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The article here on the Sur in English is about the good news that the temperatures are dropping.

The article here the Ideal site has details of the beaches opening for summer business last Thursday. The article also mentions that there is now free wifi available on the beaches.

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A while ago I mentioned that I would have to drive round Almerimar (including the lakes area) to see what building work is going on. As there are a lot of cranes about. I did this last night.

I made a decision to only take photos of complexes that are being built. Not individual villas.

The route I took was as follows:

        - starting at the Velas Blancas roundabout

        - take the road that is the right turn if you were coming down the hill

        - drive past the back of the newer part of the Villa Augusta complex

        - follow the road that loops around the back of the Master 3 (Classic) 9 holes on the golf course

        - join up with the road that takes you from Mercadona up to the lakes area

        - keep going to the far end of the lakes area, past Laguna beach

        - at this point I was a bit naughty - the road around the back of Laguna beach back to where we started is supposed to be only used by people who live in that  area - it is very rough and ready at the moment so I would not recommend it for general use

        - I went around the back of Laguna beach and eventually ended up where I started taking the photos.

Highlights include the refurbishment of the apartments near the golf course that were miss-sold years ago, a new junior school, a new supermarket and loads of complexes of houses and apartment blocks.

According to their page on Facebook this supermarket and delivery service is opening at the end of June 2022 in Almerimar.

You can see all of the photos here in the Gallery. There are around 40 of them.

The article here on the La Voz de Almería site has details of the 2022 edition of the San Isidro event in El Ejido.

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For most of this week Almerimar is hosting a national Spanish ladies amateur competition. With 16 autonomous regions being represented.

The first couple of days was medal play. After that, the 16 teams of very talented lady golfers were split into a top 8 and a bottom 8. The top 8 are playing match play in a knock out event. The bottom 8 are also playing match play in a separate knock out event.

If you have a look at the photo above you can see that Andalucía are through to the semi final of the main competition. With a local player, Marina Escobar, taking part in the competition in the Andalucía team.

While the competition is taking place the locals are playing the Master 3 (Classic) course. Jacqui and I had a knock around yesterday. It was great fun watching the ladies playing holes 10, 11, 12 and 13 as we were walking to and from the Master 3 course.

If you want to see the photo in a bit more detail click on it and then click on it again.

Fingers crossed for Andalucía today.

As we were driving home after pilates earlier today we spotted an electric car charging up. Using the charger in the street outside the tourist office in Porto Fino.

So it looks like this charger is now in use at last.

The article here on the Almería 360 site has details about the project to build a branch of IKEA in Almería.

From previous articles I have read in the past it is a new type of IKEA. Where you can see all of the products. However not all items in the store are available for immediate purchase. Thus saving on space and staff.

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 I was going to write something complaining about the hot weather at the moment. Then I saw the article here on the Euro Weekly News site.