Stephen Amore

WE live in on the Iberian Peninsula which in times past has been part of the Roman Empire, then the Visigoths, and was lastly under Moorish control. The ‘Moors’ were actually composed of two tribes, Berbers and Arabs which hailed from Mauritania (south of Morocco).

Stephen Amore

A LONG planned visit to Cordoba very nearly did not happen at the weekend as the steering failed on the car last week sending it and myself careering into a bridge in Arboleas flipping it over leaving it looking like an upturned tortoise. 

By coincidence I had read the day before that the Greek dramatist Aeschylus was killed in 456 BC by an eagle dropping a tortoise onto his bald head.

Stephen Amore

THE Cabo de Gata National Park covers around 67000 hectares of land and extends a mile out to sea so protecting a further 12,200 hectares. The area was declared a Marine and Nature reserve in 1987 and a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1997. The park covers an area bounded by Almeria City, Nijar, Carboneras and the Karst en Yesos Natural Park near Sorbas.

Stephen Amore

WORK started on the high speed rail link a year ago and the most visible evidence can be seen close to J510 on the A-7 at La Herreria. The railway will burrow under the Cabrera Mountains to resurface in the Cabo de Gata. Some may have wondered why there is a huge white roller coaster pointing towards the sky. Two parallel tunnels each 7630 metres long that are about to be bored. The two tunnels will be 26M apart and will have 19 connecting tunnels dug every 400M for maintenance and emergency use.

Stephen Amore

THE time of year is upon us when the usual relative quiet is disturbed as summer hordes arrive. Roads along the coast get clogged up by holidaymakers intent on driving at a snails pace as of course we are all on holiday aren’t we so there’s no rush…Grrr. How many get that little shiver of excitement when the little rent-a-car sticker is seen on a back window and an overtaking opportunity is looked for? Inland is not immune from the threat either as Mr/Mrs Magoo very sensibly only use 3 gears in the hire car for the duration of the holiday and one of those is reverse.