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As you know if you read my last column in Island connections. I am busy writing a book. It's going to be a wooftastic 'tail' about a loveable ex-pat pooch living in Tenerife (funnily enough). Here is a small extract from Chapter one ...............
In tourist terms June on Tenerife is one of the low-key months, but relating to what's going on around the island it's one of our favourite months.
"Political affiliations, dogma and individual policies aside, one naturally assumes and expects that one’s elected Government will at least manage whatever it does effectively and with appropriate due diligence to protect those whom it serves. "
"You will be helping to tackle the growing problem of disability hate crime and in turn your actions will be going toward improving the lives of many sick and disabled people including those who claim disability related benefits who are often fearful of or even becoming victims of abuse and in a minority of cases, direct assault and aggression."
"Exercise helps to alleviate pain related to nerve damage (neuropathic pain) by reducing levels of certain inflammation-promoting factors, suggests an experimental study in the June issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS)."
"Newly reported research studies reiterate the benefits of vitamin D in older adults for helping to prevent falls, maintain mobility, and reduce age-related disability. "
"A Tory councillor on Surrey’s health committee has called for seriously ill people to be forced out of the county. John Butcher has suggested those with “self-inflicted morbidity” should be “encouraged” to “move away from Surrey” – in the name of pushing up house prices."
You don’t have to go far from the beaches of Costa Adeje to see the proud heritage of the past. Just 10 minutes inland from Fañabe, Torviscas and La Caleta is Adeje - one of my favourite towns – and it’s full of pleasant surprises.
Criss crossed with the trails that used to take workers to the fields and tiles to export points, the south west hills provide some splendid walks through the ghosts of its past and spring some surprises along the way.
“I’d liken this to what the Nazis did, working the disabled and the sick until they dropped dead and were no longer a burden.”
Two youngsters on a school trip to the Masca barranco had to be rescued just before 5 this afternoon. Both were 17-year-old boys, and although one had suffered no worse than a sprained ankle, the other was suffering from an undefined problem, apa...
IGN has announced a tremor of 1.6 on the Richter Scale in the Teide national park. The tremor, small in real terms, was registered just after 6.30 this morning. What makes it worth real mention is that it was very close to the surface, at a depth ...
Adeje Ayuntamiento has committed to stamping out illegal massages on the municipality’s beaches and promenades. Information posters will be set up and leaflets distributed to beach users advising of the dangers the activity can represent. Mayor Jo...
Update 31 May 2012: Well, I don’t imagine it’s gone away in the last year and half since I last posted about this problem, but prostitution has again become a huge issue in Playa de las Américas. Once again, it’s concentrated in Calles de Llanos d...
Google is updating its images of Tenerife for Google Street View, Google Maps and Google Earth. The company’s distinctive cars will be seen in many roads and streets throughout the island over the next several days obtaining high resolution images...
"Based on this evidence, the researchers hypothesize that fibro fog could be caused by problems with psychomotor or mental processing speed and they urge more research in that area."
"Monarchy, we are often told, is merely a symbol, nothing more! Tell that to the fairies, it sits at the pinnacle of class prejudice and privilege. When MP’s, diplomats, the military, police and judges pledge allegiance to the Queen; they are really pledging allegiance to Britain's ruling elites and it is their duty to enforce the class prejudices that are beneficial to their own way of life."
Foreign investment in Spanish properties leapt by 27% in 2011 as more overseas nationals took advantage of cheap properties with a view to renting them out to holidaymakers and locals who are unable to qualify for a home loan to buy a property of ...
Today I should have been out celebrating and enjoying myself, quaffing some local wine and no doubt stuffing myself with traditional foods, whilst listening to Canarian musicians and learning more about “my” island. However, I wasn’t, instead I am...
Illegal letting discussion continued. Page 1 is HERE, page 2 HERE.
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