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Costa Cálida Chronicle - December 2021
Established in 1999
Date: December 2021
Issue: 265
Volume: XXIII
www.costacalidachronicle.com
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What a fantastic response we had to our
DEAR READERS La Chara Restaurante
THANK YOU
2021 RBL Poppy Appeal! Our design Old Farmhouses
team put an official RBL poppy logo on the Paul the Plumber
adverts of those advertisers who donated Piccolo
money to the appeal and together we Quicksave Supermarket
raised over 900€!
We must apologise to Camposol Golf
Association for missing them off the list
Salt Church
Spice Villa
The Grove Restaurant
TO OUR
CONTRIBUTORS
of donators in last month’s magazine. The Olive Grove Retreat
Welcome Inn
In our special Christmas pages, many of
our advertisers wanted to pass on thanks It is with sadness that we have to
in a special message to their customers report that Ray Bailey passed away on Adrian & Dawn Leyland Bridge – History
for their loyalty during what has been Friday 10th November. Ray was a larger Snippets
another difficult year for all businesses. than life character and was well known
We would also like to show our own in the Mazarrón area and Calasparra Andy Hurrell – Disease Management/
gratitude by saying thank you to our where he and Rosie lived for a number Bitcoin
advertisers for their continued support of years, helping us with the delivery of
in advertising with us and to our groups, the magazine in Northwest Murcia. Our Ashlí Miréla - Aromatherapy & Health/
charities and contributors who provide thoughts are with Rosie and the family at
such interesting and diverse articles each this very sad time. Wellbeing
and every month. Of course we cannot Corinne/The Beauty Palace - Corinne’s
forget our fabulous readers who regularly The recycling points for Christmas cards Column
say such kind words about our publication are the Correos and Best Wishes on
which is the most popular and successful Camposol B and Noah’s ARC in Puerto George Mitchell – Never a Dull Moment
in the area. de Mazarrón. Jane Cronin – Learning Spanish
Welcome/Welcome Back Christmas and New Year opening Keith Littlewood - Financial Advice
2Let2Sell2Buy hours. Martin O’Hanlon – Birding in Murcia
Alfareros Damian Canovas The office will close on Wednesday 22nd
Asador del Noroeste December and re-opens for the morning Rainbow Satellites – TV News
Bodegas Martinez of 4th January and afternoon of 5th. We
Sara Millbank – Ma Millbank/Sara’s
Branded then return to our normal office opening
Catharina Interior y Deco hours from Monday 10th January.
Travel Blog
CeeJays The first 2022 magazine will be out and Shaun Matthews – Camposol Explorers
Cerveceria La Caleta delivered from 3rd January.
Christina Garcia Spanish Teacher Silvana Buxton – News From Your
CM Constructions We wish you all a fantastic Christmas Councillor
Don Tecnico and New Year and hope that 2022 Think Spain – Spanish News/6 Happiest
Flora de Murcia brings you everything that you wish for. Towns in Spain
Jackie Galvez Renero SL From all of us at the Chronicle.
Kidease Nursery Hire
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CONTACT
Aditorial Birding in Murcia 30–31
Golf Delux 58 Classifieds 90
Sooty & Son 58 Contact Us 4
CONTENTS PAGE
Around the World Contributors 2
US
Never a Dull Moment 64–65 Dear Readers 2
Sara’s Travel Blog 62 History Snippets 12
On your bike, what you need to
Charity
know before ‘Saddling up’ in Spain Sales & Marketing - 619 199 407
Age Concern Costa Calida 23
Andrea’s Animal Rescue 84
46 Eva - Sales Representative - 651 659
Price List 4 109
Cavalli Foundation 28
Puzzle Answers 90 Patti Benn - Editor - 646 005 017
Children’s Orphanage San Jose
Spanish Student’s View 33 Graphic Design
Obrero 54
Top Happiest Towns in Spain 6 - costacalidachronicle@gmail.com
Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre 53
FAST 19 Leisure Martine Shindler - Office Manager
Forget Me Not 22 Camposol Explorers 17 & Customer Services - 680 588 377
Friends of Mazarrón Animals 20 Puzzle Page 48 costacalidachronicle@gmail.com
Los Infiernos Protectora Supporters TV News 8 www.costacalidachronicle.com
49 Walkers Around the Region of www.costacalidachronicle.com/
MABS Mazarrón 21 Murcia 32 articles-main/costa-calida-chronicle-
Making a Difference 18 News blog/
Mazarron Animal Medi-Aid News from your Councillor for Our office address is:
(MAMAS) 24 Camposol and International Calle Jara,
Murcia Branch of the Royal British Relations 18 Camposol B,
Legion Spain 76 Northwest Murcia News 34 Mazarrón,
South East Murcia News 52 Murcia 30875
Noah’s ARC 66
South Murcia News 26–27 FIND US INSIDE ANOTHER WORLD
OAS Sanctuary 14
PROPERTIES ON CAMPOSOL B.
PAPS in Spain 53 Spanish News 94
Office Opening hours:
Pets in Spain 6 Religion Tuesday 10am-2pm
Samaritans in Spain 56 Did you know? 60 Wednesday 1.30pm-5.30pm
Education Mass in English 66 Thursday 10am-12pm (by appointment
Jane Cronin’s ‘Step by Step Olive Branch Christian Fellowship only)
Spanish’ 10 56 Payments can also be made in our office
Entertainment Open Door 28 on
Spangles Ladies’ Harmony Chorus Puerto Lumbreras Christian Monday-Friday 10am - 4pm
Fellowship 91 If you would like to place an advertisement
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Salt Church 50 or write an article to be included in the
Finance Costa Cálida Chronicle, then please send it
The Rockin’ Vicar 35
Bitcoin 74 to us costacalidachronicle@gmail.com
Welcome House 33
Financial Advice 14
Wellspring Victory Church 10
Food and Drink To our advertisers.
