Hi, my name is Lynne and I have been lucky to call Gran Alacant home for the last 5 years. People fascinate me and I love to hear about their adventures and life stories. This month’s interview is my very first ‘couples’ interview with Amanda and Colin Green. They bought their holiday home in
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I could not resist. Keeping my opinions to myself is like trying to stop the air escaping from a burst balloon. We are living through a difficult time with the war, the pandemic and now the cost of living crisis. The hot topic now seems to be the cost of living crisis. I love how
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Great night in The Jolly Rodger celebrating 1st anniversary
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ASPETGA’s “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” event Raised Nearly 400 euros for their pet food bank! Thank you to all of our friends, neighbours, and donors who helped ASPETGA with our Santa Claus meet and greet event at Molly Malone’s Irish Pub. We’ve raised almost 400 euros thanks to you and your generosity! Economic pressure
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A group of football fans in Gran Alacant have come together to set-up their own supporters club to watch the local professional club, Elche CF, at their home games at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, and their away games in local bars around Gran Alacant. Having started last season, with just 5 members, all buying
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GALS – GRAN ALACANT LADIES UPDATE Saturday 26th November saw the Gran Alacant Ladies host a fundraising Christmas Fayre in aid of SAT Animal Rescue. The event was held at the Sueno Azul Restaurant Avenida Mediterraneo in glorious sunshine and beneath beautiful blue skies. SAT has been the chosen charity of the group for the
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Hi, my name is Lynne and I have been lucky to call Gran Alacant home for the last 6 years. People fascinate me and I love to hear about their adventures and life stories. Over the next few months, I will be sharing some interviews with GA’s very own Superstars! This month’s interview is with
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FUN DAY Saturday 28th January 2023 No need to be a bowler – you are invited to try your luck at the above event and have some fun. There will be six different challenges in each round. Help and advice will be available, as well as shoes and bowls. It will be 2 euro per round
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For those of you lucky enough to have stayed in Gran Alacant for December all I can say is well done. Northern Europe experienced a prolonged period of freezing weather due to, would you believe it, “A wind drought” with western European winds calmed with barely a breeze and this caused the freezing weather. And
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A drive inland from Alicante is an area of great beauty and history; Tibi. This craggy district was formerly the boundary between the kingdoms of Aragon and Castille and is still a linguistic watershed between Castilian Spanish and Valenciano speakers. Its even earlier history is marked by the Islamic period castle whose remains can still
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