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We, along with many other Salon for her contributions over the businesses, have seen a lot of last couple of years. THANK YOU changes in the area since we arrived 20 years ago. The Costa Cálida Welcome: TO OUR Chronicle has also had a lot of Alfareros, Damian Canovas changes over that time and as we Apache Plumbing CONTRIBUTORS head into our 21st year, we are still Delampa Bodega the main magazine in the area for Handyman Builder Dave Bass –Formula 1 advertising, helping local groups Ken Cooke - Clinical and charities, giving vital Hypnotherapist Dean Colwell – Northwest Murcia information and what’s going on in Keysmar News the area. We have had some Mi2por1 George Mitchell –Never a Dull amazing comments from our Permanent Beauty by Yvonne Moment advertisers recently and these will Unique Beauty Salon give some indication to our readers Jane Cronin –Learning Spanish what we actually do for our Welcome Back: customers throughout the year. We Kitchens Plus1 Keith Littlewood -Finance are a Community Advertising Yogamayga Martin Freeman –Renewable Magazine and it is of course the Energy income from our advertisers that Congratulations also toCurtain pays for the printing and the Call who are now beginning their Martin O’Hanlon –Birding in brilliant services from our Office 18th year of trading in the Costa Murcia Manager Martine, our Sales Cálida area supplying bespoke Representative Eva and others who items such as curtains, cushions and Mike Smith – Cruising with Mike are invaluable with helping on other products to make your house Smith delivery days. See pages 45-47 to beautiful. see testimonials from some of our Rainbow Satellites –TV News amazing advertisers and what we We wish you all a Very Sara Millbank –Ma Millbank offer them when advertising with us. Happy and Prosperous Silvana Buxton – News From Your New Year Councillor We would like to welcome Yvonne From everyone at the fromPermanent Beauty to our Costa Calida Chronicle Yvonne Johnson – Beauty Tips team of Contributors with her Think Spain – Spanish News monthlyBeauty Tips. We would also like to thank Melissa fromThe Totana Tales – Rob Birchall DEAR READERS OFFER!! HALF PRICE FOR YOUR SECOND POT WE WILL ALSO GIVE YOU THE EARTH FOR YOUR POT

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Dia de los Reyes falls on January 6thand is live on Spanish television. Every city and when most children in Spain receive their sizeable town stages a parade, one of the Christmas presents. In the days leading up biggest being in Madrid. This draws to January 5th, children write letters to the 100,000 people, including thousands of Three Kings asking them for gifts. On the children eager to catch the sweets thrown eve of January 5th, children leave their into the crowd by theThree Kings. shoes by the door with hopes that the Three Kings will leave gifts inside them An essential part ofThree Kings Day in overnight. Spain is theRoscon de Reyes (kings’ cake). The ring-shaped pastry is decorated to The Three Kings are also known as the look like a crown and is often topped with Three Magi or Three Wise Men, depending glazed fruits, representing the colourful on the version or translation of the Bible. jewels on a crown. Buried inside it is a toy, One of the oldest versions of the Bible was often a figurine of baby Jesus or a tiny king. written in Greek and the word used to The person who finds it in their piece is said describe the travellers wasmagos, the to have good luck for the year. plural beingmagi. At the time, amagos Three Kings’ parades orcabalgatas are was a priest ofZoroastrianism , a religion held around Spain on January 5thwith that studies the stars and astrology and hundreds of actors. The parades represent which was considered a form of science at the journey made by the travellers on the time. camels to Bethlehem. Many are broadcast PALSOLICITORS Window Blind Repairs by Richard the Blind Man Conveyancing Inheritance and Spanish Wills Tel 611 250 819 Property Taxes: Resident & Non Resident NIE/Residencia Contracts, Litigation & Court Matters Multi Language Office: English Spanish French German Dutch Scandinavian Open: 9am to 3pm - Monday to Friday www.palsolicitor.com When your Spanish blind Gran Vía, MM, 49 (OPPOSITE Exit 12) Avda. Doctor Meca No 107 (exterior shutter) 30380 La Manga Local 11,(Mercadona Centre) cord breaks / blind sticks Cartagena - España Puerto de Mazarrón, Murcia -España E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] won’t move / falls apart Direct Line (0034) 968 175 552 Direct Line (0034) 968 595 826 Direct Fax (0034) 968 595 827 I’ll get your La Manga: Latitude: 37.64608 and Mazarrón: Latitude: 37.57176 blinds rolling again Longitude: 0.71508 and Longitude: 1.26629 Oven Cleaning Specialists Specialists in Cleaning Ovens & Hobs Ranges & Aga’s Servicing & Repairs for ALL makes Extractors Pre-ITV Checks, ITVs Microwaves Computer Diagnos�cs BBQ’s Tyres & Puncture Repair Headlight Refurbishment Costa Cálida, Murcia Ba�eries & wipers Before All products non-caustic After Air condi�oning regassing and ecofriendly Open 9am - 5pm Mon-Fri Please call 635 750 752 or Email: [email protected] Just 5 mins from www.ovencleaningspecialists.com Cañadas Del Romero near El Pareton Camposol & Condado www.costacalidachronicle.comCosta Cálida Chronicle Sales 619 199 407 7 Costa Cálida Chronicle - January 2020 [email protected] information Dear Editor

I’ve recently had the unfortunate • Make a note of the time of the road name, information from the experience of hitting a wild boar on the accident. kilometre marker post and the open road. Having had the accident I Christian names of your parents. realised that I didn't have much idea of • Phone the local Guardia Civil who may what to do next so what follows is the or may not be able to come to the • The Guardia will print you a copy of information I wish I'd had at the time that scene (in my case they couldn’t), so the ‘denuncia’, including the incident might help someone else in a similar take photos of the animal and any number, which you will need to submit situation: damage to the vehicle. to your insurance company if you want to make a claim. • Look at the ‘kilometre marker’ posts at • Put on the hazard warning lights, a the side of the road which measure In my case I was extremely lucky as two cars yellow high visibility jacket and place every 100 metres. Make a note of the stopped. It was pitch black and I felt I was the red triangles 45 metres behindand distance on your nearest post. in the middle of nowhere, when out in front of the car. • Drive to the Guardia Civil and make a bounded three lovely ladies who took me under their wing and told me exactly what • Go back to the injured/dead animal ‘denuncia’. For this you need your driving licence, NIE, car to do. With any luck you'll never need to and if it is a potential hazard to other use the information! drivers try and pull it off the road if it is details (registration, make, model, safe to do so. colour), photos of the relevant animal, photos of the damage to your vehicle, Tina RELIGION

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I don’t suppose that this will be the only And I said to the man who stood at the The year ahead has many unknowns and article you will read about theNew Year gate of the year: for many people the best option is to put and it being the year of twenty-twenty “Give me a light that I may tread safely their hand into the hand of God. We don’t vision. Many will also remember the into the unknown.” know what the future holds, but we do Johnny Cash song ‘I can see clearly now’, And he replied: know who holds the future. so let’s jump on the bandwagon and make “Go out into the darkness and put your the most of these clichés. hand into the Hand of God. The Creator of the world sent His only Son That shall be to you better than light and into the world to bring light. That light is In reality our vision may not be any clearer safer than a known way.” like a lamp to our feet and a guide to our as we enter theNew Year than it was last So I went forth and finding the Hand of path. month and whilst the rain has gone – well God, trod gladly into the night. at least for now - how can we be certain And He led me towards the hills and the Will you look into thisNew Year with your that things will be brighter in the coming breaking of day in the lone East. hand in the hand of God? year than they were last year? How good does the year ahead look to Will you trust Him to lead our way into you? For some it will be sunny all the way; whatever the future holds? At the beginning of last century, a British for others there will be any one of a number poet called Minnie Louise Haskins wrote a of problems ahead. How do we cope with Here atWellspring Church we have found poem called ‘The Gate of the Year’. The facing the unknown? Perhaps the answer that putting our trust in God gives us a far poem was made famous by King George V lies in the poem with the line that says‘Go greater peace of mind than if we just allow in his Christmas broadcast of 1939. Britain out into the darkness and put your hand ourselves to stumble along the unknown was at war with Germany and the outlook into the Hand of God’. path. Our faith in God and in His Son, Jesus was to say the least bleak. has brought a light to our path and we can King George read these words: walk safely hand in hand with the Creator of the world.

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Education Jane Cronin’s Step by Step Spanish

Prefixes – CON and CONTRA ‘Con’ as you no doubt know means ‘with’ combination of ‘con’ and the word ‘jugar’ and when it appears at the front of a word meaning to play. As well as meaning the As you may have noticed by now, I find it sometimes carries this sense of ‘with’, way we have to change the endings of words themselves fascinating. I am not an ‘together’ or ‘joining’. A few fascinating verbs, the dictionary says that ‘conjugar’ expert in the origins of words, (more like an examples spring to mind; the first for some means ‘to blend’. I rather like the root idea enthusiastic amateur), which means that I reason, being ‘cónyuge’ which means of ‘playing together’ though and am simply enjoy looking at words and working ‘spouse’. The ‘yuge’ part comes from looking forward to announcing this to the out how they are made up, or how they ‘yugo’ meaning ‘yoke’ (as in oxen, not next lot of mystified students which we are connect with others. If by doing this I can eggs!) so a ‘cónyuge’ is the one you are tackling verb changes in the present tense! make the language more memorable and yoked together with. Many comments useful for others, so much the better. There spring to mind, but I will refrain! Similar to ‘con’ but a bit longer is ‘contra’ are different types of language enthusiasts which means ‘against’. Many of the and the ones who I think win hands down A word I like a lot and is quite trendy examples of this are similar in English. are those who are so desperate to amongst progressive Spaniards is communicate that they will get their ‘convivencia’. This comes from ‘vivir’–‘to We have: message over one way or another just live’, so means ‘living together’. School ‘decir’ - to say - ‘contradecir’ - to through sheer force of personality. children are taken away for weekends of contradict. However, just enjoying words is a good ‘convivencia’ and the word is also used ‘mandar’ - to order – ‘contramandar’-to start! when talking about subjects like countermand. immigration and integration, which sound ‘contranatural’ means ‘against nature’ that At the moment we’re looking at prefixes, a lot more serious. is ‘unnatural’ which are ‘bits’ tacked on to the front of ‘contrario’ means ‘opposite’, reminding us words and there are enough of these to ‘Convocar’ is a frequently used word, of ‘contrary’ in English, which was the keep us going for a very long time. amongst other things for calling meetings. problem with ‘Mary, Mary’ as we all know! Sometimes the connections between the Its root ‘voc’ is connected to the word ‘voz’ ‘prefix’ and the ‘root word’ are quite – ‘voice’ and ‘vocal’ which exists in English Jane Cronin’s “Step by Step Spanish” obvious, but in many cases they have and Spanish. ‘Vocal’ actually has the articles are available as e-books at evolved to create a completely new additional meaning of ‘vowel’ in Spanish. www.janecronin.eu where you can also meaning and become more obscure. However ‘convocar’ can be clearly obtain Jane’s “Step by Step Internet Today we’re going to look at a few of the understood as meaning ‘to call together’; Spanish” course. more obvious examples; the idea being that is, to announce a meeting. that if you are interested you can explore and discover other similar connections for It occurred to me the other day that the yourself. grammatical word ‘conjugar’ is a Finance Financial Advice

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Humanists Commemorate Easy Walk we explored the old mine shafts and Remembrance Day On Friday, 15th November, Jim led the tunnels. On Monday 11th November a group of Humanists on an enjoyable ‘easy’ walkup Humanists commemorated the Barranco de la Mina. We walked along It is a fascinating area and there were Remembrance Day at the Parque Miguel a gently rising track to the abandoned wonderful views. Following the walk we Angel Blanco in Mazarrón. mining village Casas de Dominguez where had an excellent meal at restaurant ‘El Readings were made by David Allen, Terry Meson’. Constable, Anne Edwards and Martin Rushton. A wreath was then laid at the Join us forwalks, discussion groups, commemorative cherry tree, planted by gardening group, games’ evenings and theHumanists of Murcia several years lots oflunches . previously. Finally the Last Post was played For information tel669 338 885, email followed by one minute’s silence. [email protected] or visit www.humanistsofmurcia.com After the event the participants were invited to coffee at the Copo de Oro café, Weddings, Funerals and Naming at the Club’s expense. Ceremonies For personalized ceremonies without religion, contact the celebrant on 634 025 711 Aditorial

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Well all too soon another year has flown by and nothing was created except Visit a lonely neighbour. and I do mean flown by. Where does the through Him. time go?. 4 The Word gave life to everything that was The list is endless. You choose what you created want to do and you will be surprised at how It has been a season of peace and goodwill and his life brought light to everyone. easy it is. to all men. The Spanish are waiting to have 5 The light shines in the darkness, theirThree Kings Celebration and most and the darkness can never extinguish Why not join us at the Social Centre, Brits are wondering how they are going to it. Camposol B? We meet every Sunday at pay for the festivities and presents and 10.30am . You can be assured of a very what is there to look forward to in 2020. As we can see, all that is created is from warm welcome at theOlive Branch God and I think it would be good to give Christian Fellowship. We share January is normally a sad month isn’t it? something back this year. I am sure that you communion each week and are part of the Christmas is over and holidays are far away have all heard aboutARK’s or Acts of Free Methodist Church with charitable on the horizon. Although we in Spain are Random Kindness. Why don’t we all status. on holiday every day aren’t we? No I pledge to do at least oneARK a day during For more information please contact Pastor didn’t think so! Well, there is a lot to look the coming year? Arthur and Marge Laws on0034 659 270 forward to. Everyone who is reading this is 885 alive and breathing the air that our gracious Most people makeNew Year’s Follow us on Facebook merciful God has provided for us. Resolutions and let’s be honest most fail! https://www.facebook.com/Olive- Why not be different this year and go out Branch-Christian-Fellowship- As it says in John Chapter 1 verse 1: of your way to help someone or show some 2222248347864599/ In the beginning the Word already existed. kindness without expecting any reward? Website The Word was with God, Believe me you will make someone’s day. http://www.olivebranchchristianfellows and the Word was God. Open a door for someone. hip.es/ 2 He existed in the beginning with God. Smile at someone. 3 God created everything through Him, Carry some shopping for someone. Aditorial

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A very Happy New Year to you all. We but we were criticised!! About an hour into escape. He had a visit to the vet’s as well. hope 2020 is your year of abundance and the morning we ran out of nibbles and Not so much physical injury as terror which good health.Cavalli Foundation is beers - a terrible miscalculation, but we took him a few days to recover. optimistic and full of positive energy. honestly hadn’t counted on so many Doors are opening offering new people coming! Next time we definitely Dogs for Adoption - all used to being with opportunities every day. won’t run out of beer!! children. Chihuahuita andMini G. are pups and can We would like to say a huge THANK YOU With our Crowdfunding Campaign and our be a bit naughty butMini G. is playful and to all the staff of theChronicle for their plans to move to a bigger ranch, we have intelligent and would be easy to train. kindness, consideration and support decided to share some of this abundance Chihuahuita is more independent, small, during this and all the years we have been and good fortune and organise a party with cuddly and very sweet. publishing with them. gifts for children who have nothing, no Mum,Sandie is an old girl and likes a quiet home, no family and no sustenance. After life. Our Crowdfunding Campaign is going so talks with the Red Cross we signed an Dama is bigger, very affectionate and well with lots more fundraising events Agreement of Collaboration to organise, needs to be loved. coming up, that we have managed to with the help of our Pony Club Kids, a day extend it into the New Year. of integration and fun for children in their protection either because they are orphans Pony Club Kids’ I Fundraising Fair or because they are homeless. Thiswas a great success. The bright sunny morning brought loads of people out to The horses are well fortunately, but the enjoy the day and everybody had a good dogs have been in the wars. time. The question on everybody’s lips was: We operated onMocca to clear up mastitis “When are you going to have another and we sterilisedSandie, (mother of the one?” pups we recently picked up). Luisa the hen was attacked possibly by a fox and she was in a poor state. We took her to the Clinica Tucan where Irene operated on her and she’s back home right as rain - in isolation to avoid infection.

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INFORMATION Birding in Murcia by Martin O’Hanlon

Another year has gone and how quickly findNuthatch a , a fairly common bird in they seem to be flying! I will take the the UK, but it would be a first for me in opportunity to wish everybody aHappy Murcia. It is a scarce resident here and can New Year and I hope that 2020 brings you only be found in the higher woodlands of good health, happiness and perhaps a bit the Northwest where there are mature of birding. trees and plenty of dead wood in which to excavate its nest cavities. I’ll be pleased to begin theNew Year, as 2019 proved to be a bit disjointed for me Nuthatches (Trepador Azul) are a little bit because my mum had a few health smaller than aHouse Sparrowand are setbacks, which resulted in some extended strange looking birds with large heads, stays in the UK. Therefore, I am resolving to short tails and powerful beaks and feet. get out and about a bit more with my They are omnivorous (eat insects, nuts and binoculars and camera this year. I also seeds), but mainly eat insects and search thought theNew Year was a good time to for them in or under tree bark. They will admit to a little white lie and own up to my often walk down the trunk, which is a bit real name, which is Martin O’Hanlon. unusual. Now, if I see a small bird walking However, I will be a little bit sad to say down a tree trunk I immediately think it is a goodbye to my pseudonym of Antrim Nuthatch, whilst a small bird walking up a Male Stonechat Loonah (an anagram cleverly devised by tree trunk is probably aTreecreeper or a the magazine’s proprietors) that I have used Woodpecker. It isn’t always true, but it is a Stonechats (Tarabilla Común) are also fairly for the last 2½ years. good indicator. common and the males have very attractive plumage and they know it! They always Anyway, I want to pose in the most obvious places on headed up top of rocks, fence-posts or bushes and if country you don’t stop to admire them, they will visiting sites probably call to grab your attention. They around are resident birds in Murcia, but their Barranda, population increases in winter, as Archivel companions that abandon their cooler and Bajíl; mountain habitats will often join them here. great areas for walking, Continuing my meanderings in the but this Northwest I saw a fewSong Thrushes time they flying nervously away, but no sign of the were not other species I was looking for, such as very good Redwingsand Fieldfares , nor the elusive for birds. Nuthatch. Never mind, I will return to my Everywhere Male Black Redstart quest in the coming weeks and maybe with seemed colder weather more of these birds will Nuthatch fairly quiet apart from the tk-tk-tk calls of come to our warmer climes. Black Redstarts (Colirrojo Tizón) and the Well, back to business. I will tell you a bit occasionalStonechat. At this time of year Anyway, back to my Pétrola trip, which about a birding trip to Pétrola in Albacete Black Redstarts are extremely common came about because some UK friends had Province. However, before this I had and with their continuous tail flicking they arrived and being ‘birders’ they wanted to previously ventured out to the mountains are fairly easy to identify. The females look spend a day looking forGreat Bustards around Caravaca and Moratalla to look for a bit dull, but the males are more striking and other birds of the steppes. Pétrola is winteringThrushes . In the same area I with their all black plumage, rufous tails one of the best sites for these birds. thought there might be an opportunity to and small white patches in the wings.

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Continued from page 22 Fortunately, it wasn’t the only nice surprise Pétrola, but I have yet to add it to my as later in the day aRed Kiteslowly drifted Murcia list, as it is fairly scarce here with just In these vast areas it is never guaranteed above our heads as we were at the side of the odd bird seen from time to time in the that you will find what you are looking for, the large salt lagoon by the town of region. but I am becoming fairly familiar with the Pétrola.Red Kites are very common in zone so it wasn’t long before we came some parts of Spain and when I was in The other common bird we enjoyed across a flock of these magnificent birds, Salamanca recently they were all over the watching was theRed-Legged Partridge, Great Bustards (Avutarda Común). place, flying quite low alongside the roads which is strikingly marked. We had the Although they are over 1m high and can and motorway. However, they are certainly pleasure of watching a covey of 14 birds weigh up to 18kgs they are incredibly not common here in Murcia, although wandering along the side of the track difficult to spot at times, so we were very occasionally a wandering bird might be nervously looking out for predators pleased to have an opportunity to watch a seen in the region. It is a red-letter day if (human, avian and animal) as they comically group of 17 birds strolling elegantly over you spot one. If the light is good, the ran along keeping up with the rest of their the plains and especially so early into our plumage of this bird of prey is beautiful group. These birds are also common trip. with its contrasting and various shades of residents in Murcia and each year the reds, greys and white. As raptors go, it is hunting industry releases quite a number quite an easy one to identify with its into the wild to provide sporting (?) noticeable colouration, long wings, long opportunities. I also find it very sad to see forked tail and buoyant elegant flight. It is some hunters keeping decoy Partridges in larger than aBuzzard and has a wingspan small cages where the poor birds hardly of 1.4 to 1.65 m. have the space to turn around. I don’t suppose this practice is going to die out very easily in our locality, but I live in hope that we can all learn to live and let live.

