Gran Alacant Advertiser - November 2015

NOVEMBER

2015 ISSUE 130

YOUR LOCAL NEWS MAGAZINE SINCE JANUARY 2005

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ENGLISH NEWS

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SPANISH NEWS

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PLAZA MAYOR

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BOWLING CLUB

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BRITISH LEGION

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K9/DARTS LEAGUE

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SIERRA MAR

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CARABASI COMPLEX IFA/LIBRARY

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COMMERCIAL CENTRE

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ABEL ANTON RACE

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AVDA ESCANDINAVIA

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VETS

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PETS IN SPAIN

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CLOT NEWS

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GA FERAL FRIENDS

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COMPUTER PAGE

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WORD SEARCH/SUDOKU

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MAP

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After almost 11 years of running the magazine it is time for me and Sandra to step down and welcome Lou and Ged who have taken over the running of the Grant Alacant Advertiser with us giving them as much as support as they need in the forthcoming months.

They have been regular visitors to the area for the last 11 years and have finally decided to make a permanent move and to make Gran Alacant their new home.

They look forward to keeping all of you informed of the latest news and developments from around Gran Alacant and the surrounding areas.

Have a good month, Barry, Sandra, Lou & Ged

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We would like to thank the TOURISM COUNCILLOR for enabling Jose Manuel Blasco to join our magazine monthly column. Many of you will surely have met Jose at the Tourist Information Counter in Santa Pola.

He always exudes enthusiasm for all that is happening in our area.

Here are his suggestions of

“Where to visit” and “What to see” for this month ...

November is one of the most quiet months in Spain and I suppose you know, how we Spanish people, go to the Cemetery to take flowers to our lost relatives. Even if I am not very fond of this tradition I must admit that day, the 1st of November, the cemetery becomes an impressive place to see with all these thousands of flowers.

Saturday November 7th at 7pm MUSICAL SHOW Santa Pola Carmen Alls Brass Brass Quintet that plays a fun theatrical concert.

Young adult audience.

Entry; 3€

RUTA MAR “ROUTE OF THE SEA” November 12th, from 5pm-6.45pm in English

7th to 10th of November Fiestas in Benidorm with music and fireworks

Adults: 3€, Pensioners 1.50€

Includes experience of: Harbour Fish Auction Aquarium

Bye-bye my friends ..... until next month DO YOU HAVE A BUSINESS BUT NO WEBSITE ? NO WORRIES ...

We have teamed up with BlueMoon Solutions who have for many years been advertising and writing articles for us.

Give our magazine a call and we can put you onto a SPECIAL PRICE through us, for Richard to design you a website.

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We at your Gran Alacant Advertiser continue to bring you all of the NEWS, and answers to your questions, from Paco Carbonell, Councilor of Citizen Services, as we have since May 2005.

If you have any QUESTIONS or PROBLEMS you would like us to discuss, please just email them to us at the magazine - granalacantadvertiser@hotmail.co.uk

The end of an era.

After 10 years 10 months and 129 monthly editions we have sold the Gran Alacant Advertiser magazine on to new owners Lou and Ged. Many of you will have seen them out and about, producing their first months edition.

We are very pleased with who has taken over, and wish them every success in the future.

We will be staying on to help them in any way when asked for help and advice.

to replace the Post Office in Gran Alacant because, as we all know, the present building cannot cover all the demands which our neighbours have.

Much information has been collected in order to achieve the re-location of the building (such as traffic incidents, real population which is living at the moment in Gran Alacant…).

Right now, we are studying the situation so as the best solution for all people can be achieved.

Paco Carbonell, Councillor of Citizen Services is away on holiday this month.

David Fernandez, Secretario Alcadia has kindly agreed to step in and respond to our questions.

Question: Any update on “Jungle Garden” – is it known yet who pays the taxes for the neglected house?

Question: Can we tell readers about a new Post Office yet??

Town Hall Answer: Tax payments are being looked at to ascertain ownership of the property for permission for the Town Hall to go in and take action.

