WITH the trains not running through the valley at the moment, while the track is being upgraded, a regular occurrence is that walkers find themselves stranded without means of transport back to their own vehicles.

Today saw three Spanish ramblers, who had trekked from Ubrique via Cortes de la Frontera, stranded in Estacion de Jimera de Libar with one of their party slightly injured and consequently hobbling.

THE day after the Cortes de la Frontera Rock Festival - raising money for Haiti on 13 February - Bar Allioli in Jimera de Libar is putting on a Bingo Night (14 February) - as they do every Sunday. But this one has a special twist to it - it will be another money raiser  for Haiti.

GEOCACHING was made possible following a decision by the US government in May 2000, to switch off a feature that had historically degraded GPS accuracy – this meant that civilian users of GPS devices could pinpoint locations up to ten times more accurately.