Alpujarra
News from La Alpujarra
Pensioners Perish I
British pensioners, Christopher and Christine Martin, met a tragic end when the living room ceiling fell on them as they sat on a sofa at their friends’ cortijo in the Alpujarra village of Rubite. »
Pensioners Perish II
We have all been witness to the very uncharacteristic rainfall this winter, which has been with us since the 18th of December on an off – more often ‘on’ than ‘off’. Whilst roads have subsided, houses flooded and crops ruined, up to the last week of February, there had been no fatalities in our... »
March is Here
Well, thank God March is here! With the weather this bad, I wonder what to expect this month. If the rain doesn’t stop I’ll be thinking about getting myself a pair of rubber boots! »
Mainstreet Further Delayed
A month further on and there is finally some news about what is happening with the road works in Lanjarón. »
Avenida de la Alpujarra
As Vanessa has mentioned above, the road works on Lanjarón’s main street continues to drag on in waterlogged obstinacy. The barrage of rain is an obvious reason for this delay, although if rain stopped work in a place with a climate like the UK, nothing would ever get built there, would it? »
Bubión Junior School
Meanwhile, over in Bubión – yes, there is life outside Lanjarón – the junior school is doubling as a courthouse for the Justice of the Peace. »
Olly and Fred
Ironically enough (in the almost Alanis Morisette interpretation of the word) despite being nearly washed off the hillside by torrential rain, Olías and Fregenite are still without mains drinking water. »
Alpujarra’s Oldest Church
Guess where the oldest church in La Alpujarra is? Órgiva, which is the capital of the Alpujarra Granadina? Wrong! »
Money for Road Damage
You will all, no doubt be pleased to hear that the Central Government and the Junta de Andalucía are going to chuck three million euros at the Alpujarra road system... »
Publication Update March
Due to a bank holiday at the end of February/beginning of March, the hard copy won't be available until the 4th of March »