Ma Millbank’s Kitchen 36
Special Pages
Christmas 38–45 If you have sent an email to the CCC and
Groups Health and Beauty 68–72 NOT received any acknowledgement then
B Clean Gardening Group 22 Northwest Murcia 32-35 you can assume that we have not received
Camposol Residents Association 16 South East Murcia 9–54 it.
Ladies Chatterbox 27 Sports 85–89
Los Palacios Gardening Group 24 In line with our customer service policy we
What’s On 77–82
Sector C Green Fingers Gardening always reply to every email even if it is just
Group 16
Sports a short note to say “got it”.
Camposol Golf Association 85
Health and Beauty Formula 1 Report 86
Corinne’s Column 72 Fuente Old Guard Golf Society 87
Disease Management 70–71 Los Amigos de Mazarron FC 88
The Apothecary 68 Los Amigos Golf Society 89
Vava Health & Wellness 72 Los Reyes Golf Society 89
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the opinions of the editor or publisher and the contents should be viewed as a guideline only. Professional advice should be sought
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Born in the garden of a house where the Please call 645 469 253 if you feel you
owner was in another country and unable could give Joey a chance of a loving home.
to return to Spain because of the pandemic
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his mother and his three siblings, had a info@petsinspain.com
peaceful first three months of life, but then
the owner, a known hater of cats, returned
to the house. A neighbour informed us
of the events that led up to Joey being
brutally attacked, close to death and losing
a leg.
Joey is now 4 months old, good with other
cats and needs a home.
Number two of the Top Happiest Towns y León mega-structure), a quaint and hillsides and pastures roll out before you
in Spain is Plasencia, in the Cáceres pretty late-medieval main square, an in the Jerte Valley, famous for its cherry
province, Extremadura. It has a happiness unusual cathedral (which is actually two crop, whilst mountain rock formations
rating of 81% above average. joined together; the ‘old’ one from the 13th and gorges hide natural ‘swimming pools’
Century and the ‘new’ one from the late which are an absolute godsend in high
If a ‘happy town’ was going to be in 16th Century), the majestic, 600-year-old summer in an inland province. All this is
Extremadura, in Spain’s land-locked west, sandstone Dukes’ Palace and ancient city just 30 minutes from the town itself. The
we would probably have hazarded a guess walls dating back to the late Islamic era. rural crown jewel is the Monfragüe Nature
that it was Mérida (Badajoz province), Reserve, a vast, lush haven crossed by
home to a huge and stunningly-preserved major rivers and a natural habitat for birds
Roman city with a fully-intact amphitheatre of prey and wild deer.
and a UNESCO heritage site that attracts
visitors from everywhere in Spain.
Extremadura’s other province, Cáceres,
is home to the sublime, verdant Ambroz
Valley – less verdant and more fire-
coloured in autumn – and also Plasencia,
a beautiful historic town of barely 40,000
inhabitants. It has a miniature version of
Segovia’s aqueduct (albeit 16th Century,
not Roman like the world-famous Castilla
Plasencia San Nicolás Monfrague Nature Reserve
Photo Miguel Hermoso Cuesta Photo turismoextremadura.com
The late Romanesque San Nicolás church
– which has a look about it of pre-Colonial Several companies run full-day guided
Latin America – and the cosy, compact excursions to Monfragüe, complete with
historic quarter with its pavement cafés the loan of ornithologists’ binoculars for
and boutiques are recommended as part of bird-spotting. Including transport from
an on-foot sightseeing tour. Plasencia’s Plasencia town the cost is around €50 a
biggest hooks for inter-regional head.
travellers are its green ‘bits’ around the
Catedral de Plasencia edges. Picture-postcard orchards, valleys,
Photo:Jesusccastillo
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Well that’s 2021 almost gone – where? to copy all your IPTV content to your phone – huge changes which are all prepared are
I thought these strange times of lockdown or tablet – just ask us. in place. Internet TV is the way forward
and isolation would absolutely drag by, for all TV viewing. Rainbow Satellites
but they seem to have flown. It’s now Satellite Systems have some of the latest products available,
approaching 2 years since the world had Winter signals are back – higher than not only in content, but also in reliability.
to deal with COVID and it seems, for me summer signals and this year seem to be We offer a free in-home no-obligation
anyway, just a short while ago. Regular higher than they have ever been. Usually demonstration and a loan box for up to
readers will know we have a big garden Winter signals do not get back as high as 7 days so that you can fully assess the
that is now going into its winter phase; the previous winter, but this year they system before committing to a purchase.
the growing season. Plants have ‘hung on’, seem to be extremely strong. Those of Many of us in southern Spain tried the
almost dormant during the summer heat you with smaller dishes should be seeing early days of internet TV and had such a
and are now growing to get established. channel reception better than for many bad experience – try it again. Things really
Out with the pruning shears and trimming years. However our prediction that the have moved on.
back all the plants that want to invade our satellite system is finished in a few years’ It really will be the only way to watch UK
space! All our pets are fine; 2 + 2 dogs (we time remains. TV in Spain in a very short few years.
look after a pair when the owner
has to work away), some feral Are you moving to Spain?
cats, terrapins, pond fish and Contact us for the TV options –
house tank fish. In the garden we do often hear “We are not
we have many chameleons, coming to Spain for UK TV”,
lizards, snakes and many more but the winters are long dark
as the garden is ‘au naturel’ with and chilly and you may want
some management. UK TV. In some properties it
is just not possible, so before
Rainbow Satellites are also you sign the final dotted line,
involved with the charity Friends ask us if UK TV is possible at
of Mazarron Animals – see the site.
the Facebook page – a local
charity that does so much good Finally may we at Rainbow
work with local animals in need. Satellites wish all our clients
Volunteers are always needed to a very Happy Christmas
help with the odd job, transport, fostering We are sure you have seen the adverts Season and may 2022 bring you all you
and so much more. Just contact us for for the new SKY TV – everything built in wish for.
information. – no external digibox required. This is an
internet-only device with no satellite dish That’s all the space gone for this month.
TV NEWS required. As soon as this is established More TV news in January 2022!!!
