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Tenerife News

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EDITION 487
FRIDAY 1st NOVEMBER TO THURSDAY 14th NOVEMBER 2013
HUMAN TIDE OF PEOPLE
Style
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Stone wall prompts public protest
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Photo courtesy of Vecinos Por el Puerto
MUSEOS DE TENERIFE
UERTO de la Cruz is going through major
changes but certain elements of the transformation are not pleasing everyone.
More than 400 people took
part in a protest march on
October 26th to show their
opposition to part of the San
Telmo 1.5 million euros face-lift.
It was described as “a human
tide of people”.
They are unhappy that an
historic wall bordering the walk
is to be demolished to make
way for railings of wood and
stainless steel.
Banners were waved with the
slogan “Save San Telmo” as the
peaceful procession meandered
its way along the sea promenade
and a manifesto was read both
in Spanish and English.
Organisers, the citizen’s
platform Maresia said it was time
to “defend the little heritage left
to us” and accused the
administrations of failing to listen
to them. They said the stone wall
was a symbol because it
connected Puerto to the past, as
well as acting as a proven
defence to the waves. Instead of
being repaired, it should be
cleaned up and repaired.
Protestors made it clear that
they are not against the majority
of improvements for Puerto
which already seem to be turning
the tide for its fortunes and
attracting more visitors. There is
no argument about general
beautification of the area,
replacement of street furniture,
sanitation and beach clearance,
renovation of building facades
and so on.
It is the stone wall which has
become the focal point of the
“Save San Telmo” campaign,
with the protest winning support
from other organisations such as
Vecinos por el Puerto, Si se
Puede, United Left Canaria and
PSOE councillors.
There have been more than
2,000 complaints about the
project and an on-line petition
calling on Cabildo president,
Carlos Alonso to modify the
work.
A plea to the King
Will you help the Canary Islands?
T
HE Canary Islands has delivered its strongest message yet about what it sees as neglect,
mistreatment and lack of funds.
President of the archipelago, Paulino Rivero is writing
letters direct to the King and
Spanish Prime Minister in
which he will call for urgent
action.
He says the “indifference,
irresponsibility and disloyalty”
shown to the islands is
unprecedented in the recent
history of democracy.
Sr. Rivero also claims the
“misunderstanding” of the
situation of the Canary Islands
has become a State problem
and that they are becoming
“increasingly further away
from Spain.” He also warns that
this is going to get worse and
asks directly if the King is
prepared to let this happen.
The Canary president has
spoken out on his personal
website and as at October 27th
when he made his comments,
said he would be writing
“within the next few days”.
He says the Canary Islands
have always been totally loyal
yet believes the rights and
needs of its two million citizens
are not being met.
“In the recent years,
government departments have
refused the bread and salt to
the Canarians of the seven
islands,” he wrote.
Calling for special
attention, Sr. Rivero said the
current government seemed
determined to break all the
bridges of compromise,
dialogue and collaboration.
Now, their hand was being
forced because of the
anticipated State budget for
2014 and the unsatisfactory
amount the Canaries would
receive.
Meantime, Tenerife Cabildo says the island needs 250
million euros more than
anticipated from the State to
finance important projects
and help create jobs.
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STRIKE ACTION
Airport lifts anger taxis
T
AXI drivers in the tourist municipalities of the
south are to demonstrate against “countless
cases of intrusion”.
They say they are absolutely
fed up with airport trade being
taken away from them and
were due to strike on October
30th and November 15th as a
protest.
Various people have come
under fire, including private
residents who charge around
20 euros cash-in-hand for
Fury continues over
sunbeds
PROTEST PLANNED
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airport lifts, hotels which
organise pick-ups and
transport companies. These,
claim the drivers, ignore the
regulations and roam around
the island without anyone
putting a stop to their
activities.
The taxi drivers have also
singled out councils for doing
nothing about the complaints
and adding to their difficulties
during the worst economic
crisis. As a result of these
intrusions, they say jobs are
being destroyed and the
livelihood of 4,000 dependent
families threatened.
Reverse auction
fun at Worten
W
OULD you like to look at a product and
then decide what is the LOWEST price
you would like to pay for it?
OS Cristianos is likely to see protests about
the ongoing unresolved issue of no sunbeds
on one of the beaches.
Some traders have asked
for permission to mount a
demonstration to show their
disgust at the situation which
has seen the beach near the
harbour without hammocks
or umbrellas since the
summer.
Arona Council promises it
is doing everything within its
power and expects a new
contract to be awarded
shortly, either by the end of
this year or in January.
However, business owners
in the open central zone say
this is not good enough and
that Los Cristianos is being
“abandoned” by the authority
and tourists are going
elsewhere.
The service was suspended in July as it had been
operating for two years without
a proper contract. Traders say
this is causing the area
economic harm and that their
offer to take over management
and provision of the sunbeds
received no answer.
Sounds a dream but that is exactly what will be happening
at the new Worten store in M.C. El Trompo in La Orotava on
Saturday, November 2nd!
As part of a feast of lower prices, a “reverse auction will be
held, during which customers set the price of the product on
offer. Those taking part will decide what they would pay and
the person who makes the lowest bid (provided it is not
duplicated) in with a chance of getting it for the price indicated
on the coupon.
This will happen every hour throughout the day, with four
coupons being drawn and the winners will be called.
This reverse auction will involve products such as tablets,
laptops, TVs, consoles and major appliances. In addition, guests
will enjoy entertainment in store from DJs and a 20% discount
on all Worten catalogue products (with the exception of
products already on promotion or with additional discounts).
You can find out more about the day, called “La fiesta de
los precious bajas or “The fiesta with the lowest prices on
www.worten.es
“SECOND BLOW”
Row over airport fire cover
A row has broken out over fire-fighting provision at Tenerife’s north airport
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NIONS claim the new extended operating
hours at Los Rodeos will mean no cover between 5am and 6am and say this is the second blow following the withdrawal of medical service in January.
However, this has been denied by the airports authority AENA
which pledges that if anything happened within this specific
hour, it would be dealt with by 1-1-2 and the Consortium of Fire
Brigades.
The new operating hours came into effect on October 27th
and are expected to bring a big boost to the economy and
allow more flights and connections.
Unions say AENA is undermining the quality and speed of
the response to any emergency at the airport and it is all down
to privatisation and profit. They had already warned that loss of
the medical service could cause serious harm to passengers
who required emergency health care.
AENA says it is actively promoting health cover at Los Rodeos,
offering staff training and installing defibrillators.
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NEWS
Clampdown
Protestors take
on
nuisance
to the streets
calls
TRAFFIC CONGESTION
P
ROTESTORS from La Laguna have been causing rush-hour traffic congestion in the vicinity of the Alcampo roundabout.
Residents from Las Chumberas say they are fed up
waiting for action to replace
their homes because of the
presence of aluminium which
can cause serious health
problems. They first took to
the streets two years ago and
are blaming the authorities for
the delay in anything being
done.
Two protests have already
taken place, with protest
banners and whistles, with the
demonstration causing traffic
tailbacks and delays.
On October 30th, a meeting
is due to take place in Madrid
when it is hoped the situation
will be resolved once and for
all. To coincide with this,
another protest will take place
in the same location.
La Laguna council, Tenerife
Cabildo and the Canar y
Government would be willing
to finance the first three to four
years of the work if the Spanish
Government contributed 50%
of the total investment.
A
NEW PROTOCOL
barrage of complaints has prompted the Canary Government to act over nuisance selling calls.
The Department of Consumer Affairs is preparing a
“protocol” for companies involved in telephone canvassing
and will need prior permission to do so.
General manager, Gustavo Matos said harassment was on the
increase, with home owners reporting calls at unsociable hours,
coercion and occasionally very aggressive attitudes. The
unwelcome approaches have also included abusive emails.
The government wants to protect people from such calls
and describe their legality as “debatable” but concedes there
is a loophole in the law. It is hoped to use the Data Protection
Act to put new rules in place, including immediately revealing
the exact name of the company and explaining how they got
the person’s number.
“UNFAIR TREATMENT”
Call to reinstate airport bonuses
I
NCOME raised by Tenerife’s airports should be
ploughed back into the island, rather than offsetting AENA losses elsewhere.
This is the view of the
Cabildo which is also urging
the Spanish Government to
reinstate airport bonuses so
as not to discriminate against
the Canaries.
Changes in airport taxes
are expected soon and
Tenerife wants the special
features of the archipelago’s
airports to be taken into
consideration.
Councillor for mobility,
Manuel Ortega said these
bonuses were hugely
important. When they were
in place, island tourism
boomed but when they were
removed in 2012 amid much
controversy, at least 21 routes
were removed and there was
a “devasting effect” on the
islands.
Bonuses announced by the
government have left out the
Canaries but the Cabildo
wants them reinstated and
“equality” applied. Without
the input of the ports and
airports, the islands would be
isolated from the rest of the
world and why should
people here have to pay more
to reach the same point on
the mainland as others who
got cheaper travel?
Magical stories in Santa Ursula
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Ryanair’s “puzzle”
flies away
ANTA Úrsula becomes a place of magic and illusion between October 31st and November 3rd, courtesy of the third edition of “Su
Guiño”.
This popular festival brings story-telling alive and is aimed at all ages, visitors and
island residents alike.
This journey to the world of fantasy is organised by the local council’s department of
culture and emerges art and literature.
The municipality will host stories told by “La Factoría de Cuentos” or “The Story Factory”,
directed by Ernesto Rodríguez Abad and complemented by the artistic scenery of Tahiche
Díaz. These sets will provide the perfect backdrop for the stories which tell of magic,
illusion, love and fear amongst many other emotions.
You will find project areas all around the town, including the main plaza of Santa Úrsula,
Jardín Social, Casona de San Luis, Cine-Teatro Municipal, the Town Hall and the Parque
Infantil de Marcha.
The festival has been preceded with visits to schools, libraries, senior citizens and youth
points in order to promote the habit of reading.
Everyone is invited to the shows and you can find more information on
www.santaursula.es, on Facebook culturasantaursula or by phoning 922301640 ext: 412.
R
YANAIR has announced a number of “user
friendly” changes which seem to be going
down well with Tenerife travellers.
“About time too” and
“thank goodness for that!” are
just some of the comments
being made after the airline
revealed a new package of
proposals to be rolled in over
the next six months.
Acting on “extensive
customer feedback”, changes will include removing
the “security quiz” which
people used to wrestle with
on website bookings (effective from November 1 st), a
24-hour grace period to
correct any minor errors such
as names or spelling, “quiet”
flights and dimmer lights
before 8am and after 9pm,
lower excessive baggage
rates at the airports and 15
euros rather than 70 euros if
you need to have your
boarding card reprinted.
One of the most welcome
changes is from December
1st, Ryanair passengers will
be able to carry on board a
second small bag such as a
handbag or small airport
shopping bag no bigger than
35 x 20 x 20 cms which will
allow a bottle of wine or
equivalent to be carried.
Ryanair ’s chairman, Michael O’Leary said they were
“very excited at the significant improvements” as they
continued their aim of
growing from 80 million to
110 million customers per
annum in the next five years.
LOCAL
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NEWS
POLICE ALERT
Trickster offers
cars for scrap
P
OLICE in Santa Cruz have warned about a
trickster who is offering scrap cars for sale
but then takes the money and disappears.
They say at least seven
people have been stung by the
fraud to the tune of 70 to 200
euros each.
The man picks out victims
whose cars appear to be
broken down or damaged and
says he has contacts to get
similar makes out of the police
compound. He shows fake
documents and gives false
names of police officers whom,
he says, will help out with the
arrangements.
The interested person then
pays up front and arranges to
meet the man again at a police
station or compound but he
fails to turn up. When they ask
the officials, they break the
news that it has been a scam.
Police have warned other
car owners not to fall for this
trick and to contact them if
they have been defrauded by
the same man.
South needs an
anti-drugs centre
“Guideo”, a new option for
tourism
PIONEERING LAUNCH
T
ENERIFE and Costa Adeje are once
again at the forefront of using the
latest technology for tourism promotions.
At the push of a button, users of “Guideo” can
access tourist routes, culture and themes, as well
as maps in 2 or 3D. It is currently in App Store for
Apple devices but will soon be available for Android.
The Guideo app which provides augmented
reality is already available and running for routes in
the cities of Cadiz, Seville and Malaga.
This new application, a pioneer in the tourism
industry, made its debut in the Canary Islands and
specifically Adeje, given the number of visitors to
this area of the island.
Mayor, José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga was joined
by various guests, including the creators Luis López
and Nadia Cervera, as well as Francis Ortis,
representing Guideo in the Canaries.
Sr. Fraga said they were delighted to host the presentation of a great initiative and believed it would have significant interest for
tourists.
The app has significant advantages, including being able to work off-line ie. not needing the internet once it is downloaded. It is
also available in Spanish, English and German and is different, modern, fast and easy.
Luis López and Nadia Cervera said Guidea was more than an application, it was a pioneering tool using augmented reality for
tourism which would mark a change and a new option when visiting a destination.
POTENTIAL THREAT
ADEJE PLEA
C
ALLS are being made for the south of Tenerife to have a specialist care centre to help
people with drug dependencies.
Adeje council is already
leading the way with a
pioneering campaign to raise
awareness about alcohol and
drugs amongst young people.
The Mayor, José Miguel
Rodríguez Fraga said the
prevention plan would work in
a number of ways but a centre
would be a vital tool to help
those affected and their
families.
Adeje is hoping to champion
the idea under the umbrella of
the Canar y Government.
Health director, José Díaz
Flores Estévez was present
when the council launched its
action plan for 2013-2016 who
praised the efforts being made
through community groups,
schools, parents etc.
A survey carried out over
two years asked 400 teenagers
of between 15 and 35 about any
substance they might have
consumed in the previous six
months. Some 53% had
smoked cigarettes, 66%
alcohol, 16.2% cannabis, 4.5%
cocaine and 1.2% ecstasy.
The Adeje plan will aim to
educate and inform, raise
awareness, actions to avoid
alcohol and drug taking,
more training for professionals and greater guidance.
Tidal risk at 25
Tenerife locations
E
L Médano, La Caleta, Playa de San Juan, Candelaria, Palm Mar, Los
Cristianos and Puertito de Güímar.
All are beautiful places and have at least one thing in common; they are right by the
ocean. But they also share something else, according to a new report by the Centre for the Study
of Ports and Coasts – they are at potential risk of flooding from the tides.
Experts say they have identified 25 points across the coastline of Tenerife, involving a total
stretch of 22.2 kilometres. They are at El Llano-Casas de Abajo (Santa Cruz), San AndrésBarranco de las Huertas (Santa Cruz), El Chorrillo (El Rosario), Las Caletillas (Candelaria),
Candelaria, Los toscales de la viuda (Candelaria), El Socorro (Güímar), Puertito de Güímar
(Güímar), Porís de Abona (Arico), San Miguel de Tajao (Arico), Urbanización Callao del RíoCueva Honda (Arico), El Médano (Granadilla), La Mareta (Granadilla), Las Galletas (Arona),
Palm-Mar (Arona), Los Cristianos (Arona), Las Américas-San Eugenio (Arona-Adeje), Playa de
Fañabé (Adeje), La Caleta (Adeje), Playa de San Juan (Guía de Isora), Alcalá (Guía de Isora),
Los Gigantes (Santiago del Teide), Puerto de la Cruz, Barranco del Tanque-La Barranquera (La
Laguna) and Roque de las Bodegas (Santa Cruz).
The areas with the greatest coastline at possible risk are said to be Los Cristianos (almost four
kilometres at risk), Puerto de la Cruz (3.2 kilometres) and Las Americas-San Eugenio (3.1km).
The report, prepared for Tenerife’s Water Board, studied criteria from the last 500 years,
including sea, tide and wave levels. Currently in its preliminary stage, it will now go out to public
consultation.
Cocaine
sales in
city
Man arrested
P
OLICE have arrested a man in
his 30s for alleged sale of cocaine in
the heart of Santa Cruz.
Patrol cars out and about
around dawn spotted a drug
transaction on the streets and
launched a search for five
people believed to be involved.
One of them was arrested
and was found to have 100
euros, coin dispenser and
various packets of cocaine.
The incident happened in
the area of Calle Tomás de
Armas Quintero.
LOCAL 05
NEWS
MOVING CEREMONY
Street name is
lasting tribute
ORGANS FOR SALE
Disgust at
“transplant
tourism”
D
OCTORS have expressed their absolute disgust at the advertising of “organs for sale”
over the internet.
S
ANTA Cruz has paid a lasting tribute to former
president of the Canary Government, Adán
Martín Menis.
In a moving ceremony, a street in the city within the area of
Cabo Llanos was named in his honour.
The Mayor, José Manuel Bermúdez paid tribute to his life and
work and the “decisive role” he had played in the progress
made by the capital over the last 20 years.
Adán Martín died in 2010 but Sr. Bermúdez said his footprint
would live on for ever.
The ceremony was attended by his widow and children, along
with family and friends, as well as many representatives of civic
and institutional bodies.
Spain’s National Transplant
Organisation (ONT) has
reported the matter to the
police and says it wants a
“zero tolerance” policy on this
type of practice.
Different body organs have
apparently been touted for
sale on a known website, even
though this is totally illegal. In
Spain, it is against the law to
buy and sell organs and to
advertise or promote them in
any way. If caught, culprits
face up to 12 years in prison.
Spain has been a pioneer
across the world in detecting
such crimes under what has
become known as “transplant
tourism”.
It is said to be impossible
for these sales actually to take
place but the ONT says the
authorities have a legal duty
to act against these crimes
and to take the toughest
possible stance on organ
trafficking.
Air quality
panels for
Island expects capital?
Russian
tourism record
H
OTELIERS in Tenerife are expecting “an avalanche” of Russian tourists and a record
number by the end of 2013.
They also anticipate that within the next three to four years, the
Russian market will be the third or fourth largest sector for the
island, after the Brits and Germans.
The hotel employers’ association Ashotel predicts that this
year will close with 200,000 Russians having visited Tenerife,
mainly in the south. In 2012, the figure was 140,000.
Hotel staff are already being encouraged to learn the basics of
Russian.
For Russians wishing to visit Spain, Tenerife as destination is
second in popularity to Catalonia and some families are staying
to live here whilst the man of the family returns home to work.
The airport authority AENA says that between January and
September of this year, there were 110,741 arrivals from the
Russian federation, compared to 63,696 in the same period of
2012.
T
CEPSA
CONTROVERSY
HE Canary Government says it will be “ruthless” with the Cepsa oil refinery in Santa Cruz
it if fails to abide by emission levels.
The Public Health Directorate believes there is a place
for the refinery in the capital,
provided it abides by the rules.
There has been continued
controversy about the sulphur
dioxide levels emitted from
the Cepsa site. The Canary
Government says it is not
possible to one hundred per
cent link the relationship
between the refinery and
increased levels of mortality
but it agrees there is a “higher
probability” of risk.
Department head, José
Díaz Flores said they had been
very strict with the refinery in
2011 and in previous years and
would continue the same
stance. SO2 levels generally
had to be reduced for the good
of everyone. However, data for
Santa Cruz, even with the
presence of Cepsa, did not
differ from other cities, such
as Las Palmas in Gran Canaria.
It was also not possible to show
for certain whether higher
levels of the gas in the one
kilometre triangle around the
refinery were directly down to
Cepsa.
All studies showed that the
public authorities in Santa Cruz
were constantly carrying out
air quality checks for the
capital.
One innovation being contemplated for Santa Cruz is to
have air quality information
panels installed on the streets
to keep the public fully informed.
Alert over
UK pension
payments
E
XPATRIATES in receipt of UK pensions and
benefits may soon be contacted by the Department of Work & Pensions to confirm their
international bank details.
From 31st January 2014, the
Department for Work and
Pensions will need an
International Bank Account
Number (IBAN) and Bank
Identification Code (BIC) in
order to make payments to
expatriates’ accounts in Spain
and other Eurozone countries.
This change is due to new
European Union regulations
which aim to make payments
between EU countries faster
and more secure.
The Department for Work and
Pensions (DWP) already holds
IBAN and BIC details for most of
its customers. But expatriates
whose details are not yet held by
the DWP will soon receive a letter
asking for them.
Bank customers will not be
asked to provide any further
details of their accounts, such
as passwords. It is only the
IBAN and BIC details that are
needed
If you receive a letter, you
should complete the attached
form and return it to the DWP
as soon as possible, says the
British Embassy in Madrid.
Failure to do so may mean
your payments will be stopped
because after 31st January
2014, banks in Eurozone
countries will not accept any
DWP direct payments without
these details.
You can get the IBAN and
BIC details from your bank
account statement or directly
from your bank.
Expatriates only need to
provide additional bank
details if they receive payments into a Eurozone account
outside the United Kingdom
and have received a letter from
the DWP. Those whose pension or benefit is paid into a
UK account are unaffected by
this change in EU regulations.
Officials from the Department for Work and Pensions
are also reminding customers
who have changed address,
and who have yet to inform the
DWP, to contact the International Pension Centre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 0044 191
218 7777 in order to make sure
their details are up to date.
For more information about
the change to European bank
account numbers, visit the
European Commission website at http://ec.europa.eu/
internal_market/payments/
sepa/index_en.htm .
HEROIN ARREST
Man swallows 110
capsules
A
man in his 20s was arrested at Tenerife’s
south airport for trying to smuggle heroin.
The passenger had arrived on a plane from the
mainland but was stopped in the arrivals hall when he showed
signs of nervousness.
A scan showed he had capsules in his body so he was taken
to hospital. In all, he had swallowed 110 capsules inside his
body, with a total weight of 1.3 kilos of heroin.
LOCAL
06
NEWS
Adeje campaign
Helping victims of gender violence
goes on tour
OROTAVA GRANTS
T
A
campaign is being stepped up in Adeje to
educate the public about recycling, keeping
the environment clean and responsible pet
ownership.
“Adeje, limpia y saludable”
or “Adeje, clean and healthy”
will involve a series of
community meetings which will
be translated into English and
French. The most recent was
held in Callao Salvaje and
included a dog training display.
Environment councillor,
Esther Rivero Vargas said the
initiative would include posters, activities in schools,
WO projects have been launched in La
Orotava to raise awareness about gender violence and to give help to victims.
The local council has joined two major organisations, including
the Canary Institute for Equality, and received a grant of 12,000
euros.
Both initiatives began on December 1st and will end in late
December. One of the main priorities is to create awareness,
not only amongst the public but to professionals directly involved
with victims such as the police, social services and medical
staff in health centres. However, there will also be activities in
schools, neighbourhood associations, youth groups and with
older people. To this end, an outdoor professional will be brought
in.
The second part of the project will be to try and reduce or
eliminate waiting lists and an extra psychologist will be hired.
Councillors have stressed how important this work is to advise
and sensitise the general population.
meetings with vets, health
fairs, talks and Red Cross
workshops.
Four previously unemployed
people will be helping with
information and a volunteer
group is providing the translations.
The campaign was launched earlier in the summer by
the Mayor of Adeje and will
last for about two years.
SANTA CRUZ EXCHANGE
Carnival twins with Cádiz
Santa Cruz Carnival is to twin with its counterpart in Cádiz in 2014
T
HE two carnivals are the most important in Spain and are the only ones to hold the official title of
“International Tourist Interest”.
By coincidence, next year also marks the 30th anniversary of the twinning of the cities of Santa Cruz and Cádiz.
It is hoped to have several exchanges and collaborations and common activities in both locations. This will include exchange
visits, exhibitions and conferences. Sponsorship will be sought to keep costs to a minimum.
Councillor for fiestas, Fernando Ballesteros said it was a magnificent idea and a working group had been formed to discuss the
way forward.
If you want to keep up with Carnival dates for 2014, see www.carnavaldetenerife.es
Couple posed as
Red Cross
helpers
HOUSE BURGLARIES
A
couple arrested by police in Santa Cruz were
able to steal from houses because they posed
as Red Cross workers.
The man and woman, both in their 30s, had absolutely nothing
to do with the organisation but pretended they did to gain the
trust of the home owners.
In one instance, they managed to gain access into an elderly
lady’s property after saying they were with the Red Cross and
were there to give her help. They then stole jewellery, valued at
around 3,000 euros, but it was later retrieved.
In another case, the couple stole 475 euros from the home of
another elderly person.
Arona to start
new plan talks
Getting tough on
public behaviour
R
ESIDENTS of La Orotava are being asked to
give their opinions on a new ordinance on
the behaviour expected in public places.
The proposals cover drinking, unauthorised street vending, vandalism, anything which
degrades the urban environment, gambling and any other
sort of action disrupting civic
life.
The local council says
everyone has the right to enjoy
the municipality ’s open
spaces, whether it be a park
or on the street. Anyone caught
breaching the rules could be
subject to a fine although the
first line of punishment would
be community service.
Councillors for public safety
and participation, Narciso
Pérez and Maeva García said
the present police ordinance
was in many respects outdated and as society had
changed over the last century,
updating was vital.
A draft document has been
drawn up which will go out for
public consultation to groups
and community centres and
was being launched to neighbourhood associations on
October 29th.
The full details are on the
council’s website of www.villadelaorotava.org and email
comments can be sent to
participació[email protected]. The
deadline is November 30th.
Finca arrest
P
OLICE have arrested a man suspected of committing at least nine robberies in fincas in the
north of Tenerife.
It is alleged he broke into farm buildings and stole equipment,
tools and copper wire, with a total value of 2,000 euros. The
damage caused in the process is said to be around 10,000 euros.
CANARY APPEAL
A
RONA Council has confirmed it is to start a
new process of consultation to draw up a
blue-print for the future shape of the munici-
pality.
A meeting was called in
Los Cristianos last week to
explain the situation regarding
the recent annulment by the
Canary Superior Justice Court
of the existing General Plan.
As expected, the Canary
Government has lodged an
appeal against the decision
which was based on a ruling
that some of the land had been
allocated for future uses
without proper authorisation.
Arona’s Mayor, Francisco
José Niño said they had
decided to go-ahead with the
consultation process necessary for the drafting of a new
planning document “which
suits our economic model and
the times”. The new document, he pledged, would deal
with the needs and realities of
the municipality.
The meeting was attended
by a large number of individuals and representatives of
neighbourhood groups, businesses and tourism in
Arona.
LOCAL 07
NEWS
TAPAS ROUTE
Adeje produces winning dishes
T
RADITIONAL cuisine to the most avant-garde
helped to make the 2013 edition of the Adeje
Tapa Route another huge success.
The initiative helps to foster
more business for local
restaurants and bars, as well
as introducing visitors and
local people alike to tastes
such as a strudel of grilled
goat’s meat. This was the
winning dish created by Tasca
Don Alfredo as voted for by
diners. Second place went to
Restaurante Rambla with
“North and South”, combining
salmon with prawns, whilst in
third was La Tasca Italiana
with an open roll of caramelized onion with goat’s
cheese and a sweet and sour
sauce.
