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New PC for only $25? I have received quite a few emails/questions about this new gadget – as their advertising says “speed up your old PC, even if it is broken or missing its hard drive”. So, what is it? It’s basically a copy of Linux, which is a replacement OS for your computer. An OS (Operating System) is what makes all the physical bits of your computer work in a way that we can operate it. Normally, we know this as Windows, or for an apple PC, iOS. These are quite big operating systems that require reasonably powerful PCs in order to run. Windows 10 for example requires a 1Ghz system with at least 2Gb of RAM. Many older PC’s cannot reach this requirement, or if they do, the computer runs really slow. Linux is a much simpler system, and as such, can run on a much slower system, or, like this stick, can run on an older PC that Windows is on, but because it is much “lighter”, makes it run a lot faster (think of an old car, take off the roof, doors, windows etc, it’s now “lighter” and as such, would go faster). So, it is a replacement for Windows, that comes on a USB stick to save the user having to do any configuration or work. I guess the best description is that it turns your old tired pc into a tablet type of computer. But isn’t Linux Free? Yes, Linux is free – and you can actually download it for free from the internet. This would make the stick completely redundant, but Linux is for geeks generally, and as such, it can be a bit tricky to set up for a novice user. The stick bypasses that, as it’s a fully set up copy of Linux, thus removing the need for you to download and install it. You are actually not 2
paying for the Linux; you are paying for the USB stick it comes on, and the skill of the people who made it. Is it any good though? It depends on what you want to do with it. It basically turns your PC into a faster internet machine. Checking your email, Facebook, even writing letters is faster than on an old PC. It is NOT a working copy of Windows however, and as such, the whole look and feel of the computer is different. If I had an old Windows XP net book, I would consider it, to be honest, as although I could download Linux myself, and configure it to work correctly, for the price, the USB stick is much less hassle, and if I wasn’t techie, this would be perfect. What I wouldn’t do though, is use it on my main PC, or use it on anything that I use all the time. It would only be used as a way to get on the Internet on my ancient PC, to save throwing it away. In review In review, yes, it’s one of those “does what it says on the tin” products, and it has its place. That is for people with a really old computer that they just don’t want to throw away, but don’t have the technical skill to download and install Linux themselves. It’s great for people who just want to go onto email and Facebook, and not a lot more. Basically, think “tablet” for the PC. It’s NOT for people who want a new PC, or for people with a good PC that is running a bit slow. Visit xtra-pc.com to learn more about these devices, or pop along to a Drop In Clinic (see my main advert on page 5 for details).
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Words by John Bishop https://johnbishopauthor.wordpress.com If you’re reading this, the good news is that the world didn’t end on Donald Day, 20th January and the day of the Trump Inauguration. If you keep on reading, you may wish it had. But let’s not be negative. There must be lots to look forward to this year. I just can’t think what at the moment. Oh, yes, Article 50. At last, a decisive move will be made on Brexit. Article 50 (what about the previous 49, why don’t they get a look in? Do they provide something useful, perhaps?) will be triggered on March 17th. Or the 21st. Or even the 27th. It depends on when the shoe sales start at Harrods. Personally, I’d go for April 1st as the most fitting day. However, that’s a Saturday and Rupert Murdoch has said he doesn’t want any distractions to his two Premier League games that afternoon. This new decisiveness in political leadership is known as ‘brexterity’ though you may be more familiar with the Spanish translation: dithering. While you’re noting these dates down so you can organise the cyanide delivery, also check off May 5th: that’s the day the bundle of old fivers under your bed ceases to be legal tender (Spoiler alert: they may be replaced by the Yen before that date) You need to exchange them for the new, 10% smaller ones before then. If you send them to me, I am able to offer a good rate of exchange: I’ll let you know what in the next issue or on receipt of your fivers, whichever is later. One bonus with the new fivers is that as they contain tallow 4