A few of you have asked about the APP we there will be no satellite TV transmissions.
have mentioned in the last two newsletters, Rainbow Satellites SL - the company for
but surprisingly not many. For under a Internet TV is the Future all your TV needs in the Murcia region of
tenner we can repeat ALL your IPTV box There will be no more satellite or Spain.
content (whoever the provider is) on your conventional antenna TV in just a few For free friendly advice on any TV issue:
phone or tablet. I have used it so much in years. The mobile phone operators want Email rainbowsats@gmail.com
the car (as a passenger) to catch up on all the TV transmission frequencies. If Tel/WhatsApp (0034) 686 358 475
bits I have missed or new content. Today you think your mobile phone is ‘fabulous’ www.rainbowsats.org
I caught up on ‘Strictly’ as the internet now. just wait until the TV frequencies are You can also find us (and like us!) on
went off at a critical moment. It is simple available to the mobile phone companies Facebook.
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Short Text and Translation my mother’s grandchildren, in Ecuador, Peru y aplausos de toda la familia.
We normally just do a few bits of grammar and Mallorca. We decided to celebrate the
and learn a few verbs etc, but this month I birthday here as it is the most convenient The big celebration was Saturday evening
thought you would appreciate some ‘proper’ place to bring all the family together for a in an Australian restaurant. The supper
Spanish with its translation. weekend. was terrific with a lot of delicious food and
excellent service. They made a birthday
I wrote this text a little while ago so the Mi madre se ha quedado en mi casa, cake in the shape of a boomerang which was
personal information is no longer accurate, pero el resto de la familia ha estado good fun. My mother was quite emotional
but I hope you enjoy it just the same! en el mismo hotel. Menos mal que el when she had all the presents and applause
tiempo nos ha acompañado y todos from all the family.
Este fin de semana ha sido muy especial han podido disfrutar del sol. Hemos
porque el viernes fue el cumpleaños pasado mucho tiempo tomando algo en Después de la cena los miembros más
de mi madre. Cumplió noventa años la terraza del hotel y charlando juntos. jóvenes de la familia salieron a las
y toda la familia ha venido a España discotecas para bailar, mientras los
para celebrarlo. No somos una familia My mother has been staying in my house, mayores nos caímos en nuestras camas
muy grande pero vivimos en muchas but the rest of the family has been in agotados. Ahora estamos preparando
partes del mundo. Mis hermanos viven the same hotel. It’s just as well that the el cumpleaños de los 100 años.
en Inglaterra, pero tengo sobrinos en weather has been kind to us and everyone
Ecuador, Perú y Mallorca. Decidimos has been able to enjoy the sunshine. We After the dinner the younger members
celebrar el cumpleaños aquí porque es have spent a lot of time having drinks on of the family went out to dance in the
el sitio más cómodo para reunir a toda the hotel terrace and chatting together. discotheques, whilst the older members
la familia por un fin de semana. fell into our beds exhausted. Now we are
La gran celebración fue el sábado por preparing the hundredth birthday party.
This weekend has been very special because la tarde en un restaurante australiano.
Friday was my mother’s birthday. She was La cena fue estupenda, con mucha Jane Cronin’s ‘Step by Step Spanish’ ar-
ninety years old and all the family has comida exquisita y muy buen servicio. ticles are available as e-books at www.
come to Spain to celebrate it. We are not Prepararon una tarta de cumpleaños janecronin.eu where you can also obtain
a very big family but we live in many parts en forma de bumerán que era muy Jane’s ‘Step by Step Internet Spanish
of the world. My brother and sister live in graciosa. Mi madre estuvo muy Course’.
England, but I have nieces and nephews, emocionada al recibir todos los regalos
Christmas is coming Christmas seem quite remote. However, world forever. Our world today is changed
The goose is getting fat if you watch British TV, you can’t help but because of Jesus. Whether you believe in
Please put a penny notice the impending arrival of the festive Jesus or not, your world would not be the
In the old man’s hat season. same. For one thing you would not have the
Christmas is a very important part of the Christmas holiday to look forward to!
No don’t panic; this is not a request Christian calendar and we would fail to
for money! It was just a reminder that celebrate this at our peril. As was said above, Wellspring Church
Christmas is getting very close. This year, consider Christmas one of the two major
like last year, is still plagued with the effects Of course, for many people Christmas is events in the calendar and it will be
of COVID and somehow the thoughts of a time for giving and receiving presents, of celebrated in a very time-honoured and
eating great food and drinking perhaps a traditional way. On Sunday 19th December
little more than we should. The very idea at 11am we will be holding a Carol Service
of bringing religion into Christmas, or any to celebrate the birth of our Saviour.
other of our major calendar events is an
anathema to many people these days. We meet in the room above Trevi Bar,
For Wellspring Church, Christmas is Camposol B and we will gather round our
possibly the greatest event in the calendar. tables with coffee and mince pies. We
This is not the time to debate whether will sing some very traditional carols and
Christmas or Easter is the greatest event. perhaps a new song or two. We will hear
Christmas plays a pivotal part in our lives. the Christmas story from the Old and New
It’s not about good food and lots to drink Testaments of the Bible and we will watch a
– it’s about the birth of the Saviour of the video or two of other people celebrating this
world. great event.
In John’s Gospel the Bible tells us that God Will you join us for the Carol Service? You
so loved the world that He gave His only will be very welcome. There will be free
son that whosoever believes in Him shall coffee and mince pies, but most of all there
not perish, but have everlasting life. will be the warmth of Christian love from
people who truly believe that the Saviour
Christmas is the time when that gift came of the world was born at Christmas two
into being. Almost two thousand years ago, thousand years ago.
in a small town called Bethlehem, Jesus
was born. It was a very lowly birth; no There’s an adage which says Jesus is the
sterile hospital; no attending physicians; reason for the season. We are in no doubt
just a cattle shed, a few animals and a very about that and we will place our celebration
nervous husband. It may have seemed of His birth far above the festivities of food
insignificant, but that birth changed the and drink.