Prizes and certificates were
awarded by Adeje’s economic
development councillor,
Ermitas María Moreira and
president of the Canar y
Hospitality Federation, José
Antonio Santana. They praised
the 62 participants in this
year ’s edition and also
presented prizes such as free
meals and a weekend for two
on El Hierro to tapas route
visitors who filled in the score
cards.
SEPARATE VILLAGES?
Bid for “pueblo” status
T
HE Santa Cruz areas of Taganana
and San Andrés should be recognised as villages in their own right.
The city council is being urged to approve the
call from the municipal group of CC-PNC-CCN and
the Socialists.
The motion says that despite the close
association of San Andrés with Santa Cruz de
Tenerife since 1850, it retains its own deep-rooted
identity. This is reflected in its architectural
heritage, culture and sports, including the church,
tower or castle and quay.
The same is said to apply to Taganana, affiliated
to Santa Cruz since 1877.
The proposal says both communities have
counted on local facilities such as police, a
cemeter y, Justice of the Peace and Civil
Registration, together with the preservation of
traditions, customs and craftwork.
Adeje honours twinning with “open arms”
A
DEJE has been twinned with the Spanish town of Riveira since 2002 and is proud of the friendships
established during that time.
Those links were renewed in a ceremony in Adeje when representatives of both locations celebrated the transfer of a
symbolic cross to a new site on the roundabout opposite the Municipal Football Ground. The act was part of the Adeje fiesta
programme “Tradition and Modernity”.
The “Cruceiro” was given to Adeje by Riveira to mark the official twinning on October 18th, 2002 when it was agreed to carry out
cultural exchanges and promote closer collaboration between the people.
Adeje’s Mayor, José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga said the act was reaffirmation of what had been a beautiful story of encounter and coexistence between the two communities which actually dated back to 1996.
He said it was nice to think that the cross overlooked Adeje but that 1,750 kilometres away was Riveria. The position of the cross
would remind people that Adeje had open arms to welcome everyone and to build good roads for the future in a complicated world.
Representatives of the Galician town said they valued the twinning arrangement and the cross was one of their most cherished
symbols.
Video to help
cancer battle
CAMPAIGN CONTINUES
G
RANADILLA is continuing its pioneering help
for women suffering from breast cancer and
action to help prevent the disease.
On the occasion of
International Day for Breast
Cancer, the local council’s
department of health led by
Guacimara González manned
an information stall in the
González Mena plaza. A video
has also been made featuring
the stories of how women
and men from the municipality have been affected by
cancer.
Granadilla is proud to be the
only municipality in the Canary
Islands to develop and offer a
programme of physical therapy and lymphatic drainage for
women with mastectomies. It
also encourages self-examination and visits to a gynaecologist to help with the early
detection of the disease.
You can watch the video
on http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=IudlNGzZ_io#t and
also see http://www.granadilladeabona.org/ for information about activities.
Tegueste launches
green campaign
R
ESIDENTS of Tegueste are being urged to
get more involved in green issues.
A major campaign
will be conducted throughout
October, November and
December, aimed at schools,
community groups and
residents.
The local council wants to
raise awareness about care of
the environment, from the
impact of discarded litter and
empty bottles to how to deal
with invasive plants and the
need for planting new trees. It
is hoped people of all ages will
get more active and join in
various projects.
Students from several
schools will take part in
reforestation of the Finca La
Orilla area of Anaga and have
talks about the bird population
with some releases into the
wild.
The invasive plant rabo de
gato or cat’s tail is causing a
particular problem and tips will
be given as to how to control it
and remove it properly.
The campaign will also
encourage more recycling,
energy saving, the use of
environmentally-friendly
products, picking up dog mess
and generally respecting the
environment to everyone can
enjoy it to the full.
LOCAL
08
NEWS
Plaza pays
Bringing new
homage to past life to farmers’
market
FURTHER WORK
OROTAVA’S BID
NEW-LOOK SQUARE
Road pledge at
Los Llanos
F
URTHER major improvement works are to be
carried out on the roads in Los Llanos,
Granadilla council has pledged.
Paving of calle Las Marreras is now complete, answering calls
for action from residents. However, the department of public
works says this is only phase one of a larger project in the area of
Altamira-1. Attention will now turn to calles Las Marreras, Rincón
Canario and Ficus.
Tarmac will be followed by further improvements, such as the
installation of irrigation, drainage and rainwater collection and
provision made for the replacement of street lighting, electricity
and telecommunications pipes, in addition to road marking.
LATEST PROJECT
Facelift for three
Puerto walkways
W
ORK to remodel the Plaza de la Catedral
in La Laguna is to honour the present as
well as the future.
Under an agreement with
the university, the council has
welcomed experts from the
archaeology department to the
site.
Councillor responsible for
works, Jonathan Domínguez
said: “It is a guarantee and a
privilege that experts on history
and archaeology can give their
advice and be consulted about
any questions which might
arise in the course of this project
to reclaim this iconic space in
the very heart of the city.”
Remodelling of the plaza
began on September 30th with
an estimated duration of three
months and seeks to improve
accessibility, aesthetics and
public use of this central area.
It is costing 866,373.79 euros
and will include restoration of
the old stone benches in the
square, resurfacing and
maintenance of all the trees,
whilst retaining its original
character.
At the request of various
groups, some sort of water
feature is also being discussed.
Ducks which used to be there
are being moved to a new and
more appropriate location.
FOOTPATH PROJECT
“Perfect place” for
nature pursuits
L
A Orotava wants to boost its Farmers’ Market
to bring more people to the town and help
agriculture.
A number of new initiatives
are being planned, including
special promotional campaigns and encouraging local
hotels and restaurants to buy
local produce.
The council, through the
economic development council, is spending 6,600 euros on
the project, which includes
hiring a manager.
One of the aims will be to
increase the appeal of the
market and what it sells,
making sure there is always a
good supply of interesting
products.
In these difficult economic
times, more people in La
Orotava have gone back to the
land, livestock and crafts to
make a living.
“The market needs a
relaunch which is why we have
it a priority to contribute this
grant and lend maximum
support,” said councillor for
the area, Felipe David Benítez.
SIXTEEN OPTIONS
P
UERTO de la Cruz council has given the goahead for more improvements which will
enhance the look of the centre and provide
better facilities for pedestrians.
Three small pedestrian
walks which link Calle La
Hoya with San Telmo are to be
tackled as part of the
Regeneration of Tourist
Spaces.
The paving here has
deteriorated and the design
needs to match that of the
adjoining streets, together with
improvements to the street
lighting, bins and furniture.
The project will cost
181,290 euros and take about
two months to complete.
Councillor for urbanisation,
Sebastián Ledesma said they
were very disappointed that
there had been vandalism in
the area and that some works
created by César Manrique
had been destroyed.
New courses
open to all
L
OS Realejos has once again pledged its commitment to linking tourism to sport.
The Mayor, Manuel Domínguez said they appreciated
the need for the natural landscape to present the best possible
image for visitors.
His comments were made as improvement work on the
Rambla de Castro footpath nears completion.
Sr. Domínguez thanked Tenerife Cabildo for helping to make
the project become a reality and said they would continue to
fight to make other improvements to natural parts of the town.
This would be for the benefit of local residents, tourists and all
those who enjoyed outdoor pursuits – he felt Los Realejos was
the “perfect place”.
G
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Spanish, traditional dance, patchwork, jewellery and advanced computers.
These are just some of the 16 new courses being offered by
the People’s University in San Juan de la Rambla this winter.
Registration is now open and a lot of interest is expected,
particularly for “Introduction to Photography” which lasts for
three months and includes theory and practice.
There will also be workshops to encourage children to read
more and how to make Christmas desserts.
These courses are open to anyone in Tenerife. Details are
available on www. sanjuandelarambla.es where there is also
a suggestion box for potential new courses in 2014.
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10 COMMUNITY
NEWS
WORLDWIDE PEACE POSTER
COMPETITION
Live Arico pets animal welfare supports (PAWS)
BLACK TIE DO A HUGE SUCCESS.
T
ENERIFE Sur Lions Club was very pleased
when Wingate School, Cabo Blanco in the
South of Tenerife once again agreed to participate in this prestigious Lions International Poster
Competition to represent the south of Tenerife.
The competition encourages young people to think
about peace and creatively
express what it means to them
and to share their own unique
vision with the world so
spreading peace and international understanding.
The posters are to be
evaluated on three criteria at
each level of judging, originality, artistic merit and
expression of the theme “Our
World, Our Future.”
Tenerife Sur Lions Club has
for many years fostered a
vibrant youth involvement in
our community, especially
with holidays for under
privileged and handicapped
children.
The Club President Norman
Goodall MBE, his wife Edna
and Lion’s member Margaret
were part of the judging team
along with Shelby Healey, art
teacher at Wingate School.
Because of the number and
quality of the entries the judges
decided to provide an additional two highly commended
awards.
The local winner was Claudia Funegra with the two
highly commended awards going to Jayesh Khanwani
and Charlotte McArdle.
They were each presented
with their awards during the
Morning Assembly to much
applause by the rest of the
pupils present.
The winning poster will
now been sent to Madrid to be
judged again, where the
winning entry will go on to
represent Spain in the final
selection to find the overall
International Winner.
There is an International
Grand Prize of five thousand US
dollars which the winner will
receive, plus a trip with two
family members to a special
award ceremony in the United
States of America. There will
also be twenty three merit
award winners each receiving
a certificate and cash award of
five hundred US dollars.
Special thanks go to
Wingate School and all those
children who gave their time
and effort to make this event
such a memorable occasion.
You can view past international grand prize winners at
www.lionsclu-bs.org. Lions
Clubs Interna-tional is the
world’s largest service club
organization with more than
1.35 million members in 208
countries and geographical
areas around the world. Since
1917, Lions clubs have aided
the blind and visually impaired
and made a strong commitment to community service and
serving youth throughout the
world.
On Saturday, 19th October we held our first Black Tie Posh
Frock do at Vivo, Playa de las Americas. We were entertained by
the world-class Bitter and Twisted, then later by Marc Craig on
the terrace and the full house totally enjoyed the evening. We
would like to thank the team at VIVO, Lorna Eade, Neil Kenny,
John Sharples, Barry Pugh, Barry Sparkle and all the other staff
for helping us to raise a fabulous amount of almost 1,000 euros.
The ladies looked very glamorous, the gents were turned out
well, the show was awesome as always and the food hot and
delicious. Many thanks to all who donated the many raffle prizes;
Viana Shows for tickets to the History Show, Balu Los Cristianos,
Restaurante Margarita Los Cristianos, Claire McIntyre the groomer,
Liana Lovie the artist, Poochies Pet Hotel, Petex Boarding and
Pet Travel Specialists, FM Perfumes, London Look, Bee Dazzled,
Angel Art, Revs Motors, RaggisBagz, Samantha Talamantes, This
Way and That Excursions Mrs Jean Blake, Siam Park and Coast
FM and Vivo Decades.
And lastly, many thanks to all who supported this event – we
hope we gave you a good night.
LADIES’ DAY!!!
We will be having a Ladies’ Day at Blue Luna Cafe, Los
Cristianos on Sunday 10th November from 2pm. There will be a
fashion show, clothes & jewellery sales, name the perfume (sniff
test), slink-off (best would-be model), topless waiters, male
dancer (you can keep your hat on), cha cha cha line, salsa demo
and the lovely Silvio (playing music to swoon to). Chocolate
cake auction, prizes, raffles, games and cocktails. Come down
and have a rather sophisticated afternoon out.
ADEPAC REFUGE, NORTH TENERIFE
We were very sad last week to learn of the sad situation facing
the Adepac refuge in the north of the island. Money owed by the
authorities has not been paid and they found themselves in a
terrible situation, without food, water or electricity. They quite
rightly shouted it from the rooftops and the water and electricity
were re-instated but their 500 dogs were coming to the end of
the food supply. We were able to send 1000 kilos as an emergency
measure and as a result of an appeal, we will be able to help
further. Their situation is deplorable and we must do all we can
to allow those dogs to live with dignity. We already raised 727
euros in a matter of days, which includes the raffle proceeds
from the Black Tie event last weekend, so we can pay for the
1000 kilos already sent. We are now “in front” so will ask Yahaira
from the refuge how best to donate the surplus cash. This will be
an ongoing appeal until the situation is resolved and they need
your help. You can make a bank transfer to La caixa account
number 2100-7071-43-22-00043610 Concept SOS ADEPAC or by
Paypal to [email protected] or in cash into any of our charity
shops. PLEASE SAY IT IS FOR THE DOGS OF ADEPAC REFUGE!!
CHARITY SHOP NEWS 2014
CALENDARS IN STOCK NOW!!!
Produced by Steve Sands and Siobhan Ferguson, this year’s
calendar is as good as ever. On sale now at our shops and
events, grab yours quickly to avoid disappointment. Minimum
donation of €2.99 is all we ask. Hope you enjoy it.
WE NEED SHOP VOLUNTEERS........in the Los Cristianos
charity shop. If you can spare a few hours a week, please call
kel on 622 829073.
The swallows are coming..... they will buy up everything in
sight. Please, if you have QUALITY unwanted clothes, CDs,
DVDs, shoes, household items or children’s clothing, call
Siobhan now on 630 857626. And do come and see us, we
have shops in Los Cristianos, Calle Revron near Churchills Bar
and San Eugenio opposite Hotel La Nina by Amanda’s bar at
Las Carabelas complex. Both shops open from 10am – 4pm
Monday to Friday and until 2pm Saturday. Kel even opens the
Los Cristianos shop on Sundays.... Come and have a browse,
bag a bargain and help the animals.
News from All Saints First visit to local
Church
representatives
S
UNDAY 20th October was the Harvest Celebration in All Saints church Puerto de la Cruz.
Before the service
British School of Tenerife in
Puerto and St Andrew’s School
in El Sauzal collected food
which will be shared between
Santa Rita, Los Hermanos de
la Cruz Blanca, Probosco in La
Orotava & Madre Redentor in
El Sauzal. These are all local
charitable organisations struggling to feed those they care
for. The food was displayed in
church together with other
floral decorations. After the
service, the congregation
joined in a buffet lunch on the
patio.
Rev. Mike Smith, Chaplain,
said, “It was wonderful to see
how much food was collected
at a time of great need in our
local community. Often the
charitable organisations are the
ones that struggle. As well as
thus one-off special collection,
the Church at All Saints collects
food weekly to support projects
run by the Cruz Roja”.
The next special event in All
Saints Calendar is a Car Boot
Sale on Saturday November 2nd
at 11.30 am. On Sunday 3rd
November there is a joint service
with the German Lutheran
Church celebrating All Saints
Day and Reformation Day.
The new British Consul Charmaine Arbouin and Vice Consul
Helen Keating had a meeting with local representatives of
churches, charities and other organisations on her first visit to the
south held at the Paradise Park Hotel in Los Cristianos
Craft day to foster friends and fun
T
WO members of Tenerife Family Church are doing a craft day and all are invited. It is a
chance to get together with fellow craft minded people and have fun together. Irene Bruce
and Christine Hoban have many years’ experience teaching crafts and between them have had
a go at lots of crafts.
There is a resurgence in crafts, knitting, baking, recycling and time shared with others, can bring support to people who
are wanting to have fun and company working together. There will be the chance to watch demonstrations and share
ideas and see if there is demand for further craft sessions. If you don’t do crafts right now, come along and see how easy
some of them are to do. It is hoped this group will be a support group for isolated people in need of a new challenge among
caring people.
Our Christmas crafts days is planned on the 6th November from 11 to 2 in the church at Costa del Silencio, in the
basement square of Coral Mar. Please bring a packed lunch with you. This will be announced in church on two consecutive
Sundays, but if you want to join in the fun just ring Chris on 922 738490 and leave your name and telephone details, so that
they have an idea of the numbers of people wanting to come. Unfortunately there is not flat access to the church, and so
people with walking problems will find the stairs difficult to negotiate. It might be possible for a home group to be set up
for anyone wishing to go, but not able physically to do so and that would be at ground level. Until they have had feedback
about numbers Irene and Chris can not plan anything further at this stage for the disabled, but are aware that the need for
company and fun is particularly relevant to those people.
Help Ainara
They are sent to the Spanish
peninsula for recycling. Recently, Ainara paid a visit to the
school and her parents thanked
everyone very much for all their
efforts. It was lovely to meet
the family
Keep saving the bottle tops
- to help Ainara, and others like
her.
Update from Accion
PUPPY LOVE
del Sol
A
CCION del Sol has again seen an influx of
abandoned puppies, all too young to be away
from their mums and all needing regular
bottle feeds so again the refuge staff are all working very hard.
If you have an hour or two
spare and would like to
volunteer to help, then please
do visit the refuge Monday Friday 3pm-6pm. There are so
many dogs that would love a
walk , brush or even just some
attention and fuss as well as
the many puppies that need
bottle feeds.
A date for your diar y is
Sunday, December 8th which is
going to be a fun filled day at
the refuge and “Santa” has
promised to pay a visit which
is always enjoyed by the
children. More information to
follow shortly.
Don’t forget, if your school
child would like to take part in
our singing competition, they
must be aged between six and
18 to participate. Please call
Marion on 922778630 for more
information. There’s a list of
great prizes for the winners
including hotel accommodation in Barcelona or Madrid,
tickets for Loro Parque and
Siam Park and much more, so
do be sure to participate.
Trevor and Rosie Bull who
adopted Rico six months ago
couldn’t resist adopting
“Ronnie” from the refuge . He
has settled in extremely well
with his new four and two
legged family. Rico is delighted
to have a new friend to play
with.
Accion del Sol has again
begun in earnest its educational programme with more
and more schools participating and visiting the refuge
which can only help in the
future to improve the welfare
of our furry friends and maybe
alleviate some of the awful
suffering that occurs on our
island of Tenerife.
The Director of Accion del
Sol Marion Köpke De
Gonzälez is always happy to
show people around the
refuge and answer any
questions you may have so
please do come and visit.
Please call 922778630 for
more information or if you
would like to help out in
anyway. Towels and blankets are always needed for
the dogs if you have any to
spare. They would be very
much appreciated by our
four legged friends. The
refuge is situated at Poligono
De Industrial Estate,
Granadilla, Exit 51 on the
TF1, directly next to ITER the
Parque Eolica where the
windmills are and it is open
to the public Monday - Friday
3pm-6pm.
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Library news flash Countdown to Las
T
On Thursday 7th November there is to be a talk on the visit to
the Island by Agatha Christie, this coincides with Agatha Christie
week in Puerto de la Cruz. It will be presented by Ken Fisher. As
usual we will follow the talk with a Buffet Lunch, wine etc. The
price is €6 and will commence at 12 noon.
The Library Ladies who Lunch at Petit los Angeles on Tuesday
5th November is now fully booked. Ladies look out for our next
lunch early in the New Year.
Tuesday 10th December is the date for our pre-Christmas
Lunch for members and friends. This year it is being held at the
Mazaru Apartment Hotel in La Paz.
It will be a Buffet with wine. Tickets are now on sale at 14 euros.
As previously mentioned, this year we are holding a Grand
Xmas Raffle, There are some excellent prizes, tickets are now on
sale and they will be drawn at the Library on Saturday 14th
December at 12 noon. Your committee is now working on dates
for events in the New Year, which will include a Pantomime, a
Guest Speaker and our ever famous Hog Roast. So watch this
space.
Lastly please don’t forget the Red Cross dry grocery collection
trolley still in the entrance to the Library. A big thank you to the
people who are still contributing but unfortunately they are
becoming fewer, sadly the poor and needy souls in the area are
not.
We look forward to seeing you at these functions and hope
that you will enjoy them.
Gala Charity Night
T
Mr Richard Thornley (left) / Mr
David Urquhart (right)
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NEWS
NEWS
HERE are a few places left for our paella party
on Thursday 31st October for which you can
pre-choose fish or meat, the cost is 15 euros
and will include wine and soft drinks. We have a
couple of musicians coming along to entertain us.
INGATE School have collected bottle tops
for a couple of years now. This was to help
a little girl called Ainara, from San Miguel,
who was born with cerebral palsy and needs 24hour
care. The tops are a way of raising money.
CANARY ISLANDS
COMMUNITY
HE Lions Club of Santiago del Teide held their
annual Gala Charity Night on 12th October
2013 in El Marques, Puerto de Santiago.
Supported by over a hundred guests and with the generous
sponsorship of a number of local companies, they raised 3000
euros. This money will be spent on providing food and basic
necessities for many local families suffering in these harsh
economic times, as part of their ongoing programme that started
in October 2011.
As always the buffet was magnificent and brilliant entertainment
was provided. The talented guitar duo, Nexo, and the incredible
Mr Ryan East.
The highlight of the evening was an auction for a very rare 1981
Single Malt Whiskey kindly donated by Mr David Urquhart. An
incredible 500 euros was the winning bid made by local resident,
Mr Richard Thornley.
If you would like to know more about the activities of the Santiago
del Teide Lions Club, please visit their website on:
www.santiagodelteidelionsclub.com or follow them on facebook
under “Lions Club Santiago del Teide”.
Palmas 2014 Carnival
L
AS Palmas is to have seven Carnival nights
during the celebrations for 2014.
Details of the “World
of Fantasy” have recently been
released by the Cabildo and
organising committee and
once again, hundreds of
thousands of people are
expected.
There will be 21 events
between February 15th and
March 7th, including the seven
Carnival nights in the Santa
Catalina park and the return of
the official proclamation of the
programme in the plaza of
Santa Ana. This was the
traditional venue for a decade
and will once again resound
to the invitation for everyone
to join in on February 15th.
Organisers say they have
developed a programme after
talking to various sectors of the
community and which will
appeal to all.
Most of the festivities will
take place in the Santa Catalina
park, with the return of old
favourites, restoration of others
and some new innovations.
Special attention is being given
to events of a family nature.
There will be three big
weekends of celebrations,
with street musicians,
bands, the Carnival Queen
selection, grand parade,
drag queen competition,
“Carnival of the Sun” on
March 4th, body painting
contest, grand parade and
Burial of the Sardine on
March 8th. The three Sundays will also see major
events for children.
The full programme is
available on http://www.lpacarnaval.com including a full
day by day run-down of events.
El Hierro is
bouncing back
B
USINESS leaders on El Hierro are confident
that the island is recovering after two years
of the volcanic crisis.
Tourism and the primary
sector are said to be the main
driving engines of the
economy and some restaurants, shops, bars and diving
companies which had to close
are starting to reopen.
President of El Hierro
Cabildo, Alpidio Armas said
the general economic situation was considerably better
than two years ago when the
underwater volcano began to
show signs of its subsequent
eruption. It had not yet reached
the same level as before the
phenomenon.
Sr. Armas said the Cabildo
was working hard to increase
the tourism sector in the “short,
medium and long-term” and
was designing a strategic plan.
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NEWS
FUERTEVENTURA PROJECT
TRANSVULCANIA SUCCESS
First cheese museum to
open soon
La Palma event
hits iconic status
F
UERTEVENTURA expects to open the first museum dedicated solely to cheese in November.
An old mill is being converted as part of a 675,154 euros
project which will include a visitor centre, inter-active touch
screens, knowledge games and other items which involve direct
participation.
Cabildo president, Mario Cabrera recently toured the premises
and stressed the great importance of the facility on an island
which can trace its cheese history to before the conquest. Not
only had cheese-making survived, it has prospered and become
one of the hallmarks of Fuerteventura culture.
Visitors will learn about the processes involved, the island’s
goat breeds, its climate, livestock industry and economic importance. There will also be cheese tastings.
There are more than 50 cheese brands on Fuerteventura which have enormous tourism importance as well. Each of the cheeses
has its own characteristics and flavour.
A
New walking festival on La Gomera
DECEMBER ROUTES
L
A Gomera is often described as “a paradise
for hikers” and a special event before Christmas will show you why.
The island’s tourism department has teamed up with the
Canary Federation of Mountaineering and local clubs to
stage La Gomera Hiking
Festival between December
2nd and 6th. It’s the first event
of its kind on such a grand
scale.
For a week, lovers of out-
door activities can enjoy
different routes across six
municipalities led by professionals.
There will be walks every
day, ranging from 8.9km to
17.7km and taking in such
beautiful locations like
Hermigua, Targa, Tazo, Las
Casetas, Las Creces and
Cuevas Blancas.
A highlight of the festival will
be the second Regional Hiking
Meeting
on
Saturday,
December 7th . The route will
be take in more than 40
kilometres over a variety of
stages
designed
for
individuals, depending on
their physical condition (from
10.5km to 40.5km).
This event will take the
walker through some of the
most spectacular scenery of La
Gomera, from San Sebastian
to Vallehermoso through the
stunning Garajonay National
Restoring church artefacts
T
HE Catholic Church in the Canary Islands is to invest around 80,000
euros in 20 restoration projects.
These will be in churches and parishes in Tenerife, Gran Canaria, La Gomera and La
Palma.
Various art pieces will be restored to their former glory, including beautiful picture panels in the
San Telmo ermita in Puerto de la Cruz.
Park.
The whole festival – with its
slogan of “Let’s go Gomera,
walking together” will be
complemented by other activities, including gastronomy
and culture.
Entries are now being invivited on http://www.lagomerahikingfestival.com/
marathon event held each year on La Palma
has become so iconic that registrations for
2014 are already at the two-thirds mark.
The Cabildo says it is
thrilled at the success of “La
TransVulcania” which in 2013
generated 3.8 million euros for
tourism and the business
sector.
It has been described as
“the best ambassador of the
island worldwide” and is
recognised as one of the most
important and prestigious
mountain runs in the world.
Every year, it attracts elite
COUPLE GAGGED
Gang sawed safe open
R
OBBERS who tied up a married couple in
their 70s after breaking into their home on
Gran Canaria spent two hours trying to open
a safe.
The crime happened in Maspalomas where the gang
apparently waited until the man and his wife went to bed. They
then forced their way into the property through a window, wearing
hoods and gloves to avoid identification.
The couple were in bed and were bound with tape, gagged
and threatened. One safe was opened after they demanded the
keys but they then spent two hours using a saw to prize open the
locks on another.
Eventually, they got away with a massive haul of various
currency, including 200,000 euros and 12,000 dollars and a
significant amount of jewellery and watches worth more than
60,000 euros.
However, later that day, police made five arrests and most of
the stolen items were recovered, together with cocaine and
hashish found when another house was raided.
sportsmen and women who
pushed themselves to their
mental and physical limits to
tackle the gruelling 83.3 km
Ultramarathon.
The success of the event,
sponsored by sports brand
Salomon, has also fostered the
creation of at least 20 new
trails on La Palma so the sport
is growing in popularity year
after year.
In 2009, the TransVulcania
attracted 278 runners. This
rose to 540 in 2010, 922 in
2011, 1,413 in 2012 and 2,480
in 2013. Already, there have
been 2,390 enrolments for
2014, with the maximum
number of runners set at 3,200.
The event also brings in
unprecedented publicity for
the island and overall, the spinoff income equates to 18 euros
for every euro spent on the
organisation.
The 2014 TransVulcania is
on May 10th and once again
features a number of shorter
races over and above the 83.3
km challenge. These include
a marathon, half marathon,
junior half marathon, kids’
event and walks so that people
can get to know the island in a
more leisurely way.
