Friday, July 15, 2005 - Summer News
Summer has officially arrived, although it has been steaming hot for the past couple of months. Apparently the sea temperature has already risen to 25 degrees, which is great until you find out that we are besieged by a plague of jellyfish, so be careful! Incidentally the collective noun for jellyfish is not a plague it is a SMUCK, really, a smuck of jellyfish! you just have to find a way of bringing this into a conversation, dont you? Some others you may find useful in the pub quiz - A crash of rhinoceros, a dole of turtles and a troubling of goldfish - you coulnt make them up.
The prevailing wind is straight from Africa and bringing with it official heat warnings and advice on how to look after and protect yourself in the excessive heat. This advice is for the Spanish who are used to the heat, but with the death rate doubling in the heatwave it should be even more important for holidaymakers to note.
Experts believe that Malaga faces another three years of drought with an official cycle being declared as "in progress", and it has driven them to eventually open the nine years old, never been used, desalination plant in Marbella to be made operational. It is now supplying 20,000 cubic litres of water a day to 11 municipalities, with one litre being added to each two litres of reservoir water.
On a lighter note Benalmadena is the first bullring in the area to introduce "painless" bullfights. It is following the Portugese example and abolishing the stabbing and spearing of the bull, which will be returned to Portugal unharmed after the event. All this in the hope that more foreign visitors will attend.
Rod Stewart was a great success at the Mijas Hipodromo on Wednesday and they are looking for even more attending next weeks (23rd July) UB 40 reggae festival
Today is the feast day of the Virgen de Carmen and is another great "must see" event, the parades finish on the seafront and the Virgin is taken out to sea on fishing boats, with fireworks, beach parties and barbecues, it is something to be sure to catch if you are near the coast.
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