Following Hannah's recent request for places to go for New Year's Eve. Rob from La Envía has been in touch about their event. Plus their golf competition. Plus details of their Christmas Eve buffet dinner.
Just a couple of bits and pieces about water in Almerimar....
We are just back from England where we were representing El Ejido Bowls Club in an international short mat bowls competition. While we were there I had to scrape the ice off the windows of a car for the first time in 15 years.
On our return here it was pouring with rain overnight. Plus it continued throughout this morning. Thank goodness it appears to be clearing up a bit now.
The other water related thing is the pressure of the cold water supply in our apartment. During the few days we were appear it appears that there has been a change in the water supply. The cold water supply to our apartment is now gushing out of the taps really strongly. It was so strong it was splashing out of the sinks. So we had to turn down the main supply into the apartment.
I have no idea why the water pressure has changed. If anyone has any idea please can you let me know.
Jeni P posted this to me via the Almerimar Today Facebook page recently.
Some of the regular golfers may not attend the event. As there is an official golf competition supporting Equinac that morning.
I picked this up of the ACEA Facebook earlier today.
There is an interesting article here on the Olive Press site. About 90 km/h speed cameras on motorways in Spain not allowing for the fact that you can go faster if you are overtaking.
Here is a quote from the article:
"An Automovilistas Europeos Asociados (AEA) statement said cameras on motorways were fining ‘anyone’ travelling above the speed limit without acknowledging a driver overtaking is permitted to speed up to 109km/h in this situation."
I was looking at various Spanish websites and spotted the article here on the Diario de Almería website.
The article contains photos and information about film locations used in the province of Almería. It is worth having a look at the article to see the photos.
Read More for a Google translation of the article.
This idea came about following a discussion between members of the El Ejido Bowls Club. (Watch out for some advertising about the bowls club on here soon - as the EEBC committee is looking for more people to try out playing short mat bowl in a venue close to Almerimar.)
There is already a Whatsapp group for people in Almerimar who want to play bridge here on ad-hoc occasions. As yet, the group has not yet organised the first game together. However people in the group are now saying when they are in town. To see whether there is a group of 4 or more experienced players who want to play together here in the near future.
The latest suggestion is for a progressive whist group in Almerimar. So a progressive whist Whatsapp group is being set up.
We plan to play on Tuesday afternoons starting in January 2020. On Tuesdays throughout the year when enough people say they are interested in playing.
The venue will be the pensioners club at the back of Porto Fino. We will play in the afternoon for a couple of hours (with a break half way through). So perhaps starting at a time to be agreed between 16:00 or 17:00. Finishing at no later than 19:30 (as we have been told that is the latest that the centre shuts).
The timing is likely to be a bit flexible at first as we will all be learning the format of the event. Our guess is that the speed of play will improve once the group has met a few times.
It is likely that we will have our first trial event on Thursday 14 January 2020. Where some members of the bowls club will show us how progressive whist events are run.
The progressive part of the name is about moving between tables on the afternoon we play whist. Each table has 4 players and you move from one table to the next. When you have finished playing a game.
We do not need exact 4s to play. We need at least 8 players. We can cope with 1 or 2 extra from exact groups of 4. In this case everyone drops out occasionally during the event. However 3 extra players is awkward to handle. So 8, 9 10, 12, 13, 14, 16 players on an afternoon is ok. 11 or 15 players is not OK.
Entry into an event will be on a first come first served basis.
It does not have to be the same people each week. There is just a winner on the day of the event. So it would not be a commitment to play every week. We would run an event if 8+ people say they want to play that week (and someone offers to organise the event - the organisation each week is likely to be a floating responsibility - not the same person each week).
There would be a small entry fee of something like 1 euro a person. With a prize being given to the winner(s) on the day.
If you are interested in taking part in progressive whist events in Almerimar please get in touch. We will then add you to the Whatsapp group.
A reader, Hannah, has asked if anyone can recommend a restaurant to go to for New Year's Eve this year,
If you have any suggestions please contact me or post in a comment on the Almerimar Today Facebook page. Thanks.
