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La Casa Hotel & Restaurant- Torrox Pueblo:
With the extension of the state of alarm and closing at 6pm we will continue with our amazing menu of the day, served 1pm until 5pm. 2 course for 9.95 and 3 courses 12.95.
We also have some great days coming up!!
-Saturday 5th December, we will be holding a xmas market at the Hotel, with the opportunity to buy a few xmas gifts and delicious foods. We will also be collecting any donations (tinned/ dried foods, baby products etc) on that day for the local charity food bank, so if you can help please come along and bring an item or 2.
-Wednesday 9th December. Xmas Quiz day maximum of 6 per table 2 euro per person entry, come and have ago if you think you are clever enough! Booking essential.
-Wednesday 16th December. Christmas Carol Service, time to be confirmed.
-Saturday 19th December, our final destination on our trip around the world will be United Kingdom, a sad fair well to Europe, food from the 70s (when we joined the EU!). A 3 course dinner party (maximum 6 to a table) 25 euro per person. Booking essential! 70s dress code optional
Xmas and New year restaurant times will be confirmed after the 10th December.
For enquires or bookings 662039741
LA CASA Hotel & Restaurant
Calle Baja, Plazuela De Barajas 3
Torrox, 29770, Malaga
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Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent
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Great Deals From The Nerja Household Centre:
-Pair of Mid century modern chrome bar stools. New seat fabric and chrome frame resprayed. Price 130€ ( the pair )
Contact Jackie/Nerja 672170429
info at nerjahouseholdcentre dot com
For Sale, 2 items:
-Attractive rustic wooden bookcase in good condition. h:200cms, w:95cms, d:37cms. 4 shelves with 2 drawers below
€80
-Boxes of 25 mainly hardback war/naval history / miscellaneous books. €25 each box (photo shows representative sample)
Collection from near Guaro, Periana. Contact Diana
Email: df_flower at hotmail dot com
For Sale, 2 items:
-Elegant matching bedroom suite comprising
1 double bed with substantial frame and full-width padded base and very comfortable mattress (size 135cms x 180cms) (N.B. 2 beds shown in photo, one has sold)
1 bedside unit with drawer
2 round tables
1 tall floor-standing mirror
175€ the lot.
-Secretaire Desk. Beautiful secretaire desk with mirrored back upper case with matching wall shelf. Stands 210 cms tall, 68 cms wide 50cms deep. Top lifts off for transport. Excellent condition. Reduced to 75€ for quick sale – need the space.
Nick in La Herradura, buyer collects (when permitted).
keelsway at yahoo dot co dot uk
609 706 210
For Sale: Indian wooden mask for 24 euros in Nerja.
It is between 35 and 40 cm high. I can take it to Torrox, El Morche or Torre del Mar, as soon as possible. Sonya.
my e-mail: sonya_ra@hotmail.com
please, contact me by e-mail or tel. 658.569.7oo
For Sale: Wood Splitting Axe. 4kg Wood Splitting Maul with Fiberglass Shaft. 20Euro. Can be Collected from Torrox or Nerja. Ken, Nerja, Supersol (old Bridge )
Phone/WhatsApp 654 728380;
kenseal at gmail dot com
Wanted- for long term rent: I am looking for a house or apartment with big terrace for a maximum of 500 euros/monthly in Nerja, Torrox or Frigiliana area. There is no problem to pay even in Covid situation due I work for an essential company. I am also be able to rent it to someone that use it for holidays. If this person use it just some weeks a year or a month and the rest of the year is available. I have a house to stay in those days so we could have an agreement. The most important thing for me is the terrace or garden if it has. If you are interested send me an e-mail to
chika2830 at hotmail .dot com ; I am Marison.
Recommendations & Requests
Thanks: Thanx Naythan for the daily Covid news in Spain and the translated regulations. Always first out and reliable
Maggie, Los Romanes, maggieculver77 AT yahoo DOTcom
Municipality: For the person enquiring where Arkwrights is. It is in Puente Don Manuel which is in the municipality of Alcaucin.
M Lewis, Puente don Manuel, rubybirtleATyahooD0TcoD0Tuk
Municipal Boundaries: If you want to see where your municipal boundaries are then look at
https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadisticaycartografia/sima/
Click on your province and then select your municipality.
