Costa Cálida Chronicle's Monthly Magazine June 2016

Costa Clida Chronicle - June 2016
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Issue: 7 Volume: XV
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Date: June 2016
Costa Clida Chronicle Sales 619 199 407
DEAR READERS
First of all we would like to

congratulate Ana and Neil Garner
of Tropica Anas on their recent
wedding in Gibraltar. See page 20
for a few words and photos from
the happy couple.
Congratulations
also
to
TJ
Electricals on Camposol B. It
is their 5th Anniversary since the
opening of their electrical shop.
What a help it is to have a shop
that cares about their customers!
Our sales team have been out
and about visiting and contacting
various businesses in the area
and it seems that there are more
businesses opening up all the
time. We would like to welcome
the following businesses and wish
them every success:
Welcome
Car Re-Plating & Will Service
Casa Care
MultiOpticas Hearing Aids
Vehicle Storage
With family and visitors here for

the summer there is so much to
do in and around the Costa Clida.
The Essential Guide to the
Costa Clida is a small full colour
booklet which is full of information
in the Murcia region. Available at
various outlets in the area, this
guide is ideal to give visitors so
that they can explore the area
with or without you. At only 5 it
will be ideal as a memento to take
back home and remember their
holiday. See page 75 for more
details.
THANK YOU
TO OUR
CONTRIBUTORS
Alan Monk TV News
Clive & Rosie Palmer Exploring
Murcia
Dick Handscombe Gardening
George Mitchell Never a Dull
Moment
Ken Whettall Housing Update
Take care if you are in the sun as it

can be deceivingly hot at this time
of the year, especially if you are
on the coast where there might
be a sea breeze. There is so much
going on this month, so take a
look at the Whats On section on
pages 79-84 in this months Costa
Clida Chronicle.
From all of us at the Chronicle
Jane Cronin Learning Spanish

Liz Edmiston Life in Spain
N332 Driving Information
Sara Millbank Ma Millbanks
Kitchen
Think Spain Spanish News
W D Richardson - Poem
Welcome Back
ADS Sunbeds
Cambridge 800
Flamenca Cars
Florista Requelme
Nevada Networks
The Arches
The Fuschia Clinic
Yogamayga
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Sector D Gardening and Community
Group
34
Spanish Association of Barbershop
Singers (SABS)
67
The Mazarrn Country Club Events
Group
37
The Mazarrn Country Club Residents
Social Club
37
Welcome Group
59
CONTENTS PAGE
Special Pages
Condado de Alhama
Northwest Murcia
South East Murcia
South Murcia
Sports Section
Whats On
7071
4449
6268
3239
8893
7984
Aditorial
ADS Sunbeds and Umbrellas
Cash Clearances
deVere Spain
Dragontours
Pampered Paws
TJ Electricals
22
39
72
86
28
14
Health and Beauty

Beauty Tips
Advertisers Directory
96
A walk around Cehegn part 1 4445
British Embassy
55
Business News
6
Classifieds
94
Contact Us
4
Dear Editor
42
Derricks Diary
16
Life in Spain
52
N332
18
Northwest Murcia News
46
Puzzle Answers
94
South East Murcia News
64
South Murcia News
36
Spanish News
76
Wedding of Ana and Neil
20
Charity
Age Concern
Andreas Animal Rescue
Camposol Kitty Kitty
Cavalli Foundation
FAST2016
Forget Me Not
Helping Hands
HELP Murcia Mar Menor
JJs Puppy Rescue
Little Starfish Dog Rescue
Los Infiernos Perrera Supporters
MABS Mazarrn
Making a Difference
MAMAS
Mazarrn Bahia Lion
Noahs ARC
PALS
Pets in Spain
San Animal Santuario
Swap Tears for Smiles
The Royal British Legion
10
58
39
98
33
32
77
66
20
50
62
32
50
10
7
30
16
68
14
24
45
Leisure
Author Review
Gardening News
Mazarrn Bay Bridge Club
Never a dull moment
Poem
TV News
WARM
Children
26
74
33
56
12
28
49
Property
Mazarrn Bahia Alpha Leos
58
Housing Update
Education
95
Religion
Jane Cronins Step by Step Spanish
Beacon of Light
72
Mass in English
77
Olive Branch Christian Fellowship 8
Open Door
60
Rios de Vida
22
St Nicholas Church
52
Welcome House
48
Wellspring Church
12
Entertainment
19th Edition of the San Javier
International Jazz Festival
65
Cloud Nine Drama
24
Costa Clida Country Music Club 86
Food and Drink
60
Information
Ma Millbank
Menu del Dia
Vegetable of the month
Sports
40
78
42
Camposol Golf Association

Fuente Old Guard Golf Society
Los Amigos de Mazarrn FC
Los Amigos Golf Society
Los Nietos Golf Society
Mazarrn Bowls Club
SAMM
Straight Down the Middle
VI Regata Baha de Mazarrn
Groups
ADAPT
B Clean Gardening Group
Camposol Reading Group
C Sector Green Fingers
Ladies Chatterbox Group
Los Palacios
62
38
35
35
38
34
89
91
92
90
90
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93
88
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Are you thinking of putting in a new

kitchen?
Leroy Merlin in Cartagena are offering
15% off all kitchen fittings during the
month of June. Check out the website
www.leroymerlin.es and take your
voucher from page 19 and present it at
the till when paying.
Tel 968 149 800 (They speak English!)
If youve been struggling like many

others to find suitable and secure
storage for your boat, campervan,
caravan or car, then you should give
Vehicle Storage in Mazarrn a call.
They have 24 hour security with live
cameras and prices are from only 20
a month.
Call 602 643 436
Summer is almost upon us so dont

delay - get your air conditioning today.
AC Services install the top brands at
affordable prices and offer FREE, no
obligation quotes. All units are suitable
for cooling and heating, so will be useful
for Winter too. Servicing and gassing
also available.
Tel 672 850 963
Are you bringing a car from the UK and

need it changed to Spanish Plates?
Perhaps you need to revise your will in
light of recent changes in the law?
Avoid the red tape, long queues and
language barrier.
Debbie who will carry out all the
necessary procedures and process the
paperwork for you.
Solhuse Real Estate Agency is

enjoying a great year and continues
to operate with their usual customer
focus, achieving a high number of sales.
The property bargains of the crisis
years are fewer and fewer and in this
wonderful area of the Costa Clida any
new realistically priced property listings
are snapped up immediately! Our sales
are over-riding our supply!
Tel 607 331 331/968 105 333
Email info@solhuse.com
Welcome to Piccolos new Menu del

Dia. Available every day (in addition
to their A la Carte menu). As well as
their house salad, youll find a selection
of 4 starters and 4 main courses and
the price of 9.95 includes a glass of
wine, beer or soft drink, tea or coffee.
There is always something suitable for
vegetarians too.
Find Piccolo on Camposol B.
Tel 968 131 515
Do you have family with young ones

visiting this Summer and need baby
equipment? Kidease hire cots, high
chairs, car seats, strollers, prams, stair
gates, baths, changing mats, sterilisers
and much more. They can also supply
Z beds if you dont have enough beds!
They cover Costa Clida and Costa
Blanca area and will deliver or meet
you at the airport with car seats to start
your journey.
Tel 690 230 538
The Fuchsia Beauty Clinic launches

Dreamweaves New Product chamber
made Colorgenics Lipstick Gloss - One
Lipstick Gloss 7 Colours, available
in 2 colour collections Pink/Brown Mix
or Pink/Red Mix and each one can
create 7 different individual colours!!
Each tube contains different colour
chambers and with each twist and
click of the bottom it mixes a whole
new colour!! NO Tackiness NO Bleeding
NO Feathering - LOVE LOVE LOVE
Call Vivienne on 630 439 480
FB Dreamweave Espaa
Little Big Cloud Childrens Bedding

By popular demand Yorkshire Linen are
now stocking this fab new range of kids
bedding made in high quality polycotton
fabric.
Single quilt sets in stock from just
19.99. Available to order are double
size quilt sets, coordinating lined
curtains, plush toys and wallpaper art.
Choose
from
unicorns,
woodland
animals, robots and dinosaurs.
Please see website
www.yorkshirelinen.com for more
details
The kitchen at Bar Med in El Alamillo,

Puerto de Mazarrn is now open 7 days
a week. Please also note that there is a
change to our Quiz Night with Stevie T.
It is now Wednesdays and Karaoke with
Byron moves to Tuesdays.
The bar at Bar Med is open 7 days
a week from 10am until late. The
restaurant is open 10am-3.30pm and
7pm-9pm except on Sundays when it is
open 10am-4pm.
Contact Debbie on 677 353 136
Sparxx Electrical Services are pleased

to announce they are extending their
FREE Electrical Survey as advertised
in the May issue of the Costa Clida
Chronicle. This involves checking and
testing your electrical system to check
if your system needs bringing up 100%
to Spanish standard.
Are you looking for help with care? Casa

Care can help, whether its as little as
an hour a week or to full time care for
more complex needs. A wide range of
services are available from Personal
Care, Domestic Help, Companionship,
Shopping, Dog Walking and Respite/
Overnight Care. Casa Care Caring for
People.
Call 642 172 065
Tel 685 859 602
Its still not too late to shape up for

the Summer and fit in to that lovely
swimwear youve had your eye on.
Cambridge Weight Plan could be your
answer your Cambridge consultant
will offer you one-to-one support and
their flexible programmes have helped
millions of people to lose weight AND,
just as importantly, keep it off.
Call Mel on 673 162 695
an orthopaedic bed which a neighbour no

longer required and the neighbour donated
this to The Lions. Noahs ARC stored the
bed for us until we could arrange delivery
and for Jackie Galvez to accompany us to
translate. Branded on Camposol not only
did they give a discount on the bedingd,
but also donated extra bedding. What great
people of all nationalities there are around
the area who help with raising funds for
worthwhile causes, either by donations or
attending functions and events.
Our latest project, which we thought would

take us 2 to 3 months, was to raise funds
for an orthopaedic bed for a 3 year old girl,
Marina, from La Raya. Due to the wonderful
network on Camposol, Jeanette Flowers
contacted charities to see if anyone needed
The Lions are sending 1000 to the

fund for the relief of the victims of
the Earthquake in Ecuador. When the
earthquake happened in Lorca, the Lions
Clubs of Ecuador were the first ones to
donate to the fund which The Lions set up
to help in Lorca.
At this point we would also like to say
a massive well done to the Leos of
Mazarrn Bahia for their award as the
best club in Spain. What a credit this is to
themselves and their leaders and parents.
Their enthusiasm is an inspiration to us all.
Upcoming events include our Presidents
Night on 25th June with entertainment
by Scott James, at Marianos, to include
3 course meal, 15. Tickets for this and
other events are available at The Lions
stand outside Oscars on Camposol B every
Friday Morning.
We are approaching the end of the term for

Gina Barkers Presidency of the Mazarrn
Bahia Lions. During the past year fund
raising has been undertaken for a number
of causes which include funds raised by
the STRIDES Sponsored Walk to send
young diabetic children to a camp during
July. Also during the year there have been
several events to raise funds to help MABS
provide a second Hospice room. This is an
ongoing project as they need 16,000 to
cover the room.
The Recent Past

We are still gradually piecing together
the recent past tense in Spanish and I
finished off the last article with some rather
repetitive examples. I am going to start
this article with similar, but somewhat less
repetitive, examples.
He escrito la carta.
I have written the letter.
Has estado en Inglaterra.
You have been to England.
Ha visto la pelcula.
S/he has seen the film.
Hemos comprado un coche.
We have bought a car.
Habis ledo el artculo.
You (plu) have read the article.
Han hecho sus deberes.
They have done their homework.
These sentences clearly show the changes
to the verb haber which control the
subject of each sentence, that is, whether
it is I, you, he she etc. who are
controlling the action of the verb.
Dont forget that the same rules apply as

before when we want to make the following
simple changes to these sentences. We
can make them negative by putting no
at the front (no he escrito la carta - I
havent written the letter) and we can form
Last month I told you that my husband and

I have been married for fifty years and God
believes in the sanctification of marriage.
Hebrews chapter13 verse 4 says Marriage
is to be held in honour among all and the
marriage bed is to be undefiled.
To commemorate these years together, my
husband took me on a wonderful cruise.
I can recommend this type of holiday as
we visited so many different countries and
witnessed so many different cultures. It
was a time to reflect on our lives. We saw
dolphins and whales swimming and it was
really special seeing the dolphins swimming
alongside the ship with us. Gods Creation
is so wonderful! You also get to meet very
a simple closed or yes/no question by

inserting question marks and changing the
tone of our voice when speaking
Has estado en Inglaterra?
Have you been to England?
Also, we can extend our he, she or
they sentences by naming the subject
Mi amiga ha visto la pelcula.
My friend has seen the film.
Los nios han hecho sus deberes.
The children have done their homework.
Whilst we are still talking about the recent
past, we should mention a couple of words
that are often used in this context. One is
todava meaning yet or still and the
other is ya meaning already.
Has estado en Inglaterra ya?

Ya has estado en Inglaterra?
Have you already been to England?
Mi amiga ya ha visto la pelcula.
Mi amiga ha visto la pelcula ya.
My friend has already seen the film.
Mi amiga no ha visto la pelcula todava.
My friend hasnt seen the film yet.
Mi amiga todava no ha visto la pelcula.
My friend still hasnt seen the film.
Still, yet and already are tricky concepts
to get our head round in English, so you
should have fun thinking about these in
Spanish!
Here are the same sentences inserting

these words to illustrate how they are used.
A variant of todava is an, so we

could also say:
An mi amiga an no ha visto la
pelcula.
No he escrito la carta todava.

I havent written a letter yet.
Todava no he escrito una carta.
I still havent written a letter.
Next month we are going to move on to

looking at another use of this recent past
tense. Ill leave you to guess what it is.
See you then.
In case youre wondering; these two

sentences mean exactly the same thing.
The only difference is one of emphasis.
Jane Cronins Step by Step Spanish

articles are available as e-books at www.
janecronin.eu where you can also obtain
Janes Step by Step Internet Spanish
course.
interesting people on board the ship and

listen about where they are in their lives.
There were lots of Americans and Chinese
people, some of whom live to cruise all
year round.
young.
We sat quietly and thanked God for

orchestrating our lives together; the bad,
the sad and the good times, the great gift
of our children and grandchildren and we
may even be fortunate to meet greatgrandchildren. If not, we are satisfied that
God has had His hand in every second of
our marriage. Looking back, I believe we
were meant to be together; even chosen
to be together. I never thought of getting
old and I hope to try and keep my mindset
Enjoy your life. Be happy, but be secure

in your beliefs, because God is waiting to
hear from you. Dont let the opportunity
go by without looking to Him.
The Olive Branch Christian Fellowship
meets every Sunday at 10.30am at the
Cultural Centre on Camposol B. We serve
communion each week. We are registered
with the Free Methodist Church and have
charitable status. If you require any
information, please contact Pastor Ralph
and Margaret Locke on 968 199 622 or
618 720 181
Madame
This
poor
lady
was
f o u n d
abandoned
in the street
which is bad
enough, but
she also had
a
prolapse
of
the
uterus
and
needed
an
emergency
operation.
With help from MAMAS this was arranged
immediately and she is now making a full
recovery in her foster home, but what she
really needs is a permanent home for the
future.
to keep down the feral population if its

becoming overwhelming in your area.
How Do We Do This
To raise money we sell items donated in
our shop. We are entirely reliant on your
generous donations, as all our volunteers
give their time and travel freely. All the
money raised from your donations will go
towards running the charity and helping
the animals. Not one cent is taken in
wages or salary
How You Can Help Us
We need your unwanted items; anything
from a single item up to a house clearance.
At the moment we are desperately short of
small household items, so please drop it
off at the shop Mon to Sat 10am-2pm. For
larger items email us or call 666 186 037
and we can arrange collection.
Madame was just one of the many animals

we helped last month and is exactly what
the charity is set up for; to try and ensure
that animals do not suffer unduly and
that they receive any medical help they
need as soon as possible. We also help
with neutering if required, to prevent any
further unwanted family additions and also
Location
The shop is in Puerto de Mazarrn, past
the Mercadona/Lidl shopping centre
towards the port, past Consum on your
left. Turn left onto the road immediately
below Consum. We are in the third turning
on the left (Calle San Juan) opposite the
We will be celebrating the Queens 90th

birthday with an Indoor Street Party
at the Cultural Centre, Camposol on
Wednesday 1st June at 1.30pm. There will
be plenty of tasty food, entertainment
provided by Graham York. Clients, friends
& volunteers please let us know if you are
planning to join us.
The Fashion Show at the Welcome

Group is an opportunity for us to model
some of the clothing that is so generously
donated to us. If you want to come along
and see whats on offer and have a fun
afternoon, tickets can be purchased from
the Welcome Group, (see events for
details).
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Tickets for the Black & White Ball sold

out in a week. Sorry if you have not been
able to secure your tickets; the event is
always very popular.
This month sees the departure of Ann
Lambert, our President since we started
in 2010. It was Anns ambition for years
to open a branch of Age Concern in the
Mazarrn area. She recruited volunteers
and set up a very successful organisation.
We operate under the umbrella of Age
Concern Espaa and Ann played her part
in overseeing the work of Age Concern
throughout Spain & the Islands. She has
given an enormous amount of her time
to Age Concern and the people living
in our area. We will miss her when she
goes. Our Volunteer Co-Ordinator, Mags
Downes, is taking on the role of President
and we look forward to working with her.
park on your right.

Furniture Sales
We usually have a good selection of second
hand items in the shop all at reasonable
prices. Why not call in to see whats
available, save yourself some money and
help our charity at the same time?
There is a link to show furnishings for sale
at
mazarronanimalmedi-aid.co.uk
The Tea Pot Caf
We would like to say a big thank you to all
the customers of The Tea Pot in Puerto de
Mazarrn for raising 94 from book sales
for our charity.
Camposol Drop-Off Point
Every Tuesday we are on Camposol B
car park 10am-12pm opposite the petrol
station. We can collect items from you
there or arrange collection if needed.
Tel 666 186 037 or call at the shop
mazarronanimalmedi-aid@
Email
hotmail.com
Were Here To Help
can help, please call the numbers below.

Forthcoming Events
Wednesday 1st June - Clients Social
for The Queens Birthday at Camposol
Cultural Centre 1.30pm
Wednesday 15th June - Fashion Show
- Welcome Ladies Afternoon at The
Club House, Camposol. Tickets from the
Welcome Group 620 105 179
Friday 24th June Table Top Sale at
Camposol B Commercial Centre
Wednesday 29th June Menu del Dia at
Mar y Tierra, Puerto de Mazarrn
Information and tickets from: Camposol
Cultural Centre, Wednesday & Thursday
10am-1pm
Tel 634 344 589
Events 634 336 484
We are always looking for more volunteers,

not only to help with our clients but also
in admin roles. One (very part-time) job
is preparing this monthly article. If you
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Summer has come to Camposol by W

D Richardson, Camposol Sector A.
I woke up this morning.
The skies were clear and blue,
So I went up to the solarium
Just to look at the view,
From the mountains in the distance
To the golf course near at hand,
Everything is so beautiful.
Isnt living here in Spain so grand?
Ill believe it when I see it!

How many times have we said these words?
I am still waiting to purchase my entrance
ticket into the Paramount Theme Park!
The years keep rolling on and still there is
no visible sign of any activity on the land
bordering the RM2. I think that if I was
waiting for this project to rescue me from
the financial recession I would be belly-up
by now!
We could say the same about Corvera

Airport which has been supposedly opening
since 2006. Cant wait for my first flight in
or out of the new airport and although it has
been completed for several years and it can
be physically seen, an airport with no planes
and passengers is not really an airport, is it?
What a puzzle and I guess that many of
you who are reading this article have your
own views and ideas as to when something
positive will happen regarding these two
huge local projects. Dare I say that it looks
like something is happening with the airport
at the moment, but how many times have I
thought that before!
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The swallows flying round the houses

Are ducking and diving,
Trying to catch those elusive flies
And the eagles near the mountains
Are soaring clear and high,
So that living here in Spain
Just makes me want to give a sigh
Of sheer contentment.
Just because we cannot see something

physically, does not mean that nothing is
happening and hindsight is such a wonderful
thing; we can then look back and see all
the things slotting into place, just like a
jigsaw being completed to show the finished
picture. Very often we sense the frustration
in the lives of others and even in our own
lives, of gazing on lifes unfinished puzzles
and wondering if the things we are waiting
on will ever come to fruition.
I attended a Men of Vision Espaa mens
conference a number of years ago and
something was said by our speaker from
Colorado USA that has stuck in my mind and
which prompted the content this article. Jeff
Lucas said these words, Just because we
are sleeping, does not mean that God
is not working. Fascinating, because we
so often beat ourselves up over not doing
enough, praying enough and God forbid,
sleeping while others are struggling with
situations. This is not saying that we should
not care. It means that we can entrust Gods
help in the situations of our hearts and know
that we can leave things in His hands - talk
about taking the pressure off!
Often, things are happening in our lives and

we cannot see the end from the beginning.
So many times when we are going through
difficult circumstances, it seems that nothing
is happening to help the situation we find
ourselves in.
Can I encourage you to pray and leave
God to work His miracles in your difficult
situations?
Its amazing how God speaks into other
peoples lives and equips them to come
alongside you and help you in your time
of need. God works through people. Its
amazing how this works, but it does.
Maybe you have said about God helping
you; Ill believe it when I see it, and you
have not seen all that is, or has, happened
in the background to help you through your
situation.
Why does that person just turn up when
you needed them, or the phone rings just
at the very time you needed that word of
encouragement? Rest assured, God loves
you exactly the same and as much as He
loves me.
Every Easter the Christian world remembers
the huge sacrifice that Jesus made for every
one of us. It is good to remember every
day that huge cost on our behalf and also
the fact that Before we loved Him, He
loved us. This is the good news that the
Bible teaches us, that even when we did
not give two hoots about God, or Jesus, He
loved us with an everlasting love and wanted
to provide a way for us to draw close to Him
and know His love in an intimate way.
Whatever the world thinks about you, or
whatever you think about yourself, my
message is, dont wait until you see Him face
to face. Trust in Him today. It will be a
life-changing decision to believe in and
accept Jesus Christ into your life. You
will never be the same again!
Wellspring Church is a community of
ordinary people who love an Extraordinary
God. We gather together as Family each
and every Sunday morning to celebrate His
love for us and our response is to worship
Him. Come and worship with us soon and
find out about His amazing love for you.
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Happy Birthday EURONICS!

TJ Electricals, your local Euronics store on
Camposol B is 5 years old!!
Where has 5 years gone?
I remember the Coming Soon banner
going up a few months before they opened
and watching the unit being transformed
from an empty unit into the shop it is today
albeit the stock levels in the early days
were not quite what they are now.
Talking to Tracy, one of the family coowners, she explained what makes TJ
Electricals different.
After living in Spain for six years before
we opened the shop, we realised that
Alaska is between 2 and a half and 3

years old. She is a friendly girl who loves
to mother the little ones! She weighs
almost 40 kilos. Alaska is about to have a
little operation on her leg. Is there anyone
out there who can foster her whilst she is
recovering?
most Spanish businesses didnt really

understand the concept of customer
service that we had come to expect in the
UK. We thought that simply doing what
you say you are going to do, turning up on
time and treating others as you want to be
treated would come as a breath of fresh air
to most people. Add that to the warranty
assistance TJ Electricals give that most
other shops do not offer and the fact TJ
Electricals will endeavour to find specific
items for customers, means the package is
second to none.
Customers must agree, because year on
year TJ Electricals have expanded and
increased their customer base. With the
household. He walks well off the lead, keeps

eye contact with his person and doesnt
stray. A happy little boy who just wants to be
loved!! Approx 35cm to the shoulder, he is
ready to travel nationally or internationally.
Bobby was found running between moving
cars on a busy road in Aguilas. He is a
young male born approx. December 2013.
On advice from our vet it seems Bobby is
a cross breed with a Ratonero Bodeguero
Andaluz. He is lively and has a lovely
nature. He is used to being with other dogs
and loves playing, oh and of course lots of
cuddles!
Contact TJ Electricals today to sort out

your household electrical needs because for
TJ Electricals
Its all about the service!
Fosterers
We desperately need people who are able
to foster kittens or puppies in their homes,
often at short notice. We also need fosterers
able to take in adult dogs who arent coping
well in kennels.
Volunteers
We are always looking for volunteers to
help out with the animals - for dog walking,
feeding and/or playing and grooming.
Please contact Lorna by email at lorna@
sananimal.org or whatsapp 676 276 199
Raft Race - 19th June
We will be holding our 3rd Raft Race in San
Juan de Los Terreros. The last couple of
years races have been a huge success and
immense fun. This event will be held on
June 19th at Chiringuito Canal Nutico. Raft
registration at 10.30am - first race at 12pm.
Start building your raft!!!
Fozzie is about 18 months old. He is a

peoples dog, loves attention and would
benefit from being the only dog in the
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convenience of being able to deal with them

by telephone (0034 868 181 121) or by
email tjelectricalscamposol@gmail.com
and the fact that you can make payments
by phone from your debit/credit card means
you can organise your household electrical
purchases from the comfort of your own
home if you wish. If you are buying a few
items you may well get a pack discount as
well what more could you ask for?
For information call Pete on 630 528 464

or email amberjazz@hotmail.co.uk
All 3 have their passports and are ready to

travel.
Please find it in your heart to offer Fozzie,
Bobby, Alaska or any one of our lovely
woofers their forever home.
They so
deserve it!
You can keep up to date with all San

Animal news and events by checking in on
our Facebook page San Animal Santuario
or if you have a Twitter account, you can
follow us at @san_animal.
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PALS Donate 65,213 for New