Further information is
available in English on
www.transvulcania.com
where on-line registrations
can be made.
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NEWS
Massive car
fraud in Gran
Canaria
Mileage scam
V
ICTIMS of a car scam in Gran Canaria not
only lost out financially, they could have suffered serious accidents, say police.
Hundreds of people are
thought to have fallen victim to
a widespread fraud which
involved the deliberate turning
back of mileage clocks.
In one case, the purchaser
thought his car had done
59,240 kilometres but later
discovered the true mileage
was 142,00 kilometres.
A network involved in the
scam was last week broken
up by the National Police and
eleven suspects arrested. It is
reported that six dealerships
were involved.
The huge police operation
also netted 500,000 euros in
cash and more than 100 cars.
Some of the car clocks were
turned back as much as
150,000 kilometres to increase
their market value. A police
spokesman said this also
constituted a danger to drivers
as parts of their car would not
be as efficient as they originally
thought and therefore could
have lead to malfunctions,
breakdowns or serious
accidents and injury.
One of the victims raised the
alert after trying to resell a car
purchased from one of the
dealers allegedly involved. The
clock had been turned back
nearly 100,000 kilometres.
Police believe the scam
might have started in 2011.
Cars were often purchased as
ex-rental cars from other
islands and then shipped over
to Gran Canaria where an
expert would tamper with the
clocks. They were then sold
on at a price lower than the
market norm to beat
competitors.
EXPERT RESPONSE
TABLE-CLOTH APPROACH
Car
accident
deaths
cut by
1-1-2
TWO VENTURES
LANZAROTE ARRESTS
T
A
Gran Canaria
welcomes
airline plans
HE Cabildo of Gran Canaria has pledged its
full support to projects to create two airlines
offering flights between the archipelago and
Africa and Europe.
Tourism chief, Melchor
Camón said one of them could
start operating before the end
of 2014 and it would be a great
boost for the island’s connectivity.
He said the Cabildo would
give its backing for both
ventures following meetings
with representatives of both
concerns and, in his view, they
were very serious and solvent
propositions.
Sr. Camón said one project
came from former directors of
Marsans and Travelplan and
would operate flights between
the islands and the mainland.
He understood operations
could start very soon and
would be backed by entrepreneurs.
The second project, also
promoted by a Canary company Islas Afortunadas Airlines
would seek to have connections not just with Spain but
also with several African and
Lanzarote
reinforces
German market
T
HE 1-1-2 Emergency Co-ordina
tion Centre for
the Canary Islands is
helping to cut lives lost
in road accidents.
A new survey shows the
archipelago is following a
trend already identified in
Catalonia, Valencia and
Madrid.
The study looked at
statistics between 1998 and
2009 and concluded there had
been a gradual lowering of the
death rate in road crashes.
This is attributed to the expert
care provided by 1-1-2 and the
co-ordinated
rescue
operations, together with the
high level of knowledge the
phone operators have.
In the Canaries, the 1-1-2
service responds to a traffic
accident within 15 to 17
minutes on average, falling
well within the “golden hour”
aim and therefore significantly
contributing to the survival rate
of the wounded.
T
OURISM officers from Lanzarote have been
holding meetings “around a kitchen table” to
promote the island in Germany.
The novel table-cloth approach was used in Düsseldorf and
Munich to highlight all the attractions of the island, including its
cuisine.
Lanzarote wants to reinforce its position in the competitive
German market and some 38 travel agents will soon be travelling
over on a familiarisation trip.
Representatives from Lanzarote Tourism presented a visual
tour of the island to show some of its most picturesque corners
and its exquisite gastronomy.
Councillor for tourism, Carmen Steinert said that even though
Germany was an established market, it was essential for Lanzarote
to be present at such events and to hit home its unique and
different attractions.
European countries.
He said both were very
interesting as the more low-cost
seats which could be offered,
the easier it would be to get in
and out of the Canaries.
The promoters of both had
asked for “spiritual” support so
they could spread the word
about their plans and help with
business contacts and future
promotion campaigns.
Dog fight
posted
on internet
video of an organised dog fight in Lanzarote
has led to the questioning of five people, four
of them minors.
The Guardia Civil was called
in after the fight was posted on
the internet. Police said the
video showed a series of events
in which two dogs were
allegedly encouraged to start
fighting each other and egged
on once they started to do so.
The Civil Guard’s nature
section, known as Seprona, has
imputed one adult and reported
four children, all of Spanish
nationality.
Such behaviour may
constitute an office against the
flora and fauna of the land
which could lead to prison of
between three months and a
year, in addition to a ban on
any trade or business related
to animals. The dog owner
also faces prosecution for
breaching the rules of
ownership of dangerous dogs
and the protection of domestic
animals in the Canary Islands.
Fighting for La Gomera wine
E
fforts are to be stepped up on La Gomera to promote the island’s
wines.
The Cabildo is allocating 8,000 euros so that more events can be held, including tastings
and representation at various fairs.
Wine-growers had sought additional help because of the difficulties they are going through in
the current crisis.
La Gomera is intent on making sure its wines do not disappear and want the brand to be
recognised more at a local and regional level. All efforts will be made to keep the traditional
vineyards on the terraced slopes and to safeguard and create new jobs, especially for young
people.
Training will also be supported and it is planned to twin with growers in Lanzarote.
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NEWS
LA PALMA FIGURES
TENERIFE CONNECTIONS
French holiday-makers
are still in love with La
Palma
HE successful company is Caflaja SL, the only
one to submit a proposal. It will connect the
port of La Estaca in El Hierro to Tenerife
seven times a week.
French market Caflaja wins new El Hierro routes
Canary Government has awarded the maritime connection
still flourishes The
of El Hierro for 18 million euros
T
OUR operator Thalasso says it is “satisfied”
with an 80% summer occupancy of its charter
flights connecting the island to Paris.
Cabildo president, Guadalupe González Taño said this
had exceeded expectations
and showed that La Palma was
a desirable destination for
European tourists.
The French visitor mainly
seeks “peace, rest and a mild
climate”, usually travels as part
of a family and has an average
daily expenditure of 130 euros.
This is the highest spend of all
markets and a high percentage
enjoy nature and hiking, key
attractions of the island.
Thalasso-Ô Voyages is
considered the “Canar y
reference” in the French market thanks to a strong aerial
presence and a wide range of
hotel products.
The Cabildo president said
they had all worked very hard
over the last two years on
promotions in France which
were now bearing fruit.
T
Minister of Public Works for
the Government of the Canary
Islands, Domingo Berriel
signed the award last week
after the connection was
declared a Public Service
Obligation. The contract will be
formalised once the Ministry is
satisfied that the company
complies with all the requirements necessary to provide the
service.
It means Caflaja SL will
exclusively operate between
the two islands until 2017 and
receive 18 million euros. In
addition, if the contract is
extended for two more years,
it will be at a rate of 4.5 million
euros a year.
The government hopes this
exclusivity will provide islan-
ders with a regular and stable
maritime connection, both in
terms of days of the week and
in regard to schedule and
frequencies, including a direct
connection on a Monday with
Santa Cruz.
This connection is one of the
routes offered by Caflaja which
pledges six connections to and
from between La Estaca and
Los Cristianos. Saturday will be
the only day of the week not to
have a service but there will be
two on a Monday, including the
one to the capital.
In total, the company will
market 9,244 seats each week.
Of these, 1,322 correspond to
the capacity of the boat
operating to Santa Cruz while
the daily connection, minus
Saturday, will have 550 seats.
Once the contract is finalised,
Caflaja SL will endeavour to
introduce the new routes as
soon as possible.
There have long been calls
for improvements to the
connection between El Hierro
and Tenerife, particularly by El
Hierro.
BUSINESS
NEWS
HASHISH ARREST
Drugs sold
in school
A
crackdown on drug consumption in schools
is to continue on Gran Canaria.
The latest arrest involved a 19-year-old who was selling
hashish inside a college in Las Palmas. Police said he had enlisted
the help of a student at the same school. The arrested teenager
would pass stand at the front door and pass the drugs to the other
person to sell inside. He is believed to have given him at least
nine packages.
The operation was part of the master plan for improving the
school environment and safety, aimed at eradicating drug
trafficking and consumption.
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NEWS
Spanish Inheritance Tax (IHT) some common myths corrected
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INCE 1994 Wincham has been successfully helping people of various
nationalities, who currently own Spanish property, with the burden of
Spanish Inheritance Tax (IHT). Over the years we have experienced
many misconceptions surrounding the ownership of Spanish property in a UK
Limited company as a solution to legally removing Inheritance Tax and some
of these are explained below.
SPANISH PROPERTY OWNERSHIP WITHIN A UK LIMITED COMPANY
There is often confusion between a UK Limited Company and an offshore Company. A UK
company is not classed as offshore, and in line with EU treaties, UK Companies cannot be charged
the 3% annual tax that offshore companies have to pay in Spain. Following the 2008 UK Finance Act
and Budget the Directors of a UK Limited Company are no longer subject to “Benefit in Kind” Tax
on the ownership of foreign property. A further advantage of the UK company structure is the ability
to offset certain expenses such as council tax bills, maintenance/upgrades, car hire and flight costs
for the Directors when travelling to and from Spain.
SELLING THE SPANISH PROPERTY
The property can still be sold from the UK company should the purchaser prefer not to retain the
ownership in the UK company. The advantage of purchasing the property in a UK Company is that
there are no Spanish Inheritance Tax implications for the Beneficiaries and no 7-10% property
purchase tax payable of the purchase of the company. In addition the seller does not pay the 3%
Withholding Tax following the UK Company sale.
COSTS & TIME
A
LMACENES Pérez Ávila at Las Chafiras really
is the most beautiful of stores and has to be
your first port of call if you are looking for
the essentials to decorate your home.
It’s one of those places which
makes you say “wow!” when
you go through the doors and
you are tempted to buy a great
deal more than what you
came in for.
The stock here is continually
renewed to keep up-to-date
with the fashion trends for your
home. There’s a wide range
of glass ornaments, exotic
figures, lamps, paintings,
artificial plants, picture frames,
bath towels, bathrobes, rugs
and accessories, tableware,
glassware, cutlery, tea and
coffee services, everything you
need to dress your table or to
transform your terrace or
garden into a warm space
such as candles, lanterns, etc.
The linking thread with all
the products is quality, design
and affordability. Almacenes
Pérez Ávila works with national
and international brands such
as Arcos, Ibili and WMF and
always offers the latest trends
in shapes and colour.
If you love your kitchen, this is
also the place to head for if you
want new equipment. You will
find everything you need with
attractive designs, in the latest
materials and the top brands.
Pots, pans, pastry trays, a wide
assortment of cook-ware, all to
help make cooking the pleasure
it should be and to create the
most gorgeous of cakes.
This is also the place for
those interested in the world of
wine with a wide selection of
glasses of the most varied
designs, whether for champagnes or burgundies, and
everything from special air
corkscrews and decanters to
funnels and thermometers.
For your chairs, there are
wonderful cushions in all
colours , items for outdoor
living, bedroom and living room
carpets in rattan, coconut mats
etc. Add to this table runners,
carpets and curtains and you
have everything to bring new
life and colour to your home.
Almacenes Pérez Ávila also
practical gifts. Red and gold
remain the Christmas colour
stars but check out the beautiful
mauves and pinks and the cup
cake tree novelties! There is
also table-ware, cups and wine
glasses with Christmas motifs.
Almacenes Pérez Ávila
prides itself on offering
something very different to
those sold in other shops but of
course at affordable prices.
The products are of very
The UK Corporate structure is a simple solution costing less than most probate and legal fees
which also saves the additional Spanish reporting and taxation burdens for the Beneficiaries. Our
unique service is available to all Nationalities including both Residents and Non Residents of
Spain and can be completed within 2 to 4 weeks if required.
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Purchasing / Transferring the property into your children’s names
Using either of these methods would mean that you would need to pay Spanish Inheritance tax
to keep your own property should your children predecease you. There are also gift tax implications
to consider both in Spain and the UK when moving the ownership of the property in this transaction.
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A Spanish Will shields you from Spanish IHT
This is incorrect as a Spanish Will can often complicate matters as it may conflict with an earlier
Will prepared in the UK and does not eradicate Spanish IHT. A Spanish Will cannot be varied after
death and therefore limits the options of the beneficiaries.
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Don’t inform the Spanish authorities of a death for 4 ½ years
Waiting 4 1/2 years before notifying the authorities of the death means that the Statute of Limitations
has passed and therefore no tax should be payable. This is tax evasion and you would be committing
criminal offences in Spain as the Beneficiaries only have a 6 month window to Probate and pay the
Taxes to inherit the property.
THE WINCHAM SOLUTION
Our solution to the IHT problem in Spain is for the owner/s to invest the property into a UK Private
Limited company which they would own as Shareholder/s remaining in complete control of their
asset.
To receive your ‘complimentary’ Spanish Inheritance
Tax illustration please visit www.winchamiht.com or
scan the QR code below. Alternatively contact one of our
advisers on +44 (0)1260 299 700 (UK) or 0034 965 830
991 (Spain).
sells occasional furniture,
stools, mirrors, consoles and
kitchen cupboards. Further
more, if there is something you
want and it’s not in store, the
staff will endeavour to get it for
you.
Obviously, with Christmas
approaching, you will find lots
of lovely things for the festive
season, including tree and
table/candle decorations and
different styles so they fit in with
all decor styles. Do pop in and
have a good look round, you
will be delighted with what you
find.
C.C. Las Chafiras,
San Miguel
(Hardware Las Chafiras,
next to IKEA
collecting point)
Tel: 922 736 708
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Quality perfume at
an affordable price
THE 9.90 EUROS REVOLUTION
I
F you love perfume but can’t afford the prices of the top brands,
you must head for a new shop which has just opened in Santa Cruz.
The “CienFragancias” franchise is
receiving rave reviews because of its clean
lines, modern decor, attractiveness and
above all, its affordability. When you smell
their perfume, it will remind you of the big
names without the big bills.
The new CienFragancias store, situated
in calle Viera y Clavijo 1, Santa Cruz, sells
more than 150 perfumes of the very highest
quality at the unrivalled price of 9.90 euros
each, for both women and men. These
exclusive perfumes are manufactured in the
company’s highly professional Spanish
laboratories and hold the ISO certificate of
quality.
Unlike other perfumes you might be
tempted to buy at low cost, the
CienFragancias products are durable and
last for between six and eight hours.
The price of 9.90 euros is way below the
real market value, around 70 per cent, in
fact, but the concept is proving a huge
success because of the cost and quality.
People just keep on buying!
When you smell the individual perfumes,
each will remind you of all that is best from
the top brand fragrances which, of course,
would cost you very considerably more.
CienFragancias are different and
unrivalled in the industry. The perfumes are
sold in a 55ml format with a unique and
attractive design which catches the eye. All
packages carry identifying labels that define
the perfume equivalent.
The introduction of the CienFragancias
franchise in the Canaries is big news for the
perfume and cosmetics industry and the
young and qualified team hopes to create
jobs and wealth here. It is hoped for good
support from consumers and is obviously a
great idea for Christmas shopping lists or
treats.
There was a toast to future success when
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By Loraine Guy
Loraine recounts the book of “Lost lifestyles and traditions of the Agache Region in the 20th Century”
The memories and viewpoint of two
Canarian ladies from Agache
PART V
I
wonder if many readers from the UK remember the 1950s and if so do they have any memories of the wooden tomato boxes that used to
be shipped into Britain, each one emellished with a
colourful advertising label and where every tomato
was individually wrapped in crinkly paper? If you
do remember, chances are that those tomatoes had
come on a slow boat all the way from the Canary
Islands and more than likely from Tenerife.
One lady who could have
helped you to make that
tomato salad back then is Goya
Josefa Chico Diaz who was
born in Agache in 1937 and
who, as a child, started to work
the tomato plantations at the
age of 12.
“There were two tomato
crops a year, one which we
cultivated in winter on the
“coast” (just above the level of
the present motorway) to catch
the sun and the other at the
lower end of the village at
around 500 metres where we
planted in April. At that time
all the land at these levels
belonged to just the one owner
but as tomatoes were in such
high demand abroad an
efficient production system
had to be devised. He
therefore allocated a large
piece of land to any family who
asked for it, he would then
supply the plants, fertilizer,
pesticides and water whilst the
family put in the manpower.
Then once the harvest was
finished the profits were
divided 50/50 and that was the
deal.
The first job was for the
family to clear the land of any
large stones and lay them
around the edges of the
allocated field forming a small
wall and then dig up long
straight trenches ready for the
plants. Then around late
January along with my brother
and sisters we would all walk
to the landowner’s enormous
finca in the village to collect
the hundreds of 3-metre
bamboo canes needed for the
cultivation. We would put an
old sack on one shoulder for
protection and then pile onto it
as many canes as we could
manage and then drag them
all the way down the dusty
footpaths to our plantation. It
was about a one-hour walk
and I remember throwing
down the sticks with a huge
sigh of relief once we arrived
only to be told to go up again
and bring down some more!
We sometimes had to do it 4
times in one day which was
exhausting! The next stage was
to set the cane structures up in
the trenches, first two canes
were tied in the middle
forming an X and this was
known as the “burro” (donkey)
and between these burros
were tied four canes on either
side ready to support the
tomato plants. Next came the
task of bringing down the
thousands of seedlings from
the nursery in the village
where they were put into boxes
for us to carry down. Bear in
mind that each family must
have had around 4000 plants
because I remember that we
used to have crops of some
12000 kgs. It was customary
for other families to help each
other out at the crucial time of
planting, so that this was done
fast and efficiently and even
with a certain rhythm. Water
was allocated to each family
once a fortnight and it was
channelled from an absolutely
massive tank at a higher level.
You were told the time the
water would arrive and this
meant controlling the length of
the channel from the tank to
your field to make sure no-one
was filtering your water onto
their land. (Infact this system
of irrigation where you are
allocated a certain time of
water still applies to many
farmers in this area.) Once the
water started pouring into our
field we had to quickly assist
the flow with the help of hoes
to spread the water evenly and
avoid flooding. As the plants
grew we nipped the young
shoots and tied the stems with
wet rafia to the canes to
support them. For our lunch we
used to set up camp in a nearby
cave, make a small fire to boil
up some potatoes together
with the inevitable gofio which
kept us going.
On the days I wasn’t needed
and before I was 12, I was able
to go to the little village school
where we were some 40
children of all ages with just
the one teacher. There was
quite simply a blackboard a
couple of books and some
pieces of paper with the times
table on them. Maybe it wasn’t
much but I learnt to read and
know my tables better than
many children do nowadays.
I also developed a passion for
reading and used to go to a
little store in the village centre
where the lady rented out
novels for a very small fee. I
particularly loved the romantic
novels describing such distant
exotic places and lives and
many a night I would stay
awake reading them by the
light of a flickering paraffin
flame. When I was sixteen I
found a leaflet advertising
embroider y lessons by
correspondence and decided
that maybe this would be a way
of making a better living away
from the rough world of
agriculture. I had saved a little
money and bought the course.
Each month I would get a little
parcel sent from the Spanish
mainland with instructions and
a piece of material on which I
was to practice certain
stitches and send back to
them. They then me my mark
and further instructions until I
finally got my certificate of
which I am very proud. At
seventeen I then bought a new
sewing machine on credit and
the repayments depended on
whether I could earn enough
from the tomato harvest – this
gave me some sleepless nights
but I got there in the end and
went on to start a small sewing
school in the village at a later
date.
When it came to the time of
picking the tomatoes, the long
hard walks began again. We
were each given a box
weighing 30kg to carry up to
the village on our heads which
I hated. The only way I could
find to get through these hauls
was to day-dream. One day
that sticks in my mind was
when I got so carried away in
my fantasy of being a very rich
lady living in the lap of luxury
that I walked straight past the
packing shed some 500
metres before realising my
mistake. To escape in my
mind was the best way to
escape from the hardship.
Once in the packing shed us
ladies worked in shifts for
endless hours in order to sort,
classify all the tomatoes before
wrapping them individually
and putting them into the little
wooden boxes which were
then nailed down, loaded onto
the lorry and taken to the
docks ready for shipping.
Through the years though,
my luck changed and with my
husband we went into
business, worked hard and
did very well. Like so many
people I have suffered some
very hard and sad times but if
I stop a minute and think back
to my childhood years and
now look at all the comfort and
luxury around me maybe my
dream did come true after all!
18
OUR
COLUMNISTS
LEGAL COLUMN
WITH JOHN HATRICK
Inheritance tax:
get the right advice
Q: I am resident in England but I have property in
both England and in Tenerife. I have heard that there
is no double-taxation treaty between the UK and
Spain in respect of Inheritance Tax and I am therefore worried that my children will have to pay two
lots of Inheritance Tax on the Tenerife assets. What is
the legal position?
A: The rules governing payment of Inheritance Tax in
each country are not particularly clear and numerous
‘experts’ appear to be giving incorrect advice.
The starting point for any estate following death is that
Inheritance tax is payable in the country of residence /
domicile. For a UK domiciled individual, the situation is as
follows. As a general rule of thumb, residency will be
established in the country that you spend more than 6
months of the year in (in this instance, the U.K.).
On your death, as you are U.K. resident, Inheritance tax
will firstly be payable in the UK on your worldwide assets.
In addition, Spain will also charge Inheritance tax, but only
on the Spanish based assets because you are not resident
in Spain.
Now most countries in Europe have ‘double taxation
treaties’ in place, which state that if you pay the same
type of tax in another country, your home country tax office
will give you a credit for any amount of tax you have paid
overseas. This basically avoids being taxed twice on the
same asset(s).
For most of the important taxes, the above double
taxation exemption is covered by a 1974 treaty between
the UK and Spain. This covers income tax, corporation tax
and capital gains tax, but it does not include inheritance
tax. The reason for this is that Spain actually charges
inheritance tax to each beneficiary receiving a gift, whereas
the UK directly taxes the estate of the deceased before
distribution is made to the beneficiaries. Hence, because
the parties paying the tax are different in the UK and in
Spain, the tax offset is not possible under the treaty.
However, there is a solution to this problem. Section 159
of the Inheritance Taxes Act 1984 contains a provision called
‘Unilateral Relief ’. This states that where ANY tax is
imposed on property passing by inheritance, and that tax
is similar in nature to the UK inheritance or lifetime gift
tax, then the UK Taxman will allow a credit in the amount
already paid to the Spanish taxman on assets located in
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Music is life, the lyrics
are the story
Y
OU don’t just sit back and watch the “History of Music”; the show comes alive and
takes you on a magical journey through
time.
For two and a half hours, you are transported back
through the ages to be reconnected with some of the world’s
finest music to date. From classical compositions, to West
End shows, right through to modern day pop, anything is
possible. The show dates back through the centuries,
reflecting music’s most powerful and legendary music.
So to start the show off, a trip back to 1800s began with
Richard Strauss’ ‘Also sprach Zarathustra’. The stage is
then taken over by a choir of singers along with the orchestra
surrounding the stage. The choir softly started Carl Orff ’s
‘O Fortuna’ from 1936. The stage was transformed into a
medieval theme, a large circular screen on the main stage
playing a mixture of burning fire, water again reflecting the
theme. In popular culture today, this iconic piece has been
used a variety of times, the best known being the X Factor.
This piece of music sets a dramatic theme as it is loud and
attention- grabbing. ‘O
Fortuna’ is one of my
favourite classical
pieces as it has very
powerful connotations
and you can just get lost
in the song. The
orchestra and choir
together created a
beautiful version of the
song.
The orchestra along
with pianist Erica works
cleverly
together,
pouring emotion into
each piece. They
continued to take us
through the classical
composers including
Beethoven, Mozart and Olympic favourite Ravel’s ‘Bolero’.
‘All I ask of you’ from Phantom of the Opera gives you the
first real glimpse at the magnificent costumes and makeup. A tribute to silent movies of the 1920s, sound-tracked
on a black and white reel on the screen, gave a flash back
of what films were once like and how music alone can
create a story. “History, The Musical” then continues to dig
deeper in providing the best throughout the years including
Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ by the
legendary Elvis Presley which helped build the lead up to
the ‘swinging 60s’ along with Chubby Checker’s ‘Twist
again’. These years have seen the introduction of classic
swing and early rock n roll but now the sixties have arrived.
What better way of introducing the sixties than with one
of the greatest and most influential bands of the rock n roll
era. Have you guessed? Yes it is the Beatles. They were
introduced on the screen with early footage of them visiting
Tenerife for a holiday back in 1963. The tribute to the Beatles
began with a medley of their most known songs, as how
could you simply choose one. These included ‘I wanna
hold your hand’ ‘Hard day’s night’ and ‘She loves you’. All
the singers and pianist Erica came back on stage to help
sing the anthem song of the Beatles ‘Hey Jude’.
After the interval, it was back with a bang with another
selection of world famous bands. Queen’s ‘We are the
champions’ kicked off the next part of the show, playing on
the circular screen clips of all major sporting legends,
celebrating the different sporting champions all over the
world. From 1971-1991, Queen brought us many wonderful
hits. This then went on to introduce another style- changing
band, the Rolling Stones. Here we saw ‘Mick Jagger’
wrapped up in England-attire singing ‘Satisfaction’.
Getting into the rock n roll era, next up was Deep Purple
and Status Quo with the iconic biker look throughout the
60s and 70s. A motor biker drove through the stage and
dressed full in leathers ready to sing ‘Whatever you want’
and ‘Smoke on the water’. This I think is the ultimate and
best air guitar song ever. This then led us out of the seventies
with Rocky’s theme tune ‘Eye of the Tiger’, it then eased
into the rock n roll 80’s seeing Van Halen’s ‘Jump’ and
Swedish band Europe’s ‘ The final countdown’. The
chemistry between the singer, guitarist and keyboard player
was simply amazing; they are all extremely multi-talented
artists.
The big pop hitters from the likes of Tina Turner, Prince,
Elton John, Abba and Gloria Gaynor also made an
appearance as expected. The mixture of music, acrobats
and theatre that was seen more through the more modern
day music pieces added to the atmosphere and will be
familiar to any fans of big West End shows. The acrobats
gave truly outstanding performances and were incredible
to watch. The strength and courage they had was
indescribable
The lighting and clever choreography in particular was
great for the spectacular Pink Floyd scene which saw the
recreation of the band’s famous set pieces, including the
building and demolition of “the wall”. After the final interval,
the king of pop himself was introduced Michael Jackson
and his famous ‘Thiller’ zombie dance was performed.
Celine Dion’s ‘My heart will go on’ was up next, everyone
knows the heart-breaking tale of the tragic love story of
Titanic. Then all of a sudden, the acrobats appeared to
show their skills off to a slow motion Matrix-style fight scene
to the ‘Chariots of Fire’. They had so much talent in their
fingertips.
