Spanish Debt

Public debt in Spain for June reached a record high - 942.8bn euros equal to 92.2% of the country's entire economic output.

Worrying times - any further austerity measures are likely to make the high unemployment rates even worse. Unemployment now stands at 26% of the population.

The government of Mariano Rajoy is aiming to reduce public spending between 2012 and 2014 by 150bn euros.

The only good news is that Spanish banks are now borrowing less from the European Central Bank.

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South Park Guardamar

Just a few snaps from the South Park in Guardamar.

More wall art ..

I can not remember quite where I saw this wall art but it must have been somewhere in Guardamar I think.

New pathway at Guardamar

It has been announced that there is to be a new beach pathway in the Moncayo area - see the Leader

This will stretch from Els Vivers to playa Babilonia - now this is what I find confusing !! Moncayo is not near Els Vivers and Babilonia. These are two separate area in the town the later being near the port from what I can remember.

So I guess we should just wait and see what happens

Water tanks and pumping systems in the area will be removed from public view in order to make the area more attractive.

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Guardamar - Parking charges

Guardamar has joined the group of towns who now charge for parking - 850 parking spaces have been created near to the beaches and payment has been required since July 7th.

A new idea for this part of Spain but in the UK you will find very few towns that do not charge for parking. Car parking charges have been a way of life for many years and add a considerable amount to town hall coffers.

No doubt there will be a lot of complaints and arguing !!!!

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Across the field.

This building has seen better days  - roof gone - no door !!

N322

Looks like the work on the N332 at Guardamar is now at last completed.

El Siglo now Donate II.

El Siglo the bar and restaurant has changed name and owners over the years and now is known as Donate II.

A Churreria and Heladeria - still waiting to open when this photo was taken in May.

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Confederations Cup

Spain ended an unbeaten run of 29 competitive matches to be trounced by Brazil 3-0 in the FIFA Confederations Cup at the Maracana.

Goals from Fred 2 and Neymar 1 ended the hopes of the Spanish team.

To add insult to injury Sergio Ramos missed a penalty and Gerard Pique was shown a red card.

What of the Spanish team in the World Cup ?  Watch this space...

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Guardamar Hill

No progress on this building site during our two year absence from Guardamar.

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Guardamar Hill

We now have some apartment blocks occupied on the Guardamar Hill site.

Photos taken on a rather dull day - rain was expected.

Guardamar Hill

This little park up at Guardamar Hill has grown quite lush in the few years since it was planted but now needs a bit of tender love and care and the weeds removing.

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Guardamar

The centre of Guardamar never seem to change much - photo taken one sunny morning in May.

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Guardamar Playa

Time to head down to the beach.

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Guardamar - The Pines

We've not walked around this area for some time and there is evidence that at some stage there has been a fire but I can find no one who can confirm this.

Still looks very pretty.

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