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Christmas History a lottery ticket) camped overnight However, differences do remain, such
Snippets outside the mint office, in sub- as the ubiquity of Belen Nativity
zero temperatures, in order to Scenes across Murcia and Spain, the
Turkey Titbits: reserve a place for themselves at emphasis on Christmas Eve (rather
During Christmas the actual draw ceremony. These than Christmas Day) feasting and
1945, many British poor people were warmed by hot the traditional Spanish stress on
newspapers carried braziers and coffee supplied by the Twelve Days of Christmas,
references to the the Madrid municipal authorities. the Three Kings, and Epiphany on
unusual treasure According to the Reuters news January 6th. The differences between a
trove discovered outlet, many of the poor who traditional Spanish and a traditional British
by a Murcian camped outside the mint office Christmas have been reported upon
cook, during her only did so in the hope that in British newspapers and journals for
work at a household better-off Spaniards would buy nearly 150 years. For example, a London
in Tarragona. The Gold_aureus coin_of_ their places in the queue, so Times correspondent of 1876 referred to
unnamed cook was Augustus that they could watch the draw Murcia as
engaged in stuffing (c) Joseph H Durkee (1899) instead. The Christmas 1929 being
a turkey for her Draw Ceremony, when it finally part of
employer’s family Christmas Eve took place, seems to have been a memorable ‘semi-
feast when she noticed something one. A total of 41 prizes were on offer and tropic’
small and shiny in the turkey’s stomach. the 1st prize was worth a staggering 15 million Spain,
Upon further investigation, the object pesetas (then nearly £430,000). This sum w h i c h
discovered by the Murcian cook would be the equivalent of over £28 million in was very
turned out to be a valuable Roman 2021 – a huge sum now and one which was different from
coin, minted at some point between largely beyond the financial comprehension of what the
1 BCE and 13 CE, during the reign of ordinary Spaniards and Britons back in 1929. journalist
Ancient Rome’s first emperor, Augustus. referred to
Such coins were valuable in 1945 and as ‘frigid’
even more valuable today, where they S p a i n
can fetch thousands of Pounds/Euros/ Turrón Cake (c)Tamorian in the
Dollars on the open market. It’s north. According to The Times
unclear from the newspaper correspondent, the turron (almond
accounts of the time, whether rock), along with almond soup, was
the cook was allowed to keep her one of the staple ingredients of a
unusual find or not. No rapid sale of Murcian ‘semi-tropic’ Christmas
the coin was reported, so perhaps feast – a feast which could be added
the Augustan find was simply kept as to by the tasty-sounding ‘truffled
an heirloom by either the cook or the turkey’ and copious quantities of
family concerned. roasted chestnuts. The almond has
never held such a central place in
Christmas Lottery Frenzy, 1929: British Christmas diets, although turkey
British newspapers, including The – even if it isn’t with truffles – remains a
Scotsman, were keen to highlight the core requirement.
frenzied excitement which engulfed The Buckingham Advertiser, of
Murcia and the rest of Spain, in the run December 23rd 1933, also devoted
up to the drawing of the Christmas many column inches to the Spanish
National Lottery numbers, in December tradition of Christmas gift-giving on
1929. More Spaniards than ever before January 6th (courtesy of Balthazar
bought lottery tickets for the national and the Three Kings) rather than
draw, which took place in Madrid’s on Christmas Day via Santa Claus
government mint office. Perhaps as and his reindeers. According to the
a reaction to the recent Wall Street Advertiser, a Murcian child had to
Crash of October 1929, which was Early 20th century peseta notes be particularly patient as he or she
enveloping the world in a catastrophic (c)Berlin George awaited their main gifts (traditionally
economic depression, masses of left in a shoe rather than a Christmas
Spaniards dreamed of acquiring vast Christmas Differences: stocking) in early January, rather than
wealth as a result of winning the Modern Christmas celebrations in Murcia, the on Christmas Day.
lottery. People travelled to watch the rest of Spain and the UK are probably about
draw in person, from all over Murcia as similar as they’ve ever been – perhaps as Adrian & Dawn L Bridge
and the rest of Spain. Hundreds of poor a result of the internet, globalisation and the
people (who couldn’t even afford Americanisation of much of popular culture.
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The OAS Sanctuary December and the act will be ‘Marsi, I love helpers who all pitch in with cleaning,
We are a local, legal animal charity the 80’s’. Starting with Bernie Mac at 2pm, grooming and feeding. The animals are
based near Camposol A. We have horses, with live music at 3pm, it should be a great all looking happy and healthy. Our fund
donkeys, dogs, cats, rabbits, tortoises and event. You can reserve a seat for just €2. raisers have raised close to €2,000 by
pigs, with more and more animals arriving running a few events locally, but we need
all the time. Our mission is to never turn Sponsor An Animal At Christmas far more financial help as our expenses
away an animal in need if we are contacted. One of the best ways to help the animals are enormous - in excess of €5,000 per
and to get to know them is by sponsorship. month. We do not have a charity shop and
Latest News We already have a number of people who most of the running costs are still being
We finally have a storage shed! A lovely sponsor their favourite animal, paying a met by Juan and Yolanda from their own
lady by the name of Sandra Swarbrick on monthly fee directly into our bank. Not private salaries. This cannot continue
Mazarrón Country Club has very kindly only are sponsors kept updated on their long term, so we need much more regular
donated a large shed which is now in animal’s progress, but they can enjoy income. Please consider Teaming or
situ. This will mean that our precious special ‘visiting rights’ which may include Sponsorship. It makes a huge difference.
tools, most of which have been donated, grooming etc. Currently, our teaming and sponsors bring
can now be protected from the elements. Would you consider sponsoring one of our in around €254 per month. It is a good
This is welcome news indeed. We still lovely animals? start, but that is all that we currently have.
want further storage facilities, but it is a Would you like to buy a sponsorship as a
wonderful start. Christmas present for a relative? Please Our Christmas Lottery is nearly upon us,
contact Yolanda for more information. so please consider buying a ticket available
from The Sanctuary during weekend
Teaming Fund Raising sessions.
