The patron saint of Barlovento is Our Lady of the Rosary (la Virgen del Rosario). The Christian victory at the battle of Lepanto in 1571 is attributed to her, soevery two years, Barlovento stages a re-enactment of the battle as part of the annual fiesta. This year, it happens on Sunday 15th at 6:15 pm. Here’s the fun part: the original sea-battle involved 80,000 men, and the re-enactment consists of…
A new beer on La Palma
La Palma now has its own brewery, in Los Llanos, brewing Garimba beer. Garimba is Palmeran slang for a beer. It’s a very mild tasting beer, flavoured with lupins rather than hops, and I really liked it.
A grubby house
First it was a tum lurgy, and then I worked three days up the mountain instead of the usual two, and then it was a cough and sore throat. One way and another, I’ve hardly done any writing and the house is grubby. And now I’ve got a friend staying, so I’m far too busy having fun to do any housework.
Los Cancajos Gets Another Blue Flag
Los Cancajos beach has passed the Blue Flag standard for the tenth year running. I checked with Wikipedia. “Compliance with Blue Flag criteria requires adherence to strict water quality standards, safety standards, environmental education and information, the provision of services and general environmental management criteria, set by the Foundation for Environmental Education.” I’ve got used to having a lovely, clean beach on the doorstep. This is a reminder that I…
Sizzling hot hell.
Well it’s official. I’m going to hell. Why? Because I think human-made climate change is a fact. See, “The Bible says that God is in control of weather, climate, epochs and ages of man.” So obviously any talk of climate change is just “the hype and fear-mongering promoted by ‘bodies’ and ‘bureaucrats’ who simply want to steal from ordinary citizens through UN taxation in a one-world tyrannical government.” Never mind…
Fiesta in Breña Baja
Rather confusingly, the main fiesta in San José (the capital of Breña Baja) isn’t St Joseph’s Day, it’s the feast of Santiago and Santana (St James and St Anne) on the 25th and 26th of July, respectively. Since we’ve just had the bajada, the fiesta is a much quieter affair than usual. They just did the religious part: a special mass, a procession, and a loa. So what’s a loa,…