Every year La Palma holds a craft fair, and the variety is truly astounding. This year the fair was held at the port in Santa Cruz to coincide with the Bajada, and it was as good as ever. There were plenty of the traditional crafts, like silk weaving, embroidery and basket-making, but also plenty of new ones, like this clay sculptor.
The Dancing Dwarfs
I’m annoyed. The tickets for the dwafs were 21.35€ each, and I had to jump through hoops to get them. When they went on sale, the website sagged to its knees under the strain of so many customers at once, so it took about 10 attempts before I was able to buy them. And then they emeailed me instructions on how to collect the tickets which were less than clear….
Pandorgas
Last night’s pandorgas were lovely, but tiring. I had to park well south of town and walk in. On the way, I fell in with someone I know, and took some photos of her gorgeous little niece. I was so late I began to worry that I’d missed the whole thing, but when I eventually I found the parade, it wasn’t even halfway along its route. The lead pandorga was…
La Palma’s Bajada Programme for Tuesday and Wednesday
Last night’s pandorgas were beautiful. And he first one in the procession was the world cup, which got a tremendous cheer. Tuesday 13th 10 am – 2 pm The usual sporting stuff in the sports ground. 12 noon. All the church bells will ring at once. 12:15 Special concert by the municipal band in the Casas Consistoriales de Santa Cruz de La Palma. 5 pm Dance of the gargoyles going…
Programme for Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th
9 am Children’s sport Canoeing in the port Aerobics in Calle O Daly Basketball in the sport area, just outside the port of Santa Cruz Skating in the sea front car park Tai Chi Plaza José Mata Death slide / zip wireSanta Catalina castle Cycling A route around the town 11 am Children’ ballet, “The Dance of the Mermaids” First performance: Plaza de la Alameda; Second Acera Ancha; third: Plaza…
The Hacked Climate Emails
Remember those hacked emails from the Climatic Research Unit in East Anglia? Parts of the media yelled for the top of their lungs that this “proved” climate change was all a hoax. The Independent Climate Change Email Review just reported: “We find that CRU was not in a position to withhold access to such data or tamper with it,” it says. “We demonstrated that any independent researcher can download station…