Support Us For Only 1€ Per Month:
https://www.teaming.net/ If you are interested in helping us raise
santuarioanimalistaotteandoelhori... some funds next year, please contact us.
PAYPAL otteandoelhorizonte@gmail. We would be very grateful.
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End Of Year Summary
It is good to look back and reflect on
successes, failures and achievements as
we come to the end of the year. We think we
Fund-Raising have made some real progress in the last 6
Our next Raffle will be at Cat’s Bar where months. We have a regular working party
we will again be in attendance on 2nd of between 7 and 14 dedicated and reliable
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Camposol 2025 – What do you want it for them on the urbanisation. We would like is the tidying up of bin areas and we are
to be? to hear from anyone who has any thoughts currently finalising the plans which we will
Last month, we introduced you to the and ideas on what we can do to improve submit to the Town Hall to establish if any
Camposol 2025 project of the CRA. Since things for them. We held specific workshops permissions will be needed. The project is
then, we have been busy holding our help in November to address these issues and being delivered in partnership with Sector
desk each Monday morning at Camposol B this subject will undoubtedly be part of our D Community and Gardening Group.
commercial centre. Firstly, thank you to all focus as we move forward. We anticipate that once the first one is
that have stopped by and shared your views completed, we will be able to use this as
with us and to those that have asked for When we started the project, there were a template for other areas and hope to
our help. just five of us and we are pleased to say work with other sector groups to roll out
that we have almost doubled that number the concept to the whole of Camposol. If
We have had subject-specific weeks on with new volunteers who are joining us. you are having any building work done now,
health, security and young people. As the Importantly, we now have an international please retain any bricks and building blocks
nights are drawing in and this has been group. This is so important as we want to you have left over as we will be asking for
traditionally the time that we receive dispel the thought that this is only for the donations of these to keep the cost down.
unwelcome visitors who like to break into Brits. It isn’t and we welcome all residents More detailed information will be provided
our houses, it is a good time to review your and homeowners and want to hear from in next month’s issue.
security arrangements. For example, the everyone.
use of anti-snap locks and outside lighting If you have any questions about any of the
is recommended by our security experts. We have presented our plan for activities things we are doing, please contact us using
and fund raising to the CRA committee and the details here:
Now, we are focussing very much on looking it has been approved, so further news on Website: www.camposolresidents.es
at what facilities are available and needed this in future editions. We have plans for Email: info@camposolresidents.es
on Camposol for young people and families. events taking us to the end of 2022 and will Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
There is an ever-increasing number of be announcing these shortly. groups/1011474583057805
young people who have very little designed One project that we are moving ahead on
Our Maintenance Team has begun totally dependent upon your help: a small you would like to join us for a couple of
trimming the palms along the dual donation of 5€ per house each month hours, come along to the Welcome Wall at
carriageway and weeding, clearing and means the whole of Camposol C North is 9am on a Wednesday. Breakfast butties
sweeping the streets of ‘C’ North in much swept, cleaned and sprayed. and drinks are free - don’t worry if you
cooler mornings this month. The Scheme can’t do heavy work as there are always
has been in place for several years now, One day, Green Finger’s Maintenance lighter tasks available and you will be
but new owners may not realise what our Scheme will no longer be needed as improving your community!
sector would look like without all the hard the Ayuntamiento will take over street
work. Overgrown roadsides have gone cleaning and maintenance, but until then
(look at the roads near the Golf Club to see we ask you to consider joining us, even
what would happen if this work was not if your house is only used as a holiday
done), there are no landscaped areas with home. Unfortunately the weeds don’t have
rubbish blowing everywhere; a forgotten holidays and your street still needs clearing
and abandoned area. Nobody wants to all year round!
live or spend holidays anywhere like that,
so if you don’t already belong to our Our Wednesday volunteers have been
scheme please think about joining. We are watering, weeding, trimming palms,
sweeping away
their seeds and
clearing scrub. The
raised bed near the
Mercer’s sign was
again transformed We would finally like to take this opportunity
for Remembrance to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! A
Day, with silhouettes huge thank you to those who take time
and beautifully to care for any plants near their homes,
crafted poppies as those who have offered us refreshments
our memorial to The and those who contribute to our buckets!
Fallen.
Further information is available from our
We are always looking Chairman, John on 634 325 427 or check
for new volunteers. If our chalkboards and Facebook groups.
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Shaun runs the Expat in Mazarrón Next location- Sat Nav ‘Rincon del Hornillo’. Everybody enjoyed the outing and are
YouTube channel which is about Camposol There is a small car park with a sandy looking forward to the next trip to the
where he lives, places of interest, property, beach with views looking towards the iron Sierra Espuña to visit the snow wells and
going out walking and many more things pier. Also you will see the steps, walls and then a group Christmas dinner to finish the
about Spain. Camposol Explorers is a small restaurant (only open during the year.
about going out exploring once a month summer months) covered in mosaics.
in the Murcia Region. There is a waiting Please check out this outing and past
list for this group, so if you are interested, outings on YouTube channel - Camposol
please contact Shaun on his Facebook Explorers.
Expat in Mazarrón.
The November outing was to Aguilas, not
far from Camposol. We had a few surprises
this time as we headed towards the first
location (Sat Nav: Túnel de descarga
musealizado del Embarcadero de El
Hornillo) which is the ‘Unloading Tunnel’
which is normally not open during this time
of year. It’s free and tells the history of the
tunnel in Spanish and English, and the pier,
it has big notice boards and photographs of
the railway. A Juan Martinez who worked the railways
spent 12 years making these mosaics.
After a group
photograph As the restaurant was closed we went to
we walked the nearby Burger King for a coffee and
up above the use of the toilets. We then went to our
the tunnel to next location (Sat Nav: ‘Plaza del Hornillo’)
the viewing which is two gardens. The last time I came
platform to here they were abandoned, but now it
look over is all tidy and looked so nice so we had
the pier and our picnic in the park. After our picnic we
the sea. It walked across the road to look at the other
is the only garden. The gardens were named after a
iron pier in local businessman called Jesus Fernandez.
