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About Jimena de la Frontera, the province of Cadiz and Spain as a whole, focused on this small village in the mountainsArchive for SOTOGRANDE
Over 1 million cubic metres of beach lost in Sotogrande
(Agencies) Verdemar-Ecologistas en Acción warned yesterday that the beach in Sotogrande has lost “over one million cubic metres of sand” since last winter, according to the environmentalists’ spokesman Antonio Muñoz, who added that the worst losses are “from the Guadiaro River, passing by El Octógono beach and ending at the one at El Cucurucho.”> Read the rest of this entry »
Eighty-three hectares of illegal building
(Agencies) Some 83 hectares of illegal buildings have been detected in the municipality of San Roque, most of them in the San Enrique and El Albarracín areas (photo).> Read the rest of this entry »
Riding therapy centre opens in Sotogrande
(Press release) The Santa María Polo Foundation officially inaugurated its Riding Therapy centre at the Río Sotogrande grounds yesterday. Representing the Foundation headed by Ramón Mora Figueroa, spokesperson Joaquín Blanco said, “We have been planning a therapy centre for years, working mainly through San Roque Council and the Junta de Andalucía. Eventually we will be moving it from here to Finca La Alcaidesa, but took advantage that these provisional facilities are close to the polo grounds. They started working a month ago and already attend to 24 people, and we hope to reach 40 weekly sessions next month, which is the maximum we can cope with.” (More on Riding Therapy below)>
Sotogrande is cheaper than Jimena – redux
A press release from opposition party Partido Andalucista illustrates the fact that, in addition to road tax (see item here), the water rates are cheaper as well. The communiqué points out that, to start with, residents of the luxury urbanization do not pay rubbish collection. Water, however, is another matter; we translate the calculations and comments made by the PA below>
An appeal from the Cultural Association of Sotogrande
Signed by its President, Ad van Loon, the following was sent in by the Cultural Association of Sotogrande under the title ‘Culture in Times of Crisis: Help Us Revive and Continue Our Activities’. It makes interesting reading and is a reminder of the excellent quality of the work carried out by that association over the last eight years.>
