San Isidro Concentration Camp - an update

Here's an update from San Isidro by Russ who recently got in touch with me. Really pleased that this blog is helping to inspire other people who are researching the area and putting up their own posts. That is what it's for. http://www.anythingbutpaella.com/san-isidros-dark-secret/

A second Civil War air raid shelter is opened up in Alicante

A second of the 96 air raid shelters officially recorded in Alicante from the Civil War era has been opened up and can be visited by the public. On Plaza Dr Balmis it follows on from the network and museum on Plaza Seneca which I looked at on my last visit. When I headed down there it was mid week and I was unable to get in as I think there are guided tours on Friday's and Saturday's only running from 10am til 2pm. This structure has been allocated protected status by the town hall. I hope that other key Civil War sites in the City will gain similar recognition now and that some of the locations I have looked at in this blog will get the memorials that they deserve. Things are moving, slowly, but La Lucha Continua.

Santa Pola beach - another tilt at the Mediterranean Wall

If you are down in Santa Pola I can highly recommend checking out the bar/cafe down by the harbour - Los Curros - that is used by the fishing fleet. You can't miss it and its is superb value and great quality. It's on your left as you head past the big old fishing boat that serves as a memorial to the sea-faring history of this lovely, vibrant town. But just behind it, on the beach and built over as part of the foundations for the harbour wall, you will find half a bunker that is a another remnant from the Mediterranean Wall that stretched along this part of the coast to resist sea-borne nationalist invasion. Smothered in graffiti it serves as another lasting reminder of this areas Civil War history. UPDATE. On a recent return I was pleased to see that the graffiti had been cleaned off, the food and drink was also still superb.