Informal English Speaking Group
December Newsletter
Christmas Wishes
The first of December may be a little early for Christmas
wishes, but January is too late and we would not want to miss you out of our
thoughts. May we, therefore wish all the members of the group and their
families a very happy Christmas and may the New Year bring you all a healthy
and contented life even if not a wealthy one.
Happy Christmas
Group
Reminder
The English Group will meet as usual at the Hotel Almazara,
Rio Frio on Tuesday 1st December between 12:00 and 2:00 pm. We are hoping for a
good turn out this month as the hotel is opening the bar especially for the
group while the hotel is closed for refurbishing and building of new facilities
over the winter.
New Web Site
As from1st December the Informal English Speaking Group’s web site will be re-launched and it will be updated on a more regular basis. The changes to the web site are mainly of a technical nature, but you will be able to access it the usual way at www.englishinloja.com. The usual contents will be there, as well as additional information and pages. Edited versions of the past year’s newsletter will be available with information that is still relevant retained.
If you have items that you would like to see included on the web site or in the monthly newsletter please contact the editor through englishinloja@gmail.com.
We would like to take this opportunity of
saying a big thank you to Simon and Sandra of pswebsitedesign for the work and
support which they have offer freely to the group in maintaining and hosting
the web site over the last few years.
Trip to Malaga to See the Christmas Lights
There will be a trip to Malaga on Monday 14th
December. Booking forms and full details will be available at the meeting on 1st
December, and from the Cafe Continental in Loja.
The coach will leave Loja at 5:00pm from Plaza del Puente. It will pick up in Cuesta La Palma at the Restaurante Los Cordobes at 5:15 pm and Vva. Del
Trabuco at 5:30 pm and leave Malaga on its return journey at 10:00 pm
Cost of the coach only 10 euros.
Diary Dates for December 2009 and for 2010
Group Meeting Dates for 2010 first Tuesday of the month:
5th January 2010
2nd February
2010
2nd March 2010
Wednesday 16 December, 7.00pm
Festival of Nine Lessons &
Carols
Villanueva de
Tapia Church
Saturday 26 December, 11.00 am
Choral Christmas
Eucharist with Carols, Villanueva de Tapia Church, followed
by mulled wine.
Monday 4 January, 7.00 pm
Festival of Nine Lessons &
Carols at Vva de Algaidas Church, followed by
drinks & tapas
Salt of
the Earth Band
will be playing at the following events during December:
11th of December - Cortijo de Tajar.
Huétor Tájar 10pm start
31st of December - La Paloma Italian Restaurant and
Hotel (near Iznajar) New Year’s party. Reservations should be made direct with
the hotel, telephone 952 75 04 09 or via info@hotelrurallapaloma.com
More information about the hotel can be found on their web
site at www.hotelrurallapaloma.com
Women’s group in Trabuco
The group meets on the second Thursday of the month -
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Next meeting 10th December at Eduardos in
Trabuco.
British Consulate
The British
Consulate based in Malaga has held a series of Open Days on pension and
benefits as they affect British residents in Spain. We are negotiating with the
Consulate to bring such an open event to Loja. For this to happen we need to
know the number of people who would be interested in such an event. If you
think that you would be interested in attending please email us at englishinloja@gmail.com. If the open
day can be arranged we will let you have full details in due course. It is
hoped that if there are sufficient numbers to make the event viable it will be
late May or early June.
Talks by the Lawyer
Rob Westwater will be giving two talks in the new year aimed
at bringing up to date the series given by Myles Jackson two years ago. Since
the last series of talks there have been numerous changes in Spanish and EU law
which will affect the British who reside in Spain. Therefore talks will be
relevant to new comers to life in Spain, also to longer standing residents who
are interested in keeping up with the law in Spain.
If you have any topics that you would like Rob to address
please let us know as soon as possible by email to englishinloja@gmail.com and we will
pass these on to him. Any requests should be of a general nature rather than a
specific enquiry relating to your personal circumstances.
The talks will take place for approximately an hour before
the usual group meeting in February and March from11:00 to 12:00.
Royal
British Legion
The Loja branch
of the Royal British Legion held their inaugural meeting on the 25th
November. The next meeting will be 27th January 2010, details of
time and venue will be published in the January newsletter. All are welcome to
joint the RBL you do not have to have served in the armed forces, you only need
to share their aims and objectives.
Useful Web Sites
Another web site to add to the list of useful sites:
www.juntadeandalucia.es
Parts of this site are being translated into English. Although not all pages are yet available in English, it is worth having a look
as the site contains much valuable information
Sarah Morning at Atrium, Iznajar
Sarah welcomes members of the group to visit her at Atrium,
Iznajar, Look out at the group meeting on Tuesday 1st December for
details of her Special Offers or visit the ‘In The Spotlight’
page on our new web site.
