The Almeria Focus – November 2019

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Contents Another General Election in Spain ..............................…...10 In the News ........…................…………................................…….12 The Final Verdict in Catalonia ...........................................46 So Now You Know ............................................................................52 Airlines in Trouble ...............................................................54 More Listeria Outbreak Revelations ..................................56 More Bank Mortgage Problems .......................................60 The Slow Purchase of Electric Cars ...............................62 A-Z Directory ……………….......……................................................66 Useful Numbers ..................................................................108 Community News ............................................................................109 What’s On ..................................................................................112 Activities, Clubs and Associations ........................................119 Your Stars …..........…………......……........................................…123 Jokes of the Month ………………............................................124 Coffee Break …………………….............................................…126 For general enquiries, call Clare on 670 84 92 65 or email almeriafocus@gmail.com For advertising enquiries, call Lee on 634 32 22 76

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the illegal housing scandal in Zurgena from 20032007, and the ex-mayor Cándido Trabalón has had his prison sentence reduced to 5 years and 4 months. The enormous court case relating to major corruption in El Ejido ten years ago was due to start on November 4th but the start date has now been postponed to next January. The trial is expected to last for six months. We comment on both these court cases in our ‘In the News’ section. The devastating results of listeria being present in pork products in Seville and the surrounding area are still part of an ongoing investigation but the epidemic has now been officially declared to be over. Major changes will have to be made in safety checks and health inspections to stop anything like this happening again. We explain the latest twists One of the pressing concerns is the considerable and turns in an article. Pedro Sánchez ongoing problems in Catalonia. Prison sentences have been handed down to politicians and other senior figures that held the illegal referendum and declaration of independence in October 2017 and we enlarge on this in an article. There have been major violent demonstrations in Catalonia and particularly in Barcelona with politicians making threats that in 2020 there will be another attempt at making Catalonia independent from Spain. This isn’t going to happen in 2020 or the foreseeable future. he major event in Spain this November is the General Elections on Sunday, November 10th. The outgoing Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez from the PSOE (socialist) party, is gambling on obtaining more seats than he did in the last General Elections this April. It is absolutely clear that no one party will gain a majority which needs 176 MPs. One fear is that Spaniards are so fed up with the continuing General Elections (there have been four in the last four years), that the attendance at the polling stations will be well down. There will have to be coalitions or alliances formed which was not possible, (or Pedro Sánchez lacked any real enthusiasm depending on your point of view), after the April elections.

November and December are the winter months when the free anti-flu vaccinations are available in Spain, and we explain who is entitled to have them in our ‘In the News’ section. To be effective a large number of the target population have to have the vaccine, and January is the peak period for people getting the flu. For some sectors of the population this can prove fatal.

Town halls are now sorting out their cultural activities for the winter months and we give details of ones that may be of interest to our readers in our ‘What’s On’ section.

On October 18th the US import taxes on a variety of goods from the EU came into force, and for certain goods this is 25%. Trade wars with the US are very bad for the world economy including Spain and we explain why this has come about in our ‘In the News’ section.

There are no major fiesta dates in Spain in the rest of November but December 6th is the anniversary of the signing of the written Spanish Constitution in 1978. As happened in both 2017 and 2018 there will be solidarity shown at various events in favour of an undivided Spain and approval shown for the Spanish monarchy and King Felipe Revised prison sentences have been dictated in the VI. This is a “red” fiesta date in Spain as is December appeals against the previous sentences relating to 8th, a religious fiesta.

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In the News Anti-Flu Jabs This is the time of year for the anti-flu jabs and just less than 100,000 doses will be made available in Almería province. The target population is the elderly over the age of 65, pregnant women, and those suffering from chronic illnesses, including children. Additionally it is available to nurses, firemen, police officers, prison officers and people who regularly work with the elderly or large sectors of the population. Appointments can be made at health centres or by contacting ‘Salud Responde’ on 955 545 060 or via the internet, and there is also an app. Vaccinations will be available until the end of December and the peak period for people contracting the flu is January. This flu season in the UK all children between the ages of 2-11 are being targeted. Vaccinating children is somewhat controversial but some children do get the flu which means time off work for their parents (if they don’t get it themselves) and the possibility of infecting others. Some health experts consider that vaccinating children to protect other sectors of the population is not ethical. In Spain, with the tight family unit, grandparents are at risk, but there is no overall policy to vaccinate children in general. Spaniards in the UK after Brexit EU nationals in the UK who intend to remain there after Brexit are applying for the “Settlement Scheme” that gives “Settled status” for a person who has (or will have been) a resident for five years by December 2020, or “Pre-settled status” that is less than five years and will then become settled status after five years. 115,700 Spaniards had applied by the end of September which is 64% of the 180,000 total. “We want Spaniards who are living in my country to remain there,” said Hugh Elliott, the new British ambassador in Spain. Another Terrible Murder of a Child At the end of September, people in Spain and particularly in Almería province, were coming to terms with the sentence of 25 years in prison

for a woman who murdered Gabriel Cruz, the nine year old son of her partner. On October 10th, the mother of a seven year old son was arrested on suspicion of causing his death by strangulation. The woman lived in Huércal de Almería and had driven to El Ejido to the home of the ex-partner of her father with the boy in her car. This woman realised that something was terribly wrong with the child but whilst she was telephoning the police the mother drove off, but was stopped by police soon afterwards. They had to smash a car window as the woman had locked herself in and would not open the doors, but an ambulance crew confirmed that the child was dead. The mother and father, who were separated, had joint custody, but on October 4tha court had accepted that the mother was incapable of looking after the child and had given sole custody to the father at the request of several family members. The Verdict in the Catalonia trial On October 14th, seven Spanish High Court judges issued their verdicts in a court case that relates to events in the autonomous community of Catalonia in October 2017. An illegal referendum took place and a declaration of independence was made, both of them prohibited by Spanish law. The long court case lasted from March to June with 422 witnesses. Nine senior politicians have been in prison on remand since November 2017 and others were released on bail. Eight people including the ex-President of Catalonia Carles Puidgemont fled Spain to avoid arrest. The nine people were convicted of sedition (treason) against the Spanish state and given hefty prison terms and international and European arrest warrants were issued for the eight people in several EU countries. Demonstrations followed in Barcelona and at the El Prat airport a total of 45 flights were cancelled. At other street demonstrations there were a number of injuries after clashes between police and demonstrators. We explain in an article what has happened and the sentences that were handed down.

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In the News Consternation After Thomas Cook Stopped Trading When it became known that Thomas Cook had gone into bankruptcy there was great consternation in Spain. The Minister for Tourism described it as being catastrophic and immediately had meetings with hotel federations in the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands. Thomas Cook was going to be sending 2 million tourists to the Canary Islands this year, 25% of all tourists, to airports in Tenerife Sur, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Furtaventura, and 3.6 million in all of Spain including Valencia, Andalucía and Catalonia. In Almería province during the high season this year, 80,000 tourists came here which is 8% of all traffic at Almería airport, and the vast majority stayed in hotels in Roquetas de Mar, Almería city and Mojácar as part of a package. After Thomas Cook collapsed 2,000 holiday makers were repatriated from Almería airport. Thomas Cook own many of the large number of hotels where tourists stay, so there will be a big impact if no solution can be found, with large numbers of staff losing their jobs. The winter season started on October 1st, and the Spanish aviation authority AENA was contacted by tourist boards with the suggestion that they scrapped all airport taxes and considered giving grants to other airlines to fly here. The only slight thing that is helpful is that Thomas Cook does not come to Spain in the low season, only the spring and summer months. Ryanair are due to stop flights and close down their operations in Palma, Tenerife and Girona in Barcelona in January and it was agreed that they should be approached to attempt to reverse this decision now that one of their rivals had disappeared. Jet2 Holidays saw a hole in the market and two days after Thomas Cook packed up they announced an additional 50 flights to the Canary Islands that will certainly help. It is hoped that Easyjet will follow suit and their share price went up 3%, but Ryanair quickly put their fares up! Thomas Cook pay providers of services 90 days after being billed so this means that money due for the months of July, August and September will not be paid. This is considered to result in many small and medium companies being forced to close unless the Spanish

Government pay these bills. The Spanish Tourist Department Exceltur stated that the total amount of money owed was 200 million euros, and 13,000 direct employees would lose their jobs along with many thousands of indirect employees. Government figures contacted the subsidiary company ‘Condor’ in Germany and ‘Thomas Cook Scandinavia’ that were still operational. Through their Spanish Ambassadors in both countries it was suggested that Spain might assume some of the debts if there was a danger of these two companies having to close through lack of funds. We comment on this in an article.

Lifeguard Coverage Extended It is quite normal for lifeguards on beaches to be employed from June 1st to September 30th or earlier in September, and coastal municipalities can come up with their own periods of time. In Roquetas de Mar this year the period was extended to October 31st. Their mayor stated that with the good weather that was usually experienced in October tourists should still have this protection and it might be put in place at Easter as well when Easter falls later in the year. This year, in the high season 170,000 tourists came to Roquetas de Mar. Lifeguards are quite often volunteers from the Red Cross and the Civil Protection service but nowadays people with a professional qualification in life saving are being paid to do this job. This is also a factor taken into consideration when the “blue flags” are awarded.

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In the News Donald Trump Announces Import taxes on Spanish Goods In early October Donald Trump announced import taxes for EU products starting on October 18th and as regards Spain, the calculation is that the taxes will amount to 930 million euros. These apply, amongst a long list, to fresh cheese, olives, virgin olive oil, pork products, wine, butter, yoghurt, cherries, peaches and other fresh fruit, and the import taxes will be 25% in some cases. An import tax of 10% will apply to the Airbus A350 and A380 and this will have an effect in Spain. The reason for this is because Airbus receives grants from the EU countries where they are manufactured which includes Spain, France, Germany and the UK. It is claimed that Boeing loses the equivalent of 6 billion euros in potential sales of their aircraft. There has been a long running dispute for 15 years regarding these EU subsidies for Airbus but the World Trade Organization has finally ruled that this is unfair competition, just days before the import taxes were announced. However, 40% of all Airbus components come from the US, and 275,000 people in 40 states are employed there. If Airbus sell less planes in the US these employees will be affected which seems counterproductive. An EU spokesperson stated that if the Airbus import taxes went ahead, the EU might impose import taxes on Boeing planes. Ryanair is awaiting the delivery of a large number of the Boeing 737Max planes that have not yet been recertified after the two fatal crashes. Other goods from France, Germany and the UK are affected as well, and the French Prime Minister immediately said that corresponding import taxes would be levied on certain US goods. What will happen in the UK following Brexit is not at all clear. President Trump has promised large trade deals with the UK at various times. The International Monetary Fund considers that trade wars are one of the biggest risks to world economy.

her partner, near Níjar in 2018, has become the first woman in Spain to be given a permanently reviewable prison term that came into law in 2015. She is 45yrs old, from the Dominican Republic, and the prison term is for a minimum of 25 years that is then subject to review at two year intervals. Release can be granted if it is considered that there is true remorse, or it can be refused. She hid the murder from the parents and everybody else searching for Gabriel for 10 days, until his body was found in her car boot. For this, the jury found her guilty of psychological and moral damage. She was given a three year sentence on behalf of her partner who is Gabriel’s father and two years and nine months on behalf of the mother and has to pay each of them 250,000 euros. She has been forbidden to live in or visit Níjar, or the place where either of the parents live for 30 years. The search, that was one of the biggest in Spain, has been quantified as costing 200,020 euros for all the police and other agencies who took part, and the court ordered her to pay this amount of money. Almería is now the only province in Spain where two people have been given this type of prison term, as a man from Roquetas de Mar is currently serving this term as well.

Terrorists in Catalonia October 1st was the second anniversary of the illegal independence referendum in Catalonia, and police knew there would be demonstrations. One of the hard-line separatist parties is the CDR, that stands for Committees to Defend the Republic. At the end of September after a long investigation, more than 100 normal and anti-terrorist police simultaneously swooped on houses and commercial premises in Barcelona, Sabadell and Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, in an operation dubbed “Operation Judas.” They arrested nine people who they allege were a special hard line group of the CDR on the point of committing terrorist acts. They seized large amounts of ammonium nitrate (a common Permanent Reviewable Prison for Ana fertiliser that can be used to make explosive Quezada mixtures) sulphuric acid, paraffin, aluminium powder, Ana Quezada, convicted by a jury in Almería city of industrial paint stripper, gasoline and thermite, a the murder of 8 year old Gabriel Cruz, the son of pyrotechnic chemical with great incendiary power.

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In the News They also found documents explaining the components needed to make the industrial explosive Goma-2. A police spokesperson stated that they had video recordings of some of them testing explosives in quarries and a country house. A fire broke out three months ago in a house in Sabadell where one of the men lived and he told firemen he had forgotten about something he was cooking. The police suspect that he was mixing explosives. Various people where the chemical substances had been purchased identified members of the group, and two of them immediately admitted that they had been fabricating and testing explosives. It is alleged that targets included the Catalonia Parliament buildings, major roads in Barcelona, telecommunication towers and electrical substations. The group had aerial and normal photographs of the main police stations on their mobile phones. It is alleged that when Central Government were holding a meeting in the Catalonia Parliament last December 21st (after central government had taken over the running of Catalonia) this group and other sympathisers caused various roads to be shut and raised the barriers on a toll road. Police say that this was a “dry run” and also the testing of various walkie-talkies that they had purchased with code words they had decided on to hide their activities.

A Major Step to Regularise “Illegal Houses” The Junta de Andalucía has passed an act that will regularise 327,000 “illegal houses” in Andalucía, with 55,000 of these in Almería province. Cooperation will take place between the Junta, town halls and the property owners. It applies to all dwellings that have not been built on protected land, river beds or land liable to subsidence and will enable the owners to have them registered at the land registry, obtain legal connections to water, electricity and sewage, and allow the properties to be sold on. A major problem in “regularising” these properties up to now has been that the town hall overall plan for urban development, known as the PGOU, had to be amended first, which can take years. The amendments can now take place at a later date. There will be some costs involved and town halls

and the owners will have to decide who pays. Initially, it is considered that the owners should pay as they are the ones who are primarily affected. We have more information in our ‘Community News’section

Changes in Electricity and Gas Bills The Spanish CNMC organisation approves mergers that don’t give companies an unfair advantage, investigates cartels where various companies have fixed their price which can lead to large fines, and monitors the prices that make up our electricity and gas bills. They are proposing changes in electricity and gas bills from January 1st 2020. The Spanish Government and the electricity and gas providers think there is a danger that bills will become far too complicated. 11 million homes have an electricity bill that is based on the PVPC system where the daily and monthly amount varies, and 14 million homes have opted for a fixed price per month. Consumers can opt to pay for cheap electricity where the costs are split during a cheap period of 14hrs from 10pm-midday (tarifa nocturna) and the “normal” cost of electricity midday to 10pm. Surveys show that 35% of consumers of electricity have no idea what tariff they are paying for (that varies with the chosen amount of the available power) and 30% have no idea at all how to make sense of their bills. In some cases clients may have switched providers when a rep came to their house, and claims are that the promised savings are not made. There are fixed costs on bills and consumers

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In the News are baffled and upset when in one particular month they have used no electricity at all in an unoccupied property, or whilst they are away, and they get a bill that is typically 25 euros! After the calculation for the electricity they have used is added to the fixed charge, the whole bill is subject to the highest rate of IVA (VAT) at 21%, but in the UK the VAT added to power bills is only 5%. The vast majority of Spanish homes now have “intelligent meters” where no-one comes to read the meter and every hour a message is sent down the cables that indicates the amount of electricity used. Bills are then calculated accordingly, and there should be no “estimated” readings. It is possible to go to a website that predicts the cost of electricity every hour in the next 24hr period and “in theory” clients can adjust the times they use the most electricity. The CNMC is proposing that the day and night charges are calculated on six different periods of time such as during midnight to 7am when the cost of producing electricity is cheapest, charges for mornings and afternoons, and charges for the early evening to late evening when demand is highest. It remains to be seen what changes are actually made and if any real savings in cost will follow.

The Missing Map of Almería City An investigation has taken place that has been described as being like a typical Netflix film with actors from the Spanish military, historians, police forces, robbers, the “Friends of Almería Castle” and the Patrimonial Historic Department of the Junta de Andalucía. In March 2019, a noted historian from Almería came across a map of Almería city in an antiquities shop in Madrid that appeared to be from 1845. After complicated negotiations, the VicePresident of the Friends of Almería Castle went to Madrid and purchased the map for 1,850 euros. The map was digitalized and subjected to several tests and it became clear that it appeared to be a map that had been catalogued and photographed in the Almería Municipal Archive. It was supposed to be in the Military Archive Department in Madrid but they stated that it was described as being lost. Specialist police in Madrid that deal with art and other related crimes were contacted and asked to

help with further investigations. This revealed that the map had been stolen at an unknown date from the Military Archive but not reported. The map had been amended to be dated 1845 but the real date of May 6th, 1842 and the name of Fernando Guillamas, a well-known military cartographer, had been removed. The military seal from their archive had also been removed so that the map could be sold without any suspicion that it had been stolen. At a ceremony in Almería, the map was officially handed back to the Madrid Military Archive and the digitally produced image put in the Almería archive. It was not revealed who had paid the 1,850 euros to get it back.

Major A-7 and A-92 Motorway Junction Changes At the Viator junction on the A-7 motorway going to Almería (where there is the turn-off for the Legionnaires base) there are major problems at the roundabout where the entrance and exit roads from the Granada / Andalucía A-92 motorway join up. At peaks periods, traffic cannot get off the A92 quickly enough, and there are dangerous tailbacks. Traffic police frequently try to stop this bottleneck to avoid accidents but this means stopping traffic coming off the A-7 motorway. Major plans have been published that have sweeping curves that have been compared to the A-7 and AP-7 toll road junctions at Antas Real which slowly merge in over the various entrance and exit points. Polopos and the Dutch Reality Show The small village of Polopos in the Alpujaras is a sleepy village, 800m above sea level and only 5km from the coast, with 54 registered inhabitants and three children. Two young Dutch TV producers came across the village a few years ago and last year they decided to film a reality show there over six months on the Dutch channel RTL 4. Five couples competed for a 20,000 euro prize and incentives to move to Polopos to help revitalise the village. The winning couple intend to open a centre where artists can stay, and all of the other couples have decided to move there as well. They plan to open a wine export company, a museum and a walking

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Cosentino and Cindy Crawford The multinational synthetic worktop and stone product company Cosentino, based in Cantoria, frequently have ambassadors to announce their products at major events and these have included Fernando Alonso the racing driver. These also include the US supermodel Cindy Crawford and she was recently in London to present the new ‘Silestone’ synthetic quartz worktop colour ‘Eternal Marquina’. The event was entitled “Tops on Top 2019” and it took place at the ZELA restaurant in the heart of the West End. This very popular restaurant was opened in 2018 and has tables with the Silestone decorative surfaces. Apart from heads of Cosentino including their UK senior director, Tony Chamber attended, who is the founder member of the design consultancy TC & Friends who is organising the new product publicity campaign. Cindy Crawford is extremely interested in design and has stated that she is delighted to have been chosen on this and other occasions to present Cosentino products. Anti-Smoking Medication in Spain The Spanish Minister for Health (in function), María Luisa Carcedo, has announced that an anti-smoking medication will be made available to be prescribed by doctors from next January. The product with the brand name ‘Champix’ contains the active ingredient vareniclina. There are 50,000 deaths in Spain every year from tobacco related diseases and María Luisa considers that the new medication could help 70,000 people to give up smoking. Health organisations and hospital specialists in Spain have been asking for anti-smoking aids to be available from health centres for some time. Other new regulations regarding smoking are stated to be in the pipeline. Sales of cigarettes are not declining,

and in Almería province since January 1st up to the end of August, 27 million packets of 20 cigarettes were purchased. One reason for the increase is given as being the major success in seizing contraband cigarettes in the Campo de Gibraltar region where the number of police has been dramatically increased. Another reason being put forward is that many people who smoked handrolled cigarettes to save money have gone back to normal cigarettes that need no time spent in making them. Shops that sell tobacco, known as “estancos”, are highly controlled and there are 13,000 in Spain with 2,000 in Andalucía. In the financial crisis when sales fell sharply the shops were allowed to sell other products such as food and drinks. The installation of cigarette machines is also controlled and there are various locations where they are not allowed. If a bar has just a few packets of cigarettes that they sell to clients this is usually ignored by the authorities, but it is technically illegal.

Deaths from E-cigs in the US Concerns are being raised in the US after a number of people have died from lung complaints after using e-cigs, known as “vaping”. The popular electronic cigarettes first came onto the market ten years ago. It does appear that most of these people added cannabis products such as THC, or the synthetic cannabis known as ‘Spice’, to liquids they made themselves. The US Food & Drug Administration has warned against this and buying

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In the News e-cigs from unlicensed street traders. Popcorn flavoured e-cig liquid is considered potentially very harmful as it contains diacetyl, a chemical linked to “popcorn lung syndrome”. In the UK, diacetyl in e-cig liquids was banned in 2016 in accordance with an EU directive. Public Health England recommends vaping as a means of stopping tobacco smoking by persons who wish to quit. They state that there are “false fears” and proprietary e-cigs and liquids are 95% less dangerous than cigarettes. E-cig liquid usually contains nicotine but on its own this is not dangerous. Liquid for e-cigs is expressed as milligrams of weight per millilitre of volume, shortened to mg/ml. Nicotine levels start with low levels such as 6mg, 10mg or 12mg, going up to 18mg or 20mg which is the limit for sales in the UK. Normal cigarettes contain 4-14mg of nicotine and light smokers may find that 6mg liquid is a good alternative but medium to heavy smokers of tobacco often find that 12mg or 18mg is best. In the US, e-cig liquid strengths go up to 48mg/ml! A major UK clinical trial published in 2019 found that, when combined with expert face-to-face support, people who used ecigarettes to quit smoking were twice as likely to succeed as people who used other nicotine replacement products, such as patches or gum. It is recommended that if people try e-cigs to give up smoking they should completely stop smoking cigarettes, and there is no danger of passive smoke damage to other people. Boots chemists started selling e-cigs in 2014 and other retailers soon followed.There are a wide variety of liquids that contain no nicotine at all and some people find that puffing on these is a substitute for cigarettes. In Spain, using e-cigs with or without nicotine is banned on public transport, in health centres and hospitals, and outside schools. This is designed to stop children trying e-cigs and then switching from 0mg/ml nicotine to higher levels.

Spanish air force airport particularly for training new pilots. The Spanish air force air traffic controllers handle their own aircraft as well as the commercial flights until they stopped this year. In September a training aircraft crashed in the Mar Menor sea near the Club Náutico de Santiago de Ribera. The very experienced 50 year old pilot was killed and his 20 year old female pupil. The initial cause of the crash was given as engine failure but the propeller driven aircraft had received a maintenance check the day before and had been used three times since then. The Spanish Minister of Defence, Margarita Robles, stated that she was in constant touch with air accident investigators and senior members of the air force. A witness told the investigators that he had seen the plane come down and there seemed to be no way it could have avoided hitting the sea. There was only a depth of two metres and military vessels were soon at the scene. The Spanish King Felipe VI asked that his expressions of sympathy were made known to the families of the dead pilot and trainee pilot. The training aircraft was a type that first came into service in Spain in1987 and it had proved to be perfect for the tuition of new pilots. During August, another very experienced senior air force pilot died when his jet plane crashed into the sea in front of La Manga de Mar Menor. He was flying the plane on his own in low cloud and it is thought that he may have become disorientated. These two crashes ended a very long period of time when no crashes at all had taken place.

Fixed Rate Mortgages Variable rate mortgages consist of a set interest rate from the bank (typically 1-2%) added to the Euribor (an inter-bank lending rate that continually fluctuates). In February 2016, the Euribor dropped to a negative amount and has not since then been a positive amount. This September it was minus 0.339%, the second lowest amount ever apart from August. Banks started offering fixed rate mortgages where the monthly amount to pay San Javier Aircraft Deaths back is fixed for the whole of the mortgage term. Long before the San Javier airport opened for To attract clients the banks have started commercial flights for tourists, the base was a something of a price war and the fixed interest

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In the News rates are far lower than they were. In February 2016, a “normal” fixed rate of interest was 4%, but these mortgages were not common. Recently, the TAE (which is the annual interest rate plus some expenses) from Openbank was 2.34% over a period of 26-30 years, and 2.75% from Santander over a maximum of 26-30 years depending on the amount of money with less interest for fewer years. BBVA offered 2.365%, Bankia 2.41% and Bankinter 2.45% (providing there is a monthly amount of more than 2,000 euros in a current account). Banco Sabadell offer the fixed rate of 2.79% providing there is a salary or pension amount of more than 700 euros paid in monthly but you have to sign up for a life insurance policy, house insurance and repayment guarantee. Banks are not supposed to put in these conditions so potential clients could complain, but the interest rate is not very good! With the new mortgage lender regulations that became law this year, the only expense that the lender can pass on to the client is the valuation fee for the property and they have to assume all other initial costs. The client can ask for an independent valuation that they pay for, but some banks are agreeing to pay the valuation themselves to attract the clients. In 2016 only 10% of mortgages were a fixed rate type, and many of these were commercial mortgages. Last June they were 43.7% and in September this rose to 44.5%. From the above figures it is quite clear that persons wanting a fixed rate mortgage should shop around and the mortgage term requested will make a difference. Banks and lenders are gambling that over the whole mortgage term their fixed rate will still give them some profit, and people who opt for the fixed rate are gambling that although it costs more than a variable rate at present, it is still a good deal over the whole mortgage term. A fixed rate mortgage gives the borrower the reassurance that every month they pay exactly the same amount of money. People who have a fixed rate mortgage from even just a few years ago, with a high interest rate, should find out if another bank will take over the mortgage at a lower rate.

There may be a fee to cancel the existing mortgage however. Telefónica and Prosegur Telefónica have been looking at ways to spread the services they offer and merge with other companies. This is in response to the fierce competition in the telecommunications market. They intend to acquire 50% of the Prosegur company alarm business that has dedicated phone lines and automatic calls in the event of a breach of security in millions of homes in Spain. The merger will have to have the approval of the regulation board that deals with takeovers and mergers but it is not anticipated that this will be a problem, and the value of the acquisition is put as about 300 million euros when all the calculations have been completed. To finance this there will be a share swap. Telefónica see their stake in Prosegur as a logical step given the big increase in demand for home alarm systems. Their intention is that they will offer a package of normal telecommunication products allied with the security system costs. Money for Schools The majority of parents are satisfied with the education system in Spain for their children, but experts say that there has to be an increase in funding. The percentage of the PIB (gross national product) has gone down from 4.31% in 2006 to 4.2% in 2018 and not much more than 4% this year although there is no approval as yet of the Spanish Government’s 2019 budget. The average amount invested in the EU states is 5% but Greece and Ireland are the countries with the lowest contribution. The amount spent on education in the UK is about 6% but Belgium, Finland and Sweden head the list with Sweden investing 7%. At a presentation of these figures in Madrid it was pointed out that high unemployment for young people was a direct reflection on when they left school and their academic achievements. At present one in eight young people are not still receiving education and they are unemployed.