Town Hall Answer: Well, our team is working hard in order

Question: Dog Fouling Hi Barry and Sandra.

I am not sure if you

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are in charge of Gran Alacant Mag anymore as we are back in Leicester. I wondered who we could write to concerning the awful dog fowling and lack of poo bins around the area. It makes walking around such a pain having to dodge the mess all the time.

It must be a nightmare with kiddies. Please have a coffee for us at Hispania.

Thanks Jo&Paul Town Hall Answer: Related to this problem, the councillors involved with cleaning and environment are studying the possibility of toughening the penalty fees due to the lack of cooperation of pet’s owners. Furthermore, reinforcement of the number of workers which carry out the cleaning of these areas

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by January or February.

Question: Skywalk Hi Barry & Sandra, after reading about the new skywalk up by the lighthouse in last month’s issue, my husband & I were looking forward to seeing it now that we are back in Gran Alacant. It’s really lovely, very well constructed complete with several information boards! Alas, my heart sank when I noticed something at the very first board - I decided not to voice my opinion at this stage... However, it became clear that all the news boards include an English translation which is certainly to be welcomed but it is with a heavy heart that I have to report that on each board the English has been defaced by ‘knifing/ keying’ or indeed attempts to rip off the info! How sad!

This is such a contrast to a letter which was printed this week in another well known publication, the Costa Blanca News.

Entitled, ‘Amazing Spanish Family’, it told the story of a Gran Alacant couple who were visiting the new skywalk for the first time too. On returning to their car they noticed that the silver

part of the ignition key was missing.

After spending hours scouring the area they were offered help by a lovely Spanish family who took them back to their villa in GA to get money before taking them to the airport to get a replacement key and indeed they returned the couple to their rental car at the lighthouse.

Luckily for us, the latter experience prevails as we find Spanish people generally to be very polite and helpful.

Please can you report the matter to the local councillor when you next meet with him.

Thank you - keep up the great work!

Alex&Helen Question: Road Signs Following your recent request for an update on the above.

Despite the Town Hall being requested to permanently fix the road sign at the Avda Del Carabassi, it continues to point in the wrong direction.

Town Hall Answer: About road signs, the agent in charge of it has been told to study the best way of fixing them. That is why we ask the people for their patience because this government wants to solve all the problems in the most efficient way.

On the other news.

X Cross Popular Abel Anton Race: The X Cross Popular Abel Anton 10k race took place on Sunday 11th of October starting at the Commercial Centre in Gran Alacant.

MABS Cancer Charity: Margaret Smith did an excellent job with fundraising for MABS on Friday 25th of September at Dick Turpins Bar and raised 1020€. Well done!

More information in our magazine.

GASP: Produced a collection of comedy shorts, in both English and Spanish, which was well received by the multinational audience.

More information in our magazine.

Barry and Sandra If you would like to supply news or info for our December edition, email Barry and Sandra at granalacantadvertiser @hotmail.co.uk

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We are easy to find in El Altet. From Gran Alacant turn off the N332 signposted El Altet. Over the roundabout. Over the traffic lights and we are on the right, before the next roundabout.

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There are coffee shops next to us when waiting for that short job to be carried out. For longer jobs drive your car over to us and we will run you home and collect you when your car is ready, if in the Gran Alacant area.

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Gran Alacant Advertiser ahora en Español!

Para Información sobre precios de publicación contactanos al 676 74 19 83 Las noticias locales traducidas del ingles por Camila.

Todas las fotos se pueden ver en la Información redactada en Ingles

El fin de una era.

Después de 10 años, 10 meses y 129 ediciones mensuales hemos vendido la revista Gran Alacant Advertiser a los nuevos propietarios Lou y Ged. Muchos de ustedes ya los habrán visto dando vueltas por Gran Alacant, preparando su primera revista.

Estamos muy contentos con los nuevos dueños, y les deseamos mucho éxito en el futuro.

Nos vamos a quedar un tiempo para ayudarles si necesitan nuestra colaboración o asesoramiento.

Paco Carbonell, el concejal de Servicios a la Ciudadanía está de vacaciones este mes.

