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A copy of the petition about addressing the current plaque of mosquitoes in Almerimar is available to be signed in the office of Alcor Properties (Thanks Sharon). I believe Alcor opening times are 10am to 7:30pm so there should be plenty of opportunity to sign.

Jacqui will also be posting a copy on the noticeboard outside the pro-shop at the AR Hotel tomorrow if you prefer to sign there.

We have just had a classified ad posted with information about an apartmennt in Almerimar. See here for details.

Euro Weekly News has this story about photographer Ruben Garcia who currently has an exhibition at Roquetas de Mar lighthouse. The exhibition, called Desnudos, is a selection of 18 photos taken by the artist in 2008 and 2009, in sepia and black and white, and depicts naked subjects in a classical style, staying well away from eroticism.

The exhibition is open until February 15 from Monday to Sunday from 10am to 2pm and from 5pm to 8.30pm. The artist is donating the money from the sale of two of the photos at the exhibition to the Spanish Red Cross to help the victims in Haiti.

Costa Almeria News has this story.

A survey of the best European beaches published by a leading UK daily failed to mention a single beach in Almeria.

Despite numerous beaches in the province possessing international awards for quality, an article entitled ‘The 20 hottest European beaches for 2010' published last month in The Times passed over Almeria's coastline in favour of other Spanish beaches. Read more here.

Here is the latest poem for the site from Iain. Many thanks Iain.

This a borrowed or found poem, well poems actually, added to by me.

Read More to read the poem.

Following discussions with various golfers and the introduction of blue tees on the Almerimar course we have decided that this year the Overs men in the Overs vs. Unders competition on 5 March will play off the blue tees rather than the red tees that they played off last year.

This means that they will still get an advantage over the men in the Unders team but all the ladies will tee off further forward than all the men. Hopefully this format change will bring the same result as last year (a draw).

The results from the Bahía San Miguel golf society competition at Almerimar today have now been published here on the BSM site.

Well done to Bryn for coming third in the low handicap category. I think that it may be the first time in the BSM prizes for him. Also, well done to Jacqui, Uschi, Pat and Sune who also picked up trophies of one sort or another.

Hopefully we have raised at least a couple of hundred euros for the Haiti fund today. No doubt the committee will let the members know how much was raised in due course.

Following the plague of mosquitos on the golf course today here in Almerimar. We have agreed with Sharon, from Alcor Properties, that we will raise a petition to request that the council spray the public areas of Almerimar and the owners of the golf course spray the gof course as a matter of urgency. We need to reduce the mosquito population for the good of the town and to help attract and retain tourists.

Alcor´s offices are now closed for the weekend. However, when then open on Monday we will have a petition in place for people to sign.

So if you would like to support the campaign to get some work done by the council and golf course owners in Almerimar to reduce the mosquito population please call in to the Alcor office in ´the square´and sign the petition.

We will also try to arrange for Jacqui, myself and some other people to carry copies of the petition so we can gather as many signatures as quickly as possible.

 

While playing golf in the Bahía San Miguel competition today we noticed that they had started glazing the clubhouse. Most of the entrance area is now glazed.

It is really good to see the clubhouse starting to take shape at long last. I feel that starting the glazing of the larger windows is a big step forward.

Read More to see a photo of a slightly closer view.

For winning the recent bird watching quiz here on the site set by John Witham. I understand that he only got one wrong answer so just pipped Ray B. Janne picked up his prize of a bottle of wine at Friday golf yesterday.

Today on the 17th at Almerimar we had a golf rules question that several people didn´t know the answer to.

There is now only a small amount of casual water in a large puddle on the fairway. This was surrounded by dry ground inside an area marked with a blue line to denote ground under repair (GUR).

From the tee, Roisin hit the ball into the puddle inside the area marked as GUR on the fairway. The question is where could she drop. On the dry ground inside the area marked as GUR or outside the area marked as GUR?

Read More for the answer.

An interesting story here on the Typically Spanish site about the Junta de Andalucía trying to promote property sales.

I had a look on the site and although it has apartments in El Ejido I couldn´t find any in Almerimar.

I wonder if any places in our town might be covered  by this site & scheme?

