alhama de Murcia Mazarrón @ Teatro Velasco 6.30pm 12€ (10€ if http://turismo.alhamademurcia.es/ www.mazarron.es paid in advance) Tel 968 633 51 – Tues Market Tel 968 594 426 – Sat Market There are some fabulous walks in the Free Guided Tours in Mazarrón area. Saturday 15th December - Visit Theatre Sierra Espuña National Park. Visit the Tourist Offi ce or www. In The Archaeological Site of La Go to http://turismo. visitamazarron.es for full details of all Bastida 9.30am. alhamademurcia.es and click on Paths tours. This visit has the peculiarity of knowing of Sierra Espuña. You will fi nd full the site through characters that go out to details of all walks available and a map meet visitors such as the archaeologist Luis Siret, the gypsy who reproduced pieces and sold them to museums throughout Europe such as ‘El Rosao’. Argaric women and men going about their daily tasks will delight young and old on a journey through time. Visit Casa Argárica, which shows many things of our past. It is necessary to wear comfortable clothes and shoes, sunscreen, hat and take some water.

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Christmas Party – Friday 11th January There will be a bus provided from Camposol This event will be held at the Hotel Costa, and Mazarrón Country Club included in the Mazarrón Town. cost of your tickets. Members tickets are €27.50 and non-members €30. Mystery Trip With Lunch - Thursday 14th March 2019 The cost of this trip is to be advised. Tickets will be released soon.

For more information and tickets please ring Shirley on 968 956 070 or Linda on 968 956 278 or email mccsocialclub@ yahoo.co.uk

Our website is now up and running with throughout the meal. Entertainment will lots of information and photos of previous be provided by Andy Winwood (Union Gap) trips we have made. If you wish to make so that you can dance the night away. As usual there will be a Cava reception any comments, please do so on our blog As usual we will be holding our fantastic followed by a fantastic banquet meal Grand Draw with lots of fabulous prizes. www.mazarronccrsocialclub.com which comprises of 5 starters (you get all of them) main course, dessert and drinks Please read the t & c’s on our Website.

As 2018 draws to a close it is hoped Driving Licence and other documents. After was agreed that pressure would be applied that the uncertainty surrounding ‘Brexit’ that, those present were invited to talk in all avenues until the upcoming local and and the effects on Camposol expats and individually with the various representative regional elections start to dominate the homeowners that will be affected by the in order for assistance to be provided for political landscape. Another meeting with decisions made and agreed in Westminster all the issues and problems that differed the Regional Delegate and CHS President and Brussels will be made clear and the from person to person. is being planned for January. sense of limbo that has prevailed will be consigned to history. The Consul did suggest that the CRA approaches all the prospective parties in the local election to secure promises. The committee assured her that it was already being actioned.

The CRA Committee would like to wish the Association members along with all Camposol and Mazarrón residents and visitors A very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Prosperous and Peaceful New Year.

It was also pointed out that a large amount The ‘Brexit’ issue and its future of contradictory and sensationalist news consequences were the subject of an open was being published in the media which meeting on 13th November at the Camposol was misleading and confusing. The only Social Centre, held by the British Consul, point of information which is true and Sara Jane Morris. Also in attendance issued directly from the UK Government were the Vice Consul for this area Sara can be found on the www.gov.uk website Munsterhjelm, the British Embassy Brexit entering ‘UK nationals in the EU: essential specialist, the Mazarrón Mayoress, Deputy information’ or ‘/guidance/living-in-spain’ Mayor and staff from the Town Hall plus in the search box. It is also possible to the Expats in Spain Association, local sign up for ‘email alerts’ and be the fi rst charities and a contingent of Consular and to know when new information is posted. legal staff. During the meeting the Mayoress also The crux of the meeting was to provide as announced that a Council representative much information to expats as possible, so would be situated in the Social Centre they can make an informed choice about again in the next 2-3 weeks. their future. The overriding message was to make as big an administrational After the Brexit meeting, the CRA ‘footprint’ in Spain as possible. committee had a meeting with the Consul, In the fi rst 20 minutes of the meeting, the Vice Consul and staff to discuss the current Consul and Brexit Specialist explained the situation on Camposol; future contact importance of being ‘legally registered’ in with the national Delegate for Murcia; the Spain and ensuring correct registration for President of the CHS (Rivers Authority) and the Residencia, Padrón, Health System, Mazarrón Town Hall on the agenda and it

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The chatter stopped at our November members. members. Numbers are limited, so book meeting, a very unusual occurrence at the This includes a cava reception, 3 course soon to avoid disappointment. Chatterbox Ladies Group, when we all lunch, coffee and drink and the coach. listened to the fascinating memoirs of our There are still some places left, so don’t Looking ahead, our next Shopping Trip member Irene Senior Peake. Irene has miss out. Book now! is on Thursday 7th February to La Zenia been living in Camposol since 1997, one Boulevard. The cost of the coach is 10€ of the fi rst pioneers and has seen immense There are no other meetings in December, and 12€ for non-members. changes in that time. but we start the New Year on Thursday 10th January, when Debbie Gatens will be Chatterbox Ladies Group meet every The festive season is almost upon us and talking to us about Alternative Therapies. 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month (unless we will be celebrating in style, when we Bookings are already being taken for our there is a trip that day) at the Social have our Christmas lunch on Thursday 13th January Trip on Tuesday 15th when we are Centre, Camposol B at 2pm. ALL ladies are December at 12.30pm. The pick-up place taking a coach to Alhama market, leaving invited and guaranteed a warm welcome is Camposol B car park when the coach will Camposol at 9.30am. After a morning at and plenty of chatter. Don’t be alone; take us to the Amapola Restaurant in the market, we can refresh ourselves with come and meet some new friends. Bolnuevo. The lunch menu can be found on a cream tea at Chocolatte in Alhama, with our Facebook page. We will be entertained a feast of sandwiches, cakes, tea and a We would like to wish all our ladies with festive music by DJ Sean Bodie. The glass of cava, returning at 4.30pm. The past, present and future a very Happy cost is 20€ for members and 23€ for non- cost is 18€ for members and 20€ for non- and Peaceful Christmas and New Year.

October was a busy month. Biggy Marshall The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather they are thrown is unwell and is unable to get to our Morris together; the drop monthly meetings, so we took the group To quote one members thoughts, out caring for the to Biggy in Alhama. We had lunch and a “Harrowing, horrifying, shocking.... but achiever. As the fabulous chat; a fantastic few hours for us what a story of endurance, courage and story unfolds each all. It was so enjoyable we are planning a survival,” is helped by the second trip. other to rebuild This is a true story of one man’s experience their lives. November 1st meeting was, as usual, lively in the camps of Auschwitz and Belsen. animated and interesting. It was lovely to He was given the job of tattooing the be able to welcome back Jackie Webb and prisoners as they arrived at the camp. Jackie Parker both of whom had been away He met a girl called Gita and they fell in for the summer and we also had an email love and somehow that love lasted a life from Katie Batchelor time. Lale didn’t tell his life story until his beloved Gita died. He then told it to the The Wife The books we had read in October were author Heather Morris who wrote the book. Between Us by reviewed. Greer Hendricks The Last Gospel by David Gibbins Jayne had prepared the questions and This is a story of a I had researched the author, who is a Hazel researched the author. love triangle. The very experienced Archaeologist and Diver. This book had all of us talking. The book exposes the He has written several books drawing discussion moved from the horrors of war secret complexities on his experiences and expertise in both to the cruelty of nations against nations, of an enviable these fi elds. Tina asked the group some man against man. We wondered when marriage and the questions as to why we liked or didn’t like would it ever stop and what the answer is. dangerous truths the book. The general feeling was that it All nations of the world have been guilty we ignore in the wasn’t a book that was enjoyed by many of persecuting others. Family stories of name of love. members. Perhaps there was too much wartime memories were recounted. Tt historical detail or the story didn’t move was amazing to hear of other people’s fast enough. experiences. Jackie Ferris, a local writer, will To sum up, I think we were all happy to be coming along read this book and feel that we should all to talk to us about be made aware of her writing at the such stories. December meeting. She has written Novembers some short stories Choices - slightly covering Science lighter reading! Fiction, Children’s The Man I Think I Fairy Tales and Know by Mike Gayle Fantasy; quite a This is a story about variety of genres. two guys who were Her fi rst novel is at school together; historical fi ction and one an achiever; the the tale begins in other more or less a Ancient Egypt. drop out. Through circumstances Chris Leiper

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New-Found Planet May Have Life On It Encelado. helmet on a motorcycle will cost four licence Could there really be life on other planets points rather than three. and would it resemble any known species on Which of the Solar System’s planets does Earth; even the human race? Popular culture Barnard B most resemble? It’s precisely Doctors Warned Not To Prescribe has been full of inventions of extra-terrestrial the type of planet which doesn’t exist in our Metamizole To Holidaymakers Or creatures, from little green men with multiple Solar System. Barnard B is what we call a Northern Europeans eyes to white, pointy-faced Munch-style ‘Super-Earth’ – a space object larger than Research in Alicante found that certain Scream faces, but almost 50 years on from Earth but with 10 times less mass. nationalities are at risk of fatal sepsis. the moon landings, we’re still none the wiser. Metamizole, which retails as Nolotil, is taken Barnard B will orbit much smaller stars which regularly by Spaniards for mild to moderate Space scientists have been focusing mainly give out far less heat than our own sun. pain and no known serious side-effects have on Mars in recent years, but their Holy Grail Spanish scientists were joined in this massive ever been reported, but the drug is banned could be closer to home: Barnard B, a ‘Super- mission by space researchers from the UK, in the UK and a small number of mostly Earth’ discovered in November, is a mere six USA, France, Germany, Switzerland, Chile, British, but also Scandinavian patients have light years from our own planet and may Israel, China and Poland. developed life-threatening cases of a plunging well hold the key to the question we’ve been white blood cell count, causing a dangerously- asking ourselves for decades: What does life Spain Adopts ‘Nutri-Score’ Labelling for suppressed immune system. elsewhere in the universe actually look like? Supermarket Food Spain’s health ministry has launched a Agranulocytosis, produces fever, sore throat Among the 60+ researchers from 10 countries, nutritional labelling system for all food sold and stiffness and leaves the patient extremely astronomer Ignasi Ribas from Spain’s High in supermarkets, with fi ve colours and an A-E vulnerable to infection. Pneumonia, urinary Council of Scientifi c Investigation (CSIC)’s grading scale. In response to requests of fi ve tract infection and septicaemia are common Institute of Space Sciences and member of major global food and drink producers, the complications and can appear and progress the Catalunya Space Studies Institute is ‘Nutri-Score’ labels have already started to very rapidly. Nolotil should not be prescribed the main author of the reports being avidly appear on supermarket shelves. Designed for long-term pain relief; only for periods of a digested worldwide about this unexpected across the food industry, the scale is based maximum of seven days. discovery. upon universal algorithms which weigh up ‘good’ nutrients against ‘bad’ ones per 100gm Guinness Book of Records 2019 Spanish What’s it like? According to Ribas, Barnard of content and give an overall score. Entries B, named after the star it orbits, called Ana Carrasco, 21, from Cehegin, the fi rst Barnard, is at least 3.2 times the size of A sliding scale of colours from red, or grade E, woman ever to win a motorcycling world Earth and its year lasts 233 Earth days. Its which is the worst, to green or grade A, which championship, as well as the fi rst female to sun is 40% of that of our own, but the new is the healthiest, applies to each item of food, gain pole position and to win an International planet only gets 2% of the amount of light down through light green (B), yellow (C) Motorcycling Federation world championship Earth receives. Its sun is very weak and the and orange (D) gives consumers an idea of race. planet’s temperature, at least at this time of whether what they are buying has nutritional year and in the parts seen so far, it is covered value and how much and whether it contains Marc Márquez, who has only failed to win one in ice. large amounts of sugars, saturated fats, salt, world championship since his MotoGP début calories, fi bre or protein. in 2013 aged 20, has scooped up the record As yet, researchers are unsure what lies for the highest number of pole positions in beneath the ice; whether it is rocky, or less Labels will be compulsory and will be placed history. Since he started in motorcycle racing dense, like a smaller version of Neptune. on the front of all packaged groceries, but it in 2009, Márquez, now 25 and fi ve-times What they do know is that the sun Barnard is will take up to a year before labels are on all MotoGP world champion, has achieved 79 nearly twice as old as our sun; between seven foodstuffs in Spain. poles. and 10 billion years and relatively inactive. Speed Limits & Penalties Olympic swimmer Mireia Belmonte, the Barnard B sits in the so-called ‘ice line’ – an Speed limits on secondary roads will drop fastest in the world in 400mtr medley in short area within the orbit of a star where volatile from 100km/hr to 90km/hr from January as pool and in 25mtr pool, as well as in 800mtr compounds such as water condense and part of measures to cut crash deaths. Only and 1,500myr freestyle and 200mtr butterfl y. become solid, meaning it is very improbable around two in 10 fatal accidents happen the planet has water on its surface. It may on motorways. The vast majority are on Tennis ace Rafa Nadal has netted his 10th have water in the subsoil, which could be ‘B-roads’, where speed limits vary, but are Roland Garros title, making him the fi rst-ever conducive to life, despite the exceptionally normally 100km/hr. player to get into double fi gures in the same hostile conditions. Grand Slam competition. From January 2nd, cars and motorbikes will What type of life might survive in such have to stick to 90km/hr or less on ‘B-roads’ ‘Extinct’ Porpoise Seen extreme conditions? Barnard B is far from and vans, lorries, buses and coaches to A type of dolphin believed to be extinct in the what we would call an inhabitable zone. If 80km/hr. Mediterranean has been seen seven times off it does have life, it would be similar to what the Costa del Sol in recent months, according we expect would be found on Jupiter’s and Tougher penalties for using a mobile phone to the marine protection charity OceanSea. Saturn’s frozen moons, such as Europa or at the wheel will be introduced from January 2nd, costing drivers The Common or Harbour Porpoise, one of six licence points, the smallest mammals found in the sea and making this an a species that stays close to the coast, has offence comparable long been thought to have been wiped out with drink or drug- in southern Europe, but the sightings have driving, reckless shown that it continues to survive in the driving, refusing to Alborán Sea, between Almería and Eastern be breathalysed, Morocco. In the past three years, there have having speed-camera been 542 sightings of Bottlenose Dolphins detectors in the car, or and 79 of the Common or Atlantic Dolphin. driving at more than Another type of rare mammal, known as 50% above the speed the Blue-White Dolphin, Striped Dolphin or limit. Failure to use Euphrosyne Dolphin, has been seen four a seatbelt, a proper times in three years off the coasts of southern child restraint system Spain. or booster seat, or a

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The middle of winter has long been a look forward to longer days and extended religious time of celebration around the world, but hours of sunlight. and secular in Australia it’s at the start of Summer! in nature. Once the winter nights draw in, there is Christians nothing better than sitting by an open celebrate fi re with the smell of smoke! Many people Christmas have central heating fi tted, even here in Day as the Spain as it is cleaner and more convenient birthday than an open fi re, although wood or of Jesus of pellet burners are still popular. There is Nazareth, no shortage of logs in Spain as there are a spiritual so many trees from citrus to olive. Pine leader whose trees and unseasoned wood should not be teachings used on an open fi re because of the sticky form the residue that is produced when burned. basis of their religion. Christmas Day (which means “Christ’s Popular Centuries before the arrival of the man Mass”) is a holiday that is celebrated on customs include exchanging gifts, called Jesus, early Europeans celebrated December 25th throughout the Christian decorating Christmas trees, attending light and birth in the darkest days of world. It is now a huge commercial church, sharing meals with family and winter. Many people rejoiced during the phenomenon. For two millennia, people friends and, of course, waiting for Santa winter solstice, when the worst of the around the world have been observing it winter was behind them and they could with traditions and practices that are both Continued on page 53

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25th as Jesus’ birthday and it is commonly By holding at the same time Continued from page 52 Christmas believed that the church chose this date in as traditional winter solstice festivals, Claus to arrive. is a Christmas Day an effort to adopt and absorb the traditions church leaders increased the chances that national holiday in many countries including of the pagan Saturnalia festival. would be popularly embraced, Spain, although they celebrate and give Christmas but gave up the ability to dictate how it presents on Christmas Eve. Boxing Day is was called the Feast of the was celebrated. By the Middle Ages, not a holiday in Spain. Christmas Nativity and the custom spread to Egypt Christianity had, for the most part, replaced by 432 and to England by the end of the pagan religion. On , believers In the early years of Christianity, Easter was Christmas 6th Century. By the end of the 8th Century, attended church, then celebrated raucously the main holiday; the birth of Jesus was not the celebration of had spread in a drunken, carnival-like atmosphere. celebrated. In the fourth century, church Christmas to Scandinavia. Today, in the Greek, Each year, a beggar or student would be offi cials decided to institute the birth of Spanish and Russian Orthodox churches, crowned the ‘lord of misrule’ and eager Jesus as a holiday. Unfortunately, the Bible is celebrated 13 days after celebrants played the part of his subjects. does not mention the date for his birth (a Christmas the 25th, which is also referred to as the The poor would go to the houses of the fact Puritans later pointed out in order to Epiphany or . This is the rich and demand their best food and drink. deny the legitimacy of the celebration). Three Kings Day day it is believed that the three wise men If owners failed to comply, their visitors Although some evidence suggests that his fi nally found Jesus in the manger. would most likely terrorize them with birth may have occurred in the spring (why mischief. became the time of would shepherds be herding in the middle Christmas year when the upper classes could repay of winter?). Pope Julius I chose December their real or imagined ‘debt’ to society by entertaining less fortunate citizens. Now of course it has become very commercialised with more thought about presents rather than the actual meaning of Christmas.

Almost every church has special services or celebrations. The Crib It is the custom in many churches to set up a crib (or creche) scene of the Nativity or

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Continued from page 53 Advent This is represented by a wreath of leaves birth of Jesus. The fi rst scene of this type of ivy and holly, with 4 (or sometimes 5) was set up by St Francis of Assisi in the candles in it which is hung up in a church. 13th Century. The candles are lit on each Sunday in Advent, and the central candle is lit on Christmas morning. Churches are often decked with green branches and leaves.