Ambulance and Defibrillators
On Sunday 29th May PALS (Protection
and Life Saving) made their largest and
final donation of life saving equipment with
the presentation of a new ambulance to
the Alcaldesa of Mazarrn, Alicia Jimenez
at a cost of 56,864 and also provided
an additional 6 Defibrillators to the town
at a cost of 8,349. The presentation was
made at the Farewell PALS Concert in
The Bahia Hotel where hundreds of people
enjoyed a full evening of live music from 6
different bands.
The ambulance and defibrillators were a
surprise to the audience who applauded
the efforts of PALS in their efforts over
the past 16 years in which donations now
totalling a staggering 317,340.80 have
been made to 112, Cruz Roja, Lorca and
Mazarrn Ayuntamiento, FAST and the
various Saluds in the area. This is the
second ambulance with which PALS has
been involved, but the first independently
and the vehicle will augment the current

vehicles in use by 112 and Cruz Roja. It was
after much discussion and consideration
that PALS decided that an ambulance was
the most useful purchase they could make
to the area, as they emptied their coffers
in the winding up of PALS.
PALS became the first registered expat
charity in the Murcia region, distributing
hundreds of Tell The Doctor books,
producing their own informative missive
The Book, helping FAST and Forget Me Not
get off the ground and providing assistance
to other fledgling charities. It was partly
due to pressure from PALS that the Health
Centre on Camposol was constructed,
(the only such facility on an urbanisation
anywhere in Spain). Contact with other
local humanities charities was always
maintained, as were open lines of helpful
discussion with the various administrations
locally and with the Consulate in Alicante.
Hello everyone.
23rd April
The weather is warming up a treat and I
love the sun, even though Im wearing a
big fur coat. Ive been basking in it as often
as I can, but have a lovely shady area
deep in the bushes that I call my retreat.
Foster mummy and daddy have taken one
of their comfy cushions they use for their
own sun lounger and put it in my retreat
and covered it with towels and blankets so
its very cosy and when Im not mooching
round the garden smelling all the plants
thats normally where I can be found.
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PALS President Ken Payne, thanked

everyone involved with PALS over the years
and in particular the current committee
whose task in closing down a charity
seemed almost as difficult as starting one.
He also thanked the thousands of people
who have supported and encouraged the
efforts of PALS.
In
closing,
Ken
thanked
Costa
Clida Chronicle and Costa Clida
International Radio for their continued
assistance in providing media outlets
and said that in the interests of
transparency the combined accounts
of the past 16 years would be
published next month.
A complete listing of the destination of
each donation made through the years
can be seen with our article on the Costa
Calida Chronicle website.
Im not happy with them interrupting my

sleep, but then Im back asleep again in
no time.
Foster mummy and daddy bought
something called a training whistle last
week as I had been quite vocal for a few
weeks, but theyve hardly used it and its
back in the box.
Feeding place has changed its now in the

crate although Im leading foster mummy
and daddy a merry dance and not going
in it.
I got a decent nights sleep but no breakfast

one morning as I was told I had to go to
have a man op. Didnt know what they
were talking about but it didnt sound as
if it was going to be anything nice! All ok
now though.
1st May
Its Happy Mothers Day to all those in
Spain. Foster daddy bought foster mummy
some presents from me, Bubble and
Squeak today so shes been praising me
all day.
I wasnt happy on Friday as they both went
out in the evening and left me all alone
for over 6 hours, which theyve never done
in the month Ive been here so I spent
most of that evening and all of yesterday
sulking. They did explain it was a Charity
Event for Noahs ARC, but I couldnt help
being sad I wasnt invited.
Im being a really good boy at night now
and getting lots of sleep and only have a
couple of whinges between 5am and 6am
when the birds tweeting wakes me up. I
make a few low growls to let them know
3rd May
I have a new place to sleep as the crate
is going as I wont sleep in it anyway and
hopefully I wont need to go back to the
vet anytime soon, so foster daddy has
made me a nice shelter in the little corner
of the garden which I love so much.
Derrick
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Animals in Vehicles
Animals are permitted in private vehicles,
but must be properly restrained using
appropriate harnesses or equipment. Not
abiding with the law can result in an 80
fine, so a dog loose on the front seat is not
allowed. There is a wide range of security
devices available for animals, from boxes
and cages, (which must also be secured),
to harnesses which link to the security
elements of the vehicle; some adapting the
existing seatbelts, others using security
points designed for child seats for example.
New App Can Report if Mobile used by
Drivers
Israeli technologists have devised an
application which will allow the authorities
access to the mobile phones history to
show if the phone was being used at the
time or just before an incident took place.
realistic impression of recorded speed as

the driver doesnt usually react instantly
when they see one, so the average reading
is a more likely speed recorded.
both the hard shoulders and the central

lane markings to avoid vehicles leaving the
road and colliding with those coming in the
opposite direction.
The camera at point A records the number

plate as the vehicle passes, including the
date and time. Using Automatic Number
Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology, the car
is then recorded as it passes point B and
the time it has taken to cover that distance
recorded. If the journey has registered an
average speed above the permitted limit then
the details are sent to a central processing
point where the fine is automatically
processed and sent to the driver.
Limiting Overtaking
As overtaking is one of the most dangerous
manoeuvres on the open road, this will be
restricted in more areas. The solid double
white lines will be reinforced with wider and
marked lines whenever possible and this will
take around 5 months to complete. The 1
million euro budget will reinforce 1,000kms
of road, with an estimated reduction of 20
deaths per year. In 2015, 217 people died in
head-on collisions.
Red-Light Cameras
This type of equipment does not measure the
speed of a vehicle but takes a photograph if
the vehicle has failed to stop at a red light.
Dangerous Intersections
Junctions can be some of the most
dangerous areas on the road. Vehicles cross
and interact with those already moving,
which can be a significant risk to all. Last
year, 20% of injury incidents occurred at
intersections on conventional roads and 134
people died in side-impact collisions. Part of
the plan to improve these intersections will
involve the installation of warning signs on
the approach to key junctions, specifically
those where visibility might be impaired. It
is expected to save 20 lives each year.
Pegasus Equipped Helicopters

Pegasus is the name of a recording device
fitted to most DGT traffic helicopters.
Distinctive by their yellow and light blue
colouring, these eyes in the sky can catch
offending motorists from a kilometre away
and at a height of 300 metres, recording the
average speed and vehicle characteristics,
as well as monitoring for other traffic
violations.
In Spain, the DGT started installing a new

series of traffic cameras which not only
watch for speeding motorists, but also
monitor for mobile phone and even seatbelt
use. These devices act automatically and
support other methods of detection such as
airborne and ground patrols. In the most
recent campaign, more than 1,100 drivers
were caught using their mobile whilst
driving.
Types of Traffic Monitoring Devices
These devices not only look for drivers who
are speeding and those who skip through
red lights, but can monitor bad practices
such as using a mobile phone and not
wearing seatbelts.
Fixed Cameras
These devices are usually located at the
side of the road, or sometimes on poles or
across the carriageway and they monitor
vehicles as they pass, recording those
who exceed the maximum permitted limit.
Mobile Radars
These operate with an operator, or a small
team and are often in unmarked Guardia
Civil vehicles, as well as those in marked
cars belonging to traffic law enforcement
groups, including the DGT. Depending
on the type of equipment, the recording
vehicle can either be static or moving.
Fixed-Section Radars
These devices operate over a fixed distance
of road and monitor the average speed
between two points on that section. These
devices are often considered to give a more
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Once the infraction is recorded the data

is sent immediately to the Centro de
Tratamiento de Denuncias Automatizadas,
or ESTRADA, where a fine is automatically
issued. In the event of a serious offence,
the
helicopter
crew
will
summon
ground crews to intercept the vehicle.
Roadside Metal Boxes
The metal boxes alongside the road have
no visible means of taking a picture. They
are identifiable by a square marking in the
lane nearby, which is a monitoring sensor,
sending information to the roadside box.
These devices are used to monitor traffic
flow and are not used in enforcement, which
is why they have no means of recording
individual vehicle details. They record the
vehicle type and the number of vehicles
using an area, providing essential data to
road planners.
New Seven Point Plan for Road Safety
The government will allocate 7.2 million
euro in funding towards the life saving
measures.
This year, on interurban roads, 349 people
have already died. In just 3 incidents, there
were 25 fatalities. The government plans to
increase attention on three distinct areas;
conventional roads, motorcycles and vans.
On conventional roads last year, 913 people
died, many of those in head-on collisions.
Motorbike fatalities increased by 49 last
year and fatal accidents involving vans also
showed a significant increase.
Rumble Strips
Some 3,000kms of roads will have rumble
strips installed over the next 5 months on
Pedestrian Crossings
A number of illuminated warning signs will
be installed on pedestrian crossings. These
signs will be the standard triangular (P-20)
warning signs with orange lights at each
point. 100 signs in 50 areas will be installed
over the next 7 months. It is hoped that this
measure will save 10 lives per year, down
from the 113 people killed in 2015.
Monitoring and Controling Excess
Speed of Night, Border Traffic and
Delivery Vans
These controls will see vehicles stopped
and their occupants identified whilst also
testing for alcohol and drug use and the
correct documentation, including ITV and
insurance. This should reduce the number
of deaths each year in vans by 10. In 2015,
68 deaths were reported in vans.
Monitoring Speed and Safe Distances
Between Vehicles on Motorways
This campaign, together with roadside
patrols, helicopters and information panels
will warn of the importance of maintaining
a safe distance. 54 people were killed
last year where driving too close was an
attributing factor. This was an increase of
10 from 2014.
Motorcycles
Motorcycles will be given considerably more
attention, with extra monitoring points on
the roads and checks on ITV, insurance and
other documentation, as well as speed and
dangerous manoeuvres.
In recent months, 9% of motorcycles
involved in injury incidents did not have an
ITV. 15% of motorbikes were over 20 years
old.
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We would like to thank our family and

friends for helping make our wedding day
very special by sharing it with us.
meant we opted for the easier solution and

went to Gibraltar.
Our only disappointment was that we could
not share our day with the many people on
and around Camposol who have touched
our lives and become an extended family
to us. However, our wedding reception
was held at our home in Camposol and we
hope our guests enjoyed the evening as
much as we did. Many thanks to Mark Ellis
(Ruby Rox) and the Jokers who provided
the evenings entertainment which we all
enjoyed. (Apologies to our neighbours
for the noise we created during the
celebration!)
Our hopes were to get married in Spain,

but difficulties in getting a licence to marry
We are preparing to send more dogs to

Germany. The exact number is as yet to
be determined as this article goes to press.
Last month we took 10 of the dogs out of
the Perrera and placed them in our kennels
where they received more handling and
rehabilitation prior to their being accepted
and placed in their forever homes in
Germany. We also managed to find foster
homes for more of our dogs and we would
like to thank those people who have taken
these dogs to help socialise them prior to
going to Germany. If you think you would
like to help us in this quest, please call
Tony on 618 034 921. These kind people
who have given these dogs a chance to be
socialized in a home environment are vital
to our programme to give these dogs a
better quality of life. We would especially
like to thank the dedicated team who work
with the Mazarrn Perrera to succeed in not
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We would also like to say a special thank
only preparing the dogs for transportation,

but for comforting, walking and generally
looking after these dogs whilst they are in
the Perrera.
Last month we rescued 5 puppies
abandoned in Bolnuevo and another 8
dogs in the Perrera have been listed and
are awaiting placements in our kennels
or with foster homes. When dogs go to
Germany we are able to take more dogs
out of the Perrera and prepare them for
transportation. As you can imagine there
is a vast amount of paper work involved,
trips to the vets for spaying, castrations,
inoculations etc which takes time and
money. ALL monies raised from our shop
in Puerto de Mazarrn and our fund raising
events including the Table Top Sale at Nico
and Sonias Bar on the first Saturday of the
month at 11am and the Table Top Sale on
you to SERHS who provided the bar, fridges,

tables, chairs and liquid refreshments.
Lastly, thank you to everyone who donated
to our chosen charity, The Alzheimers
Society in Spain.
Camposol A every Thursday go towards our

cause. We are always in need of volunteers
in our shop, so if you can dedicate some
of your time please contact Cathy on 639
604 628.
Last month representatives from the

organisation in Germany visited us to see
what is involved from our end in preparing
the dogs they receive. Their visit was a
great success and we thank them for
taking an interest in what we do and what
we have achieved.
If you think you could spare a few hours
a week helping our team to walk the dogs
at the Perrera to keep them healthy and
have some positive human contact, please
contact Tony on 618 034 921.
We are always in need of good quality
items to sell in the shop. If you have items
that need picking up, please call Anne on
634 338 674.
We thank you for your continued
support.
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SUMMER IS HERE, ADS Sunbeds and

Umbrellas are back on the beach!
ADS Sunbeds and Umbrellas are situated

right on the main beach at Puerto de
Mazarrn, just a short stroll from the many
bars and restaurants, ice cream parlours,
shops etc on the promenade.
Maura Dunne from ADS is delighted to

announce that the sunbeds and umbrellas are
on the main beach at Puerto de Mazarrn.
This year our season started early and will
continue well in to September, so why not
come on down and say hello?
Many of you will know Maura from either from

ADS Property, ADS Locksmiths or ADS
Insurance; all of which have been trading
successfully in the area since 2003.
There is no need to carry heavy equipment
for a great day out at the beach! Just bring
Would you like to know more about

Jesus?
Do you yearn for a closer relationship with a
Heavenly Father who loves you?
There is no better way to find what you are
searching for than joining likeminded people
who are seeking the same goal as you.
Its very easy to feel that you are the only
one in your situation, but you are not alone.
There are thousands who feel just like you do.
Come and meet people who are feeling just
the same way as you are. Meet those whose
Christian walk is just beginning and those
who have walked closely with the Lord for
many years. Learn from their experiences.
Learn about the love of God and what getting
to know Him better can do for you. Come
and experience the joy and love that flows
when Gods people gather together in His
presence. Come and sit quietly at the back.
You wont be put under any pressure; theres
no embarrassment. You have nothing to lose,
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your cool box, towel and swimming gear for a

lovely and relaxing day and dont forget your
sun cream! We all know that children love
the beach and the sand and its a great way of
entertaining them for the day. The Puerto de
Mazarrn location is fantastic and the prices
are very affordable, for example: 2 sunbeds
and 1 umbrella for 12 for the day. It
is ADSs policy to offer best service and
affordable prices. The sunbeds are very good
quality and very comfortable. The umbrellas
are the fixed straw umbrellas, offering a nice
shady spot close to the waters edge and no
need to worry about the umbrella blowing
over!
but a wonderful, life changing opportunity to

gain.
Lets not think for one moment that being
a Christian means that life is going to be a
walk in the park. It is not just about going
to church and reading your bible. Being a
Christian doesnt just mean listening to Gods
word or just reading it. Being a Christian
means living Gods word and that can be a
tough call.
Being a Christian means humbling yourself
before the Lord and submitting to His will.
Our human nature rebels against words
like humble and submit. They smack of
weakness, conjuring up images of pathetic,
whimpish, servile individuals. Nothing could
be further from the truth!
To humble yourself before God means to
respect His majesty.
He is our creator,
the creator of the universe. When we look
This is the fourth year of ADS Sunbeds and so

many of our readers have become regulars so
what are you waiting for? You are sure to get
a great welcome and Maura will be pleased to
see everyone again. You will find Maura either
sitting under an umbrella or wandering along
the promenade, wondering if anyone will join
her for a coffee or cold drink! You cant miss
her with her unmistakable sign-written t-shirt
and hat.
Maura hopes that you enjoy the summer

sunshine and looks forward to welcoming you
to the beach. Hasta Luego!!
at creation, we often feel very small in

comparison. To feel small is a healthy way
to get back to reality. Humility means proper
respect for God, not self- deprecation.
It takes a lot of strength of character to
submit. Submission is to willingly co-operate
with someone out of love and respect. It
takes a lot of strength some times.
I could keep on writing until Im blue in the
face, but Im only delivering the words. What
you do with them is down to you. How many
of us are really living our lives the way we
would truly wish to live them. Are you ready
to give God a try?
Our Sunday morning services start at
11.30am at C/Zorrilla, Fuente Alamo
Rachel (English) 618 963 976
Pastors Gins and Toi (Spanish) 629 283
080
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Cloud Nine Drama have been working

hard in the community to highlight
the dangers of on line predators! We
performed a play called Grooming to a
group of Spanish students of all ages at

the University of Lorca. Some of these
students also happened to be teachers at
the local high school and asked us if we
could perform to their young students
too. Sadly this seems to be a world-wide
problem and the more aware students and
parents are, the harder it becomes for
these dangerous people to get away with
it.
On a lighter note Death by Chocolate a
murder mystery was performed by us at
Bar Med! Who killed Billy Bonka? It was a
fun night and most of the audience dressed
up and the murderer was Mike Bison the
famous boxer!
We found another family of five who have

a great need of basically everything!
Thankfully we always carry spare bags of
food and were able to help them. We will
assess their greatest needs on our next
visit.
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Thank you to Nadine who has supplied 2

buggies and some good quality clothing.
There is a young woman expecting her
first baby in July and thankfully we have
supplied essential items in readiness.
Sadly each time we go out we see more

families having their water supply cut off.
Look
out
for details
of
our
Pantomime
soon!
Any budding
actors,
set
designers,
stage hands
or
lovers
of
theatre
please come
and join our
fun group.
You can find us on our FB page Cloud
Nine Drama.
We
carry
b o t t l e d
water to help
those
who
live in really
r e m o t e
areas and do
not have any
access
at
all to clean
drinking
water. This
is a basic of
life and we
are humbled
and grateful
that we are
able to help those in desperate need. The
food bill continues to grow, but we are
truly blessed by your contributions and
for all who support our Table Top Sales at
Camposol. Thank you to all our ladies and
Colin who give freely of their time.
God Bless you all
Marge and Arthur
Drop off Points

Fortnightly Table Top Sale - Camposol
Sector B
Robbos Golf Shop, San Javier - Neil & Nikki
Robinson
Time Out, San Javier - Gary & Sue
Arthur & Marge 659 270 885/689 653
987
Email: arthurlaws@hotmail.com
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Email:
yahoo.com
www.swaptearsforsmiles.wix.com/
swap-tears-4-smiles
w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /
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Sara Alexi was

born in Oxford,
England.
She
has
travelled
widely and now
splits her time
between
her
home in England
and a tiny rural
village in the
Peloponnese,
in
Greece,
where she is (very slowly!) renovating
a
ruined
stone
farmhouse,
whilst
observing the Greek way of life and
absorbing the culture, to enrich her
vision for both writing and painting.
Sara began writing later in life. In school
English lessons were a time of confusion,
Despite her dyslexia Sara qualified as a

psychotherapist and ran her own practice
for years. Her artistic nature was, at
that time, confined to painting and she
exhibited widely.
Her Greek Village series has been
very well received and provides a keenly
observed, compassionate insight into the
Greek people and culture. Saras books
are an easy read and ideal to take on

holiday.
The
Illegal
G a r d e n e r
Book
1
Book one of the
Greek
village
series tells the
story
of
one
summer in the
village from the
perspectives
of
two
outsiders,
both
recently
arrived in Greece,
but each from a
very different back
ground. Juliet is an English expat who has
bought a house in the village. Aaman is
a Pakistani illegal immigrant looking for
work. Juliet employs Aaman to help clear
her garden, and the relationship that
develops touches them both deeply and
changes them both forever.
Black Butterflies
Book 2
The second book in
the series follows
Marina, the village
shopkeeper,
as
she embarks on
a
courageous
mission to stop
her daughter Eleni
from making an
unsuitable match.
Eleni is enraged
by her mothers
meddling, but as
the story unfolds we discover that both
mother and daughter have guilty secrets
that each dreads the other discovering.
This is a moving, compassionate tale of
love, heartache and forgiveness, that will
make you laugh and cry.
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books
indecipherable
hieroglyphics.
Dyslexia was not well understood then
and no support was available. She
discovered that Agatha Christie, Jules
Verne and Hans Christian Andersen
were all dyslexic and Saras perspective
changed. The world of fiction opened to
her with this shift in perception and she
has been a prolific writer ever since.
A Handful of Pebbles Book 7

This story is about Sarahs personal journey
and how her visit to a Greek Village wakes
her up from what appears to be a long
sleep of 26 years. She is on holiday with
her husband and friends to attend to the
wedding of her young son Finn. As an 18/19
year old, Sarah was in love with Torin, the
brother of her best friend. Unfortunately he
dies under tragic circumstances and both
Sarah and Liz marry some rich men who
are much older than them, who they meet
at a golf club for money and a comfortable
life. Sarahs life ends when Torin, the love
of her life dies and she just sleep-walks
into the marriage. She carries the guilt for
this decision and the fact she doesnt love
her husband of 26 years even though she
has two sons and her husband, Lawrence
who is a bit of a control freak. Its clear she
has no say in their marriage. He makes
all the decisions while she is the stay at
home wife who cooks and cleans and not
much else.
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Pampered
Paws is now
welcoming
a
new
fully
legal,
insured and
registered
service
to
Camposol
and
the
surrounding
areas.
Lisa Greaves has

joined the team
of
Pampered
Paws, offering the
very best in Pet &
House Sitting. Lisa
has been a fully
qualified veterinary
nurse for over 20
years and worked
in the busy vet
hospital of Wylies
Veterinary Hospital and had her own pet

sitting service in the UK for 15 years.
Here at Rainbow Satellites we are preparing

for the summer heat. Temperatures seem
to creep up over a few days, but then drop
back to some chilly ones. Any followers of the
newsletter will know we have had a foster
dog Lucy in the camp well she is now going
to Germany to a new home, so we are sad
and happy!! It was always the plan to let her
go and take on another foster for permanent
rehoming, but we will all miss her except
possibly Rocio our elderly cat!
reception from satellite systems. Even the

huge 1.90m dishes are losing some reception
in the south west of the region. The current
signals are the lowest I have seen in my 20
years installing TV systems here. Internet
TV must still be the way forward and good
reliable internet is available to most now and
continually getting better. Easy to use and
reliable internet TV will carry a subscription.
There are ways to do it free, but you must
be very computer-orientated and prepared to
persevere!
A regular item in the newsletter now, but

if you are buying a property down here,
check out the TV availability before you buy.
English TV may not possible and after signing
it will be too late! Many buyers say TV is not
important to them but Spain is not all sun,
pools and BBQs!
We had a few days in Cordoba for the patio

festival which is worth a visit. However, I
have to say that compared to my previous
visit 8 or so years ago, they have tipped the
tourism angle over the edge full of huge
tourist groups, long queues to the patios, all
the shops selling tourist trash and not a local
in sight!
TV NEWS
The main point must be the substantially
reduced satellite signals and the poor
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Rainbow Satellites internet system has

almost every channel available including
Sport, Movies, BT, catch-up TV and Box
Sets and latest Movies, but does carry a
subscription which many are unwilling to pay
saying We have never paid a subscription for
TV and we are not going to now! Consider
the UK situation which you have all been in
the BBC is a subscription channel call
it a licence, a fee, a tax, but at the end of
the day you must pay to watch it that is
Subscription TV. If
there was a TV licence
in Spain we would all
be paying it without
comment,
so
just
consider the internet
TV subscription to be
your TV licence fee as
in the UK. It is not
much more money for
vast content. Ask us
for a demonstration if
you are unsure how to
proceed with reliable
UK TV in Spain.
Lisa has now arrived to offer the best in

caring for your pets at home whilst you
go away. She can administer medication
to your pet if they are ill and there is no
change to their routine plus there is the
security knowing your home is being
looked after as well as your pets.
Call Lisa on 642 265 281
Do you know BBC radio is open to overseas

listeners through the internet (officially TV is
not)? Download the BBC app to your phone
and listen to Radio 2 (or any other BBC
station). Even better, connect your phone
to your car system (blue tooth or USB/jack
cable) and listen whilst driving it makes
a change from the limited English-speaking
stations.
If you have problems or are starting a TV
system from scratch, contact an established
legal company for advice. This is a specialised
subject, particularly with weak satellite
signals and high tech internet TV. Your outlay
is going to be significant and you will want
reliable viewing get good experienced
advice.
Article sponsored by Rainbow Satellites
the company for all your TV needs in Murcia
region of Southern Spain.
Email rainbowsats@gmail.com
Tel (0034) 686 358 475 - if we are perched
on a roof adjusting a satellite dish when you
call, leave a message and we will return the
call as soon as we can!
www.rainbowsats.org has some good
basic TV information and a contact us link.
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Noahs ARC
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T
h
e
Dorothy
K
a
y
Memorial
Mile
took
place
on
We d n e s d ay
4th May and
this
years
race
was
very
well
attended.
D o r o t h y
w o u l d
have
been
surprised
and delighted with this as in her younger
days she used to compete in the Hurdles
in the Schools County Championship. In
her later life her nursing career took her
into the care industry and working with
adults with Downs Syndrome and learning
difficulties, she eventually became a Senior
Staff Nurse at the James Cook University
Hospital, Middlesbrough. This, of course,
made her an ideal carer at Forget Me Not
we all still miss her very much.
So far this year we have been blessed with

donations and help with equipment and we
We would also like to send a BIG thank

you to the Ex-Servicemens Club for the
wonderful donation of 600, which will be
put to very good use.
would like to
thank Martin
Shackleton,
of the Leos,
who
has
given
us
permission
to use their
table tennis
table, which
has
given
e n d l e s s
pleasure to
a number of
our guests.
Donations also came from Masquerade for

their performance on St Georges Day and
thank you to all who turned up for our first
Musical Morning on 18th April. We sang and
danced to the fabulous voice of Graham
York and many thanks to Trevis Bar who
very kindly donated trays of delicious
sandwiches.
We
would
also like to say a BIG thank you to Gary,
Master of the Lodge, Sierra Espua
Freemasons Lodge and Jayne Allen who
donated a wonderful 1000 so that we
could purchase an urn (to save boiling
endless kettles of water for tea and
coffee!!!!), an indoor badminton net
and rackets, mini bar skittles, mini table
skittles and Subbuteo to name but a few
of our new table-top and indoor games.
These have given an enormous amount of
fun and pleasure to our attendees.
What A Week For MABS!