Spain, built
in 1903 and
was to ship
iron ore and
other goods
by sea. The pier closed in 1973. It is now a
hiking and cycle path.
Our final location was (Sat Nav: ‘La Playa
Armarilla’), a lovely sandy beach with an
Island ‘Isla Del Fraile’. We are not sure
what was on the island, but as you can see,
there are old ruined buildings; possible
from mining. There are steps leading down
to the beach. On the beach you can see the
iron pier and Aguilas in the distance.
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and outings We have also been able to donate 2,000€
to all our supporters and volunteers. and offer to the CEIP Francisco Caparros School in
We thank you for your support throughout practical Mazarrón for a large outdoor Work Project.
2021 and we hope to continue our quest help in the
to help Make A Difference to many more home for We have also pledged to donate 1,000€
people in our area with your continued many people worth of food every three months to the
support. and families San José church in Puerto de Mazarrón for
in our area. them to continue their Food Bank Project
Last month we were able to donate 3,000€ They have a helping those in need in our area.
to ASPADM. (See photo) Furniture Plus social centre
in Puerto de Mazarrón kindly added a where a We are only able to support these
further 500€ to this, so we would like to fantastic projects which Make a Difference to
thank them for their generosity. ASPADM team of so many people in our area because of
are based in Puerto de Mazarrón and are a volunteers your generosity in supporting us. We
Spanish charity who help children and adults give support thank you on their behalf. We are looking
with disabilities and learning difficulties to a lot of forward to continuing our aim of Making a
in our area. They organise social events families. Difference in 2022.
A Christmas slowly falling into disrepair and the prompt online in Spanish or English.
wish from attention to the requirements and repairs
S i l v a n a , to our Medical Centre. Finally, although this Council is fiercely
your elected fighting for additional medical personnel
Councillor For the first time in the history of Camposol in Camposol, Mazarrón and Puerto de
for Camposol the residents have a Councillor who proudly Mazarrón, any patient can contact the
a n d and indefatigably represents them at Local authority responsible for the provision of
International Government on wide-ranging issues, Medical personnel which is not the Council,
Relations: but it must be remembered that your but Murcia Salud.
Councillor is only one of 11 Government To do so, access the website www.
Most of us will Representatives, (6 PSOE Councillors, in murciasalud.es/sugerencias.php and
remember coalition with 5 UIDM Councillors), who select Sugerencias y peticiones-Murcia
when, as all strive for an equal share of the limited Salud, el portal sanitario.
c h i l d r e n , resources available in order to satisfy the Complete the form on the following page
we used to needs of 35,000 inhabitants, spread over as follows:
‘bargain’ with 13 Pedanías (Boroughs), of which 1/10th Enter your Name and Surname in the box
Father Christmas… “I promise to be reside in the Borough of El Saladillo which marked ‘Nombre y Apellidos’.
good forever if you bring me ….”. As we includes Camposol. Enter your telephone number in the box
grew up facing the harsh realities of life marked ‘Teléfono’.
and the fact that ‘nothing in life is free, and Your Councillor is totally committed to Enter your email address in the box marked
if it is, it’s probably not worth having’, we continue improving our urbanization ‘Correo electrónico’.
continued, possibly unwittingly, with this which can only be achieved with the help Finally, in the big box marked ‘Describa
practice, known as ‘compromise’. and support of a unified and law-abiding detalladamente su sugerencia o solicitud’
Camposol, where there is no place for you can enter your message/request/
What can I offer Father Christmas fragmentation, legal avoidance and complaint which must be in Spanish. You
in exchange for a Camposol free from pointless criticism on social media. may wish to send your own message, or
vandalism and robberies, with tarmaced you can copy the following message which
roads, welcoming gardens and illuminated Residents should familiarise themselves basically asks for the appropriate number
public streets, with structurally sound with the Council’s online facility LINEA of medical personnel in the Camposol
houses and bridges away from dangerous VERDE where they can report a wide surgery:
ramblas and with some of the niceties in life variety of problems. Access the webpage ‘El Consultorio médico de Camposol
such as frequent public transport, a weekly http://www.lineaverdemazarron. no tiene suficiente personal sanitario
market, a multilingual library and a safe com/lv/incidencias_online.asp then para acudir a más de 4000 pacientes,
environment where residents can forget click on the subject you want to report. algunos de los cuáles padecen de cancer
the corrupt practices of unscrupulous On the next page click on ‘Regístrese’. y otras enfermedades muy serias. Pido
developers and look ahead with optimism On the next page enter a user name urgentemente un número adecuado de
and a positive attitude? (Usuario, no spaces), a Password (which personal sanitario para hacer frente a las
must contain between 8-12 characters necesidades de los pacientes de Camposol’
On the positive side, much has already with at least one upper case letter, one Tick the ‘I’m not a robot’ box.
been achieved, in spite of 18 months lost lower case letter and one number), Press ‘Enviar’ (not Borrar)
to COVID. After years of waiting, Camposol repeat the Password (Repetir clave) and
now has a beautiful children’s play area enter your email address. Click to accept Warmest wishes for a wonderful Christmas
which was finally inaugurated on 11th the privacy policy (Acepto la Política de and a peaceful and healthy New Year
November. It also has a nearly finished Privacidad), click to confirm you are not from your Councillor who can be contacted
5-a-side football pitch which was promptly a robot, then click on Registrar. You will on silvanaeb@mazarron.es
restored to full use following a recent then receive an email at the address you
despicable act of vandalism, not forgetting provided, confirming your user name and
a refurbished Social Centre which was password. You can then report problems
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FAST has been back on active responding other members of the household and give We would like to thank Debbie Shaw for
since the end of October. Our primary advice on what the medics will want to see always supporting FAST.
concern is for our Responders who when they arrive. If the patient has to stay
may attend people’s homes. We are all in hospital FAST has a list of things they A special mention for Sue Pipe at The Diner
instructed by our accredited trainers that may need. for the fantastic charity work she carried
we first look for danger. One new form of out. Sue has helped to raise over €22,000
danger for us is the COVID 19 virus. When If you are feeling depressed, or just need for charities on Camposol.