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In the News The El Ejido Court Case On October 20th, 2009, National Police and computer and anti-corruption specialists raided El Ejido town hall, a multiservice company ‘Elsur’, the headquarters of the PAL political party started by the mayor, and company offices in Almería, Seville and Madrid. The police investigation had been given the name ‘Caso Poniente’. Search warrants were authorised for the homes of many people connected to El Ejido town hall and the mayor Juan Enciso, his wife, daughter and brother in law were taken to Almería police station. They were joined by José Alemán, the town hall auditor and contracts manager, his wife, his brother and her wife, and Ambrosia Cuevas from the private school he runs in Vera. Various persons were remanded in custody including the wife of José Aleman who could not immediately come up with the 90,000 euros set as bail. 30 bank accounts in Spain were frozen and charges levied of money laundering, misappropriation of public funds, bribery and falsification of documents. The allegations were that Elsur, the multiservice company, had been charging the town hall highly inflated sums of money for several years and an estimate was 150 million euros that had gone into the pockets of the persons arrested. Leaks from the police indicated that money went out of Spain via Florida to be invested in projects in Costa Rica and Brazil. The court case in Almería was supposed to start on November 4thbut will now start on January 10th and is expected to last until July2020 and this is one of the reasons why the court has been substantially modified and expanded! There are 30 lawyers representing the accused and this is causing a major time-tabling problem. In other large court cases the accusations have been heard in blocks so that not all the lawyers have to be there all of the time, and it is expected that this will have to be done here. This is by far the largest corruption case ever to have come before a court in Almería.

the world and is 6% more than last season. Expenses are put as 1.007 billion euros giving a balance of 40 million euros. Salaries for the players have gone down from 525 million euros last season to 507 million this season. Major expansion is planned for the existing ‘Espai Barca’ stadium and the team is looking for a major investor and a possible name change if one can be found. The budget price is 73 million euros.

Big Money in Football The Barcelona FC football club have announced that for the 2019 /2020 season they expect to have an income of 1.047 billion euros. This is the largest estimated income of any football club in

A Blueprint for 2020 The PSOE political party is headed by Pedro Sánchez, the Prime Minister “in function”, as he was not able to be elected Prime Minister after the General Elections last April. This category of being “in

Carboneras Power Station to Close Coal fired power stations are the most expensive way of producing electricity and reducing CO2 emissions is very expensive. The Carboneras coal fired power station is run by the power supply company Endesa and they have been steadily shutting down other ones. There are now only two that are operational and Endesa has announced that the Carboneras plant will be shut down earlier than planned as it is no longer viable. At the end of last year, Endesa stated that their coal fired stations in León and Teruel would close shortly. No firm date for the closure has been announced and 120 people are direct employees. Not long ago Endesa spent 240 million euros on reducing CO2 emissions to comply with EU guidelines, but there are further limits that come into force in June next year. Endesa state that they will make major investment in renewable energy and in a ten year plan to 2030 they will invest 2.9 billion euros in Andalucía.

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In the News function” also applies to all the ministers he nominated. New general Elections take place on November 10th and Pedro Sánchez is hoping that more PSOE MPs are elected to give him more seats. He has announced intentions and plans for 2020, and one of these relates to Spanish pensions. Since 2013 the annual rise has only been 0.25%, which is less than the rise in the cost of living, and pensioners have been complaining bitterly. With an average retirement pension of 1,140 euros per month, the 0.25% would give an increase of 2 euros 85 céntimos, but the cost of living increase that is expected to be the same at the end of the year is 0.3%. This would give an increase of 3 euros 50 céntimos which is hardly a big difference, but it would be seen as a sympathetic increase by pensioners. Pedro Sánchez considers that after the November 10th elections, even if he is not confirmed as the new Prime Minister, he can put this rise in force via a decree that would avoid it having to be voted on in the full parliament. He considers that this could be done “as a matter of urgency”, but other political parties accuse him of using this for electioneering although they have not said that they would oppose it! Another proposal is that the minimum salary that went up by 22% last year would be increased to 1,200 euros per month by the end of the normal four year term that a Spanish government is in power. He proposes that by 2030 renewable energy will produce 74% of the electricity needed, up to 85-95% in 2040 and 100% in 2050. He is also proposing to scrap prescription charges, put euthanasia and assisted suicide in a legal framework, and increase the amount of money put into education up to 5% of the ‘PIB’ (Gross National Product).

False Internet Accounts Spain is now waiting for new General Elections on November 10thand social media is becoming an important tool in electioneering. Until two new political parties came into being a few years ago, elections were always a straight contest between the PSOE Socialist party and the PP Conservative party. False accounts on Twitter are credited with influencing the US Presidential elections and Brexit according to the National Investigation Department

in the US. Twitter recently announced that they had closed down 259 of their users who were artificially attempting to help the PP party since October 2018. Facebook shut down 65, Instagram shut down 35. Facebook claimed that their PP biased pages were publishing critical comments regarding other political parties. Pablo Casado, the leader of the PP party, immediately claimed that all the accounts were from real persons who were sympathetic to his party, but this claim was dismissed as being untrue. It is claimed that many of the accounts became active at the time of the autonomous elections in Andalucía and European, National and municipal elections. This is not the first time that Twitter has shut down tweets, and at the beginning of 2019 they removed 130 false accounts that greatly favoured one of the political parties in Catalonia pushing for independence. Twitter state that they have people who continually monitor accounts that are politically motivated and they work closely with governments and the security services who investigate the false use of cyberspace.

The “Robot” that Replaced a Female Employee A woman in Las Palmas had worked for the multinational tourist company Lopesan Hotel Management S.L. for 13 years before she lost her job last March in the accounts department along with others “for technical reasons”. In December 2018 the company bought a comprehensive information package that was described as a robot and it dealt with all the financial payments. It was operational from 5.15pm to 6am and 24 hours a day on Sundays and fiestas days. At a hearing at an industrial tribunal the judge ruled that an employee could not be laid off for the simple reason that the company was making a cost saving by acquiring what was in effect a robot. The company was instructed to reinstate the woman in a commensurate job within five days, or increase her redundancy pay to 33 days for every year she had worked there to be paid over a period of two years. The employer was also ordered to pay the woman 863 euros plus interest for not giving her the correct dismissal notice. Unions claim that by 2030

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In the News up to 66% of all workers will have been replaced by stay. In Catalonia, the tax raised 56 million euros in equipment such as robots. 2018 with 50% coming from Barcelona, and the Balearic Islands raked in 123 million euros. The money Both Drivers over the Limit! is supposed to pay for repairs to the infrastructure At the time of a fiesta in Zaragoza in early October, and wages for things like extra police in the high a driver was given a routine alcohol test and was season. Various studies have shown that tourist over the limit. His car was taken to the municipal numbers don’t suffer when there is tax, and this garage where vehicles are stored until the owner is true in Spain. Since 2016, tourists coming to the collects them. The driver turned up a short time Balearic Islands have gone up from 13 to 14 million afterwards with a friend to collect the vehicle and in 2018, and in Catalonia since 2012 there has been pay the necessary fee, but the policeman on duty a 23% increase. Nevertheless, the hotel industry that night suspected that this person was over the association in Barcelona are saying that this is a bad limit as well when he tried to drive away. An alcohol time to raise the tax. They cite the fact that tourists test proved this to be the case so his details were soon forget the terrorist problems in Turkey, Egypt taken and the car remained where it was. If a driver and Tunisia and may start going there again in larger is stopped and an alcohol test is positive another numbers. Brexit and the collapse of Thomas Cook person who is sober, perhaps a passenger, can are also seen as good reasons to keep the tax the same. Apart from this, hotel associations say that become the driver. In this case no! the tax is unfair as it is only on accommodation and Mojácar the Prettiest Village not restaurants, transport, museums or In 2011, a jury awarded Mojácar the status of being entertainment. one of the prettiest villages in Spain which now number 79, and Lucainena de las Torres also shares this category. October 1st was “Prettiest Villages Day” and a celebration took place at Mojácar town hall. They already have an official plaque, and a flag denoting this was raised as well. The councillor for tourism, Emmanuel Agüero, read a proclamation asking for facilities to be improved for small towns and villages to stop people drifting away. He stated that the award had resulted in large number of people learning about Mojácar and visiting the pueblo. Extra Opening Hours in Almería Museums Taxing Tourists The tourist office in Almería city dealt with 22,500 Various European countries have introduced a tax enquiries from June to September, which is 50% that applies to tourists, although they don’t directly more than in 2018, and the average hotel pay it themselves. Spain has had a tourist tax in occupancy in the same period was 84%. One Catalonia since 2012 and the authorities in Barcelona explanation is that Almería has been the are asking the Catalonia Parliament for permission Gastronomy City of Spain in 2019 and this is part to put the tax up. The Balearic Islands started of the reason for more visitors. Because of the collecting tax in 2016 from the money charged at rise in numbers it has been decided to extend the hotels, hostals and holiday accommodation, and opening hours of museums and other attractions. cruise ships have to pay a tax when they dock. The Los Refugios (the underground civil war tunnels taxes levied range from 50 céntimos to five euros and rooms), Museo Guitarra (Guitar Museum), Doña depending on the establishment and the length of Pakyta Art Gallery and Espacio 2 (the art gallery

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In the News at the Almería museum) will now open from 10.30am -1.30pm & 5pm - 8pm on Tuesdays to Saturdays and in the morning on Sundays. They will stay shut on Mondays. El Centro de Interpretación Patrimonial is a municipal museum that features the development of Almería city and has Muslim, Christian and Contemporary exhibitions on three floors. This will now be open from 10am - 8pm, Tuesdays to Saturdays, and 10.30am - 2pm on Sundays. The current exhibition of guitars made in Almería at the Guitar Museum has been extended until November 17th with concerts featuring the various guitars. Three major exhibitions will take place at the Doña Pakyta art gallery, and the Espacio 2 art gallery at the Almería museum with five exhibitions planned on their two floors. La Casa de Cine (the film exhibition centre in the house where John Lennon wrote Strawberry Fields) will be open from 10.30-1.30 Tuesdays to Sundays, and on Friday to Sunday from 5pm-8pm with an additional guided tour. La Casa del Poeta is open the same hours and this is a small house where the famous poet, essayist, novelist and translator Jose Ángel Valente (19292000) spent the last 15yrs of his life. Large Family Firms in Spain The Swiss Credit Suisse Research Centre has published a report that concludes that very large family businesses in Spain employ 67% of people in the private sector with 6.6 million employees. The ‘Inditex’ group is amongst the 50 largest family businesses in the world and had 68 billion euros in capital in 2018. The founder owner, Amancio Ortega, is the wealthiest man in Spain and Europe, and he started working in a clothes shop when he was 14yrs old. In 1972 he started his first clothing business and now has 152,000 employees in over 7,000 shops in the five continents. His brands include Zara, Zara Home, Massimo Dutti, Pull & Bear, Berksha, Oysho, Utergüe, Lefties and Stradivarius. His daughter runs a charitable foundation that buys state of the art scanners for hospitals and modernises old ones forthe diagnosis of cancer. A new one has just started to be operational at the Torrecárdenas hospital in Almería city. Mercadona

is the largest Spanish family business in terms of billing that expands each year, and in 2018 it was 24 billion euros with 85,000 employees. The father of Juan Roig, the president, started with some meat shops, and Juan formed the new company with his wife Hortenesia as vice-president. Their four daughters joined the company after they had finished their university education and worked in various similar companies. Mercadona is famous for their low prices, customer satisfaction, and their treatment and generous pay for their staff. After a short period, all staff are given permanent contracts, and mothers receive a long maternity period off work. El Corte Inglés is still mostly family owned and has been trading for 75 years. They have diversified into companies including Supercor, Sfera, Bricor, Primeriti, Optica 2000, Viajes El Corte Inglés, ECI Seguros, Seguros y Informática and others, and they have more than 91,600 employees. OHL is an enormous construction company that was first formed over 100 years ago. The name is the fusion of three companies: Obrascón. Huarte and Lain.

Cooltural Fest Awards The 2nd Cooltural Fest music festival in Almería city has been nominated for three awards. It has been nominated for the best medium size festival that had heavyweight performers including Ebrovisión and Blues Cazorla and also for the “Music for All” initiative that catered for sections of the population with disabilities. Finally, it has been nominated for the best environmental policies and recycling. All these nominations come from the ‘Premios Fest’ organisation, and members of the public voted for the winners along with professional judges. The awards for the winners were made at the VII Congresos de Festivales de BIME in Bilbao on October 30th. The Missing Psychiatric Patient On April 11th, 2017, a patient at a psychiatric centre in Zaragoza walked out of the front door in slippers, pyjamas and a dressing gown, and the 58yr old man has never been seen since. Initially, family members searched the area for three days and claim that the police were slow to act. A lawyer

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In the News for the family recently went to court to make a claim against the centre and his psychiatrist. The judge found that there were a number of errors, and there was nothing to stop the man walking out even though he had been considered a suicide risk. In Spain there is a period of ten years before a missing person is presumed to be dead. In this case the judge ordered the centre and his doctor to pay the family 170,000 euros in damages spread over ten years at 17,000 euros annually because they were negligent in exercising no control over his movements. If the man is found and is dead within ten years, the remaining amount of the compensation has to be paid. Just supposing he is found and is alive, any previous payments do not have to be paid back as the judge considers that the family has gone through considerable stress and suffering through negligence, without knowing whether the man has died or is alive. On the balance of probabilities, the judge considers that the man is dead. It was stated in court that a man walking along a street dressed as he was near the psychiatric centre should have raised concerns if anyone had seen him, but there were no reported sightings at all. This very unique case is a precedent in Spanish law regarding a missing person and compensation for the family. Penalties For Speeding Figures released up to the end of June this year show that there were 1.3 million drivers caught speeding on Spanish roads which is 12% more than the same period in 2018. 34% of the infractions came from 25 radar cameras out of the total of about 1,000 fixed and mobile ones. 25% of all speeding offences occurred in Andalucía (that includes Almería province) with 332,000 drivers caught speeding. On the H-31 road in Huelva (also in Andalucía) there were 39,000 drivers caught by the same camera in the six month period but the camera was only installed in March! Motorists complained on social media that there was no warning sign. Seville is also in Andalucía and a radar camera on the A-92 motorway caught 37,000 drivers there. In both cases the speed limit is 120k/h.

The President of the Spanish Automobile Association states that the figures show that speed limits are not being taken seriously and more cameras are needed to stop accidents.

Rafa Nadal Number 1 Again At the Shanghai Masters APT tennis tournament in October, the Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Novak Djokovic who then lost his world ranking. Djokovic decided not to play in the Vienna or Basel Masters tournaments so he loses 1,600 points in the world APT ranking. This means that Rafa Nadal automatically became the number 1 again on November 4th when the Masters 1,000 tournament in Paris-Bercy finished, whatever the final results were. Apart from losing at the Acapulco finals, Rafa has been very successful this season despite only competing in 11 tournaments. Having won the Roland-Garros, the US Open and now the APT Masters, he has set his sights on the final championship prize by winning the Davis Cup on November 18th-24th. Tax Avoidance by Twitter There are repeated calls in Spain for large companies such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Apple and Twitter to pay a tax that reflects their actual profit. Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish Prime Minister in

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There are other beaches in Almería province where town halls have discussed the idea that dogs could be taken there, but they lack the official application and approval from the Junta de Andalucía. Some town halls state that dog walking on beaches can only take place in the “low” season.

Zurgena Court Case Appeals In 2007, police arrested the mayor of Zurgena, Cándido Trabalón, the councillor for urbanization, Manual Tijeras, and 23 other people including council members, the town hall secretary (an official who is supposed to ensure all town hall matters are legal), technical architects and owners of construction companies. It was alleged that from 2003-2007 there were illegal building licences issued for 1,500 dwellings on land not zoned for urban development, and an illegal permission for properties for use by the mayor and a relative along with falsification of documents. Some council members were accused of passing the building permissions when they knew they were illegal. Various prison sentences were handed down and High Court appeals were announced in October. The judge reduced the prison sentence for Cándido Trabalón from 6 years and 6 months to 5 years and 4 months, and the amended sentence for Manual Tijeras was 18 months instead of 30 months. They both have to pay fines of 12 euros per day for 20 months. Three convicted councillors had sentences reduced from 18 months to 15 months, and a reduced sentence of 12 months for three owners of construction companies and A Beach for Dogs in Adra fines of 12 euros a day for 15 months. Two After a long paperwork chase and waiting for technical architects had an 18 month prison term official permission, a beach at Adra has become confirmed and fines of 5 euros a day for 18 the first one in Almería province to be given the months. The town hall secretary who had designation “Beach for Dogs”. Not far from the previously entered a guilty plea had his previous town centre, the 3,400m2 ‘La Rana’ beach has been sentence reduced to 15 months with similar fines. hailed as a means of attracting tourists to the area In 99% of cases, any prison term of less than 24 with their dogs, apart from resident dog owners. months is a suspended sentence but there are The dogs are allowed in the sea and the beach has fines. The judge gave the very long time from been equipped with the necessary deposits for the commission of the offences to the present excrement. So far, there are now 10 beaches in day as being part of the reason for reducing the Andalucía that have been designated for dogs. sentences.

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In the News Irrigation Water from Torrevieja The desalination plant at Palomares that had only been opened for a month was wrecked in the floods in September 2012, but money has been advanced recently for a cost analysis of putting it back into operation. Agriculturalists in the area need irrigation water and they were committed to purchasing 15 cubic hectometres a year from the Palomares plant. A new proposal is that 80 cubic hectometres of water from the desalination plant at Torrevieja will be made available for irrigation use in Alicante, Murcia and Almería. The distance from Palomares is 150km! Robbery by an Old Lady UK tourists in Málaga were surprised to find an old lady had let herself into their luxury apartment and was in their lounge looking around whilst they were relaxing on their terrace. When she quickly walked away one of the men chased her out of the block of apartments in his bare feet and other people stopped the woman. Initially the police called to the scene thought that the Brit might have had too much to drink and the old lady appeared disorientated, asked where she was, and was possibly suffering from Alzheimer's. When the tourist insisted that this was the woman who had come into their apartment with keys police took her to the police station. Fingerprints taken revealed that the 76yr old woman had been detained on 40 occasions since the 1970s using eight different names and spent some time in prison for robberies, including robbery with violence. At her home police found 20 sets of keys that were for holiday homes rented out by the same company. How she got hold of the keys is under investigation. In one of her burglaries she had stolen a laptop, mobile phones and 1,000 euros in cash but although a security camera showed she had let herself into the block with keys she was not considered a suspect. Police stated that some tourists, if they were robbed, did not report this to the police thinking that it was too complicated. Not one of the properties where there had been a robbery had the locks changed

so she went back again! A judge remanded her in custody. French Fugitive Arrested in Almería Last September a man from Morocco was convicted in France of a variety of offences. These included the illegal possession of arms and explosives belonging to a criminal gang along with other family members and being involved in an assasination. He was given a life sentence but escaped from custody. He owned a property in Morocco and on October 17th he disembarked from a ferrry arriving in Almería port from Nador. A routine check of his passport revealed his criminal convictions and he was promptly arrested. AVE Work Finally Started In 2015 a contract was awarded to the construction company SACYR to start work on the AVE (High speed train) 12.5km stretch from Pulpí to Cuevas. This was the first order for work in Almería province since 2012 with a completion time of 30 months. In 2018 the construction company pulled out as they had never been able to start work. ‘Adif’ the rail company did not own all the land! This October some work started at Pulpí to survey the route for the 25.7km Pulpí to Vera link. It is still not clear whether Adif own all the land for this section and amended plans for the station at Vera have not yet been approved. Another Guinness Book of Records Entry On October 16th a vegetable co-operative in Almería transported 20 tonnes of produce to the festival site in Almería city. They laid out a mosaic of 603m2 in the shape of a heart with the Indalo symbol in the middle, with 100 people involved from 8am-1.30pm. Anna Oxford, a representative from London, confirmed that this was the largest vegetable mosaic. The previous record was held by growers in India who made a 480m2 mosaic. Last August, another co-operative in Almería province made the largest ever amount of gazpacho (The Spanish tomato-based cold soup) with 100,000 litres.

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n October 14th, seven judges from the High Court delivered their verdicts in a unique and far reaching court case. The prosecution of 14 people related to events that happened in the autonomous community of Catalonia in September 2017, the illegal independence referendum on October 1st and the illegal declaration of independence on October 27th.

state with prison terms requested from 8-13 years. The Fiscalía asked for sentences of seven years for misuse of public funds, which was quantified as being 2.9 million euros. The court case of 52 sessions finished in mid-June and there had been 422 witnesses, 16 expert witnesses, and many days of police video recordings. Carles Puidgemont

Catalonia is one of the 17 autonomous communities in Spain and to a certain extent each one is selfgoverning. Politicians in Catalonia decided they were going to be independent of Spain but the very flawed referendum and subsequent declaration of independence had been ruled illegal in the High Courts in Madrid and Barcelona. Central Government had warned that if the declaration took place they would invoke article 155 of the written Spanish constitution that allows them to take over an autonomous community “in exceptional circumstances”. They did this on the evening of Prior to the verdicts being published on October October 27th and dissolved the parliament in 14th there were some selective leaks and it became Catalonia, with new elections called for December. known that all the charges of rebellion had been dismissed. It was ruled that there had to have been The 14 former MPs and five senior figures were direct personal violence or direct calls for violence summoned to court in Madrid, including the ex-vice although senior politicians had been warned by the president. The former president, Carles Puidgemont, police that violence would take place. At the end of five ex-ministers and two others fled Spain to avoid September at a major demonstration, a police vehicle arrest. In court on November 3rd, the ex-vice was wrecked and set on fire and there were violent president and eight former ministers were confrontations on October 1st-3rd. remanded in custody. Five others were charged and released on bail, and Spanish arrest warrants All seven judges ruled that the charges of sedition were issued for the eight people who had left Spain. for nine people including two women were proved. Charges were laid of rebellion, sedition (treason), The ex-vice president was given a sentence of 13 misuse of public funds, and disobedience of legal years, and sentences were given of 9-12 years for rulings. Various applications for the ones on remand the other eight (including misuse of public funds). to be released on bail were refused on the grounds Three people were given a suspended prison term and large fines for disobedience of legal rulings. they might flee Spain. Prisoners can be given the status of “grade 3” that The court case started last March with the ones allows them to spend weekends out of prison. The on remand consistently refused bail. The charges prosecution had asked that this should not take of rebellion by the Fiscalía (Crown Prosecution place until all of them had served half of their Service) applied to 12 people, with a requested sentence but the judges suggested that this could prison term of 25 years for the ex-vice president happen straight away. International and European and 15-17 years for the others. The charges of arrest warrants were issued for Carles Puidgemont sedition were made by lawyers acting for the Spanish and the seven others who fled Spain.

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So Now You Know... Number Plate Recognition Invented in 1976 and put into general use in the UK in 2006, automatic number plate recognition known as ANPR are checks in a database of number plate information that can flag up the lack of a current MOT, insurance or road tax. They can detect the presence of vehicles that have been stolen, and vehicles of “particular interest� (so associated with some criminal activity or terrorism) will also be flagged. Apart from fixed cameras, police vehicles can also use the detection system, and in the UK 11,000 ANRP cameras currently read 50 million number plates every day. The Road Traffic Act allows police to stop a vehicle for any purpose. The First Policemen The first professional police in the UK were formed in 1800 in Glasgow, funded by local taxation. They undertook other duties including helping with fire fighting. The Irish Constabulary came into being in 1822 and became the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1867. In England the first policemen were known as or 'Bobbies' because they were set up in London in 1829 by Robert Peel, the then Home Secretary. He had passed 'The Metropolitan Police Act' of 1829 that was the start of a campaign to improve public law. There were 17 divisions with four inspectors and 144 constables but it took time for them to be considered useful. The Largest Birds The largest bird by weight is the common ostrich that can weigh up to 150kg and be 9ft high. The Somali ostrich can weigh up to 130kg. The Southern Cassowar that mostly lives in Australia in the tropical forests of Queensland is the largest non-flying black bird that can weigh up to 75kg, followed by the slightly smaller Northern Cassowar, and Emus can weigh up to 35kg. The largest and heaviest flying bird is the Kori Bustard found in Africa and the male bird can weigh 18-20kg. The Chilean Condor is the bird with the longest wing span of up to 12ft and weighs about 12kg. It has been spotted by planes at heights of over 30,000ft.

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The Largest Cathedrals St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican City in Rome can hold 20,000 people and was started in 320 AD. It has an area of 15,160m2 and is 186m in length. The central dome is 136m high. Strictly speaking it is the largest church, but is known as the Cathedral of Rome. The Roman Catholic Cathedral in Milan was built from 1386-1965 and has an area of 11,700m2 and the calculated total weight is 325,000 tons. The Roman Catholic Seville Cathedral completed in 1528 has an area of 11,520m2, and Saint John the Divine Episcopal Cathedral in New York has an area of 11,200m2. The Anglican Cathedral at Liverpool finished in 1978 is the fifth largest. The Land Speed Record The official land speed record measured over 1 mile was set by Andy Green, a former RAF pilot, on October 15th, 1997. He drove the Thrust SSC powered by two Rolls Royce Spey 202 turbofan jet engines at the Black Rock desert in Nevada. The speed is measured after two runs in opposite directions and is the average of the two. The average speed was recorded at 763.035mph /1,227.985km/h, which is Mach 1.020, so he broke the sound barrier. Richard Noble was part of the design team and he had set the land speed record of 633mph / 1,018.7km/h in 1983 in his Thrust2 car. The previous record speed was 630mph / 1,013.8km/h in 1970. Kellogg’s Cornflakes John Kellogg and Will Kellogg worked in a sanatorium in the US, and in1894 they put stale cooked wheat through a roller and toasted it to save throwing the wheat away. They patented the idea in 1895 but with no intention of going into production; it was only for their patients. The brothers considered that corn flakes stopped a variety of illnesses including moral corruption and masturbation. In 1900 Will Kellogg wanted to market the corn flakes but his brother didn’t, so Will bought him out. A publicity stunt told people to “Wink at a grocer and see what you get”. A person who did this got a free packet and sales boomed creating a large company.

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hen Thomas Cook ceased trading at the end the new certification to resume deliveries. They of September this was hailed as being announced plans to stop flying to Tenerife, Palma catastrophic for tourism in Spain particularly in the and Girona next January and close down their bases. Canary and Balearic Islands. “Operation Matterhorn” to bring back 155,000 people stranded abroad including 53,000 in Spain was the biggest repatriation in peace time. Thomas Cook had annual sales of 9 billion pounds sterling, 19 million customers a year and 22,000 direct employees in 16 countries apart from the UK operations. Last May they declared a loss of 1.5 billion pounds for the first half of 2019 and 1.1 billion came from writing down the value of ‘My Travel’ that they merged with in 2007. The banks bailed this company out in 2017 but this left Thomas Cook with a debt burden of 1.7 billion pounds. A 900 million pound rescue deal was secured last August from their largest shareholder, the Chinese company ‘Fosun’, but in September the banks who had given them loans told them to raise 200 million pounds as a contingency fund. When they couldn’t do this they ceased trading.

Monarch Airlines blamed terrorism in Egypt and being squeezed out of the market by Ryanair and EasyJet as the reason they went bust, and the low cost company Joon from Air France only lasted 18 months as income didn’t match costs. Eurowings, part of Lufthansa, abandoned their long haul flights in favour of their European ones, hoping to emerge from their financial problems in 2021. The IAG holding company includes Iberia and British Airways with low cost flights from Vueling, Iberia Express and LEVEL based in Barcelona, designed to compete with the low cost airline Norwegian Air. They had dramatically increased their passenger numbers but at the end of 2018 announced a loss of 150 million Euros and stopped flights to many destinations. LEVEL had to contract as well and reduced transatlantic flights from Paris.

Financial analysts stated that they had not moved with the times and still expected clients to go into their shops to book a package holiday, but many people stopped doing this some time ago. Via the internet they can book their own flights, their own hotels and car hire so in effect become their own travel agent. The company stated that Brexit fears were partly to blame along with problems in Turkey, online competition and the hot weather this summer in the UK. Another problem was that low cost operators were eating into their airline passenger numbers. Low cost airlines rely on full planes to give them a small operating profit and need to have a very rigid Problems like this are not unique, and 125 airline control of costs. IAG is considering the purchase of companies have ceased to exist since 2010. In other low cost companies and they have the financial Europe in the last year, an average of one low cost muscle to weather storms. company each month has ceased trading. Many of these were new start-ups that didn’t prosper The trade wars between the US and China is a major without any financial muscle. Ryanair and EasyJet factor. In June, IATA, the International Air Transport are amongst the five largest companies but Ryanair Association of 200 airlines, revised their profit have had large problems with the non-arrival of the forecasts for 2019 down by 21% to 28 billion dollars Boeing 737 MAX aircraft that still has not received compared to 30 billion in 2018.