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As we left theBustards behind and continued driving slowly along the dirt roads, I spotted a group of smaller birds feeding on adjoining grassland. At first Lapwing sight and in profile, they looked like a small flock ofGolden Plovers, but on looking We saw a total of 48 different species closely with the binoculars they turned out during our day, which was pretty good to beDotterels (Chorlito Carambolo). going, but we failed to find either species Red-Legged Partridges Wow, a bimbo! (Bimbo is a strange word ofSand Grouse or the elusiveStone that Spanish birders use to describe a bird Curlew. However, we enjoyed what we saw If anybody wishes to comment or has a that you have never seen before - in and two of the commonest birds gave us as query, please contact me on English ‘Lifer’). I was absolutely delighted much pleasure as watching some of the [email protected] as it was a bird I have wanted to find for special birds of the plains. The first of these some time. They are very scarce passage two wereLapwings. Also known asGreen migrants that are seen regularly, but Plovers andPeewit , the latter of which is fleetingly, most years. After breeding in the the name I was familiar with in my Costa Cálida Chronicle arctic and high mountain tops such as the childhood. It got this name because of its Contact Sales on Cairngorms they disperse to their wintering call, which sounds similar. I was lucky 619 199 407 grounds in North Africa and across to Iran. enough to get a photo of one of them just Web: www.costacalidachronicle.com They will make brief stops to rest and re- as a bit of sunlight illuminated it enough to Email: [email protected] fuel on their journey and this is when you pick up the green colouration of its wings. Remember deadline 15th of the month!!! have a small chance of finding them. So often they appear to be just black and However, they tend to hang around only for white birds. I nearly always see them in a few days or overnight, so being a lucky birder is essential. The birds I saw had already moulted into their winter plumage, but it was not surprising as it was late November and far later than one would expect to see them. Their breeding Pergolas, Carports, Gazebos, Garden Sheds & Benches plumage is a lot brighter and more All timber comes attractive, but it would be remiss of me to fully treated complain about this. FREE Delivery

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CHARITY SWAP TEARS FOR SMILES Email: [email protected] Tel Arthur & Marge: 659 270 885/689 653 987 www.swaptearsforsmiles.wix.com/swap-tears-4-smiles Happy New We receive regular updates from our have enabled them to give the children Year to all our friends in Hungary and Romania who are and families clothing and food and little dear friends helping the orphans and street children. It treats when funds allow. The children who and supporters is a desperate situation, but contributions are taken into the orphanage may stay for ofSwap Tears a day or a year, but most of these lovely For Smiles children arrive with just a few clothes. It is and to Patti a joy that our funding has made it possible and the for little boxes to be given to them with wonderful essentials and a pillow and blanket. team at the Costa Cálida God bless all who have donated to our Chronicle. charity in the past year and we pray that you will continue to support us through We are still 2020. helping those in need in the Arthur and Marge local area when asked, but we rely on our friends especially in Camposol to let us know where and when we can help. Information Pine Processionary Caterpillar

ThePine Processionary Caterpillar The nest has no openings, so the caterpillars rashes and eye irritation. The hairs, which (Thaumetopoea pityocampa)isamoth which force themselves through the layers. Lengthy have the form of harpoons, can penetrate has been identified since 1775. It has been processions are formed when fully grown and irritate all areas of exposed skin.Dogs one of the most destructive species caterpillars abandon their host tree in search are particularly susceptible as they will pick topines and cedars in Central Asia, North of pupation sites. As many as three hundred up the hairs on their paws and then lick them Africa and the countries of southern caterpillars may travel long distances from as they start to itch. This transfers the hairs Europe. Thehairs of the caterpillar larvae the natal tree looking for soft soil in which to on to the animal’s tongue, resulting in cause harmful reactions in humans and bury themselves and form cocoons. They itching, swelling, vomiting and even death. If animals. burrow underground and can lay up to 300 in doubt take your pet to the vet. eggs. They then emerge at the end of The caterpillars appear over winter in tent- summer. The moth’s pupal stage occurs in a There are some natural predators of the like nests high in pine trees. Throughout its white silken cocoon under soil and measures Processionary Caterpillar: Larvae are eaten life cycle, aProcessionary Caterpillar will around 20 mm. They are a pale brownish- by birds such asGreat Tit (ParusMajor) and make several nests, usually around February yellow colour that changes into a dark Great Spotted Cuckoo to April, although they seem to be very reddish brown. After hatching, the larvae eat (ClamatorGlandarius), pupae are eaten by advanced this year. The first of these are pine needles while progressing through five Hoopoes (UpupaEpops) and adult flimsy and temporary, but then they build a stages of development. As an adult, the caterpillars are eaten by bats. permanent nest and the caterpillars become moth has predominantly light brown foragers, but stay in the vicinity of the nest. forewings with brown markings. The moth’s Efforts to control theProcessionary hindwings are Caterpillar have been in place for years, white. Adults only including the use of insecticides which can live for a single day, be sprayed from aircraft, but many of the when they mate and Town Halls find this too expensive to carry lay eggs. The species out. If you are unsure how to tackle the flies from May to July. removal of the nests, which look like large Fully Qualified & Legal cotton wool balls, contact your Town Hall or Tree Surgeon & Gardener Towards the end of a professional company likeAll Seasons their larval Gardening who have the equipment and Processionary High Palm Tree Cutting development, knowledge on how to deal with these nests. Caterpillar Nest Processionary You should also be careful of any nests the Removal Caterpillars are caterpillars have left in the trees. These will Green Waste Removal & highly irritating to the also contain hairs that the larvae have left Shredding skin. Contact with the behind, so you should not try to cut down Please ring642 032 098for a free quote hairs of the caterpillar the nests or burn them yourself, as the hairs Email: [email protected] can cause severe can become airborne. 2 for 1 Offers Save Money on.... - Food & Drink - Leisure & Attractions - Health & Beauty

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Groups CAMPOSOL & DISTRICT MODEL CLUB

Camposol and District Model Club As well as conventional practice, The Club was formed six years ago to engineering interests also include small provide a focal point for anyone interested scale CNC machining and, more recently, in constructing or collecting scale models computer controlled 3D printing. of all kinds and this remains the ethos of the Club today. Having said that, it has to be admitted that the predominant interests of the current membership are railway and ship modelling and model engineering.

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LMS twins with Royal Scot Our website http://camposolanddistrictmodelclub.w The Club takes its name from the ebeden.co.uk/ gives an indication of the Work in Progress Camposol Urbanisation near to Mazarrón, varied activities of our group. the home of the founding members. The Any readers who watched the recent present membership however consists of We are a friendly bunch, so if you are Channel Five series,The Great Model enthusiasts from across the Murcia Region. interested in joining the Club or would like Railway Challenge, will find the efforts of We meet on a monthly basis either on to attend a meeting to see what we are our railway modelling members quite Camposol or, by invitation, at the homes of about, you can call Richard on666 186 conservative. The special effects and individual members. The latter gives 037 or [email protected] pyrotechnics are missing! However, everyone an opportunity to see first-hand convincing results are achieved using a the results of the efforts of others and to Finally, ifFather Christmas brought you a more conventional approach as can be offer constructive comments. In this way all shiny train set, a boat kit or a doll’s house, seen from the photographs. In scale, the our members benefit. We have a why not get in touch and maybe we can layouts range from N Gauge at 2mm to the considerable pool of experience and help you to make your new ‘toy’ into foot through 00 at 4mm up to a live steam information within the Club which something really special! garden railway at 16 mm to the foot. members are always happy to share. Charity

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We are starting this year in the knowledge security door furniture for the doors within Please call Terry on603 389 006 if you that we have been able to helpMake A the orphanage so the children cannot catch wish us to pick up any donations from your Difference to many lives last year and are their fingers in the heavy doors. house and please call Anne on634 338 going into theNew Yearwith a 674 if you would like smaller items to be commitment to help many more with the All this would not be able to be achieved picked up any other time. projects we hope to achieve. without the continued support of your donations of goods which we are able to All our volunteers give their time and effort sell in our shop in Puerto de Mazarrón to accomplish our aims and we want to which raises the funds to help those who take this opportunity to thank them for are less their efforts throughout last year with the fortunate in knowledge that with their continued our area. support for the coming year we will be able to support many more people who come Our van is to us for help. at the Camposol A Happy New Year To You All car park every Tuesday Costa Cálida Chronicle from Contact Sales on 10.30am- 12pm for 619 199 407 a n y Web: www.costacalidachronicle.com Our last donation of 2019 was to the donations Email: [email protected] Hogarth de Infancia Orphanage where our you wish to Remember deadline 15th of the month!!! donation of 1,000€ went to provide contribute.

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In A Medical Emergency Call112 Then Gladys to CallFAST On 968 970 626 join us! Sharon and If you have to call for an ambulance, call Andy kept 112 and the operator will ask a series of h e r questions so they can prioritise your call. company on You can ask for an operator to speak in your one of the language if you do not speak Spanish. Monday’s Then callFAST on968 970 626 collection. Oh and We recently received a thank you letter thank you to from a lady who had been bitten by a all those spider. Here is an abridged version of her w h o letter; FAST organised a Christmas shopping trip stopped “I was bitten by a spider and my leg was to La Zenia Boulevard which was a great and gave us swollen the next day, I went to the success, with the people getting their a donation. hospital in Mazarrón where I was given Christmas shopping and stopping at antibiotics. The next day my leg had Iceland for the last few luxury items on the Our training deteriorated so I calledFAST. Two way home. The Camposol Club de Golf sessions are responders attended and when they saw held theirCaptain’s Drive In and Tuesday mornings at the Social Centre, the severity of it, they called an Christmas Competitionon 12th December Camposol B. We are very pleased to ambulance to take me to hospital in when theHarlequin Rock Choir welcome new members to FAST. If you Cartagena, where I was put on entertained to a very full clubhouse with a would like to join this great organisation intravenous antibiotics, antihistamine great performance. €315 was raised. give us a call. You can help your neighbours and steroids. The FAST volunteers were Thanks to Stuart and Andy and all those on Camposol and maybe save a life. It is a very kind, courteous and very who donated toFAST . great way to give something back to the professional in their treatment towards community. me. I was very grateful that such an Why not joinFAST as a Supporter or organisation operates on Camposol. Responder? You will meet friendly people When theFAST Responders arrive, they Once again your help was much and be able to join in social activities which will ask a series of questions directed at the appreciated when I needed it.” are arranged during the year. If you would casualty or the partner. It may seem to like to become a Responder, all training is delay treatment, but it is important to know We appreciate it when people we have provided free of charge to the Responder, if the casualty is allergic to anything, what attended are pleased with our service. although it costs about €150 just to register medication they are on and are they being We have attended over 200 calls for help in each Responder with the Murcian Health treated for a medical condition. Please be 2019 and look forward to being of service Authority and our awarding body in the UK. patientwhen the responder is asking to our community for years to come. We questions. are also looking to get more involved with TheFAST nurses have been joined by the112 emergency services this year. Gladys who appeared overnight. We are The members ofFAST wish you all a very pleased to welcome Gladys to our Happy and Healthy New Year. team. Thank you to whoever allowed Charity

Telephone 628 001 942 Twinned with the Lions Club of Crewkerne – MD105SW Mazarrón Bahia Lions Club would like to to help give these youngsters help hospitals in a joint venture with thank all our friends for their support in with their often changed life style etc. another charity, arrive again with 2019 and wish you all a healthy and • Sight First – The programme covers specialists who have given their prosperousNew Year. many sight-related problems and time. In cataract surgery, by A new year brings new challenges for the includes spectacle recycling in means of multiple operating club and with your help and support we developed countries. These are tables in one theatre, the surgeon hope to achieve our objectives. The Club collected by clubs (we recently can undertake one operation here, like all others, is a registered charity, delivered 1,200 pairs) and delivered to every 5-10 mins. number 7.961/1a CIF No G73385171 national centres where they are registered in January 2006. cleaned, graded, checked for Our popular monthly lunches have now prescription and packed. started again. You are more than welcome Our primary aim is ‘to help those who are ▪ The second part is a programme to come and join us as we visit various unable to help themselves’ and our current in developing countries to have Spanish restaurants in the area - just major charitable projects are: localLions Clubs coordinate contact us to be put on the mailing list for • Diabetes Awareness for young people at many central points lunch details. people (Local & International). Each where qualified opticians; either year we pay for 10 local children who local or more often someone from Please remember that the Lions will loan are recently diagnosed withDiabetes, USA, UK, Holland etc who gives such things as wheel chairs, bath seats, to attend a youth camp where they are up his/her holiday to be there and walking frames, crutches etc. from our taught about the need for exercise, undertake eye examinations and if Medical Loans department. All we ask for is diet control and how to self-medicate. necessary dispense the glasses a donation on return of the equipment. • Cancer in under 16 year olds – this is a we collect. Please ring Pauline on634 308 693 new project for Lions in Spain, but has ▪ If people are found to have been operational in other countries for cataracts or other operable eye Find us on Facebook -Mazarron Bahia a number of years. It is recorded that a conditions, they are noted and Lions - where you can see photos of our young person is diagnosed with requested to return in a few events Cancerin Spain every 15 minutes (as weeks, when part three of the Email [email protected] or records stand, it could be more). We system, consisting of donated [email protected] are starting a campaign to raise funds aircraft fitted out as flying www.costacalidachronicle.comCosta Cálida Chronicle Sales 619 199 407 27 Costa Cálida Chronicle - January 2020 [email protected] News South Murcia News We receive information from the South Murcia region on activities very close to the events happening which is often too late to publish in the current magazine. Keep up to date withfi estas etc, by checking the blog http://www.costacalidachronicle.com/articles-main/costa-calida-chronicle-blog/ Check at your local Tourist Office for full Saturday 4th – Monday 6th January –Three Real Madrid Foundation – 7th Year details of Three Kings Parades etc Kings Parades etc. There are more than 60 places available for Full details at Tourist Office children between 5 and 17 years. They have Aguilas already given almost 500 children from the www.aguilas.org Mazarrón area the experience of playing football with Tel 968 493 285 –Sat Market www.mazarron.es the Real Madrid camp. Each week, in the Every Saturday –Antique & Collectable Tel 968 594 426 –Sat Market municipal sports complex of the Media Market near the Railway Station. From Free Guided Tours in Mazarrón area. Legua, sessions are held for minors from the 10am Visit the Tourist Office or local social services for an education in www.visitamazarron.es for full details of all Values and Sports and Football Training. Thursday 2nd January –Concert for the tours. New Year with OSRM @ Infanta Elena Visit theAntonio Paredes Museum which Auditorium 9pm 15€ Environmental Programme ‘To Value The was created as a tribute to so many good Landscape Of Mazarrón’ people who lost their lives in the mines of Saturday 4th January –XXVI Cuento de This educational project is aimed at Mazarrón. Elsa Navidad @ Infanta Elena Auditorium students of Infant, Primary, Secondary, For more information go to the Tourist 6pm 6€ Bachelor and FP of Mazarrón to show them Office. the wealth of environmental landscape in Alhama de Murcia the area. In Mazarrón we are fortunate to The National Belenes will be exhibited on http://turismo.alhamademurcia.es/ have very different landscapes from beach the ground floor of Casas Consistoriales Tel968 633 51 –Tues Market areas, cliffs, areas of mines, irrigation, dry until Friday January 10th. The exhibition is There are some fabulous walks in the Sierra land, etc; so it is hoped that the composed of a collection of various points Espuña National Park. schoolchildren will enjoy the beauty and around Spain of renowned belenismo Go to http://turismo.alhamademurcia.es understand that it is something they have to workshops. Although the Franciscans began and click on Paths of Sierra Espuña.You take care of. to exhibit nativity scenes in the 15th century, will find full details of all walks available and it was not until the 18th century that the a map that you can download. The project will have 45 routes that will tradition extended to all homes. cover from the beaches to the mountains Open: Saturday 4th January –Medieval Mystery through to archaeological sites. They will Mon-Sat 10am-2pm & Thur-Fri 5pm-8pm Play & Exhibition @ El Berro embrace beaches such as La Isla or El Mojón (Closed January 1st & 6th) 11am and mountains such as Las Herrerías. The initiative involves FACSA, ESAMUR, the Artist Eduardo Gómez, with a painting Fuente Alamo -Sat Market Mazarrón Ecopark and the 112 Emergency depicting the Mansion House of La Every Wednesday – Hacienda del Alamo Coordination Centre. Cañadica, was the winner of theXVII Women’s Association Coffee Morning@ Outdoor Painting Contest winning 2,500€. The Club House 10am-12pm Mazarrón Sports Schools Activities includeMountain Bike, Rhythmic Saturday 4th January – Children’s Musical Lorca Gymnastics and Beach Volley and are ‘Shert se va de Marcha’ 11am &Children’s www.lorcaturismo.es Tel968 441 914 – aimed at children and young people Workshops 5pm@ Playa de Ayuntamiento, Thurs Market between 3 and 18 years and are priced at Mazarrón. Lorca Castle – general entry 6€.Guided 75€ for the whole year (except for the two Tours available in English for 4€ on related to water sports taught by Bahía Surf Puerto Lumbreras Thursdays at 10.30am for 22€ to include Club and Escuela Grímpola, which cost Tel968 436 153 –Fri Market lunch, with special packages on Sundays. 100€ and 150€ respectively). The table Saturdays (6.30pm) & Sundays (11am) Check at Tourist Office for full details. tennis school is completely free. There are discover the historical and patrimonial discounts for members of large families and wealth of Puerto Lumbreras through Saturday 4th January –Full day visiting for those who can certify a 33% disability. Medina Nogalte visiting its cave-houses Moorish Lorca 12€ More information at the Town Hall. and theNogalte Castle. From Craftsman Full details from Tourist Office workshop cave house, reception of Medina Nogalte. 7pm. 3€ (under 10’s free). Payment due 2 days prior to visit @ ES 12 3058 0204 15 2732000020-City Hall of Puerto Beacon of Light Lumbreras. A Divine Service is held every Totana Property Conveyancing & Legal Work Wednesday at the www.totana.es Tel968 418 153 –Wed Market/Friin El Insurances Old School House, Cañadas Del Romero Pareton Banking & Financial Advice Saturdays & Sundays -Guided Visit to La Prompt start Bastida3.40€ (2.50€ disc) 10am/12pm. Wills, Inheritance at 7pm. Book at Tourist Office Fiscal Representation & Advice For more information contact Sid: Saturdays -Guided Visit Museum Of The Translations 690 046 467 Tower Of Santiago10am NIE Numbers, Residencia Forthcoming Mediums 2020 The first level hosts the chapter house that refers to the lands of Totana; the Order of Driving Licences & Car Paperwork 15th January - Debbie Blevins Santiago. The second level is the choir of 22nd January - Sandra Galley & Janet the church, which shows the Mudejar Our company is dedicated to service and coffered ceiling of the temple and the our experience of over 10 years will James 29th January - Sammy Fitzsimmons explanation of its chapels. The next level is Provide our clients with the known as ‘the bride’s room’, which was the care and attention they expect. old house of the bell ringer. The fourth level All are welcome. cannot be visited as it contains the current Refreshments available afterwards Urbanización Camposol, Centro Commercial A, clock. The last level is the bell tower, where A freewill offering will be kindly Local 28, 30875 Mazarrón the second oldest bell of the Diocese is accepted www.costacalidaps.com located, dating from 1470. Come along and meet us for an evening Tel. 968 199 251. Fax: 968 199 175 Of healing, love and laughter.

28 www.costacalidachronicle.comCosta Cálida Chronicle Sales 619 199 407 [email protected] Costa Cálida Chronicle - January 2020 Charity - Mazarrón Animal Medi-Aid Tel 666 186 037 MAMAS Registered charity No 9537/1a Well, did you have a goodChristmas the vet. They did and after a series of Richard, who loiters for two hours every holiday andNew Year? extensive tests he was diagnosed with Tuesday between 10am & 12pm on MAMASwas busy raising money for needy leishmaniosis. This is a dreadful disease, Camposol B car park opposite Tangerina pets, but we enjoyed our short break and which can possibly be avoided by not petrol station. You can also organise to are all ready to start selling your wonderful letting your pet out before sun up and after have any bigger items picked up. donations, which as you know we need to sundown when the sandfly is active.Turco help your poorly pet. will always have the disease, but a very You really need to come to our shop, in cheap daily tablet will keep him stable. Puerto de Mazarrón, behind Consum in the This last month, apart from fairly routine Good luck little man, you should be fine third street on the left - Calle San Juan. assistance, we had some emergencies: now. Poor old I need to make aNew Year’s plea for Nera had to volunteers. We really are desperate, as two have a long-time lady volunteers have left due to mastectomy ill health. This puts a lot of pressure on Jean bless her and Richard to keep a very big store open little heart. stocked and running! It’s as easy or hard as She needed you want! I like to be busy (it keeps me out a lot of of trouble!). Give us a ring or call in. aftercare and her Christmas Holidays owners were We are taking our usual long break for the worrying festive season and will re-open on Tuesday about 7th of Jan to give everyone a well-earned paying her rest, but we can still be contacted during bill. Paco this time by phone or email if you want to recommended them to us and we like to arrange something. think we came to their rescue.Nera isn’t out of the woods, but she’s in excellent Tel666 186 037 hands at Paco’s. [email protected] Clearly, we couldn't help with instances like Turco was unwell and getting worse and his this if it wasn’t for you. If you have Helping you Helping Animals owners were worrying about taking him to unwanted items you can drop them with Registered Charity No.9537/1a Charity Community Respite Care FORGET ME NOT for the Mazarrón Area www.forgetmenotmazarron.es

Forget Me Not meets every Monday 12.30. We look forward to seeing you grab morning from 10.30am-1.30pm at the yourself a bargain. Social Centre, Camposol B. They aim to offer free respite care for carers of people with Alzheimer’s/Dementia, or any other long term illness. Why not pop along and meet the team on any Monday morning for a cup of tea and an informal chat? They will be happy to welcome you.