On Wednesday 4th May, the Van/Equipment
volunteers of MABS Mazarrn were
delighted to receive a host of medical
and
mobility
equipment
from
La
Caixa Banking Foundation. The equipment
consisting of a hospital bed, wheelchairs,
walking frames and much more will be
distributed to all 4 branches of MABS in
the Murcia region.
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Forget Me Not meets at Camposol

Cultural Centre 10.30am-1.30pm every
Monday.
MABS Mazarrn Spring Fayre

MABS Mazarrn held their annual Spring
Fayre at The Club House. After a quiet start
people began to file through the doors eager
to grab a bargain. The delicious homemade cakes were selling like the proverbial
hot cakes and the hand crafted cards and
goods made by the MABS Mazarrn Craft
Group did a lively trade. The lovely items
of clothing and accessories from the MABS
Mazarrn Charity shop in Totana literally
flew off the rails!
Foundation undertakes different types of
activities and projects. With its activity
and results, Caixa Bank contributes to the
development of the community with special
attention to poverty and social exclusion.
La Caixa Foundation is very committed

to the society and support social action
in multiple ways. La Caixa Banking
We were delighted to welcome three new

faces to our meetings on Mondays; David
and Barbara Regan and Diane Wright.
David gave himself the unenviable task
of putting all our books into alphabetical
order, so when you visit our Table Top Sale
on 2nd and 4th Friday each month you can
browse by author, which makes life much
easier. If anyone feels that they could
spare a couple of hours on a Monday
morning or additional help on our Friday
Table Top Sale, you will be very welcome.
La Caixa Banking Foundation budget

for 2016 has been once again 500 million
Euros, which for the Foundation represents,
for yet another year, the private Spanish
foundation that devotes more resources to
social action.
There was the usual stream of visitors

trying their luck on the Raffle, Tombola,
Door Raffle and Shoe Box Lucky Dip, all
the time listening to music provided by
our stalwart DJ Felip. However people
enjoyed the afternoon, one thing is for
sure, they helped MABS Mazarrn raise
an incredible 2585.45.
THANK YOU to everyone who came along
to support us, Aaron and Stuart for their
sterling work behind the bar and of course
our volunteers who worked very hard all
day to make the event run smoothly.
The service will be available 24 hours

per day every day of the year and will be
provided FREE to all persons on Camposol.
The EMERGENCY NUMBER remains the
same 968 970 626
At the time of writing, training courses for
New Responders have been authorised to
take place at the end of May for the use
of defibrillators and other life preserving
procedures. FAST2016 has an excellent
training team who provide practical training
each week refreshing the life preserving
skills that may be required when called to
an incident.
The practical side of the training involves
Responders taking the emergency calls
and gathering information from the caller.
Subsequently locating the address of the
casualty which, at times, can prove to be
quite a challenge, with some road signs
A Game of 3 Halves
The first International Bridge Tournament
was recently held at Restaurante Rincn
de Elias on the Bolnuevo paseo. It was
organised by the Mazarrn Bay Bridge
Club (MBBC).
missing and some houses with house

numbers and some with plot numbers.
Some holiday makers, who have rented, do
not even know the exact address!
Training scenarios have been staged during
the month of May to offer new Responders
the opportunity to take an emergency
call and attend an address with another
Responder and deal with a staged incident.
FAST2016 will respond to any life
threatening situation on Camposol and
give assistance, where required, until the
emergency services arrive. The Responders,
during the time in which they are present at
the incident, will advise on what documents
may be required by the ambulance crew
when they arrive, if an ambulance is called.
The FAST2016 Responders can provide a
list of essential items which may be helpful
at the hospital e.g. mobile phone, money,
medication, day clothes to return home in
and spectacles. Having a FAST2016 team
present in your house when there is a
medical emergency can be very comforting
and reassuring for the family members.
The European Team was made up of

Spanish, Dutch, some Scandahooligans, a
few Scots (they did want to leave the UK)
Other benefits of being a member of

FAST2016 are being part of a great group
of like-minded people who are always willing
to help each other. It is a great way to meet
new people and also give something back to
the community.
HELP US TO HELP YOU!
During the last few months there has been
and a man with a Scottish sounding name,

a redhead and a solicitor.
The British Team (Please note the name
JVB) comprised mainly English, a Jamaican
(British Commonwealth) and one Welshman
(no h).
There were 3 rounds of 8 boards (games)
held through the morning. The Europeans
took a commanding lead after the first
half, but the British (JVB) came back in the
second. You have to read the complete
article to find out the result, or look at the
photograph to see who is receiving the
magnificent trophy.
The MBBC would like to thank Leen

(pronounced Lane as in Penny Lane) and
JVB (pronounced John Van Beek) who were
responsible for proposing and setting up
and running the event. Smaller thanks also
go to Phil, Anita, Jon (no h) and Leicester
City for their brief contributions.
a recruitment drive to get the number of

Responders up to 40. Two Responders will
always attend each incident. FAST2016
also needs Support Workers. No previous
knowledge is required as full training will be
given. Many Responders already have past
knowledge as we currently have ex-nurses,
care workers, first aiders, ex-service
personnel, firemen and police officers. If you
have any spare time and want to help this
great community of Camposol by becoming
either a Responder or Support Worker, then
please email us at recruitment@fast2016.
org or come along for a coffee and a chat at
the Cultural Centre on a Tuesday morning.
Further information is provided on our
website www.fast2016.org
Rincon put on a great lunch as always;

helped by lashings of red wine and the
trophies were handed over; a large one for
the winners and a tiny one for the runners
up. Score Europeans 220, British 229.
MBBC play Bridge on Mondays and
Thursdays at 09:30 hours at Hotel Playa
Grande, on the road from Puerto de
Mazarrn to Bolnuevo.
For more information on MBBC go to
www.bridgewebs.com/mazarrnbay/
The defining moment might have been

the small slam (6 hearts) bid and made
by Pieter (pronounced Peter in English),
which was matched by Jean (middle name
Melody) on the British Team.
After totalling
the
scores,
the
teams
(32 players)
were joined
at lunch by
11 partners,
husbands,
w i v e s ,
friends and
relations
including an
18-month
granddaughter of Paula. You can never
start too early to learn Bridge. She even
brought her own dummy (boom, boom).
BREAKING NEWS
FAST2016 Is Pleased To Announce That
The Service Will Be Fully Operational
From Monday 13th June
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Gordon Cockburn was voted onto the D

Group Committee as Vice President, by
the members present at the bi-monthly
meeting.
We urgently need a Bucketeer
Coordinator.
If you can spare a little time for an
excellent group of volunteers could you
please contact Deesec1@outlook.com
Over the past 2 months our volunteer
garden team has done magnificent
work.
The Community gardens along Calle Mentas
D30 have had a complete refurbishment
carried out by our volunteers on a weekly
basis. It took 8 visits to complete.
Calle Ajedreas D25 was cleared of weeds
and rubbish and the 100 metre strip was
prepped for planting later this year.
The Notice Board garden area and the
Jubilee Garden on D20 also had a visit
from our Garden Team.
The Team had 2 consecutive visits to Calle
Plans are well advanced for our Summer

Fte to be held on July 16th. We have
been working hard to improve the area
directly in front of the Commercial Centre,
to ensure everywhere looks its best on the
day. We have pruned all the trees, planted
fresh flowers, painted some tired areas
and swept the whole area in preparation
for the day.
Whilst final details are still being confirmed,
during the day we will be holding a Fashion
Show, the Leos will be helping us by
providing a range of childrens activities
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Robles D7. This was a major project for

the team, clearing the community garden
of all manner of things. The residents are
very happy with the work that has been
achieved.
around the sector. Slow down road signs

are being produced for the teams and
the two chalk boards by D20 are being
replaced and a new sign for our fundraisers
and contributors.
Our Road Repair Team are doing a

fantastic job on our roads.
It is extremely hard keeping up with them
filling in the many potholes, resetting
curbs and concreting large areas on the
roads around the sector.
The Queens Birthday Celebration Tea

Party held at the Golf Club was a great
success and a good afternoon was had
by all. The Hog Roast on 8th May on D34
was also very enjoyable and thankfully the
weather was good. The seventy guests
are looking forward to next years roast.
Both teams are responding to enquiries

made through our website, emails and our
Bucketeers on Fridays. The Road Repair
Team budget is 400-500 per month. The
Garden Team budget depends on what
is planned. The project on D30 section,
gravel and skip is approx 1,000. Without
the generosity of our contributors and our
Bucketeers who collect our funds on Friday
mornings we could not do anything.
Five more benches have been located
and entertainment that will be announced

shortly. We anticipate having 30 stalls
in attendance providing a whole range of
clothing, jewellery, cards and other select
items for you to browse around. Music will
also be provided to help create a great
atmosphere by Bernie Mac.
During the evening we plan to have four
different live acts performing; Scott James,
the Harlequin Rock Choir, Masquerade and
Ukuleles R us. To ensure you guarantee
a seat to enjoy the atmosphere, contact
either Tels, Cats or the Sabores Bar to
Future Events
Spanish Night Party 18th June with a
coach at Marianos 15
Street Party with Woody and friends in
July. Contact Laurie on dsocialsec01@
outlook.com
Ken DAngelo
President
D Gardening and Community Group
reserve your seat.

The Gardening Group will be making a
donation to both Age Concern and the
Leos from any profits generated from the
event.
Volunteers have been working hard to
complete the improvements to the area
just below the doctors surgery. This has
now been planted and membrane and
gravel laid to help raise the profile of this
once forgotten corner.
On Peoples Park the whole northern end
has now been completed, including existing
plants and trees pruned, new plants
added, two new benches installed and the
whole area gravelled. This area now looks
fantastic and will be so much easier for the
group to maintain in the future. We are
also working hard on the Memorial Park,
laying an additional 75 tonnes of gravel to
help improve this large area that is the first
thing visitors to Los Palacios see when
they arrive.
If you value the work we do please come
along to our Summer Fte and help
support us. Every single euro we raise will
go towards continued improvements in our
area.
On behalf of the group, I would announce
the sad passing of one of the groups
earliest members, Geoffrey Stones. Geoff
was a keen walker and golfer before his
long illness and the group, subject to
family approval, would like to remember
him with a plaque on the Memorial Circle
Of Remembrance.
In the last few months we have also

been visited by local authors who have
kindly shared their writing process and
their passion for the written word. We
heard from Paula Lamb who has a map
of the village as part of the planning
process, complete with shops and path to
the sea. Annette Ryder read extracts from
her short stories. Stephanie Pointing has
many books on the go at the same time
and Quentin Cope does not leave his desk
until he has written 1,000 usable words
We
had
a
wellattended and
productive
AGM at the
Golf
Club
with
John
stepping
down
as
Chairman.
He
was
presented
with
an
engraved
address book
and Amazon
voucher for
all his hard work to improve our sector and
Cath, his wife, accepted a lovely bouquet.
Mark now takes over the mantle - a difficult
act to follow, but he is well supported by
a re-elected committee, with Paddy taking
over the role of Social Secretary.
(must get a bit frustrating for those around

him at times lol).
boring. Some of the books discussed; The

Miniaturist by Jessie Burton, Behind
Closed Doors by BA Paris, Three
Daughters by Consuelo Saah Baehr and
Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey.
The latest book for our last meeting of the
Summer to be discussed at our meeting on
2nd June at the Camposol Cultural Centre
at 2pm is The Missing by CL Taylor. Please
feel free to join our FB page and everyone
who has a joy of reading is welcome to
come along to our meetings (even if you
havent read or finished the book).
The discussions have been wide, varied

and sometimes hilarious, but never
collected & craned over a set of concrete

garden furniture, fountain and 5 planters
generously given to us by a resident! Full
bottles of water left behind the Welcome
Wall are always appreciated; using these
makes a huge difference to our teams
watering time. So many kind people
give their time with donations of money
and plants and snacks and drinks for the
workers. Please volunteer to help us via
phone or email. We offer the bonus of
free breakfasts on Wednesdays and the
satisfaction of knowing you are keeping fit
whilst making a huge difference to the place
you have chosen to live or spend holidays.
Each time visitors return they notice how
lovely the improvements are and always let
us know. For safety, our volunteers wear
high-vis clothing and work behind traffic
cones on the dual carriageway. Please slow
Contact Ruma or Chris through the

Facebook page Camposol Reading
Group.
down when passing and give them a wave

to show your support!
A few tickets may still be available for our
Street Party/BBQ on 12th June with Carl,
The Big Welshman to celebrate The Queens
90th Birthday.
Our Autumn Social on 23rd Sept with
Barrington and the Christmas Party on
9th December with Cassie Kennedy are at
the Golf Club. Please check chalkboards,
Facebook and website for information or
email on greenfingersgardengroup@
gmail.com
Mark, Chairman 634 304 910
h t t p : / / w w w .
greenfingersgardenandsocialgroup.
com/
The past year has been our biggest and best

for projects, bringing vast benefit to Lower
C with new avenues of containers and
palms, plus replacements of the inevitable
casualties. Unfortunately this comes with
a heavy watering burden. Please if you
have any time to adopt a small area near
your home by regularly watering the plants
and occasionally weeding, we would be
extremely grateful. Alternatively, you may
wish to care for one of the new trees in
memory of a loved one and take over its
watering etc. by tying a distinctive ribbon
around it to show its adoption.
During 2016/7 we need to maintain and
improve areas. Mondays Maintenance Team
continue street weeding and spraying, while
Wednesdays volunteers have planted the
area near the Windmill, collected yet more
railway sleepers, slate, a large number of
decorative rocks and spread 11 tonnes
of gravel. The lorry delivering this kindly
Camposol Reading Group started in

November 2014 through Chatterbox Ladies
Group. Over the last 2 years we have had
an eclectic range of books which reflect our
eclectic range of ladies, who meet every
1st Thursday of the month.
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Aguilas www.aguilas.org
Tel 968 493 285 Sat Market
Guided Tour of The Historic Centre in
Spanish Saturday 11th & 25th (English)
June 1hrs starting from Tourist Office
Dramatized
Tour
of
guilas
in
Spanish Sunday 5th June starting from
Tourist Office.
Alhama de Murcia
http://turismo.alhamademurcia.es/
Tel 968 633 512 Tues Market
Tour of Archaeological Museum
Saturday June 4th
This visit in Spanish is designed for
individuals or small groups. For arranged
visits in English for groups please, contact
the Museum on 968 630 776
museoarqueologico@alhamademurcia.
es
www.museoalhamademurcia.es
The guided tour in Spanish lasts 45 minutes
telling the history of the Archaeological
Museum Los Baos. The remains of the
thermal baths constructed by Romans in
the 1st century A.D were re-used in the
Islamic period and by the Spa Hotel of the
19th century.
Theatrical Tour in Spanish Sunday

June 19th
90 minutes departing 11am from Tourist
Office.
These theatrical visits are designed for
individuals or small groups.
The dramatized cultural tour through the
old town of Alhama, where historical figures
such as the Marquis of los Vlez or Jaime I
El Conquistador, tells how they lived in their
respective time and describe some cultural
points: the Church of St. Lazarus Bishop,
Tercias House or the Archaeological
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Museum Los Baos. Once finished, you can

visit the Artisan Market Villa de Alhama,
in La Feria Street.
Lorca www.lorcaturismo.es
Tel 968 441 914 - Thurs Market
Free Tour Of The Historic City
Saturday 4th June starts at 11.30am from
the tourist office. Includes the Medieval
Castle, the Jewish Quarter, Baroque
buildings and a wealth of information on
various settlements which contributed to
its history.
Guiada Las Tres Plazas - There is also a
tour of Lorca most weekdays during June
leaving at 12.30pm from the Tourist Office
Mazarrn www.mazarron.es
Tel 968 594 426
Organised Walks Around Mazarrn
The Institute of Tourism of the Region of
Murcia (ITREM), of Mazarrn has organised
various cultural routes, hiking trails, boat
trips and ethnographical routes, with more
than 80 routes. For more information and
registration go to www.visitamazarron.
com or www.murciaturistica.es
Trekking
June 11th La Perdiz
June 25th La Panadera
Cultural Walks
June 4th - Erosiones y Torre
June 18th Mazarrn Church
Local Tasting Walks
June 25th - El Vino y El Mar (Baha)
Survival Zombie
Puerto de Mazarrn will be host on
Saturday June 18th to Survival Zombie,
an event organized for the first time, in
the Municipality. At similar events within
other Spanish cities such as Gijon and
Cartagena more than 1,000 people have
attended. A group of unidentified actors
stage a screenplay with participants who

wish to enrol. The event will begin at 11pm
and end at 7am. Tickets are on sale at Caf
La Fundicion in Mazarrn, in the Municipal
Pavilion La Acea, at the Tourist Office, in
the comic book store 7 Heroes of Murcia and
on the website www.survivalzombie.es
Geological Walk
The walk was supported by the Geological
Society of Spain, the Spanish Association
for the Teaching of Earth Sciences (AEPECT)
and the Geological and Mining Institute of
Spain (IGME).
A total of 354 people from different parts
of Murcia and other neighbouring provinces
participated in the route that began in
the esplanade of Erosions Bolnuevo and
covered a total of 6.5kms with 8 stops
where different geologists explained, with
workshops and education, the peculiarities
of the composition of the geological
landscape they were visiting.
Blue Flag Beaches
Seven Mazarrn beaches this summer will
fly the blue flag awarded by the European
Foundation for Environmental Education: El
Mojon, Alamillo, Rihuete, Puerto, Baha-La
Reya, Nares, Grande-Castellar.
Mazarrn is next to Aguilas the second
coastal town of Murcia with more blue
flags after Cartagena. Mazarrn has the
distinction that 70% of its beaches are
within the system of bathing water quality
of health.
5th Mazarrn Dog Show 4th June
This competition will take place on the
Paseo Maritimo from 5.30pm. Registration
by 1st June www.caninamurciana
Youth Summer Camp In Nerpio
This will be held from 11th to 17th July and
is aimed at children and young people
from 7-17 years. Registration is 255.
Applications and more information from
juventud@mazarron.es
The summer camp in Nerpio has about
a dozen activities and has high parental
support. Among the objectives it is
covering the development of personal
autonomy, cohabitation outside the family
environment and the conduct of activities
in the natural environment.
Totana www.totana.es Tel 968 423
902 Wed Market
Free Guided Tour of Totana & Church
Tower Saturday 18th June
10.30am from Town Hall approx. 1hrs
This guided tour to visit the Church Tower
is in Spanish.
Tours of Bastida in Totana are held on
Saturdays and Sundays throughout June.
For more information, contact the Tourist
Office.
Hi everyone
At the time of writing this article we are
looking forward to our Trip to Caravaca
and Lunch at the Santuario Esperanza
on 16th May which promises to be a great
day out.
decorated in the style of the Alhambra

and the Alhambra Palace and gardens
were enjoyed by everyone.
Mystery Day Trip 10th June with a

superior Lunch, 4 starters, main course,
dessert and drinks throughout the meal,
finishing with coffee. Tickets for this trip
are 22 members and 24 non-members.
Tarragona
September
&
Barcelona
27th
This trip is sold out but we are taking

names for a reserve list as it is expected
we will have cancellations
Christmas Party
This is still in the process of being
organized, although the provisional date
for this event is 9th December.
Watch this space in the next issue for more
trips and events now being discussed.
Wow, does time fly! The beginning of the

summer is here so lets hope that July is a
little cooler than last year.
A great time was had by all who went to
Cordoba, apart from the terrible weather.
The patios were stunning when it wasnt
raining! Such a shame for all involved
locally and all the visitors to Cordoba for
the festival.
Events for 2016
16th July - Pool Party at MCC.
This is a great yearly event held around
the beautiful swimming pool at Mazarrn
Country Club.
Menu choice will be
solomillo or hake and we have music by
the Gekkos.
Fuengirola which will include, by popular

demand, a day trip to Gibraltar. As this
is proving to be a popular trip, we are
asking for 75 non-refundable deposit,
per person, on reservation. Members
150 per person (2 people sharing) in a
double room. Non-members 170 per
person (2 people sharing) in a double
room. Single rooms sold out. Includes
all transfers.
11th October Picnic on Paseo
Tickets from Sue 968 956 155 or Shirley

968 956 070 or email mccsocialclub.
co.uk
For more information, contact:

Tony 968 956 418
Vivien 968 956 050
Email mcceventsgroup@gmail.com
Website
www.countryclubeventsgroup.org
Look forward to seeing you all soon.
Bye for now.
Jennie Iredale
Mazarrn Country Club Events Secretary
Early September we are planning a

Jamaican Delights Buffet on the Paseo
at MCC.
8th September we had planned a Four
Day Trip visiting Segovia, Salamanca
and Toledo. However, the hotels have
been proving very difficult/expensive to
book so we are postponing this trip so
disappointing.
24th
September
Carthaginians.
Romans
and
4th October - our very popular Picnic on

the Paseo at MCC with music by Scott
James.
November
7th
Night
Trip
To
Our 3 night, 4 day Trip to Granada and

Malaga was fantastic with wonderful
weather.
The Hotel was excellent,
The Day Trip to Malaga was a great

success with beautiful tropical gardens
along the seafront leading to the new
marina.
Everyone on the trip really
enjoyed the day in Malaga.
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What a wonderful time of year this

is - when everything seems to take on a
new spurt of life. All around us new colours
continually appear, reminding us of the
beauty that this arid area of Spain offers.
Wild plants seem to manage very well on
their own, but sadly, as the warm weather
intensifies, the plants and shrubs that we
have chosen to place around our homes
and public areas need constant TLC. B
Clean Gardening Group do as much as
they can to keep the plants watered, but
being few in number, a little help with this
task would benefit us all. We request that
everyone who enjoys seeing our sector
in bloom takes on some responsibility to
water any plants that are near their villa,
or en-route to the shops. If we all simply
carried a couple of water bottles in our
car in preparation, a good intention might
become an activity that will keep Camposol
blooming throughout the approaching dry
summer months.
watering, etc. are few, so please contact

us if you can offer some assistance.
We meet every Tuesday morning for
a couple of hours and each extra pair of
hands makes a great difference.
We need more willing volunteers!

The numbers coming forward to give help
with the planting, weeding, litter clearing,
Please join B Clean Community Group

Scheme
Members subscribe regularly to a fund
Hello ladies!
As I write this the weather looks like we
are almost into summer; lovely sunny days
are here again!
thats really good news as they do provide

a great service.
Our May meeting included a talk from the

FAST ladies It was very good and we had
lots of questions for them. We now know
they will be operational again in June, so
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Since our last Newsletter we have tidied

up and gravelled around the roundabout
and rambla bridge and the road leading
from the roundabout to B20. We hope to
further improve this area with plants and
trees at a later date. We have been asked
to provide easier wheelchair access to the
path we laid last month, leading from B5 to
the Footbridge and will be attending to this
matter shortly.
Green Waste Bins
The bins situated on the lower commercial
centre car park have been replaced with
yellow skips and, presumably because
they are easier to load, seem to have
resulted in the area being kept tidier.
In April we went to La Mariposa for lunch.

What a lovely afternoon! Well done to them.
The bi-monthly lunches are proving really
popular, so if you have any suggestions for
places to go let us know.
which pays for the ongoing costs of our

sectors upkeep. Without these funds B
Clean would not be able to function. We
need more residents to join the scheme
and subscribe just 5 a month. If you
would like to add your name to the list of
members, please contact Colin or Helen for
details (see below.) The more subscribers
we have - the better Camposol will look.
All donations, whether in the form of
money dropped into our collection buckets
or unwanted plants, are very welcome and
we thank all those who continue to assist
us in this way.
Come to our monthly meetings held
on the last Tuesday of each month
at Trevis Bar 4-5pm and tell us what
improvements you would like to see
happen on or near your poligono.
Colin (Treasurer) 727 770 944
Email BartonCC@aol.com
Helen (Secretary) 968 199 506
Email helenwhite522@gmail.com
Palace with overnight stay in November.

We will leave Camposol on 17th November
and return the next day. If you would like
to go, places are limited, so get in touch
with us on the numbers at the end of this
article.
St Nicholas Church are holding a Flower
Festival on 4th and 5th June. On Saturday
4th the Church will be open to view the
flowers and there will be a fte in the
grounds. If any ladies would like to bake
cakes or pastries, or make jams or pickles,
please bring them on the Saturday morning
to the Church. Thank you.
Ladies Chatterbox meets every second
Thursday of the month 2pm-4pm at
Camposol Cultural Centre.
Book Club meets every first Thursday
2pm-4pm at Camposol Cultural Centre.
Our End Of Term

Party on June 9th will
be a fun and games
afternoon
with
refreshments.
We
would like to know if
you want to attend
for numbers and if
you would like to
bring a guest there
will be a 5 charge.
For more information please call Chris

Leiper on 968 199 441/675 123 098
Email chisleiper1944@gmail.com
Facebook chatterbox
Sew & Sew meet every Monday 2.15pm4.30pm at Camposol Cultural Centre
For information on this group please call
Karen Dobinson on 696 668 084
We are planning a
trip
to
Benidorm
We recently ran a day trip to Benidorm

which was a huge success and managed
to raise 540 towards the costs of future
neutering, so thank you to all who
attended. For anyone interested, we are
planning on running another trip on Weds
14th September to take in a day there on
market day and an opportunity to wander
around and possibly enjoy the old town
and the shops etc.
rubbish bins
aged around
3 weeks old
and
have
been
bottle
fed and raised
in a foster
home. They
will travel to
Germany to
new
homes
when
they
are
old
e n o u g h .
Pepe
was
found hugged
up against a kerb after his mother and
sibling were run over on the road. He was
around 6 weeks old and when old enough
will travel to a new home in Scotland,
where he is going to be a Mascot for the
Education Department in a school near
Edinburgh and will have his own twitter
account watch this space.
At the moment we have 3 kittens in our

care; Mabel and Maisie were found in the
We also recently visited with the 1st

Camposol Murcia Rainbows and Brownies
Cash Clearances: Successful First Year

In Business
Cash Clearances opened in May 2015 and
have been running successfully for a year.
something new on display, which encourages

regular casual browsers.
Located in the heart of Fuente Alamo,

Murcia, (close to the petrol station), Cash
Clearances offers a wide variety of household
items, furniture and second hand goods all
in excellent condition and at bargain prices.
There is a wide variety of choice, for example
full three piece suites (leather and fabric),
dining sets, tables, bedroom furniture, beds,
mattresses, electrical goods (all tested and in
working order), nursery furniture and baby
clothes. In fact at Cash Clearances you will
find practically everything you need to fully
equip your home including crockery, book
shelves, cabinets, ornaments etc.
Cash Clearances has been so successful

that they have outgrown their original
premises and they have had to extend into
the neighbouring unit to display all that they
have on offer. The quick turnover of for
sale items has meant that there is always
They are also now selling:

The TV Choice magazine
Euro Direct Phone Cards
Greeting Cards
for an evening of education on kitten/cat

ownership and lots of kitten cuddles had
by all both kittens and children behaved
extremely well!
We still desperately need donations of

money to continue our work; Paypal address
for donations is camposolkittykitty@aol.
com. Donation tins are also located in
various bars and businesses locally.
Please visit our Facebook page for all our
local news on https://www.facebook.
com/groups/CamposolKittyKitty/ or
email us on camposolkittykitty@aol.
com
Opening Hours:
Tuesday to Friday 9.30am-5.30pm
Saturday 9.30am-2pm
Sunday and Monday Closed
You can contact Cash Clearances via the
website www.cashclearances.com or call
727 734 822
In addition they supply local freebie papers

and magazines.
Dont forget that Cash Clearances not only
provide a sales service; they also specialise
in house clearances and will arrange to visit
and pay you for any items you wish to sell
either individually or as a house lot. Just call
Cash Clearances to arrange a suitable time
and they will take away your unwanted items
that may be beneficial to another customer.
If you have something to sell give us a

bell.
We look forward to seeing you.
The kettle is always on at Cash Clearances
On a final
note the Cash
Clearances
team would
like to extend
a huge thank
you to all their
customers
for all their
support over
the past year.
There
have
been ups and
downs
but
they
think
they
have
nailed it now
and they will
continue to provide a much needed service
in this area.
April was a busy month for Camposol

Kitty Kitty. Its the time of year when
animals have babies and this can be a
problem. In the last year, since we set up
in May 2015, we have neutered 81 cats
on Camposol and hopefully this spring
has shown a difference in the amount
of feral kittens being born in this area.
Projects like we are running cannot turn
things around overnight, but hopefully in
a couple of years from now there will be
very few unwanted kittens arriving on our
doorsteps.
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Beetroot
Beetroot is another versatile vegetable
which not only brings colour to your plate,
but also goes with just about anything. You
can make it into a soup, add it to any fish
dish or salad, roast it or eat it cold. There
are lots of recipes for Beetroot salads, but
I didnt add any to my list as I am sure
everyone uses Beetroot in their salads
already. Instead I wanted to show how you
can use it in different ways like roasting it
in the oven with other vegetables like my
chicken recipe below. Beetroot even goes
well on a pizza and below you will find my
easy recipe using Naan bread instead of
pizza base. Try the lamb burgers; they are
delicious and great for something different
at a BBQ. You can use chicken or beef
mince if youre not a lamb fan.
Buen Apetito
Beetroot Breakfast Drink
1 x pack of vacuum packed natural cooked
beetroot
2 x dessert apples
1 x peeled grapefruit
Put through a juicer
Pour in to glasses and serve.
Beetroot Pizza
2 plain naan bread
2 tsbp chopped parsley
1 tbsp capers, roughly chopped
1 small garlic clove, finely chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
180g beetroot, cut into wedges
55g pepperoni
1 x 125g ball mozzarella, torn into pieces
Freshly ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to 220C/200C/gas 7.
Arrange the naan on a baking sheet. In
a small bowl, mix together the parsley,
capers, garlic and oil, then divide between
the naan and spread all over with the back
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of a spoon. Top each naan evenly with

the beetroot, pepperoni, and mozzarella.
Grind over a little black pepper and bake
in the hot oven for 10-12 minutes until the
naan is crisp and the cheese melted. Serve
immediately.
Chicken and Beetroot Roast
500g new potatoes, cut into wedges
250g pack cooked beetroot, cut into half
250g carrots peeled & cut into 2cm chunks
1 onion diced
3 cloves garlic, cut into fine slices
2-3 sprigs for thyme
175ml white wine
4tbsp extra virgin olive oil
4 chicken legs
Salt & freshly ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6.
In a large roasting tin, mix the potatoes,
beetroot, carrots, onion and garlic. Drizzle
over the olive oil and pour over the wine and
tuck the thyme in between the vegetables.
Season well with salt & pepper. Season the
chicken legs all over with salt and pepper
and lay them on top of the vegetables.
Cover loosely with foil and bake in the
oven for 15 minutes. Remove the foil from
the tin and return to the oven. Bake for a
further 20-25 minutes or until the chicken
is golden and crisp and the vegetable are
cooked through.
Beetroot Soup
500g cooked beetroot cut into chunks
1 large onion, diced
1 garlic clove, crushed
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
750ml vegetable stock
In large saucepan, sweat the onion gently
in the olive oil until it softens. This will
take around 10 minutes be careful not
to burn the onions, you are not trying to
caramelize them. When the onions are

soft, add the crushed garlic to the pan
and gently fry for a further minute and
then add the beetroot, stock and balsamic
vinegar. Bring to the boil and simmer for a
couple of minutes.
Using a liquidiser or stick blender, blend
the soup until really smooth. Pour the soup
in bowls and serve immediately. Serve
with croutons.
Lamb and Beetroot Burger
500g minced lamb
250g beetroot, finely chopped
1 egg, beaten
2 tbsp chopped mint
2 cloves garlic, crushed
100g feta cheese, cut into 4 pieces
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 burger buns or ciabatta rolls
Salad leaves
Cherry tomatoes, cut in
Finely sliced red onion rings
In a large bowl, combine the lamb, beetroot,
egg, mint and garlic. Season to taste with
salt & freshly ground black pepper and mix
thoroughly. Divide into 4 equal portions.
Take one portion and flatten it in the palm
of your hand. Place a cube of feta in the
middle and draw the meat up and over the
cheese, moulding it into a burger shape
and taking care to ensure the cheese is
totally surrounded. Repeat with the other
meat portions and set aside in the fridge
for 30 minutes to rest. When you are
ready to cook the burgers, heat a griddle
pan (or BBQ) to medium hot and cook the
burgers for around 6-8 minutes on each
side. Check they are cooked by inserting
a skewer into the middle. If it comes out
piping hot to touch they are cooked, if not
cook for a further minute or so.
Serve the burgers in buns with salad.
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Beetroot (remolacha) is the taproot

portion of the beet plant. There are several
cultivated varieties which are grown for
their edible taproots and their leaves
are called Beet Greens. They are most
commonly served boiled or steamed and
have a taste and texture similar to spinach
and are rich in calcium, iron and vitamins A
and C.
Beetroot are easy to grow and ideal for

anyone new to vegetable gardening. For
best results, sow Beetroot little and often,
harvesting the roots when they are young,
tender and the size of a golf ball. Beetroot
will grow in any well-drained garden soil,
but require fertile conditions, best ensured
by digging in at least a bucketful of well-
Dear Editor
Come On Los Alcazares!
Yet another bar told to stop Live Music!
This is a holiday town and part of its appeal
is the variety of bars and restaurants,
excellent beaches etc.
But - the odd
person is not happy about live music and a
complaint is made and in go the Police to
turn the music off and spoil the fun for so
many, even if it is a party being celebrated.
Surely, if people dont like the sound of
music, or people having fun, why do these
complainers choose to live in a holiday
town or near a bar?
Why not a compromise - say live music
(subject of course to having the appropriate
license) be allowed between the hours of
say 8pm to 11.30pm, 3 nights a week.
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rotted garden compost or organic matter.