Many cities and towns celebrate Christmas by putting up decorations which may include Christmas lights. Many large cities put up a huge Christmas tree in a public place. This is often combined with an appeal to the people of the city to give money or gifts to help the poor and Nativity Scenes needy. Shopping hours are often longer These can be large with life-sized statues, before and shop windows are or they can be tiny enough to fi t in a Christmas often decorated with scenes matchbox. They are made of many Carols by Candlelight Christmas A popular tradition in many churches is and entertainment for children such as different things including carved and the Carol Service which is often lit only by Santa Claus. There may be painted wood, brightly coloured ceramics, Christmas candles and has lots of singing and Bible parades, street entertainment and painted paper glued to boards and readings. There are often Nine Lessons concerts. Pantomimes are often acted out mixtures of material with clay, wood, cloth, and Carols with Bible readings. For those at time and many children’s straw and metal used for different parts. In Christmas unable to attend, one of these services is movies are released during the Spain a lot of thought is put into the Belens Christmas recorded in a large English Church, often season. (Nativity Scenes) and these can be viewed King’s College Chapel, Cambridge and is throughout December. broadcast on radio and television. Continued on page 55

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junior member of the household 13. Which is the most popular ornament Continued from page 54 staff at ‘10 Downing Street’ in used to place at the top of the Because many people feel very lonely, which Christmas-themed fi lm? Christmas tree? hungry and sad at Christmas, many cities, churches, charities and service 4. Where did Del and Rodney go on 14. Who was the star of the Christmas organisations try to help the poor and holiday in a 1991 Only Fools and movie Jingle All the Way? lonely by providing Christmas food and Horses Christmas special? 15. What was the name of the animated gifts for poor families and Christmas parties for people who are hungry or who 5. Which song reached the number Christmas movie featuring Tom are lonely and without any friends or one slot twice, in 1975 and 1991? Hanks? family. 6. In Victorian England who were 16. Which Christmas food is it popularly called robins because of considered good luck to eat one of their red uniforms? on each of the 12 days of Christmas? 7. Which pantomime character 17. How do you say “Merry Christmas” marries Alice Fitzwarren? in Spanish? 8. In which British city is The 18. How many reindeer drive Santa Christmas Market and Craft Fair - Claus’ sleigh (counting Rudolph)? it’s the largest such market outside Germany and Austria? 19. Who once stole Christmas? 9. Popular in Victorian England at 20. Which was the fi rst country to issue Christmas and also appearing in the a Christmas postage stamp? Christmas Quiz Dickens’ story A Christmas Carol, 1. Which two of Father Christmas’s what is ‘Smoking Bishop’? reindeers are named after the 10. ‘One More Sleep’ is a song recorded weather? by which British singer? 2. Christmas Island, a territory of 11. How many points does a snowfl ake the Commonwealth of Australia, is traditionally have? located in which ocean? 12. Which country does St. Nicholas 3. Martine McCutcheon plays a new originally belong to? Continued on page 56

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On the 5th day of Christmas my true love crying babies, 2 bras Continued from page 55 gave to me And a dry brown Christmas tree. 5 EXTRA POUNDS, 4 credit cards, 3 crying babies, 2 bras On the 11th day of Christmas my true And a dry brown Christmas tree. love gave to me 11 shoppers fi ghting, 10 cars a honking, 9 On the 6th day of Christmas my true love broken presents, gave to me 8 bags a missing, 7 Christmas parties, 6 6 crazy in-laws, 5 EXTRA POUNDS, 4 crazy in-laws, credit cards, 3 crying babies, 2 bras 5 EXTRA POUNDS, 4 credit cards, 3 crying And a dry brown Christmas tree. babies, 2 bras And a dry brown Christmas tree. On the 7th day of Christmas my true love 12 Crazy Days of Christmas gave to me On the 12th day of Christmas my true On the 1st day of Christmas my true love 7 Christmas parties, 6 crazy in-laws, 5 love gave to me gave to me EXTRA POUNDS, 4 credit cards, 3 crying 12 chocolate cookies, 11 shoppers A dry, brown Christmas tree. babies, 2 bras fi ghting, 10 cars a honking, And a dry brown Christmas tree. 9 broken presents, 8 bags a missing, 7 On the 2nd day of Christmas my true love Christmas parties, gave to me On the 8th day of Christmas my true love 6 crazy in-laws, 5 EXTRA POUNDS, 4 2 bras and a dry brown Christmas tree. gave to me credit cards, 3 crying babies, 2 bras 8 bags a missing, 7 Christmas parties, 6 And a dry brown Christmas tree. On the 3rd day of Christmas my true love crazy in-laws, gave to me 5 EXTRA POUNDS, 4 credit cards, 3 crying 3 crying babies, 2 bras and a dry brown babies, 2 bras Christmas tree. And a dry brown Christmas tree. On the 4th day of Christmas my true love On the 9th day of Christmas my true love gave to me gave to me 4 credit cards, 3 crying babies, 2 bras, 9 broken presents, 8 bags a missing, 7 And a dry brown Christmas tree. Christmas parties, 6 crazy in-laws, 5 EXTRA POUNDS, 4 credit cards, 3 crying babies, 2 bras and a dry From The Polar Express Movie brown Christmas Children, sleeping. tree. Snow is softly falling. Dreams are calling, On the 10th day of Like bells in the distance. Christmas my true We were dreamers, love gave to me Not so long ago. 10 cars a honking, 9 But one by one, we broken presents, 8 All had to grow up. bags a missing, 7 Christmas parties, When it seems the magic slipped away... 6 crazy in-laws, 5 We fi nd it all again on Christmas Day. EXTRA POUNDS, 4 credit cards, 3 Continued on page 57

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Believe. Sleigh bells in the air; Continued from page 56 beauty everywhere; Believe in what your heart is saying, If you just believe. yuletide by the fi reside Hear the melody that’s playing. If you just believe. and joyful memories there. There’s no time to waste, If you just believe...just believe...just There so much to celebrate. believe. Christmas time is here; Believe in what you feel inside, we’ll be drawing near; Give your dreams the wings to fl y. From The Charlie Brown Christmas oh that we could always see You have everything you need, if you just such spirit through the year, believe. such spirit through the year. Trains move quickly To their journey’s end. Destinations... Are where we begin again. Ships go sailing, Far across the sea. Trusting starlight, To get where they need to be.

When it seems that we have lost our way... We fi nd ourselves again on Christmas Special Christmas time is here, Day. happiness and cheer, Spongebob Squarepants fun for all that children Bring joy to the world; it’s the thing to do Believe in what your heart is saying, call their favourite time of year. But the world does not revolve around Hear the melody that’s playing you There’s no time to waste, Snowfl akes in the air, Don’t be a jerk There so much to celebrate. carols everywhere, It’s Christmas Believe in what you feel inside, olden times and ancient rhymes And give your dreams the wings to fl y. and love and dreams to share. There’s a sign above the line that says You have everything you need, if you just Continued on page 58

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It’s Christmas Next year I’ll be going straight; Continued from page 57 Don’t be a jerk (don’t be a jerk) Next year I’ll be good, just wait ‘Express’ It’s Christmas I’d start now, but it’s too late; That means ten items or less Somebody snitched on me. Don’t be a jerk (don’t be a jerk) Nuttin For Christmas It’s Christmas So you better be good whatever you do ‘Cause if you’re bad, I’m warning you, Be nice to babies and animals, old folks You’ll get nuttin’ for Christmas. too Cuz that’s how you’d like them to treat you Christmas Quiz Answers 1. Donner and Blitzen (‘thunder’ and Use turn signals, don’t screen my calls ‘lightning’ in German) Don’t you wreck the house when you deck the halls 2. Indian Ocean

Spit your gum where it won’t wind up on 3. Love Actually I broke my bat on Johnny’s head; my shoe Somebody snitched on me. 4. Miami, Florida Squeeze toothpaste from the bottom of I hid a frog in sister’s bed; the tube. 5. Bohemian Rhapsody Somebody snitched on me. Don’t be a jerk (don’t be a jerk) I spilled some ink on Mommy’s rug; 6. Postmen It’s Christmas I made Tommy eat a bug; 7. Dick Whittington Bought some gum with a penny slug; It’s Christmas! Somebody snitched on me. 8. Birmingham When others are talking never interrupt Oh, I’m getting’ nuttin’ for Christmas 9. A type of mulled wine Don’t put people down or leave the toilet Mommy and Daddy are mad. seat up 10. Leona Lewis I’m getting nuttin’ for Christmas It’s the time for family and holly and ‘Cause I ain’t been nuttin’ but bad. 11. Six turkey ‘Tis the season to be jolly not jerky (jolly 12. Turkey I put a tack on teacher’s chair not jerky) Somebody snitched on me. 13. Angel I tied a knot in Susie’s hair Don’t dig in the cereal box for goodness Somebody snitched on me. 14. Arnold Schwarzenegger sakes I did a dance on Mommy’s plants Take the prize and leave me nothing but 15. The Polar Express climbed a tree and tore my pants fl akes Filled the sugar bowl with ants 16. Mince Pies Don’t be a jerk (don’t be a jerk) somebody snitched on me. It’s Christmas 17. Feliz Navidad So, I’m getting’ nuttin’ for Christmas 18. Nine Santa brought nearly every gift on your Mommy and Daddy are mad. list I’m getting’ nuttin’ for Christmas 19. The Grinch Why whine about the one that he missed? ‘Cause I ain’t been nuttin’ but bad. Don’t be a jerk (don’t be a jerk) 20. Canada It’s Christmas I won’t be seeing Santa Claus; Somebody snitched on me. It’s Christmas! He won’t come visit me because Somebody snitched on me. Don’t be a jerk (don’t be a jerk)

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First and Halloween learning diffi culties from the Early Learning foremost was Development section. Present at the talk let us at amazing; the were the Mayoress of Alhama, Director of Cavalli best event Social Services and the Psychologist of Foundation of the year. the Early Learning Development section. wish you The kids Parents and members of the Council are all a very had a great very happy with the results so far and are Merry time and the thrilled to be able to continue this service Christmas animals all to the public. and a joined in with Happy New their usual Cavalli Foundation President, Veronica Year! enthusiasm. Campillo Knowles and Education Expert, The next Reina Candeal Esteban, have just taken As always best event part in the presentation of projects for the the number of the year is annual distribution of public funds. one priority Christmas at Cavalli which is just Animal Chat is an interesting Cavalli is the health Merry Christmas and a around the proposition to promote an animal-assisted and well- Happy New Year from Tinker Halloween - Sophie and Betsy corner. Plans language interchange between Spanish being of our and all of us at Cavalli helping Hugo on India are now people and English speaking residents in rescue animals. At the moment they’re being made for the Christmas Camp and the region. Amongst the other projects taking their supplements recently delivered Party. Provisional dates for the holiday presented by Cavalli are: from Pony Club days are as follows: 24th, 26th, Horse Assisted Therapy for women who Germany 27th, 28th and 31st December; 2nd, 3rd and have suffered gender related violence to offset 4th January with two possible Camps, ABC Canino an aid to learning to read and sniffles, the fi rst on 6th, 7th and 8th December; the write using the help of our dogs. upset second being 2nd, 3rd and 4th January. Animal Assisted Interaction between the tummies, elderly and school children. aches and pains and, A wonderful end to a very special year, in general, 2018! to help them through the The New Year is bringing with it plenty of winter cold surprises for Cavalli friends and followers. spell; our For more information about our horse aim being to riding activities and projects, if you would make sure like to be a Cavalli Volunteer, or if you they are would like to know more about Christmas healthy and Pony Club Days and Camps, please Cavalli Horses happy. contact us on: infocavallifoundation@ Happy and Healthy Cavalli talk with Mayoress of Alhama gmail.com, click on Facebook, or call us on 0034 636 172 198 At the beginning of Old META Riding Centre November Cavalli Los Ventorrillos Therapy Team gave La Costera de Alhama a talk in the Casa de Cultura of Alhama Looking forward to seeing you! Council to explain the extension of their current project, (Grants from Alhama Social Services to continue the good work started earlier this year) - Horse Assisted Therapy for small children with

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It’s Iraq, but not as we know it! Chatting with a local, he asked me where I’d fi nally arrived at my hotel in Erbil, Iraqi I was from and when I explained I was Kurdistan at 5am, twenty-two hours after British, he was mightily impressed! Now I’d left my friend’s house in Richmond here’s the thing, which I will come back London. The last part of my journey, from to in the coming months - it is very easy the airport, had been in the back of an open to sit in the comfort of an armchair in the truck. The Kurdish Peshmerga fi ghters at West and criticise the Iraq war. I’ve done their roadblocks didn’t quite know what to it myself and many still do to this day. If make of that sight! you feel that way and I don’t blame you, I would say come here and ask the Kurdish The Citadel Technically people what they think. You’ll hear no anti- I’m not British or American talk. Outside most The Citadel, a world heritage site, sits right actually hotels you’ll see coalition fl ags proudly in the middle of Erbil City. It is thought staying in fl ying. that humans fi rst inhabited the Citadel as long ago as 5000 BC. Over the years it’s Erbil; I’m in a small Remember, we set up ‘no-fl y-zones’ to been populated by such peoples as the suburb, four protect the Kurds from Saddam. The Kurds Babylonians and the Assyrians. It was kilometres have much to say about what they suffered also captured by the Mongols and Muslims. away, a at this man’s hands. Sure, the Kurds are As well as houses, this ancient ‘town’ also place called critical of much of the past few years; ISIS housed Mosques, schools, a Hammam Ankawa, and how international politics have played and believe it or not, a Jewish synagogue. which out in their country, but that said, they are Astonishingly, people lived up here, until believe it or very pro the West. Oh, how I’d love for a 2007; around 800 families. Remarkable! not, even hardcore anti-war Westerner to come here Perched atop a rocky hill, it looks down though I’m in and tell the millions of highly intelligent upon modern Erbil with I would say Iraq and you Kurds that the West was totally wrong to authority. are thinking take out Saddam. Believe me, it would of Saddam, make for a reality-check conversation. I passed two security men who fi rst wars, ISIS checked my passport and up the steep path I walked. There was no-one else up and Islam “We are Kurds. We are not Iraqis. We there apart from me. Wow, what views, – Ankawa Statue of Christ in Ankawa are not Arabs. Don’t forget this” I was is Christian. Only two hours’ drive away told on more than one occasion. but due to the on-going renovations though is Mosul, or what’s left of it. to restore it to its former glory, there’s nothing to do up there. Currently the best Innocent Muslims, Christians and Yazidi’s There’s money here; lots of it and oil; thing about it is actually looking up at it have been brutally slaughtered here by lots of it. ISIS. They may have been heroically Is this the reason that Baghdad does and then the stunning views looking down defeated only last year, but I had been well not want Kurdistan to ever become an onto Erbil itself. Still, I wandered around, warned; ISIS fi ghters are still very much independent state? It certainly has to be trying to imagine what it would have been around, but much more about this in the one of the main factors I reckon. Price of like to have actually lived up there a few coming months. petrol? Less than 50p a litre. thousand years ago, in this heat without Continued on page 63

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where four huge cow’s heads very recently beer. How is this possible? Well, Ankawa Continued from page 62 parted from the rest of their bodies lay which is a little Christian enclave, has electricity and air con. It will be stunning with eyes wide open staring back at me. shops that are allowed to sell beer. No- once they have fi nished the renovations. I (Obviously highly prized cow’s heads.) one is batting an eye lid at me with my just hope with all my heart that they don’t The two women really were going for it, beer. Locals are simply going about their then advertise it as an international tourist but the seller didn’t seem keen to drop his business. No-one is criticising or scolding attraction and fi ll this ancient enchanting price. With me looking nothing like a Kurd me for not being ‘one of them.’ Very place with shops, cafés and Wi-Fi. or an Arab, surprisingly one of the women tolerant are the Kurdish people! turned to me and started jabbering away in Kurdish. She was going for it big time This, in my opinion, is how it should be the and using her hands to point at the heads world over. LALL - ‘Live and Let Live’ and at me and the seller. She seemed to should be the mantra for all of mankind. think I understood everything and seemed Extremists of all faiths and nationalities to be telling me that the price was way too enrage me. If you can’t handle the fact high and how much would I pay? I played that someone is Jewish or Hindu or a non- along and kept nodding my head and believer, or American or gay or Buddhist scratching my chin as if in deep thought or whatever, then it’s your problem, not with her on the price regarding fresh cows’ theirs. Such people who judge, scold and heads. She then suddenly stopped talking even hate entire groups of others who are Side streets, not so pretty and seemed to be in the process of making different from them, really need to go and a decision, so just before I walked away, I get counselling. Back down at street level, I stumbled into tapped her on the shoulder. She turned to huge street markets which were selling me and I said in English, “Aye, you’ll need I was heading south, much to see, much absolutely everything; all manner of a big pot missus if you’re gonna make soup to explore, much to learn about what the imported goods, kitchenware, household with that.” Kurdish people really did go through under goods, lots of sweets, lots of clothes and the Saddam years…. many fake designer labels by the look of it. I don’t know why, because it always turns my stomach, but nonetheless, I am always drawn towards the meat market. I guess it’s because it’s real life; real people buying and selling real food; the cornerstone of life. Food markets are always the beating heart of any place I visit. I ventured deep into the meat section, as I’ve mentioned before - most defi nitely not for the faint hearted - carcasses hung on hooks outside butchers stalls as men expertly stripped Local Kurds in the market them, lots of live things in cages; ducks, It may have been only 10am, but with rabbits, you name it, goats and turkeys the temperature already getting close to tied by the legs lying on the roads. I’m 40 degrees, I took refuge outside a small never happy seeing that. It never makes covered tea/hookah shop. Fresh, piping for pleasant viewing, but like when I was in hot black tea, with three unasked for the animal market in Amman Jordan, it is sugars, was quickly placed in front of me - not my country or culture, so not my place surprisingly refreshing in this baking heat. to tell these folks how we think it should be done. Or is it? Later that evening – although I’m offi cially I walked on and was drawn towards a in Iraq, a predominantly Muslim country large open truck, much like the one I with ISIS fi ghters, although not in control arrived in from the airport. Two women of nearby Mosul since last year, they are were haggling loudly with the owner. What still around. I am sitting on the little patio on earth where they haggling over? Up I outside my hotel, sipping a can of ice-cold went and peered into the back of the truck