Gerry Harris, Near Cajiz, gerryATbillnotDOTcom
News & Articles
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Andalusia adds 1,455 coronavirus infections, the lowest figure since the beginning of October: {Translated from https://sevilla.abc.es} Updated: 23/11/2020 18:18
Andalusia has added 1,455 new infections this Monday coronavirus . It is the lowest figure that has been registered in the community since last October 12, a month and a half ago. Although the data must be taken with caution since the data on Mondays tend to be lower than the rest of the week, this figure, below 1,500 infections , seems to confirm that the measures imposed by the Board are already having an effect.
Thus, according to data from the Ministry of Health, most infections have occurred again in Seville, Granada and Cádiz , but with an important nuance. Neither of the two provinces exceed 500 infections this Monday . Seville has added 416 new cases, Granada and Cádiz, 342 each.
Behind are Malaga, with 106 ; Jaén, with 101; Almería, with 75; Huelva, with 55; and Córdoba, with only 18.
Product of the decrease in infections that Andalusia has registered in recent days is the reduction in hospital pressure in the community. Thus, since yesterday 87 people have needed medical assistance, six of them in the ICU. To put this data into context, until last week that figure used to exceed 300.
In hospitals, meanwhile, Andalusia has added the fifth consecutive day reducing patients in the ICU and the total of those admitted for coronavirus is 2,785, almost 700 less than at the peak of the second wave.
The most negative side is one more day in the deaths from coronavirus. As indicated by the Junta, in Andalusia 37 people have died this Monday. It is logical, since these deaths correspond to the high numbers of infections from weeks ago and would confirm that the community is already in the decline of the second wave of the coronavirus. Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-coronavirus-andalucia-andalucia-suma-1455-contagios-coronavirus-cifra-mas-baja-desde-primeros-octubre-202011231356_noticia.html?ref=https:%2F%2Fsevilla.abc.es%2F
Which travellers must show negative Covid-19 test on arrival in Spain?: Updated 23 November 2020, 12:35 CET+01:00
Spain has brought in new rules requiring travellers arriving in Spain by air or sea from countries deemed high risk to prove they have tested negative, here’s a look at the rules and who they apply to. Details of the new rules are published in Spain’s Official State Gazette (BOE) and come into force on November 23rd. (Spanish- https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2020/11/12/pdfs/BOE-A-2020-14049.pdf)
The new rules come into force on November 23rd except in the Canary Islands where anyone arriving on the islands from November 14th will have to show a negative test result on check-in. Full article: https://www.thelocal.es/20201112/qawhich-travellers-must-show-negative-covid-19-test-on-arrival-in-spain
Rogue Microsoft Edge Web Browser Extensions Infiltrate The Microsoft Store: Microsoft had to remove malicious extensions from its Edge extensions store in May, and it appears that the company had to remove additional extensions this month.
According to the information, users of Edge complained when they started to notice that searches were redirected when they used the Microsoft Edge browser.
It turned out that rogue extensions were responsible for that. All of these extensions were hosted on the official Microsoft Store; they used names of popular services and programs, e.g. NordVPN, Adguard VPN or The Great Suspender to lure users into installing the extensions.
Microsoft pulled the fake extensions from its web store and users who installed these in Edge will have them disabled on the next start of the browser automatically.
If you use Edge, and have noticed that strange websites appear when you click on links or do searches, you may have one of the rogue extensions. Rather than try to figure out which extension is to blame, just update Edge. Full article: https://www.ghacks.net/2020/11/23/be-careful-when-you-install-microsoft-edge-extensions-from-the-microsoft-store/
Tennis News- Medvedev triumphs over Thiem at ATP Finals: Daniil Medvedev, who was “destroyed” by Dominic Thiem nine years ago at a junior tennis event in Umag, Croatia, an encounter that over time served to forge his character and for which on Sunday he took revenge on the US Open champion at the ATP Final, downing the Austrian in a 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 comeback triumph.
With his unbreakable defense and his orthodox play, albeit implementing a change-up in style in the second set that seemed to throw Thiem off, No. 4 ranked Medvedev won back the title that his Russian compatriot Nikolay Davydenko had won in 2009, notching the most important win of his career and leaving Thiem without the crown for the second year in a row.
Full article: https://www.laprensalatina.com/medvedev-triumphs-over-thiem-at-atp-finals/
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
Taxi
Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231
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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/
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