When the seedlings are about 2.5cm
(1in) high thin out to leave one seedling
per 10cm (4in). Water every 10-14 days
in dry spells. If plants are not growing
strongly, apply 30g per square metre of
high nitrogen fertiliser, such as sulphate of
ammonia and water in. Though available
year round, Beetroot are sweetest and
most tender during their peak season, from
June to October. Beetroot are enjoying a
resurgence in popularity among modern
chefs with heirloom varieties like white and
golden yellow beets.
The usually deep purple roots of Beetroot
are eaten either boiled, roasted or raw,
either alone or combined with any salad
vegetable. A large proportion of the
commercial production is processed into
boiled and sterilized beets or into pickles.
In Eastern Europe, Beetroot soup, such
as borscht, is a popular dish. In Indian
cuisine, chopped, cooked, spiced Beetroot
is a common side dish.
held great commercial value when it was

discovered that beets could be converted
into sugar. In preliminary research,
Beetroot juice reduced blood pressure in
hypertensive patients and so may have
an effect on cardiovascular disease. Only
red Beetroot have the cancer-fighting
compound betacyanin. Beetroot is rich in
fibre, having favourable effects on bowel
function, which may assist in preventing
constipation and it may also help to lower
cholesterol levels.
Beetroot
is
an
excellent
source
of folate and manganese. The red colour
compound betanin is not broken down
in the body and in higher concentrations
may temporarily cause urine and stools to
assume a reddish colour. These deceptive
appearances are completely harmless and
subside once the betanin is out of the
system. If your hands become stained
during preparation and cooking Beetroot,
rub some lemon juice over them to help
remove the colour.
From the Middle Ages, Beetroot was used

as a treatment for a variety of conditions,
especially illnesses relating to digestion and
the blood. By the 19th century Beetroot
Not unreasonable!
Bars are having to close and entertainers
etc are finding it hard to make a living, all
because a complaint is made.
Live near an airport, you get planes.
Live near a bar you get noise, so may I
suggest that the killjoys go to live in the
campo, or in quieter areas. Why should a
few be allowed to spoil things for so many?
Live and let liveonly saying!!!
Lesley Eburne
Dear Editor
On Sunday 17th April whilst shopping at
the Puerto de Mazarrn Sunday market I
lost my purse. Resigned to the fact that
I would never be reunited with it again
after all the stories of pick pockets etc,

imagine my amazement when I was visited
at home by the local Police returning the
said purse. Apparently a very kind English
person stopped the police car in the street
and handed it to them with all the contents
untouched.
Although there was not a vast amount
in there, just the fact that there are
still honest people in our area is very
refreshing. They did not leave their name
with the Police so I hope that whoever you
are, you are reading this and know how
very grateful I am for your kindness.
Yours
Mrs L Armstrong
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Part I
Cehegn has many interesting buildings

dating from the Middle Ages onwards. A
relatively short, though hilly, walk around
the town will uncover some of these gems.
On a recent visit, we began by walking up
Calle Lpez Chicheri from the Tourist Office
from which you can, of course, obtain further
information about Cehegns attractions and
a useful street map! Most of the buildings
have signs outside them describing their
history and architecture in both Spanish and
English. The first of these historic buildings
as you walk up the road from the Tourist
Office is the Casa del Conde de Campillos.
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The
sign
outside tells
you that this
is
a
neoclassical
building and
points you to
the
artistic
ironwork and
Majorcan
s t y l e
windows. The
family
who
owned
this
house
(the
Campillos)
are
said
to
have
been
great
benefactors
of Cehegn and its people, being responsible

for the restoration of the Chapel of the
Conception and helping in the creation of
the local hospital (Hospital de la Real Piedad).
The house extends over three floors and note
the porthole like windows just under the roof
overhang. The house has been substantially
renovated since first construction and
continues in the ownership of the Condes de
Campillo. It cannot be visited inside.
Immediately adjacent to the Casa del Conde
de Campillos, is the Casa Jaspe which
dates from the 18th and 19th Centuries and is
in Rococo style. In fact, as the title above the
main door tells you and as will be confirmed
by the flags flying outside, this is today the
site of the Ayuntamiento (Town Hall). Again,
the building extends over three floors. The
ground floor windows are predictably covered
by rejas, while the first floor above has
windows opening on to balconies. The coats
of arms of the Chico de Guzman and Salazar
families can be seen to either side of the
central balconied window. Like its adjacent
historic counterpart, the Casa Jaspe has
very small windows (with covering rejas)
below the roof overhang. The sign outside
will tell you that the building is constructed
out of local jasper/marble and in 1973 it was
acquired by the Town Council.
Do take the opportunity to look inside the
Town Hall if you can. It is quite spectacular
with its blue and gold-lined decoration and
the main staircase rising under a high dome
with a single chandelier hanging down. The
staircase rises
to the main
and
other
principal
rooms of the
house. It is
also said that,
to construct
the house, it
required 6000
pine
trees
which came
from
the
hills
around
Cehegn!
The
main
room is now
the Salon de
Plenos (main
meeting room) of the Town Hall with plaster
decorations and decorated wood panels. In
a second room, the Salon Capitular, the floor
apparently contains a mosaic consisting of
24,000 pieces of marble reproducing the
head of a pagan priestess. It should be worth
seeing!
A little further along at the end of this road
and by the Plaza Mesoncico is the Hospital
de la Real Piedad. This is an iconic building
in Cehegn. It is built over three floors
with large reja-covered windows at ground
floor level and large double entrance doors
also reja-covered, while the next floor has
small balconies outside four shuttered door/
windows. The top floor is similar in style.
As the external sign tells you, the hospital
was founded in 1891. The two upper floors
have an interesting colour scheme of cream,
terracotta and green outlines! The corner coat
of arms is of the Chico de Guzman family, one
of whom, Don Pedro Maria, the third Count
of the Real Piedad donated the money which
allowed the creation of the hospital named
after him.
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Continued from page 44
Just by the
hospital, and
linked to it,
is
another
h i s t o r i c
building
the Casona
de
Don
Amancio
Marn y Ruiz
de
Assn,
which dates
from
the
18th and 19th
Centuries.
The
bottom
floor
again
has
large
reja-covered
windows and
above, balconied opening door/windows. The
top floor has smallish windows under the
terracotta outlined roof overhang. The main
entrance is of red jasper with the shield of the
Ruiz de Assn y Zimnez family to be seen
well above it.
To us, however, the next building is one of
the most fascinating in Cehegn the Casa
de las Boticarias. This can be seen directly
opposite the Casino de Cehegn on Calle
Mayor. The house dates to the 17th and 18th
Centuries. It is said to have two parts, one
of which is baroque with the house entrance
framed by two stone pillars (look down the
road immediately opposite the Casino) and
the other neo-classical with a shield relating
to the Alvarez family on its faade. Inside,
the building has a cloistered corridor-style
patio made of wood and with a central well.
We were able
to look inside
the entrance
in early 2015
and it was
then
in
a
very
badly
run
down
state, though
hopefully
it
may benefit
from
future
renovation.
The
house
was originally
built
for
the
closed
order of the
Nuns of the
Conception.
Its present name, however,
comes from two local chemists the Ortega
Lorencio sisters. Perhaps the most remarkable
features of the building, however, are the
Ionic columns framing the entrance. Believe
it or not, these came from the Roman Temple
of Jupiter in Begastri showing how Roman
architectural features were subsequently
plundered and used for later construction.
The Casa de las Boticarias was acquired by
the Town Hall several years ago and perhaps
the future will see its restoration.
Next, there is the Casino itself. This is a 17th
Century building, although its name refers
to the period from the middle of the 19th
Century when it became a cultural centre for
leisure and meetings of local society, which
continued into the 20th Century. Many towns
had such casinos which were, in many
ways, a gentlemans club, but without the
slightly dubious connotations that such a
description can have nowadays! Looked at

from the outside, the Casino is essentially a
two floor building with three large shuttered
window/doors at ground level and three
corresponding window/doors above with their
small balconies. A feature of the building is
that there are two rooms, one on each of the
main floors, which were once used for dances
and are known as the Mirror Rooms, not
surprisingly with large mirrors on the walls.
For non-members, the Casino also today
houses a public caf.
Just a short distance further up Calle Mayor
you come to the Casa de los Condes de
Arriba, which dates to the 18th and 19th
Centuries. This is described as an eclectic
style building, but with baroque, neo-classical
and modernist influences. Clearly quite a
mixture! It has an interior stairway lit by the
light from the tower above it. It belongs to
descendants of the Duke of Ahumada. Today,
as you are told by the sign outside, the owners
of the house have created an ethnological
museum which includes many items relating
to the hemp industry, but much more besides
from earlier times.
(Part II next month)
Part taken from Exploring Murcia
Cehegn, by Clive and Rosie Palmer. Clive
and Rosie have written several guide books
on towns and regions in Murcia which
are available, from www.lulu.com, or
contact
clive.palmer5@btinternet.
com.
Exploring Murcia, Days Out
and Exploring Murcia Cartagena are
available to buy from the Costa Clida
Chronicle office on Camposol B, Best Wishes
(who also stock other of their books), or
phone Patti on 646 005 017
The Royal British Legion
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Its flamin June already, times hurtling on

and theres so much to see and do; but you
have all the time in the world, havent you?
Seize the moment (and your diary) and fill
your boots (walking or casual): soak-up the
action and beauty in your area live it, love it!
Events listed give a flavour of whats available
- remember: each tourist office will provide
latest information and booking advice if
necessary. For those tours in Spanish they
still provide a great way to explore an area,
learn useful phrases and make friends.
BULLAS www.bullas.es T: 968 652 244
Sunday 5th a monthly artisan market from
approx. 9/10am to 2pm with a distinctive
baroque theme this month. Youll find quality
goods and produce reflecting traditional arts
and crafts.
Sunday 5th combine your market visit with
a free guided tour (in Spanish) which takes
in significant architectural buildings, the clock
tower, and history of wine-making. There are
3 tours: 11am; midday; and 1pm; book 15
mins before at the tourist office point in the
market place.
CALASPARRA
www.turismocalasparra.es
T: 968 745 325
Saturday 4th a comfy, family 6km-walk
through the riverside woods of the Canaverosa
nature reserve, starts at 9.45am to approx.
1.30pm. Free; in Spanish; meet at the Info
Centre at the Sanctuary La Esperanza.
Saturday 11th free evening guided tour of

sites of historical interest. Start from the
tourist office 8.30pm and takes about 2 hours.
CARAVACA www.turismocaravaca.org
T: 968 702 424
The Holy Jubilee 2017 preparations have
inspired a master chocolatier to create and
donate a 2-metre-high replica of the Cross
of Caravaca to the Museo de la Fiesta.
Approximately 100 kilos of chocolate was
used; rumours of Dawn French in the
neighbourhood are unfounded but make your
visit asap, just in case.
Sunday 19th free guided tour of the Old
Quarter (in Spanish) and starts at 11.15am
in front of the Castle/Basilica. Info boards
and some leaflets with English and the tour is
wonderfully visual, lasting about 1.5hrs. Its
best to book and for advice on parking from
the tourist office; and take suitable footwear
slopes are involved!
CEHEGN www.turismocehegin.es
T: 968 723 550
Remember there are guided visits (in
Spanish) every weekend to the Visigoth city
of Begastri (although a pre-tour video with
English subtitles and guides who speak some
English helps). Visitor centre open 10am to
2pm: 25-min videos at 10.10am; 11.15am;
12.30pm each followed by 40 min tours. 2
pp children under 10 years with parents, go
free.
Saturday 18th June - Theatre on Foot - a
Templar Town
We are in the middle of the 13th Century. The
Muslim town of Al-Sinayiyin marks the frontier
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between the Muslims and the Christians.

Tonight is the night that the Christian soldiers
of Alfonso IX who are surrounding the town
make the final attack to capture one of the
major strongholds in the Kingdom of Murcia.
During this time the rivers of blood, fighting
and the victory of the Christians shrouded a
love story.
Meeting at Plaza del Castillo in the old town
at 9pm. The tour will be in Spanish and will
cost 3 pp.
JUMILLA www.jumilla.org
T: 968 780 23
Sunday 5th free guided visit (in Spanish)
to the historical Iberian site, Coimbra del
Barranco Ancho, approx. 4km outside of the
town (own transport required). Local actors
recreate an Iberian funeral rite to set the
atmosphere. Book through the tourist office
and meet 11am at the marketplace (Plaza del
Mercado).
MORATALLA
www.ayuntamientomoratalla.net
T: 968 730 208
Nestling amid a stunning landscape, the
surrounding region challenges the senses to
the max!
Sunday 5th be inspired by contestants in the
KV Vertical carrerea regional championship
high on the Sierra de la Muela at Puerta de
Moratalla. More info on the route at: www.
kvmoratalla.es/ , www.facebook.com/
kvmoratalla , www.mountainnoroeste.
com
Sunday 19th El Sabinar town hosts a
mountain bike challenge of 50km at altitude,
not for the faint-hearted. Be there before
9.30am to encourage and wish you too were
in the saddle! Route info and more at www.
sabinalbarbike.com (UK Fathers Day
enter him for a surprise gift! Just kiddin!)
Make time to visit the restored medieval castle
above the town: Tues & Fri prior booking at
the tourist office; Sat open at 10.30am, 2pm,
5pm and 7pm; Sun & Festival days open
at 10.30am and 2pm. 2 euros pp group
discount available.
For those with artistic intent: Visit a
permanent sculpture exhibition and display of
modelling at Finca La Capea, about 5km from
Moratalla. Prior arrangement required: phone
616 705 886 or email tallerblazquez@
gmail.com
reference
Raquel
Blazquez
(Escultora MarBlazquez); or attend a basic
digital photography course in El Sabinar or
Benizar (dates to be confirmed): for info email
ainformajoven@ayuntamientomoratalla.
net
XLVIII
Literary
Competition
ALBARICOQUE DE ORO - Golden Apricot

The Association Cristo del Rayo with the
cooperation of the town of Moratalla,
announces the XLVIII Literary Contest
Albaricoque De Oro to coincide with the
festival celebrated from 11th to 17th July.
The papers must be written in Castilian, be
unpublished and must not been in any other
contest.
Rules:
a) Prose, with a length between 2 and 5 pages
of A4.
b) Free theme in verse, with a maximum of
100 verses.
c) A short story, with a maximum of 200
words, the subject referred only to the parties
in honour of the Stmo Cristo del Rayo.
Photos must be printed on one side and
stapled; in quadruplicate, with Times New
Roman 12 points and 1.5 lines.
Each participant may submit a maximum of
one entry in each category.
An entrant may only be awarded a prize in
one category.
Presentation of work must have your name
and category on the outside of the envelope
and inside there must be your full name,
address, ID number, contact phone and email,
if available.
The deadline for submission of papers is
Monday June 6th
Papers must be submitted to the following
address:
Ayuntamiento De Moratalla
Asociacin Mayordoma del Santsimo Cristo
del Rayo
XLVIII Certamen Literario Albaricoque de
Oro 2016.
C/ Constitucin, 22
30440-Moratalla (Murcia)
There will be 300 awarded to the winner of
each category.
MULA www.mula.es T: 968 661 501
If in need of exercise, head for the old rail trail
Los Baos de Mula, it is fully signposted and
suitable whether on foot, bike or horse. The
contrast between the scenery of the badlands,
pine forests and lemon tree orchards is a
delight.
MURCIA www.turismodemurcia.es
T: 968 358 749
Friday 3rd tune in to the harmonic beauty
of music and nature combined with two
free open-air concerts celebrating World
Environment Day: 8.30pm next to the
cathedral in Plaza Belluga and 9.30pm in
the Plaza de la Cruz, behind the cathedral.
Classical music accompanied by projected
stunning images from around the world.
Saturday 18th free guided tour of the
historical centre (in Spanish); maps and some
leaflets in English are available. Its a great
way to explore this area of the city. Book and
start from the tourist office at 10.30am, Plaza
de Belluga.
YECLA www.turismo.yecla.es
T: 968 754 104
A visit to Yecla should start at the Plaza Mayor,
sparkling with jewels such as the Alarcos and
Council Palaces, the old granary building
Alhorn, the Auditorium and the Clock Tower.
Then move on to La Constitucin Park, a small
natural paradise of nature in the middle of the
town.
History buffs will enjoy the cave paintings of
Cantos de la Visera and the Medioda caves,
and the ancient village and Muslim fortress
Yakka, inhabited between the 11th and 13th
centuries and abandoned after Mudejar
revolts and the Christian conquest.
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Christian Fellowship WELCOME HOUSE

A different way of doing church
https://sites.google.com/site/
casawelcome2013
Seems to be too good to be true.

But yes He is real.
You might like to meet Him, I could
introduce you.
Have you seen Him?

Do you know Him?
Maybe Hes a figment of imagination or is
He real.
His name?
How do I explain Him to you?

I have never seen Him and yet, I have met
Him.
Hes a faithful friend and children love His
stories.
Whats He like?
I cant tell you how tall, thin or fat He is,
but I can tell you Hes powerful yet meek,
caring and gentle, a compassionate man,
extremely well informed and a success in
all He engages in; a man of independent
means and in control of everything.
Jesus.
If you would like to contact us regarding
anything we have publicised or may be
planning in the future, or just for a chat our
contact details are:
lynda.spain@hotmail.co.uk
derek.tycymru@talktalk.net
Tel 633 447 937
Welcome House can be found at 3A
Campillio y Suertes, Cehegin.
He is everyones friend, but doesnt force

Himself on anyone and ooh, such a loving
man; selfless. You cant help but take to
Him; a great sense of humour.
Youre not even put off by the fact that
Hes so clever. I suppose its because He
has such a generous nature with a need to
share all He has.
His CV reads: - experience in agriculture,
astrophysics,
medicine
and
universal
matters, to name but a few. Capable of
handling anti-social behaviour with the
ability of a listening ear. An exceptionally
commendable hands-on person, trustworthy
with irreproachable leadership skills.
Impressive, wouldnt you say.
Words like discerning, judicious, ingenious,

and resourceful, with acumen, describe Him
perfectly.
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WARM ended the current season with 3

walks in April. The first was led by Colette
and John on the coast. We followed the
beautiful unspoilt coastline of Calabardina
near guilas. This was a linear walk and on
completion we set off to guilas to enjoy a
men in a restaurant overlooking the sea.
The third walk was led by George and

David. On Monday 25th April, a warm,
sunny day, 20 walkers took to the hills
to climb La Burete close to the town of
Cehegn. Parking at the Albergue Coto
Real we set off on a slightly steep climb
on a forest path. The route took us up
through trees, passing a marble quarry, to
a plateau 20 minutes from the trig point
at the summit. This was a fantastic time
of year to walk, with many wild flowers in
full bloom, cistus, wild gladioli, verbascum
and many others. The final ascent was not
on a marked path, but over a carpet of
thyme. Fantastic views were had at the top
of nearby towns and the mountains many
miles beyond. A circular route was taken
on the descent and we were glad of the
tree cover as the heat of the day began to
take hold. A paella lunch was enjoyed at La

Estacin Bar in Cehegn. At the side of the
Via Verde it was an ideal place to relax and
have a much deserved refreshment after
the walk.
Many thanks to all the people who have led

walks during the 2015/2016 season. We
will restart the walking once the heat of
the summer has passed. If you would like
to join us when we restart in September
please contact warm2005@gmail.com
for details of the walks.
The second walk, on a sunny Saturday,

was led by Bridget and Rob when fifteen
of us walked to the top of Old Moratalla,
known locally as Moratalla Viego. It was
a beautiful day and the orchards and
mountains were full of wild spring flowers.
We began the walk from the old Roman
Bridge in Moratalla. On crossing the bridge
one member of the group noticed a tiny
turtle also trying to cross to the other
side. The turtle was carefully picked up
and returned to the river. As a result it will
probably take it at least another three days
to cross the bridge again! We continued
our walk through fields and orchards,
along stony tracks, passing ruined houses
on the way. Some people found the ascent
to reach the top of Moratalla Viejo more
demanding than others, but once at the

top we were all rewarded by some splendid
views of Moratalla and the surrounding
countryside. After the walk we all enjoyed
an excellent lunch in the sunshine; a great
way to spend a Saturday.
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We would like to thank all the nifty knitters

who have been busy knitting articles for us
to distribute to our clients. We currently
have registered 9 baby girls and 10 baby
boys (up to two years old) and 37 girls
and 30 boys from three to 15 years old.
Added to these children we also have 143
adults registered. If you are knitting for
us, first of all, thank you very much and
secondly, please bear in mind that the
older children and the adults are in need of
winter woollies too.
We also extend our gratitude to Anne

Edwards and the Puerto de Mazarrn Ladies
Circle for their kind donation in memory of
Mary Hornsly, who was the oldest member
of the group until her death in January,
aged 92. Thank you for thinking of us at
this sad time ladies. We are very sorry for
your loss.
MALIKA
this baby is
now
nearly
10 weeks old.
She has been
hand reared
from 4 days
old. She has
started
her
housetraining
and being a
really
good
girl.
Her
sister
has
been homed
and is very much loved. Can you give this
gorgeous girlie a home? She has had two of
her puppy vaccinations.
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Could we once again ask our supporters

and the readers of this article to LIKE us on
our Facebook page? News of all aid days,
shop opening times, events and photos
can be seen there on https://www.
facebook.com/mad.mazarron
(type
mad.mazarron in the search box at the
top of the Facebook page).
Could we once again appeal for toiletries
such as toothpaste, shampoo, shower gel
and sanitary towels please? Baby wipes
and other baby products are also welcome
to enable us to give these items to our
families on our aid days. Things most of
us take for granted, like a pack of sanitary
towels, are a luxury to some! We are also
desperate for nappies this month as we are
now totally out. Donations of size 5 would
be particularly useful.
MURPHY
our Podenco
puppy
was
rescued from
the Perrera
and survived
Parvo. Sadly
his brothers
and
sisters
didnt make
it.
He is
approx
12
weeks
old
and so handsome. He will be medium in
size, fully vaccinated, micro chipped and
have a passport - a really special baby.
Last month Denise, our treasurer, left us

to return to the UK, so we wish her and
her husband Dave all the very best for the
future back amongst their loving family.
We all have loving and happy memories
of working alongside our Darling Denise
and we thank her for all she has done for
this charity. Her dedication has been an
inspiration to many. We miss you already
Den!
Thank you to all our generous donators,
supporters and especially to our caring
and kind-hearted volunteers who give their
time selflessly in order to improve the lives
of others.
If you would like more information about
what we do, or would like to get involved,
please get in touch via Facebook, email
madmazarron@live.com or call 634
357 137
SAMMY
is
another Perrera
rescue and is
such a delight. He
is approximately
2 years old and a
Yorkshire terrier
mix.
He loves
everyone
and
really deserves
a forever home.
Sammy will be
fully vaccinated, micro-chipped and have a
passport. He will also be castrated.
F R E C K L E
FREDDIE AND
PJ - two pointer
brothers
still
looking
for
their
forever
homes. There
were 10 babies
brought in by
the Police at
4 weeks old
and
these
two handsome boys are the only ones not
homed. They will be fully vaccinated, microchipped and have passports.
All adoptions subject to a home check
Big thanks this month goes to CDA Fitness
and all the lovely people that took part
and donated in the Anniversary Challenge.
We were presented with 160 which is
so gratefully received. Thanks again to
Barbara Galloway for her donation of 220
and Gloria for 30 and to everyone who
helps us.
Happy Endings Homed Last Month
Tandy Spain; Pip, Cassie, Riley, Skye,
Babs and Benji all to Starfish UK
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Robert Morrison sailed to China as a

missionary. He was an Anglo-Scottish
Evangelist and the first Christian Protestant
missionary in China. The Captain of his ship
was very sceptical of his vision and gave
him a rough time. As Morrison was leaving
the ship, the Captain said, I suppose you
think youre going to make an impression
on China?
Morrison replied, No sir, but I believe God
will!
There it is: when youre in partnership
with God, your potential for success is
unlimited, so make your plans big!
Theres a story of a youngster who was
selling pencils for ten pence each door to
door to raise the money for a 30 million
hospital in his community. One women
said to him, Son, thats a mighty big goal
Eat your Greens!!