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December is the time for rejoicing and The culture trail continues with a prominent kiosk-bar offering a great menu. refl ecting. You have survived another year exhibition tracing 500 years of religious Open each weekend 10am-5pm. (weekdays - did you make the best of all opportunities mysticism through works of art presented at prior booking required). Tel 968 069 202 available to you? Embrace the spirit of the the former church of the Compania de Jesus. Mon-Fri 9am-3pm season and enjoy the festivities around the The renowned sculptor Francisco Salzillo Email [email protected] region – be inclusive with those you know and exhibits his restored fi gure of the Virgen del www.cotodelasmaravillas.com those you don’t know. Happy Christmas! 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Take a look at Falcotrail on encapsulating prehistoric to medieval styles www.turismocalasparra.es Facebook for more information. and worthy of its UNESCO World Heritage T: 968 745 325 Market Fri status. More info and cost: Sunday Artisan Market at the Sanctuary Saturday 15th – Free Historic Guided Tour www.turismomoratalla.com of La Esperanza – check online for the date/ (in Spanish). See the old quarter and its [email protected] time. churches and concludes with a visit to the Tel 696 807 037 wine school and buy wines from the D.O. CARAVACA Bullas. 11.15am from Plaza del Castillo. Pre- MULA www.turismocaravaca.org book at Tourist Offi ce. www.mula.es T: 968 702 424 Market Mon T: 968 661 501 Market Sat Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th – Medieval Sunday 23rd – Car Boot Sale at Park Ginés Thursday 6th – Free Guided Visit (in Market with over 200 stalls with artisan de Paco at the bottom of Gran Vía. To book at Spanish) to the prehistoric site of Abrigo el goods, gifts, food and visual entertainment Tourist Offi ce 1€/mtr. Milano is unfortunately fully booked but you of jugglers, costumed artisans, hand- can ask to go on the waiting list. Used as crafted demonstrations, all accompanied Sunday 30th - El Mesoncico Artisan Market a burial site from the Eneolithic period, it by medieval music. Ideal for inspirational in Plaza del Castillo in the old town. 60+ also contains rock art of the era. Contact the Christmas gifts. Located in the old quarter, craftsmen of the area display products such tourist offi ce for detail. the market spreads over the streets of Los as cured meats, hams, pottery, cakes, wines, Monjas, Mayor and Rafael Tejeo and offers cheeses, etc. Free parking at the Marble Sunday 9th - Artisan Market dedicated to something for all family members. Technology Centre in Carretera Murcia. local sweets and pastries and hand-made December market includes traditional music craft products, gifts and treats. 10am-2pm in Saturday 8th – Medieval Tournament 5pm from the best country groups (Cuadrillas). Las 4 Plazas in the Old Quarter. in the bullring. Tickets 7.50€ in advance from Tourist Offi ce or on the door. Parking Archaeological See of Begastri open Sunday 9th – Guided Theatrical Tour 3€ (in by the sports ground or by the Salon de for tours on Saturdays & Sundays at Spanish). 11.30am from the Convent of San Celebraciones accessed from the Moratalla 10.10am/11.15am/12.20pm. 2€. Begins Francisco. Booking at Tourist Offi ce advised. Road. with a video presentation followed by a guided tour to see the remains of the Iberian Sundays (excluding 2nd) - Free Guided Tour Sunday 16th – Free Guided Tour (Spanish) culture before the IV century B.C. of the Roman Villa site of Villaricos, one of - Explore the beauty of Caravaca’s history. the best preserved agricultural villas from 1.5 hours. 11am from the Castle and Basilica The Eco Park (Tourism Activity Park) ‘Coto the Roman province of Hispania. 45min tour through the old quarter and fi nish at the de las Maravillas’ has activities for all the 10.30am from the motorway exit in the Plaza del Templete. Info boards in English family and all ages including zip lines, Carretera del Embalse de la Cierva. From and some guides may speak English. Book archery, nature walks etc. They can also host the RM-15 take the turning for Mula and at Tourist Offi ce. events. There is a campsite, BBQ area and then immediately right at the roundabout

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El Cigarralejo museum and the Casa Saturday 8th – Piano Concertos composed Several cycles of musical events are held at Pinatada have several new exhibitions. by Bach, Liszt and Tchaikovsky. Prize-winning the Auditorio throughout the year. For only More info at Tourist Offi ce. pianists from 4th edition of the CLAMO Region 36€, you can enjoy six fun musical events of Murcia international competition perform for the family, one per month on a Sunday at MURCIA with the OSRM under the baton of Gonzalo midday which started 14th October. Detailed www.turismodemurcia.es T Berna Pic. 7pm Tickets 10€ & 30€. ticket information from the box offi ce or tel : 968 358 749 968 343 080 Free Monthly Organ Recitals in selected Sunday 9th – Musical Comedy Concerto cathedrals and churches to June 2019. The a Tempo D’Umore - classical music, fi lm YECLA Iglesia del Convento de Dominicas de Santa soundtracks and mime with twelve musicians, www.turismo.yecla.es Ana hosts Carlos Arturo Guerra on Thursday directed by Jordi Purti. Pre-concert activities T: 968 754 104 Market Wed 20th December playing the 1763 instrument. from 11.15am when performers interact Saturday 1st – Free Guided Evening Tour with youngsters. 12pm. 10€ or discount for (in Spanish) of the fi esta preparations. 5pm Events @ Auditorio Victor Villegas: (info/ season ticket holders. at the Castle Sanctuary to prepare the Virgen booking available 9am-2pm at box offi ce or de la Purisima to be carried down into the tel 968 343 080) Thursday 20th-22nd – The Nutcracker, by town. Visit Museo Mariano which exhibits Saturday 1st – The Murcia pop group Maldita Spanish Compania Nacional de Danza items relating to the annual fi estas. Book at Nerea with OSRM perform orchestral and OSRM. The year 1910 is the focus Tourist Offi ce. arrangements from their many hits including with dreams based on the adaptation of their fi rst successful album El Secreto de las ETA Hoffmann’s story by Marius Petipa, Friday 7th – Free Guided Tour, after the Tortugas. 9pm. 20€-38€ choreographed by Jose Carlos Martinez. Virgen, accompanied by thousands of people 8pm. with tickets at 25€/35€/45€/70€ and to the sound of foot soldiers fi ring Sunday 2nd – Classical Music Followed arquebuses, an early form of musket, is by Jazz with Tapas and Drink 12pm with Sunday 23rd – Classical Clarinet Music brought to the Basilica in town. 11am by the Duo Valero-Gomez performing pieces by with Jesus Carrasco & Cuarteto Saravasti Basilica. Book at Tourist Offi ce. Spanish composers, followed at 1.15pm by performing Debussy, Ravel & Mozart. the trio Melo and then tapas and drink! 15€. 7.30pm. 12€ (6€ for student card holders). Saturday 22nd & Sunday 30th - Free Guided Evening Tour (in Spanish) - see festive Thursday 6th – Midday Concert with Banda Sunday 23rd – Frozen Tribute Show 12pm. lights and decorations, belenes (nativity Sinfonica. 3€ 75 minutes of music of the best known scenes) with traditional Murcian carols. 7pm. songs, a new short fi lm and songs from other Book at info at Tourist Offi ce. children’s fi lms. 15€ over 1yr.

The Mobile Phone; not just a life- reality we all live in: the age of smartphones. new phase of shorter and smaller creatures. threatening device. In other words, coming from Homo erectus It appears that in Sweden, the authorities are This traffi c sign warns drivers that they are and sapiens and having arrived today to incorporating a new road traffi c sign warning entering a high density pedestrian zone Homo technologicus, are we perhaps entering drivers that they are entering a ‘texting where users might be staring at their hand- a new stage where our necks will curve again pedestrian’ zone. held devices. What is remarkable is that these for good due to technology? creative designers installed the fi rst units of For many years, mobile phones have been these road signs in the Swedish capital ‘off Maite Navarro Abellán proved to save lives, given that the increase their own bat’ and at their own expense, Escuela Ofi cial de Idiomas de Molina de of mobile phone users in society means that garnering so much media attention that the Segura emergencies can be reported quicker in the authorities have fi nally incorporated them event of an accident, yet the addiction to into the Swedish road code. Consequently, we mobile phones is something serious to the see the country full of warning traffi c signs point that people’s lives could be at stake. taking the shape of a regular triangle with a white background, a thick red border and Am I exaggerating? two black fi gures of what would be a woman No, I don’t think so, unless you choose not and a man with their heads down gazing at to walk around the streets looking at your their gadgets, basically with, as we call it mobile phone as if there was no tomorrow. In nowadays, ‘text necks’. Madrid, for instance, the police have already sounded a warning bell in the face of the growth of road accidents arising from this type of situation. What is more, a study from the British Medical Journal puts the blame for more than 20% of current collisions on the carelessness of these ‘Homos technologicus’ or, I should say, ‘technological pedestrians’.

Funnily enough, Jacob Sempler, a Swedish advertising creative executive, was close to swelling these ranks while he was walking around Stockholm city centre with his eyes down to; well, you know what, it was like a catharsis for him. After checking, he actually came out unscathed. He called his business The fi rst time I saw this new sign in a magazine partner Emil Tiisman and together they I could not help but wonder whether the shape designed a traffi c sign in keeping with the of the human body was evolving towards a

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At last the arrival of the cooler weather He led us up a deep and mainly dry sierra whereas we were aiming downhill means that we’ve been able to start our barranco where we had to clamber up to the east. Thankfully we were safe to walking season in earnest. On October waterfalls and over rockfalls and other continue without running the risk of being 27th, Carla and Douwe took us to the obstacles. It was very sad to see the black shot. Cañón de Almadenes on the Segura River remains of the extensive fi re that had between Calasparra and Cieza. We always been started by arsonists in the area a few know that we’ll have an adventure on one years ago. Subsequently many fallen trees of their walks and through no fault of their have been repositioned in order to prevent own, this occasion was no exception. They further potential erosion. We walked past had organised everything perfectly: in the archaeological digs, through tunnels in the middle part of their route we would split seemingly impenetrable foliage where we into two smaller groups where Douwe found hidden caves that we had to climb up would lead one group on the narrow climb into and others, down in to. At some time down into the gorge and for people like in the walk three Spanish cavers/potholers me, who felt a bit anxious about the very joined us and delighted in disappearing steep and infamous section, Carla would down what seemed like rabbit holes to take a less scary diversion. They’d invited our uninitiated eyes. We scrambled a lot a local person to join us and he made it and at times needed all 5 points of contact very clear before we set off, that if there (hands, feet and rear end) to gain access Snack was rain then nobody would be entering to these fascinating secret places and the With a total distance of about 10km this the gorge. Apparently, the narrow path experience had us giggling like the children is not a long route, but erosion since the on the deep and steep sides becomes we’d once been. Fantastic! Unrepeatable! recent rains had left some sections needing dangerously slippery - and that’s without greater agility than on previous occasions mentioning the horizontally suspended and the loose gravel, particularly on some iron ladder with no handholds! This is downhill stretches of the Senda de Los defi nitely not a place for people who suffer Forestales, required some impressively from vertigo! And rain it certainly did. nifty footwork. Thankfully, everybody was However, this did not spoil our fun because wearing appropriate footwear so we didn’t Pepe’s local knowledge was extensive and leave too much blood behind as evidence! he treated us to a safe (but certainly not We’re a tough lot and all obeyed the ‘no tame) alternative. whingeing allowed’ rule, so were permitted a brief snack before starting the long return route via the Rambla de Charrara. Nearing the end, we climbed the two long zigzags out of the rambla in order to start our return to Bar La Carmen – the place to fi nd some of the tastiest cuisine in the area.

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Our third outing of the season on Saturday 10th November was very tame by comparison, but enjoyable nonetheless. A last-minute hitch required a change to Stormy the planned programme, but this allowed Martin and I the chance to show an old favourite to some of the newer members. The news at Bar La Carmen in the Campo de Ricote where we met was a little unwelcome – the hunters were shooting wild boar that day and the mountain had been closed off the night before! (Note Rambla to self – check the CARM website before The next planned walks will all be on winter walks). Luckily, on closer discussion Saturdays: it turned out that the hunters were going December 1st Cehegín into the higher point of the west of the December 8th Otos December 15th Bullas

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Grumble, grumble, grumble! being one of my few virtues. I can’t pay His plan of Salvation into the world to be I hear so many the plumber until the bank transfer gets sacrifi ced for our weakness, selfi shness Brits grumbling sorted out; deep breath, no mi culpa, or and stupidity. Joy to the World - well my about things here is it? world would be pretty dark without Jesus in sunny Spain. Christ in the centre of it. I try to restrict Having just done a Remembrance Service, my moaning to I feel guilty about all my small grumbles I am here in Calasparra, contactable at important matters, compared to the men and women who [email protected] or on 634 386 like my bank who gave their today for my tomorrow. 179. Please do contact me for details of I have been trying services and where my chapel is situated, to contact all By the time you read this (if you bother!) or just for a chat. You never know, you afternoon about a it will soon be Christmas. Wish you a good might cheer me up! simple national transfer. one. The babe who came into the world wasn’t British, or white and He certainly PS - Bank transfer to plumber just gone I am delighted to tell you that our oil- didn’t arrive in that stable in Bethlehem through (6th attempt) and house is lovely fi red central heating is now installed and on 25th December. Light of the World came and warm. Bank rang back, but I’d already working perfectly; via remote control even, down into darkness. Boy, it hasn’t got any sorted the transfer. See, there is a God!! although the plumber nearly caused me to brighter since. Maybe the trouble is that blow a gasket when he kept disappearing we hear about everything more or less Christmas blessings to you. Make it a for days on end with no Whatsapp instantly, good or bad. good one. messages of explanation! I do rejoice in the good stuff though; all the ‘Bye for now I keep telling myself ‘Stay calm, all will be good people helping others. There is a lot Rev Andrew well’. It doesn’t help though; patience not of love in the world, thank God. He brought

Try Something Different! The dumplings and rice noodle rolls contain Bar Yan in Calasparra now has a selection a range of ingredients, including beef, A traditional Dim Sum includes various of Dim Sum. chicken, pork, prawns, and vegetarian types of steamed buns/dumplings such as: options. Many Dim Sum restaurants also Sau Mai (4.50€ for 10 pieces) – stuffed Dim Sum is a style of Chinese cuisine offer plates of steamed green vegetables, whims fi lled with pork, rice and mushrooms (particularly Cantonese) prepared as small roasted meats and soups. Shia Chiao (4.95€ for 10 pieces) – bite-sized portions of food served in small dumplings stuffed with shrimps and steamer baskets or on small plates. bamboo shoots Siau Long Pao (4.50€ for 10 pieces) – Dim Sum dishes are usually served dumplings fi lled with pork and pakchoi with tea and together form a full tea Kuotie (3.25€) – fried dumpling with meat brunch. They are traditionally served as & vegetables fully cooked, ready-to-serve dishes. In Steamed or Fried Combination Platters Cantonese teahouses, carts with Dim Sum – (3.95€/4.95€) will be served around the restaurant for diners to order from without leaving their You can still order your traditional Chinese seats. In Hong Kong and many Chinese food from Bar Yan either to eat in or as a cities and towns, restaurants start serving take-away. They have an amazing choice Dim Sum as early as fi ve in the morning. Dim Sum are normally cooked by steaming from soup to curry and their Menu del It is traditional for the elderly to gather and frying. The serving sizes are usually Dia is fantastic value at only 6.50€ with a to eat Dim Sum after morning exercises. small and normally served as three or choice of 14 main dishes. However, in modern society, it has become four pieces in one dish. It is customary to commonplace for restaurants to serve Dim order family style, sharing dishes among Tel 658 602 066 Sum at dinner time and items are sold as all members of the dining party. Because take-out for students and offi ce workers on of the small portions, people can try a wide the go. variety of food.

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I am so happy now because Christmas is ready to go and at only 12 years old has many injections nearly here and it really is my favourite time happy years ahead of him in the right loving which would of year. However, we have had an emotional environment. However, Mota did come with help her enjoy past few weeks after losing two of our her problems and yet again arthritis was her twilight equines which has hit us particularly hard. the culprit. Having been here before with years. I had Blossom, we knew what her treatment was a phone call Blossom had chronic arthritis and endured a going to be - very strong anti-infl ammatory to say Mota hard working life with very little respite. She was down and was a happy girl, enjoying her twilight years struggling to with us and responded well to treatment. get up. It The bad weather made her arthritis worse took 4 strong and then she slipped and couldn’t get up. men to try Despite all our efforts, we had to let her go; and get her to heartbroken does not even come close to her feet but how we are feeling. to no avail. 5 hours later We welcomed two more equines from the the poor girl Perrera - Mota a beautiful white mare and had no more a cheeky little pony who at only fi ght in her. Indio Indio, a beautiful boy now available for R.I.P. Mota 110cms would make a perfect companion. We had to adoption Castrated, chipped and passported he is make the agonising decision to let her go. So our lovely Blossom now has her new friend Mota with her. We are truly heartbroken - you both now have your wings. Gallop free over the Rainbow Bridge. RIP Blossom and Mota.

Now for some good news! Dulce with her 7 puppies are doing just great - just one now to home!!

Our beautiful puppy Buttons, now known as Bobby, has been rehomed locally and comes back to visit us in the shop and he is doing just great. One of the puppies still in need of a home This month we even rescued a cockatiel with a broken wing. Our vets worked their magic and he will need a home in a few weeks.

‘Tis the season to be jolly falalalalalala ooh la!a!!!! We will be holding our annual Mulled Wine and Mince Pies on Camposol B car park Monday 17th December from 11.30am- 1.30pm. Come and meet some of the gang and enjoy some festive cheer with us. It’s our way of saying Thank you for all your support over the year, so pop and say hello. Don’t forgot your carrots and apples! The donkeys look forward to their Christmas treats, so it’s a date and I can’t wait!

On that note, from everyone at AAR we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and look forward to your continued support in 2019.

As usual I will be on Camposol B car park every Monday from 11.30am-1.30pm to collect any unwanted gifts, bric-a-brac, household items or clothing. Alternatively you can drop them into either of our shops in Roldan or Mazarrón Town.

Andrea x

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Bi-lingual Evangelical Church in Of God, born to live amongst us as a man. He sent His only son to live on earth with Fuente Alamo us and, ultimately, to die for us. By the time this article is published we We know that historically December 25th will be within a few weeks of celebrating may not be the date of Jesus’ birth, but Sure you may have good time over Christmas. If you’re not yet a Christian, it is a day to remember God’s greatest Christmas, but how long will it last? you may be thinking “What does this bloke gift to mankind, but any gift is of no use Think about the real meaning of Christmas. know about celebrating? Isn’t he all bound unless someone receives it. Are you going Think about what Jesus did for you. up by religious rules and regulations? He to receive God’s gift? That’s a real reason to celebrate. doesn’t know how to go out and enjoy himself. He doesn’t know how to have fun.” Why do we as Christians celebrate Why don’t you join us one Sunday morning Christmas? and fi nd out more about Jesus? You can Don’t fool yourself. Christians know how The birth of Jesus was good news for the fi nd joy that won’t just last for a couple of to have fun. whole of mankind and don’t we always days. It will last for ever. enjoy celebrating good news! If you’re not a Christian, why do you We celebrate by giving and receiving gifts Our Sunday morning services start at celebrate Christmas? Is it just another as we remember the precious gift that the 11.30am at Calle Espinar 13, Fuente excuse to party, like so many other Lord gave to us. He gave us His son. Alamo. occasions throughout the year? If so, We celebrate by lighting candles and you are missing out on something very coloured lights to acknowledge that the For more information telephone: special. You are missing out on the most “Light of the world had arrived on earth.” Rachel (English) 618 963 976 important thing in the history of mankind We celebrate with carols and music Pastors Ginés and Toñi (Spanish) 629 283 since creation itself. You are missing out because they help us to express our joy, 080 on celebrating the birth of Jesus, the Son knowing that God loves us so much that

As we approach the end of 2018, this year * On 1st July, businesses had to start industry is looking at electrically powered has seen an increase in momentum for charging for plastic bags of between commercial planes. As well as creating a Renewable Energy. 15 and 50 microns. cleaner environment, electric planes are quieter, they will need smaller runways Freak weather conditions this year, from a * In October, the RDL 15/2018 laid and so can use smaller airports and the big freeze at the beginning of the year in out new requirements for solar big win for passengers is that ticket prices the US and UK to heatwaves in Northern PV systems, which were more would be cheaper. Airbus is looking at Europe this Summer causing wildfi res favourable for consumers and developing an electric aircraft that can as far north as Sweden and then storms fi nally put an end to the so-called carry 100 passengers; EasyJet has pledged and fl oods across France, Spain and Italy ‘sun tax’. to develop a fl eet of electric planes for this Autumn, have been linked to ‘climate * From November, Madrid banned the short-haul routes by 2030; Norway wants change’ by scientists. We then had most contaminating vehicles from to introduce a fl eet of electric planes to shocking images of plastic pollution being the city and only vehicles which cover all short-haul fl ights by 2040 and washed up on coastlines and harming have been registered and classifi ed Heathrow has announced that they will marine life which have also brought home with the DGT are able to drive and scrap a year of landing charges for the fi rst to many the impact human behaviour is park within the city centre. Of hybrid-electric plane to operate scheduled having on the environment. These factors, those registered, petrol vehicles commercial fl ights. together with a continued increase in the older than January 2000 and diesel cost of electricity generated from fossil vehicles older than January 2006 fuels, have meant more and more people and any unregistered vehicles are are turning to renewable energy. banned from the centre completely. As concern for the environment grows and focus on renewable energy increases, what can we expect in the future?