Forget Me Not encourages Carers to enjoy some time for themselves, knowing that the person that they care for is in capable and qualified hands. Their service is free thanks to the generosity of local individuals and groups who have donated and raised funds forForget Me Not over We enjoyed some brilliant entertainment the years. Thank you everyone who has on the run up toChristmas. TheSing donated in any way to this small but Along Group and theUkulele Players essential group. entertained us once again. Both groups are As our client numbers are always growing, favourites of our clients and they always we are in need of more volunteers. No make our mornings special. We also experience is necessary; just an enjoyed a tastypre-Christmas meal at the understanding of dementia, empathy and a Golf Club restaurant. Thank you to the staff smile. We have fully qualified nurses to for making the occasion memorable. A chat to you and give you support. special thanks goes to all the volunteers that have not only organised theChristmas meal, but have worked happily throughout the year. Without our volunteers we Costa Cálida Chronicle wouldn't be able to offer our much-needed Contact Sales on service. 619 199 407 OurJumble Sales will carry on taking place Web: www.costacalidachronicle.com on the first Saturday of each month with the Email: [email protected] next one being held onSaturday 1st Remember deadline 15th of the month!!! February (no sale in January) at the Social Centre, Camposol B from 10.15am- www.costacalidachronicle.comCosta Cálida Chronicle Sales 619 199 407 29 Costa Cálida Chronicle - January 2020 [email protected]

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Have you ever The simple fact that we have/are a mother- portrayed, a read a book in-law or are/have a daughter-in-law, meant difficult theme and been really the book discussion on the book by Joanna carefully moved by it? Trollope was somewhat lively. The general interspersed How about opinion is that it’s harder to be a mother-in- through the when you’re law to a son’s wife than it is to a daughter’s book with ambivalent husband and it’s more difficult to be a humorous towards a daughter-in-law than a son-in-law. moments. novel, but However, we concluded it is more a case of Most of the aren’t sure personality than relationship. In this novel, group enjoyed why? Whether the mother-in-law in question, Rachel, had the book and you find books three very different sons, whose wives’ would inspiring or personalities varied greatly. She had to recommend it. disappointing, learn how to cope with each and ‘interfere’ you’re less in the sons’ lives. Most, but not all, The two books welcome to enjoyed the novel and would recommend chosen for join our group. it. Some said it made them examine their discussion at We choose two books a month, and role as mother-in-law! the next meeting are: discuss them at the following month’s Here To Stay by Mark Edwards and meeting. The second book, by Australian novelist Relative strangers by Allie Cresswell Joanna Nell, dealt with the difficult subject At the November meeting we discussed of dementia with some wit and humour. Due to its proximity toNew Year, we have Daughters In Law by Joanna Trollope, and Mrs Evelyn Parker, wife of a retired ship’s decided not to hold our meeting in The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker by doctor, lived out her retirement years on January, so the next gathering of the Joanna Nell. board a cruise ship. This, her final voyage, Reading Group is Thursday February 6th at is largely spent looking for her husband 2pm. New members are always welcome. who she thinks has disappeared. We debated the accuracy of the dementia Angela Jones 626 736 874 News News From Your Councillor For Camposol and International Relations

From Your • The Town Hall’s prompt response to have been enjoying in the last 6 months, I Councillor issues of concern, such as the repairs would urge homeowners of Camposol to Silvana to the Medical Centre building, seriously consider their present situation Buxton following the September’s DANA leaks with regards to the ownership of their T h e and damages. home and to commit to their legal beginning of • The successful results to a serious obligations. I will be happy to assist house- a New Year Health and Safety issue in Sector B owners with information and advice, either is generally (along the Correos’ pavement), by private appointment or at the Social associated to achieved through Silvana’s Centre, when I am available. new hopes, persevering communication with the new plans Town Hall, the Police and the With my promise to continue to strive for a and new Emergency service. law-abiding, crime-free and safe challenges, environment throughout my Consituency, I which we • The extensive repairs to windows and wish you a veryHappy New Year, in the normally doors at the Social Centre and the knowledge that together we can realize our propose to instalment of a safety barrier by the dreams. Let’s look ahead and face the carry through steps outside the front entrance. enormous challenges before us with with optimism and determination. This is • The provision of paper recycling optimism, with determination and with how I commit to welcome 2020 - with a containers requested by the Pharmacy dignity. positive attitude, with optimism and in Sector A and by the Black Bull determination in addressing the challenges restaurant in Sector B. Challenges are what makes life interesting, ahead and which I can only overcome with and overcoming them is what makes life the help and support of my Constituents. • The ongoing repairs to street lights meaningful (Juahua J. Marine). and pot-holes in public roads. Since the election of this new Government Silvana 6 months ago, Camposol has been In addition to the above, I can confirm that witnessing changes for the first time in its the major works with regards to the short and troubled history, such as: replacement and extension of a new pumping station in Sector C are nearing • The regular presence of a Police completion. patrol. Costa Cálida Chronicle • The presence of your Councillor at the Our Council is continuing to commit capital Social Centre, although this cannot be and manpower - proof of this, is the Contact Sales on regular and consistent, in view of recently published budget allocation to 619 199 407 unforeseen commitments such as Camposol of 500,000€ for the year 2020. Web: www.costacalidachronicle.com Town Hall meetings. Never before did Camposol receive its own Email: [email protected] budget and I feel confident that this is the Remember deadline 15th of the month!!! • Your Councillor’s continuous beginning of our (however long) road to availability to offer appointments, recovery and prosperity. assistance and advice, on her corporate email address: In order to continue to receive our [email protected] Council’s attention and commitment as we

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Charity We need YOU! Costa Cálida Are you looking to get more involved with Lifeline 634 312 516 Advice and Information 634 344 589 the local community? Can you spare just a few hours a month? We wish all our Supporters, Volunteers our bargains and please bring along any Would you like to join our friendly group of volunteers? and Friends a very HAPPY NEW YEAR! donations of bric-a-brac and other useful ****** items you may have. We are looking for an Events Co-Ordinator to Future Events manage our ever-popular monthlyMenús del Please note: OurMenú del Día atViggos Monday 16th - Friday 20th March –2020 Día in our tried and tested local restaurants. th One lunch per month to organise (excl August Restaurante in Puerto De Mazarrón on 29 Valencia Fallas and December) plus theChristmas Fayre and January has been cancelled asViggos are We have a few tickets left for this fabulous Black & White Ball. This is a fun job with closed for their staff holidays. We have festival to ‘Welcome in the Spring’ covering willing help from our Committee members to therefore moved this booking atViggos to 4 nights & 5 days at the Expo Hotel. €360 liaise with the management of our regular Wednesday 26th February. B & B pp based on 2 sharing - includes venues who are all well used to hosting our coach. This is the main holiday week of the lunches. Thereafter you would have full support th from the rest of our team. Thursday 9 January - The Drop in Centre year for Valencia. ****** re-opens at 10am-1pm. Please phone Pat Firth on665 491 077 for If this sounds like you and you are interested in more information and a full programme of contributing a few hours monthly to this th worthwhile cause, why not come along to our Friday 10 January - We are startingChair events for this highlight of the Valencia next lunch and meet our volunteers and Exercising at 10.30am at our Drop in year. members and see for yourself what this entails? Centre. Enjoy half an hour of gentle Give Mags Downes a ring on634 344 589 or exercises to music, guided by Doris with Please Note: pop in to our some muscle exercise and gentle The Drop in Centre will re-open at 10am on Drop in Centre,Calle Valencia 12, Camposol A th Open Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays stretching. Free to our over 50 age group. Thursday 9 January. 10am to 1pm Why not come along for a coffee and give this a try? Drop in Centre Calle Valencia 12 Wednesday 29th January - We invite you to Camposol A anAfternoon Tea withFun Quiz at 1pm- Tel634 344 589 3pm at our Drop in Centre. Come along for Opening Hours: Monday, Tuesday & a post-Christmas chat and catch-up and Thursday 10am-1pm meet your friends and our volunteers. Included in the price are our customary Telephones10am-4pm Mon-Fri delicious home-made cakes, pastries and Enquiries -634 344 589 sandwiches; €2. Events -634 336 484 Equipment Loan -634 306 927 Friday 31st January -Table Top Sale on Camposol B 9.15am-12.30pm. Check out CHARITY FRIENDS OF MAZARRÓN ANIMALS

Friends of Mazarrón Animals would like to On Saturday 18th January, join us at Café say a big thank you to everyone who has Buenavista for something a little different. volunteered, fostered, donated or attended Lady Jazz will entertain us with her an event. With your continued support we wonderful unique sound & style. can help even more animals throughout 2020. Time to get swotting forKaren’s Winter Quiz on Wednesday 29th January at Café To kick off theNew Year we have our Buenavista, El Alamillo. Tables can be regularMonthly Market in Isla Plana on reserved by email at Saturday 4th January from 10am-2pm. Join [email protected] us with music from the fabulousOne More Time. Although the Social Club remains On Saturday February 8th we are very closed, there is seating with tables plus pleased to present the super popularAll drinks & homemade snacks to purchase. We Skas Bandat Café Buenavista. Book your have a variety of stalls including homemade tickets now to avoid disappointment. gifts, quality preloved clothing, plants, books & much more. The market is growing On Saturday 21st March we have theQueen as more stall holders join us each month. Tribute Band Keeng at Restaurante Don’t miss out. Mariano’s on Camposol. Booking essential.

For ourSpiritual Fayre in April we are looking for stall holders, mediums, tarot card readers. [email protected] for more information. If you would like more information about any of the events or ways you can help & be part of the solution please email [email protected] or visit FacebookFriends of Mazarron Animals. Donations to help more animals can be made at the [email protected] FMA Accounts are published annually. More in depth accounts are available on request. www.costacalidachronicle.comCosta Cálida Chronicle Sales 619 199 407 31 Costa Cálida Chronicle - January 2020 [email protected]

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First of all, Volunteers, local businesses and We’ve said good-bye to volunteers Sue theGreen homeowners including everyone who has and Ken who have returned to the UK for Fingers donated raffle prizes, plants and other the Winter months – we look forward to committee garden items and to our bucket! seeing them again in the Spring. and Team would like Green Fingers have worked hard for We have a few projects planned for 2020, to wish another year throughout ‘C’ Sector North but if you would like a particular task everyone a to continue the transformation of our area completed in your area please contact us. Happy New - Our Maintenance Team turning out every To get in touch with us, please contact our Year and Monday morning despite awful weather Chairman, John, on634 325 427. many thanks conditions; cleaning, weeding and to all who spraying every street in rotation and our For any more information or check the have Wednesday Volunteers who, this month, chalkboards and our Facebook group. supported have been laying gravel, a stone path, us during repairing potholes, weeding, watering, 2019: all our planting and painting. Information

www.totana.net Following on from the December Totana you’d want to sit in for a couple of hours as Platea Burger Club Cinema Night Deal Tales, Rob has been out and about busily James Bond kills baddies around the €12 Menu Del Noche getting more information about this lovely, globe. The border of the cinema has gaps Starter typically Spanish town. left for wheelchair users and individual Camembert Bites(Camembert bites with seats for their partners. Let’s throw in air tomato jam) Cine Velasco conditioning too just to make you more Chilli Nuggets (Chilli balls with cheese and Without comfortable when the weather gets warm. a ranch sauce) doubt one Onion Rings(Onion rings with tartar sauce) of Totana’s The screen is how I remember cinema Hummus(House hummus with pickled greatest screens from my youth - huge, 60 square onion and flatbread) treasures is metres to be precise which makes this Yakatori Chicken(Yakatori chicken skewers Cinema cinema the largest in the Murcia region in Thai-style) Velasco. terms of seating and the biggest screen Rockers Salad(Rockers salad with bacon) Situated in too. From 23rd January 2020 on a Thursday the heart of night you will be able to watch a movie in Main Course the town, English (with Spanish subtitles) and enjoy Doble Cheese Burger (Double matured Cinema this wonderful venue. It’s an experience not beef burger and double cheddar) Velasco is a to be missed and something we need to New York Original (The authentic New throwback support as a community so keep your eyes Yorker. Double beef burger, quadruple to when onwww.totana.net in the New Year for cheddar and double bacon) cinemas were great places and not 100 details of the films showing the following Chato Murciano (Chato Murciano pork, seater plastic living rooms like so many week. aldeano bread, ranch sauce, tomato and modern multiplexes are. Opened in 1982 mixed leaves) and privately owned and family run, this is Platea Burger Club Bollywood (Segureño lamb, pitta bread, a real cinema and it comes rather like a In order to yoghurt, cucumber, tomato and mixed good Christmas dinner… with all the make the leaves) trimmings that make it special. English La Sexy (40 day matured beef, mollete community bread, caramelised goat’s cheese, When you first walk into the cinema you are feel really blueberry jam, crispy onion tomato and greeted with images and memorabilia from welcome in mixed leaves) the early days of the moving picture. Totana the Tex-Mex (40 day matured beef, mollete Charlie Chaplin seems to peep around the Platea bread, cheddar cheese, chilli con carne, edge of a door and Audrey Hepburn is Burger Club sweetcorn, tomato and baby leaves) resplendent in her iconic cocktail dress. is putting Caesar Salad (Mixed lettuce leaves, The next massive throwback is the pricing on two breaded breast of free range chicken, of the seats. No longer do you need to sell special crispy bacon, parmesan flakes, cherry a body part to fund a trip to the movies; €5 Menu Del tomatoes, croutons and our homemade gets you in, a bucket of popcorn costs €4 Noche Caesar sauce) or €4.50 (salted or toffee) and a beer or offers to round off your cinema evening. Mediterranean Salad(Mixed lettuce leaves, alcohol-free beer is a mere €1.50. Add this Owner Juan Daniel has put together a €10 tomato, cucumber, red onion, carrot, to the amount of petrol you’re going to and €12 deal which means that you can sweetcorn, hard-boiled egg and chunks of save against going to Lorca……well….you have a night out for as little as €15 tuna) can see where I’m going with this. including a movie. Platea Salad(Mixed lettuce leaves, caramelised goats cheese, cherry The assault on the senses continues when If you haven’t found Platea Burger Club yet tomatoes, red fruits, crispy onion and you finally enter the auditorium itself. it is located in the main plaza, opposite balsamic dressing) Cinema Velasco smells like a cinema, looks Trastavere Ice Cream parlour. There is no Pork Ribs (half rack) Barbecue, Spicy Honey like a cinema and it feels like a cinema. The sign outside (due to town planning), but it or Salt and Pepper first thing you notice is the 750 seats; every is truly worth finding. The food is every bit one of them complete with bum and leg as good as any American style diner and Plus a drink of your choice room (I’m 6’3” and no stranger to a pizza the deal on offer is fantastically good value and I fitted in with plenty of room to spare!) for money. Available only on Thursdays 7pm-11pm and a comfortable design; the sort of seat

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€10 Menu Del Noche the odd can assist the process of returning you back Starter small social to physical health using a low-impact Camembert Bites(Camembert bites with event from exercise system. The aim ofPilates is to tomato jam) time to strengthen muscle while improving your Chilli Nuggets (Chilli balls with cheese and time. posture and flexibility. Within 30 days you’ll a ranch sauce) notice improved flexibility, increased Onion Rings(Onion rings with tartar sauce) For some, a muscle strength and tone, particularly your Hummus(House hummus with pickled couple of stomach, lower back, hips and buttocks. onion and flatbread) hours of Your stress and anxiety levels will decrease Yakatori Chicken(Yakatori chicken skewers Badminton and your energy levels will increase. Thai-style) is a really Rockers Salad(Rockers salad-with bacon) tough but We offer a enjoyable ‘try before Main Course workout. you buy’ Classic Burger(Tomato and lettuce) Many of us Pre-Pilates Cheese Burger(With cheese) wear fitness class where Bacon Burger(Bacon and cheese) watches and we will Chicken Burger(Breaded free-range it is not assess your chicken, tomato, lettuce, cheddar and uncommon needs and ranch sauce) to achieve capabilities Chato Burger (120g)(Chato Murciano pork, your 10,000 daily steps in just a two hour and explain aldeano bread, ranch sauce, tomato and session. If you do not have a racket please the basics of mixed leaves) don’t worry, we have many spare rackets. t h e Chicken Wings(Hot wings – 6 crunchy We provide all the shuttlecocks. All we ask practice. If chicken pieces with a spicy devil sauce) in return is €3 for a two hour session. Go you decide it’s for you, I guarantee it will Chicken Fingers(Chicken fingers- crunchy on, give it a go, what do you have to lose? change your life forever!” strips of free-range chicken with a mustard If you have never played before or haven’t and honey dip) played since you were at school or were If you want to know more about Carolina’s Quesadilla (Mayan tortilla- mozzarella, once a good player then you’re the sort of incredible story, visitwww.totana.net and bacon and caramelised onion) person we’re looking for. find out the reason why you need to sign Hot Dog(Chato Murciano pork bratwurst up and change your life! sausage, cheddar sauce, crispy bacon, So for the important bits: mozzarella and crispy onion) Who to contact? Call or Whatsapp642 457 402 Caesar Salad (Mixed lettuce leaves, Tony on0044 7907 568 912 [email protected] breaded breast of free range chicken, Martin on699 044 742 Who? To book yourPre-Pilates class crispy bacon, parmesan flakes, cherry contact Norberto (English speaking) tomatoes, croutons and our homemade When? Tuesday 5pm-7pm & Sunday 10am- Where?Mi’a Pilates Studio, Calle Vicente Caesar sauce) 12pm Aleixandre 1, Totana Mediterranean Salad(Mixed lettuce leaves, When? Mon-Fri 7am-12.30pm & 5pm- tomato, cucumber, red onion, carrot, Where? Complejo Deportivo Valle del 10pm sweetcorn, hard-boiled egg and chunks of Guadalentín, El Pareton tuna) Platea Salad(Mixed lettuce leaves, In conjunction with ourBadminton caramelised goat’s cheese, cherry editorial this month, we are also tomatoes, red fruits, crispy onion and introducing a fitness system founded in the balsamic dressing) 1920’s. Costa Cálida Chronicle Contact Sales on Plus a drink of your choice In a world inundated with multi-faceted 619 199 407 gymnasiums that cover every aspect of Available only on Thursdays 7pm-11pm sport known to man, from butt pump, Web: www.costacalidachronicle.com taekwondo, calisthenics, kettle belling, Email: [email protected] Remember deadline 15th of the month!!! Badminton spinning classes, speed rowing, apple Christmas is now behind us and we’re just racing, toe wrestling, shin kicking and clog getting over theNew Year celebrations. cobbing, the activity lists are endless! Consequently our thoughts inevitably turn to losing some of those additional What a breath of fresh air it was to talk to unwanted kilos that we gained over the an experienced and highly skilled female festive period and even perhaps, getting a entrepreneur and her successfulPilates bit fitter! If, like many of us, the thought of studio in Totana.Mi’a Pilates Studio, Condado Club Every Monday Jardin 5 Doors pounding along on your own on a treadmill strangely does and only does what it says Next to tennis open at 6.30pm fills you with dread, or queuing to get on on the can –Pilates ! We were invited to courts for a 7pm start the cross trainer winds you up, or wiping talk with the owner Carolina Clemente in Condado de Alhama someone else’s perspiration from the her studio to find out more information rowing machine turns your stomach, then about her journey, her work ethic and the we can offer an alternative. How about a benefits ofPilates . Mediums For January 2020 game of badminton? The moment you walk through the doors 13th Anne�e Rodgers Badminton, like all racket sports, can be as you are immediately struck by the amount 20th Tony Mason & Paul Hamnet strenuous or as gentle as you want it to be. of time and effort it has taken to create this th We have players of all standards, from beautifully designed studio. The space is 27 Corina Talbot beginners to ex-county players, so you will bright and airy with a genuine sense of always find someone to have a good game calm. Long clean modern lines draw your Come and join our friendly Spiritual Gathering against. Whist we are predominately eye through the large reception area into and enjoy an evening of connec�ng with your British, we can also boast a few studio itself. It’s safe to say you could easily Loved Ones in Spirit, Healing and nationalities within our ranks and we are be forgiven for thinking that you’ve just Feel Good Songs delighted to report that a large proportion walked into an exclusive health spa. of our members are female, many of whom 3 euro Dona�on on the Door are our keenest members. Although our “Carolina, tell us whatPilates can do for Raffle Prizes aims are fitness, we do try to make it fun. us?” It is also not uncommon that we are treated The Alma Centre, Condado de Alhama to the odd ‘sticky bun’ to celebrate “Pilates is a full-body exercise method that 30850 Alhama de Murcia, Murcia, Spain someone’s birthday and we organize an will help you do everything Off the Rm23 Junction 5 Email: [email protected] informal get together eachChristmas plus better! 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Actor and Singer Kenny Lynchdied on Paralympic Gold Medalist Marieke Ver- Actress Leah Bracknell died on Septem- December 18th voort died on October 22nd aged 40. ber 16th at the age of 55 after her long Kenny is probably best known for his song The athlete was suffering from an incurable battle with cancer. ‘Up on the Roof’, but he was also a well- degenerative muscle disease and ended She was diagnosed with stage 4 lung can- known actor who appeared in a number of her own life via euthanasia, which is legal in cer in 2016, but was best known for her ‘Carry On’ films. her native Belgium. She won a total of 7 iconic role as Zoe Tate on the Yorkshire- medals during her career. based soap operaEmmerdale. TV Presenter and Naturalist David Bel- lamy died on December 11th aged 86. Actor Robert Forsterdied on October Former French PresidentJacques David was President of the Conservation 11th aged 78 Chirac died on September 26th aged 86. Foundation and was famous for his ‘larger A well-known character actor with more Nicknamed 'Le Bulldozer', Chirac was in of- than life’ character, hosting a number of than 200 screen credits, Robert Forster had fice as President from 1995-2007. He had wild life programmes on the BBC in the one of the most remarkable second acts in previously served as France's Prime Minis- 70’s. Hollywood history with impressive support- ter twice and was Mayor of Paris between ing roles inReflections in a Golden Eye and 1977 and 1995. He was one of the main England Cricketer and Broadcaster Bob The Stalking Moon and he led the cast world leaders who opposed the war in Iraq Willisdied on December 4th aged 70 after inMedium Cool. He went on to appear in in 2003. a short illness. TV series such asHeroes, andTwin Peaks. The bowler was a mainstay of the national Actor Peter Fondadied on August 16th team for over a decade and played a key Drummer Ginger Baker died on October aged 79 part in what became known as ‘Botham’s 6th aged 80. The Oscar-nominated screenwriter main- Ashes’. Baker co-founded rock band Cream in tained the family legacy in Hollywood cre- 1966 alongside guitarist Eric Clapton. The ated by his father, Henry.Easy Celebrity Chef Gary Rhodes died on star was hailed as an influential force in the Rider remained a touchstone of his career, November 26th aged 59. genre thanks to his ground-breaking tech- as it opened the door for New Hollywood The culinary star earned five Michelin stars nique and fiery stage presence. Ginger also and directors such as Steven Spielberg, during his career and hosted a number of had stints in other bands, includingBlind Martin Scorsese and George Lucas. He cooking shows on TV includingMasterchef Faith andHawkwind . died of complications from lung cancer. andRhodes Around Britain. NewsreaderPeter Sissons died on Octo- Entertainer Joe Longthorne died on Au- Australian Broadcaster and Writer Clive ber 1st aged 77. gust 3rd at the age of 64. James died aged 80 on November 24th. Sissons was most well-known for fronting The popular entertainer came to fame in Born in 1939 under the name of Vivian the BBC’sNine O’Clock News andTen 1981 as a singer and impressionist on the James, he made a move to England in O’Clock News from 1993 and 2003. He was TV showSearch For A Star. Joe battled 1961. Clive was diagnosed with leukaemia also the host ofQuestion Time from 1989 cancer several times throughout his life. in 2010 and wrote a book about what until 1993. He also had stints as a news- would be the remaining years of his life. reader on ITV and Channel 4. Broadway Producer Hal Princedied on BBC Journalist Hanna Yusef died October July 31st aged 91 Photographer Terry O'Neill died on 1st, aged just 27. The immensely influential musical theatre November 17th aged 81 after a long battle Hannah’s passing was sudden and unex- producer and director Hal, held a record 21 with prostate cancer. pected and the cause of death is unknown. Tony Awards, from 1954’sThe Pajama Terry was most famous for working with Hanna was born in Somalia in 1992 and she Gameto 1995’s revival ofShow Boat. His The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Elton graduated from Queen Mary University of epochal hits includeFiddler on the John. He was also an executive producer London with a BA Hons in French. She also Roof, Cabaret and Leonard Bern- on the 1981 movieMommie Dearest. worked for The Times, ITV and Muslim stein’sCandide . News. Photographer Robert Freeman died on Actor Freddie Jones died on July 10th at November 8th aged 82. Operatic Superstar Jessye Normandied the age of 91. Freeman was most known for his collabora- on September 30th aged 74 The actor played Sandy Thomas in the ITV tions with The Beatles and was behind the The Georgia-born soprano became a su- soapEmmerdale for 13 years, joining in images used for the covers of albumsRub- perstar at the Metropolitan Opera in the 2005 and filming his last scene in 2018. ber Soul and Help! as well as photos fea- 1970’s with her sumptuous voice, regal Freddie was the father of British acting le- tured onBeatles For Sale andWith the stage presence and exceptional range as a gend Toby Jones, director Rupert Jones Beatles. performer. She won five Grammies, includ- and actor Casper Jones. His wife is the act- He also contributed toHelp ! andA Hard ing a lifetime achievement Grammy in ress Jennifer Heslewood. Day's Night. 2006. 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After the second Gota Fria to hit Los products etc. for the cats and dogs who are Lesley Eburne, who organised the event Alcázares in just over two months, the local being cared for byPAPS, Los Infiernos, said “It was a wonderful day, knowing so community had another reason to get Animos Unicos, and Cruz Azul. many people care about and want to help together; this time for a happier reason. our furries. There was a great atmosphere A raffle supported by our very talented and another show of unity by the people of local crafts people raised a whopping 805€ the area. Please only adopt a dog if you are which was distributed between the sure and please only adopt from a different charities to help pay for their registered shelter. All shapes and sizes of enormous vet and utility bills. fur-babies are waiting for their forever homes. Please if possible share the photos on social media; it helps so much.”

