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December 2020
-Sunday, 6th- El día de la constitución (Constitution Day)
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Due to the new Covid restrictions, to avoid disappointment I suggest you call to confirm events and times before the event. -Ed.
Phoenix Club: Due to the new Covid restrictions, all events are on hold until we can determine which, if any, may proceed. Updates will be posted here. For more info contact: Gail on 951067723 / 626370695 or email phoenixsocialclub@yahoo.co.uk
Potters Bar- Nerja: This week
-Monday open 3pm till 6pm happy hours! House wines, spirits and beers just €1
-Tuesday the great Potters Pub Quiz 2pm till 4pm. Great entertertainment, snack lunch included. Happy hours 4pm to 6pm. Bookings essential
-Wednesday, games, open pool table and and an afternoon of light fun from 1pm. Free tapas all day. Happy hours 4pm to 6pm.
–Thursday, open 3pm to 6pm for €1 happy hours
-Friday, open 1pm for afternoon for open.pool table, fish and chips and happy hours from 4 till 6pm
–Saturday open 4pm to 6pm for happy hours
-Sunday – great live music on the terrace with Paul Locky from 2pm to 4pm with choice of meals. €10/person, bookings essential
Tel: 685435767
Lux Mundi, Torre del Mar December coming events & excursions:
Lux Mundi Ecumenical Centre, Torre del Mar, Avda. Moscatel 1”I”, (Jardines Viña Malága/Antigua Casa de la Viña), Torre del Mar, 29740. Open mornings only Monday to Thursday 10.00 till 13.00 and Fridays as usual 11.00 – 13.00 For further information please contact the Centre, Torre del Mar Tel. 952 543 334 E-mail: luxmundi@lux-mundi.org Web site: www.lux-mundi.org . We are ready to start receiving donations and follow the necessary disinfection procedures to place them in “Our shop”. We would appreciate it if you could bring them to us in bags that you do not need to be returned, during the normal opening hours of the Centre.
-Every Monday – Craft Group. Time 10.00 – 13.00 in the Centre. 5€ for room fee or with Friends of Lux Mundi Card 4€. Proceeds for fundraising.
-Every Monday –Knitting & Crochet Group. Time 10.30 to 13.00 in the Centre.
-Every Wednesday – Art Group. Time 10.00 – 13.00 at the Centre. 5€ for room fee or with Friends of Lux Mundi Card 4€. Proceeds for fundraising.
-Every Friday – Coffee Morning . Time 11.00 to 13.00.
-Monday 7th December – The Centre will be closed for the Public Holiday of Constitution day.
-Tuesday 8th December – The Centre will be closed for the Public Holiday of the Immaculate Conception.
-Saturday 12th December – Ecumenical Christmas Carol Service. Dear friends, please come and join in the Service at the Parish Church of San Andrés, Torre del Mar. Details to be announced nearer to the date depending on restrictions. Time 18.00.
-Monday 14th December- Half Orange “Bring and Share” Lunch, for those who are alone. Time 13.30 in the Centre.
-Thursday 17th December – Coach Excursion to Gibraltar. 14 Euros for Friends of Lux Mundi and 16 Euros for those without a Friens´card. Proceeds for fund raising. Departure times Puente don Manuel (Bar Mis Tapitas) 6.45, Algarrobo (Lidl) 7.15, Caleta (Vets) 7.20 and Torre Del Mar (Bus Station) 7.30. Depart Gibraltar15.30 approximately. PASSPORTS / I.D. REQUIRED.
-Friday 18th December – Taizé Prayer Meeting at the San Andrés, Parish Church in Torre del Mar. Time 20.45. Taizé prayers are a monthly invitation to join us in prayer for unity and for all your personal intentions. Please send us an email or WhatsApp to be included in them. Social distancing and wearing of face masks will be required.
-Friday 18th December – A Special Christmas themed Coffee morning.