you can eat them when they become completely worthless. (Second spoiler alert: don’t order any meat for June 23rd) While on the same subject, you have until October to dispose of any old pound coins. However, don’t tie bags of them to your ankles on March 17th, 21st or 27th as you jump off the jetty in Alicante harbour since someone else could benefit from them over the following few months. Staying on this positive note (not a fiver, obviously) we can all expect more innovative thinking during this year. A break from the boring predictability of the pre-Trumbrexit era. One such example comes from the American senators proposing that guns should be allowed inside sports stadia. (Only to authorised licence holders, of course, they’re not totally insane) What a benefit this would be if it caught on internationally. There’d be no problem of the England football team returning in shame from the World Cup. No need for abuse of the referee. And if the opposing fans started shooting at you, you’d have the means to defend yourself. In fact, there’d be no need for the game itself as a shootout would be far more exciting. Going further, the whole thing could just take place on the beach, enabling the stadium to be sold off for luxury flat developments to sell to the Russians. Come to think of it, this idea also offers a solution to the soaring cost of care for the aged in the UK. Equipping care home
residents with guns could reduce the numbers substantially; instead of sitting around looking bored, complaining about the other residents or demanding the remote control to turn off the telly, people would be able to entertain themselves with shootouts and deal with the daytime TV adverts for funeral plans in the appropriate manner. Help might be required for residents too frail to wield a Colt 45 but no doubt robotic developments could provide answers here. Innovative thinking is certainly called for as regards drones, driverless cars and internet trolling. While drones may have some legitimate uses, delivering pizzas or drugs to prisons probably wasn’t high on their inventor’s to-do list and a shortsighted plane spotter with an itchy thumb can only add to your flying phobia. Radar and ‘windowing’ saw off the Luftwaffe seventy years ago so we ought to come up with something. However, fitting laserguided missiles to an Airbus will probably be too complicated after Brexit. Driverless cars? Anti-tank barriers along road sides sounds the best answer to me but then I’m a Luddite. Similarly with internet abuse. Classifying the providers as publications would mean they’d become liable to prosecution for offences committed via their platforms. You can bet they’d soon find ways of shutting down offenders. After all, they’ve been piloting such techniques in China for years.
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Written by Ignacio Pellicer Mollá (Abogado - Solicitor - Barrister) of Pellicer & Heredia Abogados
Clausula Suelo Overturning this abusive Clause. The European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) orders today the full and total refund of the mortgage floor clauses in Spain Overturning of the abusive clause.
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Hi there motoristas, hope you’ve recovered from another drenching in January and snow! OMG what is going on? Well no pix of new bikes sent to me so I’m guessing nobody got one, bad Santa, I hope you got some nice bike gear instead. You may remember the classic bikes and cars event in San Isidro I advertised last month. I went along on the morning of the 8th and wasn’t expecting much to be honest, it was freezing and it was the first time the event had run. Well how wrong was I? Hundreds of bikes and some absolute beauties. My favourite was an old Triton done up in Rockers and Ace Café logos. Estupendo! I can’t find a single rally in February after an exhaustive search, trust me I’m exhausted, sorry, you’ll have to make your own fun. Great news for insomniac race fans, World Superbikes is off and running again on the weekend of 22nd-24th Feb in Australia at daft o’clock in the morning. Lots to look forward to here folks, for me the biggest thing is whether Kawasaki have done enough for Jonnie Rea to hold off the charge of Chaz Davies’s Ducati, he was red hot for the second half of the season. I’m not writing anyone else out of the picture but they will be the guys to beat for Tom Sykes and other pretenders to the throne such as the Honda racing team who will have at their disposal the new Honda CBR1000RR for those wily old ex champs Nicky Hayden and Stefan Bradl. Hayden has won MotoGP of course and Bradl won Moto 2 back in 2011 making it 7 champions lining up this year, phew. Keep the feedback coming and have a great month. Remember if you have any comments or want to advertise your club, group or an event, I can be contacted via email at timbikers@gmail.com or on Facebook at Tim Bikers where you will also find details of events where I have got less notice. Something that really struck me on the San Isidro run was the number of guys not wearing gloves! I’ve seen this before here but never in such numbers, even bike cops (not Guardia though). Does anyone know why? Is it a cultural thing? As I said it was bloody freezing. So ……. Spanish word of the month – guantes - gloves. Make sure they fit and make sure you wear them, it’s usually the first point of contact with the deck. If they’re for winter make sure they’re waterproof too Stay safe moteros and all the Biking Best,
What an absolute beauty, British engineering at its finest, much like modern Triumphs! No bias here
This old BSA combination was a head turner too, stunning.
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This old Villiers was brought by a Brit tourist in a motorhome, amazing old bike
Just for the sake of balance as it was a car show too. I loved this old Jag
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There were even bikes made in other countries like this chunky old Laverda 1000. Sorry didn’t get the model but oooh!
