The methods used previously to obtain viewing card without a UK address have been locked down and it is no longer possible for Nerja solutions to provide cards for sky services.
We have seen a growing number of new businesses offering cards with so called “Hosting” with a cost of around 150€ per year plus the Sky...

 In my home town (popn: 30,000), 'live music' meant kids' recorder recitals; art exhibitions were shown at the library, maybe twice a year. Any other “cultural events” belonged in the city for rich intellectuals or poor, dissolute students and was distrusted or condemned. But Spain has never become uncomfortable with...

As we reach the mid-season break in the Cómpeta Darts League it's time to update you on the season thus far following the pre-season report in September's issue.Fortunately, the darts mid-season break coincides with the Christmas and New Year Festivities and unlike most sports this is quite fortunate. Most other sports require you...

It is an exciting time for the members of CompetaArt. We have just finished a very successful exhibition in the Sala de Exposiciones Municipal in Nerja. We had a very fine opening with over 200 people and the mayors of both towns in attendance. We had more than 4.000 visitors in the following month with tremendously positive feedback for the...

Like most of us, I do like my food and drink. (“Tell us something we don't know, Fat Boy!”). My adage is everything in moderation and don't be excessive but I tend to follow the latter more than the former if it's something I like or enjoy. And why not? Life's for living and enjoying. As Clement Freud once said,...

 The new Cómpeta Choir – One Voice – gave its initial concert on the last Friday of October. It was literally Standing Room Only in the Salon de Los Actos!Two of the members of the choir are not currently in the country, but the 6 ladies and 4 gentlemen sang 14 wonderful pieces of music.
Regrettably, there was no-one...

Pacharán, or patxarán, is a very well known Spanish liqueur – one of my own favourites – and it is especially popular at Christmas time. There are also some very exotic sounding cocktails based on pacharán:Pacharán/cava, called San Fermin.
Pacharán/orange, called butano from those wonderful...

In 1994 the palm beetle, rhynchophorus ferrugineos,or picudo rojo in Spanish, arrived in Spain. I last wrote about it in November 2007 so I think it’s time for an update.Sadly, the news isn’t very good. Every day in the garden centre I give advice to, at least, one more gardener with an infected tree and I get many emails and phone...