Floating Solar PV Arrays When no land is available for a solar farm, why not make use of water? In areas where Solar Paint space for solar panels is at a premium, such A paint has been developed that can as cities or mountainous areas, energy generate energy from water vapour. It companies and governments are turning to can be used to cover areas that wouldn’t bodies of water such as lakes or reservoirs get enough sunlight for solar panels on which to install fl oating solar panels. and any surface that can be painted can Japan already has fl oating solar energy be converted into an energy producing plants and in October, Colorado State in surface. People will be turning their homes the USA announced the fi rst fl oating solar into power stations. PV array at the Town Water Treatment Facility in Walden. We can expect more of For more information on Renewable In Spain, a series of new laws introduced these fl oating solar arrays to come. Energy and how it can help you save this year are also aimed at changing today and for the future, contact Free-Sol consumers’ behaviour and protecting the Electric Planes Solar at [email protected] or visit environment. In a drive to reduce emissions, the aircraft our webpage at www.free-sol.com

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Ningún, Ninguno, Ninguna when placed in front of a masculine word. As you can see ‘ninguno’ and ‘ninguna’ Despite the joys of living in sunny Spain we (Ningún libro, ninguna mujer – no book, are words to be laid down and avoided if we are still learning about being negative in no woman). This process of truncation is are ‘word-for-word translation’ freaks. They Spanish. Last month we looked at ‘never’, called ‘apócope’ you may be intrigued to just translate as too many different words ‘no-one and ‘nothing’, with a quick look at know! Other words that do the same thing in English, all of which are very similar in ‘neither … nor’ at the end. I’ve saved the are “grande – gran” “bueno – buen” meaning. fi ddliest negative word for an article all on its “malo – mal” “primero – primer” “tercero own. The word is ‘ninguno’ which means – tercer” and “uno – un”. There is a verb based on the word ‘ningún’ ‘none’, ‘no’, ‘not any’ and sometimes ‘neither’ which is rather interesting. The verb is or ‘no-one’, depending on the sentence it When we put the word ‘ninguno’ or ‘ningunear’ which means ‘to ignore’, to appears in. ‘ninguna’ into standard sentences without treat someone as though they didn’t exist any particular emphasis, we need the initial and also to look down on someone, or as ‘Ninguno’ is often used as an adjective and ‘no’ before the verb: one dictionary puts it ‘to treat someone like so behaves in an adjectival way, by which No tengo ningún libro. (I haven’t got any dirt’. That’s not a nice thing to do, but it is a I mean that it changes its ending to agree book) very expressive verb I think. Having visited with masculine and feminine (ninguno/ No había ninguna mujer en el grupo Google for some examples of sentences ninguna). Like a few other adjectives, (There wasn’t any woman in the group). which include the word ‘ningunear’, they all it is used in front of the noun it describes We might also phrase this: “There wasn’t a seem to relate to either politicians or Real and also in common with some others, the single woman in the group”, although that is Madrid football trainers – por algo será. word ‘ninguno’ is truncated to ‘ningún’ slightly ambiguous in English! To fi nish off this month, here are some more ‘Ninguno’ is different from other adjectives common uses of ‘ninguno’ in set expressions in that is doesn’t have a plural form. This which I think are useful in themselves: can be understood quite easily if we realize No es ninguna broma. (It’s no joke). that you can’t have more than one ‘nothing’! No lo doy ninguna importancia. (I don’t However, it is possible to come across give it any importance. I don’t think it is at rare and somewhat dubious examples of all important). ‘ningunos’/’ningunas’, so they might exist Bajo ningún concepto. (Under no in theory, but in normal practical Spanish circumstances). they will not be used. De ninguna manera. (No way. Certainly not!) The words ‘ninguno’ and ‘ninguna’ can also No vas a ninguna parte. (You’re not going be used on their own. In this case they are anywhere). pronouns rather than adjectives, although No lo veo en ninguna parte. (I can’t see you don’t need to know that. it anywhere) No tengo ninguno. (I haven’t got any, or Sin dar ninguna explicación. (Without I haven’t got a single one - of something giving any explanation). masculine). No me gusta ninguna. (I don’t like any Well all I can say is that I am defi nitely not one – of something feminine). guilty of that fi nal accusation. See you next month! We can also use the word to mean ‘none’ or ‘neither’ in the following way: Ninguno de Jane Cronin’s “Step by Step Spanish” ellos es muy interesante. (None of them articles are available as e-books at www. is very interesting). Ninguna de las dos es janecronin.eu where you can also obtain mi amiga. (Neither of the two is my friend). Jane’s “Step by Step Internet Spanish” course.

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Okay Halloween is over praise the Lord I am not someone who thinks that all will they will gather around them a great and now it is early November as I write we be well with the world if we allow everyone number of teachers to say what their therefore have to start talking about and to just do as they like. It seems today that itching ears want to hear”. 2Timothy preparing for Christmas. That is Christmas anything which counters the long-held 4 v 3 and not Xmas or Happy Holiday or any traditional, or in many cases Biblical view other attempt at renaming this season. of a particular area of society is thought to Bah-humbug indeed. Actually I enjoy be a good thing and should be universally CHRISTmas. I hope you do too. “Oh you are just old fashioned and out of approved and accepted. Excuse me if I touch with today’s world.” I probably am don’t agree. This world is falling apart and Further details and our planned get actually, but where is it getting us? if you don’t think so, consider the poverty, togethers please go to http://open- the inequality, the fi ghting, the abuse, door.wix.com/open-door Cadbury’s Egg Hunts rather that Easter the corruption, the sexual and gender Egg Hunts along with other dilutions of confusion, the lack of direction, the fools If you would like to be informed of our tradition to commercialize seasons for the in power, the slave trade and the Bankers events and be added to our mailing list benefi t of huge business. Don’t get me and of course the eight weeks of Christmas please email opendoorgettogether@ wrong, I am not pretending that Jesus was …sorry Xmas, gmail.com born on 25th December or that Easter time was not originally a celebration of Spring For the time will come when people Ken 646 705 403 fertility and that both were completely will not put up with sound doctrine. Carol 665 186 901 Pagan and non-Christian celebrations. Instead, to suit their own desires,

A Different Kind Of Password Problem passwords and other personal information. Do not write your ‘Magic Word’ down If the last few months here in The Tech There are many great ways of keeping anywhere! Shop have taught us anything, it’s that this information available to you, yet also many people are reliant on their computer secure from prying eyes. One way we’ve Next; for each website you visit, change remembering their password for them. been teaching our clients that has good your password to ‘Magic Word’ + feedback is what we’re calling ‘the magic something random; eg: if my ‘Magic Word’ There is no guarantee that the word’ and the process is the following: was ‘Banana’ then I would change my computer will keep remembering the password to BananaMikeHotel456 password. One reason is your device contracts a In a diary or address book, write down nasty virus and everything has to be “Facebook = MikeHotel456”. deleted (including your saved password), or a website such as Facebook logs you out Repeat the above for each website, using for security reasons (as we saw in August), a different random ending for each one. forcing you to re-enter your details. This is secure, as you now have different passwords for every website (so you Usually, this scenario is not that big of cannot be hacked anywhere near as a problem. Nearly every website has a easily). You also have a written record (so system in place to recover an account; you cannot forget the password), but also usually by sending you an email, or asking if you lost that book, nobody knows your you some security questions, such as ‘Magic Word’, therefore you do not lose “Who was your favourite school teacher?” your entire digital life if someone else fi nds or “What was your fi rst car make?”. In that book. theory, this is a great system that is very secure, but it has the exact same pitfall, whereby people simply do not remember Think of a word. It can be any word you what the answers are. like, as long as it is something you will always remember. It can be a pet’s name, It is ever more important in the digital a place, a nickname; anything at all. This age that you are able to access your is your ‘Magic Word’.

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Milo is really sweet, but was very scared when he arrived. He is still quite shy, but getting better every day. We wonder what has Milo happened to We Would Like To Wish All Our him in his Volunteers and Supporters a Very short life. was born in July according Milo Merry Christmas and A Happy New to our vet and then callously dumped Year. by the roadside with his sister. He is Without You All We Could Not Help fully vaccinated and part of the adoption and Save So Many Dogs and Puppies. agreement is that he will be neutered when he is old enough.

Maya is the sister of Milo. She was also quite scared when she arrived, but is a lot more confident and quite bossy with her brother. They are only going to be small in size. Milo Maya & Maya are in foster and lead training has commenced along with the housetraining which is going well. Maya is fully vaccinated and part of her adoption agreement is that she will be spayed when old enough.

Luna is a really pretty girl born in August according to our vet. Her Mum was rescued heavily pregnant and starving and went on to have 7 puppies. Luna The sad news is that only 2 survived, Luna being one of them. She will be medium in size and is fully vaccinated. She will be spayed when old enough.

All adoptions are subject to a home check. We have puppies and older dogs to suit all families, so please look at our Facebook page or website for details. If you are interested in any of our dogs to either foster or adopt please call 602 653 6639 [email protected]

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This month on The Fitness Hub with The as we age. At The Condado Club Gym, we are looking at Using free Condado the benefi ts of using free weights. weights Club also helps Gym, we It can be improve understand intimidating our daily your needs when looking activities. If and want around a you struggle you to feel gym and to get the SUCCESS! seeing all grocery the different shopping Don’t forget, pieces of bags out of you do not equipment. the boot, need to be Here at The then doing a a member Condado simple bicep of the gym Club Gym, curl will soon to enjoy we provide increase our Fitness free weights your Courses.** ranging from capabilities just 0.5kg, and improve **Terms and all the way your Conditions up to 40kgs. balance. apply. A health questionnaire must be You can be stronger and leaner. completed. The Condado Club Gym Many people reserves the right to refuse admission on associate Research has shown that exercise using medical grounds. strength free weights increases our energy, yet training with more experienced athletes. promotes a deeper sleep. Now who Open from 8am-10pm every day. Nothing could be further from the truth. does not want that? As an added bonus, Contact Paul on 0044 7824 533 550 Strength training improves bone density appetite levels can be balanced, meaning and lean muscles. It is one of the best that the ‘snack devil’ is suppressed! Email [email protected] and ways to control bone loss and tone muscles check out our Facebook Page

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It’s nearly Christmas party time!! and water molecules; the same natural reduction has many advantages over other Lose inches to fi t in that Little Black Party response initiated by the body anytime it body shaping technologies. Here are just Dress!! needs to use its stored energy reserves. a few! These free fatty acids are then transported Now the festive cheer is nearly upon us, throughout the body by the lymphatic are you looking to improve your shape and system to supply the body with energy; lose inches? The Salon on Camposol C2 again just as if the body would respond in may be able to help. times of caloric scarcity.

New body and facial Lipo Laser, A period of exercise post-treatment Cavitation, Vacuum, Bio and RF ensures the complete metabolism of these slimming inch loss and anti-ageing freed fatty acids, shrinking the fat cells machine. and delivering the body-shaping results This adopts latest innovation in non- you are looking for. It is a non-destructive, surgical, non-invasive laser lipolysis. targeted fat reduction technology, which Its Lipo Laser emits low levels of laser means excess fat deposits can be treated energy, which creates a chemical signal anywhere on the body and the fat cells are in the fat cells, breaking down the stored not destroyed as a result of treatment. Its triglycerides into free fatty acids, glycerol targeted fat reduction and circumferential Advantages A safe, minimally-invasive procedure, it uses low levels of visible red laser light and radio frequency to create a safe and painless stimulation. The normal chemical pathways frees up reserved energy resources stored in fat. It is safe, effective and immediately demonstrable. Treat all skin types and treat all body parts such as neck, tummy, back, knees, hips, thighs, bottom and arms. Accelerate tissue coagulation to avoid muscle slackness after slimming.

FAQs: 1. Is repeat treatment required? Generally after one treatment you will see a result, but it can be repeated after 72 hours for further results. 2. Is it a long-term solution? How permanent the inch loss is, is determined by your lifestyle following treatment. The treatment destroys the accumulation of the fat in the treated area to leave a long-term solution. However, maintenance of this fat loss is dependent on a healthy diet and exercise. 3. Which body areas can I target? The treatment is normally used for smaller areas of the neck, tummy, back, knees, hips, thighs, bottom and arms. However, any area diagnosed as containing loose fat will be susceptible to treatment. 4. What is the difference between Lipo suction and Lipo laser? The differences that make Lipo laser a good alternative to Lipo suction are that Lipo laser essentially permanently removes your excess fat, without the suction removal of the fat. The body fat is dissolved or liquefi ed (turned into liquid) using a medical laser instead of suction and is pain free.

Treatments available at The Salon, Camposol C You choose the time and areas needing treatment 30 mins 15€/45 mins 20€/1hr 25€/1hr 15mins 30€ Tel or Whatsapp 0034 691 916 717

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Summer is well and truly over and has been largely successful in relation to the number of reported burglaries on Camposol.

During the months of August, September and October, the amount of crime reported was in single fi gures. Indeed, from 30th September to 8th November there were no burglaries reported at all! This was a great achievement by everyone involved. Thank you if you took part in any way.

That’s the good news!!! On the downside, as we have predicted all along, the second week in November has seen burglaries once again being reported. Strangely, the few houses broken into have alarms, which are clear to see. I can only assume that the offenders are working on the basis that if there is an alarm fi tted, then there must be something worth stealing. The offenders are not spending a lot of time in the premises; just grabbing small items such as cash and jewellery and making good their escape. These offences are predominately being committed early to late evening. The Guardia have some good CCTV which they are examining and some details of a suspect car they are interested in.

Can I ask everyone please, for the time being, if you hear an alarm sounding, please report it on one of the relevant security sites. If it is feasible and safe to do so, please check it out, looking for any suspicious vehicles on the way. If you are unable to do this and are in anyway concerned, please report the alarm to the Guardia. (You can always cancel them if it is a false alarm.)

A lot has been mentioned recently about street lighting, or the lack of it and the fact that Camposol is not gated. Both of these issues in my opinion have a bearing on Camposol’s vulnerability in relation to crime, and in particular burglaries. I whole heartedly agree with the many comments that it should not be like this and I know there have been several campaigns to try and remedy the situation. The fact of the matter is, we are where we are and although it may be wrong, it would be foolish to think that anything is going to change soon. That said, we have to work with what we’ve got. In short, we need to light up our homes and make it less attractive for the criminals to move about amongst us. If every home had outside lights on, it would make a world of difference.

In relation to the gated issue, as I understand it, as Camposol is not an entity, then it would be unlawful for us to do this. However, having liaised with the Guardia, we are permitted to have ‘spotters’ on the entrances and exits making notes of vehicles coming onto, or leaving Camposol. This is something we will be looking at in the future.

Stay safe Kind regards Phil Wilcockson

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Humanists’ The ceremony was led by our Celebrant, gmail.com or go to the website www. Remembrance Sue Macdonald and various others read humanistsofmurcia.com Day poems and scripts. At the culmination a About 20 people wreath was laid by our Chairperson Anne For weddings, funerals and naming attended the Edwards, at the cherry tree planted 4 ceremonies with personalized ceremonies fourth annual years ago by the Humanists of Murcia. without religion, contact the Celebrant on Remembrance After the ceremony the group retired 634 025 711 Ceremony at to the Costa Restaurant in Mazarrón for Parque Miguel refreshments. Angel Blanco, in Mazarrón on Join us for walks, discussion groups, Sunday 11th gardening group, games evenings and lots November. of lunches. For more information tel 669 338 885 or email humanistsofmurcia@

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  Christmas and New Year’s Eve There are so many bars and restaurants in starters, then a sorbet to cleanse the taste a special 3 Course lunch menu with music & the area and many of them will be offering buds before enjoying your main course, festive cheer with Andy Winwood. 15€ pp. special menus and music to celebrate the dessert, drinks and coffee - 30€ plus IVA. Booking essential. festive season. Tel 968 152 530 Tel 968 978 855

