This month the Grapevine Magazine catches up with Spanish based professional darts player Tab Hunter aka"The Jovial Geordie". Tab a former top BDO county player representing Durham, Tyne and Wear, and Northumberland, now lives in Torremolinos, Spain.He has achieved a lot in the steel tip side of darts but in his first year of soft-tip...

It all started with a posting on Friends Reunited that they would be knocking down my old school, Joseph Rowntree Comprehensive in New Earswick outside York. They would be marking the passing of a great institution by having an open weekend where ex-pupils could walk round the school and reminisce about times past. I must confess, it sounded...

 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...

The United Nations have declared this year the International Year of Biodiversity and many of you may wonder what exactly that is, its aims and what we – as humans and gardeners - should be doing to help. The disappearance of species is a natural progress which is often called evolution, but it is currently estimated that species of plants...

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...

The copper pulls you over and demands papers: you pass him various Permissos and Fichas to frown over. He points at the red “09” sticker on your windscreen. Your “Ee Tay Oo-Bay” (I.T.V.) is out of date. The ITV is the MOT of Spain: not having one gets you fined €130. Your Permisso de Circulacción is also...

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...

Torrential rains, snow, the hottest summer and autumn, the wettest couple of weeks – we’ve had all sorts of weather and all sorts of statistics thrown at us! I’m like a caged animal when shut in for too long, so as soon as the rain eases up I’m out there and I know that many of you gardeners have also been sitting waiting...