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he devastating outbreak of listeria caused by July 2019, the factory was expanded and production the bacteria monocytogenes traced to started up in this new section but it needed a processed pork products was by far the most satisfactory health inspection first. serious food related epidemic in Spain in modern times, and had to be notified to the World Health Organization. There were 216 confirmed cases in Spain and at the end of September, the investigating judge authorised several search and arrest warrants. The official sole owner of the processed meat factory Madrugis S.L. trading as ‘La Mechá’ was arrested along with his father who ran the company on a day to day basis. It appears that the father put the company in his son’s name in 2013 when he was at university, as other companies the father owned previously had ceased trading with debts. Another son and two other people were taken in for questioning. Police claim that in a telephone conversation with his uncle the eldest son joked The independent Microal Group Laboratory tested about the epidemic. samples of the processed pork loin sold as “carne The judge ordered the father and son to be mechada” taken there by the son last February and remanded in custody without bail. They face various they tested positive for the listeria bacteria. The charges including public health offences after they company was notified by email but nothing was knew their meat was contaminated, causing three done. The head of the laboratory told health officials deaths, a specimen charge of causing two about this after the epidemic had started but there miscarriages (there have been seven in total) and was no legal obligation that they had to report the the hospitalisation of 120 people through gross presence of the bacteria to the authorities. This is negligence. The Health Department of the Junta a loophole that will have to be addressed. This de Andalucía put the total cost of all medical adverse report was hidden from the health inspectors when the epidemic started and false treatment to be 1.5 million euros. claims were made that all tests were fine. A range of irregularities have come to light including that when the company was registered in Seville in When it came to light that the company produced a 2013 there was no request for an opening licence. whole range of meat products many of them were Seville town hall carried out inspections in 2015, 2016 not stored at the El Pino premises in Seville. Health and 2017 and these are done in Andalucía by officials suspected that there was another factory veterinarians who have obtained the necessary or warehouse and a search warrant found this to certification in public health. A previous “A” category be true. This second company, on the same industrial of risk for a large company was reduced to a “C” estate, was officially owned by the other son without category in 2017 as the inspectors were told that any paperwork. To a certain extent food companies the company only sold a few products locally. This can organise their own safety checks known as “selfwasn’t true as they sold them to the Al Campo certification”. If these indicate problems it appears supermarket chain and outlets in Madrid, Extremadura that companies can ignore them, as happened here. and Catalonia. It is calculated that from May to August There is a catalogue of errors and a full review of they distributed 39,000 kilos of processed meat. In public health inspections is needed.

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anks and mortgage lenders have had to refund clients for fixing a “floor rate” known as ‘cláusula suelo’ in the small print of mortgage documents where clients were being charged the rate of interest from the bank, plus the variable Euribor rate (the inter-bank lending rate). These floor rates stated that when the Euribor went down below a minimum interest rate that they had fixed, the reduction would not be passed on.

payment” is 25,000 euros. The EU Justice Tribunal has ruled that where the interest rate was not clearly stated and fully transparent the clauses are abusive. This ruling will now go to the Luxemburg High Court for their consideration and ruling that will be legally binding and will be known at the end of 2019 or early 2020. Present figures are that there are a minimum of 500,000 mortgage holders in Spain who are paying the IPRH interest rate but another calculation is that These clauses were declared to be abusive by an this number is really 1.3 million. EU court in 2017 and Spain then adopted this decision. If a mortgage holder is not satisfied with the refund offered by the bank or lender they can go to court. There are thousands of cases being heard by judges who only deal with these claims, and in 9% they find for the borrower. In the boom years for property purchases from 2004-2008 many banks introduced a new system of calculating interest rates, known as IRPH that stands for ‘Indice de Referencia de los Préstamos Hipotecarios’. Mortgage lenders considered that this way of calculating the interest rate was less volatile than the Euribor. The Euribor has been at a negative interest rate for almost three years and in August it was minus 0.356%, but the IRPH rate was 1.84%, so a very large difference. The first court case in Spain that claimed that the IRPH rate was abusive took place in 2014 concerning a client from Kutxabank who won his case. Various appeals followed with the Spanish High Court ruling in 2017 that the interest rate was clearly stated,but two judges disagreed with the majority verdict. As a consequence, a claim from another mortgage holder against the Bankia bank was referred to the EU Justice Tribunal by a court in Barcelona in 2018. The claimant has a mortgage of 132,000 euros and his lawyers stated that he has paid between 18,000 and 21,000 euros more than he would have done with a Euribor variable rate mortgage, but FACUA (the official Spanish Consumer Organization) state that a “typical over

Calculations by the Spanish analyst company Arriaga Asociados are that the total amount of the possible over payments of interest by Spanish banks could amount to 16.3 billion euros. They state that Caixabank may be liable for 6.5 billion euros, Santander 4.3 billion, BBVA 3.1 million, Bankia 1.6 billion, Sabadell 830 million and Kutxabank 727 million. The big unanswered question is whether the Luxemburg court will rule that all the interest payments with abusive clauses have to be repaid, or just the difference between the IRPH and the Euribor rate. Kutxabank have already told any client who is paying the IRPH rate that they can immediately switch to the Euribor rate. If clients do this the bank’s liability may well be reduced. Spanish banks consider that if the Luxemburg court rules in the client’s favour “where the IRPH interest rate is not transparent” Spanish courts will have to rule on each case, but it may be very bad news for mortgage lenders.

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n an ideal world we should all be driving electric cars to completely stop harmful emissions. The aim in Spain is that this is achieved by 2040, although vehicle manufacturers and dealers think this is far too optimistic. In 2012, when the motor industry in Spain was going through a bad period, the Department of Energy introduced the ‘Plan PIVE’ initiative. If a person bought a new diesel or petrol car and scrapped an old car or van the government and the manufacturer each gave a discount of 1,000 euros. This was extremely successful with the available money soon exhausted, and there were eight plan PIVEs. To encourage people to purchase electrically powered vehicles there is another incentive scheme in place for 2019 called ‘Plan MOVES 2019’. Each autonomous community, so in our case Andalucía, has set aside money for this scheme, and in Andalucía this is 8 million euros. Up to 50% is for grants to purchasers, and the rest of the money is to improve the infrastructure for electric vehicles, such as public charging points, where 40% of the cost can be refunded. 700 euros is available for the purchase of an electric scooter and a maximum of 5,500 euros for a car or van depending on the power and range distance. A dealer may give another 1,000 euros discount. The cost of a car cannot be more than 40,000 euros and a condition of the grants is that a car over ten years old or a van over seven years old has to be scrapped.

19,500 euros with a monthly rental charge for the battery of 67 euros. If you buy the battery (with a guarantee of just two years) they cost 23,500 euros. The fairly small Volkswagen e-up! with five doors costs 26,300 euros with the battery included. The Renault ZOE starts at only 21, 300 euros but with a monthly battery rent of 79 euros. Three versions of the Nissan Leaf start at 30,000 euros and the BMW i3 starts at 35,000 euros. The Spanish Association of Motor Dealers says that the compulsory scrapping of a car over ten years old doesn’t work because people buying an expensive electric car won’t own a vehicle that is ten years old, and the same thing applies to companies. The VW e-up!

If a private person buys an electric car or van they need to have a home charging point that may cost 1,000 euros. An engineer will come and see you to assess the cost and once you have this there are cheap-rate periods for charging. Some public charging points are free, some have a charge, but there are not that many. Some hotels install one for guests, and main dealers often have one for their clients, but as of November 1st there were only 68 places with private or public charging points in all of Almería province.

At present, in practically all of Spain, the autonomous communities are finding that there is no rush to obtain the grants, with hardly any of the money spoken for. The scheme is supposed to finish at the end of December but will probably be extended if there are still large amounts of One of the problems that dealers experience is “range anxiety” so the potential customers worry money available. that their electric car may stop! For short distances One of the problems is that electric vehicles are this is not a problem, but it is a fear on long not cheap! The two-seater Smart 2 EQ costs journeys.

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AIRPORT PARKING Asesoría López (Vera) ……...................................….950 393071 AA Parking (Almería, Murcia, Alicante) ......................639 081067 Asesoría Torres (Mojácar) .........................................950 472748 Aqua-Car (Alicante) ……………........................................966 790 011 Asesoría Sánchez Moral (Mojácar) ...........................670 099726 Coastline Alicante Airport Parking .............................661 517890 Plane Parking S.L. …………............................................966 840 289 ...............(24hrs Alicante) 656 532725, (24hrs Murcia) 656 532724 Seguro Parking (San Jávier – Murcia) ……............622 062115 Victoria Parking (Alicante).................................................965 830 254

AIR CONDITIONING ABC (A Better Climate) (See p.11)...647 247494 / 950 092604 Andy Lake - Williams Electrical ............................…..677 741366 Cool Solutions ...........................................................600 621436 DCM Digitek Comms (Mojácar) (See p.19) .950 472947 / 670 084438 Electrotorres ........................................677 530410 / 610 750771 MD Air Conditioning & Refrigeration S.L. 607 364917 / 950 432110 Barbara Caparros Ridao (Vera) …..........................950 390427 Richard Hayes ...........................................................603 567676 CG Legal & Financial (Mojácar Playa) ..950 472504 / 670 215926 SolAir (See p.48) ................................950 472081 / 645 294064 Cabrera Cervantes (Turre) ................950 099400 / 627 464545 Solo Satellite & Air-Con. (See p.55)...950 398146 / 699 909737

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ANTIQUES Delfos (Mojácar) ......................................................647 163681 Pink House (La Concepción) ..............622 288750 / 681 095096

ARCHITECTS Angel Pardo (Técnico) .......................950 121960 / 687 939315 Antonio Martinez de la Casa .....................................950 092094 Blas Haro Morales (Mojácar).......................................639 317429 Daniel González Aranda (Vera) ......................................686 846 624 Elena Acebo Architects (Huércal-Overa) .669 680098 / 950 134976 Paula Puente (Mojácar) .............................................610 433001

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Exclusive Airport Shuttles (See p.59)..........................950 092602 Adolfo Prado ...............................................................950 472668 Alison .......................................................................630 833873 Anushree Krementz .................................................672 721096 Caz (art classes) ………................................……….607 444034 Dee Butler (Albox) ................................................….663 341904 Delfos Gallery (Mojácar) …........................................647 163681 Evie Fox ................................................................ 603 493163 Isabel Raths (Bedar) ................................................677 034957 Jeremy Fox-Rayner ...................................................653 714767 Jill Bennett (Mojácar) .........................950 478383 / 600 070188 Living Design (Albox) ...............................................678 308073 MarianMay Simpson …...........................………..……629 113436 Melanie .....................................................................638 495784 Miki ...........................................................................628 458491 Pink House (La Concepción) ..............622 288750 / 681 095096 Roberto Lombardi ................................950 930757 / 671 800317 The Gallery (La Concepción) ..................................607 146352

AUCTIONS A & A Auctions (Albox) ………..............950 064576 / 661 759882

ALARMS & SECURITY AC Security ........................................950 387822 / 657 AXA ...........................................................................950 B-Safe Digital Security Solutions ..............................634 Prosegur Alarms .........................................................608 Safes & Security (Dean)...........................................666 SE Telecoms ..............................................................697

397218 478763 349859 825509 949213 780499 Auction Subasta (Los Carasoles) (See p.58).UK 7413190882 / 643 137106

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Location Warehousing S.L. (Antas El Real) ..............950 528565 La Colonial ……………….........................................….950 133918

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AUTOMATIC DOORS & GATES The Metal Works (Albox).......................950 930520 / 638 900949

AWNINGS & BLINDS Curtains with Style (Interior blinds) ...950 069032 / 678 811125 Costasol S.L. (Lloyd Dean) (See cover)...........................667 652 888 Coverbox (Albox) …................................................…615 992007 Cristalería Omega (Mojácar) …..........950 478137 / 670 500711 Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196 PersiVera 2005 S.L. ..................................................627 978635 Screenmasters (See p.45)......….…...........................677 152911 Sol Shaders S.L. (See p.45).....................................627 907207 Speedyfit ...................................................................600 006032 Toldos Farrago (Vera) ...............................................667 567564

Harley’s ..................................................................642 637371

Los Gallardos Apolo ……………................................................……600 495182 Meson Verfran ……….........................950 469393 / 637 810143

Las Herrerias Eugenia ...................................................................950 069021

Mojácar Bar Esencial ........................................630 26626 / 618 826092 Bar Luz ....................................................................654 866110

BABY See Children & Baby BAKERIES Cornish Pride (Albox) …................................………666 618933

BARS & CAFES See also Restaurants Albox Bar Lepanto .........................................................................642 391433 Chapman’s ...............................................................950 091188 Cornish Pride ...................................................………666 618933 La Palmera ….............................................................950 430993 The Travellers Inn, Los Marcelinos ...........................664 111990

Alfaix La Venta de Alfaix .....................................................671 272464

Arboleas Hotel Rural Azabache ...............................................690 258813 Humbugs Cafe …................................643 123253 / 643 075387

Bédar El Cortijo ...........................................950 398108 / 689 702916 El Paso ...................................................................950 469409

Cerro Gordo Bistro Bonita .......................................650 599739 / 950 930169

Cucador La Vida .....................................................................950 634562

El Campico (Bédar-Lubrin) La Montaña .............................................................670 589788

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Beachcomber ..............................................................634 339216 Cafeteria Bellagio .......................................…………950 472342 Cafetería Pizzería Alcazaba ……….657 560679 / 645 414793 Café Latino ...............................................................626 717323 Captain's Tapas Bar & Restaurant...............................617 477797 Cave Bar ...............................................................…..950 478799 Delfos .......................................................................647 163681 Dolce Vita .................................................................950 478476 El Aleman ...............................................................617 317801 El Antler ………...........................................................600 540661 El Deseo ..................................................................670 018035 El Lugar ...................................................................679 676405 El Toro .....................................................................622 456560 Enrico ...................................................950 472995 / 642 514738 Fany …………...........................................………….634 312820 Fusion Beach ...........................................................950 615224 Gastro Malabar ........................................................950 472970 Koi …...........................................................................950 615452 Kukis ...........................................................................950 475766 La Cantina (Mexican) ................................................950 478841 La Piká .....................................................................950 930744

Tierra y Mar .............................................................850 992808

Huércal-Overa El Capricho ….........................................................637 595326 Hotel Overa (See p.61) ............................................950 470879 New Why Not? ............................................................950 135614

La Alfoquía Bar La Unión ...........................................................642 008003 Heathers ...................................................................642 144727

Las Buganvillas Gnomo Feliz II ..........................................................950 462540

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La Taberna (Mojácar Pueblo) ..............618 696172 / 647 724367 Bar Restaurant Laguna ……….........................……..950 132566 Los Amigos .......................................…………………950 478489 Dee’$ Dollar Bar ........................................................950 372295 Levante ....................................................................950 615224 Pub Millionaire ....................................950 617467 / 637 255978 Lucero ………..................................................……….673 544617 Marcelo Entre Tapas ...................................................950 031812 Martinis ....................................................................950 285330 Mesón Felipe San Bernabé ................950 475966 / 631 301368 Mesón Mémé ……………...........……….674 141159 / 647 954405 Mimi’s Bar ..................................................................651 872604

Moca Cafe Bar …......................................................950 452885 Playa Blanca ...........................................950 473001 / 639 507520 Reina Mora ...............................................................950 473204 Rincon del Zahorí ..................................630 314400 / 625 103672 Rose & Crown (See p.15)........................................634 796884 Rusty Nail ...............................................................662 153813 San Pedro Belgian Bar .............................................722 485340 Scotty's …...................................................................687 382540 The Emerald Isle .....................................................652 105827 The Irish Rover (See p.36).........................................950 473135 The Lemon Lounge .............................................….950 472659 The Roof Garden .................................................674 113218 Trufibar ....................................................................664 103611 Twister .....................................................………………600 006032 Valery Cocktail Bar .........................................................950 615537

San Juan de los Terreros Mi Cortijo ………......................................................…950 466323

Turre Alice’s Bar ……….......................................................677 Chili ...................................................950 468425 / 608 La Pará ……………............................................……637 Rosie Lees .............................................................643

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Palomares 102 Tapas Bar …………....................950 467745 / 615 157905. Asagía Asador ........................................................640 210185 La Dulce Casa ….............................950 618059 / 950 467768 Monika ......................................................................659 672615 The Oasis ............................................950 467381 / 676 365010

Piedra Amarilla, Partaloa Lorena’s ...................................................................634 345353

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Valle del Este Hole in One Karen’s Bar ......................950 461068 / 677 655790

Vera La Amistad …………….…......................................…666 272817

Vera Playa Bar La Reva ..........................................................618 El Balconcito .............................................................635 Frankie’s Bar ............................................................622 La Peperina .........................................678 643013 / 678 The Blue Parrot ......................................................950

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Villaricos Bar La Plaza Villaricos .........................................…950 El Galeon ……...................................................……671 El Gato ..............................................619 884792 / 628 Los Conteros .....................................950 618629 / 699 Lucky Bar Pizzeria ...........................................…….647

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BARS (BEACH BARS) Aku Aku (Mojácar) .............................950 478981 / 607 347612 Alma (Mojácar) …......................................................950 805928 Ankara Beach Terrace (Mojácar) ………........………..950 473042 Armony Beach Club (Vera Playa) …......……………..617 745021 Chiringuito Manacá (Mojácar) ............693 618671 / 600 045599 Costa Tranquila (San Juan de los Terreros)..............620 236798 El Cid (Mojácar) ...................................950 472063 / 696 056128 El Patio (Mojácar) ...............................670 018035 / 629 287265 Hola Ola (Mojácar) ..................................................664 097279 Lola Bbme (Palomares) ……………….634 062350 / 657 303043 Los Tarahis (Agua Amarga) .......................................950 138235 Lua Beach Club (Mojácar) …......................………… 950 472643 Mandala Beach Club (Mojácar) ................................950 473131 Maraú (Vera Playa) ………...........................…………671 580340 Maui (Mojácar) ……...................................................950 478722 Neptuno (Mojácar) (See p.41) ...............................…616 005387 Playa Juana Beach Club (See p.7) ..........................690 984992 Sol y Arena (Mojácar) ..............................................950 478308 Tito’s (Mojácar) ..........................................................950 615030 Trufibar ....................................................................664 103611

Complete Renovations (See p.17) .....644 389255 / 672 379960 Cristalería Omega (Mojácar) …..........950 478137 / 670 500711 Dorothy Baños (Albox)...................................................661 463842 Enrique Aguirre S.L. (Garrucha) .................................950 460028 Homes & Beyond (Garrucha) ....................................950 132458 Mojácar Home Improvements ...................................950 473104 SpeedyFit (Screens) ..................................................600 006032 The Bathroom & Tiling Specialists ...................+44 7756081843 Toldos Farrago (Screens)(Vera) ................................667 567564

BEAUTY See Hair, Health & Beauty BED & BREAKFAST Casa Barranca (Huercal Overa) ..............................648 250699 Casa Montes Guesthouse (Arboleas) ..................... 686 400331 Castellón (Bédar) .......................................................642 435909

BEDS & BEDDING Colchón San Gines (Huércal-Overa) ........................950 Furniture Plus (Puerto de Mazarron)...968 153907 / 678 Me & Mrs Jones (Mojácar) (See p.25).........................634 Sleepcentre (Albox) (See p.6) ..........868 931872 / 671

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BATHROOMS & SHOWERS ABS Advanced Building Services ..............................687 846016 Ana Rodríguez (Huércal-Overa) ..........950 939154 / 606 784598 Cerrajería Jara (Las Buganvillas) ……………………..950 109986

BICYCLE SALES & HIRE Aguila Bike (Las Buganvillas) ........................................950 133063 All Bike All Run Sport (Albox) ...................................647 836426 Bikespin (Huércal-Overa) ................. 950 927678 / 662 543056 Doltcini (Clothing) (Mojácar) ..............950 092600 / 658 028646 Lufran Bike Sport …………....................................….607 074753 Rock & Road (Garrucha) .............................850 992805 / 628 2633389 Rodeca Bike Zone ..................................................950 132525 Weekend Sport (Las Buganvillas) ............................950 460738

BLINDS see Awnings & Blinds BOATS & NAUTICAL Veramotor S.A. ............................................................950 392552

BOAT TRIPS Glass Bottom Boat (Villaricos port) ….......................662 604456 Orca Steve (Mojacar, Garrucha) ..............................634 352873 Partylevante (Puerto Deportivo Garrucha) ...............680 942141 Sunshine Charters (Garrucha) ....................................634 398074

BOOKS Librería Nobel (Vera) ................................................950 392642 The Book Box (Albox) ……................................…….662 585098 The Book People Almería …........……686 817945 / 626 578164

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BOOK PUBLISHING Costa Books ............................................................634 304344

BOWLING CENTRES (10 pin) Almería Ten Pin Bowling (Arboleas) …...................….950 439013 Indalo Bowling Mojácar ............................................950 473073

BUILDING MATERIALS (& Sanitary Ware, Tiles etc) Aridos Mojácar S.L. ……..........................................650 914257 Brico Depôt (Huércal de Almería) …........…………….950 625652 Casa Conchillo (Albox) …..........................................950 430740 Contrucciones Angel Oller (Albox) ...........................950 431453 Comercial Vera (Vera) ........................902 112236 / 950 393329 Enrique Aguirre S.L. (Garrucha) .................................950 460028 Leroy Merlin, Gran Plaza (Roquetas) ….................……950 339800 VeraSur SL (Vera) ....................................................950 393028

BUILDING SERVICES ABS Advanced Building Services ..............................687 846016 Adam's Building Services .............................………..600 041820 Alan Barker ........................................950 099913 / 600 268176 AlmeriaBuilders.com ……......................659 685133 / 950 9305202 Arboleas Building ………........………........................634 306690 Ben Foster Building Services .................................642 471236 CES Builders (Paul) ................................................685 017178 Charlie Fyre ..............................................................686 833444 Christopher Knell Building Contractors .....................634 344450 Complete Renovations (See p.17) .....644 389255 / 672 379960 David Croft (Urcal) ………....................................……661 148067 David Pritchard Construcciones ................................617 698418 Elegant Homes S.L. ..............................950 092603 / 687 629777 Elite Constructions .......................................................636 092632 Genco Construction ...................................................607 271869

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J B General Builder ................................................. 687 024884 BUTCHERS Mario the Handyman ................................................642 245017 Juan’s Carniceria (Mojácar Playa) ........................950 478409 M13 ........................................................................657 105084

Mat Murray ...............................................................647 841750 MD Building Services ..........................628 414861 / 628 414862 Nash Groundworks ..................................................722 546192 PR Building Services ................................................662 422170 Paul Acreman (General Builder) ..............……………607 196779 Saxon’s Complete Building Services ....618 920126 / 968 485729 Sierra Construcción .................................................611 028716 Valoser Obras .............................................................642 016954

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CAKES TO ORDER

Alison’s Homemade British Cakes .............................639 028517 Moca Cafe Bar (Mojácar).........................................950 452885 CARD SHOPS Occasion Cupcakes (Velez Rubio) ............................634 329403 C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) (See p.31).950 634388 / 627 635514 The Cake Boutique (Arboleas) ............................+44 7800 892244 Colin the Card (Albox) .........................................…..650 600032 Forget Me Not (Las Buganvillas) ............................663 302740 CAMPSITES Total Entertainment (Albox) ......................................950 121318 Camping el Cantal (Mojacar) ................................... 950 478204 Total Entertainment (Arboleas) .................................678 009051 Camping Los Gallardos .............................................679 970399 Total Entertainment (Mojácar) ……….................……950 615596 Campsite Marion (Vera) .............................................607 316553 Total Entertainment (Turre) .........................................950 468295

CAR HIRE

CARPENTRY

Al Andalus Car Hire ...................................................664 269440 Bédar Madera (Bédar) ................................................687 503181 Auto Corner (Limousines) .....................950 069198 / 667 439671 Cutler’s Carpentry .................................................697 907708 Caracola (Mojácar) .............................950 473157 / 637 545814 Go2 Joinery & Services ...........................................674 963957 Mojacar Carpentry & Home Improvements ...............603 688622 Simon the Woodworker .............................................667 989270 Unicraft …..............................................................…692 176069 Wildwood Bespoke Joinery ......................................634 328574

CARPET CLEANING Jones’s Mobile Valeting ............................................661 571939

CATERING / EVENTS See also Wedding & Party Planning Elite Cuisine ..........................................................610 Hog Roasts .............................................................671 Costa Coches (Mojácar) ........................950 459208 / 950 069272 The Whole Hog / Hog Roast parties ..968 485729 / 618 Europcar .................................................................950 615101 Soft Ice Cream and Frozen Yoghurt Machines............600 Mo-Car (Mojácar) ................................950 478307 / 626 976973

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CATTERY see Kennels CBD SPECIALISTS

CBD Natural (Huércal Overa) ..............950 882237 / 661 373684

Solvi Car (Mojácar) …………....................................950 478151 SRS Vehicle Services ................................................950 449095

CAR WASH & VALETING

CHILDREN & BABY Baby Basics (Equipment Hire, Albox) ........................950 104345 Mobility Almería (Mojácar Playa) ..............................634 322475 Meditania, Children’s Activity Centre (Turre) ...........661 751244 Funky Monkeys, Pre-school Group (Mojácar) .....……697 264179 Smartie Pants the Clown ............................................617 815221 The Baby Hire Centre ..............................................615 806126

CHIMNEY SWEEPING & REPAIRS Paul the Chimney Sweep …………..617 150300 / 850 993057 Sammy Sweep ..........…............................…………..619 070839

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CHINESE & ASIAN RESTAURANTS Chino Peking (Garrucha) .............................................950 Dragon Chino (Las Buganvillas) ..................................950 Gran Muralla (Albox) ................................................950 Gran Muralla (Turre) ……............................................950 Palacio Imperial Marina (Mojácar Playa) ….................950 Restaurante Asia - Maribo Kitchen ...........................950

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Limpiezas Cristina …..............................................…660 Limpiezas Maxlim (Palomares) …..…...678 567783 / 629 Under Pressure .......................0044 7896 075925 / 633 Upholstery & Leather Cleaning .................................636 Xtreme Cleans Property Care ..................................634

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COMPUTERS

Advance Digital ........................................................616 506569 Beep (Garrucha) ……………..................................….950 133059 CHIROPODIST & PODIATRISTS Clinica Podológica (Garrucha) ..................................950 132768 Compleo Personal I.T. Centre .................................….950 393689

Connexions (Turre) ...................................................950 479502 C.Y.G. Vera ...........................................................950 393350 Don Robinson .........................................................646 587746 Dynos Informatica (Albox) …………...................……..950 430806 George’s Sales & Repair (Vera Playa) ..950 042338 / 661 375489 IKamale-on ……………...............................................950 616521 Infordatox (Albox) .....................................................950 633223 Mark Adamou (Mojácar) .....................634 324918 / 634 306799 Mr. Micro (Turre) ....................................................950 479502 PC Playa (Mojácar) .................................................634 356498 In-Step (Arboleas) ...................................................634 330067 Kim White (Vera Playa) ………...................................637 149659

CIVIL ENGINEERS Isabel Morales ........................................................617 749105

CLAIRVOYANCY / PSYCHIC READINGS Anna (Tarot) ……….........................................………670 897832 Chrissie Cremore ....................................................634 349638 Psychic Karen (Turre) ….........................................663 477658

CLOTHING (Personalised)