New Year’s Eve - THE best party in Town Have a different Christmas and join the The Diner will be offering a special 3 course at Bar Salud, Camposol B! Celebrate with Spanish at La Chara, Isla Plana. Established Menu del Dia on Sunday 23rd December for Byron G Man Sax and Sandy’s Bagpipes at in 1963 and family run, La Chara offers just 9.95€. Join us also to welcome the New both Spanish & UK midnight. DJ Smallz from top quality authentic Spanish dining. Their Year in with Carl Thomas for a great Party the UK will also be keeping you entertained. popular Christmas menu is just 34€ plus IVA Night on 31st December. Just 8€ including hot Don’t miss a great night out at Bar Salud for 5 courses; Cava, Wine, Water, Coffee and buffet for a great night. with... FREE ENTRY?! Festive Sweets are included. Tel 968 153 355 Tel 635 328 092 Book now on 968 152 016 Most businesses will be closed over the Don’t forget to book your table for the popular Pre-Christmas Lunches at La Mariposa in Christmas period. Some of them will not re- ‘Curryoke’ at Blues House, Bolnuevo. This Gebas are available every Monday, Tuesday, open until after the New Year, so it is worth year this will be held on 20th December. Do Thursday, Friday & Saturday from 3rd – 22nd checking opening times before the holiday something different before indulging on December. For 13.50€, enjoy bread and alioli starts. Turkey & All The Trimmings. It’s always a with mixed salad, a choice of starters and great evening and well attended, so make main course (beef/pork/turkey) with buffet of Christmas is just around the corner, so your booking quickly. vegetables and potatoes, choice of desserts how about a new computer or mobile phone Tel 968 150 967 or tea/coffee. Vegetarian options available. or the latest gadget on the market? All Tel 968 631 008 these items can be supplied and installed Celebrate Christmas Eve at Fusion Bar in by Alex Woods. Alex will be working over Pliego. All are welcome to join Debbie, Dave Paras Restaurant, Camposol B are offering the whole of the festive period and will and Steve to start your Christmas off in a choice of meals on Christmas Day, from be available 24/7 for translating. Have a style. Steve Fisher as Rod Stewart will be both their Continental and Indian inspired lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year. welcoming the New Year in on New Year’s menus. They will also be open on New Tel 696 667 182 Eve at Fusion Bar. Tickets 20€ from the bar. Year’s Eve. Email and WhatsApp Tel 665 303 150 Call into the restaurant or phone for more [email protected] information and reservations. Christmas at Juan Chara, Isla Plana will Tel 968 199 606 Beauty By the Golf has special Christmas be in traditional Spanish style offering a packages available. These can be tailor made selection of starters to share in the centre of Pre-Christmas Lunch at Paul’s Diner is for your loved one or best friend. Give Corinne your table, followed by a choice of individual now SOLD OUT on 22nd December. Thank you a call to fi nd out the best package available for all your support. and to purchase gift vouchers, or top-to-toe Please remember to treatment to get you in the party mood. check our Facebook Call 602 584 714, or What’s app or Facebook page for Christmas message. opening times. Merry Happy Christmas to you all and a very Christmas to you all Prosperous New Year and we look forward to welcoming you during Casa Community Care are available for all the rest of 2018 and your medical needs 24 hours a day, every throughout 2019. single day of the year, so don’t suffer or worry For further during Christmas and New Year period. Our information and pre- team of care workers and qualifi ed nurses booking, call 675 028 are available for assistance. Charges are the 656 same regardless of when you require us - no premium for Bank Holidays, Christmas or Quality Indian, New Year. Camposol B will be Tel 635 951 031 open on Christmas Day and New Year’s Don Tecnico, Puerto de Mazarrón not only Eve, due to requests offer the latest in laptops, tablets and smart from their customers. phones, but they will give you professional A 3 course Indian advice and help with repairs, upgrades and meal for just 12.50€ sales of technology related accessories. on Christmas Day Pay us a visit and let us solve your and 15.95€ on New Christmas gift dilemmas! Year’s Eve including Tel 968 594 825 fi rst drink. Tel 968 199 198 (Camposol) or 868 If you’re looking for that stunning Christmas 624 988 (Aguilas) plant, including Poinsettias, call into Garden Center 2003 just off the motorway by The Club House, Camposol or Jardineria El Milagro in Camposol Golf will be Bolnuevo. Both also have a large selection of serving a 3 Course special gifts to choose from including wall art, ‘Turkey & Tinsel’ photo frames and beautiful pots. You really Dinner from 6pm- will be spoilt for choice 9pm every Wednesday Tel Garden Centre 2003 626 957 599 evening throughout Jardineria El Milagro 610 949 595 December. They will be closed in the evening on Christmas Continued on page 90 Eve, but there will be

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Make sure you are looking fabulous for the Do you want to give a present to impress Continued from page 88 upcoming party season. Flutter your lashes this Christmas? How about a fl ight over Have you got family with young ones visiting with a lash lift or eyelash extensions or take Murcia with Sunfl ight Aviation in a 2 seater over Christmas and New Year and need advantage of this months special offer - aircraft? You can just be a passenger or you baby equipment? Kidease hire cots, high MICROBLADING €150. Get the man in your can take control of the aircraft on your very chairs, car seats, strollers, prams, stairgates, life to treat you to the eyebrows you have fi rst fl ight. Trial fl ights and full training from baths, changing mats, sterilisers and much always wanted. GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE. Alhama Airpark. more. They can also supply Z beds if you need For further details see my Facebook page @ Email fl [email protected] an extra bed! They can deliver to Costa Cálida permanentbeautybyyvonne or call me on Tel 0044 7775 742582 and Costa Blanca areas and can arrange to 663 176 233 meet their customers at the airport with car If you’re really stuck for Christmas gift seats. If you have forgotten something important ideas and you’re not one for trailing round Tel 690 230 538 for the festive season. Quick Save shops to get inspiration, then TJ Electricals, Supermarket, Camposol B are open Camposol B have gift vouchers to purchase. is almost here. A busy time with Christmas Christmas Eve 9am-3pm, as well as They also have a great range of hairdryers, shopping, putting up decorations, writing Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve. They hair straighteners, foot spas and other Christmas cards, mince pie making and are well stocked with all the essentials such personal grooming products. preparing your home for guests, leaving as stuffi ng, sprouts, parsnips, chocolates, Tel 868 181 121 you very little time for cleaning, or repairing Christmas puds and mince pies and a great those small maintenance jobs. Call Livvy’s selection of wine and spirits. The Beauty Palace, Camposol B are now for help. It’s what we do Property Services Tel 968 199 860 offering the latest Lash & Brow Lift & Tint best. treatments on the market. This will last 6-8 Tel 642 029 414 Are family and friends visiting over the weeks with no maintenance, as it grows out Christmas period? Make sure your house with your natural hair cycle. Mazarrón Property has a selection of villas is clean and sparkling before your visitors Call in for full details and consultation. perfect for your or Christmas New Year arrive. Rosy’s Cleaning Services can offer a Gift vouchers are available for all treatments. break. They have properties with central one-off clean or something more regular at Tel 968 971 828 heating, log burners and heated air con units, competitive prices. so as well as enjoying the sunshine, you can Tel 680 588 377 The newly launched Vida Mosaics be sure of a warm welcoming villa for your would like to wish everyone a very festive break. To kick off the festive season in serious style, Merry Christmas and Happy 2019. We Visit the website www.mazarronproperty. Sassy and Beau are offering exclusive can create unique bespoke gifts and pet for further details com evenings of Christmas shopping and portraits in beautiful glass mosaic. Exterior chocolate truffl es. Find that perfect gift and and interior commissioned projects, with Camposol B & Mazarrón Town MultiOpticas, create your perfect home this Christmas no-obligation quotes could be that special are offering 2 pairs of sunglasses for just with their wonderful decorations. Join them present. Workshops and classes in 2019 58€. The only decision you’ll need to make is on 6th and 13th December from 5-8pm with [email protected] whether to buy this as a Christmas gift, to demonstrations at 6pm, at their shop in head down there to take up this great offer Puerto de Mazarrón. for yourself, or purchase matching pairs! Tel 643 652 410 Tel Camposol 968 199 361 Mazarrón Town 968 597 765

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RED – Entertainment ORANGE – Special menus GREEN – Charity & non-profi t making events PURPLE –Market, exhibitions, leisure & meetings BLACK – Fiestas & important events Please refer to the relevant advert or editorial for more details of events

Every Day Football Academy @ Condado Club Gym, Condado de Alhama 9.30-11.30am & 6-8pm (Mon-Fri) Tour of San Patricio & Las Tres Plazas, Lorca 10€ (under 12’s free) Mon-Fri 11am Genesis. Art on the street ‘ @ Cartagena (until 9th) Exhibition “Devenir” @ Cartagena (until 10th – exc Mon) Art Sculpture Exhibition @ Caravaca (until 6th Jan) Exhibition “Places of Oblivion” @ Cartagena (until 14th Jan) Exhibition “Medicine in Times of War” @ Cartagena (until 31st Jan – exc Mon)

Breakfasts @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A from 3.50€ 9am-12pm English Breakfast @ Hotel Argos, Calasparra 4€ Ploughmans Meal Deal @ Bar Salud, Camposol B 4€ inc pint or large glass of wine (Tues-Fri) Happy Hour @ Black Bull, Camposol B 4-6pm (exc Sat & Sun) Earlybird Menu @ Quality Indian, Camposol B 12.95€ 6-8pm 4 Course Pre-Christmas Lunch @ La Mariposa, Gebas 13.50€ (3rd-22nd exc Wed & Sun) 4 Course Menu ‘Especial’ @ La Chara, Isla Plana 23.50€ plus IVA inc water/wine/beer/liqueurs (lunch & eve)

Every Mon Mazarrón Bay Bridge Club @ Pto de Mazarrón 9.30am Los Palacios Garden & Community Group Working Party @ Camposol A 10am Chatterbox Sew and Sew @ The Social Centre, Camposol B 2.15pm Zumba @ Condado Club Gym, Condado de Alhama 5.30pm Yoga @ Condado Club Gym, Condado de Alhama 6.30pm Quiz Night @ The Club House, Camposol C Overnight Stay/2 Free Steak Meals/Breakfast @ Hotel Mariposa, Gebas 59€ per cpl

Platos Combinados Night @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A 6-8.30pm

Age Concern Drop In Centre Open @ Calle Valencia 12, Camposol A 10am-1pm (exc 24th & 31st Dec) Forget Me Not Book/DVD/CD Sale @ The Social Centre, Camposol B 10.15am-12.30pm Forget Me Not Respite Care @ The Social Centre, Camposol B 10.30am-1.30pm Andrea’s Animal Rescue Collection @ Car Park, Camposol B 11.30am-1.30pm

Every Tue Mazarrón Bowls Club Roll Up Day 9.45am Camposol B Clean Working Party @ Camposol B 8.30-10.30am Camposol D Sector Community Group Working Party @ Camposol D Camposol Golf Association Ladies’ Game @ Camposol C 9am MCC Residents Library Open @ Mazarrón Country Club 2-4pm Free Spanish lessons @ Universidad Popular, Calasparra 4pm Bladerunners Training (for children from 5yrs) @ Calasparra 5pm 17€ San Javier Squalos Rugby @ Rugby fi eld, PDM Sports Ground (12-18yrs 7.30-9pm/men 8.30-10.30pm/women 10-11.30pm) Overnight Stay/2 Free Steak Meals/Breakfast @ Hotel Mariposa, Gebas 59€ per cple

Menu de Noche @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A 3 Course Steak Menu @ The Club House Bistro, Camposol C 15€ (20€ for fi llet) 6.30-9pm

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MAMAS Collection/Book Stall @ Camposol B Car Park 10am-12pm Age Concern Drop In Centre Open @ Calle Valencia 12, Camposol A 10am-1pm (exc 25th Dec) FAST Available for New Volunteers @ The Social Centre, Camposol B 10am Making a Difference for Collections @ Camposol A 11am-1pm

Every Wed Mar Menor Golf Society Competition Camposol C Gardening Group Clean Up @ Camposol C 9am Power Yoga @ Condado Gym, Condado de Alhama 10am Costa Cálida Cruisers (Motorcycle Club) Meeting/Ride @ Camposol A 10am RC Sailing Mar Menor Meeting 10.30am Spanish Lessons Level 1 (2.30pm) Level 2 (3.45pm) Level 3 (5pm) @ The Social Centre, Camposol B 3€ 2.30pm English/Spanish Language Exchange @ Isla Plana Social Centre 5-8pm Aerobics 45 @ Condado Club Gym, Condado de Alhama 5.30pm Slim ‘n Trim @ Condado Club Gym, Condado de Alhama 5.30pm Pilates @ Condado Club Gym, Condado de Alhama 6.30pm Line Dancing @ The Social Centre, Camposol B

Pie Night @ Los Balcones, Cañadas del Romero Italian Trattoria Menu Night @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A Specials Menu Night @ Paul’s Diner (Azul y Blanco), Las Palas Turkey & Tinsel Evening Meal @ The Club House Bistro, Camposol C 15€ (6-9pm) 5 Course Pre-Christmas Dinner @ Black Bull, Camposol B 19.50€ inc btl wine for 2 6-9pm

MABS Mazarrón Craft Group @ MABS Centre, Camposol B 11.30am HAH Mar Menor Book & DVD Club 2.30-4.30pm

Every Thu Mazarrón Bay Bridge Club @ Pto de Mazarrón 9.30am Mazarrón Bowls Club Roll Up Day 9.45am Spangles Ladies’ Barbershop Harmony Chorus Rehearsals @ Los Alcazarès 10am Guided Tours in English of Lorca Castle 4€ 10.30am (22€ to include lunch) Card Making @ The Social Centre, Camposol B 11am MCC Residents Library Open @ Mazarrón Country Club 2-4pm Free Spanish lessons @ Universidad Popular, Calasparra 4pm Los Amigos de Mazarrón FC Meeting @ Camposol 4pm Mazarrón AA Group @ Meeting Room adjacent to Cañada de Gallego Church 5.30pm San Javier Squalos Rugby @ Rugby fi eld, PDM Sports Ground (6-10yrs 6-7pm/12-18yrs 7.30-9pm/men 8.30-10.30pm/women 10-11.30pm) Quiz @ Black Bull, Camposol B Line Dancing @ The Social Centre, Camposol B Overnight Stay/2 Free Steak Meals/Breakfast @ Hotel Mariposa, Gebas 59€ per cpl Quiz Night with Steve the Snip @ Pto de Mazarrón 8.30pm

Chilli/Quiz Night @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 3.50€ Steak Night (normal menu still avail) @ The Diner, Camposol B from 11.95€ 3 Course Evening Menu @ The Club House Bistro, Camposol C 17.50€

Jam Night @ The Club House, Camposol C

Little Starfi sh Dog Rescue Table Top Sale @ Lower Car Park, Camposol A from 10am Age Concern Drop In Centre Open @ Calle Valencia 12, Camposol A 10am-1pm (exc 27th Dec) JJ’s Puppy Rescue Table Top Sale @ Lower Car Park, Camposol A 11am-1pm HAH Mar Menor Book/Card Stall @ Los Narejos 2-4pm

Every Fri Friday Art Group @ The Social Centre, Camposol B 9.45am-12.30pm Pilates @ Condado Club Gym, Condado de Alhama 10am Boot Camp @ Condado Club Gym, Condado de Alhama 11.15am Los Palacios Gardening/Community Group Book Stall @ Camposol A 10.30am-12.30pm English/Spanish Language Exchange @ El Alamillo, Pto de Mazarrón 6-8pm

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Fish & Chips @ Los Balcones, Cañadas del Romero Fish & Chips @ The Club House Bistro, Camposol C 7.50€ 1.30-4pm & 6.30-9pm Fish & Chip Night (normal menu still avail)/Quiz @ The Diner, Camposol B 8€ Fish & Chips @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A from 4pm Fish & Chips @ Viggos, Pto de Mazarrón Mixed Grill Night @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A Fish & Chip Night @ Paul’s Diner (Azul y Blanco), Las Palas Curry Night @ The Clover Bar, Condado de Alhama

Disco/Karaoke with Sean @ Black Bull, Camposol B from 6pm Live Music @ The Clover Bar, Condado de Alhama

Mazarrón Bahia Lions Bric-a-Brac Stall @ Camposol B MABS Mazarrón booking events etc outside Compusurf, Camposol B 11am

Every Sat Jumilla Castle open 1€ entry 10am-2pm (until end Feb 2019) Guided Visit to La Bastida @ Totana 3.40€ 10am/12pm San Javier Squalos Rugby @ Rugby fi eld, PDM Sports Ground (6-10yrs 10-11am) Antique & Collectable Market @ Aguilas 10am The Archaeological See of Begastri Tours @ Cehegín 10.10am/11.15am/12.20am 2€ Tourism Activity Park Coto de las Maravillas Open, Cehegín 10am-5pm Guided Route: Cartagena Under The Pumps Of Hitler 10€ 11.30am Theatrical Visit For Children @ Cartagena 8€ 12pm Harlequin Rock Choir @ The Social Centre, Camposol B 1.15pm Visit Medina Nogalte @ Pto Lumbreras 3€ (under 10`s free) 4.30pm

Evening Menu Available @ Hotel Argos, Calasparra 15€ 3 Course Evening Menu @ The Club House Bistro, Camposol C 17.50€

70’s & Soul Disco with Bernie Mac @ Black Bull, Camposol B from 7pm Live Entertainment @ Bar Salud, Camposol B Live Entertainment @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A Live Music @ The Clover Bar, Condado de Alhama

MABS MMM Book Sale @ Los Alcázares 10am-2pm HELP MMM Sale of up-market clothes @ Los Alcázares 10am-1pm JJ’s Puppy Rescue Table Top Sale @ Pto de Mazarrón

Every Sun Jumilla Castle open 1€ entry 10am-2pm (until end Feb 2019) Guided Visit to La Bastida @ Totana 3.40€ 10am/12pm SAMM Meeting @ Los Narejos 10am Costa Cálida Cruisers (Motorcycle Club) Meeting/Ride @ Pto de Mazarrón 10am The Archaeological See of Begastri Open @ Cehegín 2€ 10.10am/11.15am/12.20am Tourism Activity Park Coto de las Maravillas Open, Cehegín 10am-5pm 45 min Free Guided Tour of the Roman Villa site of Villaricos, Mula 10.30am (exc 2nd) Visit Medina Nogalte @ Pto Lumbreras 3€ (under 10’s free) 12pm English/Spanish Language Exchange @ El Alamillo, Pto de Mazarrón 6-8pm

2 Course Roast Lunch @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A 6€ inc small drink Roast Lunch @ Black Bull, Camposol B from 7€ Sunday Carvery @ The Diner, Camposol B from 9€ (exc 23rd) Roast Lunch & Vegetable Buffet @ La Mariposa, Gebas from 10.50€ Evening Menu Available @ Hotel Argos, Calasparra 15€ Roast Lunch @ Paul’s Diner, Las Palas

Live Entertainment @ Blues House, Bolnuevo 3pm DJ Sean / Karaoke @ Black Bull, Camposol B 4pm-8pm Rev Warren – Songs to Worship @ Bar Salud, Camposol B (exc 30th)

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DECEMBER

Saturday 1 ADAPT Meeting @ Pensionista Centre, Lo Pagan 10.30am Welcome Meeting @ Camposol 2pm RC Mar Menor Sailing Group Campeoneto de Murcia Free Guided Evening Tour (Spanish) of fi esta preparations/procession @ Yecla 5pm

Winter Warmer Night @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A

Steve Fisher @ La Mariposa, Gebas 15€ inc 4 course meal (or 89€ per cpl inc overnight stay/breakfast) Reno Boys @ 62 Corvera, Corvera Andy Jones @ The Club House, Camposol C El Kanka @ Lorca 20€ 9pm Maldita Nerea with OSRM perform orchestral arrangements @ Murcia 20€-38€ 9pm

JJ’s Puppy Rescue Table Top Sale @ Pto de Mazarrón Forget Me Not Jumble Sale @ The Social Centre, Camposol B Friends of Mazarrón Animals Market/Harlequin Rock Choir @ Isla Plana

Sunday 2 Artisan Market @ Bullas 9am-2pm Free Guided Tour of Historical Bodegas in Bullas Camposol Fiesta Trip to Zoco Market Free Theatrical Tour of Aguilas 10.30am Free Guided Tour of Historical Aguilas (Spanish) 11am Free Theatrical Guided Tour of the old quarter of Jumila (Spanish) 11am Free Guided Route to reveal modernist Bullas c. 1900 11am/12pm/1pm Mazarrón FC v Muleno CF (home) RC Mar Menor Sailing Group Campeoneto de Murcia

Live Entertainment @ Blues House, Bolnuevo 3pm Classical Music/Jazz/Tapas/Drink @ Murcia 15€ 12pm

San Animal Santuario Dog Walk @ Aguilas 10am Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre Open Day @ Rojales 1-4pm

Monday 3 Santa Barbara – Archivel, Caravaca (until 8th) San Francisco Javier – San Javier

Christmas Remembrance Service @ Mazarrón Tanatorio 6pm Annette Rodgers Medium @ The Alma Centre, Condado de Alhama 6.30pm

Forget Me Not Respite Care/Ukeskool @ The Social Centre, Camposol B from 10.30am Mazarrón Bahia Lions @ Camposol A 5pm