I have never been renowned for my green
fingers, having famously once killed a
Christmas Cactus before Boxing Day was
over, but have always secretly yearned for
a little patch of land to call my own, be it
an allotment, huerto or even a few herbs
in baskets. Last year I did manage a couple
of hardy rosemary plants and a scrap of
parsley, but the latter died after a couple
of months due to lack of water. Guilty as
charged Your Honour!!
When some long-term rental clients
departed, leaving me with an old wooden
garden on legs to remove before my holiday
clients arrived, I decided that Id rescue
the somewhat unsightly garden and take it
home. The fact that it weighed as much as a
small car didnt deter me and I volunteered
my older son and partner Davd to bring it
back in my jeep.
for just one little boy selling pencils for ten

pence.
With a big smile he replied, Oh, no, Im
not alone. See that boy across the street?
Hes my partner; were really doing it
together.
You may smile, but if he had that kind
of faith in a partner who was only his
equal, shouldnt you and I have complete
confidence in a God who is unequalled;
one whos in partnership with us?
Jesus said, If you remain in me and
my words remain in you, ask whatever
you wish, and it will be done for you.
(John 15:7)
In other words, remain in Him, receive
from Him and youll reproduce for Him.
Then you can live like a no limit person.
unprintable Spanish swearwords. They had

carried the whole thing down 120 steps
on Mojon Hills and then about 800 metres
down the road to home.
Next challenge was getting the huerto
onto the side terrace. The back door was
too narrow for it to fit through. Undeterred,
Davd arrived the next day from Cartagena
with a set of climbing ropes and we
fashioned a pulley system to lift it up the
side of the house and over the wall onto the
terrace. It took 4 of us an hour, but finally
the garden was in its place on the terrace by
the kitchen. We filled it with gravel and soil
(no idea how much it weighed at that point,
but it wont be moving anytime soon!) and
then excitedly planted the first few seeds of
rocket, some oregano and a few radishes.
The fun started when 2 knackered blokes

staggered up to the gate, carrying said
garden aloft.
My job each morning is to give the plants a

little spray of water and the serious care and
maintenance fall under the responsibility of
the Head Jardinero, who several times a
week does all the planting, snipping and
maintenance that I am not trusted with.
It wouldnt fit in the jeep puffed Cameron,

whilst Davd just panted and uttered a few
Im proud to say that after one mini disaster

when some seedlings were left out too long
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Next time someone asks you what you

work at, tell them, Im in partnership with
God. FOR YOU ARE!
June Services Sunday @ 10.30am Calle
Sobrija 2248, Sector D, Camposol
5th Songs of Praise
12th Holy Communion
19th Morning Prayer
26th Holy Communion
A reminder that on Saturday and
Sunday 4th/5th June we will be holding
our FLOWER FESTIVAL.
Dont forget. We look forward to meeting
you there.
Anyone wishing to contact the church
please call us on:
English Branch 665 30 20 19
German Branch 968 97 89 61
in full sun and shrivelled up, we have now

got a steady stream of leaves and veg
finding their way into the kitchen.
Sad though it
may seem, our
big celebration
the
other
Saturday
was
that
we
had
managed a self
sufficient salad
for supper, with
rocket
leaves,
spinach, radish
and chives; all
freshly cut from
the garden.
I am excitedly
awaiting the first
of the chillies, courgettes, tomatoes and
aubergines to prepare something a bit more
substantial. Given the appetites of my 2
strapping sons, perhaps a pizza plant might
be a bit more useful!!
Liz Edmiston
Murcia Property Services
Contact Liz on + 34 691 977 107
info@ownersaway.com
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35 words of 3 letters or more.
AQUAMARINE
AZURE
BEIGE
BLACK
BLUE
BROWN
BURGUNDY
COBALT
CREAM
CRIMSON
EMERALD
GOLD
GREEN
GREY
INDIGO
IVORY
LAVENDER
ORANGE
PINK
PURLE
RED
RUBY
SAPPHIRE
SCARLET
SILVER
TEAL
TURQUOISE
VIOLET
WHITE
YELLOW
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Answers on page 98
Eligible British Expats Must Apply For

A Proxy Vote In EU Referendum by
Tuesday 7th June
Over 120,000 in Spain have clicked on
voter registration webpage
British expats who have been registered to
vote in UK within the last 15 years have
until Tuesday 7th June to apply for a proxy
vote in the EU Referendum. That is the
final deadline for registering to take part in
one of the most historic decisions that the
British people will make for a generation.
The deadline for registering for a postal
vote has now passed, but you can still
appoint someone you trust in the UK to
vote for you.
Simon Manley, British Ambassador to
Spain, said Although the deadline for
expats to vote by post in the EU referendum
has now passed, you can still register to
vote by proxy, as long as you do so by
7th June. We all know how important the
referendum will be, for us, for our children
and for our country. Whether you think we
should leave or remain, I would encourage
those who have not yet registered to vote
and who are eligible to do so, to avail
themselves of this final opportunity to have
their say on 23rd June.
I am well aware that expats who have
lived overseas for more than 15 years
are ineligible and I know that many are
frustrated about that. The government
will bring forward the Overseas Elector Bill
to abolish this arbitrary time limit, but it
must undergo full Parliamentary scrutiny
and debate, so unfortunately it cannot be
passed before the Referendum.
More than 120,000 people with Spanish

IP addresses have now visited www.gov.
uk/register-to-vote since the beginning
of the year and thanks to the online
registration system, more than 180,000
expats worldwide have so far completed
their registration to vote; nearly double the
number for last years General Election,
which was itself a record figure.
The process is easy and takes just five
minutes. Go to www.gov.uk/registerto-vote or search for UK register to
vote on www.gov.uk. You need only
your National Insurance number and
passport. If you did vote in the general
election last year, dont assume you are
still on the electoral roll: just as in the UK,
you must renew your registration every
year. You have until 7th June to go online
and make sure you can have your say.
If you were last on the electoral roll in
Northern Ireland then you need to act
quickly. The Electoral Office for Northern
Ireland says that if you are appointing a
proxy to vote at the EU Referendum, the
deadline for sending in your printed
application is 5pm on 3rd June.
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In central Budapest stands Freedom

Square. I must have walked through it
literally hundreds of times. Therefore I
have seen these monuments hundreds of
times. Of course I knew what they were
and stood for, yet, Ive always viewed
them singularly. It was only when I
joined the dots that I realised just how
significantly linked they all are. This square
is a monument in itself to the struggles
Hungary has witnessed in the 20th century.
The
Red
A r m y
Monument
erected
in 1945 by
the Soviets
to the Red
Army
who
liberated
Hungary.
T h i s
monument
g r e a t l y
o f f e n d s
m a n y
Hungarians,
for
its
a
constant
reminder
a b o u t
decades of repression when Hungary
was forced against its will to live under a
communist dictatorship. Also, its only a
ten minute walk to the former Nazi and
communist secret police headquarters on
Andrassy Avenue where thousands were
detained, tortured and killed for speaking
out against these evil regimes. You can
see why the Hungarians do not think of the
Soviets/Russians as liberators.
About fifty feet away stands the American
Embassy. Many western embassies
during the communist years were hot
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spots for wannabe defectors, for of course

once inside these grounds, you were then
on say US or UK soil and safe.
In 1956, as the Soviets were poised to
crush all political dissent, Cardinal Jozsef
Mindszenty who had only just been released
from eight years in jail for speaking out
against the communists, entered the
American Embassy and claimed political
asylum. There was uproar, but it was
hoped the Soviets would allow him safe
passage out to the West. They did, but
not until after a Vatican and US brokered
a deal in 1971. By then, Mindszenty had
been holed up inside the US embassy for
an astonishing fifteen years.
The Reagan
Statue
R o n a l d
Reagan was
seen by tens
of
millions
across
the
f o r m e r
Soviet bloc
as a true
liberator for
standing
up to and
h e l p i n g
d e f e a t
communism.
Both Reagan
and Margaret
Thatcher
are
still
immensely
popular in these parts. The Reagan
Statue was erected in 2011 and shows
him in full stride, heading directly in the
direction of the Soviet monument. He
looks like he means business!
Imre Nagy
Statue
Standing
on a small
humpback
b r i d g e ,
l o o k i n g
d i r e c t l y
over to his
b e l o v e d
parliament
building
with
his
back to the
Red
Army
monument,
is the statue
of
Imre
Nagy, the Hungarian leader who stood up
to the Soviets and condemned the invasion
in 1956 and the slaughter of innocent prodemocracy supporters. Interesting to note
that those gunned down in 1956 by the
Soviets were labelled fascists and those
who stand up against Russia today in
Ukraine, Crimea and elsewhere, are often
labelled fascists.
When the Soviets invaded Hungary, Nagy

pleaded with the West for help; to our
shame, we did nothing. Nagy subsequently
took refuge in the Yugoslav Embassy but
was deported to Romania. He was later
returned, secretly tried for treason by the
new Moscow backed gov and executed. In
1989, as the Soviet bloc was crumbling, the
Hungarian Supreme Court acquitted Nagy
of the charges of high treason. On this very
same day, Hungarian hard-line communist
leader Janos Kadar, died in hospital. Poetic
justice? Imre Nagy was reburied with full
honours in a service attended by tens of
thousands of locals.
The current Hungarian Prime Minister,
no-nonsense tough guy and so-called
right winger, Victor Orban, came to power
in 2010. Many thought he would take
down the Soviet monument since he was
anti-communist, yet he is also seen as
increasingly anti-democratic. Orban may
be anti-communist, yet he has close ties
with Russias Vladimir Putin. Believe me,
the political alliances in todays Hungary
are as bewildering as the monuments in
this square. The left often behave like the
right and vice versa.
In 2013, the far-right of Hungarian politics
erected a statue on the edge of the square
at the entrance to the Hungarian Reformed
Church. A bust of Admiral Miklos Horthy
now joins those other ideologies in
Freedom Square. He, by the way in the
1930s had an alliance with Nazi Germany.
Horthy turned though, left Hitler and later
tried to do a deal with the allies. This bust
offends many, for the rise of the extreme
far right in Hungary has indeed got many
residents worried about the direction in
which Hungarian politics is heading.
The newest member of the monument
club is a government backed controversial
memorial remembering the German
invasion of Hungary during WW11. A
German Eagle descending on the
Archangel Gabriel. Much criticism over
this has come from the Jewish community
who says it passes the buck to the Germans
and says nothing about Hungarys own
involvement in the deportation of hundreds
of thousands of Jews to the death camps.
Wow, if theres another small turf of land
anywhere in the world that boasts such
diverse monuments/ideologues and mind
blowing 20th century history then Ive
never seen nor heard of it. Hungary it
seems has a serious identity crisis and is
being held back by its turbulent history.
The only way a country or an individual can
move forward is to let go of the past, but
in Hungary, thats easier said than done.
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I have to start this article with sad news about

Narlia. She lost her fight for life, which has
created a massive void in my life. She was
a fighter and strangely enough it wasnt the
kidney condition that caused her demise but
something totally unrelated. RIP sweet girl.
However, our
work still has
to go on and
as usual we
are meeting
ourselves
coming back
again.
All
8 of Lucys
p u p p i e s
are
homed.
Little Ginis
puppies are
now 7 weeks
old and 2 of
them
have
homes. This
little
girl
deserves
some happiness having been dumped in a
bag with her newborns. She is looking for a
loving home.
Charlie Boy, one of our longest residents,

has found a forever home too. This lucky
The Mazarrn Bahia Alpha Leos are

very #proudLEOS to report that the total
donations & sponsorships collected for their
22km Challenge Walk reached a massive
3,160! A total of 27 bricks were purchased
raising 1,350 towards the MABS Mazarrn
Hospice Buy a Brick Respite Room Appeal
& the remaining funds were equally split
between Yo Sonro por Paula & Strides (for
diabetes awareness).
To the Leos great surprise, it was
announced that our Club had been
awarded the title of best Leo Club in
Spain!
The Vice-President & Secretary of the
Federacin de Clubes Leones de Espaa
came down to present the award which was
received on behalf of the Leos Club by our
outgoing Club President, Shannon Edment
in front of proud parents, members of our
Sponsoring Lions Club & also Patricio Snchez
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boy will be
spending
some of his
time here in
Spain and the
rest in Jersey.
Thank
you
Alan
for
giving
this
boy
the
chance he so
deserves.
The
warm
weather will
be with us
before
too
long and this
brings a lot
more hazards
for our pets.
Dogs
can
have
the
same troubles
that we do;
dehydration, overheating and even sunburn.
Tick, mosquito and flea treatments need to
be up to date. Keep your pets hydrated,
dogs cant sweat, but keep cool by panting
and a dehydrated dog will drool excessively,
be lethargic and its eyes will be bloodshot.
Exercise in the cool of the day and cut back
from our local Ayuntamiento, who we were

pleased was able to join us for this special
occasion. Leo Club Members are delighted to
have had their efforts recognised at national
level & will continue to strive to serve their
local community with their usual enthusiasm
to achieve the goals set for them - #leoroar!
Some
sharp
eyed residents
on
Camposol
may
have
noticed
that
the Leos Bat
Box Midnight
Hotel has been
placed in situ by
our good friend,
Mark Hepworth
of Camposol C Greenfingers Gardening
Group. We now need to be patient & await
the first guests checking in, so we welcome
any feedback should
anyone spot anything
over
the
coming
months.
The Leos have just
held their annual club
elections the Club
Officer Positions for
2016-17 have been
voted for as follows:
President /Holly Ryan
Vice-President
/
Amber Pearce
Secretary/Sophie
Bullock
on intensity. Make sure you take a bottle of

water with you on walks and provide constant
access to water.
Interesting fact - watch that plate of biscuits.
A dogs sense of smell is 40 times more acute
than humans!!
That is it for this month. Please come and see

us in one of our two shops in Mazarrn Town
or Roldan. We love to chat and show you
what we have in our shops. Please ask if you
dont see what want. We cant put everything
out at once and there may be things stored
away!
As usual I will be on Camposol B car park on
the corner every Monday 11.30am-1.30pm.
Andrea x
Treasurer/Harry Shackleton
Fund Raising/Maddison McGovan
Social & Welfare/Shauna Brennan
Many congratulations to you all on your new
roles for the future year.
On Saturday 4th June, the Leos will be helping

run some of the stalls at the St Nicholas
Church Flower Festival. Club Members are
looking forward to seeing all the arrangements
that the Church have prepared to represent
the attending local groups who are helping
out at this event, so why not come along, see
the flowers & help raise funds for community
groups whilst having fun?
The Mazarrn Bahia Alpha Leos hold
official meetings at 7pm on the 1st & 3rd
Fridays of the month in the Camposol Cultural
Centre. The Club is open to children aged
12-18 years.
For
more
information
contact
Martin
Shackleton
(Leo
Club
Advisor)
at
shackletonm411@googlemail.com
Hi Shirley here with the latest Welcome

report.
At the April Dance we were entertained by
a very talented trio, PDQ, who were here
for the second time. They were as good as
when we saw them the first time and had
us up dancing all evening with their varied
music from the 50s up to now. We hope to
see them back sometime.
Welcome has also been on their Trip to

Seville; a beautiful city with plenty to
see. The trip out to the Tio Pepe factory
was very enjoyable with an entertaining
guide, plenty of samples of sherry and
accompanied by some tasty tapas. The
group also went to the Horse Fayre which
was typically Spanish with decorated
carriages and stylish ladies wearing the
lovely local costume. It was really worth
seeing and highly recommended.
Marianos, Camposol A. If you miss this

months the next game is on July 6th, same
place, same time. For further information
contact Les on 968 133 880 or Rosemary
on 620 105 179.
Book Swap Exchange of books, jigsaws
magazines etc.
Unfortunately there is
only one date in June. This is on June 21st,
10am at the old ICA centre on the dual
carriageway Sector B, Camposol. For more
information ring Rosemary on 620 105
179.
The next monthly Welcome Meeting is
on Saturday 4th June, 2pm at Marianos,
when tickets will be on sale for:
Ladies Day - 15th June - 2.30pm at The
Clubhouse, Camposol C, when we will
be entertained by Terry J. Includes cold
buffet, fashion show, bingo and various
stalls. Tickets 10.
Summer Ball 22nd June at Hotel La
Cumbre, Puerto de Mazarrn. Champagne
reception, 6 course meal, including
drinks. This is followed by dancing to Rob
Sweeney. Tickets 30. Rooms available for
50 including breakfast. Coach available
5.
September Dance 22nd September with
Ges Rogers and Union Gap. Tickets 10.
These tickets are going fast. Chicken and
chips 5.
There are no Welcome dances in July
and August due to the heat.
9th November - Benidorm Day Trip shopping at the market in the morning,
Rich Bitch show included in the afternoon
and then time for dinner and more shopping
before heading home. Tickets 15.
24th 28th November - Madrid - 5 days/4
nights staying on the Grand Via in a 4 star
hotel. Shopping on Black Friday, lots of
bargains. Includes a trip to the El Escorial
Palace on Saturday and then on Sunday,
horse racing. 350 pp.
23rd 27th December - Benidorm for
Christmas - 5 days/4 nights staying at
Hotel Helios with full board which includes
a Gala Christmas Lunch. Coach included.
260 pp.
All dances are held inside at Marianos
Restaurant, Sector A, Camposol, unless
otherwise stated.
For further information on all events,
please contact Rosemary on 620 105 179
or come to the next meeting.
Email
welcomegroupspain@hotmail.
com
Facebook welcomegroupspain
www.welcomegroupspain.com
Petanca is early in June on 1st, 2pm at
Trips Away
12th 16th September - Barcelona with
an overnight stop in Valencia staying at
a 4 star hotel, then on to Barcelona for 3

nights, staying in the heart of the city, just
off the Rambla, close to bus routes and
restaurants. Includes a trip to Monserrat.
375 pp.
3rd 6th November Benalmadena - 3
nights/4 days staying at the Mac Puerto
Marina Hotel. Bed and breakfast, dinner
with wine and water. Also includes day trip
to Gibralter - 200 pp.
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Beauty Benefits of Drinking Water

We all know that we should be drinking
more water, but how many of us actually
do?
Here are some beauty benefits for drinking

water:
The body is made up of 80% water, but we
lose water through sweating and excretory
waste. If we do not replenish these by
drinking enough water, we would wrinkle
and dry up and that would make your skin
look dull and aged.
5. Consuming more water helps to flush

toxins from your skin.
1. Drinking more water restores elasticity

to your skin, which helps in
reducing
wrinkles.
6. Drinking water lessens dehydration which

helps in reducing dark circles and blood shot
eyes resulting in sparkly clear eyes.
2. Drinking water keeps the skin hydrated

inside and out, which prevents dry and
chapped skin, keeping your skin radiant and
evenly toned.
7. Drinking water can also help in weight

loss as drinking enough water improves your
metabolism leading to improved digestion.
3. Quick shedding of fat causes sagging

skin. By drinking more water you can help
There are still many unsolved mysteries in

life and no I am not going to moan on about
something as trivial as the width of car park
spaces again or the bedroom tax or other
similar nonsense. No, I mean bigger things
like why they made a seventh Star Wars film
so badly after all the practice they have had
with sound in space and so on.
No, sorry I must be serious. I thought of

mysteries the other day when I saw a double
rainbow, and the news that Ben Nevis is now
higher than it used to be and Facebook has
over 1.5 Billion users; random I know, but
none-the-less a mystery to me and others baffling really.
Of course many mysteries in life have logical
explanations and many other things we
call mysteries can be put down to a lack of
special knowledge. One of my sons thinks
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that women are very mysterious and he is

probably right!
The Bible nearly always links mysteries
to knowledge known only to God and
occasionally these mysteries are revealed
to us because God wants us to know - the
writing on the wall for example in Daniels
day. There are many mysteries still to be
revealed to us and following on from last
months comments on inspired Hymnwriting.
Another well-known Christian writer penned
Tis mystery all: the immortal dies. Who
can explore His strange design? The whole
of the Hymn And Can It Be is an account
of the mystery of God and His love for His
people. Charles Wesley expresses that he
was baffled by the behaviour of God who
cared so much for His creation that His Son
to tighten your skin.

4. Drinking water helps to maintain the pH
balance of your skin, resulting in healthy
skin.
So come
drinking!
on
everyone..lets
get
would die in our place. Look it up on You

Tube and listen to the words Tis mystery all
and it is still baffling.
You can find us on Condado de Alhama in
the Al Kasar Centre.
Come and join us. We offer something a bit
different. Sit around and chat over a cup of
tea or coffee and learn about God and what
He can do for YOU.
Opening Times for the Christian Centre
are on the website.
For further details and other planned gettogethers please go to http://open-door.
wix.com/open-door
To be added to our mailing list please email
opendoorgettogether@gmail.com
Ken 646 705 403
Carol 655 141 721
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involved in the annual pantomime

production and along with Terry Pierce she
organises the monthly ADAPT lunches and
the Out and About Group.
At the May meeting of ADAPT, John Frame,

who had taken over from Jane Cronin as
President of ADAPT Association of San
Pedro del Pinatar, stepped down along with
his wife, Irene, who was the Association
Secretary.
John and Irene have done
sterling work for ADAPT, being very
enthusiastic and hands-on and forming and
even leading some interesting new social
groups. Vice President Terry Pierce thanked
John and Irene for their contribution
to ADAPT and they were presented
with flowers, wine and chocolates.
The next meeting of ADAPT will be on

Saturday 4th June at the Pensionista
Centre, Lo Pagan. This will be an Open
Day when members of the public are
welcome to come along between 10.30am
and 12 noon. Information will be available
about ADAPT and you can chat with Group
Leaders and maybe enjoy a drink in the
caf.
Voting then commenced for the election

of a new President and Secretary.
Janet Pierce was voted for unanimously
to be the next ADAPT President and also
with a unanimous vote, George Noden was
elected as the new Secretary.
Janet Pierce has always been an active

member of ADAPT, having been on the
committee for a number of years and
has been at different times Secretary
and Website Co-ordinator. She is heavily
About Us
Los Infiernos Perrera Supporters
are a group of volunteers, of varying
nationalities, who help out at the dog
refuge in Los Infiernos, 10 minutes away
from San Javier. We have a dedicated
team of volunteers who help to provide
support for a myriad of things for the dogs;
anything from playing with abandoned
puppies to arranging transport for
successful adoptions.
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The volunteers attend to the dogs three

times a week (Monday, Wednesday and
Friday), from 9am-12pm. We are always
looking for more people to come and
join us; not only does it help the dogs,
but it is also a fantastic way to make
new friends and is a wonderful form of
exercise! If you are interested in coming
along to help out, or wish to find out
more about adopting one of our dogs,
please contact us via Facebook, Twitter,
email Losinfiernosdogs@hotmail.com
or contact Karen MacDonald on 633 357
309.
3 Peak Challenge Fundraiser
In September, some of our brave
volunteers and supporters will be putting
on their walking boots and tackling The 3
Peaks Challenge (Los Tres Picos). This
involves scaling 3 peaks in 3 days in the
Sierra Nevada Natural Park, including
the highest peak in Continental Spain,
Mulhacen. We are hoping to raise a lot of
much needed funds with this challenge
and so any sponsorship would be very
much appreciated. For more details of the
challenge or to sponsor the team, see our
Facebook page for information and links.
Thank you from the L.I.P.S dogs!!
For more details see the website

www.adaptsanpedro.com or
tel 966 189 402
Hiena
Poor
Hiena
has a very
sad tale and is
unfortunately
a l w a y s
overlooked at
the
refuge,
even
though
she is in one
of the first
kennels as you
enter!! Hiena
came to us
with another,
much
older
dog
called
Athor.
Both
were in a terrible state and were petrified
of everything. Luckily for Athor, he has
already found his forever home, but Hiena
is still with us. We are not sure what had
happened in her past, but it took quite a
long time for her to trust humans again
and now she cant get enough attention!
She loves going for walks and loves people
spending time with her. She has been in
a kennel on her own since Athor left so
we think she is very, very lonely. We feel
because of her past she would be best
suited to a forever home where she is
the only doggy inhabitant. If you can give
the lovely Hiena a forever home, please
get in touch. All adoptions are subject to
homechecks.
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Blue Flag Beaches

Murcia almost doubled in three years its Blue
Flag beaches. There are now 40 beaches with
this award, four more than last year, plus two
ports.
Cartagena now has 11 Blue Flag beaches
thanks to the addition of Cuartel Beach and
has become the Spanish municipality with the
most blue flags.
The Costa Calidas new beaches at which
blue flags will fly this year are the Mojon in
San Pedro del Pinatar, Ensenada del Esparto
in San Javier, Paseo de Manzanares in Los
Alczares and El Cuartel in Cartagena.
The Minister of Economic Development,
Tourism and Employment Development
said that the quality of the Murcia coast is a
prime target for the entire region with superb
beaches as our main tourism product. More
than 20% of Murcia beaches already have
blue flags, only exceeded by Catalonia and
Valencia.
The following beaches with blue flags are:
3 in San Pedro del Pinatar (La Puntica,
Villananitos and El Mojon)
6 in San Javier (Castillico, Paseo de Coln,
Mistral, Barnuevo, El Pedruchillo and
Ensenada del Esparto)
6 in Los Alczares (Paseo de La Concha,
Carrion, Paseo del Espejo, Las Palmeras, Los
Narejos and Paseo de Manzanares)
11 in Cartagena (Cala del Pino, Levante (Minor
Outlying Islands), Poniente (Minor Outlying
Islands), Mar de Cristal, Cala Cortina, San
Gines, Levante (Cabo de Palos), Isla Plana,
Honda, Paradise and El Cuartel).
There are various fiestas being held during

the month of June including La Aljorra from
3rd - 12th June and Las Palas which has its
local fiesta during the last week of June.
El Festival Ventepijo de Pozo Estrecho
This is held on 11th June this year starting at
12.30pm. There is a 5 entry fee and there
will be some of the best bands in the region
playing a mixture of rock, pop, indie and rap
music. In 2015 it was elected as the best
small festival in the region by readers of the
cultural magazine, Cmon. It is just a one
day event.
CARTAGENA www.cartagenaturismo.
es T: 968 128 955 ext 1 Mon Market
1st-30th June Photographic Exhibition
at Las Cobaticas free entry. Tues-Sun
8.30am-3.30pm
26th June Free Guided Tour of Modernist
Cartagena 10.30am
La Mar de Msicas Festival
In July, Cartagenas port is wide open to an
endless music, plastic arts, photography,
cinema and literature festival. This festival
takes place from 17th to 25th July; the guest
country being Chile this year. Very different
styles of music such as boogie, futuristic jazz,
techno, singer-songwriter music, neofolk, joik
and fusion will shake the foundations of old
Carthage. Get ready for a feast of music from
around the world.
La Union www.ayto-launion.com T:
968 541 614 - Tues Market
Saturday 4th June Free Walk along Miners
Route La Union to Portman
Saturday 11th & 25th June Free Guided
Tour of Portman, La Union to include visit to
Archaelogical Museum 10am
Saturday 4th & 18th June Guided Tour of
Parque Minero. 7. 10am at Parque Minero
Saturday 18th June Free Guided Tour of
Historical La Union 12pm
Los Alcazares www.losalcazares.es T:
968 575 756 - Thurs Market
Saturday 4th June Free Guided Tour of
Historical Los Alcazares to include visit to
Hotel Balneario La Encarnacion. 10am from
Tourist Office
Saturday 11th June Free Cycling Tour
12pm from Sports Centre
San Pedro del Pinatar Thurs Market
1st -30th June Exhibition explaining the
Salt Flats at Las Salinas free entry. TuesSun 8.30am-3.30pm
Sunday 12th June - Life In The World Of
Salt
Sunday 19th June - Pedalea Entre Dos
Aguas
Santiago de Ribera Wed Market
Saturday 11th June Free Guided Walk of
1,000 steps round this beautiful part of the
Mar Menor. 11am from Tourist Office. Tour in
Spanish and English
San Javier www.turismosanjavier.com
T: 968 571 704 Thurs Market
19th San Javier International
Festival 1st -31st July
Free Boat Trip on Mar Menor Wednesday

15th June
Organised by San Javier Tourist Board, this
trip will have a commentary in English and
will depart from La Manga Strip at 12.15pm.