PRYS Informatica (Antas) ........................................617 382511

AdverTees (Mojácar Playa) ..........................634 336789 CONSERVATORIES Rascals Designs ............................... 950 064665 / 686 582140 AA Window Doctor ......................…............................630 231644 Tikka Uniforms (Mojácar) ….......................................667 479903 Screenmasters (See p.45)......….…..........................677 152911 SpeedyFit ........................................950 472357 / 600 006032 CLEANING SERVICES Amba Cleaners ........................................................697 Chris .......................................................................627 Clean Team …………..............………850 993202 / 694 Cherie's Ironing & Cleaning (Mojácar) ............………634 Crystal Clear ............................................................637 Daisy Proaño Alcivar (Contract & private) ……...….663 Idea (Mojácar) .. ......................................................605 Jone’s Upholstery & Rug cleaning ….........…………661

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COUNSELLING / HEALING Acupuncture & Massage ...........................................637 Anushree Krementz (Healing / Satsang) ...................672 Barbara Clarke ...........................................................637 Chrissie Cremore (Reiki)............................................634 Donald Mackinnon (Hypnotherapist) ........................628 Eve Morgan .............................................................647

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Fred Smithers (Acupuncture) ...............950 930456 / 618 107351 CURTAINS & SOFT FURNISHINGS Gill Ballard (Healer/Counsellor) ...............................663 336655 Cortinas Gredécor (Vera / Huércal-Overa) ..................950 391361 Heaven Scent Holistics ...........................................663 923733 Curtains with Style (See p.21)...........950 069032 / 678 811125 Hypnotherapy (Karen) .............................................663 477658 Dr. Jane Thompson (Psychotherapy)...968 485729 / 618 920126

Curtainsandthings.................................................……678 684564 Solo Style ………...............................950 528334 / 626 319907 Unicraft Upholstery ...................................................692 176069

Karen Green (Holistic Therapist) .........615 163416 / 850 993150 Kate Roberts ...........................................................950 469540 Malcolm Forrest-Hazell (Counsellor/Psychotherapist) ...693 489725 CYBERCAFES Natural Health (Mojácar) ............UK 0783 4872273 / 658 638142 Can Connect (Albox) …........................................…..950 Shiatsu (Wendy) ....................................................671 851135 Sue Osman (Therapist) ……...............950 473021 / 600 847964 Total Entertainment (Albox) ......................................950 VaVa Yoga y Más (Vera) ........................................ 643 102335 Total Entertainment (Arboleas) .................................678 Total Entertainment (Turre) ........................................950 COURIER DELIVERIES Total Entertainment (Mojácar) …….............................950 Nacex (Mojácar) ………..................................……….950 472940 DAMP PROOFING Offex Spain ................................…….......................966 765950 Spanish Property Choice (Easypost) ..950 615388 / 635 722290 Southern Spain Damp Proofing .................................652

CRAFTS

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DENTISTS / DENTAL TREATMENT

Elaine's Wools (Arboleas) ........................................667 273889 Centro Dental Dr. Cremades (Vera) ........................950 390655 R.F. (Marquetry) .....................................................711 003476 Clinica Dental (Albox) ..............................................950 120732 Simply Art (Albox) …...................................................662 443095 Clinica Dental, Multicentro (Mojácar) ........................950 478989 Clinica Dental Palomares .....................950 109710 / 670 878427 CURRENCY Clinica Dental, Parque Comercial (Mojácar) .............950 478534 Currencies Direct (Mojácar) ...............950 478914 / 626 916443 Clinica Dental Saludent (Huércal-Overa) ……………..950 135672 Global Currency Exchange (Mojácar Playa) ..............950 615319 Dentalbox (Albox) .........................................................950 121284 Nadal Pérez, M A (Turre) .........................................950 479444 Odonto Stetic (Los Gallardos) ...........722 706732 / 950 398993 Puerta de Vera (Vera) ........................................950395319 5,000 copies delivered monthly Valero Martinez (Garrucha) ………............................950 132047

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VaVa Yoga y Más (Vera) ........................................ 643 102335 DJT Electrical Services (Vera) .............686 817945 / 626 578164 Vicki (Turre) .............................................................650 764623 ElectroTorres .....................................677 530410 / 610 750771

DIGGER HIRE See Excavation DIVING See Scuba Diving DOCTORS & CLINICS (Private) Analysis Clinic (Mojácar Playa) .................................950 475282 Centro Médico Mojácar ...............................................950 475105 Clinica Medica Garrucha ……...........950 133157 / 617 404500 Dr. Maria Rose (Garrucha) ..........................................950 132803 Euroclinicas (Vera) ........................................................950 391300

DOG GROOMING Anita (5 Bone Kennels) …………......................……662 344734 Brigbe’s Dog Grooming ...........................................630 557123 Centro Garras (Huércal-Overa) ............950 616820 / 617 456548 Elite Dog Grooming (Albox) …….…...........................617 313587 Luis (Clinica Veterinaria Garrucha) ....950 132200 / 628 663616 Lulu’s (Albox) ...................................950 952940 / 600 046557 Pampered Pooches (All areas)..................................662 344734 Pelitos (Los Gallardos) ..............................................637 286176 Shampooch professional pet grooming ........................642 276442 SoloPerros (Turre) ..................................................674 509382 Ulti-Mutt ......................................+44 7894747657 / 634 332578

EMI Electrical Installations .......................................673 Fernando (Huércal Overa)...........................................677 Francisco Montoya (Mojácar) .........................……….687 N.E.Electrics (Arboleas).............................................634 Peace of Mind 24/7 ............................................... 637 Zlatan ................................................630 207864 / 682

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DOG TRAINING Didi Arias (Mojácar) ……............................................639 724521

DOORS See Windows & Doors DRY CLEANERS City Sec (Vera) .........................................................950 390255

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES

DVD & VIDEO

CDB Natural (Huércal-Overa) ...................................950 882237 Total Entertainment (Albox) ......................................950 121318 Jules Outlet (Mojácar Playa) .....................................633 640918 Total Entertainment (Arboleas) .................................678 009051 Mobility Almería (Mojácar Playa) ......634 322475 / 633 629883 Total Entertainment (Turre) ...950 468295 ...(Mojácar) 950 615596 Voluta's Place (Mojácar Playa) …...............................699 975552 VHS to DVD conversion .. ........................................647 202599

ENTERTAINERS

ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS Eco1 (Garrucha) .........................................................627 690056

ELECTRICAL GOODS Centro Comercial Almanzora (Olula del Rio) .............950 442012 Centro Ferretería Lopez Mojácar ...........................950 473111 De Pablo S.L. (Vera) ..............................................950 390129 Electro Ahorro (Albox) .............................................950 121069 Electro Hogar Rodriguez S.L. (Garrucha)..................950 460832 Euronics .............. (Albox) 950 430702 (Garrucha) 950 460832

ELECTRICIANS A1 Services ………....................................................679 631458 Abbott Electrical ….............................638 010691 / 950 137208 Andy …..............................…................950 438237 / 679 656450 Andy Lake - Williams Electrical ..............................…..677 741366 Baltasar .....................................................................655 691107 Charlie Fyre ................................................................686 833444 Connexions (Turre) ……..............................………….950 479502

Abbie Lou (Female vocalist) .......................................687 340544 Amy Amy Amy Tribute Band ....................................645 886919 Ashley Cathcart .......................................................693 486788 Blues Brothers ........................................................680 355376 Bob Management .......................................................666 310251 Brendan O'Dee (Singer/Guitarist) ..............................610 855964 Brian Dee ………........................................................647 897533 Carol George (Female Vocalist) ............................634 285009 Catchlove Music (Varied styles duo)…...................678 397536 DJ Digit-Al ...............................................................634 338014 Dominic Doolittle ......................................................634 353525 Driftwood …….............................................................687 672028 Dynamite International Rock Band ............................666 310251 Emma Wild ..............................................................642 276385 Flamenco Dancer (English speaking) ...............687480694 Francisco J. ‘Pasus’ ..........................950 397401 / 699 510966 Funky Nomad ..........................................................643 256459 Georges Femenias (vocalist/guitar) ……...…………….634 300356

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Good stand in drummer ...........................................648 699733 GuitarMac ( Guitar/Vocals ) .....................................634 340476 Harmony Duo .........................................................687 340544 Jill Farmiloe (Female vocalist) .................................607 443908 Jim Mackie (Piano Man) ..........................................651 751629 JuJu Entertainment ............................950 950797 / 697 462746 Kay Frances (Vocalist) ........................950 069288 / 689 404244 Kayleigh Easton (vocals) ...................................... 642 581198 Kev Moore .............................................................600 762856 Kris Kelly (Female Vocalist) .................................. 634 374525 Lady Ellen Sings .............................673 459331 / 677 475268 Loose Change ..............................................................671 754851 M & M's Rock & Roll Revue ...................................699 462859 M Soul & Motown (all music styles) ........................634 340409 Maurice Casanove ....................................................671 386947 Maximum Output Karaoke /Disco ............................697 317557 Mel J (Female Vocalist) ........................................664 111990 Melodee (Duo) ................................610 855964 / 664 111990 Melodeemusic (Backing Tracks & Recording Studio).....610 855 964 Menta & Canela Duo ..............................................645 886919 Northern Lights Karaoke …...............................……..697 500673 Phil and The Invisibles ..................... 950 475752 / 651 045120 Richard Hill ..............................................................670 243461 Roadrunner (duo) ......................... 628 122363 / 684 330431 Robin Lamble ..........................................................602 469425 Rocio Starry (Vocalist) .............................................645 886919 Roy Fox ..............................................................711 003476 Sabrina Lloyd ..........................................................661 055440 Sharna Knight (Vocalist & Entertainer) ....................0044 7340 638513 Sharon-Elizabeth Regan ........0044 7858 459637 / 666 673055 Shirin (bellydancer) .................................................607 805367 Short-Fuse Blues Band...............................................651 610189 Smartie Pants the Clown ............................................617 815221 Solo Simon ...............................................................667 989270 Spotlight Entertainment (Karaole, disco etc.) .............634 311652 Starry Jazz trio/quintet .............................................645 886919 Sue Moretta .............................................................672 148730 The Fat Lizard Band .....(English) 651 045120 (Esp) 617 464728 The Opium Buddhas ………………….687 033106 / 667 989270 Tom Lee ……............................................................671 754851 Tony Matthews (Quiz organiser) ..............................634 391414 Tony Justice ……….............................950 950797 / 637 159249 Trio Chaos ................................................................687 361440 Triple Trouble Blues Band ........................................671 754851

ESTATE AGENTS

Casa y Campo (Lubrin) .............................................678 587007 Casas Almería (Huércal Overa) ..........950 134434 / 649 777218 Citrus Homes ...........................................................638 849254 Cole's of Andalucia ...............................950 469592 / 697 640681 Complete Holiday Care .......................950 478612 / 610 808631

Cortijos Almería …………............……........................676 916088 D & D Property Care, Sales & Rentals .....643 335386 / 643 337063 Destination Spain Property Services .........................672 668803 Dream Homes Almería (Arboleas) ...............................697 875717

Españarural (Albox) ............................950 102505 / 654 Euroxan (Vera) .........................................................699 Fincas Vera Playa ..............................950 460670 / 639 Find Me A Home .................................951 914195 / 636 FW Properties ................................634 325152 / 634 Grupo Platinum Estates (San Juan) .950 466122 / 666 Homes of Spain (Huércal Overa).........950 616516 / 616 Indal-futur S.L. (Mojácar) ……............950 615156 / 609 Indalo Real Estate ...........................950 091137 / 616 Indasol Mojácar S.L. .................................................950 Inmobiliaria Almanzora ..................... 9501 20406 / 637 InmoTerreros (San Juan) ...............950 096180 / 666 K7 Mojácar ...............................................................950

Alhambra Holdings (Mojácar)...............950 475199 / 629 673450 AlmeríaCasas ...........................................................950 387852 Almería Homes ................................0044 1273 929286 / 950 930 259 Almería Property Agency (Arboleas) ..670 596085 / 628 872334 Almeria Property Finder (Albox) ................................950 431624 Almería Prop. Investments (Las Buganvillas).950 460874 / 666 260792 Angel Property (Palomares) .....................................950 618054 Antonio Martinez de la Casa (Energy certs)..............950 092094 Arboleas Property Shop .................…....................…958 003391 BMS Huerta Nueva ............................950 615035 / 669 355914 Calida Homes (Arboleas)......................950 430763 / 634 302801

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Linnitt Properties (Turre).............................................950 479054 Spanish Hideaways (Oria) ....................634 366672 / 676 604008 Mojácar Estates (See p.50)......................................950 478935 Spain Assured (See front cover)............950 469622 / 634 300020 Spain Property Finder …..............……........................686 878789 Spanish Property Choice (Mojácar Playa)...................950 615388 Sun Med Properties (Vera Playa) ............................…..950 618209 Vaitier SL (Cabrera) .....................................................609 626140 Veritas Homes (Mojácar) ............................950 472430 / 610 053563 VIP Almería (Mojácar Playa) (See back)..950 472524 / 617 587903 Voss Homes (Huercal-Overa) ...................667 891 741 / 950 616 827

Mojacarmar ......................................950 475891 / 636 903184 Multicasa Aguilas .................................................... 968 493009 Neinor Homes (Mojácar) ..........................................900 110022 New Horizon Villas (Zurgena) ..................................950 438221 New One Stop (Mojácar) (See p.49)...........................950 473040 New Wave Villas (Mojácar) (See back cover)950 475800 / 607 146352 Next Stop Almería (See p.3)..............950 617518 / 678 034651 Nicla Property Consultancy S.L. ............950 133508 / 628 585538 WPMS Inmobiliario (Villaricos) ..........678 321111 / 950 618697

EVENT MANAGEMENT See also Wedding and Party Planning JuJu Entertainment .............................950 950797 / 697 462746

EXCAVATION Aridos Mojácar S.L. (Vera) .....................................650 Bob (Mini digger) (Albox) ..........................................642 Diego Ramos S.L. (Los Gallardos) ……..............…..647 El Cano SL )Mojácar) ................................................950

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Okisur (Mojácar) .........................................................950 472010 Olive Property Sales (Bédar)(See cover) .950 469624 / 687 938466 Polansky and Associates ..........................................950 478086 Price Brown Partnership (Mojácar) (See p.64/65)....950 478915 Property Floor Plans ................................................619 672431 Real Almería Property (Mojácar) .......950 336 769 / 620 368194 Realtors MB Spain ..................................................678 347125

Elite Plant Hire (JCB) ………….................................636 092632 MD Digger Hire & Construction.................................634 375428 Nash Groundworks ...................................................722 546192

EXCURSIONS Andinas Buggy Treks ..............................................645 984122 C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) (See p.31).950 634388 / 627 635514 Costa Almería Tours ..................................................646 760389 Day Tours Almería ............................651 592836 / 645 253155 Indalo Quads (Mojácar) ...........................................634 315074 Rural Almería (Mojácar Playa) ................................…950 472200 Mojácar Jeep Tours .................................................611 028716 Santiburi Properties (Cabrera & Mojácar) 694 404971 / 647 901478 Mountain Biking Spain …...............……637 831509 / 661 178656 Sol y Mar (Albox) ...............................950 064584 / 635 979829 Rancho Luz del Sol (Partaloa) …..........……...……………..642 1185467 Sonia Cantalejo Bueno (Energy Certs.)......................608 147640 Spanish Estate Agents (Albox) ………950 431855 / 661 143871

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FABRICS

Curtains with Style (See p.21)...........950 069032 / 678 811125 Chimeneas Mojácar S.L. (Mojácar Playa) ..............950 472135

FASHION Dandara (Garrucha) ................................................950 617013 Etcetera (Mojácar Playa) ...........................................950 532810 Garabatis (Children's) Mojácar Playa …..........………670 035630 Glad Rags (Albox) ……….........................................634 313071 H & R Men's Fashion (Albox) …................................692 682164 Jules Outlet (Mojácar) ...............................................633 640918 Liz Fashion Accessories (Garrucha) .627 970819 / 607 511179 Manumaga (Mojacar Playa) …………..........................659 884479 Modern Times (Mojácar Playa) …..........…………….950 475207 Oasis Fashions (Mojácar Playa) (See p.5)...............950 473222 Palme (Mojácar Playa) ............................................950 472813 FITNESS & DANCE Prins Vitali (Mojacar) ….............................................950 478690 See also Activities-Clubs-Associations Saga Boutique (Mojácar) .........................................950 475258 Sunflower (Mojácar) ..........................950 023030 / 600 880525 Alison .....................................................................666 273168 Ananda Yoga & Holistic Centre (Mojácar) ...............617 719913 Aqua Aerobics - Marianne (Arboleas) .......................637 435864 FENCING Chain Link Almanzora ………...................................697 801875 Club Deportivo Puerto Rey ......................................950 460545 Debbie James (Personal training) (Mojácar) ...........687 619239 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS Dorothy Rowntree, personal trainer (Mojácar)..........666 815838 Aero Extinción S.L. (Almería) …............………………..950 263565 Fitness For All (Bédar) ………..........…………………..647 593323 Extin-Torres S.L. (Mojácar) ............................................950 475067 Gimnasio Formas (Turre) .............................................950 468065 Gympower (Personal trainer) (Albox) ......................609 591606 FINANCIAL SERVICES AMASS ……......................................................……..678 035992 Javi Orta, personal trainer (Mojácar) .........................651 693681 Blacktower (See p.127) .........................................657 684094 Jova Sport Center (Mojácar Playa) ............................950 473137 CG Legal & Financial (Mojácar Playa) ..950 472504 / 670 215926 Currencies Direct (Mojácar) …....…...…950 478914 / 626 916443 Indalo Partners ........................................................950 472242

Platino Gym (Mojácar Playa) .....................................950 284845 Sano Centre (Albox) ...................................................610 544306 Sano Centre (Huércal-Overa) ..................................666 021259 Kennedy Financial Services .........................................678 035992 Sierra Club Desert Springs ........................................687 599115 Offshore Money Management .............952 830916 / 950 398078 Sol Yoga Centre (Arboleas) .........................................686 400331 Sophia Wellness Centre (Arboleas) ...........................950 449451

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Valle Del Este Spa & Health Centre ..........................950 548600 VaVa Yoga Studio (Vera) .........................................643 102335 Vicki’s Fitness & Slimming ........................................650 764623

Yoga therapies & slimming (Turre & Vera) ....................643 102335

FISHING Orca Steve Sea Fishing (Mojacar/Garrucha) ……… 634 352873 Pete Fishing Trips (Mojácar/Garrucha) …..................634 379173 Rio 600 Boat Fishing (Sid & Graham). 647 020929 / 647 803030

FISH & CHIPS Kingfisher (Pueblo Laguna) ......................................663 553001

FOOD SHOPS Catch of the Day UK Fishmonger ........ 634 301490 / 634 304288 Eurowise (Albox) ……………….............................…..950 439801 Gastronomía (Delicatessen) (Las Buganvillas) .......950 132048 Home Sweet Home (Turre) ...............................……..950 479487 La Maruja (Mojácar) ..................................................664 647171 La Venta de Alfaix Minimarket (Alfaix) ..........................950 469660 Las Buganvillas Minimarket ………........................…..635 036408 Manoli (Arboleas) …...................................................627 941654 Price Busters (Albox) .................................................950 951494 Sol Supermercado (Albox) ….......................................950 430043 The Chippy (La Alfoquía) ........................................634 324484 Spar Supermarket (Huércal-Overa) ...........…………..950 135222 Spices n' Herbs in Spain (Albox)...............................689 482694 Super Corner (Turre)..........................950 468303 / 637 016107 FLORISTS Hortiflor (Mojácar) ....................................................950 478985 The Corner Shop (Albox) ………………950 930539 / 680 776791 Isamy Florist (Los Gallardos) ...................................670 215902 FUNCTION VENUES LIS Florist (Garrucha) ................................................950 460901 Miraflores Restaurant (Camping Los Gallardos) .........650 418954 Penny’s Florist (Mojacar) ..........................................645 351767 Persa Floristas (Albox) …….......................................950 120211 FUNERAL COMPANIES CollyFer (Huércal Overa) …….............617 456259 / 617 456335

FLY SCREENS AA Window Doctor ..............……….........................…630 231644 Armadillo …..............................................................663 303350 Bugs ...........................................................................600 049515 Coastal Mosquitoes ...........................606 040462 / 610 000700 Curtains with Style (See p.21).........950 069032 / 678 811125 Dave ........................................................................634 351275 Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196 SpeedyFit ..............................................950 472357 / 600 006032 Toldos Farrago (Vera) ...............................................667 567564 Tony Justice ...................................…..950 950797 / 637 159249 Mojácar Home Improvements .........................…….950 473104

Funeral Homes Robles (Cuevas) ..............................657 921383

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FURNITURE, RUSTIC/HANDMADE La Buena Artesania (Mojácar) ....................................950 475508 The Furniture Doctor .............................................667 989270

FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS Abodes (Mojácar Playa) ...............................................697 778355 Casa Carma (Turre) ...................................................645 080310 Continental Descanso (Antas) 950 459011 (Albox) ...950 633288 El Rincón de Mueble ....(Vera)950 460867 (Antas) 950 459071 Elleann’s Homestyle .................................................674 514999 Embargos Bestiales (Antas El Real) ......................950 105711 Fig Furnishings (Mojácar Playa) ...............................643 065179 Funeraria Ntra. Sra. de las Angustias (Vera) 950 390884 / 607 705672 Furniture Plus (Puerto de Mazarrón)....968 153907 / 678 083491 Funeraria Pérez (Mojácar) ........................................950 478102

Homecentre (Albox) (See p.6)...........868 931872 / 671 715294 Homes & Beyond (Garrucha) ..................................950 132458 Avalon Europe S.L. ............................950 069012 / 634 321296 Ideas del Mueble (Antas) ...........................................950 452816 Golden Leaves Funeral Plans (Benitachell)............. 966 493082 Indalocio Garden Furniture & BBQs (See 29)..............850 993090 Iberian Funeral Plans (See p.35)...........951 203994 / 965 993498 Inspired (Furniture & BBQs) (El Real, Antas) (See p.4) 950 147763 Koala Furniture (Antas).................................….........950 392307 La Lonja (Lorca) (See p.27) ........................................968 443322 Linea Nueva (Arboleas) ……………….620 237529 / 950 120630 Me & Mrs Jones (Mojácar) (See p.25).........................634 364795

FUNERAL PLANS

FURNITURE PACKAGES Furniture Plus (Puerto de Mazarron)...968 153907 / 678 083491 Homes & Beyond (Garrucha) ....................................950 132458

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430778 GIFT SHOPS 132443 Isabella (Vera Playa) ......................................................637 188901 095096 GLASS CURTAINS 596220 176069 Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196 Screenmasters (See p.45)......….…...........................677 152911 GARDENS SpeedyFit .......................................950 472357 / 600 006032 24hr Casaserve ..................................950 466438 / 676 306269 Toldos Farrago (Vera) ...............................................667 567564 Agave …….................................................................617 826334 GLAZING (Supply & Repair) Antas Garden Centre (El Real) .............................610 243838 AA Window Doctor ......................…............................630 231644 Cedar Landscapes …….............……....................…620 112193 Cristalería Mojácar …............................................…..950 475376 Chris (Gardening) .................................................643 082899 Cristalería Omega (Mojácar) …..........950 478137 / 670 500711 Clean Team …………..............………850 993202 / 694 440184 Cristalería Rubi (Vera) ………......................................950 390546 Complete Pool & Property Maintenance 634 343541 / 634 891709 SpeedyFit ............................................950 472357 / 600 006032 Indalocio Garden Furniture & BBQs (See p.28/29)...850 993090 Inspired (Furniture & BBQs) (El Real, Antas) (See p.4) 950 147763 GOLD & JEWELLERY BUYING Jardin Natural ............................................................685 478187 Gold & Jewellery Buying ...........................................616 453813 L & M Landscapes .................................................670 409538 GOLF COURSES La French Touch ......................................................607 226269 Aguilon Golf (Pulpi) ......................................………..672 655600 Lady Muck Gardening .............................................697 317557 Cortijo Grande ..........................................................950 479176 Madera Mania (Garden Supplies) ….........................667 562872 Desert Springs ........................................................637 861591 Mel Wood Landscapes ...................................0044 7973843706 Macenas Beach Golf ...................…....................…..950 548240 Mobile Shredder & Mulch Garden Service .............687 024884 Marina Golf ..............................................................950 133230 Nash Groundworks ..................................................722 546192 Valle del Este ...........................................................950 398743 Muebles Rodríguez (Los Llanos, Arboleas) …...........950 Muebles La Simona (Garrucha) ...............................950 Oak Furniture Spain (See p.29)........622 288750 / 681 Sofa & Sofa (Las Buganvillas) ..........654 596247 / 654 Unicraft (El Real, Antas) ............................................692

GOLF TUITION Gareth Edwards (Cortijo Grande) …...........................950 Marcus (Mojácar) .....................................................610 Neil Evans (Desert Springs Golf Resort) ............... 638 Valle del Este (Vera) ...............................................676

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GRASS, ARTIFICIAL Grass 4 U .................................................................638 574145 Greenfingers Arboleas S.L. ..........……......……………629 947633 Inspired (El Real, Antas) (See p.4) .................... 950 147763 Nash Groundworks .....................................................722 546192 Potty Finca Services ..................……..950 163930 / 616 855294 Tiger Turf ............................................950 431624 / 635 652745 Riegos y Conducciones (Antas, El Real) .................950 459146 GUTTERING Xtreme Cleans Property Care ..................................634 328911 Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196

GAS INSTALLATION & REPAIRS

Smith Plumbing (Spanish Authorised).........................950 468041

HAIR, HEALTH & BEAUTY Affinity Beauty Treatments (Turre) ............................678 992093 Anavi Estillistas (Palomares) .....................................670 094722 Angela Ellis - Holistic Therapist ...............................642 577637

GAS TANK SUPPLIERS Gas Alboran ..........................................656 662000 / 950 259382 Avon Co-ordinator (Jane) ……...................................670 722705

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Avon Cosmetics (Arboleas) ………........................….691 987454 Avon Cosmetics (Bedar) ...........................................950 398980 Avon Cosmetics (Húercal Overa) …....647 092010 / 950 137208 Avon Cosmetics (Los Gallardos) .............................687 960362 Avon Cosmetics (Los Gallardos camping ) ..............950 469684 Avon Cosmetics (Turre & Vera) .................................643 102335 Avon (Total Entertainment, Albox) .............................950 121318 Avon (Total Entertainment, Arboleas) ........................678 009051 Beaches (Hair & Beauty) (Mojácar) ..............................950 473110 Beauty by Marilyn ....................................................950 398852 Beauty Center (Mojácar) (See p.37)..........................687 480694 Bonita Hair & Beauty Salon (Mojácar) ......................950 473159 CDB Natural (Skin care) (Huércal-Overa) ................950 882237 Carlos Barber Shop (Mojácar Playa)..........................610 575911 Centro Estética (Mojácar Playa) …..................………950 472680 Claire & Inma (Mojácar Playa) ................................950 147630

El Rincon de Mary (Mojácar) Yasmin .....................656 646257 Elaine Mobile Hairdresser (Coast & Inland).................634 379424 Elegance (Turre) ......................................................634 308877 Etticut (Turre) .............................................................667 971960 Farrow's Hair Design (Arboleas) .................................950 634346 Favola (Las Buganvillas) (See p.33).........................675 622216 Forever Chic (Palomares) ......................................601 634193 Heaven Scent (Huércal-Overa) ……....................…..663 923733 IIsabel Castaño (Hairdresser, Bédar) ..666 045552 / 950 469462 Jean & Co.(Mojácar Playa) ……..............................…950 615094 Jenny’s Hair Design (Albox) .....................................620 447858 Kyra Beauty Salon (Arboleas) ...........950 106294 / 643 357906 Jing Nails .................................................................622 251432 Julian Hair Design ....................................................634 354507 Julie Rodriguez .......................................................634 338017 Kim White (Beauty)(Vera & Mobile) ………...……….637 149659 Lavender and Lemons ..............................................643 790511 LU & NA (Valle del Este) …….............................…950 461113 Marcela Torres (Manicure & Pedicure) .....................697 421672 Miki Designe (Villaricos) ............................................635 867757 Naturalmente Mediterraneo (Skin care) (Garrucha) …655 299494 Nina’s Beauty Therapy ..................................................642 131966