BothPAPS andLos Infiernos are desperate for dog walkers, as so many dogs need the exercise and a break from being caged. They are also looking for people to foster dogs for a short time. For further details contact the dog shelter of The sun shone at Roda Civico on your choice. December 5th where 60 people brought their wrappedChristmas Boxes for the PAPS 966 769 137 sick and abandoned animals in the Mar Los Infiernos Menor area. Following the success of last [email protected] year; even more people came with over 62 boxes filled with food, toys, chewies, bowls, leads, blankets & grooming Charity MABS Murcia Mar Menor HELPLINE 693 275 779

MABS….Who? ‘a better lifestyle’ which is great when some patients becoming volunteers and Even after 20 years of supporting patients things are going well BUT not so great if sharing their experiences. diagnosed with Cancer and their families, you find yourself with medical problems, there are still people out there that do not not speaking the language and many MABS has now been given foundation know what we do. having no family network locally to help. status, which gives us some tax benefits, which in turn allows us to expand our area MABS (Marina Alta Breast Cancer Support) OnceMABS was up and running helping & services we provide, including our was created over 20 years ago from the other ladies with breast cancer, by driving respite & hospice home in Camposol. We need of women having gone through the them to hospital appointments, translating have charity shops, market stalls, trauma of being diagnosed with breast for them or just to be there to talk to it fundraising events and donations from cancer or gone through surgery & having snowballed… patients and sponsors who admire the work nowhere to turn to for support.MABS was we carry out for the benefit of our patients created by ladies who had gone through The medical profession was quick to see no matter their nationality. We receive no this and wanted to help & support others thatMABS were a big help to these ladies, government funding, so money from our who found themselves in the same so they started to refer others with various charity shops & stalls are very important to position. Often people move to Spain for types of cancer andMABS grew larger with the continued success ofMABS to provide our much-needed services. Do you have a few hours to Our motto has remained the same; “To care, comfort and counsel people affected spare each week? by cancer.” MABS San Javier urgently needs volunteers Ifyou can spare a few to work on their van collecting donations and hours a delivering items purchased in our shop - week to can you help us? volunteer, we would love to hear from you. Ifyou would like to run an event to raise funds for us that MABS provides practical help and support to local people would also who have been diagnosed with cancer if you would like to help be terrific. us by joining our Van Team. You can contact us via the website or by calling any of the general enquiry numbers Please contact us at [email protected] or call for more information www.mabscancerfoundation.com Sheila on 634 306 035 Costa Cálida –615 016 035

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Have you heard anyone saying‘That’s a PPP Second step - take the dog’s chip number, George - dog’ and wondered what on earth they were along with the veterinarian’s card to an born 2013 talking about? It is short for Perros insurance office to obtain civil liability has been in Potencialmente Peligrosos - Dogs insurance for damages to third parties - the shelter Potentially Dangerous. around 40€ per year. since 2014. Third step - take your documents to your He just Spanish Law dictates dogs of a particular Town Hall, pay the fee for the license - wants to be breed with certain characteristics have the around 14€. They grant a license, renewable loved and potential to be dangerous and to own one, every five years. is a real the keeper must be licensed and insured. gentleman, This includes the Pit Bull Terrier, Staffordshire The dog should be walked on a short leash good with Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, and be muzzled. A volunteer completed the other dogs Rottweiler to name but a few. They are process in two weeks. Once licensed, the a n d usually the strong muscular type dogs, with keeper may have up to five dogs. children. He has been sentenced to life powerful appearance, robust head and neck, imprisonment without committing any crime. with wide jaw and deep mouth. Here are two of our long term residents: He has had no real guidance so would need Nelson– basic training, but the reward would be a Because of no kill policy atLos Infiernos dob: wonderful pet. Perrera, there are an increasing number of 0ctober 10th these dogs, (currently 66), many who have 2013 lived there for years. The licensing issue He is a big All PPP dogs can be adopted for the cost of prohibits volunteers to walk them. They boy who the microchip being changed to the new really do have a tough time, with little human w a s owner’s name. Donations can be made to interaction. inconsolable LIPS via when he first [email protected] Why so many? came to the Dog walkers are always needed on Monday, Some dogs have been seized by the shelter. He is Wednesday, Friday and Saturday mornings authorities as the keepers weren’t licensed very from 9am-1pm. and would not present the relevant papers affectionate to get them back. and craves a Please check out the dogs available for You would think that it must be a long, cuddle. His partnerShira , who helped him adoption on our Facebook page,Los expensive process to legally own a PPP dog. enormously, has been adopted and he cried Infiernos Perrera Supporters. Not at all: for days. He is good with people and shares First step - visit a medical centre for a a cage withLinda now. He is overlooked due Not all homes should have a dog, but all physical capacity and psychological aptitude to his size, but more to love surely? dogs should have a home. certificate - approximately 20€. Charity HELP HELP Murcia Mar Menor

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San Javier Golf Societygive HELP a Murcia them.” She was also able to get a plug in boost. region. for theHELP Outlet in the Oasis Centre at On Wednesday 20th November Christine Los Alcazares which along with a weekly Baillie the President ofHELP Murcia Mar “This Car Boot Sale at the Autocine are the main Menorwas invited to La Serena Golf Club money will sources of income for the Charity. in Los Alcazares by Ty Williams the Captain help us to of theSan Javier Golf Society and carry on our For more information aboutHELP call us presented with a cheque for €500. work,” on968 570 059 Christine Each year San Javier Golf Society holds a said “There Charity Day and the proceeds are donated are lots of to a chosen charity and this yearHELP was people in Costa Cálida Chronicle lucky enough to be picked. need of Contact Sales on Accepting the donation Christine, along extra help 619 199 407 with Vice President Ann Sheperson, was after the Web: www.costacalidachronicle.com able to take the opportunity to explain the floods and Email: [email protected] work thatHELP does to help people in the HELP is Remember deadline 15th of the month!!! Mar Menor area and further afield in the doing what it can to make life easier for

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In Anniversary with a fabulous Trade especially if they are holding addition we offer full support Exhibition in November, 2020 sees us events in the area. from our professionalSales Team starting our 21st year. and our Office Manager of 10 6. TheCosta Cálida Chronicle is years. We have seen many businesses come and the ONLY magazine in the area go over the years, but there are still many that supports local charities and 15. OurWhat’s On feature, the first who have survived the recession and other organisations by giving free of its kind in the Costa Cálida, things that have been sent to try us! Here space each and every month. We covers not only local are 21 reasons (although there are many raise in the region of 1,000€ every entertainment, but alsospecial more!) why our advertisers chooseCosta year with ourPoppy Appeal for menus, markets, exhibitions, Cálida Chronicle for their advertising and theRoyal British Legion. leisure andcharity/non-profit why our readers love our publication. If making events, as well asLocal you are a new business starting out, or an 7. The layout of the magazine is and National Fiestas. Events that established business looking for more easy to read with full, half and miss our deadline and important clients, join the band of Costa Cálida quarter page adverts always on announcements are featured on Chronicle advertisers and see your the right hand side of the our Facebook page and our Blog business grow magazine and we have well so you can stay informed online. below the industry average of 1. We have an unrivalled adverts to editorial. 16. TheMenu del Dia spreadsheet distribution network throughout explains exactly what you get for the region for the magazine which your money at participating has been refined over the years 8. Our publication is read by all English Speaking Nationalities bars/restaurants and what days and is constantly updated as new these are available. customers ‘come on board’.We and we have a number of Spanish are theONLY magazine that advertisers who have advertised covers the majority of the Costa with us over a number of years. 17. EntrytoourBusiness News page Cálida including; San Javier, Los We have a vast range of is available free for Alcazares, San Pedro del Pinatar, businesses advertising from large announcements by our El Algar, Cartagena, Fuente professional companies to advertisers to inform our readers Alamo, Hacienda del Alamo, smaller companies who all give of important items such as new Roldan, Balsicas, Alhama, Totana, friendly and personal service to staff, special offers or other Lorca, Aguilas, Mazarrón, their customers. important information. Camposol, Mazarrón Country Club, Mula, Bullas, Cehegin, 9. We print regular articles by a 18. TheAdvertisers’ Business Caravaca, Moratalla & Calasparra. fantastic group of Contributors Directory towards the back of who send us information each the magazine is a full directory of 2. Our deadline is the 15th of the month so that there is something the month’s advertisers with the month to ensure that the for everyone each month. page number added for easy magazine is distributed on the location of the individual adverts. first available day on each and 10. Information vital to living in Spain This directory is also available every month. This ensures that is gratefully supplied byN332, online. our advertisers get a full month’s Think Spain andThe British advertising and events they have Embassy. 19. OurWebsite is very popular with coming up at the beginning of our readers and we get over the month are well advertised. 11. We have kept price increases to 40,000 visits a month. You can an absolute minimum over the read the latest edition of the 3. Advertisers are always kept last 15 years and are honest and magazine online, or if you missed informed of promotions and open with our prices, not a copy of the magazine you can features and are offered free favouring new advertisers over view it in our Back Issues link on inclusion in each and every our regular advertisers. We can the website. All the regular promotion when applicable. work with all budgets with prices monthly articles are added ready starting from just 33.33€ a month. for the beginning of the month so no matter where you are in the 4. Our customer service is world you can keep up to date unrivalled! We provide not quite 12. We do not insist on contracts and advertisers can change their with the latest information from an emergency service, but the your favourite groups and sales phone is on 24/7. We advert as and when required at no additional cost. societies. All our advertisers have response to emails/phone calls as their business added to our soon as possible, whether it is a online business directory national holiday/weekend/late in 13. We offer free design work by our the evening/early in the morning international and highly and we also reply to all emails experienced team and all 20. TheCosta Cálida Chronicle SU is even just a courtesy email to say advertisers are sent proofs prior fully legal with an office at ‘Thank you, it’s been received’. to publication. Camposol, giving you the opportunity to meet us ‘face to face’ rather than just via email or 5. We are a Community magazine, 14. Paymentforanadvertisn’tjustfor phone. offering information about local an advert. There are no other groups, charities, updates from ‘added charges’ forEditorial, or the Town Halls on important Business News or entries into 21. 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Customer Testimonials

Having set up a newBlacktower Congratulations! For 20 years of 20 years young, what can we say office in San Pedro del Pinatar 3 years dedication to advertising Businesses, other than‘Congratulations’? ago and previously been located in Charities and ‘What’s On’ in the Costa Costa Blanca, theCosta Cálida Cálida.Watermaid has been Just two years younger, we have Chroniclehas been instrumental in associated for their advertising from witnessed theChronicle evolve from a getting my message out in the Costa around 2004 and found the service to simple, but very professional, Cálida area. I have obtained many be most efficient with reminders sent broadsheet to the glossy mainstream enquiries from my advertising and out to change or continue our current publication that it is today. You have articles and would strongly level of advertising with space for made it look easy, but we know from recommend this publication as an advertorial on a regular basis. The our own experience how much effort advertising medium. The Team is also Costa Cálida Chronicle is bright and is involved to bring any business from very efficient and pleasant to deal colourful, remaining at hand for conception to maturity. It’s been like with. residents and holiday home owners as looking at a swan which looks serene a reference to trusted traders and Keith Littlewood, DipPFS when viewed from the surface, but is Regional Manager Costa Cálida information about the area and in fact having to paddle hard under ‘What’s Going On’! the water to make any progress! In Dave, Mark and the Team at your twenty years you have become Watermaid an essential part of the community and we offer you our heartfelt Congratulations on your achievement. Peter and Sally atCurtain Call. Congratulations to all at theCosta Cálida Chronicle on their anniversary! ADS has advertised with them for 16 years and have always We atCorral & Alcaraz Law Firm received excellent service, fantastic have advertised our legal, tax and results and at affordable prices. If you financial services through theCosta are offering a service in the Costa Cálida Chronicle for many years. This Cálida region, theCCC is the ONLY We have been supplying furniture in the place to advertise. Their free glossy well-established publication has Costa Cálida area for the past 15 years developed a vast network of magazine will be found in almost and rely on theCosta Cálida Chronicle every home in the area. Don’t forget distribution outlets and an outreach to ‘spread the word’. they should be very proud of. It’s not th the online version for those who can’t Happy 20 Birthday from Roy, Chris pick up a copy. often you will walk into a bar, home, and all the staff atFurniture Plus. office or anywhere actually and don’t see a copy on the coffee table. All at Thanks again; great work and wishing Corral & Alcarazwould like to you many more years of success. congratulate you on all your Maura Dunne,ADS . achievements and look forward to advertising with you for many more years to come! We would like to thank theCosta Alberto Alcaraz and all the team. Cálida Chronicle for the excellent businessAnother World Properties has received over the years through advertising with them. Without doubt you have brought us much custom through our advertising with you. Wow! Congratulations on your 21st year! Sue, Vin, Matt & Laura WhenYorkshire Linen opened 15 years ago, our first choice for Congratulations on trading in your advertising was theCosta Cálida 21st year of business.Palsolicitors has Chronicle. Advertising inThe been advertising with you for over 10 Chronicle has played an important years and we have been very happy part in establishing us as the first with the service supplied. We have choice for bedding, curtains and soft tried advertising in other magazines furnishings. People love the magazine but theCosta Cálida Chronicle is the I have advertised in theCosta Cálida for its local news and information and only one that we have maintained due Chronicle for many years and have can’t wait for it to appear in the shop. to the experience and success of the been extremely happy with the Well done on this amazing response from it. Congratulations on achievement from us all atYorkshire magazine. We hope this will continue st for many more years to come. entering your 21 year in business. Linen!

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I have been advertising with theCosta Cálida Chronicle for the past 3 years Congratulations to theChronicle for TheCosta Cálida Chronicle has and I have to say business has been 20 successful years. We have become one of our essential print booming. This magazine covers the advertised with them since we media in the Costa Cálida to advertise whole of the Murcia region and I have opened nearly nine years ago and ASSSA. Thanks to its proximity, it tried advertising with other always found them totally helps us to reach more and more of magazines, but the results don’t come professional and definitely our best our customers in the Murcia region. In anywhere near theChronicle . Happy method of advertising. addition, the excellent advice Anniversary! Here's to the next 21 - for both of us! received from Patti, makes it a pleasure to work with them, since they Alex Woods TJ Electricals, Euronics, Camposol always offer us options that best represent our company.

Diane Nolan,ASSSA

Congratulations to theCosta Cálida When we were looking for a Chronicle on entering their 21st year publication to help us get our of trading.Camposol Heating & message across in the Murcia area, we Maintenance has advertised with the were recommended to useCosta You get the best value in advertising in CCC for 15 years now and we Cálida Chronicle and we have not the area with theCosta Cálida continue to do so because of the been disappointed. Not only has it Chronicle. We never advertise comprehensive business directory and created a lot of interest in our anywhere else as theCCC always the wide coverage. As the magazine product, but the quality of the interest delivers quality leads from every and business directory are also on has been very high indeed. The team single issue. We tried the rest but line, it brings us business from other atCCC have been professional, settled with the best! parts of Europe that the physical flexible & so friendly, they are a magazine does not reach. delight to work with. We hope to Congratulations to theCCC continue a long standing and Chris Jennings,Compusurf Kevin Hicks productive relationship. Thanks for your help. Phil Mitchell Commercial Manager Evergreen Electrica

For the last three and a half years our regular advert in theCosta Cálida Marketing budgets are crucial to small has been our best source of businesses, so it’s important to Chronicle advertising.Congratulations to you get it right. I've been advertising with on 20 years’ service to the area. Costa Cálida Chronicle almost Happy Anniversary.AtDFS we pride ourselves in only working with tried since I started my company in 2002 Mark Dale, and I get results so why would I go and tested partners and developing a Oven Cleaning Specialists elsewhere!?Congratulations to a long lasting relationship. TheCosta fantastic team on your 21st Anniversary Cálida Chronicle has been a key part and here’s to many more years of of our advertising in the area for many success. years and the quality of the magazine and the service received has Louis Harris Electrical remained excellent throughout that time. Many happy returns on your 21st Thank you from all at . DFS SPAIN AnniversaryCosta Cálida Chronicle. Alan Eustace Locksmiths achieved immediate results in getting customers from day one of advertising in theCosta Cálida Chronicle and have continued to do so over many Rainbow Satellites have advertised years. When asked, “How did you Many Congratulations for 20 successful with theCosta Cálida Chronicle every find us”, most of our customers reply, years of being the most month since its inception 20 years “I found you in the local directory”, informative publication for ex-pats in the ago. Not only does the magazine meaning theCosta Cálida Chronicle. Region of Murcia to theCosta Cálida Even non English speaking Chronicleand we are proud to provide us with many enquiries for our products each and every month, but nationalities find us through theCCC . advertise, not just one but two adverts It is 100% the most successful way to with you! You give small business such a the assistance from the staff is excellent. We believe that the gain exposure for our business. The huge voice. Every month the copies provides a high level of personal disappear from my desk as soon as they Chroniclewins out over other CCC arrive and it’s not just the Brits that take publications because of its ‘quality attention and professionalism. We them! We look forward to continuing to glossy format’ that stays in sincerely want to thank all the team working with you and we really truly households for the full month for and we look forward to working with appreciate all that you have done to reference. We look forward to our you in the coming years. support us. ¡Enhorabuena! successful partnership for another 20 years! Keep up the good work. Gestoría Carvajal Alan Eustace Locksmith The Rainbow Team (Locksmithmurcia.com)

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th Congratulations on the 20 ANRA have been advertising for Anniversary of theCosta Cálida almost 5 years with theCosta Cálida TheFree-Sol Solar team is very Chronicle. Chronicleand it has proved successful grateful to have collaborated with the We started our business in Spain the for us almost from day one. However, Costa Cálida Chronicle over many same year as theCCC was born. I it’s like a good wine - it improves with years. The advertisement in the remember Issue 1 blowing under my age. There's something for everyone magazine has attracted a lot of new gate. It was only an A4 black and in the magazine, keeps readers customers toFree-Sol Solar during white 4-page flyer back then. I informed on what's happening in the this time and it is always a pleasure to decided I needed to place an area, has interesting articles and deal with all who work hard to ensure advertisement in the next issue. We’ve features, supports local Charities, has theCosta Cálida Chronicle continues never looked back since and I’m a fantastic Business Directory for easy to publish relevant and informative certain theChronicle has been reference and is without doubt the information each month. We look instrumental in the early and quality publication locally. forward to many more years. continued success ofFuente Alamo . Real Estate Congratulations to you all on your Martin & Claire superb achievement. Thank you all for your consistency, Annita and Ralph professionalism and constant improvement. You have earned and deserve your success. Ken This is247 Locksmithspain’s first time advertising with theCosta Cálida We have advertised with theCosta Chronicle. We met Eva, who was so Cálida Chronicle since way back; for almost 20 years. We find the friendly and professional making the As a new business on Camposol trying Costa whole process very simple. We were to promote our business in a cost Calida Chronicle still to be the firm favourite for our advertising and for the given a free 50-word write up, plus our effective way, it has been quite own design of advert. The advert challenging. We have found the up-to-date information given in the magazine to help us all know what’s came out on the first week of Costa Cálida Chroniclebeneficial for going on around us! December and247 customer engagement and Eva has Congratulations on professionally Locksmithspain would say 50% of our been very helpful. conducting business for 20 years. work has resulted from this advert. We can’t thank you enough and we will Steve fromCamposol Insurance certainly be using your wonderful Services Greatachievement. service in 2020. Well doneCosta Gez and Ben @Eurospas Calida Chronicle! May you continue to thrive.

