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Today is a Spanish National Holiday: Wednesday, 12 Oct.
Fiesta Nacional de España is one of two “national days” of Spain and is held annually every 12 October on the day that Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas in 1492. Source: https://publicholidays.es/fiesta-nacional-de-espana/
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Casa Magel Has a New Name & Location- Christmas B&B Special:
**We are now “Casa Camino 343”, Valle De Abdalajis, Malaga**
Christmas Special- 3 Night Stay
Day 1: Christmas eve supper
Day 2: Continental breakfast + Late full 3 course English style lunch
+ Christmas Games & Fun + Evening sandwiches.
Day 3: Continental Breakfast + Late boxing day lunch.
Day 4: Continental Breakfast
Wine & beer throughout stay.
– €375.00 Per Double Room 2 Sharing
– For more information and details please contact maggie at new email address, casacamino343@yahoo.com
or call 0034 722879503 / 632298062
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Concert and Jam Session: Sunday 16Oct from 14h (free entry)
Restaurant “El Rincon de Sada”, Vinuela
We have the following musicians already confirmed: Angel Ariza, Toni Mangas, Alan Clayton, Ulrich Putsch & Ngoni Sueño
We’ll present a lot of styles with funky pieces, soul, reaggae, african music and more. C. Pizarras, 43, 29712 Viñuela, Málaga
Reserve your table: Phone: 605 15 52 19
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Fourth Vélez-Málaga motor fair: October 20 thru 23
At the Velez fairgrounds 11am-8pm
Around 10 exhibitors and more than four hundred vehicles. FB
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NOTE: YOU MAY ADDITIONALLY INCLUDE A LOCATION TO MEET OR PICKUP,
BUT YOUR LOCATION IS REQUIRED IN ANY CASE. Simply saying "for collection in Town" is NOT sufficient. Your location, and the collection location may not be the same place. If selling an item from a location different from where you reside, you must include both.
For example: "...Buyer collects in Nerja, John/Malaga"
Why? DigameXtra covers a large area. So, for example, readers in Motril are unlikely to make recommendations, or call about most for-sale items, if they know you are located in Coin. As for including both locations in for-sale posts, the buyer needs to know where to collect the item, but they will also want to know where you are from in case there is a problem. Your cooperation is appreciated.
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-Gardening – from weeding to landscaping, stonework (walls, paths, etc) a speciality. Transport and tools all provided by me, my time can be hired in 3 time slots of 4, 6 and 8 hours at a cost of 60€, 85€ and 110€ respectively plus any required materials at cost or fixed price quote if you prefer.
-Small construction/demolition jobs – walls, fencing, guttering, tiling etc. costs as above or fixed price quote if you prefer.
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-Evenings, weekends and holidays both Spanish and English are all included at no extra cost. I am always busy and usually require between 2 and 4 weeks notice before I can start work but I can usually carry out quotations fairly quickly.
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Professional Plumber: Offering high quality work, with over 20 years of experience. I specialize in new installations, replacement of pipes, water heaters, toilets and faucets, and all types of plumbing repairs, including unclogging.
Free estimates and consultation.
I offer my services in Málaga (Axarquia) and the nearby towns of Granada (La Herradura, Almuñecar, etc.)
Josue, Torrox Costa. Phone number (WhatsApp): 661843908
Email: joscidalg1983@gmail.com
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Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent
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Great Deals From The Nerja Household Centre:
– Neutral color sofa bed measurements 215 x 100cms Price 160€
– Lamp table. Wrought iron base with marble top lamp table 45 x 36 x 67cms Price 60€
– Rug 234 x 160cms Price 75€
contact Jackie/nerja 672170429
info at nerja household centre dot com
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For Sale: Hot water boiler 100l. HTW-TR-100GEM (1500W)
Never used boiler removed from a new construction property.
Bargain €60. Sonja/Torrox Costa to be collected.
Email: boelsonja at gmail dot com
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For Sale: Viesmann water purifying system – brand new still in box – cost €300 – will sell for €200. Buyer must collect. Contact Carol in Caleta. My email: carol dot bausa@yahoo dot com
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For Sale: FITFIU Fitness MC-160 Treadmill. Great condition, hardly used.
Can be folded to easily store, has bluetooth and speakers.
Sale price 200€. Please call or whatsapp Georgia / Competa
More photos on request.
Tel 671122787 or email georgiaelizabeths98@gmail.com
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Correction, now with photo: For Sale: Kitchen cabinet, H 2,15 m. Width 1,50 m, depth 0,41 m. Good condition. Price €105. Pick-up yourself, it consists of 2 parts. Viviane, Torrox Costa, Viviane.gommers@gmail.com
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FREE: Travel Cot. Buyer must collect. Carol, Caleta
Email: carol dot bausa@yahoo dot com
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FREE: Cat Food. Our cats seem to have gone off certain foods lately (Mercadona have confirmed that it has changed its cat food ingredients) and I’m left with some opened bags of various food that they simply refuse to touch. I don’t want to throw it away or dump it by the bins. I can meet at the BP station in Torrox. Barbara / Torrox campo. Email: wickseyb at hotmail.com
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Recommendations & Requests
When making a recommendation always include the phone number or website of the recommended biz, service, etc., so readers can reach them. Note: I can’t post third party email addresses.
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Torrox Christmas market: Calling all artisans and gift sellers. If you are interested in having a stall at one of the biggest Christmas markets in the Axarquia region (Torrox) send me a pm via Facebook Jacqueline k Harrison for more information or you can WhatsApp me Jacqui on 625319323. Dates are 6 th to 11th inclusive.