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An Interview with John Bishop Rob Innis interviews author John Bishop
John was born in Heswall on the Wirral and now lives in Codsall near Wolverhampton. I asked him - I am sure, like me, many people will be surprised to learn that the Chinese were involved in WW1 so what inspired you to write your first novel ‘The Chinese Attack’? One of my grandfathers was a Sergeant with the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC), 100,000 of whom were brought over to France in 1917 to work and help free British men to fight. My grandfather died when I was nine, leaving a couple of Chinese paintings and a few photos, so it was a subject that intrigued me but when I stumbled across an article about them in the 1980s I realised it was one of the forgotten stories of World War 1. When, ten years ago, I decided to commemorate them I quickly realised that my lack of Chinese, and the absence of much material left behind, meant I would not get very far. However, the snippets of information on them offered tantalising opportunities for a fictional treatment and by telling it through the eyes of a British officer I could focus it. I am in the process of re-publishing the novel in January 2017 (As ‘The Chinese Attack -Ypres 1917’) since the first edition quickly followed the CLC into oblivion. 2017 marks the centenary of their founding and Chinese interest in a commemoration is under way. Your second book, ‘Love, Freedom or Death’ is set in Crete and shows your obvious love of this Greek island. Did you do a lot of research for this historical fiction war time romance story? I had visited Crete many times and been fascinated by the Battle there in 1941 that featured the first (and last!) airborne invasion in history as the Germans won after almost being annihilated on the first day. Since the Cretans were still living off the film ‘Zorba the Greek’, released in 1961, I thought if I could help with a Hollywood blockbuster made in 2012 it would boost their tourist industry and give something back for the pleasure the island had given me. Unfortunately, they are still waiting and the screenplay became a novel as the only way it would see the light of day. The story is based on a real-life New Zealander and as the ‘research’ involved travelling in the areas in which he would operated, it was not exactly a labour, even if I did do a lot! 10
Your third novel, ‘Refuse to Forget’ reverts to WW1. How did it come about? I found it curious how we became involved in a war no one really wanted but we then embraced with a wild patriotism; which would result in millions dead and change the course of history. At some point I came across the story of women who, wanting to ‘do their bit’ in 1914, simply took off to Belgium to set up or work in hospitals, to the irritation of the military. Telling this story through the eyes of a 14 year-old boy, caught up in events he barely understood, seemed a bit extreme, until I later discovered that a quarter of a million underage lads actually joined up until the practice was stopped! I know you spend some time in Spain so any plans to write a novel set in Spain? No. Spain is ably served in both fiction and non-fiction about its recent past and I do not think I know the country well enough to add anything significant. I know many readers enjoy your TIM page, Bish Bash, are these pages based on your experiences travelling around the UK and beyond? Sadly, the experience of travel these days (apart from on foot) often leaves you at the mercy of forces (and farces) beyond your control. I haven’t yet managed to console myself in a passport control queue by thinking ‘This’ll be great material for TIM’ but it does show that not all experience of this sort has to be wasted! For more and details how to buy John’s books, available in book and eBook formats from a variety of sources including Amazon. John has kindly donated a copy of his third book. To to win your free copy just answer this simple question. Which relation of Johns inspired ‘The Chinese Attack’
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Sterling v Euro update Buckle Up - Turbulence Ahead!
GBP/EUR had a very turbulent start to 2017 A reasonably positive start, as markets expected a quick Supreme Court decision to help lift sterling, soon gave way to Theresa May attracting headlines over her hard Brexit approach.
Interestingly, this pending ‘Market mover day’ does link in nicely with my favourite ‘Head and Shoulder’ technical pattern which is still manifesting itself, albeit an inverted slightly hunched shoulder one! - Seen outlined on the below chart and is indicative of a move upward possibly to the 1.18 area short term and even up to the 1.25 area longer term.
