Good result for Elche last night with a much deserved draw at home to the galácticos. With a bit of luck it could have been all three points for the mighty franjiverdes with Real only equalising in the last three minutes of normal time.

Mucho Elche!

On topic, but slight thread drift into the UK yearly time movements.

I do not want to get involved in a political debate, but I came across this article that was published today. An MP is proposing the reintroduction of "Churchill Time" in the UK, meaning clocks will go 2 hours forward in summer ...

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Essex Police have announced they have eliminated ALL Braintree District Council workers from their enquiries, relating to the painting of roundabouts in the district after coming to the inevitable conclusion that nobody employed by the local authority could possibly complete the work ...

Yet another good reason to leave the ECHR.

There's a big debate in the United Arab Emirates at the moment about whether or not to open a Flintstones-themed Wetherspoons. Those in Dubai don’t want it. Those in Abu Dhabi do.

We have used ParkAndGo for the last four years and their contract is now up for renewal. They have provided a very good service up to date; leave the car and key at their reception, they park it, pick up the key and car from their reception when returning. They provide a bus service to/from the ...

No, nothing to do with over-indulgence in Mahou and Sangria, but a rather unusual sea-creature with a nasty sting. Apparently they've been spotted in the sea at Guardamar and the beaches there have been closed. Be careful!

Some friends of mine are organising a joint Chinese New Year celebration and Burn’s Night supper - they’re calling it Chinese Burns Night.

I don’t want to go but they’re twisting my arm …

If it's anything like the UK, then 'public consultation' means pretending to listen to people's views then totally ignoring them and going ahead with whatever they had planned in the first place!

2,000 km round trip for most Elche fans yesterday, I doubt if many slept on the return journey after that.


...... and thousands more at the Martinez Valero to meet the returning team bus in the middle of the night - amazing! I don't think any of them slept at all last night!

Can't wait for the ...