Coming close to an end, they reached today’s music
with songs from Coldplay and Adele. The end section then
went into Queen’s ‘Who wants to live forever’ as dedicated
to all the musicians that had gone too soon. This included
some of music’s finest artists: Queen’s frontman Freddy
Mercury 44, Bob Marley 36, Jimi Hendrix 28, Janis Joplin
27, Kurt Cobain, 27, Elvis Presley 42, John Lennon 40,
George Harrison 58, Michael Jackson 50, Jim Morrison 27,
Amy Winehouse 27 and ended with Whitney Houston 48
and ‘I will always love you’.
The show itself gave the multi-talented musicians a
chance to shine and the acrobats showed of their skills in
several different ways. The creator and director Eric Viana
deserves great credit and I hope the success continues to
show the world the true meaning of the history of music.
You can see The History of Music at the Magma
Centre, Costa Adeje (www.magmatenerife.com/
[email protected], tickets and information 922
79 39 87/608 284 663)
19
Spain and
offshore assets
BY PAUL MONTAGUE, PARTNER, BLEVINS FRANKS
A
S the Spanish government seeks to increase
tax revenue, it has set its sights firmly on offshore assets. This particularly affects expatriates living here as they tend to own assets outside Spain, although it has also caught out Spanish
nationals
used the facility, asking for proof of the source of the funds
declared or clarification on discrepancies with the data
already on file. The requests are more numerous and detailed
than before. Regular taxpayers are also being targeted.
The tax authorities have been building up their arsenal to
fight tax evasion. The international move towards automatic
exchange of information will now provide much more data
on undeclared or misrepresented foreign assets and income.
The government promised to get tougher after the amnesty,
and at the end of October 2012 published its new anti-tax
fraud law. This included the obligation to report all assets
and rights held outside Spain on Form 720.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with owning assets
outside Spain, but you do need to ensure you fully declare
them according to Spanish legislation. It is also worth
reviewing your assets, with the help of an experienced tax
specialist, to ensure they are in the most tax efficient vehicles
for Spain. In spite of all the measures to increase tax revenue,
Spain can still provide tax advantages for UK nationals living
here if you have the right advice.
According to the general guidelines of the 2013 Tax Control
Plan, the tax office will look at taxpayers who did not submit
Form 720, but who appear to conduct transactions abroad
that imply that they do have assets and rights outside Spain’s
borders.
Residents of Spain are liable to tax on their worldwide
income and gains. Worldwide assets also need to be assessed
for wealth tax.
The government is aware that some people who meet the
Spanish residency criteria do not declare themselves as such.
The tax agency, the Agencia Tributaria, has been cracking
down on this, for example by looking through utility bills and
lists of foreign children registered in local schools.
Over the last couple of years we have been hearing more
evidence that the tax authorities are using information received
from abroad and writing to residents suspected of having
undeclared funds abroad, in order to bring this money into
the Spanish tax system.
A Voluntary Disclosure Procedure, a type of tax amnesty,
was available last year to encourage taxpayers to regularise
undeclared assets.
As reported by Expansion this July, the Agencia Tributaria is
following this up by sending official requests to those who
The article concluded: “It is clear that offshore assets are
being targeted for full investigation.”
Speaking in May, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said that
131,411 taxpayers had submitted Form 720, declaring assets
worth €87 billion.
According to GESTHA, the union of tax inspectors, this is a
very low number since there are around 2.6 million foreign
residents alone, the group most likely to have overseas assets.
and Italy, Spain announced a new pilot scheme for the
multilateral, automatic and standardised exchange of tax
information in April. The Ministry of the Treasury pointed out
this would also enable checks on information related to
overseas assets.
In September the G20 pledged to introduce automatic
exchange of information as a global standard.
All in all, it is really only a matter of time before the authorities
discover undeclared foreign assets.
With the new asset reporting rules, the penalties for nondisclosure can be devastating. The tax authorities effectively
have no limit as to how far they can go back to assess tax.
When you add the various tax rates, penalties, interest and
fines, it could add up to more than the value of the asset.
While this all sounds very worrying, it need not be. With
expert professional advice you can structure your assets to be
both tax efficient and fully compliant in Spain, and so that
Form 720 need not be such a concern in future.
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This was reported in an article on the Sur in English website
on 12th June 2013. José María Mollinedo, Secretary General
of GESTHA, told the newspaper that this was a failure of the
government’s awareness campaign for foreign nationals, many
of whom did not find out about the obligation on time.
He said the government will now “seek to focus more on
foreign residents in Spain, especially those from the US and
those from EU member states”.
Spain has signed an intergovernmental agreement for
automatic exchange of information with the US under its
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). EU Directives,
soon to be widened, also provide for automatic sharing of
information.
Along with its fellow G5 members the UK, France, Germany
To keep in touch with the latest developments in
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Tel: 922 716 079 or
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OUR
COLUMNISTS
Brian Eldridge’s Puerto Diary
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Parking, library, walkways and bollards!
THE LATEST HAPPENINGS IN PUERTO
I
Art or blatant vandalism?
T was just over a month ago, when all of a sudden, trucks filled with rocks and rubble started
to trundle their way out of Puerto.
At first, I thought they had
started on the new port. A
crazy idea I know for had a
start on that project been
imminent, the local authorities would have been
blowing their own trumpets for
weeks preceding it. After a
day of witnessing the constant
flow of these vehicles, of
course, curiosity got the better
of me; I just had to find their
source. To be honest, it was
fairly obvious, there being only
one organisation locally
which would have sufficient
resources to fund such an
operation, so I made my way
to Punta Brava to see what
Loro Parque was doing now.
The answer is an extension
to the existing car park, two
more levels; the final solution
to the parking problems, the
claim. The easy option would
have been a multi storey,
which is in principle exactly
what they are doing, except
the two extra levels are going
underground. A sensible
move I think, out of sight is out
of mind, or, if they can’t see it,
they can’t complain about it.
There have of course been
some comments about the
project on local forum sites but
most have been centred on the
piece of ground which has
become a temporary car park
during construction.
Many visitors who
previously had no problems
parking are probably wondering if indeed the work is
necessary. Yes, it is, as during
the summer months and more
particularly at weekends, the
parking
has
proved
inadequate, forcing visitors to
seek out parking spaces in the
surrounding streets. Even then,
this was not really the
problem; there is plenty of
space in the streets,
particularly behind the
Parque. The problem has
always been the team of
unauthorised, aggressive and
threatening parking touts who
operated in the area, quite
openly and seemingly
unhindered. So I applaud Loro
Parque for tackling the real
problem and hope their car
park extension is the solution
to it.
Meantime, has the longawaited San Telmo make-over
started? No, it hasn’t. But why
are barriers blocking most of
the walkways? They are there
purely for the construction
company ’s convenience.
With the Calle La Hoya project
finished, well almost, you can
be forgiven for thinking the
arrival of the barriers have
heralded the start of San
Telmo, which despite
assurances that it would start
this year, now seems unlikely
to. So it seems the ‘keep the
sea wall’ and the ‘replace it
with an ugly fence’ debate is
still to be resolved.
No, the barriers are there,
unbelievably for ease of
access to the three
passageways which all
connect Calle la Hoya to the
now ill-fated San Telmo
walkway. They are themselves
now undergoing their own
make-over. It is a separate
project; it has its own budget
and its own time-frame of
three months, to almost
inevitably over-run. Why? It
defies all logic. The time to
tackle these passageways
was surely while Calle la Hoya
was under construction,
when ease of access was
guaranteed. Instead the
builders’ skips sit a good
distance away from where
they are needed, so the ramps
in San Telmo are used to
access them, rendering them
out of use to the general
public. The irony is that one of
the eventual aims is to
improve access to the area for
the disabled; the reality is to
unnecessarily and prematurely restrict it.
I often walk past the new
library just to keep an eye on
any progress. Actually,
perhaps I should rephrase
that. I often walk past the
building which will eventually house the new library.
A library without books can
hardly be des-cribed as one
and of course, the purpose
built building still sits lonely,
largely ignored, empty and
completely devoid of books.
However, the bollards that
line the building have
undergone some changes in
appearance and have in my
opinion, suffered in the name
of art. Not a recent change
to be honest but I have put off
my comments in the hope it
was in fact graffiti, which the
local council would eventually
paint over. So is it art or blatant
vandalism? I will leave it up
to the individual to decide. I
for one am happy to be called
a philistine when it comes to
all things ‘art’ related. Be it a
painting, a sculpture, or any
other art form, it needs to be
readily recognisable, to
mean anything to me. These
bollards have the appearance
of having had paint literally
poured over them. Is this
really an art form or just an
incompetent painter, with a
ver y unsteady hand? No
points for guessing what I
think.
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Cameron in new bid to cut European legislation
BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron has successfully
persuaded the European Commission to take a new initiative to
remove red tape which he believes is hampering businesses
across the European Union.
The Prime Minister praised the Commission for doing an
excellent job in repealing 6,000 pieces of legislation since 2005
but called for more to be done.
Mr Cameron has his own business task force team and it
has now made 30 recommendations to make life easier for
companies and reduce their costs further.
The new initiative has the support of Commission
President Jose Manuel Barroso, German Chancellor Angela
Merkel and the Prime Ministers of Poland, Finland, Sweden, the
Netherlands, Italy and Estonia.
Action would often mean removing 28 sets of national
rules for the member countries and replacing them with just one
set all could adopt.
Speaking at a meeting in Brussels, Mr Cameron explained
that there were practical reasons why this was necessary in the
digital age.
The Office of National Statistics in Britain gave the Prime
Minister a boost on Friday when it announced that GDP was 1.5
per cent ahead of the same period last year. Manufacturing and
house building contributed to the improved figures.
Prince’s message to fire fighters
WHILE Britain has been suffering from severe stormy weather
over the weekend and the rain has been hammering down it
has been a very different story in Australia with volunteer fire
fighters battling serious bush fires in New South Wales.
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has made a
contribution to the Australian Red Cross to help support people
affected by the bush fires. The Prince met some of the fire
fighters at Bondi Beach last year and they are now fighting the
bush fires around Sydney. Many people have lost their homes.
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Interest rates to rise in Britain?
Health bosses earn more than Cameron
A CULTURE of excessive pay and pay offs in Britain’s
National Health Service has led to Health Secretary Jeremy
Hunt warning senior staff that their actions are “unacceptable
and unjustified.”
Forty eight senior figures earned more than the Prime
Minister and Mr Hunt is likely to impose a cap on the number
of managers earning more than £100,000 and limit figures
upon which redundancy packages are calculated.
He said in the Daily Telegraph that the health service
needed a collective reality check to avoid making the same
mistakes as the BBC, where excessive pay and pay offs had
damaged public confidence in the institution.
Newspapers fear press regulation
THE British press has long been a benchmark for freedom of
information throughout the world, but that has been threatened
by the industry’s own behaviour and the telephone hacking
scandal in particular.
Britain’s three main political parties have at last come up
with proposals for a new system of press regulation. It is now 11
months since the Leveson inquiry into press standards.
The latest proposals for amendments to a royal charter
establishing the new rules were designed to placate the
newspapers, but they still have deep reservations and a group of
press freedom organisations from around the world have written
to the Queen expressing concern.
If the charter is approved by the Privy Council it could be
signed by the Queen this week.
Former News International chief executive Rebekah
Brooks and former News of the World Editor Andy Coulson face
trial this week in connection with phone hacking allegations and
alleged payments to public officials.
THE clearest indication yet that interest rates are to rise in
Britain was given by the Bank of England which has upgraded
its growth forecast and believes unemployment will fall more
quickly than anticipated.
Economists believe the first rate rise will occur at the
start of 2016, but some traders believe it could be earlier. The
bank’s Monetary Policy Committee is widely expected to respond
to a surprisingly sudden pick-up in economic prospects.
Monkees’ singer Davy Jones dies
MANCHESTER-born lead singer of the 1960’s band The
Monkees, Davy Jones, the son of a railway fitter, has died in
his sleep at his home in Florida aged 66 following a massive
heart attack.
The first ‘manufactured’ band, the Monkees were
brought together for a television series in 1966 and were
popular on both sides of the Atlantic. They had four number
one albums in 13 months.
Three of the bands original members, Jones, Mickey
Dolenz and Peter Tork, reunited for a series of gigs last year.
Arsenal stay top with Palace win
ARSENAL beat struggling Crystal Palace 2-0 to stay top of
English soccer’s Premier League. Palace are without a manager
following the resignation of Ian Holloway last week.
But there are signs that Manchester United, who have
made a poor start to the season under David Moyes, are getting
a bit of their old metal back. United beat a stubborn Stoke 3-2 on
Saturday and it was a typical Old Trafford comeback
performance.
The pick of the Sunday matches was the clash between
title contenders Chelsea and Manchester City, with Chelsea
having a little bit of luck and running out 2-1 victors
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FEATURE
The little fish who became a legend
By Rita Sobot
T
RUTH, it is said, is often stranger than fiction
and the fascinating tale of Ronnie Biggs, the
carpenter-turned-Great Train Robber who
became a cult figure is one of them.
For me, however, there are
often “stories behind the
stories” and 56-year-old Mike
Gray, an advertising designer
from Kent is one of them.
Anyone who spotted Mike
on his recent holiday in
Tenerife might have thought the
tee-shirt he was wearing,
emblazoned with the face of
Ronnie Biggs and the slogan
“200 Questions on the Great
Train Robber”, was just a
novelty. Something won in a
quiz perhaps or after buying a
certain number of beers.
But no, this is not the case.
Mike, who is also an author,
has become a personal friend
of Biggs who is now 84 and
virtually unable to walk or
speak because of ill health and
a succession of strokes.
This isn’t because he is a
next-door neighbour or that he
comes from the criminal
fraternity. Quite the opposite.
In one of the books co-written
by Mike, he is described as a
completely “straight” man with
no connection whatsoever to
the Great Train Robbery or
anything since.
What is so fascinating about
Mike’s story is that he became
friends with Ronnie Biggs
completely by accident some
25 years ago in the ver y
strangest of circumstances
which you feel must have been
fate.
I met up with Mike in
Tenerife, together with his wife
Lita, to chat about his latest
publications ie. “The Ronnie
Biggs Quiz Book” and “101
Things you didn’t know about
the Great Train Robber y”
which add to his first 2009
book about Ronnie, “The Inside
Story”. This was written when
Biggs had returned on a
voluntary basis from Brazil and
was serving the rest of his
sentence in Britain. Mike
wanted to write about what he
and many others felt was a
great injustice, that a man who
was ill and was no danger to
society was being kept
incarcerated, often handcuffed to his hospital bed.
Amazingly,
Mike’s
association with the Great Train
Robber began when he didn’t
even realise it. He just
happened to be in the wrong
place at the right time or the
right place at the wrong time,
whichever way you look at it.
Mike’s father used to be a
prison officer at Wandsworth
where Biggs was starting a 30
year sentence for his part in the
Great Train Robbery of 1963
and they lived just opposite.
The Royal Mail train was
travelling between Glasgow
and London when, on August
8th, a 15-strong gang of robbers
intercepted it and got away
with more than 2.6 million
pounds (the equivalent of 46
million pounds today).
Biggs had been in prison for
15 months when he escaped
over the prison wall, jumping
into a furniture van and then
into a get-away car. Mike, then
aged nine, witnessed all the
commotion, as did a young
friend who was even closer to
the scene and was locked in a
coal cellar as a result!
“At the time, I didn’t think
anything much of it,” Mike told
me. “Security in the prison
wasn’t like it is today and
prisoners were always escaping. I didn’t even know it was
Ronnie Biggs. I hadn’t even
heard of him.”
Roll the clock on to 1974
when Mike, aged 17, was
studying English and journalism at school. His teacher told
the class to watch the news
that night, pick up a story and
research it. Mike did just that
and was amazed that the
headlines were about Ronnie
Biggs who had been disco-
vered living in Rio de Janeiro
but could not be extradited
because his Brazilian girlfriend was pregnant. It was
then that Mike also saw the
footage of the original 1965
prison escape opposite his
house! Ronnie had originally
fled to Paris and then to
Australia before settling in
Brazil.
Needless to say, Mike’s
project was a huge success,
with his tutor telling him to
“keep hold of this, it will make
you famous one day.”
From there, his fascination
with the Ronnie Biggs story
escalated and he would
collect anything and everything to do with the Great Train
Robber. But the story was to
take another twist. Mike put an
advert in a London newspaper
asking for cuttings, which was
duplicated free of charge in a
Brazilian paper. A few weeks
later, he received a letter from
a local man saying he would
send local articles if Mike
would send him Thomas the
Tank engine tapes because he
was a Beatles’ fan and it was
narrated by Ringo Starr.
Despite being sceptical,
Mike did just that – “I was
working in Woolworths at the
time, it cost me 25 pence but I
thought it was worth the
investment!” – and also sent a
second batch a few months
later. At one stage, he heard
nothing but then a letter
arrived, not just with cuttings
but Ronnie’s personal phone
number as a special thank you.
Mike recalls the first time
he phoned Ronnie Biggs in
1989 who asked him: “What
took you so long?” and that was
where their long association
through regular phone-calls
began. Mike would often send
Ronnie hard black liquorice
which was something he
craved and was planning to
go to Brazil to meet him in 2001
when Ronnie and his son,
Michael told him not to come
– they were coming back to
England instead.
Space doesn’t allow me to
relay all the stories and
anecdotes Mike told me about
whilst Ronnie was in Brazil but
he said the Great Train
Robber ’s 150,000 pound
fortune had long gone, he was
skint and had to rely on other
people’s generosity and often
hosted “Meet Ronnie Biggs”
parties. There were also two
attempts to kidnap him.
Mike said Ronnie came
back to England because he
was very ill and wanted to be
on home soil. His greatest
wish was “to walk into a
Margate pub as an Englishman
and buy a pint of bitter” but his
health deteriorated even
further when he was sent back
to prison. Mike continued to
visit him on a regular basis in
both Belmarsh and Norwich
Author Mike Gray
and was one of only ten guests
when Biggs married his
Brazilian girlfriend in prison in
2002.
As well as writing his books,
Mike was asked to champion
the “Free Ronnie Biggs”
campaign from 2001 to 2009
and he did so freely as he was
and remains very angry that
Biggs was treated worse than
a murderer or child sex
offender. He says Biggs was
never violent, describing him
as “an ordinary man” with “not
a bad bone in his body”. The
gang member who hit the
train driver over the head was
one of the three who escaped
and has never been arrested
but no fire-arms were used.
Mike believes it was the
media coverage which turned
Ronnie Biggs into a cult figure:
“He was a little fish who
became a legend.”
Ronnie Biggs was released
in August 2009 and is now in a
nursing home. Mike continues
to visit him and has become a
close friend of the family. This
year, of course, is the 50th
anniversary of the Great Train
Robbery.
Mike says: “I feel peace for
him at last.
Ronnie Biggs the inside
stor y (published 2009)
Available in Hardback and
Kindle from Amazon (www.amazon.com) & Apex Publishing (www.Apexpublishing.co.uk).
The Ronnie Biggs Quiz
Book (publishing November
1st) Available as a Kindle only
from Amzazon & Apex
Publishing.
101 Interesting facts on
Ronnie Biggs & The Great
Train Robbery (publishing 1st
Dece,ber) Available as a
Kindle only from Amazon &
Apex Publishing.
The Great Train
Robbery
R
ONNIE Arthur Biggs was
born in 1929 on August
8 th , coincidentally the
same month and date of the
Great Train Robbery.
He was born in Lambeth and for his
part in the crime, received the
sentence of 30 years in prison, of which
he served a total of ten years. This was
from 1963 to 1965 and then on his
return to Britain, from 2001 to 2009
when he was released on
compassionate grounds.
The Great Train Robbery was on
August 8th, 1963 and involved a gang of
15 led by Bruce Reynolds. Their target
was the Royal Mail train heading
between Glasgow and London. They got
away with over 2.6 million pounds (the
equivalent of 46 million pounds today).
Although no firearms were used, the
train driver Jack Mills was beaten over
the head with a metal bar. He recovered
but the robber who attacked him was
one of the three men never caught by
the police.
Other members of the Train Robbery
gang also became fugitives, including
Bruce Reynolds who was the last one to
be caught. He lived in Mexico, Canada
and France before returning to England
where he was arrested in 1968 in
Torquay and sentenced to 25 years. He
was released a decade later and died
earlier this year.
After his prison escape, Ronnie Biggs
originally fled to Paris, before moving to
Australia and then Brazil and back to
Britain where he returned to prison for
another eight years. By the time he was
released, he had served more time in
jail than any other of the robbers, despite
his relatively minor role in providing
details for a driver to move the train when
it was first intercepted.
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Festival pays homage to
crime writer
AGATHA BACK IN PUERTO
Puerto de la Cruz will offer more than a touch of mystery when it
hosts the IV International Agatha Christie Festival from November
4th to 10th
T
HE resort town once again plays homage to
the famous English writer with plays, guided
tours, films, conferences and concerts. In
addition, a themed cruise from Southampton arrives on the day of the opening ceremony.
Puerto’s Centre for Tourism
Initiatives has held this popular
festival once every two years
from 2007 in recognition of
Agatha Christie’s enchantment
with the town when she came
on holiday in 1927. Following
the death of her mother and
separation from her husband,
it was exactly the location she
crazed to escape the
pressures and attention of the
British press.
Cruise passengers arriving
on November 4th will be able
to visit landmark sites which
are emblematically British,
such as the Anglican church,
the Sitio Litre orchid gardens
or the British Library. They will
also walk down a street
named in her honour and see
a statue of her, together with a
small theatrical piece by
actress Antonio Jaster.
The cruise will bring in top
Agatha Christie specialist, Dr.
John Curran to take part in
various festival activities such
as the film forum on November
5th at 7pm in the Castillo San
Felipe, opening exclusively to
host events. There will be a
screening with Spanish subtitles of the original version of
“Death on the Nile” directed
in 1978 by John Guillermin,
followed at the end by
questions and answers
between the audience and
expert.
On November 5th and 7th, the
Youth House will show the
cycle “Cine para jóvenes” at
6pm.
The CIT has planned various
activities for November 6th.
Particularly atmospheric will
be “A walk with Agatha
Christie”, guided tours to
places she visited and
available in Spanish, English,
German and Finnish. The
meeting point is the Anglican
Church in Parque Taoro and
the guided tour will be
repeated at 10am on the
Friday and Saturday, with no
prior registration required.
At 7pm on November 6th,
John Curran returns to Castillo
San Felipe to present his book
“Agatha Christie: The plans of
crime” which includes ideas
and documents never
published.
At the same venue, John
Lucas and John Reid will talk
about two different aspects of
the history of the British in
Puerto (6pm, November 7th)
and at 7.30pm that evening,
there will be a screening there
of “Ten Little Indians” with
Spanish sub-titles.
On November 7th and 9th, the
English-speaking Theatre
Association will stage “The
Spider’s Web” at Hotel El Tope;
admission ten euros (doors
open 7.30pm). At 9pm on
November 8 th , the Reyes
Bartlet choir will give a concert
entitled “Mystery at the Opera”
with a tour of European music,
including Richard Wagner,
Agatha’s favourite composer.
The theatre group, La
Pandilla, directed by Antonia
Jaster, will present “La señal
roja” in the Sala Timanfaya also
on November 8th (admission
12 euros) at 8.30pm and this
will be repeated on the
Saturday at 7pm and 9pm. At
11pm on November 9th, the
group “Baby Black Cuartet”
will give a concert in calle
Iriarte at its corner with calle
San Juan.
To finish this fourth edition,
Jardín Botánico will host an
open house on Sunday,
November 10th from 9am to
6pm.
All tickets can be purchased at the CIT office in
Puerto between 9am and 3pm
Monday to Friday or just before
the events.
FILM FESTIVAL
Special guest of
honour
S
PANISH comedian
and actor, Gorka
Otxoa is to be guest
of honour at the VIII
Short Film Festival in La
Orotava.
Craft workshop at
Pinolere
T
WOOL CREATIONS
HE Pinolere Cultural Association in La
Orotava is dedicated to the preservation of
old crafts and traditions.
Courses and workshops are
held on a regular basis and
there will be another on
November 11th, 13th, 18th and
20th from 4pm to 8pm.
This time, the spotlight falls
on sheep’s wool and all the
wonderful things you can
create from it. You will learn
all the processes involved,
from washing and preparing
the wool to making items such
as hats and bags.
The course will be taught at
the Pinolere Ethnographic
Museum (which is also open
to the general public) and all
tools and materials will be
supplied. You will be able to
take home the objects you
make and a certificate.
To register, email [email protected] or yaiza.pinolere @ gmail.com or phone
922 322678.
Organisers are delighted
he will be present at the event,
being held on November 14th,
15 th and 16th, and will award
a prize during the closing
ceremony.
Gorka Otxoa is wellknown in the world of film,
theatre and television and
currently combines his role
in the Antena 3 series Vivo
with various stage and big
screen roles.
He recently received a
prestigious award at the
International Cinema Festival
in Valencia which, among
other things, recognised the
role he played in selecting the
projects to participate in.
His input will be greatly
valued as the Short Film
Festival showcases new and
up-and-coming talent and
offers the public a sample of
the best small format films on
the national scene today.
Gorka Otxoa
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Santa Cruz stages free
concert
CHICAGO GUESTS
S
POP & DANCE
ANTA Cruz believes a “ground-breaking” concert on November 8th will continue the bid to
revitalise the capital.
Singing a gospel Christmas
T
HE acclaimed Chicago Gospel Group will be
making a special trip to the Canary Islands
before Christmas this year.
They are to present a unique
concert in Las Palmas, Gran
Canaria on December 7th as
part of the “VIII Festival Góspel
Canarias”.
“Singing Gospel Christmas”
will be directed by Percy E.
Gray Jr and will feature a full
range of traditional gospel
numbers and international
Christmas songs.
Chicago Gospel Group is
part of the Chicago Mass Choir
founded by James C.
Chambers with the aim of
uniting all choirs, community
organisations, musicians,
composers and soloists.
Percy E. Gray Jr is a prolific
composer and has produced
more than 50 albums for
several gospel choirs. He is
widely regarded as a living
legend of gospel music.
The concert takes place at
the Auditorio Alfredo
Kraus (see
www.auditorioalfredokraus.com and
www.entradas.com).
RECORD EVENT
Follow the tapas
route in La Orotava
If you enjoy good food, wine and culture, then La
Orotava is delighted to issue you with a special invitation
T
HE eighth edition of the “Ruta de Tapas” began on October 23rd and continues until November 17th. Forty-five establishments are taking part, a record for the event so far.
This year, there is a new
innovation as an on-line app
has been created through
computers or mobiles. It
shows
you
all
the
participating bars and
restaurants, a map and
telephone numbers and you
can also vote for your
favourite. Those interested in
this method on their phones
can do so through the QR
code on posters and
advertisements or via
www.r utatapa.info
on
computers. A mini brochure
has also been produced.
Organisers are delighted
with the record response of
45 participants as there are
usually around 30. Last year,
25,000 tapas dishes were
consumed and this is likely
to be much higher on this
occasion. Each dish costs
two euros.
This gastronomic initiative
was presented by first deputy
Mayor, Francisco Linares and
economic development
councillor, Felipe David
Benítez who are encouraging
people to come along. They
have also praised the places
taking part and contributing to
efforts to combat the difficult
economic times.