The trip will take you to Santiago de Ribera
with a short break before returning to La
Manga. Booking at the San Javier Tourist
Office is essential as places will be limited.
This trip is normally a commercial enterprise
during the summer months.
Tel 968 571 704
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Jazz
David Martnez, the festivals director

announced
the
first
confirmed
performances which will take place from
July 1st to July 30th and will include four
free concerts, one in La Manga, two in
Santiago de la Ribera, and the fourth one
in San Javier. The poster for the festival
was designed by Ramn Torres of Grafyco
based on a photograph taken by Rafa
Mellado and dedicated to the drums, which
will have a special focus during the festival.
Rock guitarist Steve Vai, is considered
one of the 10 best guitarists in the world
and has sold more than 15 million albums.
He has won three Grammy Awards and has
never stopped innovating throughout his
long career which began with Frank Zappas
band. Vai will present a revision of his
album Passion and Warfare (1990) which
marked a milestone in the history of rock.
by James Browns own MC, Danny Ray.

Two of the great jazz fusion musicians,
guitarist Mike Stern and saxophonist
Bill Evans, will perform in San Javier,
accompanied by the spectacular drummer
Dennis Chambers and Darry Jones,
the official bassist for the Rolling Stones
since the departure of Bill Wyman.
Saxophonist Joshua Redman, one of
the most acclaimed and charismatic IS
jazz musicians of the 90s will perform
in a quartet formation, which will
include one of the Spanish drummers
with the biggest international following,
Jorge Rossy, who for many years
played drums for Brad Maldhaus trio.
Pianist Ellis Marsalis, father of Wynton,
Branford, Delfeayo and Jason is an
institution in his native New Orleans where
he has formed several generations of
great jazz musicians. Accompanied by his
quartet, he will perform for the first time in
San Javier, where his son, Wynton Marsalis
received the Festival Award in 2009.
The announced preview of the programme
includes one the greatest British rock
organists of all time, Ken Hensley,
one of the founders and coleader of
the progressive rock band Uriah Heep.
Hensley will be accompanied by a
young and vigorous British band, Our
Propaganda to revisit many Uriah Heep
classics, as well as hits from his solo career.
Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the

death of James Brown, the original band
who accompanied him on stage, The JBs,
will present a concert where they will revisit
Browns repertoire with the impressive
soul singer, Martha High, presented
Young electric bassist Nik West will star

in the high voltage night of the festival.
A standard bearer for the new generation
of bassist, she has performed with
artistes like John Mayer, Marcus Miller
and Prince; a source of inspiration for this
very young and brilliant bassist who flows
seamlessly from funk, to rock to soul.
Among the emerging artistes in the San

Javier Jazz Festival will be soulman
Myles Sanko, one of the great assets
of the new British soul. Otis Redding and
Marvin Gaye are the primary influences for
this young singer with an ascending career.
Also arriving from Great Britain will be
The London Community Gospel Choir,
considered by many to be the best gospel
choir in Europe. Five instrumentalists
and nine voices form the gospel choir,
which harvests classic American gospel
with African and Caribbean influences.
Spanish flamenco-jazz pianist Dorantes
presents his new album Paseo a
Dos,
alongside
the
French
double
bassists of Spanish roots, Renaud
Garcia Fons, a great specialist of the
arco
technique.
Singer
Esperanza
Fernandez and flamenco percussionist
Javier Ruibal will be guest stars.
The preview of the programme includes
another
Spanish
musician,
pianist
Ignasi Terraza, will present his own
quartet,
a
project
which
includes
American trumpet player and singer
Ronal Baker, currently residing in Paris.
The San Javier Jazz Festival, which
will maintain popular prices, is one of the
jewels of San Javiers cultural heritage,
said the Councillor of Culture, David
Martnez, who thanked sponsors including
Estrella de Levante and Fundacin la Caixa
for their participation.
Information from
http://www.jazz.sanjavier.es/
Guitarist Steve Vei, Mike Stern and Bill

Evans, The JBS James Brown Original
Band, Joshua Redman and Ellis
Marsalis are the highlights of the preview
of the program for the 19th Edition of the
San Javier International Jazz Festival
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HELP Makes More Donations

HELP has been able to make donations
from funds raised during 2015 to
organisations to enable them to carry on
their good works.
On 4th May Pat Massingham, HELPs

President, accompanied by Vice President
Elaine Dale, presented Snr Jose Garcia
Martinez, President of Caritas Torre
Pacheco with a cheque for 2,000. Torre
Pacheco is a large town and there are at
least 500 families in need of help. Caritas
provides free food and clothing to families
with no income or benefits. It also runs a
small supermarket where people who have
vouchers can buy food at much reduced
prices. Caritas also runs a shelter for the
homeless where 16 people can stay for up
to three nights with breakfast and use of a
shower. These people are normally brought
in by the police and are in genuine need.
Caritas also runs a centre for children
with learning difficulties. These children
are helped with extra lessons in order to
achieve a higher standard in their own
time.
On May 6th it
was the turn
of
AMMA
(Alzheimer
Mar Menor
Association)
to
be
presented
with a cheque
to help them
continue their
workshops for
people
with
dementia
in the San
Pedro
del
Pinatar area.
These workshops are supervised by
professionals who can look after up to
ten people on a Wednesday and Friday
morning between 9.30am and 12.30pm,
providing some respite for the families.
Pat Massingham presented a cheque
for 2,000 to Raquel Pea, President of
AMMA, who was accompanied by Belen
Quieruga at the Pensionistas Club in San
Pedro del Pinatar. One of the future aims
of AMMA is to establish a residential care
home in the area for those suffering from
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Alzheimers and other dementias.

Queens Birthday Celebrated By Local
Charities
Four local charities HELP Murcia Mar
Menor, MABS, HAH, and AMMA held
a joint street party for the Queens
90th Birthday Celebrations at the Oasis
Boulevard on Sunday 24th April.
Under sunny skies, the four charities each

manned an information table. Charity
members and friends were invited to come
along with tables and chairs for a picnic,
or to use the restaurants in the Oasis
and enjoy an al fresco lunch. Red Strokes
provided the music and many of those
attending danced the afternoon away. A
bucket collection was taken and shared
between the four charities giving each of
them 50.
It is the first time that the different

charities in the area have worked together
and it was great to see everyone was
able to enjoy the afternoon together and
celebrate the Queens 90th birthday.
HELP Help The Poor Of La Puebla
Once again it is a pleasure to write that
HELP Murcia Mar Menor has been able
to make a contribution to Caritas, La
Puebla which will enable them to support
the poor and needy of the village.
to
various
charities
in
the
Murcia
area
with
money raised
by the charity
during 2015.
Chari Gomez
said
that
Caritas was
only able to
hand out food
once a month
to the poor
of the village
who
have
no
income
or
benefits
and are only
entitled to receive a bag of basic foods.
The cheque from HELP is like a gift from
heaven she said. It will help us to buy
the families extra food stuffs to make up
any shortages every month as we do not
have sufficient funds ourselves to support
this action.
During the year, HELP raises funds from car

boot sales, sales from the Charitys outlet
in La Oasis, Los Alcazares, and various
fund raising events. The membership
then decide how this money can best be
distributed to local charities in the Murcia
area and in this way it is able to make
sure that the funds are used in the best
possible.
If you feel you have a few hours to spare
every week and would like to find out more
about HELP then please contact us at our
office on 968 570 559, or visit our website
helpmurciamarmenor.es
The village of La Puebla has 800 inhabitants

of which 140 (42 families) are in dire need of
help. HELPs President Pat Massingham,
along with Janneke Chambers, a longtime member of HELP and resident of La
Puebla, met on Thursday 28th April with
Chari Gomez the President of the local
branch of Caritas to hand over a cheque for
2,000, the first of six donations by HELP
Learn To Sing Harmony In A Day!

Know you can sing but scared of looking
stupid?
Want to sing but dont know where to
start?
Sang at school but lost confidence?
Been told you cant sing?
Just want a change from Karaoke and
dont know how?
the evening we will perform it for friends

and family. Our method of teaching has
been really successful both in the UK
and in Spain, and we are expecting an
enthusiastic response.
There are only 50 places available, so
make sure that you contact Lyn Baines on
968 334 527 or 968 574 987 or email
president@sabs.es now.
The Spanish Association of Barbershop
Singers (SABS) was formed in October
2008 with the aim of encouraging the
people of Spain to enjoy this unique form
of a cappella, four-part harmony singing.
SABS currently has members throughout
Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands.
If you would like to find out more, please
visit their website www.sabs.es
Help is at hand!
The Spanish Association of Barbershop
Singers (SABS) is offering a free Learn
To Sing Harmony In A Day course on
Saturday 4th June in Los Alczares.
Gain invaluable experience from members

of SABS triple gold medallists, Spangles
Ladies Harmony Chorus and their
Musical Director, Wendy Grant. Learn the
techniques to help you to improve your
singing. This is a great opportunity for
anyone who wants to improve the quality
of their voice and to learn about singing
four-part harmony, comments Wendy.
Those with lower voices are particularly
welcome as, in our experience, they have
often been told in the past that they cant
sing, which is usually far from the truth.
SABS President, Lyn Baines says We
will learn a new song together and in
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Charity Afternoon
Bar Stop Bar in La Marina kindly hosted
a charity BBQ afternoon in aid of Pets in
Spain. The afternoon had entertainment
by local DJ Jimmy Dene and Colin & Mary
owners of the bar prepared a BBQ lunch
and friendly hospitality to over 70 people
that attended.
The event included a Tombola and Raffle

and managed to raise over 700 for the
charity to continue their programme
of rescuing and re-homing abandoned
and displaced animals and also the very
successful feral cat sterilization programme
in the La Marina area.
Homes Needed
Greta
and
Carlotta are
looking for new
homes. They
are around 11
weeks old and
were handed
over to us by
their Spanish
owner. Greta
and Carlotta
are very sweet
little
girls,
good
with
other dogs, cats and children and will be
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small/medium size when fully grown.

Bella is a 2
year old pure
white
cat.
She is very
laid back and
would
suit
someone
who
wants
a lap cat
that doesnt
go
out
much.
She
is sterilised
and
good
with
other
cats.
Mandy and
Garfield are
beautiful
6
week
old
kittens that
were found
in the middle
of a busy
road
near
the
N332.
They
are
all in excellent health and ready for new
homes.
Marie
is
around
7
weeks
old
and
was
r e s c u e d
when
she
was just a
few
weeks
old
and
n e e d e d
b o t t l e
feeding. She is now in excellent health,
good with other cats, dogs and children
and ready for her new home.

Call 645 469 253 for more information on
the above pets.
To advertise an animal for adoption please
email info@petsinspain.com
To view more animals for adoption go to
www.petsinspain.com
Animal Foster Carers Wanted
Pets in Spain are looking for more people
to go on their animal foster carer register.
Pet lovers who give homeless animals
temporary shelter until they find permanent
homes are known as Foster Carers.
The process is typically an emotionally
rewarding one for the foster family and
a valuable experience for the animals as
they learn basic social skills they otherwise
wouldnt gain by living in a shelter with
minimal human interaction.
We need more people willing to open up
their homes to dogs and cats looking for a
fresh start in life.
Fostering often suits people who are unable
to own their own pet either for financial
or lifestyle reasons. Pets in Spain supply
all food and veterinary costs for the pet.
Fostering can be from a few nights to
several months and it can transform a
pets behaviour.
You may be wondering what the benefits of
fostering are.
For the dog or cat they are obvious:
The safety of a home.
The warmth of a bed.
The touch of a hand.
The love of a human carer.
But what does the fosterer gain from
the experience?
Our foster carers are highly valued
members of our volunteer group.
They provide a service that many people
are not in a position to and we work
hard to ensure they feel appreciated and
supported.
For the carer there is the knowledge that
they have helped saved a life and in doing
so have freed a space for another pet to
be saved.
Its a heart-warming experience to watch
a pet develop and grow in confidence, to
learn to trust, to regain health and fitness
and to learn some of those essential skills
of socialisation and training.
Isnt it amazing that its down to the
carer that all this happens?
If you think you may be able to help us to
become an animal foster carer please call
us on 645 469 253.
www.petsinspain.com
Message us on our Facebook page Pets in
Spain.
We look forward to welcoming you to our
team.
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Condado de Alhama
New owners at the Al Kasar Commercial

Centre have meant that some of the expected
events have not yet been finalised, but for
the last two years there has been a vibrant
market on a Saturday evening on the car park
where you could buy anything from fresh fruit
and veg to a new outfit. The Condado Club
will be holding their Tuesday evening market,
accompanied by a music night. Their evening
of entertainment with the Harlequin Rock
Choir was a sell out within a few days, so
if theres a group or singer performing there
you need to get your tickets early.
Alhama. They have waited a full year for this

and after finally signing all the paperwork
and organising the electricity, the doors were
opened at 10am.
Condado Invest property of the month

Jardn 1 2 bedroom apartment.
Open Door Christian Centre.
A good number of people came in to look

through the cards and gifts and the charity
corner. Patrick and Christine joined us and
sang outside in Spanish and English. This
attracted people as well and it was mentioned
that it was nice to walk into Al Kasar to the
sound of live music. The weather was perfect
and some visitors enjoyed sitting outside
and chatting. The television was on inside,
showing a music concert.
On Saturday 21st May Open Door had

their first day of being open on Condado de
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There is something for everyone at the

Open Door Christian Centre. For opening
times please go to the
website
http://open-door.
wix.com/open-door
Open Door Christian
Centre
is
on
Condado de Alhama
in the Al Kasar
Centre
Contact
Christian
Centre on 615 542
106
Ken 646 705 403
An immaculate apartment with lovely views

of the surrounding mountains.
Every detail has been applied to this

apartment with a new kitchen and granite
worktops. Fly screens, air conditioning and all
furniture and fixtures and fittings are included
in the sale. There is even a bar on the roof
terrace to while away those evenings taking
in the surrounding views. The property is
overlooking the communal pool.
This apartment is a must see!
Contact us for more info
www.condadoinvest.com
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The Beacon of
Light meetings
are
every
Wednesday
from
7.00pm
with
weekly
guest mediums
u s u a l l y
finishing
at
approximately
8.30pm.
As
always
the
evenings ends
with a friendly chat and a cup of tea and

biscuits.
Expats Leave Millions Of Pounds In

Unclaimed Pensions
Frozen Pensions explained by Richard
Samuels, deVere Spain
Changes to the Pension system in the UK
Pension Freedoms has alerted a number
of people to forgotten pension pots.
Sometimes they are also referred to as
frozen or deferred pensions.
company/local authority pension scheme.

Historically, many of these pension schemes
were used to attract employees as part
of their recruitment strategy.
Often the
employee will have made contributions from
their salary. However, with some schemes
only the employer contributed. This may
have been whats known as a final salary
scheme which would pay a proportion of your
final salary upon retirement.
What are they?

If you have worked in the UK, you may have
enrolled (sometimes automatically) onto a
Over the years, peoples working habits have

changed. Gone are the days when people
started with one company and stayed there
until they retired. People now move to other
companies and locations in search of better
pay and conditions, or for a change of career.
Consequently, when many people leave a
job they can leave their pension entitlement
behind without realising. They may be totally
unaware that a pension pot has been built
up, or they may have just not kept in touch
with the pension scheme administrators.
Although these pensions may be from many
years ago the term frozen is misleading.
The funds will have remained invested or
been index linked to account for inflation.
This means your pension pot could be worth
significantly more than you may think.
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All our meetings are funded by donations

given during the evening. Our early healing
sessions start at 6.00pm.
The Beacon of Light guest mediums for
June are:
Wednesday June 1st - Belinda Bradley
Wednesday June 8th - Jimmy McArthur
(bring a flower)
Wednesday 15th - June Anna- Marie
Wednesday 22nd - Annette Rogers

Wednesday 29th - Corina Talbot
The Beacon of Light will be closed during
July and August and will reopen on
September 7th with Annette Rogers
For further information please phone 620
877 326
Email beacon.of.light.murcia@gmail.com
Website
http://beaconoflightmurcia.
webs.com
Join us on Facebook at Beacon of Light
Murcia
There are literally tens of millions

of pounds owed to savers who have
lost track of their or their deceased
partners pension funds in this way.
A typical example of this came during a recent
deVere client meeting. We asked Mr P (age
49) where he had worked in the UK. Although
he had worked at numerous companies
before relocating to Spain he felt sure he had
not contributed to a pension scheme with any
of them. One of the companies he worked for
was a major Utility Company. He had started
with them after leaving college and had left in
his twenties after 7 years service. Because
we take an interest in these things, we knew
that the Utility Company had in the past a
non-contributory final salary scheme and
informed Mr P that even though he had made
no contributions, his employer would have.
Having given deVere authority to contact
the company on his behalf we were able to
trace Mr Ps pension and legally request a
transfer value. This is the current value of
the Pension Pot.
To his surprise this turned out to be 105,000.
Mr P decided to transfer these funds to an
overseas scheme which will allow access to
his benefits from the age of 55. He then
hopes to purchase his dream property here in
Spain and enjoy an early retirement.
The point is - many thousands of people are
in the same position but dont realise it!
deVere Spains pension tracing service is
absolutely free of charge - our aim being to
repatriate our clients with the pensions they
worked hard to accumulate.
Whatever pensions you have in the UK it may
be possible to transfer them to an Overseas
Scheme which will allow you to access the
benefits from the age of 55. You can combine
several UK pensions and there is also an
option to take a lump sum straight away!
If you want further information, please
contact Richard Samuels, Wealth Manager,
deVere Spain on 965 020 402 (mob 692
352 156) or email
richard.samuels@devere-spain.es
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22 Uses for Plastic Water Bottles by

Dick Handscombe
When we first came to Spain almost 30
years ago it was novel to see a pile of empty
plastic water bottles soon building up and
the modern way of separating different
types of house waste for recycling was not
yet wide spread. We thought, if they are
not going to be recycled as warm winter
walking sweaters as in the UK, what can
we do to use them usefully rather than see
them go into questionable landfill sites?
Earlier today I was flicking through a list of

our old articles and came across one which
is the basis of what follows, so I hope some
readers find some of the recycled ideas of
interest.
A. Uses for Half Litre Bottles
1.
Cut off the bottom 2cms to

create mini cloches for pots in
the greenhouse or small plants
in the garden. Stick a cane
through hole at the top into the
ground to stabilise and push
plastic base into soil to prevent
movement in strong winds.
2.
Cut off the top and use to store

plant labels and marker pens.
3.
Cut off the top, but leave a

hinge piece. Slide in a roll of
garden string threading the end
through the top. Tape the top
back on and you have a free
string dispenser.
4.
Storage of small quantities of

sprays and feeds, full strength
and diluted.
5.
Quarter fill with dilute Neem

solution and tie to branches of
fruit trees as an insect trap.
6.
7.
Spray the outside of bottles

silver and tie to branches of fruit
trees or on a string between
canes as a bird deterrent.
Pop on the top of garden canes
supporting plants, especially
tomatoes or peppers to reduce
the risk of an eye injury when
harvesting.
B. One Litre Bottles
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8.
As item (1) for 10-15cm pots

or for protection of young
larger plants especially on the

vegetable plot.
9.
As item (4) for larger volumes.
10. Cut up into 5-8cm rings and

place around the base of
strawberry plants to stop the
fruit touching the ground and
rotting.
11. Cut the bottle in half. Fill the
bottom half with damp seed
compost, plant a few seeds,
tape the top back on and you
have a mini propagator.
12. Cut in half 6 or 8 bottles.
Tape together as a group with
waterproof tape. Fill with seed
compost and sow a variety
of shrub, flower or vegetable
seeds and tape the tops back
on. This provides an inexpensive
compact seed tray/propagator
that is more stable than item
10.
13. Pour in bright yellow paint and
swirl around until the inside is
totally coated. Dry and then
place over a cane and push
in until mouth of bottle is in
the ground alongside brassica
plants in the vegetable plot. The
bright yellow bottles will help
repel white fly!!
14. Fill with water and then push
in shrub or perennial cuttings
through the mouth. Place in a
semi-shaded place and hope
that roots develop. If you are
not successful, I suggest you
try using dark coloured red wine
bottles instead. This is very
good for rooting oleanders.
15. Cut off the top. Invert and bury
90% in the ground alongside
newly planted shrubs or trees
and fill daily to water down to
the roots. This is especially
important in poorly draining
soil.
C. 5 or 7 Litre Bottles
16. Drill a small hole 1cm above the
base. Insert a length of small
diameter black irrigation tubing
into the hole and attach a mini
drip to the other end. Use the
special tool sold for making
holes in black irrigation tubing,
plus one of the tiny connectors
that you would normally use for
attaching narrow feeder tubes
to 1cm tubing. Fill with water
and place conveniently next to
an individual plant (eg pumpkin
or water melon) spaced along
a row (eg beans, tomatoes
or peppers) to provide local

irrigation over a number of
days. We find this an excellent
method for caring for plants
on a continuous basis or when
away for a few days. You can
also water newly planted trees,
shrubs, perennials or annuals
this way.
17. Cut off the tops of 4 bottles.
Tape together with strong
waterproof tape. Fill with a rich
potting compost and pot up 8
strawberry plants as a mini-bed
for the greenhouse or terrace.
You can place a length of hose
in the centre of each container
for watering. If the plants are
young you can place the cut
ends on top of each bottle as
a cloche until the plants take
root. Even leave them on during
fruiting on a windy terrace.
18. Use the cut bottles and tops as
a seed tray and cloche to create
a mini propagator for growing
seedlings of a wide range of
vegetable and flower seeds.
19. Add warmth to the mini
propagator by taping a circle
of dark wine bottles around the
circumference. Fill the bottles
with water and insert shrub or
perennial cuttings. Pot up or
plant out when a strong root
system has developed.
20. Use uncut bottles with the
screw top to make up and store
(for short periods only) liquid
feeds, foliage and insect sprays.
Make sure you label clearly
with waterproof labels or a
waterproof pen.
21. Cut off the bottom 3 cm and use
as a large cloche for young plants
e.g. peppers and aubergines.
Push 2 canes through the top to
hold firm.
22. Cut off the tops to varying
heights and use as storage bins
for packets of seeds, irrigations
system parts etc.
An important hint when growing seeds or
cuttings under propagator type conditions,
always spray initially with a fungicide and
also add some to your watering can.
The above ideas are all practical ways
of recycling plastic bottles to create
inexpensive gardening aids, but do
remember that plastic bottles decay in a
year or two, especially in direct sunlight.
As soon as they start to decay, break them
up and put them in the local plastic rubbish
bin for a final recycling.
Dick Handscombe
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Off-Plan Buyers Whose Homes Are

Unfinished Can Reclaim Deposits
Homebuyers who purchased their properties
off-plan and were left empty-handed when the
developers went out of business may get a
refund thanks to a ground-breaking court case
in Spain.
Among Brits alone, the pay-off could amount
to up to 2.64 billion.
Spanish Legal Reclaims (SLR), has been
fighting cases for tens of thousands of foreign
property buyers who put down large deposits
before the housing market crash and financial
crisis, losing the entire sum when the works
ceased indefinitely and never getting their new
homes. Some of these have remained as halfbuilt breeze-block structures for up to eight or
nine years, completely uninhabitable and not a
saleable commodity.
Developers went bankrupt or decided to cut
their losses and abscond, meaning claiming
money back from them has been impossible.
Property developers, however, are obliged
to lodge a deposit with the local council of
the town they planned to build in, covering
the cost of completion if they leave projects
unfinished. Many residential complexes left at
half-mast have been repossessed by banks
after developers defaulted on their loans,
meaning as the legal owners, the lenders are
liable for refunding off- plan buyers.
SLRs chief executive Luis Cuervo said the bank

guarantee fund was, in all cases, required by
law to ensure buyers deposits were protected
and the town council deposits to complete
unfinished housing estates and other works.
A Supreme Court ruling found banks which
repossessed incomplete developments are
legally liable for refunding homeowners who
lost out.
Expert and independent legal advice is crucial
for those attempting to reclaim lost off-plan
deposits, since a case can only be brought
once under Spanish law and cannot be filed
again if lost and banks are likely to put up a
fight. Even without interest and costs, it is
likely that if 100% of owners were successful,
banks in Spain collectively would have to part
with up to 20bn double the amount Spain
borrowed from the EU to bail out ailing financial
institutions in 2012.
New builds are extremely rare now, unless
they are something very unique or are to meet
a shortage of affordable homes for the newly
cash-strapped public, but the property sales
industry is showing signs of a sharp upturn
and overall recovery with a surfeit of quality
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homes at rock-bottom prices having created a

true buyers market.
distributed among a number of shelters in the

area.
Spain Signs Historic Transport Deal With

Cuba
This agreement will allow Spain to work with
its former colony in developing vital and
currently-lacking infrastructure.
Spanish minister for public works Ana Pastor
returned from La Habana, having signed the
deal which covers management of road and rail
transport, joint decision-making in designing
shipping rules and maintenance of trains, plus
the use of airport management services. It also
extends to cooperation in financial structuring
of road, rail, sea and air transport facilities,
training and recruiting engineers and other
professionals and promoting technological
development and innovation in the transport
sector.
The dogs had been kept tightly penned in, tied

on short leads so they could not turn or lie
down, enclosed by piles of rubble and standing
in their own urine and excrement. They had
been without food and water for so long that
they were skeletal. One of them, a female
hunting hound, had no front teeth and was
barely able to walk and none of them had been
chipped or vaccinated.
During her visit to the island nation, Pastor

met with the Cuban minister of construction
Ren Mesa and his counterpart in transport,
Adel Yzquierdo, then after signing the deal,
held a meeting with Cuban foreign trade and
investment minister Rodrigo Malmierca.
Spain has already agreed to call Cubas debt
with its government an investment in the
country, newly open to foreign funds and
international relations after US president
Barack Obama historically lifted the embargo
on Cuba.
Civil War Bomb Found In Valencia
The explosive device, which measured 30cm in
length and 7.5cm in width, was an obus-type
bomb dating back to Spains Civil War between
1936 and 1939. Officers from the polices
detonation squad, the TEDAX team, were
called in to carry out a controlled explosion.
Even though the artefact was up to 80 years
old, it still may have contained active explosive
elements which could have caused a serious
accident if not deactivated.
Police Rescue Animals
A massive animal rescue operation saw
National Police seize 22 horses and four dogs
in an extremely poor and neglected state, just
days away from death, from a farm in VlezMlaga. The owners, aged 44 and 75, have
been arrested.
All the horses were literally starving and
dangerously thin, with open, infected and stillbleeding wounds and ulcers, many suffering
lice and worms, with overgrown hooves. One
of the ponies had such a serious leg injury that
he could not walk on it without sweating and
screaming in pain and
had to be put to sleep.
Two mares are said
to be critically ill and
have lost a lot of blood
through their untreated
wounds. None of the
horses had ever been
vaccinated or wormed.
The horses field and
the dogs pen were
littered with barbed
wire and chunks of
rusted metal. The dogs
and at least 19 of the
horses are likely to
recover and have been
E-Cigarettes Fall Out Of Fashion