From Greg & Mandy at247 Locksmithspain

Since arriving in Spain, theCosta Cálida Chronicle has been pivotal in We have tried other publications but advertising our business and by far the Costa Cálida Chronicleis a has produced the largest amount of quality publication with the widest customers!Congratulations on your coverage both in the magazine and We would like to congratulate the anniversary and to all those that make on the internet. We always get results Costa Cálida Chronicle for its 20 this free magazine the success that it from our advert and we will continue years of providing information for the is, especially the sales team who has to use theCCC as our advertising expat community in Spain. Through always been more than helpful and medium hopefully for another 20 this outstanding magazine we have always at hand. years! been able to advertise our company to many readers that later on became Rhys Brightman Julie atThe Beauty Palace our customers. We hope to be in your magazine at least another 20 years!

Antonio Garcia,La Lonja Muebles, Lorca

Well, hardly surprising that this great magazine theCosta Cálida Chronicle is still with us and bigger and better! Starting a new business is an exciting time and we have chosen to advertise The care, help and advice they have We have advertised with theCosta given us over the years makes them a in theCosta Cálida Chronicle due to its wide distribution and professional Cálida Chronicle for many years now. pleasure to work with.Sooty & Son The staff are very pleasant and the have grown so much after many, many quality. The team has been great in communicating and supporting us. magazine is very informative. We have years advertising with this great tried others, but always come back to magazine. As they have grown, so HugeCongratulations to you all as you go into your 21st year! theCosta Calida Chronicle. have we. As they have expanded their Congratulations to you all on area, so have we.Sooty & Son are Paul Plant,Electrical and General reaching 20 years and many more to very proud to be a part of their great come. success and hope to continue to do so Maintenance Amanda Plant, Salon Manager, for many more years to come. Paul and Sylvie (The Forge) Well done you guys! Unique Beauty Studio www.costacalidachronicle.comCosta Cálida Chronicle Sales 619 199 407 47 Costa Cálida Chronicle - January 2020 [email protected]

Leisure Miracles on the Camino

In 2018, retired journalist Mike Gardner, Augustas and the armies of Islam and away. My best friend, my Russian son - from Calasparra, walked the Camino de Charlemagne. It just seemed a cool thing Kazim. The celebrations were quite Santiago, an 800-kilometre pilgrimage to do, literally walking in the footsteps of something, but they didn’t end there. across the north of Spain. Mike was so history. The trouble was, not too many Kazim went to his bag and brought out a moved by his experiences that he wrote a pilgrims were interested in ancient Spanish certificate for me. It is beautiful and written book called Miracles on the Camino.His invasions after more than 400 kilometres on in old Spanish with my name in the middle blogs were followed by thousands of fans the road. I walked for five hours and saw - actual and unequivocal evidence that I across the word. three people. have walked 400 kilometres. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Victoria Mike is saved from a lonely depression Gloom descended on me like a black cloud was there too and Josh from the States and by Bruce Springsteen. and I didn’t see it coming. One minute no end of other people. Kazim seems to I have been in a dark place today on the there was magnificent scenery stretching attract pilgrims around him. He draws road to Mansilla de las Mulas. I don’t know out miles into the distance, and the next, all people to him. They are in awe of him - this how I got there; it just happened and I want I could see was emptiness. The mountains crazy Russian man; the mad communist to share it with you. My postings are for my of the Picos de Europa were more than 50 who asks nothing and gives everything. He friends and family and without honesty miles away, their peaks full of snow and is the heart of the Camino. A legend. they would be meaningless, but just like I glistening in the morning sun, but they knew it would, the Camino rescued me and didn’t interest me. the day has finished on a spectacular high. I had spent the first 18 days with my Camino family. They had built this Pepe, the impenetrable wall around me to keep me boss of the safe and positive, but now they were far albergue away and I might never see them again. was present at breakfast, My friend Mark warned me that the meseta buthewasa can play tricks on pilgrims, but I wasn’t bit of a expecting this! He told me to play music. nuisance. He said it would help. I played some tracks He had fromSgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band some kind on my iPhone and my mood improved, but of model not much. ThenShe’s Leaving Home hotel on his crackled in my ears and I was done for. It table that has always been one of my favourite Victoria, the Russian pilgrim and Sole and Alex, he was Beatles’ songs and I reckon I must have from South America, with their two-year-old child constructing heard it 5,000 times, but not like this! The Theo. The family had walked 400 kilometres to out of genius of Lennon and McCartney leaps out reach Reliegos wood, in the from this melancholy song which leaves way children Alongside grumpy Pepe, who much to the interpretation of the listener. It in the UK thought I wanted to steal the is a haunting story of a teenage girl who Next month: A rest day in the Asturian used to microwave loves her mother and father and they love Mountains – when I got just two hours’ make her, but she is leaving her family to step out sleep. battleships and Spitfires back in the 1950s. into the darkness and it was all too much It didn’t look up to much, but believe it or for me. DownloadMiracles on the Camino by Mike not, he switched on some kind of lathe that Gardner onto your Kindle, mobile, tablet or was in urgent need of servicing and I felt a tear on my cheek and then I realised, computer from Amazon books for 4.32€. It proceeded to grind various bits of wood perhaps too late, that it was time for ‘The has 173 pages and more than 80 pictures. while we tucked into our toast a few feet Boss’.Thunder Roadblasted into my ears. It is also available as a hardback and can be away. At 8am, he pointed to his watch and I turned the volume up to maximum and delivered to your house in Spain. then the door, rather impatiently I thought Bruce Springsteen was right there and five minutes later I was stretching my alongside me with Clarence Clemens and legs along the beautiful countryside. the rest of the E Street Band. I felt strong again. There was a spring in my step and I Costa Cálida Chronicle I had a choice to make this morning. I could kept churning out the kilometres until I Contact Sales on have walked along the Camino which reached Reliegos. follows the A-231; the route that everyone 619 199 407 else I knew was taking and where 99% of There are three or four different routes Web: www.costacalidachronicle.com pilgrims will be, but I decided to take the through the town which seemed to be Email: [email protected] old Roman road; the longest in Spain and bursting with albergues and bars. All I Remember deadline 15th of the month!!! the exact route several conquering wanted was a coffee and he was there. I generals had taken, including Caesar could see his blue hat from 100 metres

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Corvera Airport Bus Service

There will be bus routes to connect different points of the region with the airport. One of those lines will be Mazarrón- Águilas with stops in Puerto de Mazarrón (Avenida Doctor Meca next to Mercadona), Mazarrón (Avenida de la Constitución) and Camposol. Bus Fares: Single to Murcia, Cartagena and golf courses of La Torre, Terrazas, Mar Menor and Serena - 5€ Cabo de Palos, La Manga, La Manga Club, Roda Golf, Condado de Alhama, Hacienda del Álamo, Camposol, San Pedro, Lo Pagan, San Javier, Los Narejos and Los Alcázares - 10€ Mazarrón and Puerto de Mazarrón - 12€ Águilas – 15€ Bus tickets can be bought at www.interbusmurcia.es

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Around the World Never a Dull Moment By George R Mitchell

Should You or Shouldn’t You Give ….?? organised; They are fed and clothed in the camp. I think I can guess your very first reaction often by There is no need to do this. They are not when you see these photos. They will be adults. I starving.” I was told that many Syrian much like mine, when I first saw these kids chose not refugees themselves frown upon these kids face to face. Your heartstrings are being to give. begging because it gives them all a bad pulled right now and your hand is in your name. I chose not to give. Isn’t it pocket, looking for money…. The best In a market interesting? More often than not, it’s wee advice I have ever been given regarding in northern kids begging and not say a woman in her this was the following: Africa. A 30’s? There’s a reason for that; ie it tugs at “Stop. Take a step back. Compose. different the passer-by’s heart strings. Speak to locals. Learn. Re-think.” ball game all together. I was sitting outside a small street café just Many were inside Turkey’s southern border with Syria. begging This boy was around fifteen. I observed him here, many rummaging through the bin for food with Yes or No scraps. He was unkempt. You do not rake children, through bins for food for fun. He was some of whom had both physical and genuinely hungry. I watched him take out mental disabilities - real poverty. Not some food and walk off with it. pleasant to view. I have more photos, but you really don’t want to see them. I gave this woman money.

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In the town of Sulaymaniyah, I was out walking and came across this girl. She was lying on the pavement. My heart melted at first, but then I shook myself back into reality. I’ve been inside an official UN refugee map in Kurdistan. All of the people in there are treated extremely well, believe me. No-one is turned away and no-one is Yes or No

A girl, Syrian refugee I was told, on the streets of Istanbul. My first thought was, Yes or No ‘what a shame, give her money’, but take a look at her. She is well clothed; very well Two adorable wee kids sat on the clothed in fact. She was also clean. I find it pavement. near impossible to believe that she is “Don’t give them anything,” I was told. sleeping rough and starving. She is “They live in a refugee camp not so far begging. I was told not to give. It was away. There’s nothing really for them to do Yes or No in there, so they come into town and beg. Continued on page 53 The Essential Guide

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Continued from page 52 The figures vary dramatically, so I’m not day breakfast sandwich and felt guilty. I willing to quote anything, however there knew I had change in my pocket and starving. There is no need whatsoever for are undoubtedly thousands of young decided I’d give her whatever there was in this young girl to be lying on the street people sleeping rough on the UK streets there, be it 23p or a couple of quid. I put begging. Once again, I was told she would on any one night. There are various reasons my hand in my pocket, took out the change have been sent out by her parents to do for this, but that’s for another column. and placed it in her hand. She looked at it this to simply get money. She is not and quickly did the math….it came to sleeping rough and she is not starving. I I’m sure we’ve all experienced the round about 75p; not an insignificant chose not to give. following scenario: you’re walking down amount if you are hungry or homeless, I’d town, away to do a bit of Saturday have thought, but what she then did Interesting to note. I’ve never seen anyone shopping and a guy is sitting outside the astonished me for she threw the money on begging in the Gaza Strip. store with a blanket and a cup, asking for the table and demanded more. I shooed In Moscow in winter when it plunges deep change. Do you give? Should you give? her away and watched her go, across the into minus, there are hundreds of homeless road to re-join the organised gang of adults people and many literally freeze to death. Long gone is the classic ‘bag-lady’ person, who were obviously in charge. She wanted It happens every year. I’ve come across ie like a character out of the famous song, richer pickings, but she wasn’t getting it homeless people sleeping in the stairwells ‘The Streets of London.’ It seems that most from me. If I’d been genuinely hungry, I’d of apartments I rent. This is genuine; these beggars on our streets are young males. have been delighted to have been given folks are desperate. I never throw them out Do you give? Should you give? 75p. Apparently in London, some beggars into the cold. I give food and clothes. make hundreds of pounds per week. The According to London based charity, decision to give to someone begging is I’m also drawn to old people, especially in ‘Thames Reach,’ you shouldn’t, as giving never an easy one. If you think that sounds former Soviet countries. They have lived money to such folks can have fatal harsh, consider this – it is estimated that through WWII, decades of communism, consequences. They claim that 80% of many of the foreign child beggars in then the car crash that was the 90’s. Now people begging in the capital have a London are exploited by organised they live on meagre pensions and try to serious crack cocaine or heroin problem, so criminal gangs who rake in millions. buy products in shops they can hardly all you’re doing is helping to fund that afford to be in. It has not been an easy life habit. They go onto say that ‘There is no In the UK, if anyone begging is pushy, I for many. Once, in Moscow, in winter, whilst need to beg on the streets in the UK.’ tend not to give. I’m far more inclined to waiting in the metro for my train, I spotted give, if I don’t feel I’m being harangued. I an old lady who was blind, standing quietly Wow, now that made me re-think. Yet, I also really feel uncomfortable when with her hand out. I observed her over four really try not to judge. It seems the overall someone is sitting almost right underneath days, before coming to the conclusion that advice is not to give directly to people on an ATM when I’m taking out money. That I she was not homeless, or she would be the streets, but give to homeless charities don’t like at all. dead in this cold, but she was obviously instead, yet, as we all know, it’s not that poor and blind. Pensions and gov help in easy is it? When shopping on Aberdeen’s Should we or shouldn’t we give? Russia is not like in the UK. No-one’s blind Union Street at Christmas, I saw plenty of That’s up to each of us to decide on an granny of 80 plus years should be standing beggars. How to decide who to give to individual basis, I guess. I’d recommend in a metro all day hoping for a few coins. though? For me, I ask myself: food, always. Hand over your sandwich, or “Is this guy genuine? Can I afford that £1 in cup of hot takeaway coffee. 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As a footnote, Samuel Cunard, founder of Many of us will well remember two great service in tandem withMary on a weekly the Line was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Cunard Liners;Queen Mary andQueen luxury liner service between Southampton Canada, November 1787 and Elizabeth and my pictures include and New York via Cherbourg. subsequently moved to the UK 1838, miniature original paintings of each. The passing away in London April 1865. former linerQueen Mary sailed primarily On the 'net' there is a detailed history of on the North Atlantic Ocean service from this second great liner following withdrawal 1936 to 1967 and is preserved as a hotel from service and tragically destroyed by and museum in Long Beach California. I fire in Hong Kong harbour when there were would recommend anyone not having plans to convert into a university. visited previously to do so, as it is a wonderful example of cross Atlantic opulence during that era. There is a video online athttps// www.queenmary.com giving the history, a must watch, being second best to actually visiting and boarding the ship in California. I have boarded twice and never tire of this wonderful experience of maritime history.

I would like to take the opportunity to wish ALL an extremelyHappy New Yearand Today there are three Cunard ships now anyone taking a cruise during 2020 – cruising (as opposed to previously ENJOY. As mentioned in last month’s operating a cross Atlantic liner operation) - publication, I booked a 7 day Med Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Christmas cruise, on a brand new large Queen Victoria. All three have visited Italian vesselMSC Grandiosa which Cartagena previously with the latter, departed from Barcelona on 19th Queen Victoria, being here recently and December, so fingers crossed I will be in a I am demonstrating my age, but am my main pictures feature this ship’s call; position to take pictures for next month’s pleased that I observed bothMary and pictured firstly with harbour cruiseTuristico publication AND NOT JUST SHIPS! Elizabeth, the two ships operating the Barco in the foreground and on cross-Atlantic service on a number of subsequent departure. occasions; the last was during the seaman’s strike in May 1966 - a truly demoralising Of my flag possessions on departure as a sight - these two vessels together with farewell, wishing bon voyage, thanking for

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I am sure many of us will be filled to the there and settled by the time this goes to shine. Her constant cries were heard by a brim in many ways following ourChristmas publication. They include Belle andMax , neighbour who spoke with the owners. activities! We do hope that everyone had a brother and sister from Mazarrón, poor They no longer had time forKira and wonderful time without too many Brett who had been found abandoned and agreed to her being taken and rehomed. headaches. SadlyChristmas does not chained in a disused house with several Of course we could not ignore the plight of make much difference to the fate of many deep wounds to his head and neck and this little girl who came to us and she is now poor abandoned and ill-treated dogs, so littleMowgli, the ten day old puppy found being thoroughly checked over and then now we pick ourselves up and carry on by the roadside. prepped for travel to a new home. doing our best to help them. Another rescue in December was little Kira Once again we had a greatChristmas After a postponement of some of our who once had a very happy home, but due party with our Bella Luna guys with a great rescues travelling to their new forever to the arrival of a new baby, was moved out crowd from theVista Bar, Luz del Sol and homes in December, we trust they will be to a roof terrace 24/7 through rain and Camposol D. Bella Luna were on form and, as usual, thoroughly entertained everyone. We thank all of those for supporting the evening. Your support is so very welcome to our little charity. We would also like to take this opportunity to announce that from January 2020, Helping Hands will be holding aMonthly Market at Mariano’s, Camposol A. With the gradual deterioration of markets by the authorities we hope this will be welcomed by stallholders and people of Camposol alike. The market will be held on the last Friday of each month and administered by our member Joanne Tyler. Joanne is inviting stallholders to apply for a permanent pitch and barring any problems the market will commence on Friday 31st January. Please call Joanne on634 302 388 for more information and reservation. We now turn our attention to our fundraising events for 2020: The first event is Spain’s premier ‘Eagles Tribute’The Desperados. Reservations are already being taken and our other shows. Tickets will shortly be ready with Mister Print, Camposol B. 62 www.costacalidachronicle.comCosta Cálida Chronicle Sales 619 199 407 [email protected] Costa Cálida Chronicle - January 2020

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Leisure WARM - Walkers around Murcia Email: [email protected] Here’s to a Happy and Healthy 2020 who can walk and take shots as I can only outside on the terrace at Albergue SIULA Don’t forget walking is good for both your do one or the other. who did us proud with a gorgeous meal. physical and mental health, so why not join us? Tina and Kevin showed the group the Martin and delights of the area around the Embalse de Jessica Cenajo; a walk of 10 km. The first part of decided it the walk followed the River Segura on a was time to wide-open track and it had everything; really river, reservoir, paddy fields and fabulous stretch out trees. This would have made it into our and led a walking book, but part of it is across private pretty land and Tina and Kevin were able to get challenging permission for us to cross this section. walk in Sierra de Archivel and Barranda is an area of Murcia Ricote, ‘El new to many of the group and the day was Estrecho led with great enthusiasm by Alfonso. It del Moro’. was nearly 18km and it included two steep The group climbs to Roman settlements, where the covered Admiring the dam at Cenajo weather at the top was very windy. It is hard 19km to pick highlights, but lunch was pretty including a What a few weeks it has been as our amazing (sadly I couldn’t stay) and so was lot of walking programme got into full swing. The the visit to the Museo de la Música Étnica walking fabulous Murcian countryside has been at de Barranda and we were treated to a uphill and its autumnal best with mainly clear blue guided tour which included the group crossing skies and amazing colours. It has been a bit making music. Well worth another visit. t h e chilly at the start of walks, but you soon get mountain warmed up when you get into your stride. twice. It Trying to select photos has been difficult as took six there are so many fabulous ones taken Ricote hours during the walks and a big thank you to the including a stop for a picnic lunch. One of many photographers. When I see the our Facebook members commented photos posted on our Facebook page I “Thank youWARM for a challenging but have one of two reactions, either “It looks very satisfying walk today - a feeling of like I missed a really great walk,” or “I don’t contented fatigue this evening” remember seeing that.” People spot very different things and I really admire people January Walks: Roman settlement near Archivel Thursday My partner Chris and I showcased our local 16th– Los area, Casas Nuevas. Judging by the Bebedores Solar directa comments we had from the group they Saturday thoroughly enjoyed the 16km walk up into 25th – the Parque Regional Sierra Espuña and Caravaca then through an area called Umbria del February Bosque. The weather was perfect and the Walks: colours of the rock faces were spectacular. Saturday 1st It was warm enough afterwards to eat – NW Solar electric systems Murcia 10% Price Saturday th beater promiseSolar hot water systems 15 - Calasaparra No middle men - Buy direct Saturday nd No Subcontractors or Sales people 22 - San Ricote walkers Pedro del Quality European products Pinatar Saturday 29th - Moratalla Complete solar systems from only 1500€ Details of eachWARM walk is normally including installation sent out about a fortnight ahead. If you are We will beat any other like for like price interested in joining us on a walk and want to be on our mailing list contact Norma on [email protected] indicating your nearest town. Most outings are in Northwest Murcia (approximately 1½ Lunch at SIULA-Casas Nuevas hours’ drive from the coast). 64 www.costacalidachronicle.comCosta Cálida Chronicle Sales 619 199 407 [email protected] Costa Cálida Chronicle - January 2020