a call is made to FAST one of the questions to speak to a trained Responder regarding
you will be asked is “Have you been your state of mind, call the Mental Health If you would like to join this
vaccinated against COVID?” Depending on Line on 634 308 362. Our trained Mental enthusiastic group of volunteers
the answer, our response may be modified Health Responders are available 24 hours and give something back to your
to not only protect the Responders, but the a day to support the people of Camposol community please call FAST on 634
wider public. We will be available to give and Saladillo. 338 110, call into the Social Centre
advice if the caller has any symptoms of on a Tuesday morning, or email
COVID. On days when we cannot respond FAST would like to thank Betty and Lloyd recruitment@fast2016.org.
in person, we are able to give advice over Roberts for organising the Quiz at The Golf
the phone. Club on 4th November in aid of 3 charities
on Camposol, FAST, MABS and Age
We have 5 new recruits. COVID restrictions Concern. Over €900 was raised on the
and protocols were observed and adhered night.
to during their training. The new recruits
all passed their examinations, theory and Members of
practical. They will be accompanied for a the FAST
while by an experienced Responder. We Supporter
are planning another new recruits’ course T e a m
for December. If you would like to be organised
a Responder, please come along on a a trip to
Tuesday morning to the Social Centre, Gibraltar
Camposol B and see what we do. You in late
will be made most welcome. Training October. It
is free to the Responder and the Murcian was a great
Health Authority recognise the standard of few days
training. enjoyed by
all. Special
If you have a medical emergency first thanks to
call 112 Jenny Clive
Ask for an operator to speak in your and Annie
language if you do not speak Spanish. Hamilton.
They will ask a series of questions in order
to prioritise the call. Then call FAST on We have
868 487 015. had personal
The FAST Responders will ask some donations
questions and attend your location as from Bernie One of the happy travellers
quickly as possible. If the call is at night, Mac and to Gibraltar
we ask the caller to put outside lights on Julia.
to assist us finding the address. This will
also help the Emergency services to find
the location.
FAST on duty for the MABS race for life
When FAST Responders attend an
emergency, they can stop catastrophic
bleeding, ensure the casualty has an open
airway and if required, give lifesaving CPR.
Both the FAST vehicles are fully equipped
with defibrillators, blood clotting type
bandages and all the other kit required of
a first Responder. They also comfort the
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We would like to wish all of our friends happen. We wish all our neglected and On this night of all nights,
and supporters a Very Merry Christmas abandoned animals find the loving homes let them find some meat,
and Happy New Year. However, while they so deserve and we will continually For they are cold and starving
we are enjoying the festive season, the strive to do this. as they lie upon the street.
abandonment of animals and the calls for
help in rehoming animals continues at a How can you help us achieve this? On this night of all nights,
pace. The economic crisis caused by COVID Volunteer, drive, foster and support our a gift they do not need,
has forced people to find new solutions events. We have three fund raisers this Could they just have a family,
for their animals while others have more month. to love and give them feed?
spurious reasons; we have experienced Saturday 4th December - FMA On this night of all nights,
most of them! Christmas Party at El Hotel Restaurante as they sit there cold and wet,
Costa, Mazarrón Town. Tickets at 35€ Just tell them it is possible,
At this time of year we remember that include a three course meal and live music this is as bad as life will get.
famous phrase ‘A dog is for life not just from Jimmy McMail featuring his tribute to
for Christmas.’ It never ceases to amaze the fabulous Rat Pack. On this night of all nights,
us how little thought goes into acquiring I’m as lucky as can be,
an animal and then how little thought goes Thursday 16th December - FMA Fun I only wish those other Dogs,
into giving them up. We would love to see Christmas Quiz at Club Playa Grande. could spend this night with me.
our ‘workload’ decrease in 2022, but we Teams of maximum 8 people (3€ donation
know realistically this will probably not pp) booked in advance. With best wishes for the Festive Season
from everyone at FMA.
Friday 17th December - Draw for Radley
Bag and Purses (worth over 200€) Please contact FMA for more information.
Tickets 5€ for the chance of winning this Private message our Facebook page
treasured British brand. Friends of Mazarrón Animals
Tel +34 711 032 574 (WhatsApp
Finally I would like to finish with a or Message) Spanish and English
Christmas wish from Scamp the dog to
whom I have to credit this poem. Whilst https://www. f ac eb ook.
the huge majority of us treat our animals com/Friends-of-Mazarrón-
like family and spoil them rotten, we must Animals-504985486541402/
always remember the ones that aren’t so
lucky. Join our Teaming Group by
donating just 1€ per month.
A Christmas Eve prayer https://www.teaming.net/
for all the unloved Dogs friendsofmazarronanimals
(all animals) in the World
Donations can also be made using:
On this night of all nights PAYPAL fma.murcia@gmail.com
please can you remember Bank Account ES39 3058 0206 9227
The Dogs who never have the love 2050 7854
that I do in December. (BIC CCRIES2AXXX)
On this night of all nights
keep all dogs nice and warm,
But please most importantly,
keep them safe from harm.
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As always, a huge thank you! for coming first of the ladies and second Volunteers Needed
Without your help we couldn’t continue to overall! If you can spare any time per week or
help those that need us most. To all who The event has pledges of just under month and would like to help, please phone
have donated clothes, furniture, bric-a- 634 362 954, email mazvolunteers@
brac, books etc. and to all the volunteers mabscancerfoundation.com or call into
– workers in the shop, van, patient drivers, our Respite Home on Avenida de Los
fund raisers, manning the helplines and Covachos 278 on Camposol B2.
manning reception at the Respite Home,
we can’t thank you enough. Van Workers
We are currently looking for more
With your help in October we assisted with: volunteers to help out on our van collecting
109 Appointments and delivering furniture, clothes, bric-a-
109 Translations brac etc. If you are reasonably fit (or want
21 Drives to hospital to get fit – I always said it saved on gym
7 loans of equipment fees!) and want to join one of our crews,
please get in touch. They’re a good bunch
of guys and the work that they do is vital
to raising much needed funds.