David Fernández, secretario de la Alcaldía ha accedido amablemente a intervenir y responder a nuestras preguntas.

Pregunta: ¿Que le podemos decir a nuestros lectores acerca de la nueva oficina de correos?

Respuesta del Ayuntamiento: Nuestro equipo está trabajando duro con

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el fin de sustituir la oficina de correos en Gran Alacant ya que, como todos sabemos, el edificio actual no puede cubrir todas las demandas y necesidades de nuestros vecinos.

Gran parte de la información ha sido recopilada con el fin de lograr la reubicación del edificio (como los incidentes de tráfico, la población real que está viviendo en Gran Alacant ...)

En este momento estamos estudiando la situación, así como la mejor solución para los residentes de Gran Alacant.

Pregunta: ¿Hay alguna novedad respecto a la “casa jungla”? ¿se sabe ya quién paga los impuestos de esta casa descuidada?

Respuesta del Ayuntamiento: Los pagos de los impuestos se están estudiando para determinar la propiedad del inmueble, para que el Ayuntamiento tenga permiso para entrar y tomar las medidas correspondientes.

Pregunta: sobre los excrementos de perro: Hola Barry y Sandra.

No estoy seguro de si siguen a cargo de la Revista Gran Alacant ya que estamos de vuelta de Leicester.

Me preguntaba: ¿a quién le podemos escribir en relación con los problemas con los perros y la falta de contenedores para los excrementos? Es una pena que estén tan sucias las calles y dar un simple paseo significa estar esquivando excrementos todo el rato.

Debe ser una pesadilla si tienes niños pequeños.

Gracias Jo & Paul Respuesta del Ayuntamiento: En relación con este problema, los concejales implicados con la limpieza y el medio ambiente están estudiando la posibilidad de endurecer las multas debido a la falta de cooperación de

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los propietarios de animales de compañía.

Además, durante los meses de Enero/ Febrero se va a hacer un refuerzo del número de trabajadores que llevan a cabo la limpieza de estas zonas.

Pregunta: Mirador Hola Barry & Sandra, después de leer sobre el nuevo puente/ mirador del faro en la edición del mes pasado, mi marido y yo, estábamos deseando verlo tan pronto como estuvimos de vuelta en Gran Alacant. Es realmente encantador, está muy bien construido y lo han completado con varios paneles informativos.

Ay, mi corazón se hundió cuando me di cuenta de algo en el primer panel: todos los tableros de noticias incluyen una traducción al Inglés, que sin duda es excelente para nosotros, pero tengo que informar que en cada panel han intentado borrar, quitar o rallar la información en Inglés... ¡Qué triste!

Como contraste, comento una carta que se publicó esta semana en otro periódico conocido, Costa Blanca News. Bajo el título, ‘Increíble familia española’, que contaba la historia de una pareja de Gran Alacant que estaba visitando la nueva pasarela. Al volver a su coche se dieron cuenta de que la parte plateada de su llave se había perdido y no podían arrancar

el coche. Después de pasar horas recorriendo la zona buscando esta pieza, una encantadora familia española les ofreció ayuda. Los llevaron a su casa en Gran Alacant para buscar dinero antes de llevarlos al aeropuerto para conseguir una llave de repuesto de la compañía de coches de alquiler, para luego volver a llevarlos al faro para recoger su coche.

Por suerte para nosotros la última experiencia prevalece, creemos que el pueblo español, en general, suele ser educado y amable. Por favor, pueden comentar el asunto al concejal local la próxima vez que se reúnan. Gracias - ¡sigan con el buen trabajo!

Alex & Helen Pregunta: Señales de tráfico A pesar de que se solicitó al Ayuntamiento fijar de forma permanente la señal de tráfico en la Av. Del Carabassi, sigue apuntando en la dirección equivocada.

Respuesta del Ayuntamiento: Acerca de las señales de tráfico, el agente a cargo está estudiando la mejor manera de solucionar este y otros problemas. Es por eso que le pedimos a la gente paciencia porque este gobierno quiere resolver todos los problemas de la manera más eficiente.