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Check with Tourist Office for Chronicle website and blog and the Philharmonic Orchestra perform in the opening times. relevant Tourist Office websites. Adolfo Suarez Cultural Centre. 8pm; 3€. For information on each town’sThree Check out theArchaeological Museum Kings programme, look on Tourist Offices’ Sunday 5th January – From 10am in the (tel968 757 379) and theEthnography websites as listed below. Adolfo Suarez Cultural Centre, children’s And Natural Sciences Museum (tel968 wish letters are delivered to the kings. At 780 740) which also offer various BULLAS 6pmThe Three Wise Men, Melchor, workshops for all the family at various www.bullas.es Gaspar and Baltasar bring thousands of times. T:968 652 244Market Tues presents for children on a parade of floats. Sunday 5th January –Artisan Market Wine buffs can contact a choice of 15 Friday 17th-Monday 20th January – Enjoy bodegas affiliated to theRuta del Vinofor VisitCasa-Museo Don Pepe Marsilla. theFiestas of San Sebastian in the old guided visits for small groups or individuals Guided tours (in English) for only 2 persons town. and to buy produce. Liaise with bodegas as (5€ pp) or there is an audio guide system in most will attempt to coordinate groups and English.Museo del Vinohas a shop with Sunday 26th January – Antiques and provide a relevant language-guide; or bodega prices. To visit either/info, tel968 collectables second-hand market at the enquire through Tourist Office. In particular 657 211, Tourist Office, or email Explanada of the old train station in the Via visitBodega Delampa (see page 65) [email protected] Verde opens at 10am. Easy parking. 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Located at Calle Puentecilla No Until Sunday 5th January – Entertainment to entertain you, by the cathedral and in 3, Bajo. for all ages, including cinema and music, Plaza Circular, leading up to theThree Tel968 795 620 for opening times. leading up to theThree Kings parade on Kings parade. the 5th January. Enquire via Tourist Office for a guide to The Carlos Blanco Fadol Museum of best city nativity scenes (belenes) which Ethnic Instruments in Barranda is Until Tuesday 7th January – Collect a can be enjoyed by all the family. Some signposted and easy access for mobility printed route from Tourist Office of the charge a few euros entry. issues. 5% of his 4,000-piece collection nativity scenes (belenes) located in public rotates in the space available. 3€ (reduced venues and private homes (with varied Discover the contemporary arts centre 2€/child 1€). Check opening times with opening times). Centro Parraga in the city centre. Tourist Office. Tel968 351 410 Lovers of art should visit theSaorin [email protected] Painting Museum, a Catch the following in December: Antonia López. SOLICITOR/LAWYER small museum of Until 12th January – The artist Angel Haro Col. 4640 works by the local from Valencia exhibits abstract paintings Avda. De la Constitución, nº 16 artist, Jesus Lozano and sculptures: ‘Escenografias’ contains Caravaca de la Cruz Saorin and others stage designs for works such as La Casa de Please contact us on [email protected] from the area. Bernarda Alba, Antigone, La Folie, www.aunalegal.es Tel: 636 986 493. Includes sculptures Sleeping Beauty and El Sueno de la Razon. and canvases. Free entry Mon-Fri 9am-8pm. LEGAL ASSISTANCE & GUIDANCE, TAX RETURNS & ADVICE. 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More info athttps://www.entre- cycle. 8pm. 20€ excluding season ticket Monday 27th January – Violinist Fumiaki lineas.net/en/reflexion-en/ holders. Miura (playing a 1704 Stradivarius) The Auditorio Victor Villegas hosts the accompanies theFrankfurt Radio following: Wednesday 15th January – Javier Negrin Symphony Orchestra to perform works by Sunday lunchtime ‘Family Concerts are plays Beethoven piano sonatas, the fourth Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky and Strauss. 8pm. back! Performed by the Region of Murcia of nine scheduled concerts to celebrate 25€-35€ Symphony Orchestra, six events are 250 years since Beethoven’s birth. 8pm. scheduled between September and March 10€ for individual concerts. Thursday 30th January – Works by – book early as very popular. Beethoven and Chopin are performed by More info/booking 9am-2pm at box office Friday 17th January – Coque Malla, front Classical Pianist Gabriel Escudero. 8pm. Tel968 343 080 man of Spanish rock group Los Ronaldos in 12€ the 80s/90s, is back on the scene with his Season tickets for 2019-20 are on sale, ¿Revolucion Tour?More info at box office. YECLA featuring 24 concerts and dance www.turismo.yecla.es performances. Tickets for individual events Saturday 18th January – TheOSRM are T:968 754 104 Market Wed are also available – booking early is joined by flautist Juan Antonio Nicolas and Visit Deortegas Almazara to learn about recommended. harpist Jose Antonio Domene to perform their olive oil production. Limited places - music by Lutoslawski, Bartok and they will try to fit you in with a group or Tuesday 7th January – The Saint Beethoven under the baton of guest accommodate your group. 8€ pp includes Petersburg Ballet presentsSleeping conductor Georg Mark. 8pm. 9€-15€. a blind tasting of various oils, a healthy Beauty(named as the best dance breakfast and a comprehensive guide to spectacle of 2018 at the Premios Teatro de Saturday/Sunday 25th/26th January – the nutritional benefits, origins, production Rojas). 8pm; 18€-27€. Magic and music combines illusionist techniques and much more. English- Jorge Blass with theOSRM and involves speaking staff has to be pre-booked on Saturday 11th January – Pop and funk rock participation from the audience and request. bandMorgan hit the stage. 9.30pm. 20€ in musicians. The focus is on family and Tel968 969 644 advance/24€ on the day. especially youngsters; Sunday 11.15am [email protected] with an info presentation for young www.deortegas.com Monday 13th January – Cuarteto concertgoers. Tickets 10€ Brentano perform works by Mozart and Saturday 6pm and Sunday 12pm Beethoven in this fourth of the ten-event Religion The Rockin' Vicar

Well friends, hope, in this life and the next. For some, If you would like a confidential talk or need Christmas is this life may be full of joy and hope - fine. help, then please do get in touch. You over: the For most of us it is a mixture of ups and might even be looking for a church, (maybe General downs; for some only downs. We might win a step too far?!!), but I am here at The Election is a lottery. What joy that would bring! How Anglican Church, Calasparra with services over; Heaven our life would change. Problem - you have every Sunday at 11am. We also have a hasn’t fallen to buy a ticket to have a chance of winning. page on Facebook. on us all … I think I have only bought one, the yet. They say Christmas before last. No luck! Story of my You can contact me at ‘it isn’t over life! [email protected] ‘til the fat Tel634 386 179 lady sings’. Faith isn’t about luck. Uncertainty is Guess she’s divisive. It affects money markets and lives. Happy New Year! still singing! We crave certainty. Let’s hope and pray that ‘Bye for now and God bless you. A New Year 2020 brings more stability into our dawns and uncertain lives, for everyone. Rev Andrew we have to remember to write 2020 on important DR J. CARLOS GOMEZ TRIGUERO stuff! Do you ENGLISH SPEAKING DENTIST remember writing cheques in January, biro hovering over the date part and trying to engage brain? Never mind the year, what day is it! That’s why I have a watch that tells me the day and month as well as the time; Well Established Practice the year I can manage on my own, though in January with difficulty … I was just watched a play on BBC1 called Elizabeth is Missingwith the excellent Breakfast EXTENSIVE RANGE OF TREATMENTS INCLUDING Glenda Jackson. Maybe you saw it? It was •General Odontology about an elderly lady with Alzheimer’s; •X-Ray scary and very moving for the person and Tapas Implant Surgery ENGLISH the family. How the past and present blur • into a crazy mixture of unreality, with lucid •Orthodontics SPEAKING moments but the bigger picture is a Sandwiches •Fillings DENTIST mystery to those involved. •Crowns •Bridges 2020. New challenges, new joys, unknown C/. Gran Via, 18 - Bajo sorrows. ‘Unknown’ is the key and a 30400 Caravaca de la Cruz •Pain Free Treatment blessing. We don’t want to know what lies (Murcia) ahead; we just live in hope. ‘Hope’ springs Tel 968 707 428 eternal. That’s why I am thankful that I am a Tel: 968 705 406 Avda. Almeria 2, First floor F battered old Christian because I have Mobile: 646 924 969 Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia www.costacalidachronicle.comCosta Cálida Chronicle Sales 619 199 407 67 Costa Cálida Chronicle - January 2020 [email protected]

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Breaking Through The Wall quick glimpse, you can perceive the it must be Hello Kitty’s cousin. Anyway, we As I write this article, Christmas is nearly imaginary borderline, the gender-aisle that decide to buy them, but on our way to the here and Three Kings in on the horizon. My sets the ‘BOYS’ and ‘GIRLS’ sections apart. checkout, it is evident how embarrassed eight-year-old son is watching TV, getting I feel as if I were contemplating two my son is just by the mere thought that endlessly bombarded by adverts and different kingdoms split by a wall, like they anyone in the shop could laugh at him for honestly, I feel deeply disappointed to see were clothes for completely different picking an item ‘from the other side’.This how little things have changed from the species. Flowery and glittery T-shirts with simply cannot happen. time I was his age. The line is an easy one cheesy messages such asIt’s cool to be to draw: racing cars, dark colours, action cute for girls and Marvel superheroes and I really miss some sort of unisex, neutral and adventure games are targeted to boys, dinosaurs for boys. section, where parents and children would whereas fairies and princesses, pink and feel at ease choosing clothes, no matter purple, reborn dolls or make-up are ‘best- the gender. Those who have sons AND suited’ for girls. Obviously, the gender- daughters could really pass on clothes from based stereotype still prevails. one child to the next without making him/her feel they are not fitting into the Nowadays, this clear-cut division is role model imposed by society. They would widespread and applicable to any item you be ‘JUST clothes’. can think of from school bags or wallpapers to, of course, clothes. Our world seems to As I see it, we are, in a not-so-subtle way, be divided and labelled as either ‘for boys’ modelling children, restricting their or ‘for girls’. I can’t help but wonder “Is this choices, shaping them with something as really the 21st century? Shouldn’t we be ‘trivial’ as clothes. Now, and back in the fighting for equality? Why are we 1970’s, it’s the same old song: ‘girls should perpetuating this role model?” be dreamers’ and ‘boys should be action- takers’. Sadly, most parents still seem to Supposedly, as a boy, my son should be Hey, wait, don’t girls like dinosaurs? fancy this cliché. In my view, we must break inclined towards fighting games, show an Can’t a boy wear a glittery sweater? with this never-ending clothes dictatorship innate tendency for blue and like football, and stop assuming that boys and girls are but it turns out that he is not the ‘action- As these questions keep on banging in my meant to like different things. type’; quite the opposite. He’s into fuchsia mind, my son sets his eyes on some and unicorns, so here we are, mother and pyjamas in the ‘GIRLS’ section, across ‘the María José Gambín Marín son, popping into one of the multiple wall’. They are pastel-coloured, of course, Escuela Oficial de Idiomas clothes shops in Murcia. Just by taking a with lots of Pusheen cats all over - I reckon Religion WELCOME HOUSE Tel 633 447 937 www.sites.google.com/site/casawelcome2013 I recently received an email from a craft site Such love paying the debt I owe advertising ‘heaven sent straight to your Then as often happens it did a detour; my Oh Jesus, such love. door’. All these lovely goodies, my mind mind that is. did overtime thinking about what I could I realised that I already have ‘heaven sent Heaven sent straight to my door. do with all this extra stuff and there we straight to my door’ because it arrived have it. At the end of the day it’s just that - when I accepted the Lord Jesus as my If you would like to contact us regarding stuff cluttering up the place. friend and saviour. anything we have publicised or may be What’s really good about it, is that I didn’t planning in the future, or just for a chat, our even have to pay for it. Do you know why? contact details are: Someone else paid for it for me. [email protected] [email protected] How kind was that? There won't be too Tel 633 447 937 many folk who are willing to pay your debts for you I'm guessing. Why would anyone Welcome House do that? 3A Campillo y Suertes Cehegin At the risk of repeating myself, in the hope that I get the message across, it all comes down to love. Not a soppy kind of love, but the kind of love that surpasses all understanding.

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Valencia Students' 'Micro-Plastic Sea Fil- and water, a palace, a casino, a hermitage Pottery In Toledo Recognised by UN- ter' Wins Top Design Award chapel, a post office, an olive oil storage ESCO A group of students at Valencia Polytechnic warehouse and a flour factory. Handmade ceramic pottery from two have won the prestigiousJames Dyson Colonia de Santa Eulalia, about halfway Toledo province villages have been de- Award for their planet-saving invention: a between the towns of Villena and Sax in the clared UNESCO Intangible Cultural Herit- buoy which filters and traps micro-plastics west of the province of Alicante, is com- age, along with those from the Mexican in the sea. pletely uninhabited, making it a great in- towns of Puebla and Txalaca. vestment if you have the cash! The decorative blue-patterned plates, jugs, Defined as pieces of plastic of less than half pots and trays made in Puente del Ar- a centimetre in size, micro-plastics are fre- The palace is an official heritage site, zobispo and Talavera de la Reina, but con- quently swallowed by fish, birds and other meaning it would be eligible for European sidered 'native' to the latter, were chosen sea creatures and find their way into human Union funding to restore it and open it to at a United Nations meeting in Bogotá, stomachs through drinking water and eat- the public as a visitor site or a restaurant or Colombia based upon their ‘manufacturing ing seafood, fish and seaweed. The ‘Yuna’ hotel. The post office, part of Spain’s na- procedure, intricate design and uses different-sized netting and an aerody- tional Correos network, is empty. enamelling’ which are completely hand- namic structure inspired by the physical made using identical techniques to the first makeup and anatomy of the ocean sunfish Winter Temperatures in Spain ones ever produced in the 16th century, (Mola Mola) – the world's heaviest fish at an It will be drier than usual, and is set to be which have remained unchanged since. average of a tonne and which gets its name the 11th warmest in Spain since 1965. because it basks on the sea surface to allow According to UNESCO, the theoretical and sea birds to eat parasites from its skin. The Although the meteorological seasons do practical knowledge and skill employed in ocean sunfish changes shape to adapt to not necessarily follow the ex-tropic sol- making the pottery covers the entire pro- different currents in the sea, which the Yuna stices, Spain does not differentiate cess including preparing the clay, mould- buoy is also designed to do. All 20 of the between the two, meaning ‘winter’ offi- ing, decorating in relief, mixing and ‘Yu Group’ are studying degrees in design cially begins at the end of the shortest preparing the dyes and enamel and kiln-fir- engineering and product development and night. Variations in the mercury will be less ing. Talavera de la Reina and Puente del Ar- will share the €2,200 prize. noticeable the farther south you head. We zobispo have managed to keep their skills will see much lower rainfall than normal alive for 500 years. The master potters and The buoy needs very little energy supply to and no extreme weather phenomena such ceramic workers who create the pieces filter out micro-plastics, since it spins with as torrential downpours, storms or gale- have learnt their skills through word-of- the current, like a yacht sail to pick up tiny force winds are forecast. mouth training passed down through gen- shards of plastic waste which are then erations and being declared UNESCO cul- stored inside it for later disposal. Multiple Winters in inland and northern Spain tend tural heritage means these skills are filters are stacked from the ones with the to be dry, bracing, very cold and with guaranteed to be perpetuated through fu- widest holes on the outside to the finest on overnight frosts being a frequent feature, ture generations. the inside, the latter being capable of trap- although homes in these areas are de- ping even microscopic pieces of plastic. signed for this and most have central heat- Gwyneth Paltrow spent many months in Once the buoy is full, the plastic is emptied ing, either gas, oil, or hot water. They are, Talvera learning Spanish and even has a and recycled and the buoy is returned to however, much milder on the ‘Costas’ and street named after her. the sea. islands, where homes are designed more to keep out the heat than the cold. Ground-Breaking Spanish-Built Planet- Cancer & Sugar Exploring Satellite Launched Research scientists at the Bellvitge-IDIBELL Those who head north and inland to seek A mostly-Spanish satellite went into orbit – Hospital and the University of Barcelona out the snowscapes in the depths of winter the first in history destined for monitoring (UB) have finally demonstrated the involve- may not prepare them for the deep freeze planets outside our Solar System. Engin- ment of glucose in the growth of tumour they encounter. eers from Torrejón de Ardoz (Greater Mad- cells and have described how the availabil- rid region) saw the Soyuz rocket go up with ity of nutrients and oncogenic signal path- Dads ‘Dependent Child Bonus’ In Disab- CHEOPS after its planned launch had to be ways link molecularly. It is an important ility Pension, Not Just Mums put back due to possible software prob- step forward in understanding the molecu- Men with children will now be entitled to lems. lar mechanism that reprogrammes the cell receive an ‘upgrade’ in permanent disabil- in the formation of tumours. The work has ity pensions as well as women, following a CHEOPS stands for 'Characterisation of deciphered the path through which gluc- European Court of Justice ruling. Exo-Planets', or planets outside the solar ose enhances the growth of cells, which system and is designed to study stars which must grow and reach a critical size in order Women’s careers tended to be shorter and are known to serve as suns for other planets to divide. more fragmented, due to maternity leave in order to work out whether any of these and then typically becoming the primary may contain the elements necessary to Alicante Village Goes On Sale Online carers of children in heterosexual couples. house life. An entirevillage is up for sale on the inter- As a result, women tend to receive lower net auction site, Wallapop for 90 million disability pensions than men, so the 5% in- This is a monitoring mission focused on Euros. It has 40 houses, mains electricity crease for having kids was aimed at re- systems that have already been dis- dressing the covered. In layman’s terms, ‘others have balance, but the made the discoveries and CHEOPS will 'structural differ- take over exploring them’. ences' in men's and women's disability CHEOPS is only the first stage of an ambi- pensions are 'not tious exo-planetary exploration strategy enough' to justify devised by the ESA. Two more huge satel- one sex receiving a lites – Plato and Ariel – will be launched at bonus and the other the end of the 2020’s, but CHEOPS is the not, where their situ- only one to go up now for a decade. ations are identical – as in, signed off work CHEOPS is a low-cost mission – in space permanently and science terms, its budget of under €50 mil- with two or more de- lion and development time of six years is pendent children. quick and cheap.

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Epiphany or 12th night is on 6th January we can to be more welcoming to strangers; Wednesday January 8th - Fun Craft It is such a pity that to some it is only known go that extra mile to show our love to our Afternoon with cake, tea & coffee. 2-5pm as the day we take down theChristmas family and friends. Thursday 23rd - Games Afternoon with Decorations. It is so much more than that. cake, tea & coffee. 2-5pm Epiphany is when the Wise Men or Magi Life is a gift, make it special arrived in Bethlehem after following a Star, Why not join us for a Traditional Sunday which led them to the stable and baby It has been another busy month in church Service? All services begin at 10.30am Jesus. They brought with them gifts of life. January Services Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. These Wise Christmas Lunch Party held again at La Sunday 5th Songs of Praise -Epiphany Men, with their different coloured skin, are Caleta. As always the staff worked really Sunday symbolic of every nation on earth. hard to keep everyone served and glasses After service we will share a light lunch of re-filled. We joined together to singThe warming soup, crusty bread, cake, tea & Do we welcome strangers from other parts Twelve Days Of Christmas with much coffee of the world, strangers who have travelled jangling of bells. The timings may have Sunday 12th Holy Communion far, following their own star to find a new been a little off, but we were all able to Sunday 19th Morning Prayer life? Many of us reading this came to a new release the inner child in us. A good time Sunday 26th Holy Communion country to find a new life. Most of us live was had by all. according to Christian values, even though Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy we are not aware of it. We value our 2020 from all at St Nicholas. friendships, families and loved ones. We lead law abiding lives and are kind to each Chris Leiper other and to strangers.

2020 what will it bring? A New Year is almost like a new book; all the pages clean and empty. How many books of life have we filled? I am surprised by how many I have filled and how quickly Thesimple way to safeguardyour they have been filled. There are many loved ones, wherever you are. things I wish I hadn’t done; things I should have done, but there are also lots of things that I am happy to have done. For this LiveorWorkAbroad? coming year I think we should do all what 24th December Service of Carols and Worried about your Poems Loved Ones? This was a lovely, lively service withLola the Keeping regulartabs on donkey coming along and adding to the atmosphere. loved ones,wherever they are,canbedifficult. Events In January Elert Me makesit easier. Coffee & Chat Afternoons -For those ElertMe emails you when your who live on their own, Winter can be a very dependent is unresponsive, lonely time. Why not join us at one of our helping you quickly react to afternoon get-togethers? It is a chance to avoid incidents or worse still, chat and make friends. These afternoons tragedy. are open to all. Please do come along and join us. You will be assured of a very warm Find Out How It Works welcome. www.elertme.email

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Charity ANDREA’S ANIMAL RESCUE & THE HENRIETTA FOUNDATION TEL:690906565 CHARITYNo.9.980/1a www.andreasanimalrescue.com Everyone atAAR would like to wish all our Christmas We have readers and supporters aHappy, Healthy E v e had a and Prosperous 2020. Service. successful I knowgreat things are going to happen Lolawas month withAAR this year with the continued chosen and rehoming development of La Paca. If we get phase she entered a n d one completed, our donkeys will have their the church transporting new homes, particularly those in to the carol dogs to livery. La Paca always was a long- ‘ Little their new term project and we so need our lottery Donkey’. homes, so numbers to come up!! Monthly updates on Beautiful goodbye; our FB page. Lola did us Toffee, Two proud as Socks, Just before Christmas we had great news always! Perdi, Luna about our little boyToffee. We have a Little andLady. good feeling about his new family and our Bombon It’s been a little chapTwo Socks also has his forever also put in a pleasure. We also have super news on home. All good things come to those that special Dulcie, but I will save that for next month! wait! appearance and she loved the attention. She is so small that our ganglyBruno is Our shops in Roldan and Mazarrón Town Baby donkeyBombon is doing so well. bigger than her now. She is just 7 weeks old have dining tables and chairs, to sofas, Her appetite is growing and she is now on and has been through so much in her little beds, mattresses, tables, pictures, lamps, some solid food. We had an emergency life. ornaments and much more!Keep an eye just beforeChristmas when we were down on our Facebook page for the1€ to a minimal amount of donkey milk due to Lola andBombon were also at our annual Clothing Salein January. Bring a bag and a distribution error in Madrid!! Thank you to Christmas Donkey Day at Camposol with fill it up! We welcome donations at our the vets in Alicante who managed to help mulled wine and mince pies. I just hope shops from 10.30am-1.30pm. us out and thank you Sue Allen for your their heads don’t get too big with all these invaluable help collecting the milk and special appearances and celebrity status! A I will be at Camposol B Car Park on meeting us. There are plenty of other ways huge big thank you to everyone who came Mondays from 11.30am-1.30pm to collect you can help our charity. to see us, donated money and goods. any unwanted clothes, furniture, bric-a- It was wonderful to catch up with so many brac, books, cd’s and jewellery. I usually I was once again very honoured to be people and be able to give a little have one or two companions with me. asked bySt Nicholas Church on Camposol something back at that time of year. Here’s to bring one of our donkeys totheir to next year!! Andrea x Aditorial Paul Plant

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Hi everyone John here. I hope you all had Welcome Dance- Wed 22nd January Trip to Cuenca– Mon-Wed 11th - 13th May fabulousChristmas & New Year 7.30pm. We are off to visit the beautiful and celebrations. I would like to this We are very pleased to welcome back, the picturesque town of Cuenca. opportunity on behalf of Steve, Vicki and fabulous ‘Sister Act’ incorporating ‘Whitney Sold Out! theWelcome crew to wish you all a very Houston tribute’ and the ‘Disco Diva’s Happy & Healthy New Year. We have a Tribute’. For a great night’s entertainment Trip to Antequera– Sun-Wed 18th - 21st great start for you in 2020 of entertainment at just €12. (Chicken & Chips €5). October and events. We are off to the beautiful town in Welcome Dance- Wed 19th February Andalusia for 4 nights/5 days at the Christmas Dance 7.30pm Antequera Spa/Golf/Fitness Hotel on a half We would like to thank the fabulousMr For the first time here we have the ‘Little board basis with wine and water included Sean Mac andMiss Ellis Lydia for their Lady’ with the ‘Big Big Voice’ - it’sSharon- with the evening meal. Why not Pamper fantastic dance and singing routines; Elizabeth Regan;one not to be missed. yourself at the Hotel Spa, workout in the another great night’s entertainment. Joining her on the night we have the Gym, or play a round of two on the Golf amazingRik Kerstin with his tribute to the Courses (green fees €45pp including a Book Swap – Tues 7th & 21st January 10am- UK’s greatest entertainers,Joe Longthorn, buggy)? For those more active why not 12pm. Vince Hill, Frankie Vaughn, plus many walk the famous Camino Del Rey? (This has This is held on a Tuesday morning at Calle more. Tickets €12. (Chicken & Chips €5). to be booked separately so contact Steve Barcelona 10, Camposol A. Bring along all for more details). Possible excursion into your used books, magazines, CDs, DVD'S Forthcoming Trips: Malaga included, or explore the lovely and CDs and even Video Cassettes. Take Trip to Benidorm Palace – Sat 29th March local Town or just chill out or relax. €295pp away as many as you like for just a small At the fabulous Benidorm Palace to see the based on two sharing twin/double room. donation of €1 pp to cover the rent Magic of Motown. One night at the Helios Single rooms €395. Hotel with evening meal & bed & breakfast. Petanca– Wed 8th January - 2pm Sold Out! For more information on any of our trips Join Peter & Carole for the firstPetanca and events mentioned please contact meeting of theNew Year at the rear of Trip to Jumilla Wine Tasting – Sat/Sun Steve on Facebook at The Welcome Mariano’s. Come along and meet friends 4th/5th April. Group Spain. on this great afternoon’s entertainment. Why not join us on our annual weekend trip 1.45pm for a 2pm start. to the Wine Festival in Jumilla? Can we just say a massive thank you to Sold Out! everyone who comes along to our Monthly Meeting- 11th January & 1st Welcome Group Dances because any February 2pm @ Mariano’s Day Trip to Murcia –Tues 14th April profits made is donated to many of the You can book, reserve, and collect tickets One day trip to Murcia to the Springtime local charities. for any of theWelcome trips/dances and Festival ‘El Bando de Huerta’. Given in 2019:MAB’s €960.Age Concern social events mentioned in our itinerary Parade of floats, traditional Murcian €960.FAST €400.Forget-me-Not €200. and posters for 2020. Also hear of any costumes, bands, dancers, etc. A great Gota Fria Fund €120. AECC €650. forthcoming events and trips that have party atmosphere plus much more. Again Thank You! been arranged. Tickets €10pp with local pickups.