Cloud 9 (Mojácar) .........................................................662 226086 Cutting Edge (Hair & Beauty) (Albox) .........................950 633086 Dave Eccles (Mobile Hairdresser) ......950 525790 / 687 033106 Donna's (Albox)..................................950 930167 / 628 669456 El Rincon de Mary (Mojácar) ................................... 663 561521

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Oceanic Massage Therapies (Mojácar)...666 710964 / 687 Opulence (La Alfoquía) …...........................................619 Pascal Chevallier Emporium (Mojácar) ........................950 Pampered Beauty Centre (Palomares) .650 092766 / 950

619239 467295 472790 618129

Stella’s Hair & Beauty (Las Buganvillas) ..................950 Sunlight Spain (Herbal Products) ...............................684 VaVa Yoga y Más (Vera) ........................................ 643 Wacky Barber & Hairdresser (Mojácar) ....................667 Wavelengths (Albox) .............................................…950

699973 212474 102335 961645 120309

HARDWARE OUTLETS Enrique Aguirre S.L. (Garrucha) .................................950 460028 Ferretería Gonzalez (Mojácar) ……….........................666 471384 Ferretería López (Mojácar) ……..................................950 615026 Ferretería Longo (Albox) ……....................................950 430064 Ferretería Soler (Garrucha) ……..................................950 460073

HEALTH FOODS Girasol (Albox) ….......................................................639 Home Sweet Home (Turre) ..............................……..950 La Maruja (Mojácar) ...............................................664 Pure Natural Deodorant ...........................................950 066163 Las Hierbas de Maria (Mojácar) ..............…………….657 R retreat (Cucador) ……...........…...............................626 144680 HEATING Room 97 (La Alfoquia) .............................................683 479261 Salon de Peluqueria y Estetica (Garrucha) ...............950 133162 ABC (A Better Climate) (See p.11).......647 247494 / 950 Sarah Noble (mobile hairdresser) ...........................692 195500 Graham (oil heating) ……….....................................620 Shiatsu Centro de Terapia (Huércal Overa) .............671 851135 Neater Heater ………...................................………….634 Sophia Wellness Centre (Arboleas) ...........................950 449451

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Baby Basics (Equipment Hire) ...................................950 104345 Parador de Mojácar ...................................................950 478250 Mobility Almería (Mojácar Playa) .............................634 322475 HOUSE & PET SITTING Expecting a Baby (Almanzora Valley) ....950 436581 / 666 375688 Chris Leek ...................................................................642 608805 Sound Systems ..........................…............................630 231644 David .............................................................................. 950 099905 HOME CARERS see also Nursing Linda Pettit ...............................................................642 016954 Angels Nursing Group ...............................................902 026468 Louise B. (LouB’s) ....................................................664 038031 Committed2ucommunitycare ......................................684 333442 Sharon Presley ..........................................................648 069200 Helping Hands Mojacar (Kirsty Ratcliffe) .................678 590988 HOUSE CLEARANCE Michaela Talbot .........................................................622 015765 Almeria Castaño House Clearance .........................611 028716 HORSE RIDING Items For Sale Mojácar .......................694 439275 / 950 478753 Centro Hipico Valle del Almanzora .........................691 241878 The Attic (Cucador) ..…….…................672 184354 / 648 250699 Didi Arias (Mojácar) ...............................................639 724521 Media Legua Equestrian Centre (Vera) ..............……667 243561 HOUSEHOLD GOODS Rancho Luz del Sol (Partaloa) .................................642 118546 Home Store ........………..............………850 993202 / 694 440184 Sanctuary Limaria .....................................................628 239696 Home Sweet Home (Turre) ................................……..950 479487

HOTELS & HOSTALS Casona Granado (Nr Lubrin) ...................................950 069077 Hostal Don Tadeo (Villaricos) ..................................950 467105 Hostal El Olivar (Mojácar Pueblo) .........950 472022 / 672 019767 Hostal Muria (Villaricos) ..............................................642 050290 Hostal Playa Azul (Villaricos) ................950 467075 / 609 386282 Hotel Al Sur (Calabardina) .........................................968 419466 Hotel Carlos 111 (Aguilas) ......................................968 411650 Hotel Carmona (Vera) ..............................................950 390760 Hotel - Casa Rural, Cortijo de la Media Luna (Mojácar) 950 478813 Hotel El Paso (Aguilas) ….........................................968 447125 Hotel Family (Agua Amarga) ......................................950 138014 Hotel Madrid (Aguilas) ................................................968 411109 Hotel Mamabel's (Mojacar Pueblo) .....950 472448 / 663 700542 Hotel Mayari (Calabardina) .................620 629508 / 968 409338 Hotel Overa (See p.61) ............................................950 470879 Hotel Playa (Mojácar) (See p.48) ...........................600 350382 Hotel Puntazo (Mojácar) ...........................950 478265 / 950 478 229 Hotel Rural Azabache (Arboleas)..................................690 258813 Hotel Mexico (Puerto Rey) ......................................950 132061 Hotel Salinas (Cabo de Gata) .....................................950 370103 Hotel & Spa Don Juan (Aguilas) ................................968 493493 Hotel Tikar (Garrucha) ..............................................950 617131 Hotel Valhalla (Carboneras) ......................................950 130444 Hotel Valle del Este ...................................................950 398743 Hotel Virgen del Mar (Mojácar) ..................................902 472222 La Esperanza (Mojácar Playa) ..........686 906624 / 606 916055

HYGIENE & FOOD HANDLING Grupo Sedesa (Vera) ...............................................950 390990

INSURANCE Adeslas ............................................950 472701 / 633 431900 Albox Insurance .......................................................950 121943

Alhambra Holdings (Mojácar)...............950 475199 / 629 673450

ASSSA Seguros (Vera) (See p.33) ..........……………950 392487 Asisa (Vera) ................................................................950 391950 Axa .....................................................950 478763 / 609 667333 BWI Bryan White Insurance (Mojácar) ......................950 472098 Catalana Occidente (Palomares) ..............................950 618054 Catalana Occidente (Mojácar Playa) .........................950 478307 Edward William (Marine Insurance) ……………….….952 476090 García & Trinidad (Albox) …….............950 120340 / 620 240563 Gestoría Salvador (Mojácar Playa) ..........................950 473192 Las Colinas Suitotel (San Juan de Los Terreros) .........950 466353 Grupo Catalana Occidente (Mojácar Pueblo) 950 478061 / 653 806 908

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Call 670 84 92 65 or email almeriafocus@gmail.com GSF Communications ................................................950 473102 IPTV UK ....................................................................603 613918 IPTV Spain UKTV ...............................654 617496 / 699 386277 Mobility Almería (Mojácar Playa) .............................634 322475 PC Playa (Mojácar) ......................................................634 356498 S E Telecoms ............................................................697 780499 UKTV Almería ....................................850 993202 / 694 440184

INTERNET PROVIDERS Albox Online (See next page) .............................950 091111

Ibex Insurance Services Ltd (Mojácar & Albox) ........950 120070

Connexions (Turre) ……..............................…………..950 479502 Next .............................................................................950 479369 Plusnet ................................................744 610389 / 850 992555 Liberty Seguros (Turre) ….................950 479568 / 620 179206 GSF Communications ...............................................950 473102 Liberty Seguros (See p.23).....................................913 422549 Satcomms ..............................................951 406556 / 622 524335 Linea Directa ………....................................................902 123248 INTERPRETING/TRANSLATIONS Mapfre (Mojácar) ...950 478151 (Garrucha)................950 617376 1-2-1 Translations (Spanish, English, Norwegian)......662 390453 Maxine Morgan Liberty Seguros (Las Buganvillas) ........669 074 996 Alpha Interpreting and Translation .......950 133508 / 677 530690 Mojácar Insurance ...................................................634 323399 Andrés (Mojácar) ........................................................679 932632 Sol y Mar (Albox) ……….....................950 064584 / 654 590258 Antonio García Russell (Mojácar) ..............................606 198958 Sol Insure ………..........................................………..950 472098 C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) (See p.31).950 634388 / 627 635514 Carolina Pérez Gallardo (Sworn Translator) ..............647 863745 INTERIOR DESIGN Evie Fox-Rayner ................................603 493163 / 653 714767 Curtains with Style (See p.21) ..........950 069032 / 678 811125 Deco-house (Ann) .....................................................666 260792 Essential Solutions …….............................................627 245658 Lola Barranco ………..........................950 086116 / 691 261818

INTERNET CAFES see Cybercafes INTERNET TV Connexions (Turre) ...............................................950 479502 DCM Digitek Comms (Mojácar) (See p.19) .950 472947 / 670 084438 Europa Digital .......................................950 133233 / 678 332815 Ezetv .......................................................................950 091112

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Carolyn (Mojácar area) ........................950 132905 / 608 692545 Cristina …….......................................................…..626 741386 Clara Mata ..............................................................629 132529 Starena (Vera Playa) ..............................................672 668803 Donna González-Linnitt ...........................................699 067922 Elizabeth ..................................................................662 504734 Espanglish Translation & Interpreters . 950 390037 / 950 392876 Hind (Mojácar - French, Arabic, English) .................616 605341 Joanne Tissington ……………...................................637 267150 Kathryn Jones .........................................................629 931125 Laberinto (Spanish, English, French, Dutch) .............609 781438 Marcela Chávez Riveros (Mojácar) .......................... 676 951352 Marguerite ……....................................................…..687 814157 Marisa .......................................................................636 179128 Michaela Talbot .........................................................622 015765 Milena (Albox) ………....................……654 359607 / 711 794366 Pedro ......................................................................655 510420 Robert Boucher .........................................................693 618705 Simply Solved ………...............................................663 327091 Susi ..................................................................................617 920 190 Traducciones Levante ...............................................606 953775 Wendy Interpreter/Translator ................................. 661 194278 Yamile (Written Translations) ....................................626 207575

Pet Sitting in Your Home ………….......................…….637 061482 Sharon Presley ..........................................................648 069200 Sleepy Hollow (Huércal-Overa) ….............................617 313587 The Hilton Cattery ............................950 163489 / 664565479 Woodhouse Boarding Kennels/Cattery (Arboleas)….950 930585

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KITCHENS

24hr Casaserve .................................950 466438 / 676 Artizan (Vera) (See p.2) ..................…950 390635 / 661 Charlie Fyre ..............................................................686 Cocinas El Real (Los Gallardos) .........639 036051 / 622 IRONING Cocinas Puntocom (Huércal-Overa) ...950 921975 / 722 Cherie's Ironing & Cleaning (Mojácar) ............………634 301389 Complete Renovations (See p.17) .....644 389255 / 672 Clean Team …………..............………850 993202 / 694 440184 Ergo Küchen (Huércal-Overa) ...................................636 Harlequin Kitchens (Albox) ……........………………….619 JEWELLERY Castellón (Bédar) .................. ....................................642 435909 Homes & Beyond (Garrucha) ....................................950 Jewellery Paula (Albox) ...........................................960 430871 Joyería Pérez (Garrucha) ........................................950 460636 La Luna (Garrucha) .................................................950 132543

306269 985310 833444 232186 136950 379960 447730 584405 132458

KENNELS, CATTERIES & PET SITTING Animal Hotel (Águilas) ..............................................639 722197 Boarding Kennels Los Llanos de Rosa (cats & dogs) ..629 448073 Country Kennel (Turre) .........................950 473011 / 627 564640 Dog & Cat Sitter Service …………………..................676 389592 Gail .....................................................693 769079 / 697 500673 Five Bone Hotel (Turre) ............................................630 234556 J.B. Kitchen Fitters (Turre) .......................................687 024884 KDI Kitchens .............................................................605 163613 La Lonja (Lorca) (See p.27) ........................................968 443322 Mojácar Home Improvements ....................................950 473104

Kareclif Cattery (Albox) ...........................................677 Kit Cat Luxury Cat Suites (Los Gallardos) ..............674 Palomino Kennels & Cattery ……....…671 916426 / 950 Paws*A*While (Nr Albox) …....................................…696

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Cervantes Alarcon Consulting (Garrucha) 950 106490 / 647 863787 Gecko Legal Services S.L. (Mojácar) 950 475949 / 638 264621 Gestoría Salvador (Mojácar Playa) ........................950 473192 Gestoría Soria Bonilla (Mojácar) ................................950 478420 Kim Clark UK Benefit advice ……..….950 169729 / 663 297568 Mayor Consulting (Garrucha) .......................................950 615185 LAUNDERETTES Mojácar Playa Asesores ……........………...……………950 472710 Bish’s (Mojácar Playa) .............................................639 161725 Pilar Pérez Gestión S.L. (Mojácar) ............................950 478863 The Laundry Room (Vera Playa) ...............................666 007824 Vera Advisors (Vera) .................................................950 390621 MS Legal ..............................................950 479613 / 634 322827 LAUNDRIES City Sec (Vera) .........................................................950 390255 Villalba Asesores (Albox) ..............................................950 431720 Clean Team Laundry Service ...................................634 332502 LEISURE ACTIVITIES Costa-Azul (Aguilas) ……..........................................968 414327 and TOURIST ATTRACTIONS Ivi's Lavanderia (Las Buganvillas) ............................950 132657 Almería Ten Pin Bowling (Arboleas) …...................….950 439013 LEGAL SERVICES Extreme Adventure Mojácar ......................................687 919840 Indalo Bowling Mojácar ............................................950 473073 See also Solicitors ALO Services (Zurgena) ......................950 449179 / 667 994682 Karting (Garrucha) ….........................................……950 460207 Asesoría Sánchez Moral (Mojácar) ...........................670 099726 Lunar Cable Park (Cuevas del Almanzora) .................665 512873 Nautarium Sea Museum (Garrucha) ………........…..950 139554 Barbara Caparros Ridao (Vera) …..........................950 390427 CG Legal & Financial (Mojácar Playa) ..950 472504 / 670 215926 Paintball Almanzor (nr. Arboleas) ..................………..619 559261 Paragliding ………................................635 243539 / 680 358549 Sol-Aero (Vera) ..................................609 685132 / 661 985358 Water Park (Vera Playa) …...................................…..902 361294

LANDSCAPING

D & C Landscaping ..................................................634 359082 La French Touch .................. ..................................607 226269 Mel Wood Landscapes ...................................0044 7973843706 Nash Groundworks .....................................................722 546192

LIGHTING Light & Luz (Vera) ...............................950 391804 / 686 457714

LOCKSMITHS 24hr Locksmith .....................................950 472982 / 658 828560 Guzman Seguridad (Albox) ..................950 431497 / 617 272885 Locksmith (Dean) .....................................................666 949213

Cam Concepts S.L. (Huércal-Overa) …......…………. 950 471357

Phil the Pick 24hr (Arboleas) …................................697 243181

LOGS FOR SALE Antonio Diaz .............................................................689 127535 Colin & Carlos ....................................660 903158 / 630 455328 Firewood Arboleas .................................................647 932078 Las Norias Carden Centre (Los Gallardos) ..............670 215902 Leña Ramos (Arboleas) ….........................................616 044719 Lee (Arboleas) ...........................................................636 092632 Leñas Cazorla (Turre) ...............................................607 827783 Levante Logs ............................................................670 243724 Log-On-Tommy …........................................................619 070839 Palm Deliveries (Albox) .....................950 122416 / 686 966008 Phil (Arboleas) …........................................................634 328779

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Potty Finca Services ............................950 163930 / 616 855294

MARKETING Edela Media (Social Media) (Mojácar) ....................607 Mojácar Business (Social Media) ............................950

MASSAGE Acupuncture & Massage ..........................................637 Alternativa (Jessica Rippin) ......................................676 Anushree (Cranio - Sacral -Therapy) ......................672 Authentic Thai Massage (Jom) ..................................616 Holistic Massage, Lorraine ................950 064484 / 687 Lymphatic Drainage & Cranio Sacral-Therapy (Gabi) 950

MEALS DELIVERED

Committed2ucommunitycare ......................................684 333442 146352 Dine In .......................... .....................................+44 7852 468499 680110 METAL WORK AA Window Doctor ....................…............................630 231644 Carpentería Metalica Chacón (Albox) …................950 431738 120429 Cerrajería Jara (Las Buganvillas) …............………….950 109986 284170 Coastal Rejas ...........................................................610 000700 721096 FS Fabrications …..............…………..627 167167 / 671 424558 922612 Ideal Metal Designs ...................................................656 834064 569113 Metalbox (Albox) .......................................................950 633090 472263 Mojácar Home Improvements ...................................950 473104 P & D Metals ............................................................638 707406 Speedy Fit Security Grilles ....................................600 006032 The Metal Works ..............................950 930520 / 638 900949

Mike Sheehan (Neuromuscular Therapy) .....................657 050394 Oceanic Therapies (Mojácar) ......................................687 619239 Ray Daniel (Sports massage)………...........................617 741564 VaVa Yoga y Más (Vera) ............................................643 102335 Zen Massage (Mojácar & Bédar) .............................643 766935

You’ll always find it in The Focus!

MOBILE HOMES & CARAVANS Camping Los Gallardos .............................................679 Caravan Storage (Antas) …….............................….661 Casa Móviles .....................................637 418906 / 951 Cherribar Park Homes ............…………950 396908 / 629 Flor de Vida (Aguilas) ..........................968 438535 / 660

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Hispavan (See p.47) ..................................................687 845730 NUTRITION Veramotor S.A. ...........................................................950 392552 Alternativa (Anne-Marie Pichon) ...............................666 966573 Ashlí (Naturopathic & nutritional therapies) ................643 102335 MOBILE PHONES

ONLINE MARKETING

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Donna González Linnitt .............................................699 067922

D Perez Motor (Antas) ...............................................950 069022 Harley Dees …………................................................600 685550 Indalo Quads (Guided treks) ..................................634 315074 Montoya Motos (Garrucha) …...............................…..950 133033 Nafta Custom (Antas) ………...............950 619293 / 615 938352

Federopticos (Aguilas) ……........................................968 414468 Federopticas Diaz (Albox) ..........................................950 121122 Multiopticas Indalo (Garrucha) ...................................950 460665 Multiopticas Indalo (Mojacar) .....................................950 472285

OPTICIANS

NEWSAGENTS Total Entertainment (Albox) ......................................950 121318 Total Entertainment (Arboleas) .................................678 009051

Total Entertainment (Turre) .........................................950 468295

NURSING see also Home Carers Angels Nursing Group ...............................................902 026468

Committed2ucommunitycare ......................................684 333442 Michaela Talbot .........................................................622 015765

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Multiopticas Indalo (Campohermoso de Nijar) ............950 385082 Union Jack (Pet Transportation) ...........………………….902 109560 Natural Optics (Garrucha) .........................................950 133921 PEST CONTROL Opticas Indalo (Garrucha) ..........................................950 133865 Jason …….........................................950 064015 / 680 903609 Opticas Indalo (Carboneras) .......................................950 130707 Sedesa (Vera) …………............................................950 390990 Opticas Indalo (San Isidro de Nijar) ...........................950 366200 Óptica Albox …………….......................................…..950 121991 Optica Mahis (Vera) ………...................................…..950 390777 Optica Orbera (Huércal Overa) ....................................950 135596 Optica Orbera (Albox) .....................................950430101 Optica Villazar (Mojácar Playa) …............................….950 472783 Opticalia (Albox) .....................................................950 121084 Primera Opticos (Aguilas) .........................................968 493482 Salas (Huércal Overa) ................................................950 135081 + Visión (Aguilas) …....................................................968 414279

OSTEOPATHS Alice Bellot (Mojacar & Arboleas) ….................………633 352259 Centro Physis (Olula del Rio) .................................695 355381 Enrique Arias (Mojácar) .........................950 472974 / 629 289385 Hector Gutiérrez (Vera Playa) ............607 479379 / 950 132765 Osteo Maestra (Arboleas) ......................................950 449451 Sanatura (Albox) .................................610 269162 / 642 809453

PAINTING & DECORATING ABS Advanced Building Services ..............................687 846016 A.J. Painting & Decorating .......................................687 024884 Alan Barker ......................................950 099913 / 600 268176 Antonio Perez (Mojácar) ………........................…….691 240495 Borders Painting ………..........................................…687 661807 Cabrera Painting and Decoration Works ...................637 524709 Casanove Interiors ......................................................680 836166 C.I.S Services (Arboleas) ........................................634 621747 Curtis Helm Multiservices .........................................610 394815 Daniel ……………..................................................….642 236810 Darpa S.L. ..................................................................691 055726 Darren Hargreaves ...................................................626 855483 Grupo Brideca (shop) (Huércal-Overa) 950 471045 / 950 135881 IPB Painting ........................................661 184848 / 622 524335 JPM ...........................................................................627 090422 Metalwork Painting ………………………699 246932 / 659 185039 Paul ...........................................................................649 186107 Phil the Painter ……..............................................…671 227259 The Fast Brush .........................................................950 472668 True Colours .............................................................636 638670 Vera Painting Services ............................................711 004024

PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES 20seven photography ................................................634 301635 Almería-Fotografía .....................................................663 627942 Bluwater Photography ….........…………………………616 189002 Chincheto (Mojácar) ....................................................687 489182 Fotomicar (Lyle Mallen) .............................................620 786914 Fotos Fabrega (Albox) ………...........……………………950 430223 Indigo Photography & Video ...................................637 974793 Omar De La Cruz ………..........………950 460213 / 609 284852 Professional Video & Photographic Services inc. Aerial...647 202599 Rod Westwood ………........................950 472321 / 609 611207 The Image Suite …….............................…........................647 918 848 Toros Bravos ............................................................607 117174

PHOTOCOPIES & SCANS C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) (See p.31).950 634388 / 627 635514 neö-cöpy (Vera) …...................………..950 390424 / 622 262100 Pronto Printing (La Buganvillas) (See cover).............950 133492 Servidea 2020 (Mojácar Playa) .................................950 399726 Total Entertainment (Albox) ......................................950 121318 Total Entertainment (Arboleas) .................................678 009051

PHYSIOTHERAPY Caroline De Maeght (Villaricos) ................................650 134805 Centro Physis (Olula del Rio) ......................................695 355381 Clínica Fisioalbox (Albox) ..........................................629 402852 Clinica MOS Fisioterapia (Mojácar Playa) .................644 394335

PATIO & POOL ENCLOSURES See Screened Patio & Pool Enclosures

PERFUMES & COSMETICS Son d’Aromas (Mojácar Playa) ..................................666 348253

PET SHOPS & TRANSPORT La Tienda de Basilio Rubio (Albox) ...........................950 431592 Madera Mania (Los Gallardos) …..................……….667 562872 Mojácar Mascotas ......................................................679 411203 Pet Tag Engraving .........................................................+44 7724 996059 Fisiomar Physiotherapy Centre (Albox) ....................667 425197 Tucano Mascotas (Vera) ............................................650 292670 Fisioterapia Vera-Salud (Vera Playa) ...607 479379 / 950 132765

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Gabi Triebel (Mojácar Playa) ..............633 011442 / 950 Physiotherapy Centre (Albox) ...........950 431463 / 657 Remedio clinic (Mojacar) ....................950 472980 / 617 Vitea Fisioterapia (Vera) ...................950 390655 / 663

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Charlie Fyre ..............................................................686 833444 Chris ........................................................................643 082899 Carlos (Saliente) Plumbing & Heating ..950 930900 / 620 742954 Curtis Helm Multiservices .........................................610 394815 Graham ....................................................................620 112193 PIANO TUNER James Santiago (Vera Playa) ......................................672 668803 Terry …...................................................................…697 229753 Knowles ….........................................950 137197 / 606 807797 Fernando (Huércal Overa)...........................................677 549247 PICTURE FRAMING Casa de Cabra (Albox) ........................................ 633 364329 Francisco Montoya (Mojacar) …............………………..687 466352 Pink House (La Concepción) ..............622 288750 / 681 095096 Smith Plumbing S.L. ..................................................950 468041

PODIATRISTS See Chiropodists & Podiatrists POOL COVERS

PIZZERIAS Antonella (Mojácar Playa) ................................……..950 450215 BiancoRossi (Mojácar Playa) ...................................950 472682 Bocapizza (Albox) ......................................................950 120506 Cafetería Levante (Mojácar) .....................................950 615224 Cafetería Pizzería Alcazaba (Mojácar Playa) ............645 414793 Centro Plaza (Palomares) …...............................…..950 618614 Chili (Turre) ................................................................950 468425 D'Angelo (Mojácar Playa) .................................950 478517 El Gaucho (Mojácar Playa) ....................................950 478846 Enrico (Mojácar Playa) ......................950 472995 / 642 514738 Meson Felipe San Bernabé (Mojácar Playa) ..…….950 475966 Ilario Imperial (Mojácar Playa) (See front cover) ...….950 478098 La Góndola (Garrucha) ..............................................950 133928 La Muralla (Mojácar Pueblo) .......................................950 472928 Little Italy II (Garrucha) …………...........………………950 133802 Lucky Pizzeria (Villaricos) ........................................670 073597 Pizzo (Villaricos) .....................................................655 797530 Osteria (Mojácar) ......................................................950 615151 Ottocento (Mojácar Playa) .........................................950 615100 Portofino (Mojácar) ....................................................950 472809 Mari Cruz (Turre) …..........................................…….950 479646 Provenzal (Mojácar Playa) ..........................................950 478308 Pulcinella (Mojácar Pueblo) ......................................950 478401 Rincon del Zahorí (Mojácar Pueblo) ..630 314400 / 661 604220 Quick (Garrucha) ......................................................950 132305 Sottocasa (Mojácar Playa) ........................................950 093075

1 Stop Pool Shop ...............................950 104345 / 637 582696 Coverbox (Albox) …….................................................615 992007 Enclose My Pool ..................................606 040462 / 670 510097 Hispavan pool covers ........................950 047033 / 687 845730 Real Covers (Mojácar) ........................950 478763 / 609 667333 WS Cover ...................................................................667 480363

PLASTERERS David Pritchard Construcciones ................................617 698418

PLUMBERS 24hr Casaserve ..............................................950 466438 / 676 3062699 Andy (Mojácar) ........................................................697 302039

Blocked DrainsRUs ............................950 091109 / 648 768587

POOLS & POOL MAINTENANCE 1 Stop Pool Shop ...............................950 104345 / 637 582696 24hr Casaserve .................................950 466438 / 676 306269 Aguafer Piscinas S.L. ................................................950 617064 Alloa Pool Care (Albox) ………….................…………..650 244018 Blue Diamond Pool Care ..............................697238933 Clean Pool Service (Arboleas) ...................................606 654389 Complete Pool & Property Maintenance 634 343541 / 634 891709 D & J Pritchard Construcciones ................................617 698418 Heat My Pool ....................................950 528128 / 663 303350 IndalPool (Albox) …………...............................……..950 431859 Mat Murray ...............................................................647 841750

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Oasis Pool Cleaning Services ............634 332170 / 634 332178 Olive Tree Farm Pool Services ...............................643 463129 Piscinas Miguel (Maintenance) .............950 478652 / 607 480865 Pool Medics ……………...................................……….634 353525 Pools & Piscinas (Cleaning - Bédar) .........................637 915898 Procare Pools (Arboleas) ..........................................642 370681 Proyectados Pool Sureste ............................................630 810299 Salvador (Pool Maintenance) ......................................696 426523 Sundance Spas - Pool Maintenance S.L. ....................950 472845 Tanby Piscinas ............……….............950 468230 / 609 888549 Triton Pool Cleaning ...............................................634 326322 Tropicana Swimming Pool Construction 650 906114 / 689 404244 True Blue Pools & Spas ..............................................661 148998