The GBP/EUR rate began January at 1.175 quickly dropping off to the 1.13 area only to then equally quickly shoot back to 1.16 during May’s speech on the 17th where it has since continued to side track between 1.15 & 1.16. The markets reacted as, for the first time, May explicitly confirmed that she has decided not to try to preserve our membership of the European single market and hopes to conclude a deal with the rest of the EU that will still give business the access it needs to trade with the rest of the continent. The roller-coaster is set to continue with the land mark Supreme Court decision announcement on the 24th. Most analysts expect the decision will lead to sterling strength as the court upholds the previous decision by the High Court to force Theresa May to seek parliamentary approval to trigger Article 50. Although, as you read this we will know the outcome! I believe it will indeed be a positive outcome for GBP and the rate will be on another upward streak. However, the real risk is if the previous decision is rejected - if GBPEUR falls, it could be a big fall! 14
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‘QUE TAL’ MATE? By John McGregor
‘Hi John – how are you, mate?’ ‘Fine, I’m good thanks. ’. ‘Really? You know, how’s the… chemotherapy is it you’re having?’ ‘No, actually it’s a seven week course of radiotherapy I’m on. Honest, I’m OK thanks - really….’ ‘Are you sure? Doesn’t it hurt? What actually happens then?’ ‘Well: I go to the Quiron Hospital, you know, the old San Jaime private one? Torry hospital, which I’m under use their radiotherapy facilities. There’s a specialist unit at the back of the hospital where you go in. They call you in from the waiting room at your appointed time – mine is 7.45 every evening. You get changed in a cubicle, in my case shoes and trousers off, and I put on one of those ridiculous hospital gowns. You know, the ones with no back designed to make you look a pillock – all front and revealed bum - but then, there’s no dignity in a hospital, is there? You then wait your turn for a few minutes ‘til your predecessor comes out, the nurse comes and gets you and you walk down a corridor which eventually turns into a big room, where there’s a bench in the middle. In my case there’s a special plate in the middle of the bench from waist to thigh area, and I lie on my back over that: knees up over a mould and there’s a support for your head: then hands on chest, deceased-apostle style. The nurses whip your pants down to just cover the Crown Jewels and then they jiggle you about until the little tattoo marks someone inked in earlier line up. ‘What happens then?’ When they’re happy the nurses leave the room, it goes dark and you slide back towards ‘Big Bertha’. That’s not its real name, I made it up - it’s a big white, mushroom-shaped plate affair that appears from above and behind your head and moves over you, down until it stops over the belly – sorry, I mean the abdomen… BB then begins to whirr and beep, and after a few minutes stops and moves sideways round you to another position and begins again. It continues to go round, under you stopping and starting until the session finishes.’ ‘How long does that last?’ ‘For 20 minutes. The first time before Christmas was a bit of an ordeal, but only because you don’t know what’s coming. You’re supposed to drink a litre of water before, and there had been a bit of a wait before I went in, so I was dying for a wee. That 20 minutes seemed a long time, but I’m handling it better as the sessions continue. ‘How do you pass the time, what do you think about?’ ‘Well, actually , I always believe in trying to do positive things or derive something good from such strange situations. I’ve often fancied it, but never meditated, so I’m giving it a bash.’ ‘Ooh, how do you do that?’ ‘Well, I read up about it. Pity I never learnt it from my Mum, she used to teach Yoga and meditation. I am trying Transidental Medidation, where you get yourself a mantra – like the opening verse of a prayer or something calming to sooth you. You try to relax your body completely, which is difficult at first as you’ve got to keep very still - but if you persevere it becomes easier. You try to relax your mind completely and say the mantra over and over again in your head. That has certainly made my time go quicker. Then all of a sudden BB stops, you slide out from under her, the lights come on – and woopee, a pretty nurse is smiling at you…’ ‘Pretty, eh, John?’ ‘Oh yes, they all are – or I’m getting old – probably both… At first they ask if you can speak Spanish, and it pains me to point out that they are delighted if you do. I can, mas or menos - mind you I should be able to after seventeen years here. Stepping on to my soapbox for a moment on that subject, isn’t it a pity and an embarrassment that so many British people don’t – or won’t – learn Spanish – even 16
when many are needing medical help, like me. People who come and live here expecting Spanish people to speak to them in English – oh, and then of course moaning about immigrants coming to the UK to live - while we do exactly the same here! Rant over, back to the pretty nurses. Speaking da lingo ensures you can have a little flirt, which helps the pain – which actually there isn’t much of. The other night one nurse remarked on the colour of my skin, murmuring ‘moreno’ admiringly. We compared skin tones, which was fun and not what you expect from a radiotherapy session. The next night her mate asked me how old I was and when I said “sesenta siete”, she told me I was in good shape for my age – well, I think that’s what she said. It might have been ‘you old fart’, my ‘Spanish’ hearing is a bit suspect…’. We’ve talked about my surname as in ‘Ingles’ or ‘Escocia’, and had my Union Jack Mod socks positively remarked on. Seriously, the staff and treatment are wonderful and compared to the current backdrop of UK uproar with the NHS makes this patient very humble and grateful to be receiving such wonderful treatment in such a great climate. What a lucky lad I am!’ ‘Come on, John, does it hurt – is there any pain?’ ‘Well, they told me I would get some minor discomfort ‘down below’ and I have had some strange pains in the night, but nothing to write home about. Tiredness is also a symptom, and my wife Anne tells me I am well-qualified for that, usually conveniently dropping off in the afternoons. Other than that no real problems’. ‘How much longer have you got to go?’ ‘I’m exactly half-way through – had 18 of the 35 sessions so far, so far so good. I understand the wick will be turned up as the treatment increases, so I’m expecting a bit more pain and doziness, but hopefully I can handle that all OK. Hey, thanks for asking – hasta luego, mate!’