To encourage the use of
taxis, there will be special rates
for groups of six and three
routes have been set up to
cover the area of La Perdoma,
El Rincón and Cuevas and La
Orotava-Los Inos.
All the restaurants taking
part have also been asked to
use at least one product
purchased from the local
agricultural market.
There will be prizes for the
best three covers and one for
the people’s favourite.
Anyone who visits at least ten
establishments and fills in the
little card will also go in to a
draw for various prizes,
including meals, wine, a
weekend at a hotel in the
south and baskets of local
produce.
“Tenerife 40 Pop & Dance”
will bring together about 20
artists in the new commercial
zone of Vía Litoral.
Mayor, José Manuel
Bermúdez said the free
concert would confirm the
city’s position as a “musical
meeting point” and show the
potential of this new area.
“I am sure it will be a
success because there will
be great artists and it will
allow us to follow the trend
of consumer reactivation
which started two years ago
with weekend activities,” he
said.
The concert is expected to
attract a huge crowd and will
be presented by Tony Aguilar.
Artists will include Edurne,
Angy, Nuria Swan, Jadel, Xriz
and Ray Castellano.
Details were revealed by
the Mayor who was joined by
Tenerife Cabildo president,
Carlos Alonso and representatives of the main sponsors,
Cadena SER and Telefónica
in the Canaries.
Sr. Alonso praised Santa
Cruz council for its “positive
dynamics” to promote
leisure activities.
Keep up-to-date with concert news on
www.santacruzdetenerife.es
The sounds of “Autumn Jazz”
S
PECIAL guests will
put the finishing
touch to “Jazz Otoño” or “Autumn Jazz” in
the Canary Islands.
The fourth edition of this
popular festival is being held
in a number of venues in Gran
Canaria and starts on
November 8th with a concert
by Kurt Rosenwinkel, a
leading light in the
development of guitar jazz
today. He has never played in
the Canaries before and says
it is a dream come true to do
so. An added bonus is that he
will be accompanied by
pianist Aaron Parks with
whom he has collaborated
with since 2006.
On November 16 th ,
Madeleine Peyroux presents
“The Blue Room” whilst Omar
Sosa and Paolo Fresu are in
concert on November 19 th,
combining acoustic and
electronic sounds.
The band “Jazz Coming” is
in concert on November 28 th
whilst on December 5th, four
guitar maestros in the form
of Philip Catherine, Christian
Escoudé, Ulf Wakenius and
Mark Whitfield take to the
stage.
The festival closes on
December 13th when David
Quevedo presents his new
trio with Carlos Meneses and
José Víctor González.
Bentejuí de Vera, Germán
López and Yul Ballesteros are
among the artists putting the
finishing touches.
“Jazz Otoño” is organised
by Auditorio Alfredo Kraus,
the University de Las Palmas
de Gran Canaria and the
theatres Pérez Galdós, Cuyás
and Guiniguada.
Popular “Palmetum”
extends free tours
F
REE guided tours of the new “Palmetum” in
Santa Cruz have proved such a success that
they are to be extended.
Since opening its doors at
the end of September, the
botanical
garden
has
attracted more than 1,000
visitors. These have included
schools, college students, a
delegation of travel agents,
environmental groups and a
farming centre.
Santa Cruz council says
these guided tours will now
continue until November 17th,
free of charge as before,
because of the high demand.
Expert in botany, Carlos
Morici is in charge of
explaining the details of this
green space and guides
visitors through the 12
hectares that comprise the
Palmetum. After three
decades of intensive planning
and work, this area has been
totally transformed and given
a new image, having been
converted into a unique and
sustainable development.
Councillor
for
the
environment, Yuri Mas said
they had decided to extend the
tours as local people had
shown immense interest and
there had been long waiting
lists. By November 17th, visitor
numbers are expected to top
the 2,500 level.
The tours until November
17 th are on a Friday and
Saturday, 5.30pm to 7.30pm
and on Sundays at 10.30am.
They are designed to
accommodate groups of 40
people but those interested
must book in advance.
Telephone the Santa Cruz
Sustainable Foundation on 922
534 477 or email [email protected].
The city council has already
announced that following the
completion of these free
guided tours, the Palmetum
will open to the public at the
end of November.
The botanical garden
features spectacular vegetation, the result of collaborations made with numerous
institutions around the world
over the last three decades.
There are various structures,
including an entrance
building, with a lift and ramp
up to the octagon, a huge sun
shade, ethnographic museum,
complex of waterfalls and a
half-buried building, yet to be
completed, rivers and lakes.
The Palmetum is located
on the only mountain in Santa
Cruz , so it is like a garden
rising out of the city. It has
magnificent views of the
ocean, capital and Anaga
mountains.
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Track World Cup.
Live coverage of the final day’s action from the opening round of the 2013-14
World Cup series from the Manchester Velodrome, plus a look back at the
event’s highlights so far. With the women’s omnium on Sunday’s schedule,
Britain’s Laura Trott could strut her stuff in one of two events she won Olympic
gold in last summer.
(EDITOR’S CHOICE, STEREO, WIDESCREEN, LIVE, SUBTITLES, 3 STAR)
Horror sequel. A group of high-school kids volunteer for a
Halloween night online reality TV show, in which they have to
spend the night in the old house of serial killer Michael Myers.
But Michael didn’t really die a few years ago. In fact, he never
went away.
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Brad Loree, Busta Rhymes, Bianca
Kajlich, Sean Patrick Thomas, Daisy McCrackin
4TH NOVEMBER
16:00
Ben Shephard hosts the quiz show in which four players take on an
extraordinary machine in the hope of winning its 10,000 pound
jackpot.
TIPPING
POINT
(GAME SHOW)
(STEREO, WIDESCREEN, SUBTITLES, DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1, AUDIO DESCRIBED, 2002, 15, 2 STAR)
6TH NOVEMBER
15:15
IMPACT
(FILM)
Disaster adventure mini-series. A huge meteor strikes the Moon, knocking it out of orbit and into a
cataclysmic collision course with the Earth.
Director: Mike Rohl
Starring: David James Elliott, Natasha Henstridge, Benjamin Sadler, Florentine Lahme, James Cromwell,
Steven Culp
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John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John star as Danny Zuko and
Sandy Olsen, who had a summer romance and then meet
again at high school. He tries to
protect his macho persona from
her squeaky clean image, but the
tables are turned when Sandy, in
a leather costume so tight Newton-John had to be sewn into it,
wins his heart. Randal Kleiser’s
film, based on the original musical, is jammed with show-stopping songs and a stand-out supporting cast, with Stockard
Channing as tough girl Rizzo almost eclipsing Sandy.
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Toby’s Travelling
Circus
Bananas in Pyjamas
Tickety Toc
The Wright Stuff
The Hotel Inspector
5 News
Lunchtime
Construction Squad:
Operation
Homefront
Home and Away
Neighbours
The Mentalist
Film Meltdown:
Days of Destruction
5 News at 5
Neighbours
Home and Away
Newstalk Live
Chris Tarrant Goes
Fishing
Stobart: Trucks,
Trains and Planes
Greatest Kids TV
Shows
Super Casino
17:00
17:30
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
23:00
Football Gold
What´s the Story?
UEFA Champions
League Goals
Sporting Heroes
What´s the Story?
UEFA Champions
League Goals
FIFA Futbol Mundial
Prem. League World
Ringside
FL72 Preview
The Rugby Club
Ringside
FL72 Preview
Ringside
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
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14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
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22:00
23:00
WWE: Experience
Cricket
POwerboating
Watersports World
Cricket
Test Cricket
Cricket
Test Cricket
Cricket
Racemax
Cricket
Test Cricket
Cricket
Test Cricket
The Rugby Club
Live Cricket
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
18:30
FL72 Preview
The Rugby Club
Ringside
NFL
Football
The Rugby Club
FL72 Preview
NFL
Champ. Leag. Weekly
The Fantasy
Football Club
Live Victory Shield
Football
The Fantasy
Football Club
Prem. Leag. Preview
14:00
15:00
16:00
FRIDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2013
06:00
09:15
10:00
11:00
11:45
12:15
13:00
13:30
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14:15
15:00
15:45
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17:15
18:00
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
21:30
22:00
22:25
22:35
Show
23:20
23:50
01:30
01:35
Breakfast
Remembrance Week
Homes Under the
Hammer
Saints and Scroungers
Bargain Hunt
BBC News at One
Regional News
and Weather
Doctors
The Indian Doctor
Pressure Pad
and Puds
Antiques Road Trip
Pointless
BBC News at Six
Regional News
and Weather
The One Show
A Question of Sport
EastEnders
Room 101
Have I Got News for
You
Citizen Khan
BBC News at Ten
Regional News
and Weather
The Graham Norton
Bluestone 42
Film The 13th Warrior
Weatherview
BBC News
06:00
06:30
07:30
08:15
09:00
10:00
11:00
11:30
12:00
14:00
17:00
18:00
18:30
19:00
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
22:30
23:05
00:10
01:45
02:45
03:45
This is BBC
Two
Homes Under the
Hammer
Saints and
Scroungers
Real
Rescues
Flog it! Trade
Secrets
Question Time
BBC News
BBC World
News
The Daily Politics
Tennis
Flog It!
Eggheads
Strictly Come
Dancing: It Takes Two
Celebrity Antiques
Road Trip
Mastermind
Gardeners’
World
Cold War, Hot Jets
QI
Newsnight
Later... with Jools
Holland
Film Spider
Question
Time
The Paradise
This is BBC
Two
06:00
08:30
09:25
10:30
11:25
11:30
12:30
13:30
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
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18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:30
23:05
01:00
03:00
Daybreak
Lorraine
The Jeremy Kyle
Show
This
Morning
ITV News
This
Morning
Loose Women
ITV News and
Weather
Dickinson’s Real
Deal
The Alan Titchmarsh
Show
Tipping Point
The Chase
ITV News
London
ITV News and
Weather
Emmerdale
Coronation
Street
Off the Beaten
Track
Coronation
Street
The Nation’s
Favourite Elvis Song
ITV News and
Weather
Film Wanted
Jackpot247
Columbo
07:30
07:55
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
12:05
12:35
12:50
15:10
16:00
17:00
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18:30
19:00
19:30
19:55
20:00
21:00
21:30
22:00
23:05
23:55
00:40
01:25
01:30
Will and Grace
Everybody Loves
Raymond
Frasier
Undercover Boss
USA
Beat My Build
Channel 4 News
Summary
Gordon Ramsay’s
Home Cooking
River Cottage Bites
Film Escape to
Athena
Countdown
Deal or No Deal
Four in a Bed
Come Dine with Me
The Simpsons
Hollyoaks
Channel 4 News
Unreported World
4thought.tv
Marvel’s Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D.
8 Out of 10 Cats
Man Down
Alan Carr: Chatty
Man
Stand Up for the
Week
Was it Something I
Said?
Gogglebox
Random Acts
Film Greenberg
06:55
07:10
07:20
07:35
07:45
08:00
08:15
08:35
08:50
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22:30
09:00
10:00
12:00
13:00
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15:00
17:00
17:30
18:30
19:30
22:00
23:00
Cricket
WWE: Raw
Cricket
Test Cricket
Cricket
WWE: Raw
Premier League
World
Test
Cricket
Cricket
Live Anglo-Welsh
Cup Rugby Union
NFL-A FOotball
Life
Live Cricket
SATURDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2013
06:00
09:15
10:45
12:15
12:50
13:00
13:10
13:15
14:00
16:30
17:20
17:30
17:40
18:30
20:00
20:50
21:00
21:15
22:50
00:10
01:10
01:15
Breakfast
Saturday Kitchen
TBA
Football
Focus
Saturday
Sportsday
BBC
News
BBC London
News
TBA
Rugby League World
Cup
Final Score
BBC
News
BBC London
News
Pointless
Strictly Come
Dancing
Atlantis
The National Lottery
Live
BBC
News
Festival of
Remembrance
Match of the
Day
The Football League
Show
Weatherview
BBC
News
06:00
09:05
09:25
TBA
The Sky at
Night
Reel History of
Britain
07:00
07:25
07:35
07:50
Melvyn Bragg, accompanied by a
vintage mobile cinema, travels
across the country, to show incredible footage preserved by the
British Film Institute and other
national and regional film archives, to tell the history of modern Britain.
08:15
09:55
11:05
12:05
15:15
10:45
12:15
13:00
14:00
17:00
20:30
The Life of
Birds
TBA
The A to Z of TV
Cooking
MotoGP
Tennis
TBA
Dad’s Army
Classic wartime sitcom about a
group of man - not able to take
up active service due to their age
- who set up their town’s Home
Guard in the Second World War.
21:00
22:20
TBA
TOTP 2
Steve Wright’s here again to lend
his wit to another selection of
pop greats and not-so-greats.
08:30
09:25
09:30
10:30
11:00
17:35
17:45
18:00
18:30
19:00
20:00
21:40
22:40
22:55
00:25
01:40
Canimals
Sooty
Horrid Henry
Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles
Bottom Knocker
Street
The Munch Box
ITV News
Saturday Cookbook
The
Unforgettable...
ITV News and
Weather
Surprise Surprise
TBA
Film Star Wars:
Episode IV - A New
Hope
Regional News
and Weather
ITV News and
Weather
You’ve Been
Framed!
Fool Britannia
The Chase:
Celebrity Special
The X Factor
The Jonathan Ross
Show
ITV News and
Weather
TBA
Take Me Out
Jackpot247
06:15
07:00
08:00
09:00
10:00
10:30
11:00
12:00
12:30
13:30
16:00
18:30
19:00
20:00
21:00
01:15
The Hoobs
Volleyball
The Morning Line
The American
Football Show
Frasier
Everybody Loves
Raymond
The Big Bang Theory
The Simpsons
Heston’s Gothic
Horror Feast
Channel 4 Racing
Come Dine with Me
Channel 4 News
Marvel’s Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Grand Designs
TBA
Stand Up for the
Week
Stand Up for the Week is a new
late-night series of edgy satirical takes on the big stories and
themes of the week, as seen
through the eyes of some of
the country’s best comedians.
Hosted by Patrick Kielty, with a
regular team of stand ups: Rich
Hall, Jack Whitehall, Andi Osho
and Kevin Bridges who give their
uniquely incisive take on the
week’s politics, sport and celebrity news.
02:10
Hollyoaks Omnibus
06:15
06:25
06:35
06:50
07:05
07:10
07:25
07:40
07:55
08:10
08:25
08:45
09:00
09:15
09:30
09:45
10:00
10:35
11:00
11:30
20:25
20:30
21:00
00:00
Fifi and the
Flowertots
Bubble Guppies
The Mr. Men Show
Chloe’s Closet
Roobarb and
Custard Too
Bananas in
Pyjamas
Make Way for
Noddy
City of Friends
Little Princess
The Adventures of
Bottle Top Bill and
His Best Friend
Corky
Angelina Ballerina
Rupert Bear
Ben and Holly’s
Little Kingdom
Toby’s Travelling
Circus
Roary the Racing
Car
Jelly Jamm
Power Rangers:
Megaforce
Slugterra
The Dog Rescuers
TBA
5 News
Lost Heroes of
WW1: Britain at War
TBA
Super Casino
09:00
10:00
12:00
14:30
15:00
17:00
20:00
22:00
23:30
00:00
09:00
10:00
12:00
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13:30
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Game
Changers
Soccer AM
FL72 Live
SAturday Team
Talk
Soccer Saturday
Live SAturday
Night Football
SNF-Game of the
Day
SNF-Match Choice
FL72 Highlights
Saturday
Reloaded
Cricket
WWE:
Smackdown
Sporting
Greats
Cricket
Live International
Rugby Union
Live Woemn´s
Rugby Union
International
Rugby
Union
WOmen´s Rugby
Union
SUNDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2013
06:00
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12:10
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13:40
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16:20
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17:55
18:05
18:15
19:20
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:15
22:25
23:45
00:30
00:35
Breakfast
Match of the
Day
The Andrew Marr
Show
Cenotaph
Sunday
Politics
BBC
News
EastEnders Omnibus
TBA
Points of View
Songs of Praise
TBA
BBC
News
Regional News
and Weather
Countryfile
Strictly Come
Dancing
The
Paradise
Richard Hammond
Builds a Universe
BBC
News
Regional News
and Weather
Match of the
Day 2
Rugby
League
Weatherview
BBC News
06:00
08:00
09:00
09:30
11:00
12:00
12:30
14:00
17:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
TBA
Alan Titchmarsh’s
Garden Secrets
Gardeners’
World
Saturday Kitchen
Best Bites
Rugby Union
MOTD2
Extra
MotoGP
Tennis
TBA
Africa 2013:
Countdown to the
Rains
TBA
Mock the Week
Comedy show combining the
best elements of panel show,
stand-up and improvised
games with two teams of comedians taking a satirical swipe
at the news and world events.
22:30
23:15
QI XL
Never Mind the
Buzzcocks
06:10
06:35
07:00
07:25
07:35
07:50
08:15
08:30
09:25
09:30
10:30
11:30
12:30
12:35
12:50
14:20
14:50
16:30
17:35
18:35
18:45
19:00
20:00
Irreverent pop quiz, with guest
competitors from the worlds of
music, TV and comedy.
21:00
22:30
01:25
22:45
23:45
00:45
This is BBC
Two
Matt Hatter
Chronicles
Dino Dan
Canimals
Sooty
Horrid Henry
Big Time Rush
Bottom Knocker
Street
Fort Boyard
ITV News
Inside the National
Trust
Sunday Side Up
Sunday Scoop
ITV News and
Weather
Countrywise
Columbo
Fool Britannia
The X Factor
Downton Abbey
Prize Island
Regional News
and Weather
ITV News and
Weather
Surprise Surprise
The X Factor
Results Show
Downton Abbey
ITV News and
Weather
TBA
Rugby Highlights
The Store
07:00
08:00
09:00
09:30
12:30
13:30
14:30
18:55
19:25
19:30
The American
Football Show
Everybody Loves
Raymond
Frasier
Sunday Brunch
The Big Bang Theory
The Simpsons
TBA
Channel 4 News
The Political Slot
Digging the Great
Escape
This fascinating programme
brings back to life the incredible
story of the Great Escape, immortalised by Hollywood, and
internationally famous as an
extraordinary example of human
courage and ingenuity. It follows
a team of engineers, archaeologists, and serving RAF officers who have gathered on the
site of Stalag Luft III, the supposedly escape-proof POW
camp, with an extraordinarily
ambitious plan: to excavate for
the first time ever the remains
of ‘Harry’, the tunnel from which
76 allied airmen escaped on the
night of 24 March 1944.
21:00
22:05
22:35
Homeland
Was it Something I
Said?
Toast of London
06:25
06:35
06:50
07:05
07:10
07:25
07:40
07:55
08:10
08:25
08:45
09:00
09:15
09:30
09:45
10:00
10:35
11:00
11:15
12:15
13:15
20:55
21:00
01:20
Bubble Guppies
The Mr. Men Show
Chloe’s Closet
Roobarb and
Custard Too
Bananas in
Pyjamas
Make Way for
Noddy
City of Friends
Little Princess
The Adventures of
Bottle Top Bill and
His Best Friend
Corky
Angelina Ballerina
Rupert Bear
Ben and Holly’s
Little Kingdom
Toby’s Travelling
Circus
Roary the Racing
Car
Jelly Jamm
Power Rangers
Super Samurai
Slugterra
TBA
Britain’s Secret
Schindler
Goering’s Last
Secret: Revealed
TBA
5 News
TBA
Super Casino
08:15
08:30
09:30
11:30
19:00
22:00
23:30
00:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
13:30
15:30
16:30
17:30
00:30
Game
Changers
The Sunday
Supplement
Goals on
Sunday
Live SUper
Sunday
Live Spanish
Football
Football
Special
Champions League
Weekly
Spanish
Football
International Rugby
Union
Women´s Rugby
Union
Game Changers
International Rugby
Union
This Week in WWE
WWE: Smackdown
WWE: Bottom
Line
NFl-A Football
Life
Live NFL
NFL-A Football
Life
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09:15
10:00
11:00
11:45
12:15
13:00
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15:45
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17:15
18:00
18:30
19:00
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20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
22:25
22:30
22:35
23:20
23:50
00:35
00:40
MONDAY 11TH NOVEMBER 2013
Breakfast
Neighbourhood Blues
Homes Under the
Hammer
Saints and
Scroungers
Escape to the
Country
Bargain Hunt
BBC News
Regional News
Doctors
Moving On
Pressure Pad
and Puds
Antiques Road Trip
Pointless
BBC News
Regional News
The One Show
Caught Red
Handed
EastEnders
Panorama
Ripper Street
BBC News
Regional News
Weather
Have I Got a Bit More
News for You
Citizen Khan
The Graham Norton
Show
Weatherview
BBC News
10:00
10:30
10:55
11:30
12:00
13:00
13:45
14:30
15:00
15:45
16:15
16:45
17:15
18:00
18:30
19:00
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
22:30
23:20
23:50
James Martin’s
Food Map of Britain
Click
BBC News
World News
The Daily Politics
Rugby League
Cash in the Attic
Floyd on Food
Britain and Ireland
Cagney and Lacey
Are You Being
Served?
‘Allo, ‘Allo!
Fred Dibnah’s
World of Steam,
Steel and Stone
Flog It!
Eggheads
Strictly Come
Dancing: It Takes
Two
Celebrity Antiques
Road Trip
University
Challenge
MasterChef: The
Professionals
The Choir
Never Mind the
Buzzcocks
Newsnight
Rugby League
Africa 2013:
Countdown to the
Rains
06:00
08:30
09:25
10:30
11:25
11:30
12:30
13:30
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
22:35
23:10
00:05
Daybreak
Lorraine
The Jeremy Kyle
Show
This Morning
ITV News
This Morning
Loose
Women
ITV News and
Weather
Peter Andre’s 60
Minute Makeover
The Alan Titchmarsh
Show
Tipping
Point
The Paul O’Grady
Show
Local News and
Weather
ITV News and
Weather
Emmerdale
Coronation
Street
Tales From
Northumberland
with Robson Green
Coronation Street
A Mother’s Son
ITV News at Ten
and Weather
The Agenda
Army Vets
Jackpot247
06:10
07:00
07:30
07:55
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
12:05
12:25
14:10
15:10
16:00
17:00
17:30
18:00
18:30
19:00
19:55
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
22:50
23:20
23:55
00:25
00:30
02:30
Seven Islands Media Group
New Generation
Media
The Hoobs
According to Jim
Will and Grace
Everybody Loves
Raymond
Frasier
Undercover Boss
USA
Beat My Build
Channel 4 News
Summary
TBA
Film Carry on Dick
Phil: Secret Agent
Down Under
Countdown
Deal or No Deal
Four in a Bed
Come Dine with
Me
The Simpsons
Hollyoaks
Channel 4 News
4thought.tv
Dispatches
Health Freaks
999: What’s Your
Emergency?
Fresh Meat
Cardinal Burns
TBA
The Shooting Gallery
Rory Peck Awards
2013
Film The Women
Nashville
06:00
09:15
11:10
12:10
12:15
13:15
13:45
14:15
15:15
17:00
17:30
18:00
18:30
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
23:00
00:45
01:15
03:05
Milkshake!
The Wright
Stuff
The Hotel
Inspector
5 News
The Woman with 40
Cats... And Other
Pet Hoarders
Home and
Away
Neighbours
The
Mentalist
Film Mystery
Woman: In the
Shadows
5 News
Neighbours
Home and
Away
Newstalk Live
Construction Squad:
Operation
Homefront
The Gadget
Show
The Evidence
Under the
Dome
Film Out for
Justice
TBA
Super Casino
Countdown to
Murder
05:00
06:30
07:30
08:00
12:00
12:30
14:00
Ford Football
Special
Champions League
Weekly
Football
Gold
Grand Slam of
Darts
Fl72
Highlights
Ford Football
Special
Grand Slam of
Darts
Day two of the 2013 William
Hill Grand Slam of Darts from
the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.
18:00
19:00
20:00
00:00
01:00
01:30
02:30
Soccer Am: the Best
Bits
FL 72
Review
Live Grand Slam of
Darts
FL 72
Review
SPFL Round
Up
Soccer Am the Best
Bits
Grand Slam of
Darts
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PUERTO DELIGHT
Popular choir in winter concerts Paving the
T
HE popular choir “La Reyes Bartlet” is continuing to hold its matinee concerts, despite
work to its usual venue.
With the Castillo San Felipe
at Puerto de la Cruz undergoing refurbishment, the Sala
Timanfaya is being used
instead and is proving an ideal
alternative.
The next concert is on
November 1st and although not
a Sunday, it’s a public holiday
to commemorate All Saints’
Day. The Reyes Bartlet Cultural
Association will celebrate with
a concert dedicated to Ernesto
Lecuona with Rafael Balmaseda on piano and Beatriz
Ramos as soprano.
Then on November 10th,
pianist Saúl González Salazar
takes to the stage with a
repertoire consisting of Johann
Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Van
Beethoven and Frederic
Chopin.
The Socos Duo perform on
November 17 th with César
Martín and Ciro Hernández
performing songs by Osvaldo
Golijov, Joseph Hallman and
Astor Piazzola.
Then, on November 24th, the
Trío Rêve de Nuit will be at the
Sala Timanfaya, with Tairuma
Méndez (soprano), Marcos
Depetris (violín) and Pablo
Hernández (piano) recreating
the sounds of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich
Handel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Tickets can be purchased
on the day of the concerts at a
price of 10 euros and can also
be booked in advance through
[email protected] email
and on the phone 922 386 974
and 696 227 636, as well as at
the Puerto CIT and the tourist
information office at Casa de
la Aduana.
These concerts are proving
a great success, particularly
during the winter months
when a lot of swallows are in
town and there is wide appeal
for residents and all visitors
alike.
Pets with a spooky theme!
I
F you want to get involved in this year’s Race
for Life or “carrera por la vida” in the south,
start planning now.
In fact, there is an additional
way you can give your support
to this annual event which takes
place on December 15th.
On this occasion, as a
novelty, people can participate
in the selection of the design of
the solidarity tee-shirt that will
be used on race day. Go to
www.adeje.es and click on the
health section for details. You
will be asked to vote for the
design you like best.
Councillor for health for
Adeje, Rafael Dolado García
recalls that last October 19th
was the World Day against
Breast Cancer. This day and
throughout the year, it is
emphasised that early
diagnosis is the best weapon
against breast cancer. According to the World Health Organisation, there is a breast cancer
diagnosis somewhere in the
world every 30 seconds.
Adeje is moving its
commemorations of the World
Day against Breast Cancer to
December to coincide with
the Race for Life. This is an
event where Arona and Adeje
combine to show their
solidarity.
Organiser, Briguitte Gupen
said the aim was to raise
money for research as well as
to raise awareness about the
disease.
Last year, there was a great
turnout and the streets of Costa
Adeje became a tide of pink
with more than 2,300 people
taking part. There is a warm
invitation to all to take part.
The theme for the 2013
event is “Walking is help” . The
meeting point will be the
Magma Centre near the bus
station in Playa de las
Americas and the start time
will be 11am.