Collections:
Furniture and larger items? Our van runs
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and
Zoe Fridays. Message MABS Charity Shop
7,000€, which is amazing. Totana or call 634 313 478 to arrange
December collection.
Something a little different to start the Smaller items - we have donation ‘boxes’
Festive Season - for clothes, bric-a-brac, books etc. in our
The Bistro Bulgaria will be hosting Respite Home, Alley Palais, Camposol B
an evening of excellent food and fine and The Club House, Camposol C.
entertainment on 1st December from 7pm
to raise funds for MABS Mazarrón, so Sponsored Bike Ride Madrid to
come along and get Christmas off to a Mazarrón in aid of MABS Cancer
fabulous start! Support - from Madrid to Mazarrón in
Tickets available from the MABS Respite January (over five days).
Home, Camposol. Please select your meal This is supported by: Luz del Sol, Ibex
options when purchasing your tickets. Insurance, Tel’s Bar, Top2Toe Hair
Salon, Compusurf, CM Constructions,
MABS Bakers with a support vehicle provided by Citroen
Orders are being taken for Christmas Mazarrón.
Race For Life cakes in MABS Respite Home reception.
On 31st October over 70 runners and Mon-Fri 10am-2pm Football cards available at Tel’s Bar - 1.50€
walkers took part, ranging in age a square - 36€ prize, to raise money
from 5 to 82, plus a 12 week old baby for fuel for the support car and MABS.
carried round by Mum who received a
complimentary medal. Donations can be made
A massive thanks to IBEX Insurance to PAYPAL donate@
who have sponsored us for the last mabscancersupport.org or directly
five years, Mercer’s for providing into La Caixa ES79 2100 6032 8702
‘back office’ and printing services, 0016 8624 using the concept BIKE
plus Mazarrón Ayuntamiento, Cruz RIDE.
Rojo, Policia Local and FAST for their
support. If you need help call our Helpline 620
Many thanks also to Carl Thomas and 622 410
TOTAL Star Radio for providing live
coverage and Bartollo from Citroën For more information http://www.
for music around the course. mabscancerfoundation.com
Congratulations to Zoe Louise Kingdon
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Forget Me Not Camposol are glad to They also There will be a Christmas Meal at the Golf
have been able to re-open their weekly realise that Club to look to forward to and of course
meetings and are ready to meet clients it is not many pre-Christmas activities.
new and old. always easy
to relinquish Forget Me Not is a registered charity
Meetings the care of and we would like to take this opportunity
continue at a loved one to thank all the individuals and local
the Social into the care companies that have donated to our cause.
C e n t r e , of strangers. Without you we couldn’t exist.
Camposol With this in
B every mind they As you know music is an amazing link to
M o n d a y suggest that opening memories of people with any sort
10.30am- if you decide of memory loss. If you are an individual or
1.30pm. to bring your a group that feel you could come along and
Every week loved one have a sing song with us Forget Me Not
there are along to a would welcome you.
two trained meeting, you have the decision to stay
nurses and and enjoy the morning. You will be made If you
a number very welcome and you can converse with would like
of trained others who are in a similar position. You any more
carers within can decide over a period of time if you feel information
the group and lunch is provided free of this is right for you and the person you are regarding
charge to clients. caring for. Forget Me
Not, or
Looking forward, we know that there are a Every week during informal sessions would like
lot of people locally that need the help of Forget Me Not stimulates their clients to speak in
a local dementia/carers group. Forget Me with music, gentle seated exercise and confidence
Not offers free respite care for carers of many craft-related activities. In October to our
people with dementia/memory loss or any we enjoyed a Halloween celebration with a President/
other long term illness. delicious buffet supplied by Jane and Paul V i c e
from Alley Palais Entertainment Centre. President,
Our aim within the group is to give much- Thank you! It was enjoyed by all. p l e a s e
needed respite to the carers. call Dee on
Most of Forget Me Not have experienced Forget Me Not is in the process of 603 121 416 or Diane on 711 028 693
first-hand the challenges of being a carer. organising the next few months’ activities. Keep safe. We hope to see you soon.
For the last for too long, so we trust that the council small group
few months will do the work thus leaving donors’ of regular
t h e r e funding to be used for B Clean’s intended volunteers.
has been purposes. This can be
something of funded from
an ongoing At present our reserves
t h e m e , the lack of and the
or rather volunteers addition of
t h e m e s , to undertake professional
r u n n i n g b a s i c s k i l l ,
through the maintenance equipment
B Clean and new and expertise should be of great benefit to
articles. projects the group. At present, as indicated above,
R e g u l a r means that most of the work being carried out comes
readers will recall the constant pleas for the latter under the heading of ‘basic maintenance’
more funding and more volunteers, but work has and, hopefully, residents and visitors to
this time things are a bit different. The to wait. Camposol B will have noticed the improved
volunteer situation hasn’t really changed, Fortunately, there may be an answer: B state of the end section of Los Covachos
but the cash situation has. Donations have Clean was able to hold an AGM at long between the bank and petrol station near
risen significantly, plus, as many of you last when members were updated on the commercial centre.
know, we have received the extra money various matters, details of which have
from Colin Thackwell’s fund raising on his been recorded in the official minutes. It To meet print deadlines, our articles are
static bike, covering the equivalent of one was proposed that the healthy funding written a few weeks before publication ie
marathon distance for each of his 80 years. situation be used to ease the lack of people mid-November, when Christmas is still
He alone has raised a staggering 1,660€, turning out as volunteer workers. some way down the road, regardless of
although we sincerely hope that the council what the shops tell us. Consequently, B
doesn’t see Colin’s extraordinary efforts At the time of writing, our Treasurer, Clean is rather prematurely wishing all
and dedication as an excuse for getting out Colin Barton is endeavouring to make residents and visitors to the urbanisation
of their responsibility of trimming the palm arrangements to employ professional a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy
trees (again!!). B Clean has funded this gardening assistance to support the current and Healthy New Year.
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