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Monkeys and a rock Written by Chris Thompson
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory nearly on the southernmost tip of Spain. Strategically it guards the entrance and exit to the Mediterranean Sea. The rocky outcrop is just under 7 square kilometres and home to about 30,000 people and 300 Barbary macaque monkeys. The post boxes are red, schools follow the British National Curriculum, currency is the pound sterling, the official language is English, there are familiar British stores and, probably for the tourists, bobbies wear the traditional British police helmet. But why is this little
peninsula, nearly 2,400 kilometres turns to live there, it’s not exactly south of London, a British Territory? crowded. It’s the same, population wise, with the Pitcairn Islands, of The fourteen British Overseas Bounty fame. The Cayman Islands Territories are a leftover of empire have a population nearly the size spread around the world from the of Tunbridge Wells and Bermuda, Falklands in the South Atlantic to the most populous Territory, has as Bermuda in the North. They are many people as Bognor Regis. Many the areas which chose to remain of the Territories, including Gibraltar, essentially British when the Empire have been Royal Navy bases though broke up. The Territories are not a nowadays tourism and offshore part of the United Kingdom though finance are their main industries. they fall under UK jurisdiction and sovereignty. The biggest of these Charles II of Spain wasn’t an territories is in the Antarctic but, effective king. He had severe as only about 50 people take it in physical, intellectual and emotional Continues on pag 24
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Quick Recipe One-Pan Cajun Chicken
Marinade:
• 1 tbsp of olive oil • 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar • A few sprigs fresh thyme • 1 pinch of Espelette pepper
Instructions
1. Thoroughly clean the squid (or have your fishmonger do it for you). 2. Cut squid into strips, leaving the tentacles whole. Put all the pieces in a large bowl. Add a tablespoon of olive oil, salt and pepper. 3. Coat all the pieces and cook on a hot griddle or cast iron grill. Squid will lose its first water and start to color. Meanwhile, gather the chopped garlic, parsley and breadcrumbs in a bowl and mix. 4. Add the breadcrumbs onto the flavoured squid, stir and leave to brown or a few minutes. 5. Discard the squid in a large bowl and season with oil, vinegar and Espelette pepper. 6. Sprinkle with fresh thyme and leave to cool. Refrigerate until it’s ready to serve. You can serve these fried squid as an appetizer or associated with goat cheese and marinated peppers on a slice of bread. E-mail: editor@timspain.com • Web site: www.timspain.com
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difficulties which is why he was called the “Bewitched” and maybe why he died childless in 1700. The big European powers saw their chance to grab the Spanish throne and began to push their own candidates which led to the war of Spanish Succession between 1701 and 1714. In August 1704 the British, fighting alongside the Dutch, captured the Rock. The British actually backed the faction that lost the war but didn’t do at all badly despite that. As the hostilities drew to a close the Treaty of Utrecht, signed in 1713, handed the Spanish throne to Philip V, the French King’s grandson. As a part of the horse-trading some Spanish territories were dished out to other countries and Britain got Minorca as well as Gibraltar. Minorca changed hands several times over
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the ensuing decades and was eventually returned to Spain, as part of the Treaty of Amiens, in 1802. Gibraltar has remained under British control ever since. There have been several attempts to recover the peninsular by the Spanish. First up was a siege in 1727 and, some fifty years later, whilst the American war of Independence was being fought, the Rock was besieged again for the four years. Franco was never a big fan of having the British in Gibraltar. It was Franco who closed the border with Spain in 1969 after years of restrictions on cross border movements and it wasn’t entirely reopened until just a little before Spain joined the European Union in 1985.
Nowadays there are occasional territorial scraps with Royal Navy ships squaring up to Guardia Civil patrol boats over this quarrel about fishing rights or that complaint about refuelling just off the coast. On the land border there are arguments about tobacco smuggling and Gibraltar’s financial dealings provoke claims of dodgy practices from time to time. Nonetheless it’s a bit unlikely that Spain will be invading Gibraltar again shortly even though Spain continues to claim Gibraltar as its own. Referendums in 1967 and 2002 showed that Gibraltarians are overwhelmingly in favour of staying British and it looks likely that Britain will be maintaining this strategically important scrap of Mediterranean coast for the foreseeable future.
