September 2015

As you would expect, August was a quiet month and we hope everyone enjoyed themselves with visiting families and friends and trips away.

Announcement from Mario, Mayor of Alcaucin

On 27th August, the AVANCE of the new Town Planning was approved during the Extraordinary Council meeting. Once published in the official bulletin of the province, it will be exposed during 30 days for public consulting.

Wednesday, 2nd September, the Town Hall will organize a public presentation of the document in the Art Centre of Calle Alta. The presentation will be in Spanish. There will be a session in English the week after, on Wednesday 9th September, starting at 17.00, at the same place.

Fundraising

During August there were two train trips at Zafarraya Gap.

The first was attended by Polly Brown, a news reporter for the Sur in English. She did a very interesting report about the history of the train in the edition of the newspaper week commencing 14th August here.

The second trip was exciting due to a slight derailment! Everyone had to disembark but the driver and engineer soon had everything under control. There was a big cheer from the passengers and the train soon returned without further incident to Bar Gloria where everyone enjoyed a coffee or brandy to warm up! Then there was the visit to the railway museum and lunch.

Due to the popularity of these trips we will be organising more later on in the year.

Forthcoming Events

Sunday 4th October – Car Boot at Pantana Restaurant, Lake Vinuela.

If you have any items you would like to donate for sale, you can do so in one of 3 ways:
Bring along to Meson Sara on Saturday September 19th, 26th or October 3rd between 12.30-1.30 p.m. where a member of the Committee will be sitting outside.
Bring items to the sale on the day of the event, between 9-9.30 a.m.
If neither of these are possible, please contact Mike Stevenson
Email – [email protected] or telephone 637 591 451

Friday 16th October – Coach Trip to Lobo Park, Antequera & El Torcal

The SOHA.ES fundraising team are very excited about this trip to see the beautiful wolves in the nature reserve, followed by a trip to visit El Torcal.
The cost is Euro 22.50 p.p. which includes the coach and entrance to the Lobo Park.
You can either take a picnic lunch, or prebook ‘menu del dia’ at Euro 9.50 p.p.
For further information please visit our website.
To book please contact Kath – [email protected] (tel 646 275 190)
Early booking is recommended

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Message from The British Embassy

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Dear All,

We have been contacted by the British Embassy in Madrid, which is supporting a campaign led by the Electoral Commission to make British expatriates in Spain aware that they may be able to register to vote in the forthcoming EU Referendum. It seems that very many expatriates don’t realise they may be eligible to vote, and very few are registered to do so.

The Embassy has asked us to help the campaign by distributing the 8-point guide on how to register (click this link to see the guide) If you have contacts with whom the guide can be shared, or events or venues where the issue can be discussed, then please do. All that British expats need to do is check their eligibility, and then visit www.gov.uk/register-to-vote to make sure they can have their say.

The Electoral Commission will be very grateful for your help.

With kind regards

Phil