Tuesday 4 Santa Barbara, Mazarrón

Stamp Collectors Meeting @ Biblioteca, Pto de Mazarrón 6pm

Age Concern Christmas Party Lunch/Christine @ Librilla 20€ inc transport HAH Volunteer´s Meeting @ Las Claras, Los Narejos 10.30am

Wednesday 5 Expats’ Complimentary Breakfast/Meeting @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 10.30am Welcome Christmas Tournament Petanca/Chicken & Chips @ Camposol A 7€ 2pm

MABS MMM Volunteer’s Meeting @ Centro Civico, Roda Bar, Roda 11.15am HAH Christmas Lunch – 11.50€ 1pm for 1.30pm Age Concern Talking Shop Social @ Calle Valencia 12, Camposol A 1.30-3.30pm

Thursday 6 Constitution Day Fiesta de la Virgen, Yecla

Medieval Market @ Caravaca (until 9th) Mazarrón FC v Real Murcia (away) Camposol Reading Group @ The Social Centre, Camposol B 2-4pm Christmas Shopping/Demonstrations/Cava @ Sassy & Beau, Pto de Mazarrón 5pm IV Gastrogallo @ Mazarrón (until 9th)

Concert by Sanda Sinfonica @ Murcia 3€ 12pm

Friday 7 Kayaking/4 Course Lunch @ La Mariposa, Gebas inc transport to lake/equip Falcotrail Marathon @ Cehegín (until 9th) Free Guided Tour, after the Virgen processions @ Yecla 11am Los Palacios Gardening/Community Group Christmas Lunch @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A

Northern Soul Night @ Alley Palais, Camposol B

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Costa Cálida Country Music Club Night/Red Cherries & Red Strokes @ Camposol A 4€ 7.45pm Luz Casal @ Murcia 20€-50€ 9.30pm

MABS Murcia NW Outdoor Market Stall @ Calle Segura, Calasparra 9am-1pm Charity Book Swap @ Fusion Bar, Pliego 10.30am-4pm Mazarrón Bahia Leo Club @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 7-9pm

Saturday 8 Ruta A Pie De Arte Urbano (a free guided tour on urban art) @ Los Alcazares 10am Free Guided Tour of Historical Aguilas (Spanish) 11am Medieval Tournament @ Caravaca 7.50€ 5pm Camposol Golf Association Christmas Party/Rob Sweeney/8 Course Meal/ Drinks /Liquer @ Mazarrón 30€

Special Menu Night @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A

Curos @ 62 Corvera, Corvera Piano Concertos @ Murcia 10€ and 30€ 7pm

Noah’s ARC Christmas Party/Retro @ The Club House, Camposol C

Sunday 9 Artisan Market @ Mula Welcome House Carol Singing/Mince Pies & Mulled Wine @ Campilo y Suertes, Cehegin 11am Guided Theatrical Tour of Mula (Spanish) 3€ 11.30am Mazarrón FC v Aguilas FC (home)

Musical Comedy Concerto a Tempo D’Umore @ Murcia 10€ 11.15am

Monday 10 Guided Walk followed by 4 Course Lunch inc beer/wine @ La Mariposa, Gebas 13€ Corina Talbot Medium @ The Alma Centre, Condado de Alhama 6.30pm Jungle Book @ Totana 12€ 6.30pm

3 Course Turkey & Tinsel Menu/Retro @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 27.50€

Tuesday 11 Welcome Book/Jigsaw Swap @ Calle Barcelona 10, Camposol A 10am

Wednesday 12 Welcome House Card Crafting Class @ Cehegín 11am General Meeting of Sailing Association Mar Menor @ Los Narejos 11am Free English Guided Boat Trip From La Manga Del Mar Menor 12.15pm Wellspring Victory Church Carol Singing @ Camposol A 6pm Welcome Christmas Party/Ricky Levazza/Carla Stone @ Camposol A 12€ (5€ opt meal)

3 Course Turkey & Tinsel Menu/Steve Fisher @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 27.50€

MABS Murcia NW Volunteer’s Meeting @ 5pm

Thursday 13 Downhill Cycling/4 Course Lunch @ La Mariposa, Gebas 39€ inc bike/guide/safety equip Ladies’ Chatterbox Group Lunch/Sean Bodie @ Amapola Restaurant, Bolnuevo 20€ (23€ non-members) Christmas Shopping/Demonstrations/Cava @ Sassy & Beau, Pto de Mazarrón 5pm

Friday 14 Christmas Table Top Fair @ Fusion Bar, Pliego 10.30am-4pm Wellspring Victory Church Carol Singing @ Camposol B 6pm Three Little Pigs @ Lorca 5€ 6.30pm Wine Club of the North East @ Hotel Argos, Calasparra 8pm-10pm Astronomy Night @ Cartagena 10pm (14-35 yrs)

Beatles Tribute @ Alley Palais, Camposol B OSRM – Bolero & Piano Concerto @ Aguilas 10€ 8.30pm

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Age Concern Table Top Sale @ Camposol B Commercial Centre 9am-1pm Making a Difference Table Top Sale @ Camposol B Commercial Centre 10am–2pm FAST Book Stall @ Camposol B Commercial Centre

Saturday 15 Artisan Market @ Paseo de las Comunidades Autónomos, Pto de Mazarrón Theatre Visit In The Archaeological Site of La Bastida, Totana 9.30am Free Guided Tour of Cehegín (Spanish) 11.15am Camposol Fiesta Christmas Party/Big J Juanma Band/3 Course Meal/ Drinks @ Mazarrón 30€ Oliver Twist @ Cartagema 7pm Free Guided Tour of Historic Lorca (Spanish) 8.30pm

Pre-Christmas Dinner @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A

Deja Nielsen @ The Club House, Camposol C Jonathan Rowley (80’s Vinyl) @ Bar Salud, Camposol B Los Duques @ 62 Corvera, Corvera

MABS/AECC Carol Singing/Mulled Wine/Mince Pies @ Isla Plana Social Centre, 2€ 6-8pm

Sunday 16 Artisan Market @ Caravaca “Ruta del Ferrocarril” (Railway Route) @ Aguilas 10am Artisan Market @ Sanctuary de la Esperanza, Calasparra 10am-6pm Free Guided Tour (Spanish) of Caravaca’s history 11am Free Theatrical Tour of Alhama 11am Mazarrón FC v FC Cartagena B (away) Wellspring Victory Church Carol Singing @ The Clover Bar, Condado de Alhama 6pm

HOPE For Dogs Murcia Christmas Fayre @ 62 Corvera, Corvera 10am-2pm

Monday 17 2 Night Stay/3 Activities/Full Board @ La Mariposa, Gebas 169€ pp WARM Walk in Bullas

3 Course Turkey & Tinsel Menu/Steve Fisher @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 27.50€

Forget Me Not Respite Care/’Singalong’ @ The Social Centre, Camposol B from 10.30am Andrea’s Animal Rescue Mulled Wine/Mince Pies @ Camposol B Lower Car Park 11.30am-1.30pm

Tuesday 18 Kayaking/4 Course Lunch @ La Mariposa, Gebas inc transport to lake/equip

HELP MMM General Meeting @ Las Claras, Los Narejos 11.30am

Wednesday 19 CGA Christmas Lunch @ The Club House, Camposol C Wellspring Victory Church Carol Singing @ Camposol D 6pm

3 Course Turkey & Tinsel Menu/Retro @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A 27.50€

Age Concern Coffee Morning @ Calle Valencia 12, Camposol A 11am-1pm

Thursday 20 Curryoke @ Blues House, Bolnuevo (Curry & Karaoke)

The Nutcracker @ Murcia 25€/35€/45€/70€ 8pm (until 22nd)

Helping The Perrera Dogs Carol Singing/UkeSkool/Mulled Wine/Mince Pies @ The Diner, Camposol B 6pm Friends of Mazarrón Animals 3 Course Dinner/Tijuana Road @ Isla Plana 28€

Friday 21 Chloe Leigh @ Alley Palais, Camposol B

MABS Murcia NW Outdoor Market Stall @ Calle Segura, Calasparra 9am-1pm MABS MMM Share & Care Group @ San Javier 11am-1pm Mazarrón Bahia Leo Club @ The Social Centre, Camposol B 7-9pm (12-18 yrs)

Saturday 22 Free Guided Evening Tour (Spanish) of Yecla 7pm Free Theatrical Tour of Lorca 8pm Little Emotional Suite @ Cartagena 9.30pm

Retro Christmas Party @ Bar Salud, Camposol B Mr Shifty @ 62 Corvera, Corvera Abba-solutely Fabulous Christmas Show @ The Club House, Camposol C

Sunday 23 Car Boot Sale @ Gran Via, Cehegín Free 4km Coastal Walk of Aguilas 10am Mazarrón FC v CF Lorca Deportiva (home)

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Special 3 Course Menu del Dia @ The Diner, Camposol B 9.95€

Frozen Tribute Show @ Murcia 15€ 12pm Classical Clarinet Music @ Murcia 12€ 7.30pm

Monday 24 Pony Club @ Cavalli, La Costera de Alhama WARM Walk in Moratalla

Christmas Eve Lunch/Andy Winwood @ The Club House, Camposol C 15€ Christmas Eve Buffet @ Tropic Ana’s, Camposol A Gala Evening Dinner/Stollen @ Hotel Sheraton, Hacienda del Alamo 70€

Carolynn May @ Bar Salud, Camposol B 5.30p Christmas Party @ Fusion Bar, Pliego 7pm-1am Byron GMan @ The Clover Bar, Condado de Alhama Free entry 8pm

Tuesday 25 Christmas Day Lunch/Johnny Sax @ The Club House, Camposol C Christmas Menu @ La Chara, Isla Plana 34€ Indian Lunch @ Quality Indian, Camposol B 12.50€ Christmas Lunch @ Juan Chara, Isla Plana 32€ plus IVA Special 3 Course Lunch @ Paras, Camposol B 22.99€ inc a drink Christmas Brunch @ Hotel Sheraton, Hacienda del Alamo 50€ Traditional Christmas Lunch @ Hotel Sheraton, Hacienda del Alamo 70€

Wednesday 26 Downhill Cycling/4 Course Lunch @ La Mariposa, Gebas 39€ inc bike/guide/safety equip Pony Club @ Cavalli, La Costera de Alhama

Thursday 27 Pony Club @ Cavalli, La Costera de Alhama

Friday 28 Guided Walk & 4 Course Lunch inc beer/wine @ La Mariposa, Gebas 13€ Pony Club @ Cavalli, La Costera de Alhama Free Activities inc printing/music therapy/belly dancing/cooking (10€) @ Cartagena (14-35yrs)

Rick Hadley 80’s Night @ Alley Palais, Camposol B 9pm

Making a Difference Table Top Sale @ Camposol B Commercial Centre 10am–2pm HELP MMM Charity Market @ Los Alcazáres 11am-1pm FAST Book Stall @ Camposol B Commercial Centre

Saturday 29 Downhill Cycling/4 Course Lunch @ La Mariposa, Gebas 39€ inc bike/guide/safety equip ‘Supercalafragilistico’ @ Cartagena 6pm Astronomy Course @ Puerto Lumbreras 2.50€ (under 10’s free) 7pm

Woody @ The Club House, Camposol C Mr DJ Dan @ 62 Corvera, Corvera Michael Jackson Tribute Show @ Murcia 25€/35€/40€ 6.30pm & 9.30pm Stevie Spit @ The Clover Bar, Condado de Alhama

Sunday 30 Artisan Market @ Plaza del Castillo, Cehegin 10am Free Guided Evening Tour (Spanish) of Yecla 7pm

Michael Jackson Tribute Show @ Murcia 25€/35€/40€ 5pm

Monday 31 Pony Club @ Cavalli, La Costera de Alhama Welcome New Year’s Eve Party/Christine/Rob Sweeney/Road Runner/Buffet @ Camposol A 20€

Special Indian Meal @ Quality Indian, Camposol B 15.95€ Dinner/Dance @ Amapola Restaurant, Bolnuevo Dinner/Circus Cabaret/DJ Shira/Oneida James @ Sheraton Hotel, Hacienda del Alamo 170€ New Year’s Eve Dinner & Dance & Stay Overnight @ Amapola, Bolnuevo

Geckos @ Alley Palais, Camposol B Byron G Man Sax/Sandy’s Bagpipes/DJ Smallz @ Bar Salud, Camposol B DJ Sean/Free Buffet @ Black Bull, Camposol B Party Night with Carl Thomas/Hot Buffet @ The Diner, Camposol B 8€ Guirband @ 62 Corvera, Corvera 15€ (inc fi rst drink, party bag & cava at midnight) Steve Fisher as Rod Stewart @ Fusion Bar, Pliego 20€ 7pm Carolynn May @ The Club House, Camposol C Nicky Gale @ The Clover Bar, Condado de Alhama 5€

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JANUARY 2019

Tuesday 1 WARM Walk in Cehegín

New Year’s Day Brunch @ Hotel Sheraton, Hacienda del Alamo 50€

Age Concern Sponsored Swim @ Bahia Beach, Pto de Mazarrón 1pm

Wednesday 2 Pony Club @ Cavalli, La Costera de Alhama Welcome Petanca @ Camposol A 2pm

MABS MMM Volunteer’s Meeting @ Centro Civico, Roda Bar, Roda 11.15am Age Concern Talking Shop Social @ Calle Valencia 12, Camposol A 1.30-3.30pm

Thursday 3 Pony Club @ Cavalli, La Costera de Alhama Camposol Reading Group @ The Social Centre, Camposol B 2-4pm

Friday 4 Pony Club @ Cavalli, La Costera de Alhama

MABS Murcia NW Outdoor Market Stall @ Calle Segura, Calasparra 9am-1pm

Saturday 5 ADAPT Meeting @ Pensionista Centre, Lo Pagan 10.30am

JJ’s Puppy Rescue Table Top Sale @ Pto de Mazarrón

Sunday 6 Artisan Market @ Bullas 9am-2pm Mazarrón FC v Atletico Pulpileno (away)

Name Location Price Courses Starters Main Dessert Drink Coffee Available Bar Yan Calasparra € 6,50 3 4 14 yes 1 drink or dessert Mon-Fri Mon-Sat Bolnuevo 356yes1 drink yes Blues House € 10,00 (exc Tues)

Hotel Argos Calasparra € 10,00 355yes1 drink no Mon-Fri 10€ plus Mon-Sat Juan Chara Isla Plana 444yes1 drink or dessert iva (exc Weds) 10.50€ La Chara Isla Plana 344yes1 drink or dessert Mon-Sat plus IVA 1st, 26th-31st Gebas 444yesnoor dessert La Mariposa € 9,00 Dec (exc 30th) Canadas de 2 salad 2 no 1 drink no Tues-Fri Los Balcones Romero € 9,00

Paras Indian & Camposol B €9.95 344yes1 drink or dessert Everyday Continental Rest Quality Everyday exc Camposol B € 9,95 3 5 any main no 1 drink no Indian Thurs The Club Camposol C € 10,95 3885nonoTues-Thurs House Bistro

The Diner Tues Camposol B 344yesnoor dessert Restaurant & €9.95 (1pm-8pm) Bar Tropic Ana’s Camposol A € 6,00 2 4 10 opt 1 drink no Everyday Pto de 433yes1 drink or dessert Mon-Sat Viggos Mazarrón € 10,00

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Glad to say that after most dances we can Cherry K and Red Strokes. Both have is only €4 per person. look back and say “That was a great night.” entertained us individually in the past, but never together. Should you need more information etc, We can have a look at our Faceook page. certainly say that about our last dance in November when the live music was provided by Bobby Valentine. He gets better with every visit. 16 of our This will our last dance of 2018, so we thank German everyone who has been coming along and Ann and Roy’s line dance classes continue friends supporting the club. Come March, it will be on Wednesday and Thursday, but they will who come 6 years since we started. The years simply be having a break over Christmas/New here for the fl y by don’t they?!! Year. winter also added to the night. Their phone number is 634 899 704 We have a dance on the fi rst Friday of the Quite sure we will be saying “That was a month in Mariano’s, Camposol A, which has Merry Christmas and Happy New Year great night” again after our next dance the biggest dance fl oor in the area. From 0n Friday 7th December when, for the fi rst 7.45pm requests are played until 9pm time, we have The Red Cherries - aka when the live act comes on. Entry

We would like to wish all our Clients, any other useful items and come along and Calle Valencia 12 Friends and Supporters of Age Concern a check out our bargains. Camposol A very Happy Christmas and a Prosperous Tel 634 344 589 New Year. Tuesday 1st January 2019 - New Year’s Please note our Drop in Centre Day Sponsored Swim Sponsorship forms Opening Hours: will be closed from Friday 21st available for this fun event which will take Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 10am-1pm December to Monday 7th January. place at 1pm on Bahia Beach. Water up to your knees for a minimum of one minute! Enquiries - 634 344 589 Forthcoming Events Pick up your form from our Drop in Centre, Events - 634 336 484 or from our Table Top Sale on Friday 14th Equipment Loan - 634 306 927 Friday 14th December – Visit our next Table December. The Bahia Hotel will be open for (all the above 10am-4pm Mon-Fri) Top Sale on Camposol B, from 9am-1pm. that warming drink after your dip so come Please support us by donating bric-a-brac and along and ‘brave’ it to support a great cause.

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Great Racing To A New Format broken its very inadequate mooring, slowly backed SW by the fi nish, the fastest boats All week the weather forecast was showing drifted across the race course. The support completed 6 and the slowest 3 laps. The high winds and rain for Sunday October boat helped the sailor fi rst and then took winner was Omega, Brian and Kent, just 28th so it appeared that, yet again, the the yacht in tow back to the jetty at CTD; 1.45 seconds ahead of Don in the Hartley scheduled SAMM race day would have a bit of excitement for Martin and his crew 12.2. to be cancelled. Luckily this changed by Sean and David and a chance for them to Sunday so it was on! practice their skills.