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Tempting Tempranillo Written by: Dominic Donaldson Native to Spain, Tempranillo is a black grape used to produce full bodied red wines. It is the primary grape that is used to make Rioja, the wine that Spain is most famous for. It is often blended with other grapes, most commonly Grenache, Carignan and Cabernet Sauvignon. The name is taken from the Spanish word temprano which means early, and this refers to the grape’s early ripening, which is several weeks earlier than many other Spanish red grapes. It’s likely that this grape can count Pinot Noir as a common ancestor, and this is hotly debated among experts in wine. Tempranillo is not only planted in Spain, and has enjoyed success in many of the New World wine regions, including South Africa, Australia, Canada, USA and South America. This wine can be drunk young, but it is better when it is barrel-aged for several years. In Spain, the word crianza denotes aged wine. The word reserve is used by wineries intending for a wine to be aged for an extended period of time. Aromas and flavours in the wine can include plum, berries, vanilla, herb, leather and even tobacco.
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Food pairing: Tempranillo is good when drunk with red meats like beef and lamb, but also goes well with pork, bacon, turkey and duck, as well as hard cheeses like manchega and edam. Tender cuts of meat are best, and an especially light bottle of the wine will be drinkable with a salad. Generally speaking though, any wine can be consumed with any food, because it is all a matter of personal taste and what works best for you. A good, medium-priced Tempranillo will go down well at a dinner party with red meat in general and, unless you happen to have invited a circle of wine snobs to your home, there should be no complaints! This Spanish grape enjoys success in the New World countries as well as the old, but when visiting Spain, it would be a shame not to sample the native Spanish wines as you may just find a gem at its very best. Spain has a great climate for growing grapes, hours of long, strong sunshine that we in the UK can only dream about or experience on our summer holidays! Always remember to enjoy your red wine responsibly; despite widely-reported health benefits of red wine, if you happen to have one or two sips too many, it does have the tendency to give its drinker a bit of a heavy head the morning after!
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Cyclogical Since it’s release in 2015 The Pinarello Dogma F8 has become a universal identification code for high performance cycling, and in December 2016 was voted bike of the year in Cycling news reader poll securing 28% of the 17000 votes. The Pinarello F8 beat the Specialized tarmac used by Etixx-Quickstep, Astana and Tinkoff in 2016 which was second with 18% of votes. The Trek Madone used by the Trek-Segafredo team gained 12% with the Canyon Aero taking 11% and the Cervelo S5 taking 10%. The Pinarello F8 was used by Team Sky and Chris Froome to win the Tour de France and combines an aerodynamic design with high performance. Team Sky confirmed a further four year partnership with Pinarello this year. Already the most successful Tour de France bikes in history, the seven year partnership with the Italian frame builders has so far seen 232 wins, two world championships, 656 podiums and 26 Grand Tour stage wins. Now the name Pinarello Dogma F10 unleashes a new technical and aesthetic evolution that sparks the adrenaline of all that inhibit that world, Dogma is again the new absolute benchmark of road bikes. Pinarello looked to enhance four main properties of the Dogma instead of giving it a complete overhaul. Maintain same handling, increase stiffness, reduce air drag and most importantly reduce weight. The Dogma F10 has also inherited much from her sister bike the Pinarello Bolide, currently the fastest bike in the world, the current record holder with Sir Bradley Wiggins, time trial World Champion with Kiryenka and winner of Tour de france 2016 with Chris Froome. It retains the super-efficient Flatback profiles from the Dogma F8, but inherits a new design of the down tube from the Bolide TT which shields the water bottles from the airflow, while further increasing the lateral stiffness and gaining 12.6% aerodynamic performance in the area between the down tube and water bottles. The down tube generates more than 15% of the overall drag and directly effects how the air reacts around the bottles and seat tube. Pinarello claims to have not only reduced drag from the reworked down tube but also around the bottle cages too, working a local drag reduction of around 12%. The Shimano junction box also sits here too helping aerodynamics by cleaning up the frontal area around the handlebar and stem. Cables have also been routed internally. 28
Pinarello’s New Dogma F10.
The F10 still uses Pinarello’s asymmetry concept, which has been in development since 2009. This basically means Pinarello increases the size of the bottom bracket on the right hand side and reduces it on the left hand side which helps increase stiffness and balance. Pinarello was one of the first to develop a road bike with all round capabilities that Team Sky, who helped to develop the Dogma use for most races throughout the year. The great blend of aerodynamics, light weight with good handling and racing characteristics has helped Chris Froome to three Tour de France titles. In the time with Team Sky, Pinarello has developed eight road bikes and three time trial bikes with more planned up until the end of the sponsorship period in 2020. Gary and Lynn at Cyclogical in Quesada have been stocking the world famous Pinarello brand for the last year and Have a number of top end Pinarello bikes in stock including the New Dogma F10 which is well worth a look. We can supply any Pinarello model from the 2017 range within 36 hours. The full range can be viewed on our website. www.cyclogicalcostablanca.com or www.pinarello.com. Gary and Lynn are available at Cyclogical in Quesada Monday to Friday from 09.30-17.30 and Saturdays from 10.00-14.00 to assist and advise you on all your cycling requirements.
