Childrens Deaths in Lloret de Mar

After the tragic news of the death of 2 two young children in a room at the Miramar Hotel on Tuesday 18th in Lloret, the news agencies and TV cameras are still in place in front of the town hall on the seafront near the hotel. News of this awful crime is emerging all the time so it looks as though they will be there for quite a while yet.

Lloret de Mar Market Day

Tuesday morning is market day in Lloret, and with the good weather this morning it gave the teachers of the local infants school a good opportunity to get the kids out of the classroom and take them out to learn all names of the different vegetables for sale on the stalls!

Loret de Mar Weather Today

At last it looks as though we may have a few continuous days of sunny weather this week! As you can see from the photos here taken today, there's not a cloud in sight!
The local forecast this morning has predicted that the temperatures will continue to rise as the week goes on with no sign of rain at all.......about time !!

Spanish Airports Closed

 

The volcanic ash cloud which has recently brought havoc to the travel plans of thousands is today causing many airports in Northern Spain to close. Girona airport will be closed from 13.00 until midnight tonight with the possibility of Barcelona closing later today.

A list of airports affected can be found here on the Ryanair website.

Lloret de Mar - Cala Banys

Walking through the woods above the rocks at Cala Banys between Lloret and Fenals you can see all kinds of birds. This photo of a Jay was taken there only last week. We have seen red squirrels up there but they are too quick for us to get a photo....may be one day we'll catch them unawares!