Otras noticias.

X Carrera Cross Popular Abel Anton: La carrera de 10km Abel Antón tuvo lugar el domingo 11 de octubre. El punto de partida fue el Centro Comercial en Gran Alacant.

MABS Grupo Apoyo Cancer: Margaret Smith hizo un excelente trabajo con la recaudación de fondos para MABS el viernes 25 de septiembre en el bar Dick Turpins. Se recaudaron 1020€. ¡Bien hecho!

Más información en nuestra revista.

GASP Teatro: Nos deleitaron con una serie de cortos de comedia, en Inglés y Español, que fue bien recibido por la audiencia multinacional.

Más información en nuestra revista.

Barry y Sandra Si desea proporcionar noticias o información para nuestra edición de diciembre - email Barry y Sandra en granalacantadvertiser@ hotmail.co.uk

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SIERRA MAR BOWLS & SOCIAL CLUB MONTERMAR

Sponsored by Dial Prix

Climax of the Valencian Championship Saturday, 3rd October, saw the Climax of the Valencian Championship at San Miguel, Their were some great Matches, but one stood out for MonteMar, as the two Finalist in the Ladies Singles were both from MonteMar, Sue Kemp and Pauline Woodfine, Sue Kemp had the better of the Match Winning 21-4, and is now the Valencian Ladies Singles Champion 2015. (see pic). A fine Achievement from both Players, MonteMar Bowls Club are very Proud of you both.

A big well done must go to all the other Finalists and eventual Winners. A big thanks must go to the organizers of the Event, and to San Miguel for the Superb Buffet that they put on after the Finals.

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Members wish the Matadors, Torreadors, and Winter League sides a successful Season of Bowling.

Every Monday Evening, at 20.00 we hold a Quiz night at the El Rincon Restaurant next to the Bowls Green, Plus every Wednesday at the El Rincon at 19.30 we hold a Bingo night. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The last Friday in the Month we hold our Dinner Dance at the El Rincon. It is a very good evening and a chance for our Members to get together. The Food and Entertainment is First class and everyone

has a good Night.

If you fancy taking up a new sport, why not give Bowls a go,a chance to meet other people, make new friends and get healthy at the same time, Plus tuition is available free of charge, Shoes and Wood are available to Hire for a small charge.

Come along and give it a try. New Members are always welcome.

For further information about MonteMar Bowls and Social Club, Please contact Press Officer Brian 966790606, and at www.montemarbowls. com also at info@ montemarbowls.com and on Facebook.

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The Royal British Legion Caring and campaigning for our ex-Service community.

Royal British Legion - Gran Alacant Branch & La Marina BR 3606 The Gran Alacant & La Marina Branch meets at “Raco Jove” Council Meeting Room (Upstairs in Life Resort) First Monday of the month at 19:00 New members always welcome, you do not need to be ex-forces to join us.

Wear Your Poppy With Pride: Yes it is Remembrance Tide again.

Poppies will again be available in Bars and Businesses throughout Gran Alacant, La Marina, Catral & Algofa .

So please consider donating to this Vital Cause. All money raised in Spain is used in Spain for Serving and Ex-Serving Armed Forces personnel & their Families.

There is also a Rembembrance Service on Sun 8th Nov outside San Fulgencio Church in the Town Square at 11:00.

This years AGM will be on the 2nd Nov. 19:00 An “Open Day” has been arranged in La Marina POSH Club (Near Outdoor Market) Tu 10 Nov 11:00 to 14:00. Come and see what we do Further details from - Robin 96 669 5423 or Brian 639 917 971.

Email: granalacant.secretary@gmail.com

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K9 CLUB

The Chairty is run by a team of volunteers CV-01-043388-A CIF No G-54353743

www.k9club.es

The K9 Club is a Registered Animal Welfare Organisation operating within the Alicante Province

Tel: 600 845 420

K9 is an Animal Rescue Organization which has operated in the Valencia Region for many years, we are a fully legal, non-profit making organization.