A new format ‘Average Lap Racing’ was By the to be trialled. This requires all boats to time the sail as many laps as they can in a given afternoon time period, rather than completing a race started fi xed number of laps. This offers many the wind benefi ts for the great variety of boats in had dropped the SAMM fl eet. They all sail in the same a little and conditions for the full race, so the slower was NW boats are not sailing around alone after the 8-10 knots faster fi nish. All competitors get the same but with the amount of race time on the water and are occasional Robert Hudson & Ian Sinclair not waiting for slow boats to fi nish and the stronger Vernon and Shanae O’Byrne race day can be managed better. gust. The (Granddaughter) During the lunch break the wind went fully course was unchanged but the duration south, reaching 10 plus knots as the boats The Race Offi cer set a very short course was reduced to 75mins. Five of the fl eet were trying to launch and get out to the and a 90 minute race for the morning race crossed in under 30 seconds, with the start line. This required some very quick which started at 11.30am. It was a good Laser Radial and the Sailfi sh well behind tacks back and forth across the channel, start with four of the boats over the line and only started as the leaders were with Omega and Topaz getting in each together and the last within a minute. The completing their fi rst lap. The Laser 2000 other’s way. When Omega fi nally got out W 12-15 knot wind made for some thrilling got the better of the Topaz and opened up she unexpectedly turned back and did not sailing and there were many close battles a good lead. The shorter time and reduced compete. By the 2.30pm start the wind had throughout the race, especially between wind strength meant that the lap count veered back to SW and increase to at least the Arabel of Robert and Trefor and the was between 4 and 9.The winner was the 12 knots and the waves started to build. Gamba of Vernon, John and Shanae, Gamba, much to the surprise of her crew. Another great start by all boats which Vernon’s granddaughter on a visit from were fl ying around the course so fast the her home in Austria. Another battle royal Everybody expressed their enjoyment of Race Offi cer had the support boat move a was between the leading two boats, the the new ‘Average Lap’ format. buoy to increase the length of lags 2 and Laser 2000 of Brian and Diane and the 3. Again there was some close competition Topaz of Julian, with the lead changing Phew What a Day throughout the race, especially as the faster between them on almost every lap. The 10 boats and their crews turned out for the boats were lapping the slower. Close to the course proved to be a bit too short in SAMM race day on November 4th, the most race end Sirocco failed to go through the the conditions with the fastest boats for a day in the Autumn season. start/fi nish gate and, despite being alerted completing 11 laps and the slowest 8 laps. to the fact, surprisingly carried on and The winner on corrected time was Robert Again the format was for ‘Average Lap’ was disqualifi ed. Topaz capsized 3 times and Trefor in the Arabel. racing with the majority wanting a race in quick succession, but Julian managed time of 75 minutes. The wind was a light to right her each time and continue to Towards the end of the race there was a westerly of 4-6 knots when the race fi nish the race. The Hartley 12.2 capsized call from the beach for the SAMM support started and all boats got away well except right on the last mark before fi nishing. boat to help a sailor in diffi culty and, at little Rosita with Mick on board who Don managed to get her back up twice, the same time a small yacht, which had was 3 minutes late over the line and the but some lines had become tangled. He Sailfi sh Sirocco, got very cold and had to be taken aboard Nik, Leon and Trefor, the support boat, which also took his boat who eventually in tow. Thanks to those on duty, helm gave up trying and Martin and crew Dave and Graeme. In the did not start. The increased wind fi ve boats completed 8 laps Omega, Brian and and the other two fi nishers 6. The winner Kent, soon took the was Lavanter, Robert and Ian, with the lead hotly pursued smallest boat Rosita a close second. by the others and there were some No photographs were taken as some exciting moments people had left whilst Don and his boat as various boats were being recovered. jostled for position when rounding the marks. In the light wind, which had

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San Javier Golf Society Captain’s thanks for their participation in the day. Nearest the Pins were won by Steve Charity Day (in aid of MABS Cancer All in all, we had a good day of golf, with Branston, Matt Waller, Bobby Watson and Foundation) at La Serena on Monday 5th the added reward of providing an excellent Frank Murphy. November donation to a local charity. Thank you to Captain Dave Farrington said “The day everyone that contributed to the day, as The Gross 2 (for 50€) was not claimed and dawned grey and cool, but the 28 players’ the success was due to the help of you will roll over to our next game. spirits were high and ready to take on the all. Once again a BIG thank you from the challenges of the course.” Captain. We have several upcoming games, the details of which can be seen on the calendar Play commenced with Mr Captain and Mr The competition was a ‘Mystery Pairs’ and of our website. Full details will be emailed Vice Captain, alongside two guests and it the winners were Steve Branston and Paul to all members. For further information did not take too long for the water to claim Matthews, closely followed by Ian Lawley on our society, to play as a guest, or to some victims! and Kev Parker, then Steph Brooke and join, please phone Barry Beale on +34 Paul Newman, with only 1 point separating 649 245 889 or look at our website Mr C’s guests, both reasonable players, the top 3 pairs! www.sanjaviergolfsociety.co.uk and had come with only 6 balls each, unaware Facebook page www.facebook.com/ of the greedy water hazards, but Mr C had sanjaviergolfsociety taken the precaution of bringing lots of extra balls! At least the 50 cent donation for every ball entering the water added to the magnifi cent 805€ donation to the MABS charity, who attended on the day to receive the cheque.

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed winners all donated their cash prizes back into the charity pot, but were presented with superb hand crafted wooden pens, created by Ray Seaman and my sincere thanks to him for this generous gesture.

All players left with some reward, as a Captain Dave Farrington, presenting the cheque to the MABS representative.

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Formula 1 report Nº 18 to slow suffi ciently under the red fl ag in in 1980 to 3.991km with 9 turns until Williams have confi rmed 20 year old FP1. Ver got 5 places for a new gearbox 1985 during which time F1 did not use Formula 2 champion ‘elect’ George & both Toro Rosso drivers for new power the venue. Another change for the 1986 Russell as one of their drivers, making him unit elements. season with F1 returning increasing it to the second rookie on the grid after Lando 4.421km, again with 14 turns which lasted Norris in the McLaren. Force India have A bright & sunny start for the race at until the fi nal race in 1992 when ‘Our confi rmed Per for another season and it is 1.10pm local time with the temperature at Nige’ won from pole, driving a Williams- expected they will have Str alongside the 20˚C. Ham lost the lead to a fast starting Renault V10, with his team mate Patrese Mexican. That leaves 2 seats available, Räi. Gro clashed with Lec and more and Schumi in a Benetton-Ford Cosworth one at Williams and one at Toro Rosso. drivers were banging wheels and spinning. V8 joining him on the podium. Formula 1 Alo was caught up in all that, being forced races were again held there from 1963- Mick Schumacher, 19 year old son off the circuit and going out. Ric & Vet had 1970 (8) and again from 1986-1992 (7) of Michael, has been crowned as the a coming together, putting the German before returning to the calendar in 2015 2018 European F3 champion, qualifying into a spin and going to the back of the with a revised layout, making this the 19th the youngster for an FIA Super Licence pack. Gro retired with accident damage race to be held at this venue, but only the enabling him to enter F1. after 2 laps. Ric came to a grinding halt on 4th on the new layout. The circuit boasts lap 8 with a loss of power bringing out the an extremely fast slightly banked fi nal The 21 race calendar for 2019 has now VSC for a couple of laps. Lec also retired corner turn 17 “Peraltada” leading on to been confi rmed by the FIA and it begins with accident damage after getting caught the 1.2km start/fi nish straight. For 2016 as usual in Australia, but a week earlier up in the fi rst lap incidents. Ver stormed it was revamped and now has17 turns on 17th March. There will not be another throught the fi eld to get in a points-paying with the fi nal turn being renamed ‘Mansell triple-header, but it has six back-to-back position by the fi rst round of pit stops. Turn’. No single driver appears to have races. The season will fi nish in Abu Dhabi a Sai was handed a 5 second time penalty dominated at this venue. There are 2 DRS week later than this year on 1st December. for leaving the track and gaining an zones the fi rst along the main straight advantage. There were lots of good battles and the second between turns 3 & 4 both United States GP Round 18. Circuit of and some very close wheel to wheel racing operated by just one detection point. the Americas, Austin, Texas. some a little too close. 56 laps @ 5.515km/3.427ml = A bright and sunny 18ºC started the 308.405/191.948ml. All in all a very exciting race with plenty weekend. There were three reserve of action. Rai got his fi rst win since the drivers in the FP1 session; Giovinazzi in Lap record 1m 37.766s held by S. Australian GP way back in 2013 and his the Sauber of Lec, Norris in the McLaren Vettel Ferrari (2017). 21st career victory. Ver & Ham joined him of Alo & Latifi in the Force India of Oco. on the podium. Ham posted the fastest As per usual there was a ‘hero’s welcome The circuit was built on 890 acres of lap on lap 40 with 1m 37.392s; another for local boy Perez. undeveloped land at Elroy in Travis new lap record, 0.374s faster than last County, in Texas and situated 19kms year’s. Oco (8th) & Mag (9th) were both Ric got his fi rst pole at this circuit with Ver south of Austin. It was offi cially opened disqualifi ed for fuel infringements which giving the team their fi rst front row lock- on 21st October 2012 with Mario Andretti promoted Har & Eri into the points. Gro out since COTA in 2013 (Vettel & Webber). running ceremonial laps in the Lotus was given a 3 place grid drop for Mexico Ham, Vet & Bot made up the top fi ve. 79 that he drove when he became the – causing an accident as well as another last American to win the F1 drivers penalty point. Two more and he will get a The race began in front of a grandstand full championship in 1978. The major feature one race ban. of fans many of which in their ‘Halloween’ at COTA is the observation tower which fancy dress. The temperature was 18ºC. stands 77mtrs high and has an elevator Formula 1 report Nº 19 - 2018. Ver & Ham got passed Ric. Hül & Oco hoist-way surrounded by a stairway with collided. Alo went wide to avoid the clash 419 steps leading to the observation Mexican GP Autódromo Hermaños but collected some debris from the Force platform 70mtrs above ground level Rodríguez. Round 19. India. Har made contact with Alo. Har which can accommodate 70 spectators! 71 laps @ 4.304km/2.674ml = & Oco both pitted at the end of lap 1 for The circuit includes re-creations of the 305.584km/189.890ml. repairs. Alo pulled off the circuit at turn Maggotts, Becketts & Chapel sequence at 11 with a smoking McLaren VSC for a very Silverstone, Hockenheim’s Arena Bends Lap record 1m 18.785s held by S. short spell. The second VSC was caused and a replica of Istanbul’s Turn Eight, also Vettel Ferrari (2017). by Sai stopping with an electrical problem. with inspirations from the Senna ‘S’ at There was lots of action and position Interlagos and the Sebring- Auspuffkurve The circuit was built on a dried up lake changes, especially during the pit stop at the old Österreichring. The circuit also bed and opened in1962. It was originally stage. Per retired with a brake problem. boasts a 1km long back straight between named the Magdalena Mixhuca circuit as Har & Oco had a coming together for turns 11 & 13 and a very steep 133ft it is located in the municipal sports park which the Kiwi was handed a 5 second elevation to turn 1. It as usual has 2 of the Magdalena Mixhuca in the SE area time penalty. Another retirement for Ric; DRS zones. It is the third of the fi ve anti- of Mexico City and sits 2,285mtrs above this time hydraulics. clockwise circuits on this year’s calendar sea level, with 22% less oxygen, making and has 20 turns. it diffi cult for the cars and drivers. The A very exciting 71 lap race, with plenty name was changed later when Ricardo of overtaking and some minor off-circuit Friday morning for FP1 was overcast and Rodríguez died during practice for the non- excursions. Ver got his second win at this wet after heavy overnight rain. Qualifying Championship race in1962 aged 20 years. circuit, fi rst of the season and the fi fth in the afternoon was overcast and windy His brother Pedro also lost his life behind of his career in 1h 38m 28.851s. Vet & and the temperature only at 19˚C. Ham the wheel at the Norisring, Germany in Räi joined in on the podium celebrations. got his third pole position at this circuit an Interserie Sports Car Race on 11th July Ham fi nished 4th to win his fi fth world and setting a new track record of 1m 1971 aged 31 years old. championship. Bot was 5th, 1 lap down and 32.237s around the 5.513km lap with Vet, recorded the fastest lap making another Räi, Bot & Ric making up the top fi ve. From 1962 until ‘79 it was 5km in length new lap record of 1m 18.741s on lap 65 Vet had a 3 place grid drop after failing with 14 turns. It was then shortened only 0.044s faster than last year.

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Our latest meeting was on 18th October and second with 36 points. Wayne‘s score was was the annual Gerry Clarke Memorial enough to give him top spot in Division Competition, contested by 39 members One with Kevin Jones Runner-Up in this and guests in ideal conditions, at Hacienda division with 36 points. de Alamo. In Division Two, Ron Smart was ahead of Following the game we made the short trip the rest with 34 points followed in second to the Spaniard Inn and met with our place by Peter Roberts with his 28 points wives and partners for fi sh and chips and total. the presentations.

The eventual winner of the the trophy was Division Three Winner Allen Evans our guest Tony Plant from the UK with Nearest the Pin winners were Wayne 37 points recorded on his scorecard, just Griffi ths, Brad Willetts and Jeff Brain, but ahead of Wayne Griffi ths who was a close the Two‘s Money pot rolls over to the next game.

Also presented were our Annual Achievement Awards to Neil MacFarlane, Roger Olorenshaw and Alan Benton and not Ron Smart, Winner of Division Two with Jim least, we were able to present 50€ to the Costa Cálida Chronicle Poppy Appeal. Meanwhile in Division Three, Allen Evans was in fi rst place with 26 points and Peter Should anyone wish to know more about Kirke, continuing his fi ne run of form, was FOGGS, please contact us by email at Runner-Up also with 26 points with the [email protected] Wayne Griffiths with Captain Paul Western matter decided on countback. and President Jim Kinniburgh Dave May

Tuesday, 6th November was a lucky day for Hole 11 - Geoff Ewins, on & off the Los Amigos Golf Society members. Hole 17 - Glenn Read We usually hold our monthly competitions on a Monday, but on this occasion, it had to Our Presentation Evening was held on be delayed by a day. This meant we missed Wednesday, 7th November in the restaurant all the cold miserable Monday conditions of Camposol Club de Golf. 65 members and enjoyed a good day’s golf in sunny, dry and their ladies attended and enjoyed an and perfect golfi ng weather. excellent supper meal of Chilli con Carne Quite often we have a 50-60 minutes drive and Chicken & Mushroom Pie. I think it before reaching our competition venue, but is safe to say, the meal was thoroughly for this occasion we only had the short trip enjoyed by all. Our grateful thanks to all over to Condado de Alhama. The Club House staff.

It was a very well supported event with 44 members signed up. Unfortunately one person had to withdraw at the eleventh hour, but the remaining 43 had a most Two of the winners. Dave Lynch & Geoff Ewins enjoyable day. The format was a 3-2-1 Jowett, Dave Lynch, Dave Davidson. team event played on a quite challenging 2nd with 69 Points - Glenn Read, Paul Davis, course, especially, the PAR threes. John Dawson, Allen Evans. Moreover, the course was very busy with Nearest the Pin: groups going out before and after us, so Hole 3 - Brian Tape maintaining good timing throughout the Hole 7 - Marshall Shields round was paramount. Yes, there were occasions when a couple of groups might have been a little more expeditious, but the overall result was that we kept to schedule.

One particular PAR three (hole 11), was quite problematic. I believe only one member, Geoff Ewins, managed to get his ball on the green. However, after landing, it then proceeded to roll off and come to a stop six inches off the green. Result: no Nearest the Pin prize!

Results: 1st with 76 points - Geoff Ewins, Chris Nearest the Pin Hole 7. Marshall Shields

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With a third of the season gone, Mazarrón Mazarrón’s thank you were 4th in the Tercera Divison and in a home games for all their play-off position. This is quite remarkable are normally help in the considering this is the fi rst season back played on smooth at the higher level. Support at home and Sundays running of away games continue to increase and the with varying this event. future looks fairly bright. kick off Many of times. Los the visiting However, disciplinary problems both Amigos de celebrities on and off the fi eld have not helped the Mazarrón hopefully cause. Mazarrón has one of the worst FC organise include: records for bookings and yellow cards, a supporters’ Dave and crowd problems at the home games coach to Bassett, Steve Daley against Cieza and UCAM Murcia led to fi nes most away Alvin Martin, of €1,500 and €2,000 respectively and games. Tony Currie, Peter Reeves, Alex Stepney, the Estadio Municipal was closed by the Tickets can Steve Daley, Steve Kindon and comedian Murcia Federation for one game. The Cieza be booked at New Mazarrón Shirt Gary Marshall. Jan Molby, who is not a game was extraordinary in that the visiting the weekly golfer, will be around throughout the team left the fi eld with fi fteen minutes Los Amigos meetings at €10 for members tournament and will be delighted to have a still remaining after Mazarrón had scored and €12 for non-members. For longer chat with you at the bar. an equaliser to make the score 1-1. The journeys a stop is often made en-route referee had no choice but to abandon the for refreshments. Full details of all games, game as they refused to return to the fi eld. dates and kick off times are advertised in The Murcia Federation awarded the game the local media, on www.mazarronfc.es, to Mazarrón by a 3-0 margin and also on fb.me/mazarron2016 and on posters deducted three points from Cieza which at various points throughout Camposol and saw them drop to the foot of the table. Mazarrón.