Electronic or E-cigarettes have failed to take
off in Spain, with 50% believing they are every
bit as harmful to health as the real thing.
The number of E-cigarette smokers or
vapers has plummeted since their initial
boom two years ago, falling by 72% and just
220,000 people in Spain use them.
Younger people seemed more likely to have
faith in E-cigarettes as a tool in the fight against
tobacco-smoking addiction, with 28.9% of the
18-24 age group saying they believed vaping
would help, compared with just 12.8% of the
over-65s.
Vaping has been banned in or near schools,
health centres, or anywhere children or sick
people may be found, as well as in public
places in general such as bars and restaurants.
Live Liver Donation From Adult To Baby
The first-ever live-donor liver transplant via
laparoscopy from an adult to a baby has been
carried out in Crdobas Reina Sofa University
Hospital between a nine-month-old girl and her
aunt.
Ana Rodrguez, 35, underwent a minimallyinvasive procedure to extract a small portion
of her liver one of the organs, along with
kidneys, which can be donated from a living
person. The liver regrows inside the recipient
and a person only needs 10% of the organ to
be able to survive.
Emma was suffering from a rare congenital
condition which shuts down her bile ducts,
underwent an operation to open them up as
a temporary measure to keep her stable until
the transplant could be performed. For the two
operations to be carried out, 25 professionals
spent 11 hours on the donor and recipient.
Baby Emma only had to spend three weeks in
hospital, whilst her auntie Ana was discharged
within four days.
Two months on from her operation, baby
Emma has made a full recovery, and her aunt
was back at work within less than a week.
Blood Donor Day Tuesday June 14th
Murcias Regional Blood Donation Centre has
received more than one million donations in 25
years from 130,000 donors, 35,000 of whom
are regular donors.
In 2015 there were 60,067 donors of which
6,266 were first time donors.
To mark the 25th anniversary, a series of
activities are being held and June 14th will
see some of the largest donors of the region
recognised.
Schedule of Masses:
Every Saturday
Mass at 4.30pm (in English)
Every Sunday
Mass according to the extraordinary form
(in Latin) at 4.30pm
Schedule of Confessions:
Saturday from 3.15-4.20pm (also
request)
Sundays from 3.15-4.20pm
Fr. Octavio Carpena 676 219 445
Fr. Carlos Prats 628 824 555
on
St Francis of Assisi
After the death of St Francis, the brethren
loved and revered Brother Bernard as their
father and when it was his turn to die, many
ONE NIGHT IN VEGAS

Murcia & Almeria
brethren
came from all
parts of the
world to take
leave of him;
amongst
them
the
a n g e l i c
B r o t h e r
Giles,
who
when
he
saw Brother
B e r n a r d
exclaimed,
with
great
joy, Sursum
corda!
(Lift
up your heart!) Brother Bernard, Sursum
corda!
Now when the last hour of Brother Bernard
arrived, he begged to be raised in his bed
and thus addressed the brethren who
Three fantastic tributes One fabulous

show.
Tom Jones, Elvis Presley and Neil Diamond

are on stage. Open them and you will realise
that there are no better tributes around.
Each act has a wonderful stage presence
and emulates rich and professional voices.
Sir Tom Jones (Andy Wood),

Elvis (Simon Patrick),
Neil Diamond (JJ Jones)
Great music, super vocal ability and

showmanship - fabulous venues and a
fantastic evening to be had.
Helping Hands are proud to exclusively

present three of Europes award winning
top Tribute artistes who have now joined
together to produce their amazing Concert
- One Night in Vegas - the show that
never was.
Book your tickets for one of these concerts

via Linda Ruth Cook on Facebook or call
634 456 701
Close your eyes and you will believe that
Concert Schedule
10th July - Hotel Playa Grande, Mazarrn
18th September - Valle Del Este Golf & Spa,
Vera
surrounded him: Beloved brethren, I have

not many words to say to you; but I wish
you to consider that, as the religious order
which has been my choice has been yours
also, the hour which is now come for me
will also come for you; and this I find in my
soul to tell you, that for a thousand worlds
I would not have served another Lord than
our Saviour Jesus Christ. Now I accuse
myself before my Saviour and
before you all of every offence I have
committed; and I pray you, my dear
brethren, to love one another.
Having said these words and given other
good advice, he lay down on his bed, his face
radiant with joy and shining with celestial
brightness, of which all the brethren were
witnesses; and in that ecstasy of joy his
holy soul, crowned with glory, passed from
this present life to the blessed life of the
angels.
11th December - Hotel Puerto Juan Montiel,

Aguilas
Helping Hands small team of volunteers
work tirelessly to raise funds to help
animals and people locally. Please support
us by coming along to one of our organised
events, or pop into our charity shop in
Aguilas (donations of clothes, furniture,
appliances are always welcome), look at our
Facebook page to view the dogs available
for foster and adoption.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/
HelpingHandsSur
For The Rehoming Of Pets Large and Small
Roman Catholic Church

We are in St. Josephs Church (El Saladillo),
near Camposol and Mazarrn Country Club
urbanizations (exit 17, RM 3 motorway)
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Name
Location
Price
Courses
Starters
Main
Dessert
Drink
Coffee
Available
Amapola Restaurant
Bolnuevo
12,00
yes
btle wine
no
Tues-Sun
Bar Med
El Alamillo, Pto
Mazarrn
9,00
yes
1 drink
or dessert
Mon, WedSat
Bar Yan
Calasparra
6,50
14
yes
1 drink
or dessert
Mon-Fri
Bar/Restaurante La
Llana
Puerto De San
Pedro
From
10,00
yes
1 drink
yes
Mon-Fri
Cafe Buenavista
El Alamillo
9,00
salad
+3
salad
+3
yes
1 drink
or dessert
Tues-Sun
Elliots
Bolnuevo
9,50
yes
no
yes
Mon-Sat
La Chara
Isla Plana
9,00
yes
1 drink
or dessert
Tue-Sat
La Mariposa
Gebas
9,00
yes
no
yes
M/T/T/F/
Sat
La Taberna De Juan
Chara
Isla Plana
10,50
yes
no
or dessert
Mon-Sat
Mamma Mia
Pto de Mazarrn
10,00
salad+3
yes
1 drink
yes
Mon, WedFri
Piccolo
Camposol B
9,95
salad +2
no
1 drink
no
Everyday
Quality Indian
Camposol B
9,95
Any main
no
no
no
Everyday
Restaurante
Sagitario
Puerto de
Mazarron
9.00
yes
1 drink
no
Mon-Fri
Spice Villa
Camposol B
From
5,95
Chicken/
lamb
no
yes
no
Everyday
yes
1 drink
yes
Mon-Fri
Totana
9,00
Tropic Anas
Camposol A
6,00
10
opt
1 drink
no
Everyday
Viggos
Pto de Mazarrn
10.00
yes
1 drink
or dessert
Mon-Sat
Totana Tennis Club
salad
+3
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RED Entertainment
GREEN Charity & non-profit making events
ORANGE Special menus
BLACK Fiestas & important events
PURPLE Market, exhibitions, leisure & meetings
Please refer to the relevant advert or editorial for more details of events
Every Day
Breakfasts @ Tropic Anas, Camposol A from 3.50 9am-12pm

Breakfasts @ Lizs Caf, Camposol B (from 9am)
Breakfasts @ The Condado Club, Condado de Alhama 10am-12.30pm
Breakfasts @ Skye Bar and Pizzeria, Condado de Alhama 10am-12pm
Light Bites @ The Condado Club, Condado de Alhama 1-5pm
Afternoon Teas @ Skye Bar and Pizzeria, Condado de Alhama 2-6pm
Menu del Noche @ Caf Buenavista, Pto de Mazarrn from 7 inc a drink (Tues-Sun)
Earlybird Menu @ Spice Villa, Camposol B 12.50 inc btl wine for 2 6-8pm
Evening Menu @ Restaurante Amapola, Bolnuevo 16 pp inc btl wine for 2
3 Course Menu del Noche @ Elliots, Bolnuevo 16 (exc Sun)
Every Mon
Mazarrn Bay Bridge Club @ Pto de Mazarrn 9.30am

Gentle Yoga with Mari Carmen @ Bolnuevo 10am
Yoga with Lisa @ Yoga Shala Studio, Isla Plana 10.30am
Jellybeans Mother & Toddler Group @ The Condado Club, Condado de Ahama 11am
Ladies Chatterbox Sew and Sew @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 2.15pm
Zumba @ The Arches, Los Alcazares 5pm
Yoga with Lisa @ Yoga Shala Studio, Isla Plana 8.30pm
Platos Combinados Night @ Tropic Anas, Camposol A 6-8.30pm
Forget Me Not Respite Care @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 10.30am-1.30pm
Andreas Animal Rescue Collection @ Car Park, Camposol B 11.30am-1.30pm
Every Tue
Camposol B Clean Working Party @ Commercial Centre, Camposol B 8.30-10.30am

Camposol D Sector Community Group Working Party @ Camposol D
Mazarrn Bowls Club Roll Up Day
My Weigh, Free Weigh in for Slimmers @ The Arches, Los Alcazares 10am
Computer Clinic @ Tropic Anas, Camposol A 1-3pm
Petanque @ The Condado Club, Condado de Ahama 3pm
Guitar Group @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 4-7pm
English/Spanish Language Exchange @ Isla Plana Social Centre 6-9pm
Yoga in Spanish with Lisa @ Yoga Shala Studio, Isla Plana 6.30pm
Ballroom for Beginners @ The Arches, Los Alcazares 7pm
Advanced Ballroom @ The Arches, Los Alcazares 8pm
Karaoke Party Night with Byron @ Bar Med, El Alamillo, Pto de Mazarrn
Cavalli Foundation Pony Club 9.30am-1.30pm 35
Cavalli Foundation Pony Club 9.30am-4pm 45
MAMAS Collection/Book Stall @ Camposol B Car Park 10am-12pm
FAST Available for New Volunteers @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 11am
MAD for Collections @ Camposol A 11am-1pm
Every Wed
Mar Menor Golf Society Competition

Camposol C Gardening Group Clean Up @ Camposol C 9am
Gentle Yoga with Mari Carmen @ Bolnuevo 10am
SAMM International One Metre Club 11am
Masquerade Musicals Rehearsal @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 4pm
Meditation @ Yoga Shala Studio, Isla Plana 5pm
Menu del Noche @ Tropic Anas, Camposol A
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Zumba @ The Arches, Los Alcazares 5pm
Mazarrn AA Group @ Meeting Room adjacent to Caada de Gallego Church 5.30pm
Chi Kung @ Caf Buenavista, Pto de Mazarrn 6pm
Yoga with Lisa @ Yoga Shala Studio, Isla Plana 6.30pm
Line Dancing @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 7pm
Beacon of Light Meeting 7pm
Quiz Night with Stevie T/Play Your Cards Right @ Bar Med, El Alamillo, Pto de Mazarrn
Age Concern for tickets etc @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 10am-1pm
MABS Mazarrn Craft Group @ MABS Centre, Camposol B 11.30am
HAH Mar Menor Book & DVD Club 2.30-4.30pm
Every Thu
Every Fri
Camposol Market @ Camposol A

Mazarrn Bowls Club Roll Up Day
Mazarrn Bay Bridge Club @ Pto de Mazarrn 9.30am
Bokwa @ The Arches, Los Alcazares 10.30am
Spanish Lessons @ The Condado Club, Condado de Ahama 11am
Folk & Blues Club @ Camposol 1pm
Los Amigos de Mazarrn FC Meeting @ Camposol 4pm
Reiki Energy Experience @ Yoga Shala Studio, Isla Plana 5pm
Yoga in Spanish with Lisa @ Yoga Shala Studio, Isla Plana 6.30pm & 8.30pm
Age Concern for tickets etc @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 10am-1pm
Little Starfish Dog Rescue Table Top Sale @ Lower Car Park, Camposol A 10am
JJs Puppy Rescue Table Top Sale @ Lower Car Park, Camposol A 11am-1pm
Andreas Animal Rescue Collection @ Mazarrn Country Club 11.30am-1pm
HAH Mar Menor Book/Card Stall @ Los Narejos 2-4pm
Friday Art Group @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 9.45am-12.30pm
Book Stall/Camposol A Gardening @ Car Park Camposol A 10.30am-12.30pm
Miles A Weigh Slimming Club @ Bar Med, El Alamillo, Pto de Mazarrn 11am
SAMM International One Metre Club
10 Pin Bowling/Camposol C Greenfingers Garden Group @ Totana 4pm
English/Spanish/French/German Language Exchange @ Caf Buenavista,
Pto de Mazarrn 6-8pm
Mixed Grill Night @ Tropic Anas, Camposol A 10
Fish & Chips @ The Condado Club, Condado de Ahama 19.50 for 2 inc btl wine (5-8pm)
Fish & Chips @ Viggos, Pto de Mazarrn
Fish & Chips @ Skye Bar and Pizzeria, Condado de Alhama 7.95 (from 12pm)
Fish & Chips Night @ Bar Med, El Alamillo, Pto de Mazarrn
Romantic Evening Menu @ Restaurante Amapola, Bolnuevo 22 pp inc btl wine
Gourmet Menu Available @ Restaurante Amapola, Bolnuevo 25 pp inc btl wine for 2
Live Entertainment on the Terrace @ Bar Med, Pto de Mazarrn (from 24 June)
FAST @ Camposol B
MABS Mazarrn booking events etc outside Compusurf, Camposol B 11am
Age Concern booking events etc @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 12.30-2pm
Every Sat
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The Archaeological See of Begastri @ Cehegn 10.10am/11.15am/12.30am 2

Yoga in Spanish with Lisa @ Yoga Shala Studio, Isla Plana 10.30am
Free Tour of Moratalla 11.30am from Tourist Office
Tourism Activity Park Coto de las Maravillas Open, Cehegn
Harlequin Rock Choir @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 1.15pm
Live Entertainment @ Bar Med, Pto de Mazarrn (opt 3 Course Menu del Noche/A la Carte)
MABS MMM Book Sale @ The Arches, Los Alczares 10am-2pm
HELP MMM Sale of up-market clothes @ Los Alczares 10am-1pm
JJs Puppy Rescue Table Top Sale @ Pto de Mazarrn

Every Sun
The Archaeological See of Begastri @ Cehegn 10.10am/11.15am/12.30am 2

Tourism Activity Park Coto de las Maravillas Open, Cehegn
Quiz @ The Condado Club, Condado de Ahama 8pm
2 Course Sunday Lunch @ Tropic Anas, Camposol A 6 inc a drink
Meat Carvery/Vegetable Buffet @ La Mariposa, Gebas from 10.50
3 Course Sunday Lunch @ Elliots, Bolnuevo 11
3 Course Sunday Roast/Live Music @ The Condado Club, Condado de Ahama 12 (1-6pm)
Traditional Sunday Lunch @ Bar Med, El Alamillo, Pto de Mazarrn
Live Entertainment @ Blues House, Bolnuevo from 6pm
Open Day @ Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre, Rojales 1-4pm
JUNE
Wednesday 1
Fiestas Trinitario-Berberiscas Torre Pacheco

Photographic Exhibition @ Las Cobaticas, Cartagena (until 30th) free Tues-Sun 8.30am-3.30pm
Exhibition explaining the Salt Flats @ Las Salinas (until 30th) free Tues-Sun 8.30am-3.30pm
Los Nietos Golf @ Mar Menor 11am 40 members/45 non-members
Welcome Petanca @ Camposol A 2pm
Introduction to the Angels @ Yoga Shala Studio, Isla Plana 2pm
Ricky Patton @ The Arches, Los Alcazares
MABS MMM Volunteers Meeting @ Centro Civico, Roda Bar, Roda 11.15am
Age Concern Talking Shop Social @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 1.30-3.30pm
Thursday 2
Downhill Cycling/4 Course Lunch @ La Mariposa, Gebas 35 inc bike/guide/safety equip

Ladies Chatterbox Reading Group @ The Cultural Centre, Camposol B 2pm
Friday 3
La Aljorra Fiesta (until 12th June)

Costa Clida Country Music Club/Tex Mex Kowboys @ Camposol A 4 7.45pm
Camposol Golf Assocation Summer Ball/3 Course Meal @ Restaurant Amapola, Bolnuevo 25
MABS Murcia NW Outdoor Market Stall @ Calle Segura, Calasparra 9am-1pm
Mazarrn Bahia Leo Club @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 7-9pm
Saturday 4
Guided Tour of Parque Minero 7 10am at Parque Minero

St Nicholas Church Flower Festival & Fte @ C/Sorbrija 2248, D20 10.30am-2.30pm
ADAPT Open Day @ Pensionista Centre, Lo Pagan 10.30am-12pm
SABS Free Singing Course @ Centro Municipal Las Claras, Los Narejos 11am
Free Guided Walk/Mazarrn Ayuntamiento to The Erosions/Tower of the Horses (In English)
Free Walk along Miners Route La Union to Portman
Free Tour Of The Historic City of Lorca 11.30am from Tourist Office
Free Guided Tour of Historical Los Alcazares 10am from Tourist Office
Free 6km Walk Canaverosa Nature Reserve, Calasparra from the Sanctuary 1.30pm
Tour of Archaeological Museum in Alhama
Welcome Meeting @ Camposol A 2pm
Paraequestrian Event @ CFE Paco Rios, Alguazas (afternoon)
5th Dog Show in Mazarrn on Paseo Maritimo 5.30pm
Gammon Night @ Tropic Anas, Camposol A
Dereks Big Birthday/Mark Ellis as Miss Ruby Rox @ Bar Med, Pto de Mazarrn
John E Wood @ The Arches, Los Alcazares
Sunday 5
World Environment Day

Artisan Market @ Bullas
2 free open-air classical concerts celebrating World Environment Day

8.30pm Plaza Belluga/9.30pm Plaza de la Cruz, Murcia
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St Nicholas Church Flower Festival & Fte/Celebratory Service of Songs & Praise @
C/Sorbrija 2248, D20 10.30am
Guided Tour of Bullas 11am/12pm/1pm
KV Vertical Carrerea Regional Championship in Moratalla
Free Guided Tour of Jumilla to Coimbra del Barranco Ancho 11am from Tourist Office
Dramatized Tour of guilas in Spanish from Tourist Office
Los Duques @ Blues House, Bolnuevo from 6pm
Monday 6
Welcome 4 Day Trip to Cuenca/Toledo 190 inc 4 Star Hotel/Visit to Aranjuez/B&B

Mazarrn Bahia Lions @ Camposol 5pm
Tuesday 7
River Rafting/Breakfast/Menu del Dia @ Hotel Mariposa, Gebas from 60

Final day for Proxy votes for Referendum
HAH Volunteers Meeting @ Las Claras, Los Narejos 10.30am
Wednesday 8
Trip to Tabarca Island with Viajes Dragontours 32

ESAMD Dinner @ Spice Villa, Camposol B 7.30pm
Ladies Wot Lunch/The Buff Butler serving cocktails @ Bar Med, Pto de Mazarrn 1pm
Shirelle @ The Arches, Los Alcazares
MABS Murcia NW Volunteers Meeting @ 5pm
Thursday 9
Mazarrn Bowl Club @ Thursday Market, Camposol A
Friday 10
MCC Residents Social Club Mystery Day Trip/4 Course Meal/Drinks 22 members (24 non)
MAD Table Top Sale @ Camposol B 10am2pm
FAST Book Stall @ Camposol B
Forget Me Not Table Top Sale @ Camposol B
Saturday 11
Free Guided Nature Walk to La Perdiz with Mazarrn Ayuntamiento

Guided Tour of The Historic Centre of Aguilas in Spanish
Free Guided Tour of Historical Sites of Calasparra 8.30pm from Tourist Office
Free Guided Tour of Portman, La Union & Archaelogical Museum 10am
Free Guided Walk of 1,000 steps in Santiago de Ribera 11am from Tourist Office
Free Cycling Tour 12pm from Los Alcazares Sports Centre
Barbeque (no sausages or burgers) @ Tropic Anas, Camposol A
Dine & Dance/The Geckos @ Bar Med, Pto de Mazarrn
El Festival Ventepijo/Rock/Pop/Indie/Rap @ Pozo Estrecho 5 12.30pm
Woody @ The Arches, Los Alcazares
Rod Stewart Tribute/4 Course Meal @ La Mariposa, Gebas 15
MABS Mazarrn Charity Golf Day with Camposol Golf @ Camposol C
Sunday 12
Start of Diabetes Week

San Onofre y San Antonio Alguazas (up to & inc 13th)
Artisan Market @ Mula
Mazarrn Bowls Club Open Day @ Hacienda del Alamo 11am
C Gardening Street Party/Barbeque/Carl The Big Welshman @ Camposol C
The Geckos @ Blues House, Bolnuevo from 6pm
Tuesday 14
World Blood Donor Day

Stamp Collectors Meeting @ Biblioteca, Pto de Mazarrn 6pm
Wednesday 15
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Welcome House Card Crafting Class @ Cehegn 11am

Welcome Ladies Afternoon /Buffet/Terry Jay @ Camposol C 10

Fashion show by MABS Mazarrn & Age Concern @ Welcome Ladies Afternoon, Camposol C
Free Boat Trip from La Manga to Santiago de Ribera 12.15pm
Danny Ray @ The Arches, Los Alcazares
Friday 17
Comedy & Elton John Tribute/Basket Meal @ Bar Med, Pto de Mazarrn 8 tickets
MABS Mazarrn Book Sale @ Camposol B 9am-1pm
MABS MMM Share & Care Group @ San Javier 11am-1pm
Forget Me Not Table Top Sale @ Camposol B
Helping Hands Concert/Bella Luna @ Pto de Mazarrn 8 9pm
Saturday 18
Fathers Day Weekend/Pitu/4 Course Meal/Breakfast/Sunday Lunch @

La Mariposa, Gebas 109 per cpl
Free Guided Cultural Walk to Churches of Mazarrn
Free Guided Walking Tour of Theatres in Cehegin from Plaza del Castillo 9pm
Guided Tour of Parque Minero 7 10am at Parque Minero
Artisan Market @ Paseo de las Comunidades Autnomos, Pto de Mazarrn 10am-2pm
Free Guided Tour of Totana & Church Tower 10.30am from Town Hall
Free Guided Tour of Historical Murcia 10.30am Plaza de Belluga
Survival Zombie event in Mazarrn 11pm-7am
Free Guided Tour of Historical La Union 12pm
Camposol D Sector Community Group Spanish Party Night 15
Dine & Dance/Los Duques @ Bar Med, Pto de Mazarrn
Surf & Turf Night @ Tropic Anas, Camposol A
Kev Tyler @ The Arches, Los Alcazares
HELP Mar Menor Summer Fair @ The Arches, Los Alcazares 10am-2pm
Sunday 19
Fathers Day (UK)

Artisan Market @ Caravaca
Car Boot Sale @ Gins de Paco, Cehegn
Mountain Bike Challenge at El Sabinar 9.30am
Artisan Market @ Sanctuary de la Esperanza, Calasparra 10am-6pm
Ruta del Ferrocarril (Railway Route) with Aguilas Tourist Information Centre
Alhama Theatrical Tour in Spanish 11am from Tourist Office
Free Guided Tour of Old Town of Caravaca 11.15am from Castle
Fathers Day Lunch /Alex Scott/Janelle Unity @ Bar Med, Pto de Mazarrn
The Wild Cats @ Blues House, Bolnuevo from 6pm
San Animal Santuario Raft Race @ San Juan de los Terreros (register by 10.30am/race 12pm)
Tuesday 21
Welcome Book Swap @ ICA Medical Centre, Camposol B 10am-12pm
Wednesday 22
Welcome Summer Ball/Rob Sweeney/Champagne Reception/6 Course Meal/Drinks @

Pto de Mazarrn 29
Thursday 23
Voting in Referendum in UK
Straight Down The Middle Golf
Steve Clark @ The Arches, Los Alcazares
Friday 24
Las Palas Fiesta (until 3 July)

San Juan y San Pedro Fortuna and San Pedro
Dance Therapy with Lisa @ Yoga Shala Studio, Isla Plana 7pm
HELP MMM General Meeting @ Las Claras, Los Narejos 11.30am
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Party on the Plaza Launch Party/Derek Maddison @ Bar Med, Pto de Mazarrn
MAD Table Top Sale @ Camposol B 10am2pm
Age Concern Table Top Sale @ Camposol B
FAST Book Stall @ Camposol B
HELP MMM Charity Market @ Los Alcazres 11am-1pm
Saturday 25
Armed Forces Day

Free Guided Nature Walk to La Panadera with Mazarrn Ayuntamiento
Guided Tour of The Historic Centre of Aguilas in Spanish
Free Guided Tour of Portman, La Union & Archaelogical Museum 10am
Italian Night @ Tropic Anas, Camposol A
Rod Stewart Tribute/4 Course Meal @ La Mariposa, Gebas 15
Rebecca Holt @ The Arches, Los Alcazares
Party on the Plaza/Pitu @ Bar Med, Pto de Mazarrn
Mazarrn Bahia Lions Presidents Night/Scott James/3 Course Meal @ Camposol A 15
Sunday 26
6km Nature Walk, Pico del guila El Canaln, Cehegn 9am

Free Guided Tour of Modernist Cartagena 10.30am
Paraequestrian Event @ CE Sotomayor, Santa Ana, Cartagena
Monsters of Rock @ Blues House, Bolnuevo from 6pm
Tuesday 28
Monthly B Clean Meeting @ Camposol B 4pm

MABS Mazarrn Volunteers Meeting @ Camposol B 11.30am
Wednesday 29
San Pedro - Blanca

Trip to Benidorm Market with Viajes Dragontours 19
Cherry K @ The Arches, Los Alcazares
Age Concern Menu del Dia @ Pto de Mazarrn
Thursday 30

FOGGS Golf Game
JULY
Friday 1

Free Guided Cultural Walk to Mines of Mazarrn with Mazarrn Ayuntamiento
San Javier Jazz Festival (until 30th)
Saturday 2
ADAPT Meeting @ Pensionista Centre, Lo Pagan 10.30am

Welcome Meeting @ Camposol A 2pm
Hawaiian Night @ Tropic Anas, Camposol A
Gemma @ The Arches, Los Alcazares
Martin Ross/4 Course Meal @ La Mariposa, Gebas 15
Sunday 3
Artisan Market @ Bullas

The Streeters @ Blues House, Bolnuevo from 6pm
Tuesday 5
Free Guided Nature Walk to Los Lorentes with Mazarrn Ayuntamiento

Stamp Collectors Meeting @ Biblioteca, Pto de Mazarrn 6pm
HAH Volunteers Meeting @ Las Claras, Los Narejos 10.30am
Wednesday 6
Welcome Petanca @ Camposol A 2pm

Backyard Session @ The Arches, Los Alcazares
MABS MMM Volunteers Meeting @ Centro Civico, Roda Bar, Roda 11.15am
Age Concern Talking Shop Social @ Cultural Centre, Camposol B 1.30-3.30pm
Thursday 7
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Free Guided Nature Walk to El Parrillar with Mazarrn Ayuntamiento
Ladies Chatterbox Reading Group @ The Cultural Centre, Camposol B 2pm
MABS Murcia NW Volunteers Meeting @ 5pm
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Last month
we referred
to
Steve
Hanks, who
was our live
act on 6th
May (his first
time with us)
as a wellestablished
name in the
UK.
From
his first song it was apparently obvious
why. He was certainly one of the best acts
we have had in our 3 years running this
club. Even with a broken finger, his guitar
playing was outstanding. All we could hear
at the end of the night was When can you
Here Comes Summer!