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Tuesday 14th April Mariano’s Sector A. Doors Open 7.30pm 2020 The Welcome Group trip to the Springtime Festival In Murcia Chicken ‘El Bando de th & Chips Huerta’ Wednesday 19 €5 (Murcia) February 2020 Just €10 per person. Local pickups. For what is classed asthe biggest celebration of the Parade of Floats, Tickets year in Murcia Traditional Murcian Costumes, Bands, Dancers, €12 Giveaway’s. A Party on every Corner, Plus Much Much More….

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RED – Entertainment & meetings BLACK – Fiestas & important events ORANGE – Special menus GREEN – Charity & non-profit making Please refer to the relevant advert or PURPLE –Market, exhibitions, leisure events editorial for more details of events For even more information covering Market Days, Exhibitions, Guided Tours, Sports Events, Theatre/Music Performances etc, please refer to the appropriate Sections in the magazine - North West Murcia, South Murcia and South East Murcia. All information is correct at time of going to print, but we advise you to check with the relevant venue, charity or group for any changes which are beyond our control. EveryDayBreakfasts @ Ana’s Café Bar,Camposol A from 3.50€ 9am-12pm (closed until 22nd) Breakfasts @ The Vista Bar,Camposol A from 2.50€ 10am-1pm Breakfast @CJ’s Café Bar,Pto de Mazarrón from 5.95€ 3 Course Menu del Noche @Taberna de Isla Plana,Isla Plana 19€ (exc Tues & Weds) 4 Course Menu Especial @La Chara,Isla Plana 23.50€ plus IVA, inc wine/beers/liqueurs (Tues-Sat lunch & Thurs-Sat evening)

Every Mon Mazarrón Bay Bridge Club @Pto de Mazarrón 9.30am Los Palacios Garden & Community Group Working Party @Camposol A 10am Yoga @Yogamayga , Bolnuevo 10am-11.30am Councillor Available @The Social Centre, Camposol B 10am-1pm Chatterbox Sew and Sew @The Social Centre, Camposol B 2.15pm Darts Night @CJ’s Café Bar,Pto de Mazarrón 7-11pm Quiz Night @62 Corvera,Corvera 8.30pm

Los Infiernos Perrera SupportersDog Walking @San Javier 9am-1pm Help at HomeTable Top Sale @Los Alcazares 10am-1pm Age ConcernDrop In Centre Open @ Calle Valencia 12, Camposol 10am-1pm (exc 6th) Forget Me NotBook/DVD/CD/Clothes Sale @The Social Centre, Camposol B 10.30am-1.30pm Forget Me NotRespite Care @The Social Centre, Camposol B 10.30am-1.30pm Andrea’s Animal RescueCollection @Car Park, Camposol B 11.30am-1.30pm

Every Tue Camposol B Clean Working Party @ Camposol B 8.30-10.30am Altorreal Golf Society (TATS) Competition8.30am Camposol D Sector Community Group Working Party @Camposol D Camposol Golf Association Ladies’ Game @ Camposol C 9am Pool Night @ The Vista Bar,Camposol A 7pm Friends & Buddies Meeting@ The Social Centre, Camposol B 7.30pm Quiz Night with Stevie T @CJ’s Café Bar,Pto de Mazarrón 8-10.30pm

Menu del Noche @Ana’s Café Bar,Camposol A (exc 7th/14th/21st)

MAMASCollection/Book Stall @Camposol B Car Park 10am-12pm FAST Available for New Volunteers @The Social Centre, Camposol B 10am

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Age ConcernDrop In Centre Open @ Calle Valencia 12, Camposol 10am-1pm (exc 7th) Making a Differencefor Collections @Camposol A 10.30am-12.30pm

Every Wed Mar Menor Golf Society Competition Camposol C Gardening Group Clean Up @Camposol C 9am Councillor Available @The Social Centre, Camposol B 10am-1pm HAD Women’s Association Coffee Morning @Hacienda del Alamo 10am-12pm RC Sailing Mar Menor Meeting10.30am PilarmonicsMusic Rehearsals @ San Cayetano/Dolores de Pachecho 6.45pm The Beacon of Light Meeting@ Cañadas del Romero 7pm (excl 8th)

Cocktail Day @Viggos, Pto de Mazarrón Italian Trattoria Night @Ana’s Café Bar,Camposol A (exc 1st/8th/15th)

Los Infiernos Perrera SupportersDog Walking @San Javier 9am-1pm MABS MazarrónCraft Group @MABS Centre, Camposol B 11.30am

Every Thu Altorreal Golf Society (TATS) Competition8.30am Yoga @Yogamayga , Bolnuevo 10am-11.30am Mazarrón Bay Bridge Club @Pto de Mazarrón 10am Mazarrón Bowls Club Roll Up Day 10am Solar Light Centre @Camposol B 10am-3pm Spangles Ladies’ Barbershop Harmony Chorus Rehearsals @Los Alcazarès 10am Card Making@ The Social Centre, Camposol B 11am Los Palacios Gardening/Community Group Petanca@ Camposol A Memorial Park 4pm Los Amigos de Mazarrón FC Meeting@ Camposol C 4pm Mazarrón AA Group @Meeting Room adjacent to Cañada de Gallego Church 5.30pm Quiz Night/Chilli @The Vista Bar,Camposol A 3.50€ 6pm Quiz Night with Steve the Snip@ Pto de Mazarrón 8.30pm

Little Starfish Dog RescueTable Top Sale @Lower Car Park, Camposol A from 10am Age ConcernDrop In Centre Open @ Calle Valencia 12, Camposol 10am-1pm (exc 2nd) JJ’s Puppy RescueTable Top Sale @Lower Car Park, Camposol A 11am-1pm

EveryFriLos Palacios Gardening/Community Group Book Stall @ Camposol A 10am-12.30pm

Fish & Chips @ 62 Corvera, Corvera 7.95€ 12.30-6pm Fish & Chips @The Vista Bar,Camposol A 4-8pm Fish & Chips @Viggos, Pto de Mazarrón Fish & Chips @ CJ’s Café Bar,Pto de Mazarrón 7.95€ Mixed Grill Night @Ana’s Café Bar,Camposol A (exc 3rd/10th/17th)

Los Infiernos Perrera SupportersDog Walking @San Javier 9am-1pm MABS Mazarrónbooking events etc outsideCompusurf, Camposol B 11am Mazarrón Bahia LionsTable Top Sale/booking events etc @ Camposol B CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY UNTIL Camposol A. Tel: Ana 699 060 472 22nd JANUARY School of Yoga, Sadhana Purpose built studio C/Góndola, 10 Bolnuevo. Mazarrón EVERYDAY 9am – 12pm EVERYDAY Tel Mari Carmen BREAKFASTS FROM 3.50€ 2 COURSES INCLUDING SMALL DRINK 6€ 968 15 07 55 or 649 61 33 36

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Every Sat Harlequin Rock Choir Rehearsals @The Social Centre, Camposol B 1.15pm Horse Racing @ CJ’s Café Bar,Pto de Mazarrón 3pm-5.30pm

Los Infiernos Perrera SupportersDog Walking @San Javier 9am-1pm MABS MMMBook Sale @ Los Alcázares 10am-2pm HELP MMMSale of up-market clothes @ Los Alcázares 10am-1pm

Live Entertainment @ 62 Corvera,Corvera Live Entertainment @ The Vista Bar,Camposol A (excl 11th/18th)

EverySunSolar Light Centre @El Zoco Market 10am-2pm

2 Course Roast Lunch @ Ana’s Café Bar,Camposol A 6€ inc a drink (exc 5th/12th/19th) Sunday Roast @62 Corvera,Corvera from 7.95€ 12.30-5pm Roast Lunch @ Elliot’s,Bolnuevo 3 Course Sunday Roast @ CJ’s Café Bar,Pto de Mazarrón 10.95€ incl btl wine/cpl 12.30-3.30pm Sunday ‘late lunch’ with a difference/Live Entertainment @ The Vista Bar, Camposol A from 4pm

JANUARY 2020

Friday3MABS Murcia NWOutdoor Market Stall @ Calle Segura, Calasparra 9am-1pm Mazarrón Bahia Leo Club @The Social Centre, Camposol B 7-9pm

Saturday4WARM Walk (location tba) ADAPT Meeting @ Pensionista Centre, Lo Pagan 10.30am

DJ Wozza’s ‘Survivors Party’/Food avail 4pm-6pm @ The Vista Bar,Camposol A 5pm-8pm Backyard Session @ 62 Corvera,Corvera

Friends of Mazarrón AnimalsThree Kings Market/One More Time @ Isla Plana 10am-2pm

Sunday5Artisan Market @Bullas 9am-2pm Three Kings Attendants collect letters from children @ Cehegín 10am Mazarrón FC v CD Plus Extra(away) Three Kings (Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar) arrive @ Cehegín 6pm

Paul Pryce/ Roast with a Difference4pm-6pm @ The Vista Bar,Camposol A 5pm-8pm

Monday6Dia de los Tres Reyes

Mazarrón Bahia Lions @Camposol A 5pm

Tuesday7Santa Eulalia Merida Fiesta @Totana from 9am Welcome Book Swap @ Calle Barcelona 10, Camposol A 10-12pm Stamp Collectors Meeting @Biblioteca, Pto de Mazarrón 6pm

HAHVolunteer’s Meeting @ Las Claras, Los Narejos 10.30am

Wednesday 8Welcome House Card Crafting Class @ Cehegín 11am General Meeting of Sailing Association Mar Menor @ Los Narejos 11am

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Welcome Petanca @ Camposol A 2pm St Nicholas Church Fun Craft Afternoon/Tea/Coffee/CakesCamposol D 2-5pm

Concert by the Cehegin Philharmonic Orchestra@ Cehegín 3€ 8pm

MABS Murcia NWVolunteer’s Meeting @ 5pm

Thursday9Chatterbox Ladies Group @ The Social Centre, Camposol B 2pm

Age Concern Drop In Centrere-opens 10am-1pm

Friday10FAST Book Stall @ Camposol B Commercial Centre

Saturday11Welcome Meeting @ Camposol A 2pm

Mr Shifty @ 62 Corvera,Corvera

Sunday12Artisan Market @Mula Mazarrón FC v Mar Menor FC(away)

Karen Noble/Roast with a Difference4pm-6pm @ The Vista Bar,Camposol A 5pm-8pm

Monday13Los Reyes Golf Society Competition Annette Rodgers (Medium) @The Alma Centre,Condado de Alhama 3€ 7pm

Tuesday14Camposol Golf Association Competition Cambridge Weight PlanInfo/Taster Evening @Camposol A 6.30pm

Wednesday 15Welcome Games Night @ Camposol A 5€ 7pm Debbie Blevins (Medium) @The Beacon of Light,Cañadas del Romero 7pm

Thursday16Chatterbox Ladies Group Trip to La Zenia12€ Members/15€ Non-Members WARM Walk – Los Bebedores

Friday17San Antón, Torre Pacheco Fiestas of San Sebastian, Cehegín(until 20th)

MABS Murcia NWOutdoor Market Stall @ Calle Segura, Calasparra 9am-1pm MABS MMMShare & Care Group @San Javier 11am-1Pm Mazarrón Bahia Leo Club @The Social Centre, Camposol B 7-9pm (12-18 year olds).

Saturday18Artisan Market @Paseo de las Comunidades Autónomos, Pto de Mazarrón 10am-2pm The Geckos @ 62 Corvera,Corvera

Friends of Mazarrón Animals/Lady Jazz @Pto de Mazarrón

Sunday19Artisan Market @ Caravaca ‘Ruta del Ferrocarril’ (Railway Route) with Aguilas Tourist Information Centre Artisan Market @ Sanctuary de la Esperanza, Calasparra 10am-6pm Mazarrón FC v El Palmar CF((home)

The Geckos/ Roast with a Difference4pm-6pm @ The Vista Bar,Camposol A 5pm-8pm

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Monday20Australian Open Tennis Tournament(until 2nd Feb) Tony Mason/Paul Hamnet (Mediums) @The Alma Centre,Condado de Alhama 3€ 7pm

Tuesday21Welcome Book Swap @ Calle Barcelona 10, Camposol A 10am-12pm

HELP MMMGeneral Meeting @Las Claras, Los Narejos 11.30am

Wednesday 22Sandra Galley/Janet James (Mediums) @The Beacon of Light,Cañadas del Romero 7pm WelcomeDance/Sister Act @Camposol A 12€ (food avail 5€) 7.30pm

Thursday23St Nicholas Church Games Afternoon/Tea/Coffee/CakesCamposol D 2-5pm

Saturday25WARM Walk- Caravaca

Moonlight @ 62 Corvera,Corvera

Burns Night @Ana’s Café Bar,Camposol A Burns Night/Retro @ The Vista Bar,Camposol A from 7pm

Sunday26Artisan Market @ Plaza del Castillo, Cehegin 10am Antiques Fair/Car Boot Sale @Cehegín Mazarrón FC v EDMF Churra Gesa(away)

Red Strokes/ Roast with a Difference4pm-6pm @ The Vista Bar,Camposol A 5pm-8pm

Monday27Corina Talbot (Medium) @The Alma Centre,Condado de Alhama 3€ 7pm

Tuesday28Monthly B Clean Meeting @Camposol B 4pm

MABS MazarrónVolunteer Meeting @ Camposol B 11.30am

Wednesday 29Recruitment Event withThe Good Care Group @ Camposol C 2-5pm

Sally Fitzsimmons (Medium) @The Beacon of Light,Cañadas del Romero 7pm

Age ConcernAfternoon Tea & Quiz @Drop-In Centre 2€ 1pm-3pm Friends of Mazarrón AnimalsQuiz @Pto de Mazarrón

Thursday30Fuente Old Guards Golf Society Competition Cloud Nine Drama present Aladdin @La Molata Social Centre 6€ 8pm

Friday31Fiesta de las Cuadrillas, Caravaca de la Cruz

Cloud Nine Drama present Aladdin @La Molata Social Centre 6€ 8pm

FASTBook Stall @Camposol B Commercial Centre Age Concern Table Top Sale @ Camposol B Commercial Centre Helping HandsMonthly Market @Camposol A HELP MMMCharity Market @Los Alcazáres 11am-1pm

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FEBRUARY

Saturday1Six Nations Ruby starts(until 14th March) WARM Walk –NW Murcia ADAPT Meeting @ Pensionista Centre, Lo Pagan 10.30am Welcome Meeting @ Camposol A 2pm Cloud Nine Drama present Aladdin @La Molata Social Centre 6€ 8pm

Belgium Night @Ana’s Café Bar,Camposol A

Moonlight @The Vista Bar,Camposol A 3€ from 8pm Live Entertainment (Artiste tbc) @ 62 Corvera,Corvera

Forget Me NotJumble Sale @The Social Centre, Camposol B 10.15am-12.30pm

Sunday2La Candelaria, Beniel

Artisan Market @Bullas 9am-2pm Mazarrón FC v Real Murcia B(home) Cloud Nine Drama present Aladdin @La Molata Social Centre 6€ 4pm

Paul Pryce/Roast with a Difference4pm-6pm @ The Vista Bar,Camposol A 5pm-8pm

Monday3Mazarrón Bahia Lions @Camposol A 5pm

Tuesday4Stamp Collectors Meeting @Biblioteca, Pto de Mazarrón 6pm

HAHVolunteer’s Meeting @ Las Claras, Los Narejos 10.30am

Wednesday 5 Justin Sane Comedian/Singer @The Vista Bar,Camposol A from 7pm

MABS MMMVolunteer’s Meeting @ Centro Civico, Roda Bar, Roda 11.15am

Thursday6Camposol Reading Group @ The Social Centre, Camposol B 2-4pm

Name Loca�on Price Courses Starters Main Dessert Drink Coffee Available

62 Corvera Corvera € 9.50 3 3 4 yes 1 drink no Mon-Thurs

Ana's Café Camposol Everyday (closed Bar A € 6.00 2 4 10 opt 1 drink no un�l 22nd)

Elliot's Bolnuevo € 11.00 3 4 4 yes no yes Mo-Tu-Fr-Sa

€ 10.50 plus La Chara Isla Plana IVA 3 4 4 yes 1 drink or dessert Tues-Sat

Restaurante La Taberna Isla Plana € 11.50 inc 4 4 4 yes 1 drink or dessert Mon-Sat (exc de Isla Plana IVA Weds)

Totana Tennis Club Totana € 10.00 salad + 3 4 4 yes 1 drink yes Mon-Fri

Pto de € 11 and Viggos Mazarrón € 13 on Sat salad+3 6 4 yes 1 drink or dessert Mon-Sat

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Sports Los Reyes Golf Society

44 members ofLos Reyes Golf and Hudson and Peter Roberts, and forFuente Old Guard, Steve Martindale, Mick Shea Fuente Old Guard Golf societies met at and Peter Kirke. Condado for theirAnnual Challenge Competition. Once the computerised results were released, it showed that the ‘Boys in Blue’ A cold biting wind and deep rough was retained the challenge trophy by the partly responsible for only 5 players scoring narrowest margin of 7 points. 30 or better points. A cold biting dip was the order of the day for Dave Meridith. Los Reyes’ Open 2020 Competition is at Whilst trying to retrieve a ball from a lake, La Requelme on January 13th. New he slipped and ended waist deep in members and guests; male or female, are freezing water. Luckily he had a spare pair welcome to join us. of waterproofs to wear whilst his trousers were hung out to dry on the back of his As usual we thank our main sponsors buggy! Decklid Autos. Division winners forLos Reyes were Dave Sports Altorreal Golf

Eighty-Year-Old Keith Bagnall continued fair and the management has passed on to 3 Ken Beesley (31 hp) 38 points his superb recent form with another us significant savings for our members of 4 Greg Wickenden (21 hp) 37 points monthly win with 35 points off his 20 up to 40%. A shared buggy and green fee, Two: Greg Wickenden handicap. Keith was playing with the for example, will only cost 45€, which is a Altorreal Golf Society, which is called great deal. The best thing about this November 21st TATS (Tuesday and Thursday Society). society, apart from the wonderful course, is 1 Roy Catchpole (27 hp) 37 points Usually there is a first tee-off time of around the members. It is always relaxed and 2 David J. Portlock (25 hp) 33 points 8.30am every Tuesday and Thursday friendly.” 3 Chris Fox (26 hp) 32 points morning, which guarantees an enjoyable 4 Paul Richards (16 hp) 30 points round of less than four hours. TATS also organise yearly matchplay November 26th Altorreal, which is situated in Molina de tournaments - singles and doubles -and 1 David Normington (28 hp) 39 points Segura, on the outskirts of Murcia City, is a there are several ‘Away Days’ every year 2 Fernando Marfil (18 hp) 37 points fair test of golf. The par 71 course has a with discounted green fees and hotel 3 John Porteous (15 hp) 34 points great deal of variety. It is tight is some areas prices where non-playing wives and 4 Barry Floyd (22 hp) 31 points and open and tree-lined in others. It husbands can also enjoy the break. This opened in 1994 and was designed by Dave year, the trips include visits to Albacete and November 28th Thomas, who also laid out The Brabazon Valle de Este in Mojacar. The society has 1 David J. Portlock (25 hp) 35 points course at The Belfry with Peter Alliss, and more than 40 members from all over 2 Marc Ireland (22 hp) 34 points La Manga Club. Murcia with players travelling from as far as 3 Jacob Sharrot (30 hp) 32 points Benidorm and Caravaca. Membership fees 4 Barry Floyd (22 hp) 30 points are 5€ a year. “We are a very friendly society and new For more information, please contact Mike December 5th members, both men and women, will be Gardner [email protected] 1 Keith Bagnall (19 hp) 35 points made very welcome,” says committee 2 Jim Hull (24 hp) 35 points member Mike Gardner. “We have a couple November 19th 3 John Porteous (15 hp) 34 points of Spanish members too and any locals can 1 Mike Gardner (18 hp) 39 points 4 Tony Stapleton (20 hp) 32 points join right away. The course is beautiful and 2 Pepe Senac (28 hp) 38 points Two: Keith Bagnall

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Sports Mazarrón Bowls Club Tel : 605 492 937 or email [email protected]

A Happy, Healthy and Enjoyable Bowling order and fully serviceable. Much of the here and overseas in the UK and elsewhere Year in 2020 work goes unnoticed, especially all the to celebrate the season. Mazarrón Bowls Club members would like paperwork that goes with selecting and to wish allCosta Cálida Chroniclereaders organizing teams for inter-club and LLB Southern League a Happy and Healthy New Year. domestic competitions and in managing A fantastic win against San Luis Tigers at the Club’s finances. The members home in mid-December was just whatMBC MBC Winter Triples League appreciate all the work and time the needed to end the first half of the season. The lastWinter Triples League game to Committee put in for the smooth running Winning 14 – 0,MBC Miners are no longer be played beforeChristmas was of our club, but the Committee in turn wish at the bottom of the table, but climbing abandoned due to rain and has now been to thank member Gill Appleton for all the towards mid-table and only two points added to the end of the schedule in support work that she does quietly behind behind Greenlands Oaks. Onwards and February. Team ‘Bahamas’ (Barbara the scenes - collecting entry fees, printing upwards! Benton, Mandy Wright, Harry Male) is at tables of teams, making posters etc. As a Finally! the top of the league with nine points, but ‘thank you’, Gill has been presented with a closely followed by ‘Tottey Crisps’, bouquet of flowers from the Committee on ‘Brexiteers’ and ‘ABH’ all with seven points behalf of members. each.