“Ten-Diez
Movement”
in Adeje
S
UBMIT a photo of your pooch with a Halloween theme and the three winning images
will receive a copy of Nikki Attree’s “Nobody’s
Poodle” - a wooftastic short novel about Gizmo, a
loveable ex-pat pooch uprooted from his home in
cold, damp, muddy old England to start a new life
in Tenerife.
Forty kilos of dog food will
also be donated to the Tierra
Blanca dog refuge charity as
part of the prize and Nikki is
inviting businesses (perhaps
pet shops or vets?) or
individuals to match this
donation. So far 160 kg has
already been pledged to help
way for Race
for Life
keep some dogs from going
hungry.
Please email [email protected]. All photographs will be displayed on Snr
Gizmo’s facebook page and
nobodyspoodle.com website.
Closing date for entries is
November 15th.
TEN ARTISTS
Routes with a personal touch
Artists from all over the world
are taking part in a large-scale
exhibition in Costa Adeje
GUIDED TOURS
Granadilla is
offering a new series
of guided routes with
a personal touch
T
HE initiative “Rutas de Autor” is designed to give hikers a different experience and will be launched
with a weekend over November 5th/6th involving a visit to Arico and Fasina led by Pedro David
Rodríguez. This will include star-gazing and overnight stay in a rural casa.
The viewpoints of Teide National Park will be visited on November 23rd and the series will come to a close on November 30th with
a walk to the Montaña Samara.
Heritage councillor, Jacob Donate González said the aim was to have walks led by guides who knew the areas well and could
relate their personal experiences and the associated stories and legends.
Keep up to date on www.granadilladeabonar.org
T
EN-Diez Movement” showcases the work of
ten artists from Spain, Brazil, England, Russia and Australia. Each is presenting ten pieces
with very different styles.
The exhibition opened on October 26th but can be seen until
November 2nd at the Magma Arts and Congress Centre which is
the unusual stone building not far from Playa de las Americas bus
station.
This is the second exhibition and Adeje council believes it
helps to put the municipality at the forefront of art and culture.
There are photographs, illustrations, drawings, poetry, live
music, talks, presentations, mini-workshops and sculpture as part
of the initiative.
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Eating Out & About
Your dining experience around our restaurants
Tipsy Terrace,
Los Gigantes
Restaurant Algarrobo,
Las Candidas
Tasca Casa Paco,
Los Cristianos
Tipsy Terrace in Los Gigantes is described as one of the
friendliest places around and you will see why when you visit.
This delightful venue is run with great enthusiasm by owners
Sally and Sarah. They love to celebrate special occasions and
dates in the calendar and have become experts in providing great
entertainment and lovely decorations.
It is not by chance that it has become a favourite place for many
people, locals and holiday-makers alike.
You will find great home cooking and dishes to suit all tastes,
from breakfast through to evening meals and everything in between.
Tap into their menu on www.tipsy-terrace.net and you can see
all the choices for yourself, from Tipsy’s Ploughman’s and Rise
and Shine sandwiches to wraps, jacket potatoes, burgers, crunchy
salads, light lunches and much, much more. Tipsy Terrace also
has a swimming pool, tennis, mini-golf and lovely gardens. It is
easy to find as it is just by the coach and bus stops.
This family run restaurant is situated in the well-known
and much visited venue in Las Candidas (La Orotava).
The current owners are brothers Toño (front of house) and
Cristóbal (head chef).
They have carried on the family tradition of offering top
quality products at affordable prices whilst bringing the
menu up to date. There is a lively atmosphere here with
some really unusual dishes to taste. All the dishes are
fresh using vegetables from the market. The cuisine is
traditional with a modern slant without being too over
elaborate.
They specialise in roast lamb and suckling pig and fish
lovers have a huge choice. You will find Restaurant
Algarrobo in Las Candidas just off the road between El
Monasterio and La Orotava. A great place for parties,
communions, business meetings etc.
Tasca Casa Paco is a hugely popular restaurant because it
offers a real taste of Spain right in the heart of Los Cristianos.
It has become known as the restaurant with the singing
chef because owner Paco is always singing and most
evenings will take to his guitar and sing Spanish and English
songs with great expertise.
There are more than 30 dishes on the menu and a wine
list with over 50 choices. Paco is passionate about his food
and only uses fresh ingredients. You can watch him as he
creates your meal with an artistic flair. He’s like a maestro
conducting an orchestra. People often talk about this place
for weeks after their visit because it is a unique experience
over and above the excellent cuisine. It’s not surprising it is
highly rated on TripAdvisor, having recently held the number
two spot for Los Cristianos.
It’s easy to find near the cultural centre as you walk into
Cristianos town. Find the two petrol stations and it’s on the
left of the one in the centre of the road.
Electra,
San Blas, Golf del Sur
Some chefs just seem to draw the crowds and Paolo,
now back at Electra, is one of them.
He produces the most exquisite dishes as a labour of
love, using an unusual combination of ingredients and
always creating beautifully-looking plates. He is also a wine
expert and will happily chat to you and recommend choices
to go with your meals. He believes the two must perfectly
complement each other.
Electra is a relatively small restaurant on the first line of
San Blas Square but it oozes charm and style and has a
lovely interior with clever attention to the design. This also
applies to the cutlery, plates and glasses which combine to
present a very inviting table. There is also a small terrace
outside if you want a table under the stars or to enjoy the
sun.
The food is always freshly cooked and diners over the
last few months have enthused over dishes such as the
steak (“Fantastic”), sea bream cooked in sea salt (“The
best I have ever tasted”) and the tapas with a twist.
“The best food I have ever eaten, amazing presentation
and service. Unbelievable quality and quantity of food.
Brilliant prices. Absolutely five stars!” is just one of the
glowing reviews on TripAdvisor
Tapas ‘n’ Chill, Golf del Sur
If you’re looking for tapas with flair and a chill-out atmosphere, this is the place to head for.
A very popular restaurant, it is in the same ownership as Volare cabaret lounge next door so if you haven’t booked or arrive early,
you can just pop in here for a pre-dinner drink (and go back afterwards for the entertainment!)
Owner Gary is now in the kitchen and produces mouth-watering tapas dishes which are different and delicious. He has a great
passion for cooking and this is reflected in creations such as
“Meatballs in a slightly spicy creamy curry” or “Flakes of salmon, white and smoked fish potato cake with a chilli mint dip”.
Couples usually have four to five dishes between them so they can share and get a variety of tastes. Don’t miss the house potatoes!
Tapas & Chill is open seven nights a week from 6pm. If you are driving through Golf del Sur, go past the Winter Gardens bowling
green on your right, take the next turning right and double back on yourself. Look out for the Apartamentos Aquamarine Golf on the
left (opposite Best Buys supermarket) and there is a sloping pathway down to the sea next to it. Walk down here and Tapas & Chill is
on the right.
Magnolia
Restaurante
Specialists in National and International Cuisine
Daily Menu
All for only 13.50€
Gazpacho,
Vegetable Soup or
Fish and Seafood
Soup
Grilled Fresh
Salmon or
Entrecote with
Garnish
BISTRO - RESTAURANTE
www.restaurantemagnolia.com
terrace · easy parking · kitchen open all day
OPEN FROM 9AM TO 11PM, CLOSED ON TUESDAY
Playa San Juan, on the church square.
Tel. 650 609 791. [email protected]
Fresh Fruit Salad
1/4 Litre of House
Wine
WHEELCHAIR
ACCESS
Open from 1pm to 4pm and from 7pm to 11:30pm
Open 7 Days
Av. Marqués de Villanueva del Prado, s/n
Puerto de la Cruz · Tel. 922 385 614
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Maria Restaurant/Lounge Bar, Golf del Sur
More exciting things are happening at this restaurant by the ocean.
Owners Patricia and Sarah are starting regular BBQ nights, the first of which is on November 5th at 7.30pm. There will be live music
and dance from saxophonist, Will Appleby and it is hoped the next after that will be November 24th.
The restaurant offers a great menu and specialises in meat and paella. It is now also open for lunch (from 1pm Wednesday to
Sunday, from 5.30pm on a Tuesday and closed Mondays) and you can enjoy three courses for just 8.50 euros. You might be longing
for an English-style high tea with a tiered tray of sandwiches, cream scones, strawberries, mini-cakes, tea or coffee and fresh orange,
a real treat at 19 euros for two.
This is a gorgeous restaurant, day or night, with a sea view and terrace in a wonderful location right next to a sea walk and once
discovered, it becomes a firm favourite with all nationalities. Because it is situated within the Nautico suites complex, some people
believe it is either private, expensive or “too posh”. Not so!
You will receive a very friendly welcome and the food is wonderful and affordable. A glass of wine or a large Dorada is just two
euros, for instance, and tea/coffee and a toastie 3.50 euros.
Follow the one-way system through Golf del Sur and watch out for the Nautico sign just after the S-bends on your right. Maria is at
the far end of the Nautico building with parking available. Alternatively, it is five minutes’ walk from the bottom of San Blas square, turn
right along the flat side road or sea-front.
Tressardi, Puerto de la Cruz
If you want to seek out a really good Italian restaurant at an
affordable price, look no further than Tressardi in Puerto de la
Cruz.
This well established Italian restaurant and pizzeria is managed
by three partners from Sardinia and can be found in La Paz (the
main tourist area of Puerto).
It offers a very varied menu including traditional Italian dishes,
pizza and pasta with gorgeous fillings and sauces, meat dishes,
fresh fish and crunchy salads. You can accompany it with an
Italian wine or cold beer whilst enjoying romantic soothing Italian
music. The desserts like tiramisu and panna- cota are to die for!
Depending on your choices the price averaging 15-16 Euros
per person is what you can expect.
So if you want a good Italian restaurant for a family meal, a
romantic dinner, a quick lunch when working or a take away,
Tressardi is the restaurant for you. A friendly and homely
restaurant that has quality products combining fast food and
well prepared dishes for kids and grown ups.
The Potter Inn,
Puerto Colón
TACOA Cerveceria & Restaurante,
El Sauzal
This brewery and restaurant is a unique place to visit and if you see their excellent website of www.tacoa.com, it will give you a
taste of what to expect.
All the food served here is home-made and has its roots in traditional German cuisine. The menu also features Canary and Spanish
dishes with a host of appetisers, delicious salads, smoked items, home-made desserts and more.
The beer is made on the premises and conforms to German purity laws that prohibits additives and preservatives. Five types are
manufactured - clara, cobre, negra, trigo and fiesta and depending on the season, there are specials like the Tacoa October and in
December, Tacoa-Navidad with a touch of cinnamon. The brewery is situated within the premises which is typical of such establishments.
Its atmosphere is warm and relaxed, inspired by the German beer.
TACOA offers its customers two terraces (with smoking zone), a recreation area for children and a room adapted for the disabled.
There is also parking.
TACOA also offers for groups of 4, 50% payment on the taxi ride back home to Puerto de la Cruz, La Laguna or Bajamar.
The kitchen is open continuously from 12.30pm each day and all events can be organised for up to 130 people. There is also a shop
and beer tastings from artesans of the island are being organised. See Facebook for announcements. Find TACOA at Carretera
General del Norte, 122. El Sauzal, telephone 922 56 41 73 (email [email protected]).
When out and about in the Puerto Colón area, where on earth
do you head for when you want good value food, great drink
offers and a friendly family atmosphere?
Can we point you in the direction of The Potter Inn (formerly
Geordie Pride) which is still under the same ownership of Mark
and Kerry despite the name change.
It is now home for the Tenerife Potters (Stoke City’s official
supporters’ club on the island) with all fixtures being shown, as
well as other matches. If you are from the Stoke area, you will
have a special affinity but everyone is guaranteed a warm
welcome.
All sorts of food is available but of particular value is the special
evening menu, Monday to Friday, 5.30pm to 9pm, with two
courses for 5.95 euros and three courses for 7.45 euros. It’s great
cooking with generous portions.
Every weekday from 3.30pm to 7.30pm is Happy Hour with
lots of two for one offers (ie two local spirit and mixers for 2.50
euros!). There are breakfasts, lunches, snacks and main meals,
plus a hugely popular Sunday lunch.
The best way to Potter Inn is down the steps at the taxi rank at
Puerto Colon and then turn left. The frontage looks small but
inside is deceptively spacious, with a terrace at the front and at
the back overlooking the harbour.
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Eating Out & About
Bodeguita Algarrobo,
Puerto de la Cruz
Bar El Pincho, Paseo Las Vistas,
Los Cristianos
With so many bars and restaurants along the sea-front of the main Las Vistas beach in Los Cristianos, where on earth do you head
for?
Why not try Bar El Pincho where you can enjoy good prices, good food, good service and a fantastic view of the ocean as you watch
the world go by.
Bar El Pincho is winning many fans because of the friendly staff you encounter and the really delicious Spanish tapas.
Opened about two years ago, customers of all nationalities come here, including the British, Spanish, German, Dutch and French.
It’s a lovely place and one of the bargains they offer is a combination of tapas for two for just 8.50 euros. You can’t go wrong with
this. There is also a wide selection of main plates, such as steak, chicken and fish, all cooked with love and the best ingredients they
can find.
The owners really mean it when they say customer satisfaction is paramount so do ask if there is something special you would like
or arranged.
Every two weeks, you will find live music and do try the fantastic cocktails which they always try to improve. Try also the special
dishes from the north of the island and the drinks.
The aim is to make you feel at home which regular customers say is definitely the case. Please note, Bar El Pincho is closed on
Sundays so the staff can spend some valuable time with their families as well.
Casa Tagoro Restaurant & Gastrobar,
Los Cristianos
This new restaurant in the centre of Los Cristianos is being
described as “a dream come true” and “amazing”.
This really is somewhere very different to enjoy, offering a
fantastic menu with specialities from all over the world, Spanish
tapas, fresh fish, meat dishes, a four or six course tasting menu,
a Thai fondu, Bavarian roast pork on a Sunday and many more
gourmet delights.
Yet it is more than this. The decor and atmosphere is very
special. It is bright and spacious, featuring antique furniture,
different areas to sit inside and out, a bar area from where you
can watch the chef cooking, a large interior dining room (50
seats) and a cosy lounge corner (seats ten). The shady terrace
also seats 20 and is the smoking area.
Hosts Karin and Gerhard describe a visit here as a culinary
journey and a chance to enjoy new tastes and a special
experience in the touristic south of Tenerife. Depending on the
season, there are special events and theme nights. When in
Granadilla, the restaurant was recommended in the Michelin
guide in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
You can book the restaurant for all special occasions, in part
or whole, and for a special present, you can buy a restaurant
voucher. See their website on www.casatagoro.de for all options
(in English), including a vineyard special with catering etc.
The restaurant is at calle Valle de Menendez 28, 50 metres
below the little white church and behind the hotel Reveron.
Mamma Rosa,
Playa de las Américas
Mamma Rosa is one of the longest established restaurants in the south of Tenerife and has an extensive menu and a modern
ambiance which appeals to all ages.
For more than 22 years, it has offered elegance, top-class cuisine, an excellent varied wine list and, of course, the
service you would expect.
The restaurant is next to the Colón II apartments at the end of The Patch (near the last roundabout, with Santander
Bank on the corner, and not far from the Hotel Palmeras). The cuisine is described as classical Italian and
Scandinavian with Spanish and French influences, blended together and cooked in a modern style. Part of the new
approach is to offer a ver y extensive fish menu. As with the meat, the restaurant tries where possible to buy local
produce and support the islands’ agriculture. Likewise, the wine list allows you to choose a Canar y Island wine,
together with wines from around the globe such as the mainland, Italy, France etc.
Across the street from the Botánico Hotel is the small but
chic “Bodegita Algarrobo”.
A family-run business with a long history of restaurateurs,
the restaurant was opened by Cristobal and Antonio whose
parents founded the Algarrobo in La Orotava more than three
decades ago, so it has a fine pedigree.
The cuisine served here is local Canary food with some
surprisingly original features and the most exquisite flavours.
Piquillo peppers stuffed with mushrooms and prawns, hake
mounted on a tower of perfectly cooked, seasonally fresh
veg, Canary “wrinkled” potatoes with a twist, lamb estofado,
an inside-out pie without the pastry, fig biscuit with chocolate
sauce, pork steak with caramelised onions open sandwiches,
stuffed leak with cheese and belly of pork fritters, piquillo
peppers stuffed with mushrooms and prawns. These are just
some of the dishes which have enchanted diners of all
nationalities throughout the day and night. Some British tourists
eat here four times during a week’s holiday! Plan a visit and
you will see why for yourself.
Creativo – Gourmet Bistro Restaurant
Café
Playa de San Juan
Creativo San Juan is a quality bistro restaurant-café bar
located on the church square in the centre of this charming
traditional fishing village. Offering a relaxed and informal
environment, it is run by husband and wife team Klaus
(Danish) and Eva (Canary).
Creativo gained its name from Klaus’s ambition to deliver
fabulous creative dishes to excite the taste buds whilst at the
same time being attractively priced. He combines his many
years of experience as a chef in starred restaurants in
Denmark with his own innovative flair for turning locally
sourced fresh ingredients into something very special and
completely different.
During the day, why not try a simple delicious lunch of Danish
open sandwiches and tapas or perhaps come in the evening for
something more exotic like roast lamb or cider pork. Choose
from a simple one course to a three or four course menu with
wine for a fine dining experience. Alternatively just enjoy sitting
on the square and having a drink with friends. If you come on a
Wednesday, you can see the local market in the square and stop
in for a coffee break or lunch.
Children and dogs are also catered for. A delightful, honest
and refreshing venue catering for all. For reservations call 650609-791.
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Your special fortnightly restaurant review
Dreams come true at Casa Tagoro
A gastronomic delight
W
ONDERFUL, wunderbar, maravilloso.
Whatever language you care to use, it’s
the perfect word to describe Casa Tagoro,
the newly-opened gastrobar and restaurant in Los
Cristianos.
Owners Karin and Gerhard
Brodtrager come from Germany and Austria respectively
so the famous dishes of their
home countries obviously
feature on the very interesting
menu.
But this is an international
restaurant, with Italian risotto
with asparagus, champinions
and parmesan (13.80 euros)
sitting happily alongside the
likes of Bavarian roast pork in
beer sauce with dumplings
and cabbage salad with bacon
each Sunday (12.80 euros),
French goat’s cheese with
balsamic, onions and mushrooms au gratin (7.90 euros),
home-made Austrian apple
strudel with vanilla ice-cream
and whipped cream (5.50
euros), Canary tapas such as
Pimientos de Padron (little fried
peppers with ocean salt) at 5.50
euros or even German bread
and dripping with crackling as
a snack (2.50 euros).
Karin and Gerhard already
have a loyal fan base because
Casa Tagoro used to be in an
old mansion-style house in
Granadilla and achieved huge
success since opening in 2000.
In June, however, the couple
decided to move to a more
convenient location and chose
a corner property in calle Valle
de Menendez, Los Cristianos,
about a minute’s walk from the
little white church and
likewise from the harbour
beach area.
The interior is stunning, in
warm terracotta and greens,
with beautiful table settings
and a small seating area
outside. The walls are adorned
with all sorts of paintings in
different styles, as well as
plaques showing the success
of the previous Granadilla
venue (recommended in the
Michelin guide for Spain and
Portugal in 2010, 2011 and
2012 and awarded two fork
and spoons in 2013). We also
noticed another large framed
certificate and chain of office
which commemorates Gerhard’s gastronomic achievements.
He has been cooking since
“so high” (he holds the palm of
his hand leg-high so that means
very young!) and admits it is a
huge part of his life. I ask him
how long he spends in the
kitchen and he says: “Probably
more time than with my wife!”
It is, of course, in jest as they
are very much a team in all
respects, helped by wonderful
staff, including maitre d’ Axel
who looked after us during our
review night and made sure
we wanted for nothing.
The pleasing thing about
reviewing such restaurants is
that we are able to introduce
other people to them. Regular
readers might get fed-up with
our glowing praise but we have
to say the food at Casa Tagoro
is exquisite and there were
many surprises in store for us.
The first was a welcome
glass of ice-cold Spanish
champagne with home-made
basil essence, created by Axel,
and one of the nicest drinks
we have ever had. There are,
of course, some secret ingredients which cannot be
revealed but we suggested he
might like to bottle it and sell it
as a brand in itself!
The lay-out of Casa Tagoro
is such that half of the restaurant
runs alongside the open-plan
kitchen and you are actively
nience foods. We loved the
touch of using little real flower
petals to garnish dishes.
One of the difficulties you
will face is choosing just what
to eat. I decided to try the
special tasting menu which
changes with the seasons and
costs 35 euros for four courses,
inclusive of the champagne
cocktail or 45 euros for six
courses. This is a great way to
get to know the dishes which
you might want to order as a
main course next time or
repeat the experience. My
favourite was the risotto with
red beets and delicacies of the
quail which would normally be
16.50 euros.
Every course was wonderful, however, including the tuna
tartar with mango and caramelized chicoree (normally 11.80
euros for a full plate) and the
home-made ravioli topped on
minced pumpkin ragout
(normally 10.80 euros).
My husband decided to
choose from the main menu
and loved the creamy tomato
soup with breadcrumbs and
whipped cream (4.80 euros)
which comes with another
surprise – a shot of the gin of
your choice. Just don’t cough
when Axel pours it in for you!
After pinching forkfuls of my
tasting dishes, he then declared the pork fillet medallions with honey-mustard
sauce with vegetables and
see Tenerife’s own labels
being championed here
because the island is very keen
that people get to know and
like them.
We loved the attention to
detail and the use of so many
unusual ingredients. Even the
Casa Tagoro bread basket
book the restaurant exclusively
if you wish (maximum 60
guests). For 35 to 55 guests,
you can still enjoy the antique
mansion in Granadilla and a
catering service is offered for
larger parties of 50 to 250 at
one of the finest vineyards in
the south of Tenerife. Dreams
encouraged to sit at the bar on
a stool and watch Gerhard at
work with his colleagues.
Despite being on the go all the
time, he still finds time to talk
to you and to come out into the
restaurant to chat to guests.
This means he can recommend dishes to suit your
tastes and help with any
specific requests or dietary
requirements. The motto here
is very much: “We are able to
realise almost any possible
wish.”
The restaurant produces
ever ything fresh, uses no
glutamates or artificial flavours
and never, ever any conve-
potatoes
(17.80 euros) as the
“the best
pork I have
ever tasted”. This is different
to the Bavarian roasted pork
from 1pm on a Sunday for
which reservations are recommended.
We finished off with Gerhard’s speciality apple strudel
and fig parfait with palm honey
(normally 6.50 euros) but for
me, part of the tasting menu.
Simply delicious!
As you would expect, Casa
Tagoro offers an extensive
wine list and it was lovely to
came with
creamy
crab spread, Himalaya salted butter, awardwinning Spanish olive oil and
Flor de Sal salt blossom of La
Palma. Half way through our
meal, we were also surprised
with little spoonfuls of gin and
tonic jelly and the most tasteful
fruits of the forest sorbet.
If you don’t want a full meal,
just pop in for a drink, coffee,
snack or cake. This is the
perfect place for a special
celebration and you can also
can come true in so many
ways.
Casa Tagoro is at the back
of the Hotel Reveron (which
is opposite the little white
church). Just walk down the
steps from the church plaza.
It is closed on a Monday and
also on Tuesday lunchtime
but otherwise open every day
from 12.30pm to 3pm and
from 6.30pm to 11pm and
Sundays from 12.30pm onwards.
See www.casatagoro.com
(available in English), phone
822 660 833).
New Opening hours:
Mon - Sat: 18:00-24:00
Sundays closed
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Restaurante Magnolia, Puerto de la Cruz
Restaurante Magnolia has come a long way in the last three decades, starting life as a small
intimate restaurant with an outdoor terrace to the finished article we see today, with the terrace
now covered and well spaced tables inside. The décor is pleasant and comfortable and makes you
feel at home right away. Windows run down both sides of the restaurant allowing the light to beam
in, creating a bright atmosphere even on a dull day and there are lovely views.
The kitchen is open plan and creates the most wonderful Catalan and international dishes with
an extensive menu of fish, shellfish, lamb, steaks, pastas. The combination of ingredients and
flavours is wonderful with exquisite sauces.
This venue is always busy and customers are full of praise for the Restaurante Magnolia as one
of the finest places to eat on the island. The quality and service certainly stands out and the cost is
very reasonable indeed.
You will find Restaurante Magnolia opposite the Hotel Botánico on the main road, tucked into the
side of Apartamentos Molino Blanco.
Rendezvous Restaurant/Bar and
Bistro,
Golf del Sur
The Rendezvous in Golf del Sur offers diners a double delight.
By day and in the evening, you can enjoy a full menu with great prices and big portions at the
Rendezvous Bar and Bistro, overlooking the bowling green at the Winter Gardens.
In the evening, you might opt for the Rendezvous Restaurant which is just above it and offers
an extensive à la carte menu, fine wines and a relaxing night out to enjoy excellent cuisine at
a leisurely pace.
“The Rendezvous Restaurant has a lovely ambience and it’s a restaurant where you can sit
back and enjoy”.
The Winter Gardens is very easy to find and is on your right just as you drive into the Golf
and where you can park. Just go through the main entrance and down the steps or ramps to
find Rendezvous. Booking is advised at the main restaurant because it is extremely popular
and it’s testament to its success that diners come back time and time again.
The Pink Parrot,
Las Galletas sea-front
Matul, Tasca-Restaurante,
La Orotava
Opened some three months ago, Restaurante Matul is receiving
glowing reviews for its value for money, fabulous dishes, excellent
service and decor. “A gastronomic reference for the north” is
one diner’s accolade.
The restaurant prides itself on presenting creative cuisine,
using fresh daily products, so you can enjoy meat dishes, fish or
perhaps some tapas with friends. There is also a wide range of
wines.
You must also try the home-made desserts which are exquisite,
with a great creative touch.
All this is presented in a friendly environment with attentive
owner, Victor and his team who make you feel totally at home
and ensure an experience to remember at a price you can afford.
Restaurante Matul is open every day, except Sunday, from
1pm to 4.30pm and 7.30pm to 11pm. This beautiful restaurant is
located parallel to the motorway heading towards Santa Cruz at
exit 33 to La Orotava.
A great name, great British cooking and a great location.
What better reasons could there be than to visit The Pink
Parrot which is right on the sea-front promenade at Las Galletas?
This is a beautiful flat location as you are literally a metre away
from the ocean with a panoramic view.
The Pink Parrot was taken over by Brenda and Mike a year
ago and is a family-run café offering a traditional English menu
with daily specials and all home-made dishes. Specialities
include cod, chips and mushy peas (delicious!), served only on
Fridays, Sunday roast, jacket potatoes and a special combo
platter for two people for only 8.50 euros. There is also a gluten
free menu and delicious home-made desserts. There is also
wifi.
Everyone who goes to Las Galletas falls in love with it and the
sea-front promenade is just two minutes away from the banks,
shops, post office etc. So with Pink Parrot in mind, you have
extra reason to visit and can just hop on a bus if you don’t
drive. It’s a great day out.