We hope you will have a wonderful summer
and suggest a few things for you to do to
make the summer more entertaining.
On June 8th we will be taking a boat trip
to Tabarca Island, to spend some time
on the beach, snorkellling in the crystal
clear waters, or just chilling out in a
bar overlooking the sea; whatever suits
you on this stress-free day. Tabarca is a
very small island it is worth taking a
hike around the uninhabited side of the
island, bird watching and enjoying the sea
breezes. The built-up side of the island
is fascinating; historical buildings include
a recently renovated church and a few
hotels, one of which in the 18th century
belonged to the Spanish military and
housed the Captain General. The island is
on the World Heritage list for underwater
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come back again?

Another new name to our club, LA Country,
were due to appear on Friday 3rd June,
but as they have cancelled, we will have
a return visit from Tex Mex Kowboys that
night.
Our dances are held in Marianos Camposol

A on the first Friday of each month starting
at 7.45pm. Requests are played from then
until 9pm when the live act entertains us.
Entry is only 4.
Just a reminder that there are no
dances during July and August.
Ann and Roys Line Dancing, which is
FREE, continues each Wednesday evening
at 7pm in the Camposol Culture Centre.
If you need any further information, have
a look at our Facebook page.
flora and fauna and is highly protected, so

it is still possible to enjoy the clean beach
and coves full of life.
We will be running a coach to Benidorm
most Wednesdays during the summer, so
this is a perfect way to entertain visitors
and family. Pop in and see us for your
reservations.
On August 12th we will go to Mojacar for
their annual Star-Shower, Fire Festival.
We can also offer interesting trips to keep
your guests occupied kayaking, boat
trips into the Med, horse-back riding on
the beach and of course water-park tickets
and theme park tickets to the parks in
Murcia and in Benidorm.
Our
annual
Grape-stomping
extravaganza, with a tour of a winery and
ecological olive farm, is on the programme
for September 20th. Just 29 including
tasting.
The Roman and Carthaginian Festival
in Cartagena is an amazing show, including
the battle between the armies with a
reserved seat and free time to enjoy the
fiestas. This will be on September 23rd.
We have recently received an amazing
offer for a Pullmantur Transatlantic
Cruise, leaving Bilbao on September 17th,
with stops in Lisbon, St Martens, Aruba
and finishing in the Panamanian city of
Colon, with return flights to Madrid, for
as little as 750 plus taxes (190) per
person for interior and 825 per person
for exterior + taxes. From Alicante you
can take a direct flight to Bilbao. This is
an all-inclusive cruise, 15 nights, at an
unbeatable price.
Other suggestions for Cruises might
be to the Fiords this summer to escape
the inevitable heat, or to visit the Baltic
Capitals including an overnight in Saint
Petersburg.
Take your time planning that perfect
summer outing with the family and dont
forget after the summer comes time for
yourselves and of course Christmas is not
that far away! We have the brochures in
our office to help you make your choices.
We look forward to hearing from you
very soon and seeing you in our office on
Camposol A.
Tel 968 199 021
Email info@dragontours.net
See you soon and have a very HAPPY
SUMMER!
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On a beautiful sunny 27th April, with

virtually no wind, Straight Down the
Middle society members arrived at
Camposol Club de Golf for the monthly
Stapleford Competition.
The course is an ever improving picture
and with plenty of water being applied, the
fairways and greens present a good test to
all levels of golfer. As the players moved
around the course it was reported that a
lot of the local wild life had come out to
see what was going on!! Large lizards were
spotted on the 9th and 3 terrapins decided
to sunbathe on the sides of the lake on 16.
Top of the League

From here in the South and then North to
Alicante there are 14 Lawn Bowls Clubs.
That means a lot of travelling for Mazarrn
BC every other week and sometimes twice
weekly to play their league games. It
becomes worthwhile when the effort brings
success as now when they find themselves
at the top of the South Alicante Bowling
Alliance Summer League, Hurricane
Division!
At the time of writing Mazarrn BC (the
team is known as Mazarrn Miners) had
just welcomed nearest neighbours Country
Bowls BC to their home rink at Hacienda
del Alamo - local derby so to speak!
Playing six rinks of Triples matches there
were some big scores, plus and minus, for
both sides, but Mazarrn Miners took the
match finally by 4 rinks to 2 and winning
the cumulative shots count by 115 shots
to 102. Overall this gave the result to
Mazarrn Miners by 10 league points to
4. All credit to Skip Brian Robertson with
his team mates Colin Appleton at No2 and
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Clive Hathaway on 39 points.
When all the

cards were
checked,
11
players
had
better
than
30
point scores.
The winner
was
John
Dowgill (no
photo) with
a score of
40, followed
c l o s e l y
by
Mike
Harrison and
The Nearest The Pin Winners were Nick

Powell and John Brown.
John Brown is pictured collecting his trophy
for winning last year, as he was unable to
attend the presentation evening held in
February.
The June meeting will be held at Paraleja
Golf on Thursday 22nd. Interested members
and guests welcome.
Geoff Sharp
hatters45@msn.com
Janet Rogers at lead who extended their

100% winning record this far into the
season.
For those Members who prefer to play

social bowls without the tension of Inter
Club competition, there are roll-up Club
Days on Tuesdays and Thursdays with
visitors welcome at any time. On a one-off
basis, additional to these days, Mazarrn
Miners is organizing a special Open Day
on Sunday 12th June starting at 11am at the
Clubs bowling rink at
Hacienda del Alamo.
This will be free to
all who care to come
along; the idea is to
introduce the sport
to newcomers who
might then discover
a new social sporting
pursuit and hidden
skills. There will be
members on hand
to answer questions
and demonstrate the
game, along with all
equipment needed including bowls to let

everyone have a go. Refreshments will be
available at the rink Cafeteria. All that is
needed is a pair of flat soled heelless shoes
or at least soft shoes without heavy treads.
There will also be a stand at Camposol
market on Thursday, 9th June, to answer
any queries.
To make contact phone Sue Hattrell on

968 163 769
Email mazarronbc@live.co.uk
Gordon Tottey on 968 131 846
Doug Macfarlane on 968 429 980
Email douglas@macfarlane.biz
Mens Cat 1
(0-19)
Winner
Steve Cook
35pts
RunnerUp - Kevin
H a n l o n
35pts
on
count back
Mens Cat 2 (20-28)
Winner - Jim Hall 35pts
Runner-Up - Clive Sutton 35pts on count
back
Ladies Placings
Winner - Olly Hill 34pts
Runner-Up - Jenny Hanlon 34 pts on
count back
Golfing Away Day at Aguilon

The CGA held their Spring Golfing Away
Day at Aguilon Golf Course on 22nd April.
The course was in good order and the
weather, although overcast, was ideal
for golf.
All 36 people who took part
thoroughly enjoyed the day.
On their
return to Camposol a 3 course meal was
arranged at 10 a head to which nonplaying partners were welcomed.
Summer Ball
The CGAs Summer Ball has now been
booked at the Amapola Restaurant,
Bolnuevo for 3rd June. Everyone said last
years ball at the same venue was the best
one ever. 90 people have already signed
up. The cost is 25 with 5 extra if you
require transport. The meal includes Cava
on arrival, 3 courses and a bottle of wine
per person.
May Club de Golf Competition

The Competition was sponsored by Avalon
whose representative presented the prizes
to the following:
Autumn Golfing Away Day

The CGA is planning an away day at the
end of September or early October and
looking at Lorca as a possible venue.
There will be more news on this nearer the
time when this has been confirmed.

Charitable Donations
The CGA will present a cheque to MABS
for 650 at their Charity Golf Day on 11th
June at Camposol Golf. Put your name
down to play golf as all the proceeds from
the day go to MABS. It should be a good
day out.
The CGA has a similar cheque for 650 to
present to FAST.
For the CGA to raise more funds for our
chosen charities we intend to hold a
Charity Quiz Night on Friday 21st October
at Marianos, Camposol A. The Quiz will
be held in conjunction with the Harlequin
Choir. Make a note in your diary and come
along so that we can swell our funds to
pass on to our charities next year.
Christmas Dinner Dance
We have booked the ever popular
Hotel Costas Celebration Rooms for
our Christmas Dinner Dance on 9th
December. Tickets 25 for an 8 course
meal, coffee, liquors, wine, beer, water
AND soft drinks all the time you are eating
your meal. There will be an optional bus
stopping at all the usual stops on Camposol
and Mazarrn Country Club for 5 return.
bettylloyd1560@hotmail.com
O v e r a l l
W i n n e r
Paqui
Martinez
42pts
Runner-Up
- Julie White
37pts
Ladies Lunch
The CGAs Ladies Section had a luncheon
at the Golf Club on 22nd March. We usually
have a get together just before Christmas,
but as the ladies had various other functions
to go to, they could not fit it in. There was
going to be a Golf Competition before the
lunch, but unfortunately it rained and was
cancelled.
After lunch the prizes which
had been running over the past six months
were presented to the winner Julie White
and Vron Porter who came second. The
Golf Club did us proud with sandwiches,
cakes and cream teas. Julie also brought in
some homemade sweets which went down
really well with the ladies.
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Nineteen-handicapper Peter Eades came

out on top in Los Nietos Golf Societys May
monthly competition at Hacienda Riquelme.
Peter posted a score of 36 Stableford
points, two points ahead of second-place
Iain Furniss.
Stone, Alan McNicol and Iain Furniss.

Alan Walsh, who was celebrating his
birthday, was presented with the Captains
Samurai Sword prize.
Twenty players took part in the competition
and afterwards were joined by wives,
partners and friends for a presentation
dinner at El Fraile Bar and Restaurant in
Los Nietos.
Playing off a handicap of 14, Iain picked

up the prizes for Nearest the Pin at holes
15 and 17 and for his second shot to the
tenth green.
The next outing is on Wednesday June 1st

(11am) at Mar Menor 40 for members,
45 for guests, including buggy. New
members and guests are always welcome.
In third place on 32 points was Darrell

Merrett and fourth was Bill Stone who
scored 31 points.
Society Captain Rod Smith won the prize
for the Longest Drive on the fourth fairway.
Vice-Captain Glyn Greasley was Nearest
the Pin at the fifth and Kevin Shackleton
Captains Day 9th May at Valle del Este

44 members of Los Amigos Golf Society
were able to subscribe to the competition to
be played in a manner similar to the Ryder
Cup format. Slight adjustments had to be
made to the acknowledged format. To keep
it simple, the format was in three elements
with each group of four playing the first six
holes as a two ball better ball followed by
a Texas Scramble and culminating with 12
singles matches.
Transport to the venue was by coach with
a pre-ordered English breakfast on arrival.
The competition was planned by Captain
Mike Drummond and, after a few words
of explanation, it worked perfectly. There
were two teams divided into 11 groups
of four and these were aptly named the
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was Nearest the Pin at the seventh.

The team prize went to Darrell Merrett, Bill
To find out more, email crazygolfers55@

gmail.com or call in at El Fraile Bar and
Restaurant, Los Nietos.
Celts, captained by Mike Drummond and

the Saxons, captained by Ron Johnston.
Last years memories of Valle del Este were
of a very good course with some areas
that could be better landscaped. However,
this year the course was in immaculate
condition with several recently landscaped
areas and the fairways being quite pliant
underfoot. The competition was very
close with a final result of just two points
separating the winners and the losers.
The winners were the Saxons, but the
most important aspect of the whole day
was a really good competition held in a
most friendly atmosphere with golf being
the outright winner.
Winners of the four Nearest The Pin

competitions were:
Hole 2: Gareth Buckland at 3 metres.
Hole 6: Joe Malone at 5.1 metres.
Hole 12: Willie Crosby at 2 metres.
Hole 14: Neil Macfarlane at 0.29 metres!
Watch out for hole 12 at 73 yards Tee to

front of green. Gordon Neilson made a
drive of 130 yards. 65 yards to a rock in
front of the green and 65 yards back to
where it started!
Our sincere thanks go to the staff at Valle
del Este for their endeavours in helping
make it an excellent day. Also thanks to
Karen and her staff at the Valle del Este
Sports Bar and finally, to Black Bull for
yet another most enjoyable Presentation
Evening.
More than 30 boats from Murcia and Alicante

and Almeria and fans and lovers of water
sports enjoyed two days of competition
combined with leisure activities.
The yacht Fandango 3002 with Francisco

Javier Sabiote was the eventual winner of
the race. Second place went to the yacht
Hakuna S with Angel Morilla. Third place
went to Manuel Gambn with his yacht
Dieselrec. Fourth place went to Argo
Navis 3 with Pedro Martinez from the Club
de Regatas Mazarrn.
In class III, the yacht Black Octopus
with Pedro Gil from Real Club of Torrevieja
took first place. Saleroso with Luis Carlos
Martinez from the Yacht Club in Aguilas
came second and the boat Zalata Esther
Villalba from Real Club de Cartagena came
third.
3 boats from the Real Club de Regatas de

Cartagena occupied the top three positions
in the overall standings of classes I and II.
Two fixtures in April kept Fuente Old

Guard busy in their tenth anniversary
year with the Doubles Match Play event
held at the Hacienda Academy course
on April 14th and the monthly Stapleford
Competition taking place at Condado de
Alhama on April 28th.
In class IV, the winner was Antonio Carrasco

with the yacht Aqua from Aguilas Yacht
One, Neil McFarlane took first prize with

33 points with Gerry McRobert a close
second with 32 points.
Club, followed by two yachts from the Real

Club de Regatas de Cartagena; Juan Manuel
Gutirrez and Aureliano Gmez competing
with the vessels Aitana III and Garola
III.
sharing the rollover Twos Pot of 130.
Nearest the Pin Winners were Neil

McFarlane, Jim Kinniburgh, Barry Martin
and Peter Hansford with Barry and Peter
Our next game is at Hacienda del Alamo

on June 30th. If anyone would like to
join FOGGS or just play as a guest
please contact us by email at info@
fuenteoldguardgolfsociety.com
The Match Play winners this year were

Ray Greenham and Chris Andrews who
narrowly beat Gavin Elbourne and Michael
Laycock in a hard fought final. The overall
Stapleford Competition was won by Peter
Hansford with 35 points and was also clear
winner of Division Three.
Runner-Up to Peter overall was Jeff Brain
with 35 points, but this was enough to
give Jeff top spot in Division Two with the
Runner-Up in that division being Colin
May with 29 points.
Andy Paul took second place in Division
Three with 25 points, but in Division
Following the game, Fuente Old Guard

moved on down to the impressive Condado
Club situated at the southern end of the
complex where we enjoyed an excellent
buffet and commenced to make our
presentations including awards to our
three founder members Jim Kinniburgh,
Gavin Elbourne and Bob Daffon.
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Los Amigos de Mazarrn FC is

celebrating its 10th birthday this year.
As the ex-pat community in the Mazarrn
area grew, small groups of football fanatics
started following the local football team,
Mazarrn FC. They formed a supporters
club and an inaugural meeting was held in
2006, attended by a mere 14 people. A
meeting was then arranged with Mazarrn
FC which was attended by club officials
including the President. This heralded
the start of a friendly, close and on-going
relationship with Mazarrn FC.
The name Los Amigos de Mazarrn

FC (the friends of Mazarrn FC) was
adopted and, in the months that followed,
a lot of work was put in to ensure the
success of this club. A Player of the
Year award was presented and an end
of season Dinner Dance was enjoyed
by supporters and representatives of the
football club. By the end of the 2005/2006
season, membership had grown to 45. It
was agreed that Los Amigos would also
support the Mazarrn junior football teams
and training equipment such as bibs, balls
and kit bags, were presented at the start
of the 2006/2007 season.
Membership continued to increase to well

over 100 and coach travel was provided
to all the away games at a time when
away support of Spanish clubs was
virtually unknown. Season 2006/2007
saw Mazarrn FC promoted to Segunda
B for the first time in its 80 year history.
However, success was short lived and they
were relegated the following season.
Los Amigos continued to organise social
events for its members and their guests
and introduced a 100 Club to supplement
other fund raising efforts. However,
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despite finishing a creditable sixth in the

Tercera Division in 2008/2009, the impact
of relegation and the withdrawal of the
sponsor, San Antonio, brought increasing
financial pressures.
The summer of 2009 almost saw the
demise of Mazarrn FC. Stories of unpaid
bills and players not being paid had been
circulating for some time. Certain players
then took action against the club to
recover unpaid wages and the club was
unable to find the necessary monies to pay
the league registration fee to the Murcia
Football Federation for the 2009/2010
season. At the last minute Los Amigos
stepped in to make an emergency payment
to the club and also provided the playing
kit for the forthcoming season. Without
this intervention there is little doubt that
Mazarrn FC would have folded.
The Executive Committee of Los Amigos
then redoubled its efforts to ensure that
it could continue to assist in preserving
the long term future of Mazarrn FC.
Many social and fund raising events were
organised and it was agreed that an annual
Gala Evening and Dinner would be held,
attended by a celebrity guest speaker from
the sporting world. The first dinner was
held on Tuesday 9 February 2010 when
Dave Bassett was the speaker. The event
proved to be a tremendous success and
raised over 2000 as well as attracting
huge publicity and further enhancing the
profile of Los Amigos.
Members have enjoyed go-karting, bowls,

motor racing in Cartagena, quiz nights,
a two night trip to Valencia, regular
luncheons, Presidents Ball and the Los
Amigos de Mazarrn Player of the Year
Function which is attended by players and
staff of Mazarrn FC.
The Presidents Ball this year will be extra

special as it will celebrate ten years of Los
Amigos and a wonderful programme has
been lined up. The event will be on Tuesday
28th September and Queen Universe will
provide their very own tribute to Queen
with comedian Justin Sane presenting
his unique brand of comedy. With a local
magician performing close-up tricks at the
tables it promises to be a great evening.
Tickets 15 including supper, or 10
without food.
Two subsequent relegations in the 2010/11

and 2011/12 seasons saw Mazarrn FC
playing in the Primera Autonomica at the
start of the 2012/13 season and they had
to rebuild with a team comprising of mainly
local players supplemented by a very
strong youth setup which today has teams
from the ages of 6 to 18 years playing in
league competitions.
The success of the annual Gala Dinner
together with other fund raising activities
organised by Los Amigos meant that
the supporters club was able to continue
its financial support to Mazarrn FC.
The Gala Dinner and associated events
alone have raised over 21,000 since its
inception in February 2010.
As the 2015/16 season draws to a close

Mazarrn FC are still in with a chance of a
second successive promotion via the playoffs to the Tercera Division of the Spanish
League.
Slowly but surely the efforts of the Club

President Jose Rodriguez to take Mazarrn
FC forward started to show some reward.
Two seasons of consolidation in the Primera
Autonomica were followed by promotion
via the play-offs back to the Preferente
Autonomica in the 2014/15 season.
Los Amigos de Mazarrn FC weekly

meetings are held every Thursday at The
Club House, Camposol C at 4 pm with the
exception of the last Thursday of each
month which is reserved for the Members
Business Meeting and open to members
only.
Throughout the difficult times, the support

of Los Amigos has never wavered. There
are now over 150 members who enjoy
an active social programme in addition
to continuing to support Mazarrn FC at
both home and away games.
Los Amigos membership costs just 10

which includes reduced coach travel and
reduced prices to most of our social events.
For tickets and more information email
pamada.1130@yahoo.co.uk
With the closure of the jetty at CTD by

the Spanish Costas, a change in the race
management was forced upon SAMM.
Their new Whaly support boat had to
be used as a Committee Boat with a rib
loaned by the Shoestring Group in the
support role. Despite this, on Sunday April
24th, there were two exciting races in near
perfect conditions.
In the first 6 lap race the three Balaton
Group boats Conny, a Balaton 18, Mistral
and Sirocco, both Sailfish 18s were neck
and neck over the line and fighting it out all
the way. The Hartley ran a steady course,
as did Shoestring Cuatro, a Gamba.
Just before the finish Conny was baulked

by Sirocco who got into irons right in front
of her whilst trying to round the mark.
The necessary avoiding action cost both
boats time, pushing them back in the final
placings. Brian in Shoestring Dos, a Laser
2000, decided to be an early star by doing
an extra lap, much to the amusement of
everybody.
It was then decided to run a second race

of four laps. With the wind springing up
it was over in twenty eight minutes with
Conny showing what she can do with the
right crew.
A good day, with very tight racing between

the seven boats, evidenced by some of the
time differences between each place of
being just 2, 9, 13 and 15 seconds.
For more info on SAMM have a look at
their website at www.sailingmarmenor.
com
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buyers account for one in every five
properties sold in Spain.
Topping the list are British buyers, followed
by Chinese, German, Belgium and French.
New home sales increased by over 15%
and mortgage approvals have seen a
similar rise. The national average house
prices index shows a slight 0.1% rise,
though the coastal areas of southern Spain
buck the trend with a 4.4% increase in
value.
Conversely, there has been a drop of 9% in
the number of expats (of all nationalities)
living in Spain. This has rather perplexed
the authorities who are at a loss to
explain this anomaly. Recent changes to
the Padron register has been the popular
reason, as expats no longer see the need
to continually present themselves at their
local Town Hall. Whilst this is certainly a
major contributor, many Spanish property
experts also cite the 2012 implementation
of the Worldwide Asset Declaration policy,
requiring residents to declare all of their
assets for tax and corruption assessment.
Many would-be buyers are put off by
this excessive scrutiny of their personal
financial affairs, causing them to hold
off their move to Spain, or to leave their
financial affairs in the UK and live in Spain
anonymously to avoid these required tax
submissions. A further reason has been
mooted, suggesting many of those who
moved out to Spain during the exponential
growth times between 2000 and 2008
have slowly begun to return for personal,
family or health reasons, having done their
5-10 year average stay.
businesses, footfall hasnt been this good

for many years.
On a recent visit to the UK, I carried out
a personal survey on the subject of living
the good-life in Sunny Spain I was quite
shocked that almost everyone I spoke to
embraces the desire to move abroad at
some point in the near future and Spain
still topped the list, proving that we can
still expect a steady stream of new buyers
in the years to come.
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Coast & Country
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810 666
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646 859
960
044
691
766
354
742
923
214
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646 705 021
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634 326 804
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626 960 354

968 150 755
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669 565 402
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968 138 638
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662 531 572
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97
Spring has brought some amazing

surprises; some just for the Cavalli
Foundation family and others brought
about by and for people collaborating with
Cavalli.
huge sigh of relief. Her hooves are being

trimmed and gradually brought back into
line. She and Salvado are living loose on
the beautiful farm owned by Raul and his
wife, Nuria, happy and in peace.
First of all there was the birth of the

goslings; four babies to the most mature
mummy goose and three to one of the
younger mums. The oldest goslings are
getting on very well and already changing
their feathers. The three little ones still
need a lot of looking after. One of them,
(weve called him Lucky), was actually
hatching during a rainstorm and mum
had left her nest unattended so he got
cold and wet and we had to warm him
under a lamp. It took all day and night
for him to dry out, hold his head up and
actually get to his feet, but in the morning
of the second day he was starving, strong
and healthy, so we put him back with
mum. Since then hes fallen down the
steps and learned to climb the garden
stairs and hes ended up in the pool and
learned to swim. Hes the cleverest of the
lot! Weve got a third goose broody, so it
looks as if well have more little ones by
the time you read this. If anyone would
like to adopt little geese please contact us
- see contact details below.
Its nice to start telling you about happy

events, but we have been so sad as we
lost our chocolate labrador, Deacon. He
wasnt well and we took him urgently to the
Veterinary Hospital where we were told he
had internal bleeding due to a tumour on
the spleen. He was in the hospital over the
weekend and when we picked him up after
being on the drip he was a lot better. We
took him to our vet in Alhama for a scan
and were told that all his vitals were fine
and that if operated on he could have
another 2 good years, so we decided to
operate. Sadly Deacon was much worse
than had been thought and he died on the
operating table. We were devastated.
Lucera, the mare that was to be put down

because of what her owner believed to
be chronic laminitis, was also taken up to
Barcelona by Raul. The first thing he did
was to take off her shoes and she gave a
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The other wonderful surprise was that the

pony found on Good Friday, choking and
with his eye bashed, was taken home to
Barcelona by Raul, a barefoot farrier. The
pony was given the name Salvado which
means saved.
Hes calmed down and
proved that he can still trust people in spite
of the dreadful cruelty he had to suffer.
Raul and his vet are treating his eye. He
will always be blind in that eye, but the
infection and the pain are being dealt with
and he is healing nicely.
The first paraequestrian event of the

Murcia League Riding for the Disabled
was held during the Dressage Show
held on 17th April at the Maipe Riding
Club. It was a great success and all our
young paraequestrian riders thoroughly
enjoyed
themselves.
The
second
paraequestrian event of the League will be
held on Saturday afternoon 4th June at the
CFE Paco Rios in Alguazas and at the end
of June Sunday 26th, will be the third event
of the Paraequestrian League, to be held at
CE Sotomayor, Santa Ana, Cartagena. If
anybody would like to take part in the
league or just ride in one of these events,
please contact Cavalli Foundation as we
represent the section of adapted riding in
the Murcia Riding Federation.
Cavalli has a new therapeutic team
working on Horse Assisted Therapy and
Adapted Riding. At present there is a
programme for adolescents with learning
difficulties lacking social skills and there
is a second programme, Hipotherapy for
younger
children
with
physical
disabilities.
After just a few sessions
with the horses everyone has seen great
improvements. Once again, if you would
like more information contact us.
As summer is just around the corner, we
have organised our Summer Camps and
Pony Mornings which will be running
throughout the holidays.
Cavalli Foundation
Carretera El Palmar/Mazarrn
Los Ventorrillos
La Costera de Alhama
Email
infocavallifoundation@gmail.com
Tel (00 34) 636 172 198
Message us through Facebook
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