Bowlers at play We would like to encourage new members to come and join us at our home rink at Hacienda del Alamo on Thursdays throughout January at our casual roll up – 10am for 10.30am. Whites do not have to Gill Appleton receives flowers be worn, although flat smooth soled shoes Winter Triples League Table need to be used. We have bowls to practice and members are on hand to MBC Committee Club Championships 2020 guide you through a morning of bowling. At the moment we have a Committee of The first rounds of theClub Colin Appleton on605 492 937 would be nine officers which include a President, Championships have now been happy to talk to you about Mazarrón Bowls Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, completed and the quarter finals are in Club and to answer any queries. Captain, Competition Secretary, Social progress for completion by 19th January, Secretary, Promotion and Advertising just a week after our domesticJohn Smith More information can be found Officer and a Maintenance Officer. All work Trophy Competition on 12th January. Over onwww.mazarronbowlsclub.com hard to run the club, making sure all theFestive Christmas andNew Year [email protected] members are informed on league fixtures holiday there has been a pause to most with other clubs, organized events, liaison bowling activity while the members have Helen Chambers with Hacienda Sports Centre and making been preoccupied with families at home sure the equipment and rinks are in good Sports

Email: Peter Smithson on [email protected] Straight Down The Middle – Golf Society unpredictable. Well done to all; there were Menu del Dia will have been included free Venue: Aguillon Golf Course some great golfing performances. for members. Date: November 27th After some liquid refreshment in the We are always pleased to welcome guests, It was a beautiful sunny day with a strong clubhouse the prize giving commenced. so don’t hesitate to get your friends along breeze. The course was in great condition to play. but the greens had recently been reseeded The next golf match will have been held at and dressed with sand. This was reflected Torre Pacheco on December 11th and a If you are interested in joiningStraight in a reduced green fee on the day. There Down The Middle – Golf Society, please was a good turnout with 22 players. contact Geoff Sharp on [email protected] The scoring format was Stableford Full Handicaps and the Overall Winner with an Ian Stewart outstanding score of 39 points was Peter Smithson. In second place with 38 points was Glen Jicholson and in third place with 32 points was Mark Smith. Costa Cálida Chronicle Contact Sales on Nearest the Pin winner on hole 3 was Mark Smith and on hole 14 Howard Lee won with 619 199 407 a sparkling shot. Web: www.costacalidachronicle.com Email: [email protected] Scoring was difficult on this challenging Remember deadline 15th of the month!!! course, especially as the greens were Peter Smithson and Mark Smith www.costacalidachronicle.comCosta Cálida Chronicle Sales 619 199 407 85 Costa Cálida Chronicle - January 2020 [email protected]

Sports Los Amigos de Mazarrón FC www.mazarronfc.es/introen

Mazarrón FC continued to maintain a push break down a stubborn Lorca team who 11th Gala Evening and Dinner @ Hotel la for a play-off place with further good played for 80 minutes with ten men after Cumbre, Puerto de Mazarrón - Tuesday 31st results from mid-November to mid- their goalkeeper was sent off for bringing March December including two excellent victories down Musoni on the edge of the penalty Sponsored by Mazarrón Entertainments against teams in the top three. After a hard area. Despite this Lorca took the lead from Group, tickets are €50 which includes a five fought 1-1 draw in the home game against the penalty spot early in the second half. course meal with local beer, house wine play-off rivals UCAM Murcia,Mazarrón Musoni equalised forMazarrón before and soft drinks during the dinner. embarked on a run of four successive Dani Morales scored the winner in the first Tickets from weekly Los Amigos victories. minute of added time. ThenMazarrón meetings orBarbara on 651 816 358, beat Muleno CF 2-0 away from home to Keith on677 389 464or email First up was a difficult trip to SFC Minerva move into the play-off places in fourth [email protected] and goals from Diego and Choky Aril who position. was making his first full appearance gave Race Night @ The Club House, Camposol them a 2-1 victory.Mazarrón then travelled C - Saturday 28th March. to third-placed Real Murcia ‘B’ in a The doors will open earlier than usual at midweek game. After a disappointing first 6.30pm with the first race at 7pm. Local half in which Dani Morales missed a penalty singerSharna Knight will be hosting the and Murcia opened up a one goal lead, night, performing some of her songs at the coach Junco made an inspired substitution end of the evening. A buffet supper is and change of tactics at half time. Masonic included at €8 forLos Amigos members was brought on to replace Diego and and partners and €10 for other guests. This joined Dani Morales in a two-pronged also will include a Race Card and entry into strike partnership. The move paid off and a prize draw on the night. Masonic was instrumental in two of the three goals which gaveMazarrón a 3-2 victory. The goals were scored by Ascensio, Moans and Nacho. Musoni in action in the 2-0 win at Muleno

Mazarrón’s home games are normally played on Sundays.Los Amigos de Mazarrón FCorganise a supporters’ coach to most away games at €10 for members with non-members €12. Full details of all games, dates and kick off times are advertised in the local media, www.mazarronfc.es, Facebook fb.me/mazarron2016 and on posters throughout Camposol and Mazarrón. Angela Skinner presents last year's Celebrity Golf Trophy

Coach Junajo - Man of the Match at the Real Celebrity Golf Day @ Camposol Club Murcia game deGolf - Monday 30th March. This has attracted many sporting legends over the years. Confirmed for 2020 are: ex- Four days laterMazarrón entertained footballers John Beresford, Tony Currie, second placed Lorca Deportiva who had Peter Reeves, comedian Lea Roberts and lost only once in 15 games. It was a difficult the ever-popular compere and comedian game in whichMazarrón struggled to Gary Marshall. The cost is €160 for a team of four to include green fees and a two MOBILE course lunch. Individualgolf ers are welcome and will be included in teams of ENGLISH four at a cost of €40 pp. A limited number of buggies will be available on a first come, CAR first served basis for €20 per buggy. Team Pre-Match meal at Bar Velasco names, players’ names and handicaps MECHANIC should be submitted as soon as possible. Sunday fixtures: Please reply to Dave Capper by email at th Only 5 minutes from the new Corvera Airport. 5 January -CD Plus Ultra - away [email protected] 12th January -Mar Menor FC - away This day is again kindly sponsored by Leave your car with Pete to ITV/Service 19th January -El Palmar CF- home Tramway Financial Management. it whilst you are away. 26th January -EDMF Churra Gesa - away nd We collect and deliver your car. 2 February -Real Murcia ‘B’ - home Replacement cambelts Admission prices at home games is €8 Brakes (juveniles aged 14-17 €5 and juveniles Welding and much more under 14 free). Costa Cálida Chronicle Contact Sales on ITVs with pre-checks On Sunday 8th December, prior to 619 199 407 Mazarron's home game against Lorca Web: www.costacalidachronicle.com For a reliable service at competitive prices Deportiva, 40 Los Amigos members and Email: [email protected] friends returned to Bar Velasco Restaurant, Remember deadline 15th of the month!!! Call Peter on Mazarrón for a special pre-match Menu del Dia. We enjoyed a superb four course meal with plenty of wine and beer. A coach was 666 161 129 provided, free of charge for Los Amigos [email protected] members. 86 www.costacalidachronicle.comCosta Cálida Chronicle Sales 619 199 407 [email protected] Costa Cálida Chronicle - January 2020 Sports Fuente Old Guard Golf Society Email: [email protected]

Fuente Old Guard Golf game for In Division One, Gerry McRobert was 30€ Two‘s money pot. November was on the 22nd at the very ahead of the rest with 35 points, closely popular course at Altorreal, but with a followed by Ken Blakeman with 32 points weather forecast that promised rain and on his card. more rain. It did in fact turn out as predicted with rain showers on and off all day, but Richard Dixon was able to overcome the conditions to win overall with a respectable score of 36 points on his scorecard. This score also gave Richard top spot in Division Two with Phil Leeming in close second in this division with a score of 30 points.

ALLEN EVANS winner of division three

Division one winner GERRY with DAVE Our next game is at Roda Golf Resort on January 30th. Meanwhile in Division Three, Allen Evans Should anyone wish to know more about took the top prize with 28 points, just FOGGS, please contact us by email at ahead of Peter Kirke with 27 points in [email protected] second place. DaveMay Nearest the Pin winners were Chris Morris, Elaine Willetts, Alan Drummond and Dave RICHARD DIXON with captain DAVE PERRY Davidson with Mick Shea able to scoop the Sports

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December Competition A prearranged Tapas meal of pork magra 2nd Place: Defending Champions with 22 Our last monthly competition of 2019 and and/or lentijas scheduled for 4pm had to points; Tony Pickworth and Ian Robinson we are at Camposol with 40 players be brought forward. In his role as restaurant entered in ourAnnual Memorial Trophy manager, Stuart Fearn rose to the Congratulations to Les Jales for doing an Competition. challenge. Following a couple of thirst- excellent job as Captain and especially in quenching drinks, the meal arrived and was taking over the role in August 2018 Monday 2nd December started with eagerly devoured - totally excellent. following a very sad event. overcast skies and threatening rain, but that did not deter all entrants from turning OurPresentation Evening in the up to play. The format for the day was a restaurant of the Camposol Golf Club Costa Cálida Chronicle Two Ball Better Ball competition with the began with a carvery meal, once again of Contact Sales on winning duo from 2018 all psyched up to excellent quality. Our sincere and grateful 619 199 407 retain the trophy. After a cup of coffee and thanks go to the staff for all they have done Web: www.costacalidachronicle.com a sausage sandwich in The Club House we forLos Amigos Golf Societythroughout Email: [email protected] were suitably prepared for a good game of the year. Our thanks also go to Gordon Remember deadline 15th of the month!!! golf. Nielson, Captain designate, for organising all the presentation evenings. All was going well for the first five or six Captain Les Jales presented the prizes. groups with the weather not too big a EASY-MOVE-SPAIN.COM factor. However, darkening skies and the Nearest the Pin. imminent arrival of heavy rain made it Hole 3: at 5m 50cms - Gordon Neilson necessary to shorten the competition to Hole 5: at 1m 94cms - Ian Robinson. LARGE VAN 15 CUBIC METRES just nine holes. Some groups thought the BOX TRAILER EXTRA 10 CUBIC METRES decision rather premature, but their opinions soon changed.

CONTACT US ANY TIME PART / FULL LOADS FOR FAST COMPETITIVE WEEKLY UK TO SPAIN TRIPS QUOTATION FRIENDLY & EFFICIENT NO HIDDEN EXTRAS SERVICE FREE STORAGE IN UK OR SPAIN NTP Hole 3. Gordon Nielson SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY UK Mob: 07736 843410 Memorial Trophy Winners 2019 Memorial Trophy Winners with 23 points; Harry Pearson & Dave Pugh Harry Pearson and Dave Pugh and 07736 843412 Email: [email protected] www.costacalidachronicle.comCosta Cálida Chronicle Sales 619 199 407 87 Costa Cálida Chronicle - January 2020 [email protected]

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Formula 1 report Nº 20 a bad start.Vet ended up having a battle This was the 47th Brazilian GP but the 37th at The 22 race calendar for 2020 has been withHam & Ver. Alb & Sai touched as they Interlagos. The first GP at São Paulo in confirmed by the FIA & begins as usual in ran wide to avoid the battle ahead.Vet had 1973 was round 2 at the beginning of the Australia on 15th March & the season will a problem with his suspension and season and the 40 lap race was won by finish on 29th November as usual in Abu dropped down to 7th place.Alb had to pit BrazilianE. Fittipaldi driving a JPS Lotus Dhabi. for repairs at the end of the first lap.Vet V8 1h 43m 55.600s withJ. Stewart in a pulled off the circuit on lap 8 when his rear Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth V8 &D. Hulme ina United States GP Round 19. Circuit of suspension broke & the pit stop flurry McLaren-Ford Cosworth V8 joined him on the Americas, Austin, Texas. started whenVer stopped on lap 13 and the podium. others followed suite, causing a lot of Lap record 1m 37.766s held by L. position changes and more battles. Lec The first race on the revamped and Hamilton Mercedes (2018). had a very slow stop due to a problem with shortened circuit 4.325km in 1990, again as a wheel nut. Kub retired with a hydraulic round 2, then became a 71 lap race and The circuit was built on a 3.6km² problem on lap 32.Mag in the gravel on was won byA. Prost in a Ferrari V12. The undeveloped land at Elroy in Travis County, lap 52, then on the penultimate lapGas event moved to the end of the season in in the‘Lone Star State’ of Texas and retired with suspension failure.Bot took 2004 and was held as the season finale situated 19kms south of Austin. It was the chequered flag for the first time in until 2013. Current drivers winning at this officially opened on 21st October 2012 with America, withHam getting his 6th circuit areVet with 3,Ham 2&Räiwith 1. Mario Andretti running ceremonial laps in championship in second place &Ver 3rd. the Lotus 79 that he drove when he Kvy was handed a 5 second time penalty FP1 started with a heavy rainstorm and a became the last American to win the F1 for causing a collision withPer . There were very cool 17ºC. Qualifying in the afternoon drivers’ championship in 1978. The major lots of good battles and some very close was 21ºC and cloudy. feature at COTA is the observation tower wheel to wheel racing some a little too which stands 77mtrs high and has an close. Race day began with glorious sunshine, but elevator hoist-way surrounded by a quite windy and a temperature of 21ºC. All stairway with 419 steps leading to the Hamis now a six time champion,Bot is got away well, butVet lost out toHam at observation platform 70mtrs above ground runner up 65 points ahead ofLec . the first corner. There were some fierce level which can accommodate 70 Mercedes champions, Ferrari have secured battles, but all 20 drivers made it without spectators. The circuit includes re-creations second place and Red Bull third. any drama.Ric & Mag had a coming of the Maggotts, Becketts & Chapel together; broken wing on the Renault sequence at Silverstone, Hockenheim’s Formula 1 report Nº 21 causing an unscheduled pit stop and Arena Bends and a replica of Istanbul’s Turn All of the teams will be retaining their subsequently getting a 5 second time Eight also with inspirations from the Senna drivers for next season except Renault who penalty for causing a collision.Lec made ‘S’ at Interlagos and the Sebring- are replacingHül forOco. Kubica up 4 places by the end of lap 1 & Sai from Auspuffkurve at the old Österreichring. The announcied that he will leave at the end of the back was up to 15th place.Kub was circuit also boasts a 1km long back straight the year. The team will probably have given a 5 second penalty for an unsafe between turns 11 & 13 and a very steep another rookie in; the 24 year old Canadian release into the path ofVer during the pit 133ft elevation to turn 1. It has 2 DRS Formula 2 driver(currently 2nd in the stop window.Bot was the first retirement zones; the first along the aforementioned championship) Nicholas Latifi. on lap 51 with smoke pouring from his back straight and the second along the W10. Safety car deployed for 7 laps & after start/finish straight. It is the third of the five Formula 1 Heineken Grande Prêmio do the re-start there was a lot of action and anti-clockwise circuits and has 20 turns(11 Brasil. some flashes of brilliance throughout the left & 9 rights). Autodromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo. field. The Ferrari drivers got a bit too close and banged wheels taking them both out This was the 39th American GP; Sebring in Lap record 1m 10.540s held by V. Bottas of the race & safety car deployed once 1959, Riverside (’60), Watkins Glen (‘61- Mercedes (2018). again.Str retired with damage caused by ’80), Phoenix (’89-’91) Indianapolis (2000- picking up some debris and for some ’07) plus the 6 at this venue.Ham won the The name Interlagos is Portugese for strange reasonHam pitted for fresh rubber inaugural race with Vet second and Alo ‘between two lakes’ as the circuit was built with only 3 laps remaining. At the re-start, third. In 2018Räi won from second with in a natural bowl which had 2 small lakes in in his foolhardy attempt to get his place Ver & Ham joining him on the podium. it. The circuit is situated in the Socorro back, he bashed wheels withAlb sending Ham also posted the fastest lap of 1m district of São Paulo built in 1954. There the Thai driver into a spin and lose out on 37.766s on lap 48(a new lap record). was a non-Championship race in 1972 and a potential first podium. After an exciting it hosted the Formula 1 Brazilian GP from and action-packed raceVer took the win in Friday morning for FP1 was bright & sunny 1973 until 1980 with the exception of ’78 style.Gas & Ham joined him on the but very cold at 8ºC. when it was held at the Jacapaguá circuit at podium. It was then announced thatHam Rio de Janeiro, returning to the Interlagos was handed a 5 second penalty dropping A bright & sunny start for the race at circuit for the next 2 seasons and back him to 7th. Hül was given a post-race 5 1.10pm with the temperature at 2ºC.Bot again to Jacapaguá from 1981 until 1989. second time penalty for overtaking before got away wel, but the Ferrari duo both had From 1990 the event has been held on the the safety car line which dropped him from shortened circuit 11th to 15th. and was renamed José Carlos Pace in honour of the Brazilian racer who was killed in a light aircraft crash near Costa Cálida Chronicle th São Paulo on 18 Contact Sales on March 1977 at the Prime Property Murcia age of 32. He drove 619 199 407 for Williams, Surtees Web: www.costacalidachronicle.com Estate Agents / Inmobiliaria & Brabham and from Email: [email protected] Avd Antonio Segado del Olmo, Bolnuevo (opposite Farmacia) his 72 starts he had Remember deadline 15th of the month!!! Office: 0034 868 580 320 Mob: 0034 646 692 471 only 1 win(at his [email protected] home GP in 1975). www.primepropertymurcia.com

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Sports Camposol Golf Association Email: [email protected] December and Captain’s Drive-In The Black Bull GS; Salud GS and a very longer played golf. A very pleasant time Competition -Thursday 12th December special thanks to last year’s Captain, Neil was had by all. 52 players, fuelled by mulled wine and Smith, for his donation of 150€ from his mince pies, contested the competition, charity fund. Stuart Fearn also donated Men’s ChristmasCompetition andLunch which was preceded by theCaptain’s 150€ toFAST for theHarlequins The lunch was held on 18th December - too Drive-In on the 9th hole. Fortunately for the Choir’s performance. late for this issue of theCosta Cálida Captain, the drive went straight down the Chronicle. middle of the fairway! Well done to Sam Next competition on Tuesday 14th January. Armitage for putting his flag nearest to The sign-up sheet will be on the new CGA Christmas Party where the drive ended up (in the bunker on competitions board in the in the pro shop A great time was had by all at the Playa this occasion). Typical of Sam’s generosity; shortly. Grande on 14th December.Carolynn May he donated his winnings back into the had everyone rocking on the dance floor Captain’s charities. from the very first song and the dance floor remained full until she finished at 12am. Winners - only 3 points separating the top The venue proved to be a real winner and 6 players: the service was very friendly and attentive. 1st - John Murray, 37 points. We will certainly be using this venue again. 2nd - Jim Hall, 36 points CB (19 points on back 9). 3rd - Des Bunn, 36 points CB (16 points on back 9). 4th - Derek Deegan, 35 points 5th - Vron Porter, 34 points CB (15 points on back 9) 6th - Jim Niblo, 34 points CB (14 points on back 9).

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PROPERTY Terraced house with spectacular views Housing Update in Moratalla old town € 67,000 Although the complete set of statistics for As for Brexit… well, let’s not go there for 3 bedroom, annual property sales in 2019 will not be now. available until Feb/March 2020, we can tell 1 bathroom by the trends in the 3rd quarter and Octo- We would like to take this opportunity to Refurbished Kitchen ber’s figures that there has been a slow, but wish everyone aHealthy and Prosperous continuous decline of the market. New Year. According to the National Institute of Stat- Kenneth Whettall istics, home sales in Spain shrank by 1% in Commercial Director October, compared to the same period of Fuente Alamo Real Estate/Murcia Coast the previous year. Murcia region has per- & Country Properties formed well in the second half of 2019. [email protected] Sales were down by 1% in October, but we Tel0034 968 598 173 came out 8th of the 25 regions, so well into Office the top half of the table. When you con- Attic sider we only get a small share of the Span- Laundry ish tourist pie and consequently very little Storage room international marketing, we should be very Roof Terrace 20m² pleased with these results for now. The first half of 2019 saw steady sales Tel:611033400 growth across Spain, but the market then began a steady trend of slowing down. We will be very interested to see how the final quarter of 2019 pans out.

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