The restaurant is closed on a Monday but open 9.15am to
5pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Friday 9.15am to
8pm (last fish and chip orders 7pm), Saturday 9.15am to 4pm
and Sunday 9am to 5pm. Brenda and Mike are happy to stay
open later for a private party or celebration, just ask.
Restaurant La Bohème, Puerto de la Cruz
Having recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, Restaurant
La Bohème can rightly claim to be one of the best and most
popular restaurants in Puerto de la Cruz.
Near the Plaza del Charco, you will find it on the first floor
of Calle Blanco 5 and it is well worth seeking out for a really
excellent meal in comfortable surroundings.
The restaurant has been under the same management for
25 years and has many loyal customers of all nationalities.
They have always followed the same concept of presenting
high-quality dishes with friendly service. La Bohème believes
in moving with the times so there are always new additions
to the menu, naturally cooked with fresh ingredients daily.
A firm favourite of many is the crispy roast duck with delicious
red cabbage, stuffed pear and various sauces. Do ask about
the festive menus as well as birthday, anniversary and jubilee
parties.
Pets World
39
A waggy tail isn’t
The tethering of horses
always friendly!
DANGERS INVOLVED
T
ETHERING is not specifically illegal in itself
but it’s not recommend as a viable way to
keep a horse.
Owners have a legal duty
of care to meet the welfare
needs of their horses at all
times. You could be in breach
of the law by tethering a horse
if it means that the animal’s
basic needs are not being
met.
If a horse needs to be
tethered in order to have
access to grazing, it must only
be for short periods of time.
For the remainder of the day,
the horse should have
access to shelter and a space
to run free and interact freely
with other horses.
If a horse is tethered to a
tree, it can become entangled
and harm itself. If tethered on
open ground, it has no
protection from flies in the
summer. The lie of the land
must also be used wisely, so
that a hillside or dip in the
ground provides shelter. In
extreme weather conditions,
a tethered horse must be
provided with a well-fitting
rug which is checked daily
for signs of wear to itself or
the horse.
Grazing
Although a limited amount
of grazing may be accessible
to a horse which is tethered,
this grazing will soon be
cropped to the floor or fouled
with droppings. A tethered
horse must be moved to fresh
grazing regularly - in fact, even
this cannot mimic a horse’s
natural behaviour of walking
long distances while grazing.
A horse should have access
to clean drinking water all the
time. A horse left unattended
may kick over a bucket of
water and then be left without
water for a long time.
Company
Tethered horses cannot
safely enjoy the natural
company and interaction with
other horses that they need,
especially regarding physical
interactions such as mutual
grooming.
Physical safety
There are obvious dangers
of injur y involved with
attaching a chain or rope to a
horse and leaving it
constrained. For example, the
horse is at risk of injury from
entanglement. Long term
grazing the same ground
repeatedly can lead to a
dangerously high worm
burden. Attacks on tethered
horses by dogs and people
are also, sadly, becoming
common.
Natural behaviour
When a horse is alarmed,
his instinct is to run away.
When a tethered horse is
frightened, this natural flight
instinct cannot be fulfilled.
This is a very basic denial of
the freedom to behave
normally, and may increase
the horse’s fear. A tethered
horse will also be unable to
roll freely and safely in a
chosen spot.
Tethering compromises a
horse’s well being in many
ways. A tethered horse
requires high levels of
monitoring, proper tethering
equipment, feed, water and
a degree of freedom provided
regularly. It is not a low cost
or low maintenance way of
keeping a horse and is NOT
considered to be good
practice.
Keeping cats out of a
garden
P
ROBLEMS can arise when cats are attracted
to neighbours’ gardens. However, it is impor
tant to remember that cats are free to roam
and are protected by law. It is an offence to steal a
cat or cause one unnecessary pain or suffering. It
is also an offence to put down snares, poison or
unlicensed deterrents. In attempting to prevent cats
from entering a garden, any deterrent methods you
use should be non-harmful.
The use of prickly plants and ground cover plants can
hide the bare soil that is so attractive to cats. Watering
flowerbeds as cats don’t like walking over damp earth.
G
OING out for a walk should be a pleasant
experience but there are times when you
might encounter a stray dog or one off its
lead.
Many dogs will be friendly
towards unfamiliar people
and will not show any signs
of
aggression
when
approached but there may be
some who will behave
aggressively if someone
comes too close.
Dogs are aggressive in
response to unfolding events
and it always depends on
what they believe is
happening to them. When
dogs use aggression, it is
almost invariably because
they think that they are under
some form of threat. For
example, the threat could be
to their personal safety, to
take away something (or
someone) they value highly
or they may feel their
territory is threatened.
The RSPCA has offered the
following help to recognise
the signs of aggression and
to give some advice on how
to behave around dogs that
show these behaviours,
helping you to make them
feel less threatened and to
reduce the chance of
aggression towards you.
HOW CAN I
ASSESS IF A DOG
IS SHOWING
SIGNS OF
AGGRESSION?
Pay close attention to the
TOP TIP
Use a low-pressure water spray; however it is important to
ensure that this does not cause distress to the cat or lead to pain,
injury or suffering. The water jet must never be directed straight
at a cat and care must be taken when using a spray not to cause
a cat to injure itself or bolt into a dangerous situation, for example,
into the path of traffic or a dog.
Chicken wire can be used to protect specific areas and is
preferable to netting which wild animals can become caught in.
There are a variety of approved chemical repellent products
on the market but it is important to ensure a product is licensed
and the instructions are read carefully. The chemical should be
approved by the Chemicals Regulation Directorate under the
Control of Pesticides Regulations for the particular animal and
situation in question.
dog’s body language. In
general, you can work out if
a dog is likely to be
aggressive by paying close
attention to his/her body
language. In circumstances
where a dog might think
there is a threat, there will
usually be warning signs.
Dogs will often tr y to
remove themselves from the
situation or otherwise avoid a
threat in some way before
resorting to attack. A slight
stiffening of posture may be
the first or only clue but there
are a number of other signs to
watch out for.
Most dogs will give plenty
of warning that they may be
going to bite. They may give
“leave me alone” signals like
licking their lips, yawning,
turning their head or trying to
walk away; they may be even
more obvious with signals
such as raising the hair on their
neck and back, growling,
snarling, showing their teeth
and barking.
You may need to move,
either behind something or to
get away from the dog. If the
dog does not press home an
attack,
walk
slowly
backwards or sideways. Do
not let the dog get round
behind you; keep moving
gently so that you continue to
present a half side/front view
of your body.
Do not make sudden
movements or run, just walk
slowly away from the dog. He/
she is not likely to pursue you
very far. Keep walking and
talking up to the point at which
the dog loses interest in you.
WHAT SHOULD I
DO IF A DOG
ATTACKS?
Fend the dog off rather than
try to fight back. Try to hold
something like a briefcase,
bag or coat between you and
the dog. Very few dogs press
home a serious attack and
after a snap-bite they will be
content that you are leaving.
Do not scream or yell.
If you know there are
people within hearing
distance, call to them for
help. Stay on your feet and do
not corner yourself.
Continue to walk slowly
away,
backwards
or
sideways, looking down and
sideways. Talk to the dog
reassuringly, fending off if
necessar y and aiming to
place solid objects between
you as you leave.
Do not try to shoo away, hit
or kick the dog as you will be
increasing the threat and will
increase the possibility of a
full attack. Talk to the dog
calmly in a pleasant tone of
voice. Tell the dog you mean
him/her no harm and that you
are leaving. If you are
cycling, dismount and place
the bike between you and the
dog. This allows you to slowly
wheel it far enough away to
remount. Do not tr y to
outpace the dog as this may
encourage him/her to chase
you.
Get something as solid as
possible between you and the
dog. If you are delivering
something to the house it
may be a parcel, a bag or
your coat. If you are in the
street or park it may be a
bench, a lamp post or litter
bin.
Do not make the mistake
of thinking that a wagging tail
means they are friendly. A
wagging tail can mean lots
of things, including “I am
about to bite”! The most
obvious signal will be a snap
at the air in front of you, which
is not a ‘miss’ but a warning
that the next one will make
contact.
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X-MAS DINNERS with 41
Yes, it’s nearly Christmas!
I
T’S hard to believe that it’s nearly Christmas, especially when you live in the sun and the temperature is still in the 70s! But November is nearly here and that
means countdown to the festive season, whether you celebrate on December 25th or Spanish-style on January 5th – or both in many cases.
With just six weeks to go, if you want to eat out on Christmas Day, you really should be booking up now or you will miss out. Don’t just think about it, pick up the phone and do it. If not, you will find
restaurants booked up and will be disappointed.
Many people who enjoy Christmas in the sunshine in Tenerife for the first time will always remember this very different experience. Eating turkey and mince pies under a sun umbrella is certainly
a delight!
Over the issues before now and Christmas, we will be giving you ideas of where to celebrate, not just for Christmas Day or New Year if places are still available but for any festive treat or a party out
with colleagues or friends or family.
It’s said that more and more people are choosing to eat out rather than at home because it’s lovely to be served for a change, especially for the person who usually does the cooking. And just think
about all that washing up saved!
Christmas Day at Restaurant
Sebastian
FEEL LIKE A GROUP NIGHT OUT?
Why not enjoy a slap-up Christmas dinner & Cabaret
at your local A.C.Woodenspoons at
The Premier Bar, Amarilla Golf
Sebastian Crab and King Prawn Cocktail
Cream of Vegetable and Orange Soup Served with
Warm Crusty Bread
Home Made Smoked Salmon Pate with a Touch of
Mint Served with Crispy Toasts
Sliced Turkey Breast, served with roast potatoes.
Yorkshire pudding, stuffing, bacon wrapped sausages.
A selection of vegetables and homemade gravy.
or
Mushroom, chickpea & pumpkin roast, served with
roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, stuffing, a selection
of vegetables and homemade gravy.
or
Salmon fillet with a Hollandaise sauce, served with
chips and a dressed side salad.
ALL 8.95€
Reservation only : 639 990 476 / 922 70 12 99
Add a starter for 2.00€
Tomato & Basil soup or
Chicken liver pate served with toast & salad garnish
Add a desert for 2.00€
Christmas pudding served with hot custard or brandy
sauce or Apple & cinnamon crumble served with oht
custard or ice cream
Available 5:00–10:00pm, every day 1st to 22nd Dec.
Parties catered for:
A.C.Woodenspoons at The Premier Bar is also open
Christmas Day 2:30pm to 2:00am, serving a 3 course
meal 2:30-5:30pm for 25.00€
Also available throughout December:
Spit roasted suckling pig served with Canarian or
new potatoes & salad
25.00€ per person – min. 4 people.
Fairways Club Resort | Amarilla Golf,
San Miguel de Abona
Tipsy Wonderland
Tipsy Terrace at Los Gigantes is a restaurant that has
to be seen to be believed throughout the year but for
the whole month of December something extraordinary
happens.
The restaurant and terrace is magically transformed
into Tipsy Wonderland with the most beautiful tree, the
infamous poinsettia fountain filled with twinkling lights
and a 15ft Father Christmas suspended from a ceiling
full of ice and glistening snowflakes. Proof is in the
Christmas Pudding as Christmas Day and New Year’s
Eve have been fully booked for months; some guests
returning for their for their sixth year.
That still leaves plenty of days and nights for you to
visit, however, and get into that festive spirit. With live
music every evening that Tipsy Terrace is open and with
Team Tipsy’s ability to make every special occasion a
truly personal one, Tipsy Terrace bar and bistro is the
place to be!
Calle Hibisco 4, Los Gigantes
Tel.: 922 868 432
www.tipsyterrace.net
Traditional Beef Wellington (served med - wd) with a
Fruity Raspberry Sauce served with Roast
Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
King Prawns in a Champagne, Lemon and Spinach
Cream Accompanied by a Vegetable and Black
Truffle Cous Cous
Medallions of Slow Cooked Roast Lamb Served
Sebastian Style with Wild Mushrooms, Roast Red
Peppers, Rosemary and Rioja Wine served with Roast
Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
Festive Cranberry Creme Brulee
Pear Poached in Red Wine and Christmas Spices with
a Mascarpone Mousse
Chocolate Brownie Served with Ice Cream
Coffee and Mince Pies
35€ PER PERSON.
CHILDREN’S MENU AVAILABLE.
VEGETARIAN AND OTHER DIETARY
REQUIREMENTS CATERED FOR ON REQUEST.
1ST SITTING - 14.00 2ND SITTING - 16.30
ADVANCE BOOKING AND DEPOSIT
REQUIRED - CALL 922 714 648 TO RESERVE
YOUR TABLE
www.sebastiantenerife.com
Calle Antonio Navarro | CC Los Atamanes
Sunset Bay | Torviscas Bajo
Costa Adeje
922 714648 / 676 680 618
HEALTH
42
MATTERS
VOMITING BUG
What is a vegetarian?
Facing up to
V
norovirus
EGETARIANS and vegans don’t eat any meat,
poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea
(such as crab or lobster) or animal by-products (such as gelatine).
N
OROVIRUS, sometimes known as the winter
vomiting bug, is the most common stomach
bug in the UK, affecting people of all ages.
The virus, which is highly contagious, causes vomiting
and diarrhoea. As there is no specific cure, you have to let it
run its course but it should not last more than a couple of
days. Unfortunately, you can get it more than once.
The period from when you are infected to when you start
to show symptoms (known as the incubation period) usually
lasts 12-48 hours. During this time, you may be infectious to
other people.
Having norovirus can be an unpleasant experience but it’s
not generally dangerous and most people make a full
recovery within a couple of days, without having to see a
doctor.
Between 600,000 and one million people in the UK catch
norovirus every year. You may have heard of it as the “winter
vomiting bug” because the illness is more common in winter.
However, the virus can be caught at any time of the year.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
If you have norovirus, the following steps should help ease
your symptoms:
Drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration. Take paracetamol
for any fever or aches and pains. If you feel like eating, eat foods
that are easy to digest. Stay at home and don’t go to the doctor,
because norovirus is contagious and there is nothing the doctor
can do while you have it. However, contact your GP to seek
advice if your symptoms last longer than a few days or if you
already have a serious illness.
Extra care should be taken to prevent babies and small children
who are vomiting or have diarrhoea from dehydrating, by giving
them plenty of fluids. Babies and young children can still drink
milk.
Their diet consists of grains,
pulses, nuts, seeds, fruit and
vegetables, dairy products
and eggs. Vegetarians who
also don’t eat eggs and dairy
products are called vegans.
There are three main types
of vegetarian:
Lacto-ovo-vegetarians eat
both dairy products and eggs.
This is the most common type
of vegetarian diet.
Lacto-vegetarians eat dairy
products but not eggs.
Vegans do not eat dairy
products, eggs or any other
animal product.
At what age is it safe
to become a vegetarian
or vegan?
As long as they get all the
nutrients they need, children
can be brought up healthily on
a vegetarian or vegan diet.
Children need plenty of
energy to help them grow and
develop.
Children also need protein
and iron to grow and
develop. Good sources of
protein and iron for
vegetarians are eggs, nuts
(don’t give whole nuts to
children under five as they
could choke), pulses, such as
beans, lentils and peas and
foods made from pulses, such
as tofu, hummus and soya
mince.
It’s also important that
children get enough vitamin
B12 and vitamin D.
Vitamin
drops
are
important for vegetarian and
vegan children between six
months and five years old. If
your child is older than this,
speak to your GP or a
dietician to see whether
vitamin drops should be
included in their diet.
All children aged six
months to five years old are
advised to take vitamin D
supplements, unless they
drink more than 500ml (about
a pint) of infant formula a day.
Can babies and children eat a vegetarian
diet?
If you’re bringing up your
child on a diet without meat
(vegetarian) or without any
food from animals (vegan),
they will need two or three
portions of vegetable protein
or nuts every day to give them
enough protein and iron.
Don’t give whole nuts to
children under five as they
could choke. Grind the nuts
finely or use a smooth nut
butter. You’ll also need to
make sure they get enough
calcium, vitamin B12 and
vitamin D. Vitamin drops are
especially important for
vegetarian and vegan
children between six months
and five years old.
Can babies and children have a vegan diet?
If you’re breastfeeding
and you’re on a vegan diet,
it’s especially important for
you to take a vitamin D
supplement. You may also
need extra vitamin B12.
Take care when feeding
children on a vegan diet.
Young children need a good
variety of foods to provide
energy and vitamins they
need for growth.
A vegan diet can be bulky
and high in fibre. This can
mean that children get full
up before they ’ve eaten
enough calories. Because of
this, they may need extra
supplements. Ask a dietitian
or doctor for advice before
you start introducing your
child to solids.
The benefits of strength exercises
S
Do vegetarians and
vegans need vitamin
supplements?
With good planning and
an understanding of what
makes up a healthy
balanced vegetarian and
vegan diet, you can get all
the nutrients your body
needs to be healthy without
the need for supplements.
GETTING STARTED
How can I tell if I’m doing enough?
TRENGTH and flexibility exercises will help
you increase muscle strength, maintain bone
density, improve balance and reduce joint
For an activity to be muscle-strengthening, it needs to work
your muscles to the point where you may need a short rest
before continuing. For example, if you’re lifting weights, you
would have to put the weight down after doing a number of lifts
before carrying on.
pain.
A strength exercise is any activity that makes your muscles
work harder than usual. This increases your muscles’ strength,
size, power and endurance. The activities involve using your
body weight or working against a resistance.
Examples of muscle-strengthening activities include lifting
weights, working with resistance bands,heavy gardening, such
as digging and shovelling, climbing stairs, hill walking, cycling,
dance,push-ups, sit-ups and squats and yoga.
What are flexibility exercises?
Flexibility exercises are activities that improve the ability of a
joint to maintain the movement necessary for carrying out daily
tasks and physical activity.
What are the health benefits of strength and flexibility
activities?
What exercises are good for preventing falls?
Exercises that improve leg strength, balance and co-ordination
can help people maintain and improve their muscle mass and
avoid falls as they get older.
You could try ta chi, yoga, dance, walking up stairs, hiking or
Is it safe to be a vegetarian or vegan during
pregnancy?
A varied and balanced
vegetarian or vegan diet can
provide enough nutrients for
you and your baby during
pregnancy. However, you
might find it hard to get
enough iron, vitamin D and
vitamin B12. Talk to your
doctor or midwife about
how to get enough of these
important nutrients. Read
more about having a healthy
diet during pregnancy. All
pregnant and breastfeeding
women, regardless of their
diet, are advised to take a
vitamin D supplement.
lifting weights.
There is strong evidence of the health benefits of musclestrengthening activities. These include maintaining the ability to
perform everyday tasks and the reduction in bone and muscle
loss associated with ageing. There is also a reduction in the
number of falls.
Unlike aerobic and strength exercises, the specific health
benefits of flexibility activities are unclear. However, health
professionals believe that improving your flexibility can improve
your posture, reduce aches and pains and lower your risk of
injury. Good flexibility can also help you to continue carrying out
everyday tasks.
How often should I do strength and flexibility exercises?
It’s a good idea to do muscle-strengthening activities that work
all the major muscle groups (legs, hips, back, abdomen, chest,
shoulders and arms) on two or more days a week. No specific
amount of time is recommended but a typical training session
could take less than 20 minutes.
Exercises should be performed to the point at which it would
be difficult to do another repetition without help. A repetition is
one complete movement of an activity, like lifting a weight or
doing one push-up or one sit-up. Try to do 8 to 12 repetitions for
each activity, which counts as one set. Try to do at least two sets
of muscle-strengthening activities, but to gain even more benefits,
do three sets. Remember to start gradually and build up over a
period of weeks.
There are no specific recommendations for how much time
you should spend on flexibility exercises.
HEALTH
MATTERS
43
Why is my knee hurting?
S
UDDEN pain in one of the knees is usually
the result of overusing the knee or suddenly
injuring it. In many cases, you don’t need to
see your GP.
The knee joint is particularly vulnerable to damage and
pain because it takes the full weight of your body and any
extra force when you run or jump. This is why you are more
susceptible to knee pain if you are overweight.
Simple strain
If you think your pain is the result of having done more activity
than you’re used to, you’ve probably just strained the knee. This
means that the knee tissues have stretched but are not permanently
damaged. You should care for your knee at home and the pain
should eventually go away.
You can prevent future knee pain by always warming up before
exercising and cooling down afterwards, increasing your activity
levels slowly over time and replacing your sports shoes when
necessary.
You can also try low-impact exercises, such as swimming, to
improve your health and fitness without harming your knee joint.
Anterior knee pain syndrome
Knee pain felt at the front of the knee, around the kneecap, is
called anterior knee pain syndrome. The cause is not understood
but it is usually made worse by sitting for prolonged periods or by
climbing stairs.
You can treat this yourself with anti-inflammatories, an icepack
and rest and you should also do strengthening exercises for the
muscles in front of your thigh.
Damage to the menisci
Sitting between the upper and lower leg bones at the knee
joint are rubbery pads of tissue called menisci. These cushion
the bones, acting as shock absorbers.
The menisci can become worn as you get older and is
commonly the reason for knee pain in middle-aged people.
A meniscus can also be torn after suddenly twisting the knee
joint, resulting in pain, swelling and locking of the knee. These
symptoms may settle down without treatment, although an
operation is sometimes needed to repair the torn pad of tissue.
Osteoarthritis
In older people, repeated attacks of knee pain are likely to be
a sudden worsening of osteoarthritis, the most common type of
arthritis in the UK. Osteoarthritis causes damage to the articular
cartilage (protective surface of the knee bone) and mild swelling
of the tissues in and around the joints.
A painful fluid-filled swelling may develop at the back of the
knee as a result of osteoarthritis – this is known as a Baker’s cyst,
or popliteal cyst.
Osteoarthritis can sometimes affect younger people, especially
those who are overweight.
You should see your GP if you think the cause of your knee pain
is osteoarthritis.
LESS COMMON CAUSES OF KNEE
PAIN
Tendonitis
Overusing or injuring the tendon that connects the kneecap
to the shin bone can lead to patellar tendonitis (inflammation of
the tendon). This condition is sometimes called “jumper’s knee”,
as it can be brought on by jumping activities such as basketball
or volleyball. The area may be swollen, red and warm.
You can care for your knee at home as you would with a
simple sprain.
Housemaid’s knee
Repetitive movement of the knee or kneeling for long periods
can cause a build-up of fluid over the knee joint, known as bursitis
or “housemaid’s knee”.
Housemaid’s knee tends to affect people with certain jobs
that involve kneeling (such as carpet layers), or sports players
(such as footballers).
Torn ligament or tendon
Knee pain may be caused by torn ligaments or tendons.
Ligaments are tough bands of tissue that connect the bones at the
knee joint; tendons connect the muscles to the bone. You can
tear these tissues during running sports such as rugby or football.
Injured tendons or knee ligaments at the side of the knee may
cause pain even when the knee is at rest, which may get worse
when you bend the knee or put weight on it. There may also be
warmth and swelling around the knee.
If you feel that your knee is also unstable or keeps ‘giving way’,
you may have torn the anterior cruciate ligament (one of the
main knee ligaments). This probably resulted from a sudden
change in direction or a twisting movement, and you may have
heard a pop when it happened. You should see your GP if this
happens, and you may be referred to an orthopaedic specialist
for advice and treatment.
Bleeding into the joint
An injury that causes significant damage to the knee joint may
cause bleeding into the joint spaces, known as haemarthrosis.
This happens because the main ligaments in the knee contain
blood vessels.
Signs of haemarthrosis are swelling of the knee, warmth,
stiffness and bruising. You should go to hospital immediately to
have your knee treated if you have a very swollen knee.
Osgood-Schlatter’s disease
Swelling and tenderness over the bony bump just below the
kneecap is known as Osgood-Schlatter’s disease. This is a
common cause of knee pain and swelling in teenagers,
particularly teenage boys who sprain or overuse their thigh
muscles when playing football or other sports.
Gout and pseudogout
If the knee joint is also hot and red, the cause is likely to be
gout or pseudogout, which are also types of arthritis.
Gout is caused by a build-up of uric acid in the body. Uric acid
is a waste product that is produced during the process of
metabolism (when the body breaks down food to use as energy).
Usually, uric acid is excreted by the kidneys.
People whose kidneys do not excrete uric acid properly, or
those who produce too much, can have high levels of uric acid in
their blood. If the level becomes very high, crystals form in the
joints. The crystals cause the joints to become inflamed and
painful.
Gout will cause severe pain in the knee, limit movement of
the joint and may cause a slight fever.
Usually, gout affects the joint of the big toe first, before it
affects the knee joint or any other joint.
Pseudogout is a similar condition to gout in that crystals of
calcium are deposited in and around the joint. But unlike gout,
pseudogout can affect the knee joint first.
You should see your GP if you think the cause of your knee
pain is gout or pseudogout.
When to see your GP
You should see your GP if you cannot put weight on your knee
at all, you have severe pain even when you’re not putting weight
on it, your knee locks or painfully clicks (painless clicking is
OK),your knee keeps giving way, it looks deformed, you have
fever, redness or heat around the knee, or it is very swollen, you
have pain, swelling, numbness or tingling of the calf beneath
your affected knee or the pain is still severe after three days of
caring for your knee at home.
Managing arm
pain
TOP TIPS
COMMON CAUSES
H
OLD an ice pack (try frozen peas wrapped
in a tea towel) to the arm for 15 to 20
minutes every few hours for the first
couple of days.
Take over-the-counter painkillers such as ibuprofen to relieve
the pain.
Keep your arm raised for as long as possible, for example
by resting it on cushions. This will help reduce the swelling
and pain.
Rest the arm and do not use it.
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Non Gluten meals
We are coming to Puerto for
quite a while every year for
several weeks, and we have
now rented a very nice
Apartemento. This makes it
easy to come even more often.
We love the town, the people,
and all it offers to us. What a
delight to come back and go
to the Market for the first
shopping, etc. Plus of course
to get the fantastic Tenerife
News. Thank you.!!
Now your Article: Santa Cruz
“sin gluten” has made me
wonder if one could extend
this to Puerto as well.
I am always wary to go out,
will I find something I can eat.
There is ever so often a
Restaurant that will
serve “gluten free”, thank you
everyone who does. But on the
whole it is quite rare.
Is there any hope, you think?
Best wishes
Hannah Duquesne
Health card fiasco
Dear Editor
Has anyone else had a delay in
receiving their Spanish Health
Card?
I applied for mine six months
ago and although I am now
properly signed on and have a
white slip of paper to prove it,
the laminated card has yet to
arrive in the post. I have been
told it could take two years! Is
that right?
It’s ironic really, isn’t it? The
Spanish Government tightens up
the rules and requires
everyone to sign on to the
Padrón and abide by the rules
(ie. get a job to get health
cover!) and implements it all
very quickly. Strange how the
authorities can act quickly
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versa, it takes ages to respond
to the person who does what
they are required to. Not
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Has any other reader
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An evening celebrating the life
of Elaine Morgan
A founder member of the Swallows mainly and of late, known for her
work and enthusiasm with the successful Art Group, Elaine previously
organised light entertainment/musical hall events, bowling, walks, coffee mornings, Christmas morning swims with snacks on the Los Cristianos
beach, dances at the Guaracumbo and attention to the care of the sick
and infirmed within the English and Spanish community , plus lots of
meals out!