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HONDON VALLEY GOLF SOCIETY WILKINSON CONTINUES HIS GOOD RUN The incoming Captain, John Sercombe, would like to thank the former treasurer, Martin Taylor and also the former Secretary, David Fellows for their contribution to the society over the past years. Everyone looks forward to seeing them at the monthly events. John also welcomed the new treasurer, Clive Dalton and last year’s Captain Ken Knight, who has now taken up the post of Secretary. The first stableford outing of the year was held at Alicante on a cold and overcast morning. Thirty-seven players enjoyed their coffee and tostadas in the bar before a two tee start. The course was in good condition apart from the tee boxes, which were a bit bare and because of this some of the tee positions made the holes easier. The first group out forgot to put out the marker for Nearest the Pin in Two on the fifth. In future, the committee will speak to the club’s staff where we
have two tee times because non-HVGS members removed the Nearest the Pin markers on two holes. Most of the players enjoyed the day despite the cold conditions and overall the scores were fairly good. The annual away trip in June to hotel Costa Narejos has been booked and therefore the Social Secretary, Graham Palmer, requires notification if you are attending and a deposit of 25€ per couple. He would like to collect this by the 14th March at Altorreal. The annual Match Play competition will start in March. All those wishing to compete are requested to send their names to the Captain before 14th February.
Alicante – Results for 10/01/2017 Winners
Category
Pts
John Wilkinson (17)
Gold Winner
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Jim Brightmore (12)
Gold Runner Up
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Mike Clancy (9)
Gold Third Place
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Gerry O’Rielly (20)
Silver Winner (on lower handicap)
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Graham Smith (22)
Silver Runner Up
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Paul Hawes (20)
Silver Third Place (better back nine)
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Steve Ingerson (23)
Bronze Winner
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Wallace McKillop (30)
Bronze Runner Up
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Steve Lee (26)
Bronze Third Place
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Ryan Jex (Guest)
Guest Winner
33 Hole
John Wilkinson
Nearest the Pin
3
Graham Smith
Nearest the Pin
6
Ryan Jex (Guest)
Nearest the Pin
8
Jim Brightmore
Nearest the Pin
12
John Wilkinson
Nearest the Pin
15
Ken Knight
Nearest the Pin
17
John Sercombe
Nearest the Pin in Three
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Ken Knight
Two on the card
Ryan Jex (Guest)
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Tuesday 10th January – Alicante Meet in the clubhouse at 08:30 Tuesday 14th February – Alenda Meet in the clubhouse at 08:30 Tuesday 28th February – Altorreal Ron Graham Shield Meet in the clubhouse at 08:45 The Judy Dalton Memorial Charity Golf Day Friday 3rd March Font del Llop Meet in the clubhouse at 08:30 Tuesday 14th March – Altorreal Meet in the clubhouse at 09:00
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Costa Blanca Saint Valentine’s Day, commonly known as Valentine’s Day, or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is observed on February 14 each year. Today Valentine’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world, mostly in the West, although it still remains a working day in all of the countries that celebrate it. St. Valentine’s Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire; during his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer Asterius. Legend states that before his execution he wrote “from your Valentine” as a farewell to her. Today, Saint Valentine’s Day is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion,as well as in the Lutheran Church
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The Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine’s Day, albeit on July 6th and July 30th, the former date in honour of the Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and the latter date in honour of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna (modern Terni). The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. By the 15th century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as “valentines”). Valentine’s Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to massproduced greeting cards.
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Aries The general situation will shake you up a bit and you will find it really difficult to keep a cool head. Everything that you had seen as a gain up till now will more or less come under question and it will be uncomfortable, it’s true. Learn not to clash systematically with those around you and the proposals on offer, as you won’t have the last word. Uranus in partnership with your Sun will lay it on thick regarding the complicated aspects affecting you directly. You will take refuge in action and that’s where you are at your best, but don’t try your luck too far.
Leo Mars will give you the energy to act on the inertia holding back your everyday life. OK, you will feel able to move mountains, but don’t prejudge your strength in advance or you could suffer from extreme fatigue. An ill-advised attitude could cause you some frustration and as you will have a tendency to be in denial and not listen too much to yourself, you could feel a slight reduction in energy. Be more flexible in your principles and instead of tackling things head-on, approach the situation more gradually.