POSTAL SERVICES Can Connect (Albox) …….........................................950 121149 C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) (See p.31).950 634388 / 627 635514 Connexions (Turre) ..................................................950 479502 Forget-me-not (Las Buganvillas) ....................………..663 302740 Frankie’s Bar (Vera Playa) .........................................662 474861 Mail Boxes Etc (Vera) ................................................950 393835 Offex Spain ................................……..966 765950 / 661 386942 Pam’s Post (Albox) ............................................... 664 565479 Spanish Property Choice (Easypost) ..950 615388 / 635 722290 The Post Shop (Albox) ………..............950 064584 / 635 979829 Total Entertainment (Albox) ......................................950 121318 Total Entertainment (Arboleas) .................................678 009051 Total Entertainment (Turre) .........................................950 468295

Curtis Helm Multiservices .........................................610 394815 D & D Property Care & Rentals (See cover).643 335386 / 643 337063 Destination Spain Property Services .........................672 668803 Exclusive Holiday Villas ............................................950 092602 Hire a Hubby …………........................950 436679 / 619 066022 IDP Services …………................................................608 238775 Indalfutur S.L. (Mojácar) ……........….950 615156 / 609 026526 J & J Property Care ....…….................950 452106 / 617 657414 James Santiago (Vera Playa) ......................................672 668803 La Casa es Tuya .......................................................663 931471 Mode Services ...................................950 525790 / 687 033106 Mojacar Estates ..........................................................950 478935 Procare Property Service (Arboleas) .......................642 370681 Triton Property Maintenance ...................................634 326322 Xtreme Cleans Property Care ..................................634 328911 Zlatan ................................................630 207864 / 682 277576

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENTALS Alhambra Holdings (Mojácar)...................950 475199 / 629 673450 Almería Holiday Rentals ............................................638 701670 Almería Property Agency (Arboleas) …..850 993099 / 606 281865 Almeria Rentals ................................. 650 764623 / 648 523073 Apartamentos Torrelaguna (Las Buganvillas) .............950 132580 APT Lets (Valle del Este) ….................950 619227 / 626 578164 Blaumar (Huercal Overa) .....................950 135512 / 670 869533 Blue Sea Villas (Mojácar) (See front cover).............….950 478643 Casa Benedict Rentals (Turre) …...………....…………616 189002 C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) (See p.31).950 634388 / 627 635514 Citrus Homes ...............................……......................638 849254 Clean Team Property Care & Rentals 850 993202/ 642 911850 Coastal Properties (Mojácar) ........................................950 475235 Complete Holiday Care ....………...........950 478612 / 610 808631

PRINTING & GRAPHIC DESIGN AdverTees (Albox) ...................................................641 407147 Idea (Huércal Overa) ...............................................605 162709 Mail Boxes Etc (Vera) ............................................950 393835 Mobility Almería (Mojácar Playa) .............................634 322475 Mojácar Business ....................................................950 680110 neö-cöpy (Vera) …...................………..950 390424 / 622 262100 Pronto Printing (La Buganvillas) (See cover).............950 133492 GSF Communications (Mojácar) ..................................950 473102

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 24hr Casaserve .....................................950 466438 / 676 306269 ABS Advanced Building Services ..............................687 846016 Arboleas Builders ………...............……950 930536 / 634 306690 Can I Help You (Vera) ………..................................691 662267 Complete Pool & Property Maintenance 634 343541 / 634 891709

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D & D Property Care & Rentals (See cover).643 335386 / 643 337063 Inmoterreros ...................................................................950 096180 Destination Spain Property Services .........................678 203143 KW Resorts Holiday Rentals ......................0044 (0)1293 863320 E-Property Almería ...................................................677 146592 Exclusive Holiday Villas ..........................................950 092602

La Casa es Tuya .......................................................663 931471 Mojácar Estates ........................................................950 478935

Findmeahome ....................................951 914195 / 636 Holiday Home Europe .........................950 120210 / 654 Holiday Letting Service ........................950 472903 / 627 Homes of Spain (Huércal Overa).........950 616516 / 616 Indalfutur S.L. (Mojácar) ……........….950 615156 / 609 Indalo Real Estate .............................950 091137 / 616 Indasol Mojácar S.L. ..................……....................….950

266641 590258 565049 562447 026526 760409 472200

Mojácar Holiday Services .......................950 699947 / 634 972377 Mojácar Long Term Rentals …...............................…636 903184 Next Stop Almería ................................950 617518 / 678 034651 Price Brown Partnership (Mojácar) ............................950 478915 Real Almería Property (Mojácar) ............................634 316068 Rent Mojácar ............................................................950 615042 Sandy Goldfinch ........................+44 7767 301159 / 670 575897

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Santiburi Properties (Cabrera & Mojácar) 694 404971 / 647 901478 Spanish Property Choice (Mojacar) ..... 950 475823 / 634 351562 Sunshine Villas............................………850 993202 / 694 440184 Triton Property Services ..........................................634 326322 Voss Homes (Huercal-Overa) ...................667 891 741 / 950 616 827 Year Round Holiday Rentals .............950 619178 / 627 763052

PROPERTY PROMOTERS Almanzora S.L. (Desert Springs) ...............................950 467104 BMS Huerta Nueva ............................950 615035 / 669 355914 Elegant Homes S.L. ............................950 092603 / 687 629777 Elide Group S.L. …............….............950 390009 / 950 615076 El Pinar de Bédar ......................................................950 469496 GM Associates (Mojácar) ……….........……..............…950 475225 Miramar (Marina Golf) ................................................950 397060 New Villas (Albox) ………………........………..............…950 121036 Nicla Property Consultancy S.L. .................................950 133508 Polansky and Associates ..........................................950 478086 Promobys …………….................................................950 618889

PROPERTY VALUATIONS Philip Chesler (Chartered Valuer) …................………687 814369

PSYCHOLOGIST Dr. Jane Thompson ............................968 485729 / 618 920126

QUAD BIKES see Motorcycles RADIO STATIONS Onda Aguilas (100.1) ….............................................968 447864 Smooth FM online (89.8) ........................................634 332666 Spectrum FM (96.1) ............................950 615142 / 678 332815

REFRIGERATION MD Air Conditioning & Refrigeration SL .607 364917 / 607 366040

REMOVALS & STORAGE See also Van & Man Hire Amanda’s (Lubrin) ............................950 069682 / 634 310512 Brian’s Removals (Mojácar Playa) .........................674 280268 Dave’s Transport (International / Local)....................620 049524 English Move (Tony) ….............................................699 819213 Indalo Transport .......................................................634 336468 Items For Sale Mojácar .......................694 439275 / 950 478753 Location Warehousing S.L. (Antas) .............................950 391412 Moovit Transport & Storage ...............950 930316 / 642 586701 Sprinter Services (Vera Playa) .............605 376873 / 950 609121

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St. George’s European …UK 0044 207 193 5984 / 952 485984 El Pilar de Lubrin Storage 42 Removals and Storage (Albox) ...............634 325639 Restaurante Albar ....................................................950 Storage Solutions (Arboleas) ................950 930316 / 671 220105 El Pinar Swift Transport (Arboleas) ........................................618 511234 Bar El Pinar ...........................................................634 UK Direct ..................UK 0044 7719.118.879 / Spain 642 099479 Garrucha Union Jack Removals (International) ….......………….902 109560 Angus & Hereford .....................................................950 Casa Adriana ...........................................................950 RESTAURANTS See also Chinese Restaurants & Pizzerias GBG ……………...................................950 132625 / 639 Góndola ....................................................................950 Agua Amarga La Chumbera ............................................................634 676298 La Cantina de Flor ....................................................950 Restaurant Family ......................................................950 138014 La Gurulla ………................................................….666 Maui Gastro ….................................................………950 Aguilas Nautico …................................................................694 Carlos III ..................................................................968 411650 Restaurante Andalucia ..............................................950 El Faro .....................................................................968 412883 El Guacamole (Mexican) ...........................................968 413491 Restaurante Azul, Hotel Tikar ...................................950 Hotel El Paso ...........................................................968 447125 Rincón del Puerto …….......................950 133042 / 950 La Calica (Hotel Cala Real) .....................................968 414562 Tierra y Mar .............................................................643

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La Vía ........................................................................619 131152 Huércal-Overa Piccolo Mondo ............................................................968 411946 Crisbe .............................................950 134100 / 607 338460 Albox El Paladar .......................................673 695939 / 631 494536 Bar Lepanto ............................................................642 391433 El Capricho …........................................................637 595326 Chapman’s ..............................................................950 091188 Hotel Overa (See p.61) ............................................950 470879 La Cena ……........................................……………..950 430930 La Alfoquía La Parrilla ................................................................950 430024 Bar La Unión ...........................................................642 008003 Mesón de Irene ………........................647 730103 / 950 430145 Indian Tandoori ........................................................632 110888 The New Delhi (Indian) ……...........….950 431705 / 639 231507 The Heathers ...................................................................642 144727

Alfaix

La Venta de Alfaix .....................................................671 272464

Antas

Las Herrerias Eugenia ......................................................................950 069021

El Fogon, Asador Argentino ........................................950 459081 Los Carasoles Mi Casa .................................................950 453007 / 950 453048 Harley’s ...................................................................642 637371

Los Gallardos

Arboleas Bar Limaria ..............................................................950 930047 Happy Garden .........................................................950 120851 Hostal Meson ………..........................950 430137 / 635 612738 Hotel Rural Azabache ............................................690 258813 Nueva Trinidad ....................................850 993250 / 634 369833

Apolo ……...................................................…………..600 495182 Meson Verfran ...................................950 469393 / 637 810143 Miraflores ..................................................................950 469519

Mojácar - see also Mojácar Pueblo

Alcazaba ………......................................................657 Al Punto (Brazilian) (See p.39)..................................950 El Cortijo ............................................950 398108 / 689 702916 Antonella (Italian) .............................................……..950 El Paso ...................................................................678 868963 BaoBab .....................................................................689 Miramar .....................................................................950 469308 Badgers ...................................................................950

Bédar

560679 475899 450215 642923 478525

Cabrera Riad Cabrera ………………….....................................950 092042

Cerro Gordo Bistro Bonita .......................................650 599739 / 950 930169

Cortijo Grande Finca Listonero .........................................................950 982045

Cucador La Vida

……….................................….........……….950 634562

Desert Springs Resort El Torrente Restaurant …....................................……950 091546 The Crocodile Club ...................................................950 091546

El Campico (Bédar-Lubrin) La Montaña ...............................................................950 398856

Beachcomber ...........................................................634 339216 Bellavista ..................................................................950 478800

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Botaniq ...................................................................696 Bowen Resto Bar .............................. 666 406203 / 634 Cabo Norte ..............................................................665 Cachimba (Moroccan) .............................................950 Captain’s Tapas Bar & Restaurant ...........................617 Casa Egea .................................................................950

809035 357654 891772 099179 477797 472190

Casa Juan …………................................................….950 450305 Cortijo de la Media Luna .............................950 478813 / 676 547555 d’Angelo .....................................................................950 478517 Delfín Dorado......................................950 475212 / 645 220095 Dolce Vita ................................................................950 478476 Don Pancho (Mexican) .................................................950 472543

Mediterráneo ............................................................950 309869 Meson de Loic y Cathy ...........................................950 478050 Mesón Felipe San Bernabé ...................…………….950 475966 Meson Mémé …........…………………..674 141159 / 647 954405 Mandala Beach Club ................................................950 473131 Mohana .....................................................................950 472941 Mountains of the Moon (Indian) ........950 472002 / 637 914632 Mont Martre (French) ..............................................634 388867 Neptuno (See p.41) ................................................…616 005387 Omega ...................................................950 475317 / 647 675919 Ostería Ristorante Italiano ..........................................950 615151 Ottocento (Italian).......................................................950 615100 Palacio Imperial Marina (Thai, Japanese, Chinese) ...950 472208 Parador de Mojácar ...................................................950 478250 Playa Blanca .....................................950 473001 / 639 507520 Playa Juana Beach Club (See p.7) ..........................690 984992 Reina Mora ...............................................................950 473204 Robert (Marina de la Torre) …………..............………950 110412 Sal Marina ...................................................................950 472405 Scotty’s .....................................................................687 382540 Sensations ................................................................950 472057 Sottocasa (Italian) .......................................................950 093075 The Irish Rover (See p.36).........................................950 473135 The Lemon ....................……...............................…….950 472659 The Roof Garden .....................................................674 113218 Torre Bahía ...............................................................950 478651 Trufibar ....................................................................664 103611 Twister ...................................................………………600 006032 Zaika Fusion ..........................................................632 727851

Mojácar Pueblo

El Deseo .................................................................670 018035 El Gaucho ................................................................950 478846 El Lugar ...................................................................679 676405 El Sitio ....................................................................950 615411 Enrico (Italian) ...................................950 472995 / 642 514738 Gastro Malabar ........................................................950 472970 Ilario Imperial (Italian) (See front cover)....................950 478098 Imperial Playa (Italian) ..............................................950 475360 Indian Curry House ...........................632 416554 / 950 887681 Kukis ..........................................................................950 475766 La Cabaña ................................................................950 615179 La Cantina (Mexican) ................................................950 478841 La Cometa ...............................................................950 615209 La Estancia …….............................................………654 562396 La Gaviota ……………...............................................950 472177 La Piká ....................................................................950 930744 Los Amigos ......................................…………………950 478489 Levante ......... ...................................................950 615224 Marama ..............................................660 696229 / 666 260852 Marcelo Entre Tapas .................................................950 031812 Martín Morales (See p.13) .....................................950 478812

Arlequíno ..........................................950 478037 / 649 337781 Calima (Moroccan) ..................................................608 807331 Casa Minguito ………...............................................950 478614 El Antler ……....................................................……600 540661 La Candela …...........................................................647 724367 Pulcinella (Italian) .....................................................950 478401 Restaurante Aires del Sur ..................606 061811 / 950 478014 Restaurante Calima ………………........................….663 286962 Restaurante Mamabel's ...............................................950 472448 Rincón de Embrujo …....................…………………….600 531270 Rincon del Zahorí .............................630 314400 / 661 604220

Palomares Asagía Asador .........................................................640 210185 Monika ......................................................................659 672615 The Oasis Bar ...................................950 467381 / 676 365010

Partaloa Mis Amigos ..............................................…………….612 508447

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Pueblo Laguna

El Faro ..................................................649 766252 / 687 351764 Bistro .......................................................................950 132022 Gastrobar D’Alvaro ......................................................648 220383 Los Conteros ....................................950 618629 / 699 010705 Playa Azul .............................................950 467075 / 609 386282

RETRACTABLE ROOF SYSTEMS Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196

ROOFING Ark Roofing ...............................................................634 379173

RUGS & CARPETS Restaurant Laguna …………….........................……..950 132566

Homecentre (Albox) (See p.6)..........868 931872 / 671 715294 P & R Rugs (Los Llanos de Aroleas) .......................665 258680

San Juan de Los Terreros

RURAL TOURISM

La Geoda ..................................................................637 020159 Cortijo Pocico de la Nava (Mojácar) ...........................670 777752 Mi Cortijo …………......................................................950 466323 Finca Arboleda (Vera) ..............................................678 027656 Mondy Playa ........................................600 254314 / 622 807809 Mi Abuela Maria (Mojácar) ……..........................……659 198424

Turre

SATELLITE TV

Casa Adelina ...............................................................950 479153 ABC (A Better Climate) (See p.11).....647 247494 / 950 092604 Chili .................................................608 802227 / 950 468425 DCM Digitek Comms (Mojácar) (See p.19) .950 472947 / 670 084438 Doner Kebab ............................................................603 527699 Europa Digital ....................................950 133233 / 678 332815 GBTV (Albox and Mojácar) .......................................616 888058 GSF Communications (Mojácar) ...............................950 473102 SolAir (See p.48) ................................950 472081 / 645 294064 Solo Satellite & Air-Con. (See p.55) ......950 398146 / 699 909737 Tweaks (Albox) .........................................................620 040331

SCREENED PATIO & POOL ENCLOSURES Enclose My Pool ...............................606 040462 / 670 510097 Inside Out In Europe S.L. ....................................677 114576 Hostal Rural .............................................................950 478806 Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196 La Pará ……………………..................................…….637 545590 Screenmasters (See p.45)......….…...........................677 152911 La Sorpresa ...............................................................950 099901 Sol Shaders S.L. (See p.45)........................................627 907207 Orsoca ………………............................................…..602 554609 SCUBA DIVING Pizzeria-Restaurante Mari Cruz ……....................…..950 479646 Buceo Mojácar ........................................................950 472760

Valle del Este Golf

Sawadee Thai .........................................................634 393235

SECOND HAND

Vera

Auction Subasta (Los Carasoles).....UK 7413 190882 / 643 137106 Gran Muralla (Wok Buffet) ..........................................950 391691 Amanda’s (Lubrin) ............................950 069682 / 634 310512 La Mariposa de Fran ………........……..950 166774 / 683 641957 John’s (Albox) ..........................................................634 325639 Terraza Carmona ...................................................950 390760 Merka Recycla (Huércal Overa) .........950 616683 / 666 577006 Pink House (La Concepción) ...........622 288750 / 681 095096 Vera Playa The Attic (Cucador) ..…….…................672 184354 / 648 250699 Armony Beach Club .................................................617 745021 b2 Mohana (Argentinean) ........................................678 642856 SECURITY & SAFES See Alarms El Balconcito .............................................................635 589909 SEWING Gateway to India (Indian) ...........................................950 923994 Alice .........................................................................620 876485 Maraú (Vera Playa) ……………...........................……671 580340 Alexis Shillinglaw .....................................................634 361874 Taj Mahal (Indian) …............…………950 618691 / 671 231465 J.F.M. Modas Sedal (Turre) ..............950 468031 / 606 945502 The Blue Parrot ......................................................950 467682 Lola Alterations & Repairs (Mojácar Playa) .950 475994 / 637 963835 Villaricos Nicky (Mojacar) ..................................................... 667 479903 Don Tadeo ..................................................................950 467105 Solo Style ...............................................................626 319907

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Sew n Sew Susie (Albox area) ..........950 930643 / 633 683872 SOLICITORS The Sewing Room ....................................................607 375697 Alonso & Garrido (Albox) ...........................................950 121040 Alonso & Haro (Vera) ..............................................950 392208 SEPTIC TANK SERVICE AM & RG (Mojácar) ………….............950 478984 / 649 286437 Desarascos Litesa ............................670 863791 / 609 442695 AVSA Lawyers (Aguilas) ..........................................968 446576 Drainage Solutions …...........………….616 531283 / 670 088966 Babelia (Mojácar) ……..........…........635 577562 / 950 397114 Blocked DrainsRUs ............................950 091109 / 648 768587 C & P Solicitors (Mojácar) ….....…………950 460731 / 675 383 160 Ginés Millán (All areas) ……….............(after 4pm) 607 366355 Limaser (Vera) ……..................................................950 390732 Cabrera Cervantes (Turre) ................950 099400 / 627 464545 Sepserve (All areas) …..............................................675 838808

SHOE REPAIRS Keys Copy Centre (Mojácar Playa) ..........................950 472982

SIGNS (Shop & Vehicle) Idea (Huércal Overa) ...............................................605 162709 Pronto Printing (La Buganvillas) (See cover).............950 133492

SKIN TREATMENTS Francesca Herman (See p.37)....….......................….687 480694

SKIP HIRE Aridos Mojácar S.L. ..................................................650 Casa Conchillo (Albox) ......................950 430740 / 695 El Cano SL )Mojácar) ................................................950 Servacon .....................................................................950

914257 844425 479185 475853

SNOOKER HALLS CD Snooker Mojácar ..............................................609 026526 Snooker Ambigu (Los Gallardos) .................................661 973205

SOLAR ENERGY DCM Digitek Comms (Mojácar) (See page 19)...........950 472947 Ecocorp ..................................................................671 716597 Casas Almería (Huércal Overa) .................................950 134434 Davies Solicitors (Mojácar) ........................................950 472775 EuroAbogados (Vera) .................................................950 617017

Hi-Tec Solar (Turre) ............................609 888549 / 950 468230 Hispavan Solar ..................................950 047033 / 687 845730 Sunergy Almeria ........................................................636 261240

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Javier Loustau (Mojácar) .........................................950 475086 José Francisco López Molina .............950 133607 / 635 189986 Leticia Moreno-Torres Camy (Vera) ......950 391249 / 607 840182

SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS La Maruja (Mojácar) ................... ................................664 647171 Lopez & León Solicitors (Garrucha) ..950 888314 / 666 513917 SWEET SHOPS Mar Abogados & Consultores (Mojácar) .................950 478911 Forget Me Not (Las Buganvillas)..............................663 302740 Mario Redondo (Albox) ….................950 430222 / 626 389322 TATTOO ARTISTS Miguel Angel Rojas Benitez .......................................950 615404 Pablo Suarez (Purchena) ..........................................610 014680 Body-Zone Tattoo (Mojácar) ……………......................634 336789 Mundi Abogados (Las Buganvillas) ........................950 460999 Classic Tattoo (Mojácar Playa) .................................605 611782 Lisa V Tattoos (Cantoria) ....................634 362737 / 642 024810 Oscar (Mojácar Pueblo) …................................…….629 944374

TAXIS (Legal) Levante Radio Taxis (all areas)................................950 888111 Exclusive Shuttles pre-booked airport taxis (office hours).950 092602 Marlan Taxis Villaricos .................................................609 764900

TELECOMMUNICATIONS Albox-Online ………..............................…………….950 091111 Connexions (Turre) (See front cover)..........................950 479502 George’s Sales & Repair (Vera Playa) 950 042338 / 661 375489 Indalphone .............................(Mojácar) 950 475784 / 622 455 608 Indalphone ...........................................(Huércal-Overa) 950 471470

Ramírez Abogados (Vera) .......................................950 Ross Legal Services (Aguilas) .................................968 Ruiz Orozco (Vera) ..................................................950 Saugar Abogados (Mojácar) ......................................950

391171 412321 390282 GSF Communications (Mojácar) ..................................950 473102 615038 Orange (Vera) ...........................................................950 393538 Next .............................................................................950 479369 SPAS IndalOcio (Arboleas) ................................................850 993090 Phone@ Mojacar …….............……....950 882222 / 607 885522 Sundance Spas (Mojácar) .......................................950 472845 The Phone House (Albox) …………….950 121045 / 670 359698

SPA SERVICING & CLEANING True Blue Pools & Spas ..........................................661 148998

TILING & PATIO WORK See also Building Services

SURVEYORS

1 Stop Paving (Albox) ………................................…634 313939 Philip Chesler (Chartered Surveyor).............................687 814369 ABS Advanced Building Services ..............................687 846016 Survey Andalucía (Architect Daniel González) ............686 846624 A.J.B. Tiling Services ...............................................687 024884

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Arboleas Paving ……………...............................…….636 092632 Borders .....................................................................647 803030 Curtis Helm Multiservices .........................................610 394815 Elegant Homes S.L. ..............................950 092603 / 687 629777 Mode Services ...................................950 525790 / 687 033106 Saxon’s Complete Building Services ......618 920126 / 686 377172 Steve Holman .......................................................... 697 678708 The Bathroom & Tiling Specialists ....................+44 7756081843 United Tile ................................................................667 702817

TIMBER SUPPLIERS Wood2Go (Velez Rubio)..............................................950 614050

UPHOLSTERY

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Almería Castle ………............................................…950 271617 Curtains with Style (Fabrics) ............ 950 069032 / 678 811125 Almería Solar Centre ( Nr.Tabernas) ....950 387990 / 670 866122 Jone’s Mobile (Upholstery cleaning) …....……………661 571939 Aquarium (Roquetas de Mar) ...................................950 160036 Unicraft (Upholstery) .................................................692 176069 Camelus (Mojácar Camel Rides) ………663 930272 / 950 100076 Fort Bravo – Western theme park (Tabernas) .....….950 165405 Nautarium (Sea Museum) (Garrucha) ………………….950 139554 Nijar Butterfly Farm .................................................617 692778 Oasys Western Park & Zoo (Tabernas) ….............….950 365236 Western Leone Theme park (Tabernas) …............…950 165405

TRANSLATING - see Interpreters TRANSPORT - see Removals TRAVEL Autocares Rodriguez (Coaches) ...............................950 469061 Halcón Viajes (Vera) ................................................950 393472 Exclusive Airport Shuttles (See p.59).......................950 092602 Levante Travel (Garrucha) ...................950 132258 / 628 604752 Mojácar Tour (Mojácar Playa) (See cover)..........…..950 475757 Viajes Zafiro Tours (Aguilas) ....................................868 782663 Zafiro Tours (Albox) ………..................................……950 121021 Zafiro Tours (Mojácar) .................................................950 615343

TUITION Dave Eccles (Drum lessons) ..............950 525790 / 687 033106 ELC Education & Language Centre ........................669 294342 Espanglish ...............................................................950 390037 Girasol, Albox (Spanish) ..........................................639 089170 Guitar Lessons ………….....................................…..667 989270 Hind (French & Arabic, Mojácar) ...............................616 605341 Jewellery making ......................................................642 435909 Kinder Garrucha (Bilingual Education Centre)...........950 460472 La Galeria Art Classes (Albox) …..............................663 341904 Marcela Chávez (Spanish-English school support)....676 951352 Pencils English Academy (Garrucha)..........................634 314110 Piano (Mojácar) …………............……950 069803 / 667 408941 R. F. (Marquetry, Guitar) ........................................711 003476 Sarah Dyson (Computer tuition) …....................……687 632435 Simon Farmiloe (Spanish & English)(Albox/Mojacar) ..647 677097 English tuition & conversation (TEFL) (Vera) ............642 314316

Upholstery & Leather Cleaning .................................636 193256 Upholstery Larios (Cuevas del Almanzora) 950 456 364 / 651 998738

UNIFORMS Tikka Uniforms & Shoes (Mojácar) …..........................667 479903 Uniformes de Levante (Los Gallardos & Vera) ..........902 110218

VAN & MAN HIRE See also Removals & Storage Amanda’s (Lubrin) ............................950 069682 / 634 310512 Andy (Trailer hire/drive) (Mojácar) ..........................600 225929 IDP Services ……........................................................608 238775 Indalo Transport .......................................................634 336468 Storage Solutions (Arboleas) ...................................950 930316 Way 2 Go (UK/Spain) ……UK 0044 208 0904292 / 965 794682

VEHICLE IMPORTATION Hispavan vehicle importation ......................................687 845730 Talleres Daydo (Antas Real) ….……….950 459116 / 607 373298

VEHICLE REPAIRS

Auto Corner (Turre/Los Gallardos) ….......................667 439671 Auto Shine Body Repairs ………........607 324623 / 607 324624 CostaCoches ...........................................................950 459209 Fran’s Garage ....................................664 571060 / 950 164912 Gómez Motor (Huércal-Overa) ..................................950 471250 Mojácar Motor (Mojácar Playa) ……........................950 478335. TV & AUDIO REPAIRS Reparbox (DIY) (Antas El Real) ...............................687 879744 Ponce S.L. (Garrucha) ..............................................950 617181 SRS Vehicle Services ................................................950 449095 Seth Pittham (Zurgena).......................950 634477 / 666 826886 Taller Daydo (El Real) .........................950 459116 / 607 373298

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Call 670 84 92 65 or email almeriafocus@gmail.com Talleres Azor ..(Mojácar) 950 478519 ..............(Vera) 950 391400 Talleres Vizcaino (Mojácar) ........................................950 472104 The Car Surgery ...................................................666 272792 The Garage (Llanos de Arboleas) .......950 930922 / 616 453813 Tyre King (El Real) ................................................950 459253