The organization is run by a dedicated team of volunteers who feel strongly about animal welfare and work hard to rescue, care for and re home animals.

We rely totally on public donations, fund raising and the income from our two shops to provide the funds to enable us to care for our animals to the high standard which they deserve.

We have dogs, cats and kittens ready for adoption and foster. We are looking for people who have a few hours spare a week the help out in the charity shops, the kennels and on the van doing deliveries and collections. For more information please visit our web site at www.k9club.es. or telephone 600845420.

Easy Horse Charity Shop is located at Plaza Mayor&La Marina

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How do you like to spend your Christmas day?

Hi Everybody, it’s that time of the year again, yes Christmas is almost upon us, when we all think of being with our families.

This will be our first ever Christmas in Spain and we feel very excited about it!

At the moment we are deciding how to spend our Christmas day to make it really different and memorable!

We are wondering if anyone out there has some novel or quirky tradition they like to do on Christmas day they would like to share with us all ?

Please e-mail us at granalacantadvertiser@hotmail.co.uk and we will share the best answers with you all in our Christmas issue. The most unique answer will be rewarded by a restaurant gift voucher for a meal for 2.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Lou&Ged

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Sunshine, Lollipops and Roses all the way for M.A.B.S.

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Friday 25th of September at Dick Turpins Bar was an afternoon not to be MISSED! Margaret Smith and friends held a fundraising afternoon for M.A.B.S. Cancer Support Group Gran Alacant.

The sun shone as the fun and laughter spread to the other bars in the square as poor Ian, Margaret’s husband had his beard shaved off after wearing it for 28 years adding to the money raised by bingo, raffle tickets, cakes and coffee to help to raise a grand total of €1020!!! The staff and owners all took part in making the sunny afternoon such a great one! On behalf of M.A.B.S. I would like to congratulate Margaret and her gang for all their hard work and doing such a wonderful job in raising so much money for M.A.B.S. One question, can M.A.B.S. be in your gang?

Thank you all so very much.

Jean Reiterbund, Chief Fund Raiser for M.A.B.S.

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The last production was a collection of comedy shorts in both English and Spanish, which was well received by the multinational audience.

The sketches in Spanish were , Crisantemos and Tunnel with Emma and Christine . Express Justice with Lucia and Tony . Deadline with Esther and Vincente . Twin Souls with Christine , David and Esther .

The English sketches were The Tie with Tony , David and Esther . A matter of Husbands with Lucia and Emma . The Guinea Pig with Esther and Tony . Dinner for One with Penny and Chris . Spanish Red Tape , the complete cast were involved in our interpretation of the troubles that can be expected in any town hall in Spain .

The Group is always looking to expand it's membership and can assure anyone who wishes to join the Group either for Off Stage activities or Acting roles a very warm welcome . If you are interested in joining this experienced and talented group contact Christine on 966 699 845 or call into one of the rehearsals on a Wednesday evenings from 7.30 p.m. In the Salas Municipales , Life Resort .

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INSTITUTO FERIAL ALICANTINO

IFA - the Instituto Ferial Alicantino who are located in the exhibition centre next to Alicante airport offer shows and fairs on most weekends of every month.

If you have a couple of spare hours at the weekend and are looking for something different to do, it is well worth a visit.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

07/11 - 08/11 EROTIC FESTIVAL

www.feria-alicante.com from 12am - 1am on the 7th / from 12am - 9pm on

the 8th, 18€ ticket, if you print off a coupon online you get a discount of 3€ (15€ ticket)

13/11 - 15/11 FIRA NOVIOS (WEDDINGS) from 10.30am - 9.30pm on friday and Saturday Sunday from 10.30am - 9pm, 8€ ticket - print coupon online discount of 2€ (6€ ticket) 20/11 - 22/11 EXPO CAR - FIRAUTO (CAR SHOW) every day from 10.30am 9pm , 8€ ticket - print coupon online discount of 2€ (6€ ticket), if you buy the tickets online you get a further discount.