-Thursday & Friday 24th & 25th December – Centre will be closed for Public Holidays.
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CycleNerja: Bike rental and cycle hire in Nerja, Torrox & Frigiliana. Free Bike delivery and collection service is available anywhere in Nerja, Torrox & Frigiliana and the inland villages. Professional Carbon Race Bikes, 29er Mountain Bikes & Electric Mountain Bikes. Free delivery subject to a minimum rental value of 90,00 euros. Contact via https://cyclenerja.com/ Contact also located under our banner in the DigameXtra Sponsor’s Section every day. 
Hanningtons Kitchens and Bathrooms: We have been installing kitchens and bathrooms here on the Costa for 13 years. We pride ourselves on our professionalism, highest standards of work and customer service.
Whether you are thinking of updating an existing kitchen or bathroom, or whether you wish to create the kitchen or bathroom you have always dreamed of, we are here for you, every step of the way.
With an unrivaled knowledge of the best local materials and suppliers we are able to work to all tastes and budgets.
Our full range of services includes
– Installations and Refurbs
– Wall & Floor tiling
– Full range of Plumbing work including radiators and underfloor heating
– Solar Installation
– Design & planning ideas to get the look you are after
– Electrical works
– Alter / Install walls, dropped ceilings and hang doors
– Plastering, woodwork and floor leveling
Visit our FB page on the link below to be inspired
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Call us : 669 665 156
Email us : hanningtons.bathrooms@gmail.com
Mandy’s Paintbox: Painter for 30 years. Painting work undertaken. Inside and outside large or small. Furniture painted or sprayed. Kitchens cabinets, wardrobes doors any colour any surface. Check out the before and after photos all the furniture was spray painted.
Call for advice WhatsApp 680739577
Email: amandajosiah@hotmail.com
My contact details can be found everyday in the Sponsor’s Section at the bottom of the issue.
Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent
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BluCee Inmobiliaria:
We are friendly, honest and offer a bespoke service for all your property needs.
Winter sun rental in Torre del Mar!
Apartment Sierra 1 in Torre del Mar is available for long term rent this winter.
Available from beginning of November 2020 until end of April 2021. Can be rented for 3 to 6 months. Price per month is €700 per month plus electricity usage. Price includes internet and secure parking.
This lovely apartment has 2 bedrooms, two bathrooms and a large secure garden. Located near the hospital, within walking distance to the beach and El Ingenio shopping centre. A car is not necessary. Normally fully booked.
Please click the link for more details – Apartment Sierra 1
Not exactly what you are looking for. Thinking of renting out your property?
Contact us to discuss what we can do to help you, please get in touch.
info@blucee.com
We are based in Rincon de la Victoria.
For examples of our fantastic sales and holiday rental properties, please take a look at our website: www.BluCee.com
BluCee.com is a DigameXtra sponsor so our contact details are shown here every day.
Great Deals From The Nerja Household Centre:
-Beautifully upcycled farmhouse table with 2 drawers with 4 matching Castillan chairs. Top stripped back to natural & waxed.
Base with 2 drawers chalk painted in grey with new handles Measurements W140 x D70 x H76. Price 260€
-Sideboard stripped back to natural waxed with grey chalk paint Measurements W150 x D40 x H89cms Price 135€
-Pair of units. Stripped back to natural and stained with new handles. Measurements Width 42cms Depth 36cms Height 42cms Price 50€ ( the pair)
Contact Jackie / Nerja 672170429
info at nerjahouseholdcentre dot com
Recommendations & Requests
Information: Hello, is Arkwrights in the Velez Malaga municipality? Thank you. Elizabeth. Caleta. Tel 648917219.
