I picked up this poster off the Junta Local de Almerimar Facebook page.

Thanks to a Facebook friend for posting this online (you know who you are). I have lifted the picture and posted it here.

You can see the full itinerary for the day including anticipated timings here. Also, here is a link to the site for the event (even though the link says 2018).

I am sure that a mamil who is ex of this parish (Bryn J) would have wanted to watch it.

On 27 January 2005 it snowed in Almerimar for the first time in about 50 years, Later on in the same winter we also had a storm with hailstones the size of golf balls. We thought that we had brought the snow with us from England.

I made the video above from photos people donated to the Memorias de Almerimar Facebook page. I hope you enjoy it.

Yesterday I read somewhere on Facebook that Almerimar will be hosting the petanque (petanca) world championships in May 2019. Now I cannot find the item where I found this out so I have had a poke around on Google.

The page here on European Petanque Federation site confirms that the singles, doubles and mixed doubles events will take place here on 2-5 May 2019.

The photo above is of the Kings arriving in Almerimar on 5 January 2019. It was taken from the El Ejido Es Mi Prioridad Facebook page. You can see more photos from the day on this page.

El Ejido council issued a press release before Xmas about what is going to happen on 5 January 2019 for the Kings Day event this coming year. I have only just spotted it.

The events start with the Kings arriving by boat in Almerimar at 4pm.

Read More for a Google translation and the Spanish original.

I normally do not advertise too much of what is going on in the city of Almería. However there is an interesting event this coming Saturday (22 December 2018).

The article here on the La Voz de Almería site has details.

Read More for a Google translation of the article.

I picked this image up off the Almerimar Junta Local Facebook page. Local events over Christmas.

Picked the above photo up of Facebook. As you can see there is an Xmas concert in the church on Saturday 15 December 2018.

As you can see from the poster above copied from the El Ejido Cultura site the Belén in El Ejido is now open for viewing at the town hall. I am sure people can work out opening dates and times from the poster above.

Thanks to Cristina G for this information about an event this coming Sunday.

Bring a plate of food or a dessert to the pensioners centre and enjoy tasting stuff. From 12:30.

One of our readers, Jacqui M (a different Jacqui M from my darling wife), has been in touch with details of the Burns Night Supper 2019 in Almerimar....

The event will take place at the Espigon Bar on Saturday 26 January 2019. It will be a 4 course dinner/dance. Wine and toasts are included. Price per person: 25 euros.

Jacqui has given me some contact details to pass on to people who are interested in taking part. Please get in touch with me if you would like the contact details for the organisers.

Just spotted the poster above on the Facebook page of the Junta Local de Almerimar.

The town hall has announce that the 2019 Plastic music festival will be bigger than before. It will take place in El Ejido starting on 27 April 2018. You can see details here on the town hall website.

Read More for a Google translation of the article.

You can see some videos of the big petanque competition going on at the moment here in Almerimar on the La Liga 4 Sports web page.

The Friday Golf Society (FGS) and the El Ejido Bowls Club (EEBC) have booked a bodega trip from Almerimar for Tuesday 16 October 2018.

The venue is Bodegas Perfer which is about 1 1/2 hours away in the province of Almería.

We have some spaces available on the trip if any non-members are interested in taking part.

What is unique about the bodega is their blue wines, of which there are 3 varieties. The bodega also produces red, white and rose wines. Here is their website containing more details: https://bodegasperfer.com/

We will travel there and back by coach. With the coach picking people up and dropping them back to places close to where they live in the central area of Almerimar.

There will be a trip around the bodega, wine tasting, lunch and an opportunity to buy some wine.

The cost for non-members of FGS or EEBC is 30 euros.

We expect to leave Almerimar at about 10am and expect to return here by late afternoon.
 
If you are interested in attending please get in touch as soon as possible.

The menu for the lunch is:

STARTERS TO SHARE
                COOKED MEATS FROM LOS FILABRES
                SCRAMBLED EGG AND TOMATO
                CHEESE FROM MONTEAGUD
                TOMATO WITH VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
                FRIED PUMPKIN
FIRST COURSE
                RICE WITH RIB AND PORK LOIN
SECOND COURSE
               PORK SIRLOIN WITH ROSEMARY
                          OR
               RABBIT WITH GARLIC
                        BOTH WITH
               POTATOES POBRE
DESSERT
                CHEESE CAKE FROM MONTEAGUD
                
DRINK
                WATER; WHITE AND RED WINE FROM BODEGA PERFER

The sports section of the town hall website has information here about an event this coming Saturday.

Read More for a Google translation.

Further to the earlier article here about the upcoming petanque competition. While I was up on the cliff this morning i took a photo of the tent they have built for the competition.

Thanks to the Almerimar Vivelo Facebook page for the photo and poster above. The petanque (petanca) competition will take place close to the La Tita chiringuito near to the Poniente beach.

As you can see they seem to be erecting a large tent to host the competition. I guess this will protect the players if it rains. Or perhaps shade them from the sun?

The article here on the Ideal site has details of an upcoming gastronomy event in El Ejido this coming weekend.

Read More for a Google translation of the article.