BIBLIOTECA INTERNACIONAL GRAN ALACANT GA Library offers a selection of International books, magazines, CD’s & DVD’s

Spanish Lessons: * Beginners - Mon&Wed 9:30-11:00 * Intermediate - Tues&Thur 9.30-11:00

or 11:30-13:00 * Advanced - Mon&Wed 11:30 -13:00 Registration Fee: 15€, Books: 32€

If you feel intimidated in a big class setting & prefer one to one tuition, please see Pedro’s advert on p. 51

Life Resort (Sala Municipal): Pilates - Tue&Wed - 19:00-20:00 - 3.20€ Salsa&Buchata - Friday - 19:00-20.30 - €5.40 Family Workshops: 14/11 - allotments workshop 28/11 - painting workshop (for children over 4yrs)

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Opening Hours:

Mon-Fri: 9.30-13.30 & 16:30-19.30 Wed: 9.30-13:00 & 16.30-19.30 Saturday: 9:30 - 13:00

Coffee Mornings: *NEW* to encourage English - Spanish conversation and vice versa More information in the library

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Winner (far right) Raul Martinez Anton 33:32

For Riders Bike Shop Leading the race.

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The X Cross Popular Abel Anton 10k race took place on Sunday 11th of October starting at the Commercial Centre in Gran Alacant.

The race is held every year and is named after Abel Anton, the Spanish long distance runner who won gold medals in the marathon in 1997 and 1999 World Athletics Championships.

He was also the first Spanish runner to win the London Marathon in 1998.

It was a beautiful sunny morning and a large crowd created a great atmosphere to see the race get under way.

While the runners disappeared out of sight we were treated to a dance exhibition by the Gran Alacant Dance Academy. They kept the crowd enthralled and I have to say they were very good. Before we knew it the eventual race winner Raul Martines Anton was crossing the finishing line to claim his 3rd victory in this popular local event.

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Raul Martinez Anton, nephew of Abel Anton, won for the third time the popular race bearing his family name in a fast time of 33min 34secs. He was followed

by Juan Jose Martinez in 34:36 and Tari Vincente Agullo in 34:57. Anton Abel himself has participated in the first ten races, and hopes to continue doing so as long as possible, largely due to the warmth of his welcome every year from spectators and runners alike. He also presented all the trophies after the race.

17 years old Alejandro Rodriguez, originally from Madrid but now living in Gran Alacant, finished in an outstanding 23rd place in his category. Alexandro attends IES Cap del Aljub Secondary School in Santa Pola and likes to enter local races as a hobby.

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Alejandro with his school friends Chloe and Daryana.

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It looks like temperatures are (at last) coming down, so we have to start getting ready for winter. The moment for preventing any kind of problem related to low temperatures, and to make sure nothing wrong has happened during the summer is now.

We always recommend to test the animal for vector-borne diseases (such as leishmaniasis, heartworm, etc) now, because the critical season has finished, so it’s the best moment for an early diagnosis.

Now it’s also a good moment for updating antiparasitic treatments, because our daily routines are different than the ones in spring and summer (for example, in winter there are a big number of flea infestations

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caused by central heating and carpets at home, because these conditions may make fleas feel much more comfortable at our home, so in many cases, it would be a good idea to pay more attention in anti-flea treatments than we do in summer, when ticks and mosquitoes are the biggest problem).

If we have a pet suffering from a cardiac or respiratory chronic problem (such as feline asthma), it’s quite recommendable to have it inoculated against kennel cough (dogs) or cat flu (cats), because those diseases which are not normally very dangerous, may be a serious problem in animals with previous pathologies, in a similar way to human flu for the elderly.

If our animal suffers from chronic joint problems (osteoarthritis), it will probably feel worse in winter, due to low temperatures and humidity, so it will be necessary to check its medication (painkillers and joint protectors), and also its bed: a good mattress may make a big difference for these

patients. We should also stop the animal to go upstairs and downstairs (we know sometimes it’s impossible), and to jump.

Because nights are longer in winter, we should take the animal for a walk earlier, specially those that suffer from cataracts, which are practically unable to see at night.

Some of them even refuse to go out at night for this reason.