White Dove: A white dove appeared in my garden (Benamargosa camp) last Tues. Good condition, clearly used to people and semi-domesticated but won’t let us handle it. Am giving it bird seed but it has few roosting sites here and no shelter so am concerned about its survival. Can anyone help? Alice 0044 7871 436812 (WhatsApp)
Gratitude: I am sure that we are all extremely grateful to Naythan by keeping us all up to date with the latest news and restrictions regarding the present crisis. Michael of Frigiliana. mikestevenittATgmailD0Tc0m
News & Articles
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Restrictions in Andalucía to continue until 10 December: The current restrictions in force in Andalucía to curb the spread of Covid-19 will remain basically unchanged until 10 December, although customers will now be able to pick up takeaways from bars and restaurants until 9.30pm.
The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, announced on Sunday that movement between municipalities will remain restricted to essential journeys (for work, education, appointments, etc.) throughout the region.
The night curfew will also remain as it is – 10pm to 7am.
Non-essential businesses will still have to close at 6pm although customers will be able to pick up takeaways from bars and restaurants until 9.30pm.
Another change is that shops will be able to sell toys until 8pm.
Full article: http://www.surinenglish.com/local/202011/22/restrictions-andalucia-continue-until-20201122130528.html
When can I move from one municipality to another?:
Movement between towns and villages across municipal boundaries is permitted in the following cases:
– To attend health centres, hospitals and other healthcare services.
– Work: to meet professional, business, insititutional or legal obligations.
– School: To go to school, college, university and other educational centres, including infant schools.
– Travelling home: to return to a habitual or family residence.
– Carers: To assist or care for the elderly, children, people with disabilities, or those especially vulnerable.
– To travel to banks, insurance offices or petrol stations in adjacent territories.
– For required or urgent procedures at public, judicial or notary institutions.
– Renovation of permits and official documentation, as well as other administrative procedures that cannot be postponed.
– To sit exams or official tests that cannot be postponed.
– In the case of a situation of necessity or force majeure.
– Any other activity of a similiar nature properly accredited.
If you need to cross a municipal border to carry out any of the above activities, you must be able to justify this when stopped by the security forces in order to avoid being fined. Source: http://www.surinenglish.com/local/202011/08/when-move-from-municipality-20201108181132.html
The new Spanish bank account fees you need to know about (and how to avoid them): Over the course of this year, Spain’s main banks have decided to toughen the conditions to access their so-called ‘free accounts’ and increase the fees for account holders who don’t meet the new requirements.
In simple terms, it’s a loyalty scheme that rewards the banks’ most active users by not charging them extra, while increasing commissions for those who aren’t considered an asset to these financial entities.
As unfair as this may seem, most of Spain’s big banks are on board with it: Santander, La Caixa, Bankia, BBVA, Bankinter, Sabadell, Unicaja, Abanca.
We’ll now go over what each of these financial entities is now charging for and how to sidestep these extra fees.
Continue reading article at: https://www.thelocal.es/20201110/the-new-fees-on-spanish-bank-accounts-you-need-to-know-about-and-how-to-avoid-them
For the latest COVID-19 info visit:
World– https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
World– https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441
Spain Coronavirus Data from Spain’s Ministerio de Sanidad, Official C-19 Pages:
https://www.mscbs.gob.es/en/profesionales/saludPublica/ccayes/alertasActual/nCov-China/situacionActual.htm
AND
https://cnecovid.isciii.es/covid19/
Coronavirus Cases in Andalucia, Axarquia, Costa del Sol & Malaga Province:
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadisticaycartografia/salud/COVID19.html
UK Coronavirus:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/
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Weekly Markets
Monday: Torrox Costa
Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
Wednesday: Rincon de la Victoria, Algarrobo Costa
Thursday: Velez Malaga, Torre del Mar, Frigiliana
Friday: Almunecar, Salobrena, La Herradura- Summers only
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Velez Malaga, Nerja Car Boot
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Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231
Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Svcs.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112
Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238
Local News in English, The Sur: http://www.surinenglish.com/
Local News in English, The Local: https://www.thelocal.es/
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EU News in English, EuroWeekly: https://www.euroweeklynews.com
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