Sadly Elaine died on 9th July in Selsey and there was a private cremation service in Chichester
followed by a Memorial Service and internment of the Ashes on 15th August in south
Gloucestershire.
A meal at KIKI RIKI in the APOLO CENTRE, LOS CRISTIANOS has been booked for FRIDAY
15th NOVEMBER 7.30pm to enable Swallows and friends get together to eat and chat about
Elaine. Ted is planning to attend. It will be an informal evening but brought to a close with a toast
and a brief word about our dear friend.
Kiki Riki specialises in chicken dishes with wonderful sauces. It is reasonably priced and
good portions; a quarter of a chicken is a good guide to quantity. Quality is assured!
It would be super if you were able to join us.
R.S.V.P. Ann on 648.770.265 or [email protected]
A plea from Palm Mar
Dear Editor
Referring to your double page article on Palm Mar (October 4th-17th edition).
Palm Mar is indeed a lovely place to live, close to the sea and the nature reserve. However, there is a big problem in Palm Mar
which seems to be getting worse. Dog mess! It’s everywhere. All over the roads, the pavements, the borders and any green areas.
Irresponsible dog owners think it’s okay to let their dogs mess wherever they like and not clean up after them!
You cannot walk around without looking down in case you tread in it!
Arona Council or someone must take control of this problem. On the spot fines would help with a dog warden monitoring the
situation.
If this is allowed to continue, then Palm Mar will indeed become an undesirable place to live and visit. And yes, I am a dog owner
and have always picked up our dog’s mess.
Just do it for your dog, yourself and the community!
M Anderson, Palm Mar
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HERE are a few places available for the Agatha Christie talk on 7th November - please
hurry to make your reservation if you would like to attend.
The Library Ladies lunch at the Petit Los Angeles Restaurant is now fully booked. We
hope to arrange another in the New Year.
Our pre-Christmas lunch (a buffet with wine) is to be held at the Masaru Aparthotel in La Paz on
Tuesday 10th December. Tickets are now being sold for 14 euros, and non-members are welcome.
Please support us by buying tickets for our grand Christmas Raffle which will be drawn on Saturday
14th December at the Library at noon.
Hara’s Circle Dances have now re-.commenced, and are being held at the library on Wednesdays
from 4 to 5.30 p.m. All are welcome . See the library notice board for details.
Members - please pass by the treasurer’s desk to renew your subscriptions which remain unchanged
at 30 euros for a single membership.
Those who would like to join our happy band will be greatly welcomed, and Swallows, don’t forget
that temporary memberships are available. Ask in the library for details.
The following books are Richard and Judy recommendations:
LEISURE
YOUR
HOROSCOPE
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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20)
You will not be able to contain your emotions
today. Don’t let others take advantage of your
good nature. Your mate may want to pick a fight
but if you’re persistent with your affections their
anger should dissipate.
TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21)
Be honest in your communication and don’t lose
your cool. Travel will stimulate your need to experience exciting new things. Get involved in competitive sports. Friends will appreciate your attention and playful nature.
GEMINI (May 22-June 21)
You may find that female colleagues will be more
help than you anticipated. You will find that unfinished projects at home will be most satisfying.
You are best not to retaliate if members of your
household are trying to pick a fight.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Never Coming Back by
Tim Weaver
Think before you act. Unforeseen circumstances
will disrupt your daily routine. You’ll have great
insight. Extravagance will be a problem.
LEO (July 23-Aug 22)
You may be frustrated by the way situations are
being handled in your personal life. Plan a nice
evening for two. Your fight for those less fortunate is not likely to end in sweet victory.
VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23)
This will not be the time to give too much to your
children. Stick to travel or do things in conjunction
with groups. Concentrate on work and on making
money.
It was supposed to be the start
of a big night out. But when Emily
Kane arrives at her sister Carrie’s
house, she finds the front door
unlocked and no-one inside.
Dinner is cooking, the TV’s on.
Carrie, her husband and their two
daughters are gone.
When the police draw a blank,
Emily turns to investigator David
Raker.
He has made a career out of
finding missing people. He knows
how they think. But it is clear that
someone doesn’t want this family
found.
As he gets closer to the truth,
Raker begins to unravel a sinister
cover-up, spanning decades and
costing countless lives. And
worse, in trying to find the
missing family, he might just
have made himself the next
target...
Snow White Must Die
by Neuhaus Nele
(Ms Neuhaus is Germany’s topselling crime novelist) In a small
village in Germany a boy is
accused of murdering his beautiful
girlfriend...
On a September evening
eleven years ago, two 17-year-old
girls vanished without a trace. In a
trial based on circumstantial
evidence
20 -year-old Tobias Sartorius
was convicted and imprisoned for
the murder of his childhood friend
Laura and his beautiful girlfriend
Stefanie - otherwise known as
Snow White.
After serving his sentence,
Tobias returns home. His presence
in the little German village stirs
up the events of the past. Events
that the locals would prefer to
remain hidden. Detective Inspector
Pia Kirchhoff and DS Oliver
Bodenstein are tasked with
monitoring the tense atmosphere
in the tight-knit community. As the
village inhabitants close ranks it
becomes apparent that the
disappearance of Snow White and
her friend was far more complex
than imagined. Then history starts
to repeat itself in a disatrous
manner when another pretty girl
goes missing.
she reveals her husband’s secret,
she will hurt those she loves most...
The Twins by Saskia
Sarginson
Your intellectual charm will entice new love interests. Develop some of your good ideas. The talk
you have may be eye-opening with regard to your
present situation.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)
Your lover may be annoyed if you have been
flirtatious or not attentive to their needs. Friendships could be terminated quickly if disappointments occur. Be prepared to counteract the damage that adversaries are about to create.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21)
Hard work will not go unnoticed. Uncertainties
regarding your love life will surface if you have
neglected your mate. Don’t believe everything you
hear.
CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20)
The Husband’s Secret
by Liane Moriarty
Mother of three and wife of
John-Paul, Cecilia discovers an old
envelope in the attic. Written in her
husband’s hand, it says : to be
opened only in the event of my
death.
Curious, she opens it - and time
stops.
John-Paul’s letter confesses to a
terrible mistake which, if revealed,
woud wreck their family as well as
the lives of other.
Cecilia wants to do the right
thing, but for who? If she protects
her family by staying silent, the truth
will worm through her heart. But if
LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23)
Recognition will be yours if you meet your deadline. Erratic behavior may confuse others, and
mood swings may result in isolation. Difficulties
with your mate may lead to estrangement.
Isolte and Viola are twins.
Inseparable as children, they have
grown into very different adults:
Isolte, a successful features writer
for a fashion magazine; and Viola,
desperately unhappy and
struggling with a lifelong eating
disorder.
What happened all those years
ago to set the twins on such
different paths to adulthood? As
both women start to unravel the
escalating tragedies of a halfremembered summer, terrifying
secrets from the past come
rushing back - and threaten to
overwhelm their adult lives....
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19)
Problems with fire, gas, or oil may cause disruptions and annoyances. You will have a greater
involvement in groups; however, they may not be
to your advantage. Sentimental feelings may make
it difficult to get much done at work.
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)
You have so much to offer; open up and let your
thoughts be known. Think before you act. Unforeseen circumstances will disrupt your daily routine. Don’t blow situations out of proportion.
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MOTORING
Hacienda valuations of cars
DS3 Cabrio is
Drop Top winner
W
E might not get many opportunities to
enjoy open-air driving in the UK but that
doesn’t prevent drop-top models being
highly popular – even in Scotland.
The past summer was
actually quite dry and cabriolet
owners took full advantage.
There is much competition
in this sector and the one that
stood out as far as the
Association of Scottish Motoring
Writers’ members were
concerned was a recent arrival.
The Citroen DS3 Cabrio
drove off with the Drop Top
DSport – a choice of three
petrol and one diesel
engines, with prices starting
at £15,045.
The test car was the topof-the-range DSport and it
was a little cracker.
This model is powered by
a punchy 153bhp 1.6-litre
turbo-charged petrol engine
that worked well through the
It’s also the only model in its
class to offer three rear seats but
I reckon more than two adults
would be cramped in that space
and legroom wasn’t great either.
The boot space, at 245 litres,
is better than others.
The tailgate opens in an
upward circular motion which
means it can be opened when
parked next to obstructions.
The downside of this though,
because it doesn’t come fully
up, means you have to be a bit
of a contortionist when loading
the boot, crouching down to get
items in and out – not ideal for
even your daily shopping trips.
Judging the weather can be
a problem for cabrio drivers
when you set off on trips – belting
down the motorway topless at
70mph when the clouds
suddenly open and you can’t
close the roof at speeds of less
than 20mph or so.
Well Citroen has come up
with the answer to this as their
canvas roof can by closed at
speeds of up to 75mph – in just
16 seconds.
There are three settings for
the fold-back - intermediate,
M
OST people will know that when buying a car in Spain
whether it is privately or from a dealer or garage then tax
has to be paid to the Tax Office (Hacienda).
Until fairly recently the amount of tax due was 4% of the official value but that
has now changed to 5.5% although for cars over 10 years old the rules changed
on 01/07/2012. If the car is over ten years old, at the date of the transfer, then
there are fixed amounts of tax payable. This is based on the engine size.
For engine sizes up to 1000cc tax due 40€, 1001-1500cc tax due 70€ and from
1501-2000cc the tax is 115€. If the engine size is larger, then the calculation
reverts to the normal rules or if the car is not classed as a turismo.
The official valuation of vehicles, including boats and planes, is set by Hacienda
and more often than not has no bearing or relevance to what you may be paying
for the car. In order to obtain an accurate valuation you will need a fair amount of
information, most of which can be found on the car´s Ficha Técnica and Permiso
de circulación. Firstly you will need the make and model, but remember that
there could, for example, be 20 models of a Renault Clio so if the Ficha Técnica
or a copy is held a more accurate valuation can be obtained. You will need to
know the date of fabrication (which may not be the same as the date of first
registration), the date of first registration, found at item I on the Permiso de
circulación and also the Potencia fiscal/real found on the Ficha Técnica on the
right hand side about half way down. An example of this is 11,63/77 and some
insurance companies may also ask for this information when giving a quote.
Once you have all this information you can obtain the valuation from Hacienda
either by phone, in person or online, most companies that deal with car transfers
will be able to obtain this for you. If for example the valuation is 5250€ then the
5.5% tax payable would be 288,75€. This amount would be payable on a modelo
620 at any bank of your choice, which has been correctly completed. As can be
seen the costs can increase your payment substantially.
The costs of a transfer, including this tax are generally agreed between parties
when negotiating a sale/purchase as to who will pay, although this is not always
the case and often the buyer will end up with additional cost they may not have
anticipated.
If you require any further information or assistance in such cases please do not
hesitate to contact me [email protected] or 922783828 or
629048529.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q. I drove the wife’s car today for the first time in many months and
noticed a characteristic smell upon stopping that suggesting it was running hot. There are no other indications so far of a problem but it is
overdue for a service. According to the ECU the coolant temperature was
106C. If these engines run hot as I get the impression that they were
designed to do then I guess this isn’t a problem. So first question to ask
is should a 1.8 Zetec Petrol (2002) be running at 106C after 30 minutes of
driving? Second question is as the service is overdue what cooling system
parts should we replace after 100,000 kilometres? I don’t intend to replace the thermostat or its housing as both appear to be working or the
radiator as there are no signs of leaking but do plan to flush it as part of
the service and check condition of pipes. Coincidence I would hope but
the air conditioning appears to also have failed. I’m not sure how the
compressor is powered but am aware that it’s been near the end of its
life.
A. If it’s never had its coolant changed in 11 years then it is likely there is corrosion
in the cooling system. A partial blockage somewhere in the system would give the
symptoms you describe. Not sure but I think these cars have a plastic impellor in the
water pump. If so, these are prone to corrosion wearing the vanes and rendering the
pump useless eventually as a result of the abrasive effect of the corrosion particles. I
would inspect the pump then give it a thorough flush through with a garden hose then
flush the block, heater and rad separately. Flush again with the hose and then refill
with 35 to 50% antifreeze.
honour at the recent Scottish
Car of the Year awards.
I have to put my hand up and
say this wasn’t the car that got
my vote – it went to the Audi
RS5 Cabriolet.
But that’s not to say I’m not
an admirer of Citroen’s little softtop – I enjoyed some time with
the DS3 Cabrio.
This newcomer looks pretty
chic and its charms will most
definitely appeal to female
drivers.
It comes in three signature
trim levels – Dsign, DStyle and
six-speed manual transmission.
Handling and road
holding was pretty good and
it proved quiet enough at
speed thanks to the wellinsulated soft top.
It will nip swiftly off the
blocks with a zero to 62mph
time of 8.2 seconds and is
capable of 132mph.
The interior is impressive,
even more so with the
addition of leather on front
and rear seats, which was
an £850 option on this model.
horizontal and total.
The test car’s price without
options is £19,680 - a good bit
cheaper than the RS5 Cabriolet’s
£67,500 – so it is certainly a
good bit more affordable.
Economy figures are good as
well, achieving 35mpg urban,
59mpg extra urban and 48mph
combined.
The DS3 range has proved
popular for Citroen since its
launch three years ago and
motorists can now take
advantage of open-air driving
with this stylish new cabriolet.
Q. I have a year 2000 fiesta 1.25 zetec with 123000 kms on the clock.
It’s always used oil and has been holding back when you put your foot
down. About a month ago I did a long journey at motorway speeds.
The day after on start-up it kicked a cloud of smoke out of the exhaust
but has never done it since, now the car smokes bad after a long period on engine overrun intermittently and when you put your foot down
it now holds back with a ‘pinking’ sound and clouds of smoke constantly. Do you have ideas whether this fault is something like valve
stem seals, or am I just looking at a tired engine? It’s difficult to tell
colour of smoke though rear view mirror but I’m assuming this is where
the oil is going.
A. It sounds like a tired engine my opinion as it is smoking whilst driving, valve
stems seals only smoke on start up.
Please email your questions to [email protected]
SPORTS 53
NEWS
Getting sporty in El Rosario
Youngsters living in El Rosario are being invited to get
sporty
B
ADMINTON, volleyball, taekwondo and soccer are all on the agenda, thanks to the Municipal Sports Schools and CD Zamorano
Esperanza. The courses began officially on October 1st but enrolments can be taken until all the
places are filled up, 100 in all per sport.
Badminton is held in El Chorrillo sports
hall on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday
from 6.30pm to 8pm. The same venue hosts
volleyball from Monday to Friday 4pm to
6.30pm with each day of the week
corresponding to the different age groups
such as Prebenjamín, Benjamín, Alevín,
Infantil, etc.
Taekwondo takes place in CEIP Leoncio
Rodríguez in La Esperanza on Tuesdays and
Fridays from 5.30pm to 7pm.
Parents interested in enrolling their
children can do so at the various municipal
sports schools. Classes are taught by
professionals.
CD Zamorano Esperanza holds its football
training at 5.30pm at the Maximino Bacallado
football campus in different categories. In
this case, El Rosario council co-operates with
the club regarding maintenance and
facilities.
Arona to honour sporting
stars
ANNUAL GALA
A
RONA has started to make plans for
its 18th Sports Gala to recognise out
standing performances.
The popular event will take place in the Auditorio
Infanta Leonor in Los Cristianos on November 23rd at
7pm.
Sports clubs are currently being approached about
their highlights, achievements and individual stars.
The gala is a sports party for all the family with many
awards to be presented. There will also be an
International Award which in the last gala, went to
Paralympic swimmer, Michelle Alonso Morales.
Teams unveiled for new
season
GRASSROOTS SOCCER
G
RASSROOTS football is alive and kicking in Tegueste.
Almost 350 young people have enrolled for the coming season in six categories.
The official presentation of the different teams which make up the Tegueste Grassroots Football Club
was made at Los Laureles by the president, Chema López. There were hundreds of people at the ceremony,
including the Mayor, José Manuel Molina.
There are 16 teams in all (2 juveniles, 3 cadetes, 3 infantiles, 4 alevines, 3 benjamines and 3 prebenjamines).
Annual lunch for
ScallyWaggs
TROPHY CEREMONY
T
HE ScallyWaggs
Golf Society held
their annual lunch and presentation of
trophies at La Tas-quita
Restaurante in Adeje.
La Tasquita has been the
club’s main sponsors for many
years. After lunch, Captain
Frank Moss did the presentation of trophies.
First place, Graeme Barr.
Second, Darren Kemp. Third,
Sean Bible. A special thankyou was given to Damien
and his staff for a lovely
lunch.
The Bowling Game
By Grahaam
Cathc rt
Small island but
successful players
I
N my last article, I discussed the “image” of bowls or to
be more accurate the “misconstrued image” of bowls. As
I stated, it is my intention through this column to rectify
that image in the coming months.
However, this edition I thought I would let you know just how successful
the bowlers on our small island of Tenerife have become and how it all came
about.
Around 11 years ago, a bowling green, then called Winter Gardens bowling,
opened. It started with some small tournaments and over the following three
months or so, a nucleus of bowlers formed and they started Teide Bowling
Club. Some of those initial players had played bowls in the UK but many more
had never played bowls before.
Over the years, the club grew and became stronger and stronger.
Throughout the years, the growing membership came from people who come
to Tenerife for the autumn/winter, established residents of Tenerife and new
arrivals who had decided to retire in Tenerife. Again, some were established
bowlers but equally some were complete beginners. The beginners were
supported and developed by other members of the club and by the coaching
programme that has been developed over the years by qualified coaches.
In 2009, Winter Gardens Bowling was “bought” by father and daughter,
Norman Gardner and Julie Lincoln, who have built upon what Winter Gardens
had developed and turned it into a truly international-class bowling complex,
adding to and improving the bowling green itself and developing a very
popular a la carte restaurant (Rendezvous Restaurant) and bar/bistro
(Rendezvous Bar and Bistro).
Aside from “structural improvements”, working with Teide Bowling Club,
Tenerife Green Bowls have developed and improved the coaching side of
things, improved the playing surface, organised and developed more diverse
bowling activities to offer everyone one from the total beginner to the wellestablished bowler.
Over the years, in my small part, I have got a big kick out of helping players
develop, particularly those who started out as complete beginners and are
now established bowlers themselves. Until last year (May 2012) all the
success, however, had been, in the main, restricted locally. In May 2012,
however, that began to change - BIG TIME!
That year, four players, long established players and members of Teide
B.C. entered and played in the Spanish National Championships. It was the
first time ever that anyone from Teide B.C. had ever played in the Nationals.
At the first attempt, Bob Booton got to the semi finals of the Singles, Bob and
myself go to the Quarter Finals of the Quarter Finals of the Pairs, Robert
Cathcart and Norman Gardner got to the last 16 of the pairs. All four got to the
quarter finals of the rinks and Robert, Norman and myself got to the quarter
final of the triples. At a first attempt, that was not bad going in any one’s book.
On a personal level, I went to the Championships hoping to win something but
my real wish was “to get noticed” by the Spanish National team. I succeeded
in that when I was invited for a trial for the National team.
As a coach and as match secretary of Teide B.C. all of the above was great
and I believed we as a club could do even better. My beliefs were to be
eclipsed.
Next time I will tell you just how much they were eclipsed and how a few
bowlers from our wee island in the Atlantic achieved so much more than
they themselves could have believed possible.
SPORTS
54
NEWS
Taekwondo
helps worthy
cause
WALKS, RUNS AND MORE
“Mountain
week” in
Granadilla
TOURNAMENT SUCCESS
LAGUNA SERVICE
E
IGHT clubs took part in the XXVIII La Laguna
Taekwondo Kiorugui tournament held in the
Pablos Abril pavilion.
Club Escuela La Laguna
took the trophy with 82 points,
with Tagoror second and
Samguk third with 64 and 61
points respectively.
They were joined by Jansu,
Mencey, Samguk, Taebek and
Taekion (Gran Canaria),
making 150 participants in all.
Over the four hours of the
competition, there were 95
matches and it proved to be a
great day for players and
spectators alike.
The tournament was
supported by a number of
companies, including Grauvell, Coca Cola, Guzmán Sport,
Urbandivers, Coansa and
Serdican, as well as the
Tenerife Delegation of Taekwondo.
The proceeds from ticket
sales were donated to AMATE,
the Tenerife Association of
Women with Breast Cancer.
Signing up
on-line
T
HOUSANDS of people of all ages are expected
to benefit from a new on-line sports registration service introduced by La Laguna coun-
cil.
The sports department
says people will be able to
sign and pay up for a wide
range of activities without
leaving their home. All they
have to do is access the
‘Actividades’
tag
on
www.oadlaguna.com.
Sports councillor, Aymara
Calero said this covered
about 50 types of sports and
physical activities, including
chess, BMX, yoga and even
“ultimate frisbee”.
The council hopes this new
service will help even more
people to enjoy sport in the
municipality.
REALEJOS CHALLENGE
Scene set for Multiaventura
L
OS Realejos is preparing for a new edition of
“Raid Multiaventura”.
This ninth challenge
takes place on Saturday,
November 2 nd under the
auspices of the local council
and Asociación Anima 2. The
deadline for teams was
October 28th (through raidmultiaventuralosrealejos.blogspot.com.es).
Orientation, teamwork
and lots of effort is required
to carry out the challenges,
with an early start of 6am to
do the paperwork, followed
by a 6.45am briefing to
explain the route and an
anticipated off time of
7.30am.
The Multiaventura combines a variety of trials through
various parts of the town with
the help of a map and
compass. There is a category
for beginners and for the
advanced and no special
exceptions are made ie. there
are no road closures and the
teams choose their routes.
Respect for the environment is
a top priority.
G
RANADILLA is about to host its second week
dedicated to mountain sports.
The local council’s
department of sport has
decided to repeat the initiative
following the success of the
inaugural event in 2012.
The activities are being
organised in association with
the Granadilla Mountain
Group and begin on November 1 st until 10 th with a
programme offering walks,
open days on the climbing
wall, lectures, documentaries, climbing and hiking.
Sports councillor, González
Alonso said it would be a very
busy week and would be a
reference for altitude sports
on the island, aimed at
amateurs and professionals
alike.
The idea is to use the
area’s natural resources and
large network of trails which
were highly suitable for
running.
The schedule opens on
November 1st with a climbing
competition at Los Cardones
in San Isidro and the second
“Ruta del Gofio” on November 2nd for which 200 people
have already enrolled. This
will have two distances of
10.5 and 19 kilometres and
starts at 10am.
There will be open days for
the climbing wall and rappel
on November 4th, 5th and 6th ,
a talk on November 7 th , a
documentary on November
8th about an epic ascent of
Everest and the third Canary
climbing cup on November
9th. There is also a walk for all
on November 10th from 8am,
admission fee three euros
(telephone 922 75 99 93).
Everyone is being encouraged to join in and you can
see the full programme on
www.granadilladeabona.org
SPORTS 55
NEWS
PARK SETTING
Happy Days for bowls and
tennis
SEASON CLOSES
Athletic club
praises shining
examples
T
EGUESTE’S Olympic Athletic Club has closed
its season with high praise for the past and
great hopes for the future.
More than 100 people,
including athletes, their
families and officials, gathered at the IES Tegueste to
honour the best performances.
Tribute was also paid to the
athletes who had been shining
examples during the 13 years
of the club. They included
Simón Siverio, David Reyes,
Francisco González, Carolina
Grassin, Moisés Cedrés,
Adriana, Domínguez, Leví
Rodríguez, Silvia De León,
David Cortijo, Alberto Reyes,
Gisela Rivero and Ayoze
Molina.
President, Carlos Lorente
expressed his desire to maintain the philosophy of the club
to work with young talent and
make athletics a tool for
training and education in
values.
Andrés Tor res, club
trainer, also praised the
quality of members and
reviewed the results achieved, including runners-up in
Spain for the male team in
Antequera in April and the
increase in students in the
Club School.
Those attending included
the Mayor, José Manuel
Molina.
Twelve trophies
for the Tigers
T
Photo by Gerard Zenou
HE Adeje cheerleaders “Los Tigres”
virtually swept the board when they
took part in a top competition in Ma-
drid.
The 28 athletes flew out from the south airport
to fly the flag in Spain’s first Cheer and Dance
I
F you haven’t been to Costa del Silencio for a
while, you will be in for a very pleasant surprise, especially if you like the open air, tennis
or bowls.
The beautiful Garanana
parque has now been
completed and this has
brought an enormous boost
to Happy Days, the tennis and
bowling centre which has its
own restaurant, bar and
terrace.
Michel and Christiane have
been at the helm of Happy
Days for 20 years and well
remember the days when it
was surrounded by barren
land, rough roads and paths.
Not now! The area around
Happy Days has been
completely transformed and
it now sits right in the heart
of the park with its trees,
bushes, flowers, network of
paths and play/sport equipment.
Of course, they have
CHEERLEADING SWEEP
competition.
There were two teams, one made
up of seven to eleven-year-olds and
the other representing the eleven to
18 age group.
Between them, the groups entered
a total of 12 categories in dance, tricks
and routines and won a dozen
trophies. They were placed first in
eight of the routines and second in
four, competing against teams from
Barcelona and Madrid. The Tigers
certainly made the Canary Islands
proud!
Their coaches Amanda Lambert,
Zoe Mayo Harker and Tez Shackleton
were thrilled with the results and hope
this success will be the first of many
in Spanish competitions. Everyone had
a brilliant time and were very well
looked after.
always had their loyal
supporters over the years but
more and more people are
now discovering them and
enjoying playing tennis, bowls
or bridge or just enjoying a
meal or drink and watching
others.
“People ask me if we have
been here long as they don’t
remember seeing us,” said
Michel. “I laugh and say no,
not long. Just 20 years!”
It’s lovely to see tennis and
bowls being played in such a
beautiful environment and
Michael and Christiane do
everything they can to help
visitors. Hire a court and
tennis raquets and balls are
provided free of charge and
you can play bowls by the
hour and hire shoes and
bowls if you need to. It’s a
great, sociable hobby and
even if you go along by
yourself, you soon make
friends and keep healthy and
active at the same time.
Various roll-up sessions are
held during the week on
different days so please do
phone for details. No experience is necessary.
Likewise, regular bridge
sessions are held here and
that’s another brilliant way to
make friends.
The restaurant serves
snacks but also a three-course
meal for 5.95 euros between
noon and 4pm and you don’t
have to play. Just sit back and
relax. Everyone is welcome.
There is a car-park as part
of the Happy Days complex
but if you can’t find it for the
first time, just follow the
signs for the Garanana park
off the long road through
Costa del Silencio (half way
down). You can park here and
walk along the new park
pathways to the bowls and
tennis centre and you can
then see how to negotiate the
one-way system to bring your
car round next time.
If you would like any
further information, do
ring 922 786 831 or 699
033 836.
8 437003 217012
00487

Tenerife News

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