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If you would like to advertise in the exciting new Journal, please CALL: +34 681 090 799 www.the-journal.es 4 June 2021 News CONTENTS Page 6 - 7 News Page 38 - 39 Gadgets & Gizmos Page 8 - 17 Lifestyle Page 40 - 41 Motoring Page 18 - 19 Films Page 43 Sports & Local Societies Page 20 - 21 Good Reads Page 44 - 45 Fashion Page 22 - 23 Music Page 46 - 47 Beauty Page 24 - 25 Charities Page 50 - 51 Gastronomy Page 26 - 29 Homes & Gardens Page 52 - 60 Mind, Body & Spirit Page 30 - 31 Property, Financial & Legal Page 61 Horoscopes Page 34 - 35 What’s On Guide Monthly Page 62 Useful Numbers Calendar Page 63 Reference to our advertisers Page 36 -37 Take A Break Where to find us Distribution Pick Up Points Farmacia El Alamillo The Fuschia Beauty Clinic Sullys Sports Bar Cat’s Bar La Azhoia Alamillo Restaurant Vista Bar Restaurante Deskaro La Proa Restaurant The Camposol Business Centre Spar mini supermarket Con Cierto Sentido Restaurante Farmacia Farmacia Bongos Restaurant Mercers Bodega Golden Cafe Alley Palais Isla Plana Viggos Restaurant Luz del sol Camping Los Madriles Mamma Mias Restaurant T J Electricals (Euronics) Veterinary Clinic Filbees Estate Agency The salon Restaurante La Chara CJ’s Bar Just Fabulous Farmacia The Old Market Tavern Branded Brico Pepelino Tourist Office The Blackbull Panaderia Pepelino The Food Co Best Wishes Corral and Alcaraz Solicitors Bolnuevo The Tea Pot Camping Bolnuevo La Colado Condado Farmacia Best Wishes Eden Hair & Beauty Spar mini supermarket Mailins Hair & Nails Condado Property Management The Cheesecake Emporium Restaurante Sofias Just Joe’s Salon Spar mini supermarket Cafe Colonia Mazarrón The Condado Club Elliots Restaurant Decklids Mechanics Hotel Amapola @Home Furniture Shop Hacienda del Alamo Hotel Playasol DKV Clinic D’Fusion Restaurante & Bar Oasis Clinica Rover Medical Centre Puerto de Mazarrón ITV Station CampingLos Delfines Repsol gasolinera Camposol Buena Vista Alens Supermarket www.the-journal.es 5 June 2021 News this time, which makes it look the Sun’s path has stopped moving for a brief period of time. After the solstice, the Sun appears to reverse course and head back in the opposite direction. The motion re- ferred to here is the apparent path of the Sun when one views its position in the sky at the same time each day, for example, at local noon. Over the year, its path forms a sort of flattened figure eight, called an analemma. Of course, the Sun itself is not moving (unless you consider its own orbit around the Milky Way galaxy); instead, this change in position in the sky that we on Earth notice is caused by the tilt sphere, occurring when Earth arrives of Earth’s axis as it orbits the Sun, as The June solstice at the point in its orbit where the North well as Earth’s elliptical, rather than In the Northern Hemisphere, the June Pole is at its maximum tilt (approx circular, orbit. solstice ( summer solstice) happens 23.5 degrees) toward the Sun, result- when the Sun reaches its highest and ing in the longest day and shortest Does the Solstice Always Occur night of the calendar year. At the time northernmost points in the sky. This on the Same Day? event marks the start of summer in of the June solstice, the Northern the northern half of the globe. In the Hemisphere receives sunlight at the most direct angle of the year. The timing of the June solstice is not Southern Hemisphere, it’s the oppo- based on a specific calendar date or site: the June solstice marks the start The word “solstice” comes from Lat- time; it all depends on when the Sun of winter, when the Sun is at its lowest reaches its northernmost point from point in the sky. in solstitium—from sol (Sun) and stit- ium (still or stopped). Due to Earth’s the equator. Therefore, the solstice tilted axis, the Sun doesn’t rise in the won’t always occur on the same day. When Is The Summer solstice? same place in the sky each morning; Currently, it shifts between June 20, its position moves northward or south- 21, and 22. In 2021, the June solstice happens ward in the sky as we travel around it on Sunday, June 20, at 11:32 P.M. EDT. through the year. The June solstice is The Year’s Longest Day This date marks the official beginning significant because the Sun reaches of summer in the Northern Hemi- its northernmost point in the sky at The Summer Solstice is the day with THIS Costa Calida Radio 90.00 & 100.00 fm Listen all day......every day On-line www.costacalidaradio.com www.the-journal.es 6 June 2021 News more easily. In this system, summer begins on June 1 and ends on August 31. Therefore, the summer solstice is not considered to be the first day of summer, meteorologically speaking. Astronomically, however, the first day of summer is said to be when the Sun reaches its highest point in the sky, which occurs on the sum- mer solstice (June 20–22). There- fore, the summer solstice is consid- ered to be the first day of summer, astronomically speaking. Have a solstice evening bonfire! the longest period of sunlight. Notice of the year and marks the arrival how the Sun appears highest in the of winter. Many northern people also celebrate sky at the solstice; its rays strike Earth a solstice holiday known as Midsum- at a more direct angle, causing the Frequently Asked questions mer’s Day on June 24, which is one efficient warming we call summer. of the four ancient quarter days of Because the Sun is highest in the Q: IS THE SUMMER SOLSTICE THE the year. The eve prior is called Mid- sky on this day, you’ll notice that your FIRST DAY OF SUMMER? summer’s Eve, marking the shortest shadow (at local, or solar, noon, not night of the year. A common way to clock-time noon) is the shortest that A: Yes and no… Technically, it de- celebrate is to have a bonfire party! it will be all year. [Local noon is when pends on whether we’re speaking After all, these northern people have the Sun crosses the local meridian (an about the meteorological or astro- emerged from some long, dark win- imaginary line between the North and nomical start of the season. Most me- ters! In the Austrian state of Tyrol, South poles) and is the highest in the teorologists divide the year into four torches and bonfires are lit up on sky for the day.] seasons based on the months and the mountainsides, which is a stunningly temperature cycle, which allows them beautiful sight.