CHARCO NEWS
After spending some time in other places, we are back in Charco now. From what we have heard there has been a lot of cloud lately. When the sun was out, it was quite warm. But on August 19 Lanzarote experienced a rare rainy August day. It was the first time since 2019 that rain was recorded on the island in August! The rain came from the south around noon and fell on the whole island. In Playa Blanca and Tías, 2.2 mm of rain fell and 2 mm at the airport.
Now we are in for more stable months weatherwise, we hope. And many residents who spent their summer elsewhere are returning.
At the beginning of July, the new sign was placed making it quite obvious that Charco is a naturist village. It is large and firmly constructed. It took a while but the final result is impressive.
Tourists who do not know that Charco is a naturist village come regularly. This causes tension and disappointment. This sign provides clarity but is also a point of attention for landlords.
New,
*The supermarket has an extra section. The fridges are now in the former clothing store.
*The good time girls, Inga and Elske, now have a studio at centro comercial. They will be there regularly. Besides special ‘tshirts and other items they are available for finding an apartment in Charco,, picking you up from the airport (€35) or for shopping, doctor visit or other transportation. WhatsApp 0031 618525178
* A walk to Los Cocoteros is always lovely. I discovered that the teleclub there now has new owners. With a great variety of dishes. But just a beer tastes great too, you even get some nuts with it. Closed Mon-Wed. Open Thu-Sun from 1 pm.
AGENDA
*La Plazita is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Open from 12 am. – 10 pm. On Fridays music and delicious pinchos.
*Lili’s Paradise opens at 5 pm. Sun 1.30 pm. – 4.30 pm. music with Gian Luca. Saturday DJ A. Escorial reservations: 0034 620257645
*Tropical Restaurant open: from 6 pm.
*Obona restaurant open Mon-Fri from 2 pm.
*Supermarket open 8.30 am. – 6.30 pm. Sun to 3 pm.
*Don Quijote almost every Saturday live music from 8 pm.
Recommended:
La plazita, every Friday delicious pinchos and live music.
LANZAROTE NEWS
*The Famara foundling
A bag containing a newborn baby was left behind in Famara in 1982. This now adult woman is looking for her parents. She was then called Pilar. She says she would not be disappointed if she met her biological parents. “They were probably people whose lives were not well organised, and maybe young – you don’t do things like that if you are not.”
Anyone with information or memories of this episode can contact Pilar Díaz on telephone number 662 513738 or the Instagram mdiamart812.
*European Entry System
The EU has confirmed that the EES (European Entry System) will be launched on 10 November after a number of delays. The EES will remove the requirement for passport stamping for third-country visitors to the Schengen area, but will require fingerprints and facial scans to be taken on the first trip and every three years thereafter. This will apply to all non-resident British visitors to Lanzarote.
EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson also announced that the ETIAS visa waiver scheme is now likely to be introduced in May next year. This requires British citizens to pay a fee of €7 on entry, which will be valid for three years or until their passport expires. Those under 18 and over 70 are exempt.
Source: the Lanzarote Gazette.
Atlantic Ocean Cools Unexpectedly Fast:
Scientists in Panic
The Atlantic Ocean, usually stable and predictable, is suddenly cooling at a record pace. This unexpected phenomenon, which has already been dubbed the ‘Atlantic Niña’, has the scientific community completely confused. They had expected further warming, but nature is once again proving elusive.
After 15 months of alarm about record high ocean temperatures, the cooling now seems to put an abrupt end to the hysteria. While climate alarmists previously threatened melting polar ice caps and boiling oceans, nature is undermining their narrative with this unexpected cold wave.
Scientists, who have been stuck on their models and predictions, are now perplexed. The possibility of two La Niñas – both in the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean – could affect the global climate, but exactly how, nobody knows. It is yet another lesson in humility for paid science, which repeatedly underestimates the complexity of nature.
This shows above all how little control we actually have over the climate and how easily some scientists are used to support political agendas. Time to remain critical and not blindly follow what is presented to them. Nature is not so easy to pigeonhole.
Source: newscientist.com/article/
THE CESAR MANRIQUE FOUNDATION
A book has been published that gives us more insight in the spiritual side of Cesar Manrique. That is why I started to delve even deeper into who he was. It turns out that when he woke up in the mornings he always had a lot of inspiration and worked this out in all sorts of ways. A kind of mission to bring the connection between us humans and nature back into view. If he had not created so much beauty from the arid, dry, hot, wild nature, Lanzarote would have been an unattractive island. And there is so much natural power and natural beauty to experience here. He saw that beauty and managed to show it to us, which is why I have come to appreciate Lanzarote more and more. So today I went to Fundación de Cesar Manrique in Tahíche again.
I watched all the videos with different eyes. What an eccentric and versatile man he was. Often in shorts, he loved parties and excesses, kept his naive childlike wondering character and still achieved a lot because he had all good people around him. Even now the Fundación is still very important for maintaining the incredible beauty and depth of his works.
BOOK: el beso the Venus, (the kiss from Venus)
Auteur: Siría Ama-Gatra, only in Spanish.
CHARCO DAILY LIFE
The Duck pond
It is always a challenge to enter the duck pond. The entrance is slippery and many people who come for the first time slip. We warn as often as possible but regularly someone falls. We have put up warning signs but they disappeared in a storm. When we enjoy the sun there when the waves at the Monkey Rock are too high it is never boring. Something always happens, which fortunately usually ends well. Another challenge is when waves come over the wall in a storm. In order to remain on your feet, you have to hold on tight to the railing. For my grandson (11) a challenge that was a lot of fun until the waves became too high and he wanted to run away but before he could reach a safe place another wave came and another. The escape did not succeed and he had to go back to hold on. This happened a few times before the ocean was calm again. It was a scary adventure that made him decide never to swim in the duck pool again. Hopefully he will have forgotten that next year.
WALKS: a stepping stone walk.
This time no long walk but a short challenge. We were in Arrieta and had to wait half an hour. We took a walk on the beach. Halfway there are many stones big and small. To reach the second beach we had to go over them. That was a real challenge. So be careful!!! Stepping stones carefully selected which stone we are going to step on. It seems endless but we managed to reach the other side. There is also a beautiful piece of beach where you can swim naked without any problems. And then the same way back or via the ocean or the sandy path outside the beach. Good luck
Also in Arrieta the ‘sea bridge’ is open. Fishermen and swimmers use it.
The next months the sea water is nice and warm and the temperature is generally pleasant. See you soon…
From Charco ‘un abrazo ‘
Yo hear from me next month. Tineke