Another important matter would be Christmas holidays: If we are intending to travel abroad it’s very important to go to see the Vet for making sure everything is OK with the Pet Passport.

The earlier, the better, specially if we are going to leave the EU. If we are going to put the animal on kennels, make your reservation as soon as possible, because Christmas is, no doubt, the busiest moment of the year for kennels, so, unless you book it several months in advance, you won’t find a vacancy anywhere.

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Phoebe is an 8 month old Yorkie cross, she was rescued with her sisters and is the last one needing home.

She is great with other dogs, cats and children.

From last months edition Prue, Piper, Sally, Luna and possibly Annie have all been adopted.

While we were at the vets a lady came in to ask the vet to put to sleep her 4 month old puppy, she claimed it didn’t get along with her other dog.

We have called him Bruno and he is such an affectionate little pup, house trained and is great with the other dogs, cats and children in his foster home. He is a Podenco Maneto cross and weighs just 5 kilos.

Benji’s has been in a Lito is a Daschund foster home with us cross and is around for quite a while as he 3 years old. He was had a skin allergy and found dodging cars was very overweight. on a main road in He is now in great Murcia, he has a very health and is slowly gentle personality losing weight. He is and is great with around 5 years old other dogs and cats. and great with other dogs and cats.

To view more animals for adoption visit our website.

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Tel: 645 469 253 will always oblige you to have your pet correctly vaccinated, micro-chipped, de-wormed and treated for fleas and ticks, so make sure you do all those treatments or the pet won’t be accepted.

If we are not going on holidays, but we are going to have guests at home and we have a nervous pet, there are some treatments available to keep them relaxed (tranquillity pheromones) and avoid them to suffer because their daily routine gets broken. These treatments, which are not sedative drugs at all, can be used in any animal with no risk, and are also valid for relaxing them in case of situations such a new home, new pet, new baby, etc.

Finally, we also recommend to have the animal groomed in order to help it with the moulting so it’s able to develop an optimal winter coat.

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WHAT’S THAT? IN THE CLOT?

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hope you don’t believe everything I tell you in these monthly articles well you can believe most of it but sometimes I get it wrong! A few years ago I confidently stated that you can’t see Flamingos in the Clot, and that you have to go to the Santa Pola salinas along the N332 to find them.

The Clot pool is too small, I said, and doesn’t have the right food for Flamingos. It suffers from too much human disturbance, I said, and Flamingos won’t tolerate it. They might fly over occasionally , I said, but they won’t land.

Imagine my red face, then, when during September and October this year a group of at least five Flamingos took up semi-permanent residence both on the main pool and in the marshy area in the centre of the Clot! As you can see from my picture, these were not the usual pink and white birds that you can see in the salinas, but a sort of dirty off-white colour. Well actually they will grow into their pink and white colours, for these birds are juveniles.

Like most birds, they will wander away from their parents to seek new areas to colonise, although why these birds chose the Clot is still a bit of a headscratcher. Still, they seemed happy enough, so they must have been getting adequate food supplies from the Clot, despite the fact that the water is not the same salt-laden stuff which supports a healthy population of brine shrimps which help give the Flamingo its pink colouration. They

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might not stay, but at least they can be added to the list of birds that have occurred in the Clot.

It’s that peculiar-shaped beak which supports the Flamingo’s diet; it turns it upside-down under water and filters through the mud at the bottom of the

pool to extract larvae, small fish and other organic matter.

The bird in my photo is ringed and I have found out from reporting it that it has come from La Laguna de Fuente de Piedra which is on the Costa del Sol just north of Malaga. This is one of the largest Flamingo breeding sites in Spain, and each year many of the chicks are ringed – our visitor was ringed in June 2014, so it has come some distance from its birthplace.

This is not unusual, as most of the Flamingos on the Santa Pola salinas were also not born there, in fact very few actually breed in our area.

And finally, why do Flamingos stand on one leg? The answer of course is that if they didn’t, they’d fall over.

You can see more of the birds in our area by visiting my site at: http://marketheridge.smugmug.com/ See you next month.

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