VEHICLE REPAIRS (MOBILE) Auto Frio .............................................950 104488 / 600 Cool Air (Air Conditioning) ........................................673 JFK Karz ................................................................643 Veloc Tuning ECU Remapping Services ..................600

827517 195872 790511 827517

VEHICLE SALES AA Car Sales (Mojácar) ...........................................950 459208 Auto Corner (Turre/Los Gallardos) …....................667 439671 AutoFex (Albox & Antas El Real) ............................950 431861 Automobiles Playcar SLU ...................950 459302 / 672 737663 CostaCoches (Antas, El Real).....................................950 459209 Mojácar Motors ...950 472056 ................(Workshop) 950 478335 Navarro Segura - Seat (Vera) (See p.63).670 038580 / 950 393170 Nissan & Ford (Albox) …............................................950 430856 Pit Stop (Oria) ……………....................................…..950 124828 SRS Vehicle Services ................................................950 449095 Talleres Azor ...............(Mojácar) 950 478519 (Vera) 950 391400

VETS Centro Vet ABC (La Alfoqúia) ….................................950 449064 Astrid (Mojácar) ..............950 472252 Emergencies: 629 099920

Centro Garras (Huércal-Overa) ........950 616820 / 617 Clinica Nexo (Albox) .......950 430814 Emergencies: 617 Clinica Huellas (Aguilas) ...968 447877 Emergencies 629 CliniVet (Turre) …..........................…..950 069780 / 626 Costa Indalo (Mojácar) ........................950 475213 / 605

456548 305784 445327 171999 495017

Egesta Centro Vetinario (Vélez Rubio) ..950 411208 / 608 438683

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Europa (Mojácar) .................950472262 Emergencies: 629 099921 Javier .............(Garrucha) 950 132200 Emergencies: 619 236059 NEXO (Albox) …...............950 430814 Emergencies: 617 305784 Veravet (Vera Town) …............…............................…950 393307 Veterinary Centre (Huércal-Overa) …........................950 616781

Enrique Aguirre S.L. (Garrucha) .................................950 460028 Interglaze ……..............................…...................... 680 743311 Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196 Mojácar Home Improvements ....................................950 473104

WATER (Tanker Delivery) Sierra Cabrera Water ........................651 994419 / 608 057941

WATER PARK Aquavera (Vera Playa) ............................................950 467337

WATER TREATMENTS Healthy H2O ..............................................968 437270 / 666 302 987

WEB SERVICES MODS ........................................................................600 284975 Mojácar Business ....................................................950 680110 Ortega Windows & Doors .......................................950 393305 Plas-Tech Windows ...................................................600 320761 WINDOW CLEANING Screenmasters (See p.45)......….….........................677 152911 Clean Team …………..............………850 993202 / 694 440184 Speedyfit ...........................................950 439228 / 600 006032 Don (Mojacar) .........................................................666 814913 Idea (Mojácar) ...................................................……..605 162709 WINES J&A Window Cleaning Services ..........950 122452 / 689 548824 Bodega Gran Baco (Aguilas) .............................…..968 925655 James .......................................................................678 988812 Enoteca Tikar (Garrucha) ……..............................….950 617131 Lady Jane Window Cleaning (Arboleas) ...................634 255373 Isalva (Palomares) ………..........................................615 265092 Mick ...........................................................................634 327075 WOOD & PELLET STOVES Window Panes ..........................................................617 208231 Woody the Window Cleaner (Almanzora Valley) .......634 349665 Chimeneas Acar (Albox) ...........................................950 120077 Chimeneas Mojácar S.L. (Mojácar Playa) ..............950 472135 WINDOWS & DOORS Enrique Aguirre S.L. (Garrucha) .................................950 460028 AA Window Doctor ...................................................630 231644 ZOO & PARK Complete Renovations (See p.17) .....644 389255 / 672 379960 David A. Pritchard Construcciones ............................617 698418 Oasys (Tabernas) ....................................................950 365236

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Useful Telephone Numbers Emergencies (Multi-lingual)...................112 Health Emergencies: Life Threatening .........................................061 Other Health Emergencies...........902505061

HACIENDA (TAX OFFICE) Huércal Overa .......................950 470209 / 950 471013

FUNERAL DIRECTOR Albox (Funerarias Teruel) .......................................950 430122 Guardia Civil ..................................................062 Huércal Overa (Colly Fer) ...............................950 616161 Local Police ....................................................092 Garrucha (Funerarias Funerga) ..............................950 460295 Coast Guard .................................900 202 202 Mojácar (Funeraria Pérez) ...................................950 478102 Vera (Funeraria Ntra. Sra. de las Angustias) ..950 390884 AIRPORTS Almeria airport .....…..............…902 404 704 / 950 213 700 HOSPITALS Huércal-Overa, Alicante airport ….............………913 211 000 / 966 919 000 Hospital La Inmaculada..................................................950 029000 San Javier airport ……...……….902 404 704 / 968 172 000 Almería Torrecárdenas............................................950 016000 Almería,Virgen del Mar (Private).....................950 217100 BRITISH EMBASSY Virgen del Mar Emergencies:............................950 217240 Madrid ......................................................................917 146300 LOCAL POLICE BRITISH CONSULATE Albox ...............................................................................950 121080 Málaga (for this area) ................................................952 352300 Carboneras .................................................................950 136136 Cuevas del Almanzora ................................................950 548700 UK PASSPORT INFORMATION Garrucha ............................................................................950 460002 www.gov.uk/browse/abroad/passports Huércal-Overa ..............................................................950 470585 Mojácar ...........................................................................950 472000 EMERGENCY UK PASSPORTS Pulpi ……………......................................................................950 465049 www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document Vera .................................................................................950 390010 CREDIT CARDS 24hr EMERGENCIES 4B(Visa/Mastercard) …..902 114400 / 913 626200 American Express …...................................................900 814500 Diners Club …..........................................................902 401112 Mastercard …..........................................................900 971231 Servired (Visa/Mastercard) …............................902 192100 Visa …..........................................................................900 991124

TOWN HALLS Albox ....................................................................................950 120908 Antas ............................................................................950 619015 Arboleas .............................................................................950 449430 Cuevas del Almanzora .................................................950 456488 Los Gallardos ....................................................................950 469000 Garrucha ...............................................................................950 460058 Huércal-Overa ...............................................................950 134900 Mojácar ...........................................................................950 615009 ELECTRICITY Sevillana Endesa Enquiries: ..................(free).800 760333 Turre ..................................................................................950 479011 Breakdowns:.........................(free).900 850840 Vera .....................................................................................950 393016 WATER Galasa Enquiries: ..................................................950 391200 TELEPHONE (Telefonica) Breakdowns: ...........................................902 355575 Normal Operator ..................................................................1004 Gestagua (Albox) ....................................................950 120649 Faults Operator ....................................................................1002 International Operator ......................................................11825 GAS Speaking Clock .........................................................................093 Cepsa (Silver bottles) Leaks ….......................902 100224 Cepsa, information …......................................902 416416 TAXIS See Directory pages Repsol (Red bottles) Leaks .......................901 121212 Repsol, information .........................................901 100100 MOBILES LOST OR STOLEN (From any 'phone) ITV (Spanish M.O.T. Centres) Orange …........................................................................656 001470 Vera, Albox, Veléz Rubio Telefónica Movistar …............................................095 702611 Central number ……………........................................959 999999 Vodafone …....................................................................607 123000 Yoigo …..................................................................................622 622622 TRAINS Renfe www.horarios.renfe.es ……..........…….902 240202

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Community News stranding, the outcome is favourable with the animals eventually being returned to the sea. Sadly, in the case of dolphins, the outlook is less positive and the animal usually passes away within 24 hours. Sea turtles which find themselves stranded on the beach are often suffering from ingestion of plastic, injuries sustained from entanglement in discarded fishing equipment, or collision with boats.

The future of our planet is a massive cause for concern and is finally receiving the media and political attention it deserves. Over the years our oceans have become a dumping ground for human waste products, and the effect on the creatures which call the sea their home is devastating.

The majority of dolphins are found to be suffering from parasitic illnesses or organ related sickness. Equinac does not receive any government funding and relies on donations from local associations and the kindness of individuals. In the past year, the generosity of groups and local people throughout the province has ensured that Equinac could continue its valuable work.

Close to home, every year, dozens of marine animals are found stranded along Almeria’s coastline. In some cases, the dolphins, sea turtles and whales are found alive, but an increasing number are sadly deceased.

Equinac stresses the importance of calling 112 in the event of a member of the public finding a stranded sea mammal or turtle on the beach. Also it is imperative not to force the animal back into the sea.

The Equinac Organisation

The group responsible for responding to these Follow Equinac on their Facebook page or visit strandings is Equinac, a self-funded marine rescue www.asociacionequinac.org. organisation, based in Almerimar, just south of Almería. Equinac has a network of dedicated volunteers based along the coast, ready to respond to strandings, 24/7, 365 days of the year. So far in 2019, the Equinac team has responded to some 21 dolphins and 27 sea turtles, found washed up on the beaches of our province. Following an alert from the 112 emergency services, the team members are responsible for securing the animal, taking measurements and photographing the creature. The data is then logged and in some cases an ‘on-the-scene’ autopsy will be performed to attempt to establish the cause of death.

Gilly Elliott-Binns (Left) and Eleanor Tolman

Dance Group Celebrates 11th Birthday

Members of Eleanor and Gilly’s Monday Afternoon Line Dance Class celebrated their 11th birthday recently with a party at Chapman’s Bar Restaurant in Albox. Class members took part in the festivities by dressing mainly in black and white as the theme In the majority of cases involving a live turtle for this year’s party was colours. All the dances In the case of a live stranding, team members will administer medical attention to the animal and keep it stabilised until it can be transported to the rehabilitation centre in Almerimar.

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Community News throughout the afternoon were set to music which included a colour, such as “Red Hot Salsa” and the “Blue Danube”. There was a Raffle for F.A.C.E. (Fundraising in Arboleas Caring for Everyone) and a superb buffet provided by Chapman’s Bar Restaurant. There was also a giant birthday cake and every member received a small gift. The Raffle for F.A.C.E. raised 76 euros and this will be added to the 139 euros the group already holds, and will be presented to F.A.C.E. at the groups Christmas Dinner on December 16th. The Group has loyally supported F.A.C.E. ever since its inception. Eleanor and Gilly would like to thank all the class members, both old and new, for their support over the last eleven years. They would also like to thank all the Management and staff at Chapman’s for welcoming and accommodating them right throughout the year. The Line Dance Classes are held every Monday afternoon between 2-30pm and 4-30pm and is a great place to make friends and meet friends. If you would like any further information on Eleanor and Gilly’s Line Dance Class, please ring 647 932 078.

giving half the money to MACS and the other half to PAWS-PATAS. They will put the 523 euros towards major renovation of a kennel at the shelter and name it after Caroline Johnston who worked as a volunteer for 30 years and was tragically killed by a wasp sting just days before her 62nd birthday on August 27th. There are plans to make this run an annual event. Check out the El Bandido Runners on Facebook and join them every Wednesday and Saturday at 9am. If you would like to contribute towards the memory of Caroline, please visit the website - www.paws-patas.org or email info@paws-patas.org

The “Dona Vida al Planeta” Environmental Campaign

Mojácar has joined a regional “Save the Planet” campaign that will run over the next two months, promoting the reuse and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment and, raising awareness on the its importance to society and the planet. In Mojácar, two environmental specialists have been welcomed by the local councillor responsible for such issues, Emmanuel Agüero, who will be around the town and the beach areas, handing out The Mojácar Run in Aid of brochures and giving out general information to PAWS-PATAS and MACS residents and visitors. Their aim is to impress on The Mojácar Run which took place along the paseo the public the advantages of correct waste on Sunday, September 29th had a grand total of management as well as the avoidance of 118 participants of all ages either walking, jogging accumulating old technological items in the home. or running the 5km distance. Organisers Kevin Rowe and Daniel Laws raised a massive 1,047 euros It is estimated that each year we all generate about Caroline Johnson 5 kilos of technological waste and in last year’s campaign 42 million kilos were recovered, approximately 20 million more than in 2015, which the specialists consider a major change in awareness. All appliances are manufactured with raw materials obtained from the environment, many of which are non-renewable, although through recycling, materials such as copper or aluminium can be reused for other new products. In this way the environmental damage made by its extraction could be avoided, since up to 90% of the parts can be reused. One thing is for certain, there is a great need to continue to emphasize the importance of recycling and it is hoped that this campaign overall

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Community News will reach around 60,000 people directly with possibly where the people came from, either by the natural 600,000 more through the planned media actions. grouping of nearby inhabitants or the Almoravid dynasty building a castle to establish a more political The campaign is being promoted through the Junta and military settlement. Although two major phases de Andalucía’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, of construction have been recognised, many Fisheries and Sustainable Development, the Andalucían modifications have been found with a series of Federation of Municipalities and, the Producers structural changes. Abandonment took place during Responsibility Collective Systems Organisation. the second half of the 13th century, indicating a Photo byof Aaron Baglietto relatively short, but intense period activity.

Mojácar La Vieja Excavations

The preliminary results of this summer’s archaeological dig at Mojácar la Vieja were recently presented.The campaign was conducted for a second year by the University of Granada’s Biocultural MEMOLab Laboratory and Medieval History Department, with the support of Mojácar Council and the Valparaíso Foundation. Mojácar’s Tourism Councillor, Emmanuel Agüero, opened the event along with the Mayor, Rosmari Cano and her Government Team, Valparaíso Foundation President, Beatrice Beckett and, Foundation Project Director, Teresa Santiago and a large audience. Thanks were given to the landowners around the excavation area for their collaboration, the people of Mojácar and the council, along with the Valparaíso Foundation and the 100 plus archaeologists who were involved both on the site and with associated research. José María Martín Civantos explained that nine MEMOLab archaeologists have drawn up their conclusions so far from both a scientific and social point of view. As one of the first Islamic settlements in the area, it is of great importance to understand more about the people in relation to the environment, and how Mojácar and its surroundings were both culturally and historically.

The settlement’s move to the town’s current site was undoubtedly in order to have better defences and views of the coast on a site that would be easier to wall. The findings last year confirmed serious problems at la Vieja with land stability and although constant repairs were made, the wall, towers and houses continued to collapse.

This summer’s campaign continued the work done during the previous year in investigating the wall, castle access and how the fortified upper sections functioned, with many new discoveries giving a better overall idea of life then.The archaeologists presented their final conclusions which have focused on the confirmation of the settlement’s creation in the 12th century as a rural settlement that was taking on a more urban character. There remains Aaron Baglietto the important question of how it Photo was byfounded and

A strategy is now needed to preserve and enhance Mojácar la Vieja and its heritage. There is a plan needed to ensure that the excavations can be visited safely, without causing damage, as well as Photo by Lesley Posso to create a museum and information centre in the town to display findings. Knowledge of the historical, cultural and social background of the town and its surrounding area is a valuable future project for not only Mojácar, but for the entire Region and Province.

Next year, MEMOLab hopes to continue with the excavations in order to understand why the settlement was founded, what was there before and where the population came from, as well as the relationship between the Islamic powers and the rural communities in the area. Looking ahead, there are new challenges and a medium-term research project will be presented to the Ministry of Culture on how and what form future investigations will take. The other challenge is the need to consolidate and conserve what has already been found. According to Civantos, they already have a wealth of interesting scientific data which is in demand not only provincially, but throughout Spain and from the archaeologists from 22 countries that have taken part.

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What’s On Almería The Almería Municipal Symphonic band and the Virgen del Mar choir perform a solidarity concert of film music in aid of the Dárata Autism Association on November 7th at 8.30pm Maestro Padilla Auditorio, Almería city. Tickets are 10 euros & 5 euros for children under the age of 12. The Almería Municipal Symphonic band perform a concert for Saint Cecelia (the patron saint of music) on November 23rd at 8.30pm at the Plaza de Constitución, Almería city. They perform excerpts from c o m p o s i t i o n s by P u c c i n i , Shostakovich, Andrew Lloyd Weber and others. Admission is free.

The Russian National Ballet Company performs Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake on December 1st at 8pm, Maestro Padilla Auditorio, Almería city. Tickets are 25 & 27 euros. The Musical Adventures of ‘Gato con Botas’ (Puss in Boots) intended for children comes to Teatro Cervantes, Almería city on November 10th at 12 noon. Tickets are 12 euros in advance or 15 euros at the door.

Zambomba Entre Flamenco is a flamenco performance at Teatro Cervantes, Almería city on December 22nd at 10pm. Tickets are 15 euros. Tickets for concerts in Almería (except Teatro Cervantes) available from the ticket office in the Teatro Apolo, 25 Rambla Obispo Orberá, Almería , tel: 950 230 922. Mon- Fri, 10.30am-1.30pm & 68pm, or Sat, 11am-1pm. Tickets can be purchased from 2hrs before performances at the venue or from www.ticketmaster.es or call Ticketmaster: 902 1500 25. Main branches of ‘CaixaBank’ have machines which issue tickets; including Vera near the church square. Tickets for Teatro Cervantes, Almería city, from box office at Calle del Poeta Villaspesa,1. Open Mon-Fri, 11am-1pm & 4pm-7pm, Saturday from 11am-2pm, or 1hr before performances, or from www.todaslasentradas.com

Morgan finish their Airtour on November 30th at 9pm, Teatro Apolo, Almería city. Their two albums have been extremely popular gaining various awards. Tickets are 22 euros.

Aguilas Auditorio The Bantastic Fand group come to Teatro Cervantes, Almería city on November 10th at 8pm. Their albums have been hailed as being outstanding and they performed as part of the Americana Music Madrid 2019 event. Tickets are 12 euros in advance or 15 euros at the door. Cinderella the Musical, intended for children, comes to Teatro Cer vantes, Almería city on December 22nd at 12.30am. Tickets are 12 & 15 euros.

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La Barberie Teatro Musical Company performs ‘Sale El Sol’, an adaption and tribute to Les Miserables on Nov 10th at 8pm, Águilas auditorio. Ticket prices 8 or 10 euros. The Compañía Nueveuno presents Sinergia 3.0, a contemporary circus performance for all ages on November 16th at 8pm, Águilas auditorio. Ticket prices 7 or 9 euros.

What’s On November 15th: A chamber music concert of selected Beethoven sonatas with clarinettist Ángel López, pianist Lazáro Fernández Millán and cellist Pedro Fernández Millán. November 29th: The Region of Murcia Symphony Orchestra performs a concert of English classical music including Elgar’s cello concerto in E minor and Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. The cellist is Asier Polo. December 13th: The ADUA Symphony Orchestra performs Ernest Chausson’s Symphonic Poem, Paganini’s “gran sonata” for v i o l i n a n d o r ch e s t r a a n d Beethoven’s 7thsymphony. December 26th: Concierto de Camara with Beethoven’s sonata for cello & piano and sonata for cello, piano and clarinet. Cello: Pedro Fernández Millán, Pianist: Lázaro Fernández Millán & Clarinettist: Ángel F. López.

The Flamenco Gala Cantando Voy 2019 tour comes to Águilas Auditorio on November 30th at 9pm. Tickets are 18 euros. The Teatrola Music Company performs the musical La Bella y Bestia (Beauty & the Beast) at Águilas Auditorio on December 14th & 15th. Ticket prices not available at time of going to press.

Aguilas tickets from Victoria Tr a v e l 9 6 8 41 0 9 2 9 & w w w. b a c a n t i c . c o m , M u s e o Arqueológico, www. auditorioaguilas.org or from 2hrs before performances at the box office. The Promúsica 2019 / 2020 classical music concerts at Águilas auditorio normally feature the Region of Murcia Symphony Orchestra with their resident conductor Virginia Martínez. All concerts start at 9pm.

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January 2nd, 2020: New Year Concert of Waltzes and Polkas. Region of Murcia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Virginia Martínez. Tickets for each concert singly cost 15 euros from Oficina Promúsica, C / Castelar 2, 2nd floor, tel: 626 476 389 or Victoria Travel C / Isabel La Católica 1, tel: 968 414 752 or from the box office from 2 hours prior to the performance. A season ticket is available that costs 100 euros or 45 euros for children and students and a cash payment can be made at the travel agents

What’s On Roquetas de Mar

QueenBrit Live she performs The Russian National Ballet standards from the pop, rock and Company performs Tchaikovsky’s soul genres. Tickets are 20 euros. Swan Lake on November 9th at 9.30pm, Teatro Auditorio. Tickets Strad – El Violinista Rebelde is a concert on November 23rd at are 18 & 22 euros. 9.30pm, Teatro Auditorio, of Wild Women Do! is a concert on classical, flamenco, jazz and rock November 22nd at 9.30pm, Teatro compositions by five musicians led Auditorio, by Carlene Graham, a by the acclaimed violinist Jorge singer/songwriter and London Guillén who is principal violinist in producer who has been a backing the Ara Malikian group. Tickets are vo c a l i s t f o r m a ny fa m o u s 12, 15 & 18 euros. performers. With her group

Roquetas de Mar Auditorio tickets are on sale at www.teatro auditorioroquetas.org or the ticket office open Tuesdays to Fridays from 11am-1pm & 6pm-8pm

Huércal-Overa The Russian National Ballet Company performs Tchaikovsky’s la Bella Durmiendo (The Sleeping Beauty) at Teatro Villa on November 28th at 9pm.Tickets are 20 & 25 euros. Caperucita Roja (Little Red Riding Hood), described as “the maddest version ever” comes to Teatro Villa on January 3rd, 2020, at 6pm. Tickets are 10 euros in advance or 12 euros at the door.

Tickets for events in Huércal-Overa are available at the box office on Mondays to Thursdays from 10am1.30pm & 5pm-8pm, mornings only on Fridays, or from 1 hour before performances. Internet sales from entradasho.es

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What’s On Villaricos The VIII Dreambeach Villaricos Music Festival takes place August 5th-9th, 2020. The first 15,000 tickets sold in 50 minutes. Tickets are available from www.dreambeach.es.

Vera Juan Francisco Padilla, the classical guitarist, comes to Convento de la Victoria in Vera on November 23rd at 8pm and performs a concert entitled “D. Antonio de Torres 1817 / 2017 - Un Guitarrero de Leyenda”. Antonio Torres is a very famous guitar maker from Almería and the guitar museum in Almería city bears his name. The concert is being performed at various places in the province and admission is free. The “Generation Queen Forever Tour 2019” comes to the Vera Auditorio on November 29th at 9.30pm. The performers are a tribute group from Italy. Ticket prices were not shown at time of going to press.

Zurgena

Exibitions

A Flamenco event takes place at the Zurgena Municipal Theatre on Sunday, November 17th at 8.30pm. There are top musicians and dancers from Granada exploring the Gipsy roots of flamenco with a wide variety of performers including 9yr old Estela Santiago and Francesca Girone. Tickets are 15 euros from Jim Simpson at Z u r g e n a tow n h a l l o r L a Supertienda, Parque Comercial, Mojácar. More info vía email: info@lagitananinglesa.com

The ‘Añil’ art gallery in Mojácar Pueblo has an exhibition by Arnaud Berliaz until December. The gallery is at Calle Puntico and opening hours Tuesdays to Sundays are 11 a m - 2 p m a n d 5 p m - 7 p m .

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Almería Terra de Cine (Almería land of film) is a travelling exhibition of photographs that won a competition organized by FICAL Festival Internacional de Cine de Almería. Organized by the Almería Diputación (County council) it can

What’s On be seen initially at the Pedro Gilabert Museum in Arboleas. It then travels to Fuente Victoria, Urracál, Alicún, Puurchena, Canjájar and Purchena, finishing up on November 10th at Vélez-Rubio. The Vera Photo Club has an exhibition of photographs at Mojácar La Fuente art gallery below Mojácar village until November 29th. The exhibition is open from 10am-2pm, Tuesdays to Sundays. Local artists from the Almanzora Valley have an exhibition of their work at Purchena town hall from November 17thDecember 14th. The exhibition will be open daily from 10am to 2pm and 6pm to 9pm. For further info contact Nina Higgins on 676 587 435.

Trips & Events by Carlos Isabel Bes is performing a concert of ballads, blues & rock genre on December 3rd at Lua Restaurant at Vera Playa. The event starts from 7pm for an haute cuisine dinner at

8pm and Isabel performs at 9.15pm. Miscellaneous Ticket price including concert and Shoestring Productions dinner is 28 euros. performs a grand Variety Show Trip to Cartagena Auditorio El “GRIN AND TONIC” with sketches, Batel on December 22nd to see songs, magic and jokes galore on the renowned Film Symphony December 10th-12th at 7.30pm, Orchestra (FSO) perform a new MontMartre Restaurant in Mojácar. repertoire of John William’s film Tickets are 8 euros with proceeds music as part of their 2019-2020 going to PAWS-PATAS animal shelter. tour. Coach & ticket price 80 euros. For more information visit Shoestring Productions on facebook For info & bookings call Carlos on or one of the PAWS-PATAS outlets 610 681 068 or 950 525 761 in Mojácar, Turre or Las Buganvillas, or the MontMartre Restaurant. PAWS-PATAS Christmas Fayre is on Sunday, November 24th from 10am-2pm at Plaza Estrella del Cantal in Mojácar, nearly opposite the ‘Crazy Golf’. Entertainment by The Sue Moretta Choir. Dames in Turre have a shopping trip on Tuesday, November 19th to Cartagena so time to get all those presents for Christmas. The November meeting will take place on Monday 25th at The Hostal Rural at 11am prompt. We have the pleasure of welcoming Helen Lloyd-

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What’s On Waldren from Oasis Fashions in Mojácar who will be bringing her latest fashions and accessories and will help co-ordinate something to suit you. A BIG reminder of our Christmas Market that will be held on Sat, Dec 7th in Turre Square. Anyone wishing to bring items for the Tombola, Main Raffle or Brica-Brac stalls can bring them along to the November 19th meeting. For persons wishing to have a stall please contact Barbara Wardley by email: casaroojo@hotmail.co.uk or Marion Piggins on 617 946 513. Contact us now to book a space, your support is greatly appreciated. For more info contact Chairman Carol Pazdzierski on 950 099 932 or membership secretary Eileen McGill on 652 298 072 The Royal British Legion Mojácar Branch. The November branch meeting is at the Artisan Centre, Mojácar on Thursday 7th at 11.30am for coffee and chatter. Our guest speaker is Lady Ellen and everyone is welcome. The Poppy Appeal is now in full swing until Remembrance Sunday. All money raised in Spain helps ex service personnel and their families here. Anyone who would like to help us with collecting or fund raising, please get in touch. The AGM will be held at The Artisan Centre, Mojácar on Thursday 21st at 12 noon followed by lunch at the Ostería Ristorante Italiano. For further details and information about future events or meetings call 682 405 858 or email mojacar.secretary@rbl.community. For Welfare advice or help call 676 451 780 (9am-5pm, Mon-Sat) or email dmwilson@britishlegion .org.uk.

Anglican Churches of Costa Almería and Costa Calida Sunday, November 10th, 10.30am, Remembrance Service at Mojácar (St. Pascual). Sunday, November 10th, 10.30am Remembrance Service at Llanos Del Peral. Plus all normal Sunday Services. Saturday, November 16th, from 9.30am, Church Fair at Levante car park, Mojácar Playa, opposite Price Brown. Free entrance with many stalls. Non-church stall holders welcome (No Bric-A-Brac/Books), price 10 euros per 3 metre stall. Contact number is 634 780 501.