It’s going to be a fabulous Christmas market this year. We will have live music everyday, father Christmas and we are also having an ice skating rink which will bring in a lot of people.
Jacqui, Torrox. Email: jacquelinekayharrison@gmail.com
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Spanish Customs: I would like to know where exactly one can file a complaint about the Spanish Customs Authority.
My stepmother has sent some me an envelope with the travel section from some old newspapers. She was told in the UK she had to declare a value, even though old newspapers are destined for the trash! She put the value at 50P. When I went to collect the package, I see that the customs people want €24.46!
I told the post office I wanted to complain but was not allowed to take a photo of the package, without paying the 42.46€ .
Please help! Linda, Torrox. Email: lcbspain AT yahoo D0T com
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News & Articles
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COVID & MONKEYPOX
Andalucía will only provide Covid information once a week, probably starting next Tuesday: The regional Health Minister says if the pandemic situation worsens the Junta will go back to releasing the data more frequently. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/andalucia-will-only-20221010172253-nt.html
EUROPE
IMF says Germany and Italy to slip into recession in 2023: A forecast by the International Monetary Fund shows Germany and Italy are to tumble into recession next year. Both countries are viewed as the G7 economies that are most exposed to gas supply cuts from Russia. In an update to its World Economic Outlook, the IMF said the German economy was now expected to shrink by 0.3% in 2023. The IMF had previously forecast 0.8% growth for the country. Italy, which is also reliant on Russian fuel imports, is set to see its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contract by 0.2% – down sharply on the July forecast of 0.8% growth. Full article: https://www.dw.com/en/imf-says-germany-and-italy-to-slip-into-recession-in-2023/a-63405441
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Ukraine sees more widespread military strikes:
– Russian forces showered Ukraine with more missiles and munition-carrying drones Tuesday after widespread strikes killed at least 19 people in an attack the U.N. human rights office described as “particularly shocking” and amounting to potential war crimes.
– Air raid warnings sounded throughout the country for a second straight morning as Ukrainian officials advised residents to conserve energy and stock up on water. The bombardment Tuesday struck both energy infrastructure and civilian areas, just as Monday’s attacks did. One person was killed when 12 missiles slammed into public facilities in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, setting off a large fire, the State Emergency Service said. A local official said the missiles hit a school, residential buildings and medical facilities. Energy facilities in the western Lviv and Vinnitsya regions also took hits. Although officials said Ukrainian forces shot down an inbound Russian missile before it reached Kyiv, the capital region experienced rolling power outages as a result of the previous day’s deadly strikes. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-nato-kyiv-business-76dba1ecb9c1d3ff04ec4609740c2283
TRAVEL NEWS
EU to Award 35,000 Rails Tickets to Young People This Autumn:
– The Commission of the European Union has released the Discover EU autumn call, thanks to which 35,000 youngsters will receive a rail pass to explore Europe as well as its rich culture.
– According to the Commission, the call is open to applicants from Erasmus+ programme countries from today, October 11, until October 25.
– In order to be able to win a travel pass, the Commission highlights that young people are invited to apply on the European Youth Portal and answer five quiz questions and a subsidiary one.
Full article: https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/eu-to-award-35000-rails-tickets-to-young-people-this-autumn/
SPACE
NASA’s Space Weapon Changes Asteroid Orbit By 32 Minutes After Successful 14,000 Mph Hit:
– After it successfully collided with an asteroid late last month, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was successfully able to change the asteroid’s orbit confirmed the space agency earlier today. The test was the first of its kind conducted by any space agency on Earth, and its aim was to test whether humans could alter the trajectory of potentially threatening objects, such as asteroids if they were to pose a threat to Earth.
– The mission saw NASA’s DART impactor spacecraft smash into the Didymos asteroid system’s moonlet asteroid Dimorphus, and fresh data from the agency reveals that the impact managed to reduce the moonlet’s orbit around its parent asteroid by more than half an hour. Before it flew the DART spacecraft thousands of miles away from Earth towards the Didymos asteroid system, NASA’s criteria had outlined that a successful test would see the moonlet asteroid’s path change by 75 seconds.
– NASA has confirmed that the mission was successful, and Dimorphus orbit was altered by 32 minutes due to the impact which took place at an eye popping speed of 14,000 miles per hour. Full article: https://wccftech.com/nasas-space-weapon-changes-asteroid-orbit-by-32-minutes-after-successful-14000-mph-hit/
OTHER
Angela Lansbury, Entrancing Star of Stage and Screen, Dies at 96:
– Angela Lansbury, the irrepressible three-time Oscar nominee and five-time Tony Award winner who solved 12 seasons’ worth of crimes as the novelist/amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher on CBS’ Murder, She Wrote, has died. She was 96.
– Lansbury, who received an Emmy nomination for best actress in a drama series for each and every season of Murder, She Wrote – yet never won – died in her sleep at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles, her family announced. She was five days shy of her birthday. Full article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/angela-lansbury-dead-murder-she-wrote-1235239215/
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Useful Links, Info & Numbers
Petrol Prices – Updated daily: These are the fuel stations in Malaga province with the lowest prices. The price data for 95 and 98-octane petrol and diesel fuel is updated every day. See it here:
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/updated-daily-these-20220314114157-nt.html
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
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/
Spain National News in English, El Pais: https://elpais.com/elpais/inenglish.html
Local Weather: https://www.accuweather.com/en/es/torre-del-mar/306652/weather-forecast/306652
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