I have just received some advertising blurb from bmibaby about discounts on flights this summer. This led me to check out whether they are flying to Almería or not. The answer is yes from the midlands from 29 May to 11 September 2010 but only once a week on a Saturday.

At least there will be some flights between the UK and Almería other than Gatwick this summer.

Yesterday we received Circular No. 1 via email from the Bahía San Miguel Golf Society.

Read More for details.

Today has been quite a strange day here in Almerimar. When we woke up this morning we could hardly see out of the window because it was misty and rainy.

Read More for how things changed throughout the day.

Today's bike ride started earlier than usual as Sharon had some viewings on properties booked for 5pm. So we met at 2.30pm outside Alcor's office. It was an enjoyable ride and had it's entertaining moments. One of which I caught on camera of Alice in her scooter with Phil from Fusion bar coming to her rescue . Read more.

The article here in La Voz de El Ejido explains that the process of recruiting staff for the new El Corte Inglés in El Ejido is underway. I guess this is a sign that the building is progressing well and is likely to open later this year.

The article here on the Ideal site says they received 15,335 CVs from people interested in working there.

The El Ejido department of culture has just posted me a brochure for events in the area around Almerimar for the first half of 2010. I have added a lot of the events to the Events page on this site.

I received some photos of these bulls wandering around in the snow on Marie-Anne P´s golf course in Sweden. She took this photo from her club house. I don´t know if they are regular visitors to the course but I suspect they won´t find many balls.

We wish Mimi a very happy birthday today. On behalf of all the ladies who played golf today we thank her for the cava.

 

 

 

One of the additional benefits for golf abonos (ticket holders) at Almerimar this year is free access to the hotel fitness facilities (unheated  indoor swimming pool, gym etc.).

As would probably be expected there are some limitations and these have now been published on the noticeboard by the proshop.

I can´t remember all the details but I think that access time is limited to between 2pm & 5pm each day except Sunday and no free access on Sundays. There are also extra rules about use of the saunas and turkish baths.

The notice says that there are preferential rates for abonos for access to the facilities at other times of the day but I have not yet had a chance to check these out. 

I have just received an email asking that we advertise an apartment in Almerimar Golf for sale or rent.

Read More for details.

I forgot to post the photo Alan kindly took of us all the last time we met up for a bike ride. We plan to meet again this Weds at Alcor´s office at 4pm so please feel free to join us if you have a bike. Ingegerd mentioned to me at golf yesterday that she now has a bike so she will be coming along .

 

Just back from the Almerimar course where the Spain golfers have had a comprehensive 8-5 victory over Rest of Europe today.

The damage was done in the first 6 of the 13 matches. Spain won all 6 of these matches iinvolving the lower handicap players on both sides.

I guess we will look to get our revenge in 2011.

The Bahla San Miguel website has been updated to include details of competitions scheduled for 2010. We have also added the dates to the Events page on this site.

Also, we understand from Marianne that there is to be a newsletter from the society circulated to members by email and post sometime soon.

Daniella has just been in touch to say that La Soleá restaurant in Almerimar will be reopening on 10 February 2010 after their winter break.

Also they have a Valentine weekend special menu for 13/14 February.

Read More for details.

Thanks to Iain for his latest poem in response to a prompt on the site from Paco-C.

Read More to read the poem.

Apologies for not posting much here today. I have been working away updating the comments software that we use on the site as there was an urgent new release to resolve a security issue with the product.

The new version seems to be working OK but if you spot any problems with comments please let us know.

One nice side effect of doing the upgrade is that we are now able to have a most recent comments section in the menu on the left. As soon as you make a comment it gets added in the area on the left of the page for everyone to see.

All of the photographs are now in the gallery on the Almerimar Today Golf site which you can link to here. John is working on publishing the results at the moment.

Here are the winning team (England).

We have now published the menu for the meal after the Overs vs. Unders (or Unders vs. Overs) competition to be held here in Almerimar on 5 March 2010. 

We have also modified the format of the draw of the matches a little to try to reduce the number of shots being given in each match. We will try this new format out and see how it works. We will then ask for feedback on whether people prefer the old or the new format for the draw for future competitions.

You can see the details on the Almerimar Today Golf site using the link in the Featured Events menu on the top left of the page.