Forthcoming fi xtures: 2nd December - Muleno CF - home 6th December - Real Murcia CF - away th 9 December - Aguilas FC - home Alex Stepney with his wife Sheila and 16th December - FC Cartagena B - away Los Amigos President Alan Lyle and his wife 23rd December - CF Lorca Deportiva - Sue at last year’s Dinner home 6th January - Atletico Pulpileno - away The tournament will again be in the popular Texas Scramble with teams of four players The specially commissioned fi rst team competing for the trophy won by Alvin shirts for Los Amigos members and friends Martin’s team last year. The cost per team have arrived and we are taking orders for of four is €160 which includes Green Fees Confusion at the Cieza Game a further delivery. €20 for a high quality and a two course carvery lunch. We are The ground closure following the UCAM football shirt is a bargain price when you also inviting teams of three to play with match resulted in the ‘home’ game against see the cost of most other replica shirts. one celebrity for a cost of €180 per team UD Los Garres being played at the Estadio If you would like to order one please email of three, again including lunch. Individual Mundial 82 in Lorca. Fortunately, this did Barbara at [email protected] entries are also accepted at €40 pp or not affect the result as Mazarrón ran €60 pp to play with a celebrity (subject to out 2-0 winners with Basi getting both There are no tickets left for the 10th Los availability). A limited number of buggies goals. Five players were suspended for Amigos de Mazarrón FC Gala Evening are available at €20 on a fi rst-come-fi rst- this game, Jose Da, Nacho and Zurdo who and Dinner. 220 tickets have been sold served basis and booking is essential. had one game bans and Dani Barrelis and for this spectacular event which is again Chicho who received fi ve and four match being sponsored by Ibex Insurance If you are interested in the golf please mail bans respectively for insulting the referee and The Club House, Camposol Club Dave at dtbusinesssolutions@hotmail. after the UCAM game, even though neither de Golf. The dinner will take place at com as soon as possible as the event has was in the squad that day. Both Barrellis, the Hotel la Cumbre, Puerto de Mazarrón been sold out in the last couple of years. Mazarrón’s leading scorer and Chicho on Tuesday 26th March and there will be have now left the Club. A new signing, to many celebrities from the football world Los Amigos de Mazarrón FC hold replace Barrelis, is Habib, a striker who travelling over to Mazarrón to join in the weekly meetings and new members are made his debut as a substitute in the 1-0 celebrations. There is a cancellation list very welcome. Social meetings take place away defeat to CAP Ciudad de Murcia in mid and if you wish to be placed on this list every Thursday at The Club House, November. It is hoped that he will settle in please email Keith Salter on salterkb@ Camposol Club de Golf at 4 pm. General quickly and link up well with Basi up front. hotmail.com Tickets at €50 include a fi ve meetings are held on the last Thursday In the same game, midfi elder Andreo was course meal with local beer, house wine of each month when only members are sent off for receiving two yellow cards and soft drinks included during the serving allowed to attend. Membership is €20 with and now faces his third suspension of the of dinner. numerous discounts available on most season after collecting ten yellow cards social events and coach travel. Please and one red card in his twelve appearances The Celebrity Golf Day at Camposol email [email protected] for a do far!! Club de Golf on Monday 25th March is membership form. an important part of the Gala Week Although the team is in 4th position, there celebrations. Andy and Angela Skinner of is little to choose between the teams in Tramway Financial Management and Shirley 4th and 10th position, with only one point Fisher of Shirley Fisher Legal & Financial separating them. Services will be sponsoring the day, so

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After winning the 2017 Spanish National then for on another tie break. Singles Championship, I was looking the big one forward to playing in the World Bowls against On Day 5, the last qualifying day, I Champion of Champions in Sydney, the Aussie woke up with a frozen shoulder and was Australia in October. Champion! not surprised that I lost to both USA & I lost 7/4 Zimbabwe. In December 2017 I had a left hip 8/4; little did replacement from which I made a speedy I know this Overall, it was a great experience, winning recovery. As the day for departure drew was going to only three games, but having seven games nearer, I received late funding from the be a regular that went to tie breaks. Had I won all my Valencian Bowls Federation which helped occurrence tie breaks I would have been in the mix for to pay for my return fl ights from Spain to during the the fi nal stages. Australia. coming week! I would like to thank all the messages of support from my family and friends; also Having arrived in Sydney on Saturday 27th Day 2 started with defeats to both the the staff and markers at St Johns Bowls October, it was straight into practise on Norfolk Isle & Malaysia Champions in tie Club and to the Costa Cálida Chronicle Sunday 28th with a borrowed set of bowls breaks, but winning my last game of the for printing my story. from a club member. Monday morning day against China on yet another tie break. arrived and it was straight into a serious Thank you. game against the Welsh Champion, Day 3 arrived and I lost heavily to South unfortunately losing in straight sets. The Africa, then again lost to both Samoa & Brian Robertson fi rst afternoon game was better when I beat Switzerland on tie breaks. the Botswana Champion on a tie break, Day 4 I lost to Scotland, then beat Hungary

Elaine Willetts And Keith Docking Are Brian Hills Karalee’s Hair and Beauty Salon for The New MCC Golf Champions (18) took the their help and support organising this fi nal men’s year’s competition. Mazarrón Country Club Annual Golf podium Championship took place at Lorca on place with Friday 28th October. The course was in great a steady 30 condition and MCC home owners turned points. out in force to contest the championship. The new The lightening fast greens caused several Ladies’ players problems; not least Lorca member Champion Keith Docking (17) who despite winning is Elaine the Nearest the Pin prize on the 4th, still Willetts (21) managed to leave the hole pointless after who scored four putting. Keith however had the last 30 points laugh as he compiled an excellent 36 points and just held Elaine - Ladies Winner to leave the rest of the competitors trailing off a strong challenge from Pam Townsend in his wake, winning the men’s trophy by (23) to claim the prize by one point. 4 points Elaine also took Nearest the Pin on the long and tricky 6th.

Keith Docking - Winner Mens Nearest Pin Winners - Elaine, Jim, Maurice, Ken Maurice Nafzgar (24) was second, but had the consolation of getting Nearest the Pin The fi nal Nearest the Pin prizes on the with a fi ne shot on the 10th and the added Barranca protected 8th and 12th went to Jim bonus of a birdie to share the Two’s Prize Niblo and Ken Grice (21) respectively. with last year’s championship winner Jim Niblo (23) who secured a long rang birdie The organisers are thankful to Prime on the 4th. Property Murcia, Villaquest and

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Autumn Leaves Are Falling And The - buggy number 20 provided us with an height, not shoulder height. Weeds Are Growing Indiana Jones experience. We fi rst realised 6. You don’t need to let your partners It was a day of adventure when Straight we had no brakes as we left the par 3 5th know if you want to lift your ball to Down the Middle visited Camposol in hole and the buggy barely made it round identify it. October; we encountered jungle, worms, the tight bend. The descent from the 8th snakes and a harum-scarum roller-coaster and 10th holes really had us worried and 7. There is no penalty for touching the adventure. the slope down from the 13th hole was ground in a water hazard or other similarly hairy. At the end of the round, penalty area. Firstly, the jungle buggy 20 gave up the ghost and hardly I was the only member to attempt to made it up the 18th. 8. Red and yellow-marked hazards reach the practice area before playing and may also cover desert areas or lava I required a machete to carve my way The Camposol course generally seems rock areas. through the waist-high weeds. At the end to be improving; the fairways have more 9. Committees will be allowed to mark of the woody corridor I met two other lost grass and water and the greens are getting all penalty areas as red-marked souls who had also made it through. They better. If the bunkers could be similarly hazards in order that lateral relief is were as shocked to see me as I was them. addressed it would be a tough course to always allowed. play. Secondly, the worms 10. Spike marks can be repaired on Camposol appears to have the same disease Nearest the Pins were Mike Renshaw putting greens on the greens that is currently affl icting playing hole 3 and Ian Daley playing hole 11. There is no penalty for touching the the nearby Condado greens. Camposol, 13. line of a putt. after taking professional advice, is viewing the disease as a worm infestation and has 3rd with 35 points was Peter Smithson 12. There’s no penalty for moving a ball treated the greens for them. This means 2nd with 37 points was Jeff Perry or ball-marker accidentally while that the sub-surface worms that have 1st with a fi ne 38 points was Jim Niblo marking the ball. been eating at the roots of the putting (pictured) grass are being irritated out and are they Well done Jim. 13. You can take a free drop if your ball are departing the greens in droves. We is plugged, except in a bunker. therefore had the odd spectacle of ‘racing 14. There is no penalty for a double-hit worms’ hastily departing the greens while - it will count only as one stroke. we were putting. The greens, however, are subsequently improving. 15. There is no penalty for accidentally touching the sand in a bunker (but Thirdly, the snake you still can’t ground the club). Apparently there is a 6-foot snake residing 16. You can take a penalty drop outside in the canyon side of the 17th fairway. My a bunker if you have an unplayable partner, Paul Bartlett, chipped and putted lie (2 stroke penalty). like a PGA professional for most of the round and looked like he might be a winner 17. In a stroke/play competition, the until he drove into the aforesaid canyon committee may cap a maximum where the snake lives. My belief is he was score at each hole as a double- so preoccupied by the beast that it ruined bogey for handicapping purposes. his card. 18. A new local rule is the option to The last part of our adventure was the drop a ball in the vicinity of a lost harum-scarum buggy ride with no brakes Jim Niblo ball (incurring a 2 stroke penalty). In January 2019 the New Rules of Golf If you play a ball into the rough and will be implemented by the R & A and the can’t fi nd it, you have the option of USPGA. The overall purpose of the changes dropping a ball in the area you think is to speed up play and few would object it landed, as if it was a provisional to this. ball being played as three off the tee. Ready Golf is the new name of the game. The intention is to speed up the game: There is an online pdf of 162 pages at 1. If you can’t fi nd your ball, you will https://www.rules.golf have only 3 minutes to look for it instead of the current 5 minutes. Straight Down The Middle welcomes There’s no penalty for accidentally new members. Our monthly games are on moving your ball during the search. different courses for 35€/40€. 2. The new recommended time for Email Geoff Sharp at hatters45@msn. each golf stroke is no more than 40 com seconds. My thanks go to John Brown for the report 3. You will be able to putt on the green this month. without taking the pin out, thereby reducing the time required for The December game will be at Aguilon putting. 4. If you are ready to play your shot, you can now go ahead and play even if you are out of turn. 5. You should drop the ball from knee

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Los Nietos Golf Society held the annual (Pictured - Peter Eades teeing off on the Pipping him with a magnifi cent 39 points Henry Wilce Memorial Trophy at La 14th at Roda and no the ball didn’t go in and playing off 14 was our new member Roda this year. the water!!) Matt Ingledow. Mrs Janet Wilce very kindly joined us to make the presentation to the Once again there was a very healthy Tony Hayman (h/c 25-36) won both prizes winner who gets to keep the Henry Wilce turnout of 36 players with two new available - Nearest the Pin on hole 13 and Trophy until next year. members joining us on their debut game the Longest Drive on hole 16. with our society. As normal at this time Mick Springer, playing off 8 (h/c 1-24), of year, the day started with the decision won Nearest the Pin on hole 7. - shorts or no shorts!! Those who chose shorts made the right choice! Trevor Beechey receiving his prizes from Tim for (h/c 1-24) Nearest the Pin on hole The day was an individual Stableford 2 and the Longest Drive on hole eight. format with prizes for Nearest the Pin on He was also Runner-Up with an excellent par threes and Longest Drives together score of 36. with an Overall Winner. Captain Tim introduced an additional format to include those with handicaps ranging from 25 to 36. Matt Ingledow, Mrs Janet Wilce and Captain Tim

Our pre-Christmas game will be at La Torre and no doubt will feature some more surprises from Captain Tim.

Have an enjoyable festive season.

Trevor Beechey

Sailing International One Metre (IOM) and sail his boat to win! Radio Controlled Yachts at Lo Pagan. The fi nal result of our Autumn Series Our Winter Series of racing got off to a of racing saw a win for Stuart Lockwood slow start with cancellation of the fi rst sailing his Brad Gibson designed Britpop. week’s racing due to adverse weather Second place went to Terry Morden, also conditions. For the re-scheduled fi rst sailing a Britpop while Ray Hermitage week, at the beginning of November, came in third with his Rubix designed by conditions were much improved for the Damian Ackroyde. Thanks to all sixteen eleven competitors. Week two saw nine skippers who competed over the six weeks boats on the water and an early lead in of racing. the series established by Stuart Lockwood. With some close racing and several other boats in contention will he be able to maintain his lead? The software used to calculate the results allows a ‘discard’ of one race each week and of one week over Finally, a Merry Christmas to our the series when calculating the fi nal result. members and friends and if you have It is therefore possible for a competitor to ever thought about visiting us on our miss a week’s sailing and to still win the regular Wednesday sailing days to see series overall. what goes on, why not make it your 2019 resolution? The publication date of this magazine coincides with our Open Regatta, El Campeonato Territorial IOM, Federacion de Vela, Region de Murcia. If you are in the Lo Pagan area over the weekend of Following the Autumn Series we held a December 1st and 2nd why not call in for a ‘casual sailing’ day when skippers took coffee at El Rubio 360 and watch the racing the opportunity to tune their boats and from the terrace? A report and results will to assist each other in achieving optimum appear next month. performance. The IOM rules defi ne the rig and sail plan so the main difference More information is on our Facebook page between boats is in the design of the hull. (RC Mar Menor Sailing Group), on our This too has restrictions placed on it by the website www.rcsailingmarmenor.com Class Rules so, at the end of the day, it’s or you can email us at rcsailinggroup@ down to the individual skipper to set up gmail.com

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Stewart Smith Memorial Trophy score as has been played for annually since 2004 On a cloudy but still morning, 45 players myself when Ron stopped playing due to ill health. contested the Stewart Smith Memorial and Terry Sadly Ron has passed on, but he has left Trophy at Camposol Club De Golf. In Colvin with a wealth of memories and what better a closely contested competition Adrian count back way to remember him on this special day Turner took the trophy with a great score separating than by playing for his trophy. This year’s of 39 points, followed by Marilyn Jones the three of winner was Bernard Langley. in 2nd place with 35 points. 3rd place was us. myself with 33 points and then all with the 7th Paqui Charity Quiz same score in 4th place was Des Watts, 5th Martinez This was held on 2nd November at The Simon Rowbotham, 6th Eugene Toye and with 33 Club House. Ida & Phil Halton were Quiz 7th Mary Armitage with count back on the points. Masters and as usual they were excellent back nine separating the placings. setting the questions at just the right level. The 2’s Pot Over 140 people took part, many of whom Nearest the Pin winners: was shared took advantage of the optional supper. Hole 3 - Colin Reid between The Club House staff was well organised Hole 5 - Olly Hill Eugene, Pete and did us proud. There was a raffl e Eugene Winner Nov. Comp. Hole 11 - Adrian Turner and Eugene Toye Coulstock, which helped boost the funds and at the with the same distance. Hole 13 - Barry Me, Jesper Held, Olly Hill & Adrian Turner. end of the night a whopping 1,090. 13€ May was raised for our very worthy charities, Nearest the Pin winners: MABS, FAST and Forget me Not. The November Club de Golf Competition Hole 3 - Olly Hill winning team gave back their winnings The competition took place on 14th Hole 5 - Eugene Toye which also swelled the pot and was much November. With overnight rain reducing the Hole 11 - Eugene Toye appreciated. We were very pleased with entries from 63 to 42 players, it was great Hole 13 - Colin Reid all the support and we hope you will come to actually get the competition completed along to the next Charity Quiz, probably without any rain delays. With the reduced I hope everyone enjoyed the day and in March. amount of entries and therefore entry congratulations to all the prize winners. fees, the prizes were reduced pro rata Camposol Golf Association Christmas with prizes down to 7th place instead of the That brings to an end my year as Captain. Party originally planned 10th place. Over the year we’ve had 18 competitions This event will be on 8th December at with 13 sponsors. 976 players entered the Hotel Costa’s Celebration Rooms, with The golf course was playing well despite club competitions with 15 different winners entertainment by Rob Sweeney. Tickets the recent wet weather and once again we from the 18 competitions and paid out are 30€ for an 8 course meal with all drinks had a closely contested competition with prizes to the value of 4,000€. I would like provided whilst eating, followed by coffee a great winning score of 39 points from to thank all the sponsors for their support and a liqueur with 5€ pp for transport, if Eugene Toye. and thank you to all the members for their required. The coach will be pick up from 2nd Alan Kilminster with 35 points participation. All the best to Neil for his Camposol and Mazarrón Country Club. 3rd Andy Saunders with the same score on year ahead as Captain and good luck to count back everyone for the competitions in the year Betty Roberts 4th Des Watts with 34 points, the same ahead.

Colin Reid, Ex Captain, Camposol Club De Golf

Ron Moss Trophy On 17th October the CGA Men’s Wednesday Group played for the competition. In the early days of Camposol, Ron was the CGA’s President and Captain for some time and the trophy

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What a Life! In the LLB Southern League on Fridays, Colin himself Here we are with Christmas nearly upon Mazarrón Miners, as league leaders, was keen to us and almost halfway through the winter have maintained an opening margin of six include his programmes. The autumn period through points over second placed Quesada Swifts wife Brenda to Christmas is always the busiest time after 6 games played. Quesada did emerge in this of the year, with the inter-Club Monday as victors over Mazarrón at Quesada’s recognition and Friday leagues in full swing, our own home venue, which rather refl ects that of service, domestic Triples League underway on Mazarrón have been doing very well in since she had Tuesdays and then also the preliminary home matches, but not quite so well away supported and fi rst rounds of the Club Championships from home. him to be played. throughout Our Monday team Mazarrón Mariners in his periods In the Club Championships the more the LLB South Alicante League have been in offi ce ambitious members can fi nd themselves somewhat inconsistent, both home and and was engaged in several of the eleven trophy away and have slipped from top to mid- frequently categories. That makes life very busy, table after 5 matches. The Mariners have ‘hands on’. allied to other commitments and especially the tougher task to make their mark after John Smith, if scheduled plans to play matches become promotion to the Discovery Division. now resident frustrated by bad weather. For the most in UK, was part it is too early yet to predict who will The domestic Triples League has got off also elected Hot Shots -Sylvia Logue and make it through to the fi nals in March, to a good start and is always very keenly an Honorary Barbara Male. although G Morris/H Chambers are already contested between triples teams drawn Life Member. At the same time Sylvia Logue through to the fi nals of the Ladies’ Pairs; D from the Membership. Right at the start, and Barbara Male were presented with ‘Hot Bunce/G Appleton/C Cochrane will contest Mark Bettcher, winning skip from the last Shot’ certifi cates to record maximum shots the Ladies’ Triples versus A Macfarlane/D competition, has shot into the lead with a achieved in a recent competition. Morriss/ H Chambers and A Macfarlane/H new team although there is a long way to Chambers/D Macfarlane/G Tottey will be go with nine matches to be played. Newcomers are always welcome at the challenging for the Mixed Rinks Trophy. Club on Tuesday and Thursday Club days. In a Contact Colin Appleton on 605 492 937 or ceremony Jimmy Cochrane on 653 093 937 or email following the the Secretary at mazarronbowlsclub@ fi rst Triples outlook.com League More information at match, www.mazarronbowlsclub.webs.com Founder Member, long time Officer and Past President, Colin Sear, was Colin and Brenda Sear - Honarary Life Member presented with a certifi cate to record his election as fi rst- Man on a mission - Club Championships ever Honorary Life Member of the Club.

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UK still largest proportion of foreign really does say that!! That could mean until buyers in the Spanish property market! 2099, or any date in between. Even then, it I frequently read on expat forums and social would take all 27-member states of the EU media pages that the Spanish property to agree to the UK leaving. This is certainly market is very dependent on UK property not the clarity that British businesses, or buyers in Spain. This is not exactly true. The Spanish property buyers would have hoped total proportion of foreign property buyers for. Of course, this deal will need to pass in Spain (and this includes China, Russia before parliament and be agreed before and every other nationality) comprises of it takes effect and is most likely to be around 13% annually. Therefore 87% of rejected, according to many experts. all properties sold in Spain are between Spanish nationals. If the deal is rejected, then several scenarios could happen, ranging from a leadership Of the 13% foreign buyer segment, British challenge for the Tories, to another General buyers comprise 15% of that, meaning Election or a 2nd referendum (People’s other nationalities comprise 85% of the Vote), so it looks like we’re entering the foreign buyer’s market. New Year with just the same amount of uncertainty as we entered this one. Roughly 500,000 properties will be sold in Spain in 2018 and British buyers will account On the bright side, the Spanish Property for around 10,000 of those transactions. Market is still growing. Property values are Yes, we are the biggest segment of the still increasing and is projected to continue foreign buyer market in Spain, (our nearest well into 2020 according to most analysts. rivals are France on 8% and Germany on I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all 7%), but we are not, as these forums and readers of this column, for their emails over Facebook pages suggest, as signifi cant as the past year and wish everyone a Very they would have us believe. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

The Brexit Impact on British Buyers in Kenneth Whettall 2018 Commercial Director Throughout the past year, it has been Fuente Alamo Real Estate/Murcia diffi cult to detect any real impact of Brexit Coast & Country among UK house hunters in Spain. The [email protected] exchange rate of 1 UK pound to 1.12€ as I Tel 0034 968 598 173 write this column, has remained the same as it was when we began the year, but as we enter the fi nal stages of the government’s ‘Withdrawal Agreement’ – things are about to change.

Theresa May’s Chequers Deal is extremely unpopular on both sides of the debate. Essentially it keeps the UK locked into EU rules, Justice System and Trade Regulations for an indeterminate amount of time. The agreement specifi es until 20xx – yes it

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