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The Mojácar Moors & Christians event for 2020 is from June 12th14th. PAWS/PATAS Cats The next Beachcomber Book Sale will be on Tuesday, 12th November, 10.30am -1pm. Any donation of books or DVDs on the morning of the sale would be appreciated. All proceeds to cat neutering

Send details of your events to almeriafocus@gmail.com or call 670 84 92 65

What’s On Market Days Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday:

Huércal-Overa, Antas, Berja Albox, Los Gallardos, Cuevas del Almanzora Mojácar, Bédar, Lubrin, Vélez Blanco, Palomares, Tabernas Cuevas del Almanzora, Olula del Río, Carboneras, Sorbas Garrucha, Turre, Zurgena Aguilas, Vera, Arboleas, Vélez Rubio Villaricos, Purias, San Juan de los Terreros

Rastros, Car Boot Sales, etc. Saturday: Los Llanos, between Arboleas & Albox Sunday morning: Multiple Use Centre (Artisan Centre), Mojácar Village 2nd Sunday of the month: Bédar, from 9am

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Activities - Clubs - Associations Clubs, Societies & Activities

The Royal British Legion - Albox Everyone welcome. Monthly meeting 3rd Thursday of every month, La Parrilla, Albox, 11am. Coffee morning 1st Almanzora Group of Friends Library and Information Centre Thursday of every month, Oasis Cafe Mon - Fri and first Saturday of month Bar, 11.30am. For info contact chairman 10am-1pm, Plaza San Antonia, Barrio Filip Ostrowski , email Albox.chairman Alto, Albox. Extensive English Library, @rbl.community. .For support contact DVDs and talking books, monthly Mrs Pamela Twissell Cross on 676 451 magazine, monthly quiz, trips. 780 Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm or email: www.almanzoragof.org or Facebook: SpainNorth.CommunitySupport@RBL. Almanzora Group of Friends. Tel: 634 Community 343 147 The Royal British Legion - Zurgena & District Branch Living Alone in Spain? We are a 60+ group of friends who Heather’s Bar, La Alfoquia, every first meet for lunch every Wednesday in the Thursday of the month at 11a.m. Email Mojácar area. Tel. Ann: 677 877 087 zurgenaRBLsecretary@yahoo.co.uk. See www.britishlegion.org.uk/branches/z WOW Women on Wednesday urgena Kukis, Mojácar Playa, 2pm. Get together, buy, sell, swap, meet new people. Mojácar Community Library Dames in Huércal Overa Multi-Use centre. Mon, Wed and Fri, 3rd Wed. of the month, 10.30am, Hostal 11am - 1pm . Rural Los Sabores de Miguel. All welcome. Mojácar Walking Group Tel. Carolyn 637 798 494 Walks of different levels. Tues & Thurs. Dames in Spain (Mojácar) w w w. m o j a c a r wa l k i n g g ro u p . c o m Talks, trips, support for local charities. 3rd Mon. of the month, 11.00am Psychic Development Circle Sensations Restaurant, Mojácar Playa. Various classes at different times. Chairperson Carol Threlfall. Secretary Everyone welcome. Tel: Barbara 637 Jenny Trask . See fb Dames in Spain. 469 937 barbaramoonlight@gmail.com Guests welcome. Tel: 674 477 679 AUAN - Abusos Urbanisticos Almanzora No. Dames in Turre 11am, last Mon in the month, Hostal Association campaigning for the Rural, Turre. Talks, trips, support for legalisation of homes in the Almanzora local charities. Guests welcome. Valley built without proper authority. Chairman, Carol Pazdzierski Tel: 950 099 Meeings on 3rd Sat. of every other 932, Membership Secretary, Eileen month, 11am, La Parrilla, Albox. Tel: 617 118 209 www.almanzora-au.org McGill Tel: 652 298 072 Vera & District Lions Club. Mojácar Bridge Club 5.00pm on the first Wednesday of the Mon and Thurs, 7pm. Marina Playa Hotel. month at El Gnomo Feliz restaurant, Contact Les 950 437 100 / 634 219 Vera. Telephone Sandie Tinkham on 950 174 Facebook: Mojácar Bridge Club 439324 or Pam Mattioli on 950069249 The Royal British Legion, Mojácar for more information. First Thursday of the month, meeting Flamenco Forum for English in the Artisan Centre, Mojacar Pueblo, Speakers 11:30am. 3rd Thursday of the month on Facebook. Information and events. social meeting at 11:30 for coffee and Tel: 687 480 694 chatter. Call for information of the venue. Vera Photo Club Everyone is welcome, service or non- First Sunday of month, Bar La Pará, service. For enquires call: 682 405 858 Turre (opposite the Vet), 10am or email mojacar.secretary@rbl. 12.30pm. Presentations by invited community. For Welfare advice or help speakers, field trips, instruction, studio call : 676451780 (9am-5pm, Mon-Sat) photography, monthly assignments and or email dmwilson@britishlegion.org.uk exhibitions. All levels welcome. Phone Sarah 670003717 or Claus 628585538.

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Mojacar Photo Group meet 2nd Sunday each month at Dee’s Dollar Bar, Pueblo Laguna with monthly presentations, themes and challenges. Open to all levels, training available for beginners. Contact Andy: 650406167 or mpg@funnell.eu Betty's Garden Club 11.30 for 12 noon, 2nd Monday of the month at Miraflores Restaurant, Camping Los Gallardos except in July & August. All welcome. Tel: 634 341 715 Freemasons in the Province of Almeria Craft & Chapter. 661 026 912 or 670 27 27 37 Freemasons – The Side Degrees Mark, RAM, RSM, OSM & Allied. 694 44 43 61 Cabrera Music Club For info call Richard: 666 274 861 cabreramusicclub@albox-online.net Albox Computer Club Hotel La Parrilla, Albox. Fri, 10am. All levels of experience are welcomed. www.alboxcc.com Indalo Hash House Harriers Meet 2nd and 4th Sunday, 11am, various l o c a t i o n s . w w w. i n d a l o h 3 . c o m Traditional Japanese Reiki and Gendai Reiki Ho Classes, workshops, and Reiki shares in Mojacar. Tel: 634 347 930, website: www.gendaireikispain.com Ananda Yoga & Holistic Centre Meditation Class, Crystal Class and Holistic Therapies. Contacts : 672 061 048 (Sharon) or 635 190 515 (Nana) Ancestry Club for Beginners & Intermediate Tel. 634 309 590

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Support Groups & Charities

Amigos de los Coches Clasicos Local multi-national group of classic car enthusiasts. Meetings the first Thursday of the month, 3pm, Hotel Rural Miguel Rosi, junction 559 E15/A7. www.a-c-c.es, email: info@a-c-c.es, tel. David 950 412 165

The Evangelical Church, Turre Avda de Almeria on the corner of C/Alberquillica . Sunday 10.30am. Tuesday 3pm Bible Studying. Midweek prayer meeting. Tel. 950 617549 or 950 47 2 3 4 9 . w w w . t u r r e c h u r c h . c o m

Parkinson's Disease Support Contact Joyce Boxall (Santa Maria de Nieva, Huércal-Overa), tel 677 688037

Miraflores 1/10 Scale RC Club Thursdays, 3pm. Tel: Richard on 666 274 861 for more details. Model Aero Flying Club, Cortijo Grande Sun. & Wed., 10.30am. Contact Jeff on 950 469304 or Colin on 666 982186 Aeroclub ULM Günter (Vera) Tel: 607 316 553 Pita Escuela Agave School of Río Aguas. A multicultural, environmental and musical project, specialized on the integral usage of the agave plant and the processing of its wood.Tel 630 66 18 65 (Timbe) pitaescuela@hotmail.com Sunseed A hands-on practical centre for lowimpact living and environmental education in Los Molinos del Rio Aguas near Sorbas. Free tours at 4pm. www.sunseed.org.uk Tel: 950 525 770 CALAWIM We have a Book Club, a Wine Tasting Club, a Quilting Club, a Snooker Club, and that is just for starters! We also organise demonstrations, day trips and workshops. CALAWIM Book Club First Saturday of the month, 2pm, BarRestaurante Solare, Turre. CALAWIM Wine Appreciation Club Third Tuesday of the month, 5pm, Hotel Tikar, Garrucha . www.comeandlookatwhatimade.club welcome@comeandlookatwhatimade.c lub

MACS Cancer Support Group General Enquiries call 634 328 334 10am to 4pm. 24/7 Careline: 634 656 555. Fully Spanish registered charity. Church of England (Anglican Shops in Mojácar, Turre, Albox and Churches) Huercal-Overa open Mon-Fri, 10-2pm Mojacar: Eucharist, Sunday, 11am, at the www.macscancersupport.com Email: church of San Pascual, Agua de Enmedio. m a c s c a n c e r s u p p o r t @ l i v e . c o . u k Albox: Eucharist, 2nd & last Thurs in Stepping Stones Carers Support month, 11am. Evensong, second Sun in Group month, 6pm at Aljambra Chapel. Turre Evangelical Hall, Thurs, 11am-2pm. Llanos del Peral, nr El Cucador: Eucharist Tel 950 472 822 or 677 683 385 or morning worship, Sundays, 11am. www.steppingstonescarerssupport.com Church Wardens, Pam Carter 667947573 & Janetta Causton 661575606. Priest Ostomist Support For Expats in Charge, Rev. Vincent Oram 603659139 Call Dee 950 064 322 in confidence. See www.mojacarchurch.org A.A. Alcoholics Anonymous Kingdom Hall, Jehovah's Witnesses Mojacar Area Meetings:- Monday 6pm, Tues 7:30pm & Sun 10.00am. Poligono Turre Evangelical Church (Avenida de Aljoroque - C/El Cajete 6, Antas. Contact: Almeria, Turre). WedS & Fri, 6pm, Living 652 293 269 Water Church, Mojacar Playa (opposite Living Water Church Mojacar Playa Red Cross building). Tel: 634 349 535 or Opposite Red Cross Centre and Salas email aaspain@gmail.com Farmacia. Sunday Service 11am. Bible Al-Anon Family Groups study Tuesday 11am. Cafe Church for people whose life is or has been Thursday 11am to 1pm. For further info affected by someone else's drinking. contact Pastors Dave 697 522 521 or Meetings Mondays, 4:45 - 5:45 at Turre John 634 254 781. See FaceBook or visit Evangelical Church and Wednesdays 3:30 www.livingwaterchurchmojacar.com - 4:30 La Alfoquia, Avda Andalucia 1 (C.A.T. Services building). Tel: 698460801 or Aguaviva Evangelical Church Near the health Centre, opposite Bici- email AlAnon.LaAlfoquia@gmail.com Box, Albox. Tel: Rod Southwood, 687 Age Support Almanzora 560 544 Shop and welfare office near Peugeot garage, Albox. Helpline 634 316 573 New Life Church, Huercal-Overa We are a Jesus centred church family Universal Wonderful Street learning to love one another. Sunday Academy service at 11 am, www.newlifechurch.eu NGO that supports street children in tel. 685 628 184 Accra (Ghana). Registered charity. www.universalwonderfulstreetacadem y.org. Beatriz: 617 182 154 FACE (Fundraising in Arboleas, Caring for E ve r yo n e ) . Re g i s te r e d c h a r i t y. face.charity@hotmail.com www.face -charity.com Send details of your group to almeriafocus@gmail.com Tel: 670 849 265

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Harmony Community Support Providing assistance to those in need. Tel. 634 339 192 Mon - Fri, 11:00 - 14:00 help@harmonycharity.com

Activities - Clubs - Associations Music & Drama Groups

Yoga

Indalo Players Well established drama group always looking for new members to act or help back stage. Tel. Bill White on 671 81 08 19 or email williamwhite9552@aol.com

Ananda Yoga & Holistic Centre Various different styles of yoga including Hatha Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga and Integral Yoga. Holistic Therapies including Reiki, Thai Foot Massage, Reflexology, Crystal Massage. Tel : 672 061 048 (Sharon) or 635 190 515 (Nana)

Independent Theatre Group Always looking for new people, novices & full blown Thesbians. Call Ian Jones on 950 436 581 or 666 375 688 or email independenttheatre@hotmail.com The Luvvies New members always welcome for acting or work behind the scenes etc. Te l . 6 34 34 6 3 0 9 o r e - m a i l theluvvies@hotmail.com Jacqueline Welby Productions New members always needed to act or work back stage or with any other activities. Tel. Jacqueline Morris Welby 634 313 531 The Incognito Singers A mixed voice group, based in Arboleas, performing a varied repertoire of songs to a high standard. For more info visit www.theincognitosingers.com, see Facebook, contact us at theincognito singers@gmail.com., or drop in to a weekly rehearsal. (See web page.) Sing Sing Sing A mixed informal singing group, singing all types of music, for the fun of it, and to be able to perform a few charity events. Everyone welcome, Rehearsal Tuesday 6pm Villaricos Social Centre. For info. ring Janet on 617856680. Cariatiz Community Orchestra A friendly group of musicians of various ages and levels. All newcomers welcome, only requirement is to play an orchestral instrument and read music. Rehearsals Vera Auditorio, 6-8pm every Sunday. Contact emma.v.randle@gmail.com Facebook: Cariatiz Community Orchestra. Vera Voces A friendly choir singing classical music, directed by pianist, singer and director, Barry Jobling. All welcome, no auditions. Rehearsals Wednesdays, 6-8pm, at Vera Auditorio. Facebook: Vera Voces. Contact veravoces1@gmail.com

Yoga in Mojacar with Sharon Fisher. All levels. beginners welcome. 672 061 048 Sol Yoga Centre, Arboleas Tel: 686 400331 Girasol, Albox Call 639 089 170 Yoga with Ashlí Turre, Vera & private. 643102335 Yoga Therapy with Portia Oliver. Tel: 681301474 www.portiaoliver.es

Arts & Crafts Sewing Group, Mojacar We meet at Scotty's el Tropico bar for sewing, knitting, crochet etc. Weds. 10.30 to 12.30. Tel. Brenda 634 34 34 92 or Sylvia 628 006 197. We are a friendly group meeting for coffee and chat.

Bedar Arts Centre Ceramic classes, Mondays and Wednesdays. Painting classes Tuesday 10:30-1330. For info, call 664 896 555

Dance Line Dancing Salon de Actos, Centro de Usos Multiples , Mojacar. Fridays, 4.–7pm. Beginners welcome. Contact: Glynis 648217503 o r M a r y B eth 6 616715 2 6 o r strictlylinedancingmojacar@gmail.com Eleanor & Gilly's Line Dance Class Chapman’s Bar, Albox, 2-30pm- 4-30pm, Mondays. All levels welcome. 950439003. Step2It - Line Dancing Arboleas. Weds: 6.45 p.m - 7.30 p.m, First Steps/Intro. 7.30 p.m -10.30, Beginners / Improvers /Intermediate. : C a r r i e A n n 6 2727 9 5 8 4 www.carrieanngreen.com Almeria Line Dancers Julie - 634304625 / 950110433 Pro Danza Nicky Mainstone Royal Academy Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Dance fit fusion. Children & Adults. Mojacar & Los Gallardos. T. 667479903

Ladies Sewing Circle Evangelical Church, Turre, Wednesday 10.30 – 12.30 Tel: 667 702 774

Ceroc Dancing Artisan Centre, Mojacar, Tues 8.15pm Beginners/Improvers/Advanced. All welcome. Contact Tracey 687251799

Girasol, Albox Mosaic classes. Thurs 1:30 - 4:30pm.Tel 639 089 170

Belly Dancing Mojácar, Garrucha & Huércal-Overa. Contact Fatima: 610 472 596

Picante Quilting Club Scotty’s El Tropico, Mojacar. First Thurs of the month, 10am-12.30pm. Beginners welcome. For more details or to book your place, please email Jo at jogibson787@yahoo.co.uk

Bellydance Classes Mojácar, Turre, Palomares. Call 639 724 521

The Happy Hookers Crochet Club Alternate Mondays, 2pm, Kuki’s Bar Restaurant, Mojacar. Beginners and all levels welcome. For details, or to book your place, please email Kim at kimlette7@hotmail.com Cloud Zebra Craft Workshops & Clubs In Almanzora and Oria, Tues 10-2, Thurs and Fri, 10.30 -2.30. Call 744 60 96 30 or check out our Facebook page. No experience needed.

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Dance Classes with Hollie Newell Ballet, tap, contemporary, modern, jazz, lyrical, zumba and more. Based in Turre. Tel: 634 317 391 Performing Arts Centre DanZaVera 54 Verasol, Vera. Royal Academy Ballet, Imperial Society Modern, Tap and Jazz. Also Hip-Hop, Oriental Dance, Spanish Classical. Tel Anita: 670 715 787 Complete Beginners Flamenco Mojácar. No specialist shoes or equipment required, friendly hour long class. Email info@lagitanainglesa.com

Activities - Clubs - Associations Sports Almería Lawn Bowling Club Contact Shirley: 679 970 399

Mojacar Golf Society Visitors always welcome to come and join in the fun on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Tel Lynn Sefton on 667 349 908 or email raylynnsefton@gmail.com

Bowling Club de Zurgena Friendly, social and competitive bowling, Albox Club de Tenis all levels & standards. zurgenabc@gmail. Sun & Thurs mornings, Tues afternoons. com. www.zurgenabc.com Tel Sue: 950 064 369 Fb: Albox Club de Tenis Cabrera Lawn Bowling Club Cabrera Tennis Club www.cabreralbc.com Contact info@ cabreratennisclub.com Indalo Lawn Bowling Club www.cabreratennisclub.com Contact Janet 671 865 675 Club de Tenis y Padel Indalo Mojacar Bowls Club Behind Marina Mar Hotel. Everybody Vera. Tel: 950 59 28 77 - 608 250 607 welcome - Tues, Thurs and Sat starting Tennis Coach with coffee at 9:30. Contact Verna 610 Diego Rodriguez Tel: 689 688 226 838 644. Padel tennis lessons At home. Tel: Ulises Gutiérrez, 606 902 Badgers Golf Society Mojacar, play Wednesday and Saturday. 691 Everyone always welcome. Contact Dave PartyLevante Sailing Club Ryder on 663 327 182 or badgers Initiation for children from 7 yrs in small mojacar@gmail.com groups. Email info@partylevante.com or call 680942141 www.partylevante Boxers Golf Society Albox All welcome to join us as members or .com guests. Call in at the Why Not bar in Albox on Saturday mornings or email Santa Irene Sailing Club Meets Sundays at 10:30 at the boat park peterstooks@avired.com of the New Marina, Garrucha, with a preForum Golf Society sail coffee at café La Oficina virtually Plays friendly events at local courses opposite at 11:00. Contact Ian via info@ twice a month. Richard Price. Telephone santaireneclubdevela.com or call 671 850993073 or rfp53@yahoo.co.uk. 474 385. See www.santaireneclub www.forumgolfsociety.webs.com devela.com Marina Phoenix Golf Society Adelante Gimnasia Artìstica Visitors welcome Mondays and H u e r c a l - O ve r a . C l a s s e s f o r f u n Thursdays. Tel Don Atkins 605 051 238. gymnastics , competitive levels, pre Email marinaphoenixgs@gmail.com school and adults. Fully qualified coach. Valle del Este Golf Society. Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays. Contact Alan Townsend Tel. 690 090 982

From 2 years. Tel 622 129 702 or info@adelanteartisitca.es www.adelanteartistica.es Facebook Adelante Gimnasia artistica. Walking Football Club Campo de Football, Los Gallardos, 9am Monday for training, exercise & playing. www.fclosamigos.com El Bandido Runners Run, jog , walk a 5km route along the Paseo. Free to all. See Facebook. Contact Kevin on ironmankev08 @gmail.com

Almería Golf League Contact Les on 950 619 273

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Fitness & Martial Arts Girasol, Albox Pilates, children’s karate & gymastics, advanced gymnastics, Tai-chi. Tel 639 089 170 Aerobics or Pilates Campo de Futbol, Turre. Contact Vicki 650 764 623 or vicki.lynch@live.co.uk Slimming Groups Casa Pepa, Turre, Weds 10 am, Sophia Wellness Centre Arboleas, Thurs 12.30pm, Contact Vicki 650 764 623 or vicki.lynch@live.co.uk Martial Arts Academy Seidokan Scientific Karate & Taiji-Qigong, Vera. Call John Watson 950 453 681 Performing Arts Centre DanZaVera Almeria. 54 Verasol, Vera. Martial Arts, Karate, Tai ji qigong, ancient weapons including Sword, Self Defence, Tactical Gymnastics, Yoga and ageless mobility. Tel Anita: 670 715 787 Mojácar Taekwondo 5 years to adults. Various classes & times. Contact Serge 646844708. Facebook GTF Spain Sophia Wellness Centre, Arboleas Gym, Toning tables, Kickboxing, Cross fit, Boot camp, Boxing, Salsacise, Zumba, Step Aerobics, Body Pump. Tel. 950 449 451. Fitness with Alison, Mojácar Full Body Workout, Pilates, AquaZumba, Zumba, Step Aerobics, Total Toning, AeroFit. Tel 666 273 168. Hollie Newell Zumba Almeria Turre, Los Gallardos, Arboleas and San Juan. Contact: 634 317 391

Your Stars Set a limit, or you'll wind up on a tight budget. Travel will be favourable. This is probably causing upset and confusion on the home front. Don't hold back. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday. (Mar. 21- April 20)

(Sept. 24 - Oct. 23)

Try to concentrate on research and acquiring information that will be of value in your chosen field. Try not to overreact to the loss. Don't be too eager to cut those who have disappointed you from your life. Don't delay; go to your physician or dentist and get to the bottom of the discomfort. Your luckiest events this month will (Apr. 21- May 21) occur on a Wednesday.

(May 22 - June 21)

You will learn valuable information if you travel this month. You can prosper if you in vest in property or mutual funds. You will take on too much if you aren't careful. Stick to basics. Don't confront the situation if you don't feel you can keep your cool. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday.

(Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)

(Nov. 23 - Dec. 21)

(July 23 - Aug. 22)

(Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) You can make personal changes that will enhance your appearance and bring about greater social activity. They won't get away with it. You may think gifts will win their heart, but it could add stress from lack of funds. You must consider yourself for a change. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday.

Do not give your heart to someone who may not live up to your standards. Try to make arrangements with close friends or relatives to spend a few days away. You will probably have to defend your mate. You may find yourself in an emotional fix if you interfere in other people's problems. Your luckiest events this month will (Aug. 23 - Sept. 23) occur on a Tuesday.

You will have the discipline to make changes you feel are necessary. You may find that others do not do things the way you want; however, if the job gets done, let it pass. Don't make promises that you can't possibly keep. You may feel a need to make changes to your legal documents. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday. Problems with in-laws may cause friction in your personal relationship. Unexpected bills may set you back. You can get a lot done if you get your hands on the right equipment. Be an observer before getting involved. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday.

Love can be yours if you get out and about. Don't lend or borrow money or belongings. You may as well work on projects that will allow you to make progress. Proceed with caution if operating equipment or vehicles. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday. (June 22 - July 22)

Nothing can be resolved if you don't want to talk about it. Don't get so wrapped up in being rich that you overlook the fact that your plan may not be as solid as you thought. Travel for business or pleasure will be enlightening. Try to do your job and then leave. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday.

(Jan. 21- Feb. 19)

Don't allow someone to do a job that was designated specifically for you. Keep the promises you've made or you can expect to be in the doghouse. Investments may not be as lucrative as you thought. You will find good buys and you will lift your spirits. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.

You may find yourself interested in more than one person. Problems with your partner could be reaching a high level of concern. This could be a serious relation ship. Your lover may be annoyed if you have been flirtatious or not attentive to their needs. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.

Lack of cash might be partly to blame for the problems at home. Lovers will be less than accommodating, and decisions regarding personal direction a necessity. Hidden matters are likely to surface. You will have problems with coworkers if you are too extreme about doing things perfectly. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20) Saturday.

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Jokes of the Month The Cuckoo Clock

The Porn Film

The other night I was invited out for a night with the girls. I promised my husband that I would be home by midnight. Well, the hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easy. Around 3 a.m., a bit blitzed, I headed for home. Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the hall started up and cuckooed 3 times. Quickly realising my husband would probably wake up, I cuckooed another 9 times. I was really proud of myself for coming up with such a quick-witted solution (even when totally smashed), in order to escape a possible conflict with him. The next morning my husband asked me what time I got in, and I told him midnight. He didn't seem disturbed at all. (Whew! Got away with that one!). Then he said, "We need a new cuckoo clock." When I asked him why, he said, "Well, last night our clock cuckooed 3 times, then said, "Oh, crap," cuckooed 4 more times, cleared its throat, cuckooed another 3 times, giggled, cuckooed twice more, and then tripped over the cat."

A pianist was hired to play background music for a movie. When it was completed he asked when and where he could see the picture. The producer sheepishly confessed that it was actually a porn film and it was due out in a month. A month later, the musician went to a porn theatre to see the adult movie. With his collar up and dark glasses on, he took a seat in the back row of the adult cinema, next to a couple who also seemed to be in disguise. The movie was even raunchier than he had feared, featuring group sex, S/M, bondage and even a dog. After a while watching the adult movie, the embarrassed pianist turned to the couple and said, "I'm only here to listen to the music." "Yeah?" replied the man. "We're only here to see our dog."

The Cookies The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray, "Take only one. God is watching." Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. One child whispered to another, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples." The Wife I was sat with my wife while she sipped on her glass of wine when she said, "I love you so much, you know. I don't know how I could ever live without you." I said, "Is that you or the wine talking?" She said, "It's me talking to the wine.

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Firm It Up One morning while his wife was making breakfast, a man walked up to her and gave her a healthy pinch on her butt. He said to her, "If you firmed up your butt we could get rid of your girdle." The wife was angry but said nothing. The next morning her husband pinched her breast and said, "If you firmed these up we could get rid of your bra." The wife grabbed her husband's penis and replied, "And if you firmed this up we could get rid of the mailman, the gardener, the pool man, and your brother!"

The Dog Kennel A woman called our airline customer-service desk asking if she could take her dog on board. "Sure," I said, "As long as you provide your own kennel." I further explained that the kennel needed to be large enough for the dog to stand up, sit down, turn around, and roll over. The customer was flummoxed: "I'll never be able to teach him all of that by tomorrow!"

...and next... Difficulty in Communicating

The Old Man An 80 year old man was having his annual checkup when the doctor asked how he was feeling. "I've never been better!" he boasted. "I've got an 18 year old bride who's pregnant and having my child! What do you think about that?" The doctor considered this for a moment then said, "Let me tell you a story. I knew a guy who was an avid hunter. He never missed a season. But one day he went out in a bit of a hurry and accidentally grabbed his umbrella instead of his gun." The doctor continued, "So he was in the woods and suddenly a grizzly bear appeared in front of him! He raised up his umbrella, pointed it at the bear and squeezed the handle. And do you know what happened?" the doctor queried. Dumbfounded, the old man replied, "No, what?" The doctor continued, "The bear dropped dead in front of him." "That's impossible!" exclaimed the old man. "Someone else must have done it." "That's kind of what I'm getting at," replied the doctor.

A judge was interviewing a woman regarding her pending divorce, and asked, "What are the grounds for your divorce?" She replied, "About four acres and a nice little home in the middle of the property with a stream running by." "No," he said, "I mean what is the foundation of this case?" "It is made of concrete, brick and mortar," she responded. "I mean," he continued, "What are your relations like?" "I have an aunt and uncle living here in town, and so do my husband's parents." He said, "Do you have a real grudge?" "No," she replied, "We have a two-car carport and have never really needed one." "Please," he tried again, "Is there any infidelity in your marriage?" "Yes, both my son and daughter have stereo sets. We don't necessarily like the music, but the answer to your questions is yes." "Ma'am, does your husband ever beat you up?" "Yes," she responded, "About twice a week he gets up earlier than I do." Finally, in frustration, the judge asked, "Lady, why do you want a divorce?" "Oh, I don't want a divorce," she replied. "I've never wanted a divorce. My husband does. He said he can't communicate with me!"

The Blonde One day a blonde walks into a doctor’s office with both of her ears burnt. The doctor asks her what had happened. She says, "Well... when I was ironing my work suit the phone rang and I mistakenly picked up the iron instead of the phone. "Well, that explains one ear, but what about the other." "The bastard called again."

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