Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 4 - 10 May 2017 Issue 1661

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ISSUE NO. 1661

4 - 10 May 2017

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ALICANTE BEACH: Full of spirits.

Teen spirit! Thousands join booze-fuelled bash By Linda Hall and Jack Troughton Boozed-up revellers were pictured looking the worse for wear after thousands of teens made an annual ‘pilgrimage’ to an Alicante beach. Bad weather failed to dampen teen spirits, and once the rain stopped groups began arriving laden with food and large quantities of alcohol, some needing supermarket trolleys to ease the load. The party is a traditional sideshow to the annual pilgrimage from Alicante and the Santa Faz monastery. This year 200,000 people took part in the walk, although for the

first time in years those taking part, including local and regional dignitaries, needed umbrellas and coats as they walked the 8km from St Nicolas Cathedral to the monastery. Botellon usually attracts a crowd from the morning of the pilgrimage. This year was muted because of the rain but by midday thousands had arrived, although the estimated 10,000 crowd was smaller than in previous years. The authorities had decided to take a ‘softly-softly’ approach rather than risk confrontation. However, the behaviour of party goers was said to have followed a usual pattern as the controversial celebration got in-

to full swing. It was reported officers were needed to break up three fights in the crowds, while 30 people needed first aid for sprains and other minor injuries, or feeling faint and unwell. Police also intervened to arrest three men who set up a stall to sell marihuana on wasteland near the Santa Faz roundabout, camouflaged by four parked cars. Officers had noticed the smell of the drug and investigated.

Summer scare APRIL was 83 per cent drier than normal in Alicante, according to state weather agency AEMET. The city received just 4.8 litres of rain per square metre when the normal average is 29, leading to fears of a summer drought. Other towns fared even worse, with only 0.8 litres per square metre falling in Torrevieja.

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