Sagittarius You will feel as if you have been there before in terms of what’s happening to you. From the beginning of the month, Mars and Uranus will galvanise you into action, but you won’t feel any calmer. The large planets will lead you into endless contradictions and you won’t understand what you are doing there. Doubts, dreams, feelings and troubles will be your lot, thanks to the positions of Saturn and Pluto. You’re going to have to deal with this and leave your demands and certainties aside.
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Gemini
Cancer
You will find it hard to be optimistic and your desire for progress won’t necessarily be very well organised or focused. You will either come up against difficulties in establishing new plans, or you will face refusal from those around you. You will have to accept that you will be living in an unsettled climate, so turn this to your advantage, reflect on the prospects that are open to you. Wouldn’t it be in your interests to keep calm over the next few days? Even if that means hedging your bets in the next few months?
Ooch! The opposition will be hard and you won’t understand what’s happening to you. Be vigilant where contracts are concerned and read the small print at the bottom, especially as you will find it hard to express yourself at the moment and will prefer to observe rather than taking action. This will be as good a choice as any. You will have realised that caution will be required and you will protect yourself for everyone and everything, guided by your instinct for survival.
The “great manoeuvres” of the stars will affect you quite closely and you will sense the extent to which change will be on the way. Everything you have started up these last eyars will be ready to take shape and even though you will have sometimes had to go through some not very pleasant situations, you will ultimately reap definitive benefits. Reconsideration, the shaking up of your private life and changing situations will have been your lot, but now will be the time to come to some conclusions and renew your achievements.
You were afraid of being alone during this period, but you will ultimately preserve your relationships with those around you. If your family or friends are distant for a few days or have less time to devote to you, be ready to use these moments to your advantage. Make the most of things, launch into new challenges or invest in your work in depth. This will be a genuine opportunity on offer and, if you take the trouble to ask yourself questions about yourself and your true motives, you will be more able to identify your true objectives.
You will have become rather vulnerable in terms of sensitivity and your emotions. You will look at everything under the microscope and sometimes will overdo it or not do enough. From the beginning of the month, you will need to control your excessive optimism, or your sagging morale.
Capricorn
Aquarius
You will be affected by the current transits and feel tired. If you feel caught up in your anxieties, you won’t escape the ongoing impression the skies are going to cave in over your head. The coming months will enable you to move progressively forward to improve your situation. Whatever the case, you will be caught up in the torment of change, or a development that is more or less impossible to get round and sometimes filled with controversy.
You will be filled with nervous energy, but, even if you don’t have all the pieces of the jigsaw, you will find out how to organise your life to get the most out of it. Your biorhythms will be at the bottom of the curve and make you sleep longer, but there will be nothing serious or problematic about this. You will seek the best way to move forward, even though it will be a period of ups and downs. You will go from frenzied activity to dead calm and you will champ at the bit on the 1st of the month.
Taurus Your main concern will be your personal development and what is happening with your material possessions. To face all potential outcomes, you will need to mobilise all your resources. The situation will force you to reflect on the most comfortable way possible of developing a whole new existence for you and your family. Things could move very quickly regarding your progress at work. You are going to face new challenges, maybe accepting a new post in the same company or a change of job or home, as your family will be growing.
Virgo
Libra
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Scorpio
Jupiter, in partner with the Sun, will shower you with generosity, but could induce you to evaluate the situation wrongly.
Pisces You will prefer to forget what disturbs you than confront it. Those around you will put right everything that is missing and it will be a real challenge to succeed in bringing you back down to reality. Neptune, in partnership with your Sun, will confuse your judgement and you will brush away anything that disturbs you. You will have one wish only: to put on your backpack and go off to discover faraway lands. Unfortunately, everyday life will catch up with you and you will have to face your responsibilities.
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Tel: 965 474 314 • Mob: 675 218 436 www.fabfincas.com • fabfincas@gmail.com Apartado de Correos 3, 03630. Sax. Alicante
Sax - Ref: ff0840 Beautiful villa with stunning views. Price Only: 249,950 euros. A genuine bargain - this detached property is in a gorgeous location, with amazing views. There is a huge fitted family kitchen with island, three very large double bedrooms, (with the master having an en-suite bathroom) dining room / 4th bedroom, family bathroom, large living room with wood burner, central heating, double glazing and a state of the art solar system. The property is in excellent order throughout and early viewing is essential. Sax town is 5 minutes drive away.
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Reduced Now Only 124, 995 euros
Only 135, 995 euros
Now 164,995 euros
Price Only 179, 995 euros
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