All the types of "Nuestra Señora del....", be it Carmen, Pilar, Angustias or whatever, are all images of the Virgin Mary. The Hermandades and Cofradias are the groups responsible for organising the specific celebrations, based around the saint that their church/parish or patron, (Carmen, Pilar, Angustias etc) which are all in honour of Our Lady, the Virgin Mary.

And the video link does not work. Loading it from your own PC may well work, loading it from the link you put on here, for me at least, does not work

The link would not open for me either.

Fort,

Explain please. Surely the administrators will not be closing the Shed down. That would be cutting off the nose despite the face.

Now, now, what have we here? It worked 3 times yesterday (honest!). Today I noticed that you have to wait first until the thread page downloads, then click on the link.
Or, perhaps you need to say a prayer to Saint Anthony (San Antonio - relevant to the thread I guess) to find it for you? "Dinae fash yersels!"
Regards,
Carol

I agree, Reptonian. However, it's a case of waiting to see what happens.

My thoughts are the shed would make a good tourist information centre, for the time being anyhow.

Hi Reptonian,

The shed is a very large operation, the bit you and I are familiar with upstairs is the smaller half in terms of numbers employed there are dozens downstairs engineers, QS, accountants and administrators.

I can see that the administrators when they are appointed in a month or two would want to slim numbers but they will need some of all the disciplines to sort out the future. MF need cash now so they will need all of the sales staff going full tilt to get cash in so maybe Conforta will be the immediate victims if it is not a successfull operation.

Yes we sailed round and stayed in the marina, just next to the big music stage which pumped out music til 0315 Sunday morning. Wind was not the best as it was on the nose to get there and rolling surf to get back.

We would not have come down on a Harley anyway as we drive a Great British bike

Nope. Still don't work. Tried on two PCs. No matter, not interested anyway as I can't satnd those bloody fiestas.

By way of a prayer, San Isidoro of Seville would be a better bet as he is the patron saint of the internet. There is a wonderful statue of him outside the National Library in Recoletos in Madrid. He was Archbishop of Seville at the turn of the 7th Century and was a great scholar. He is considered the patron saint of students, knowledge and philosophy. With the dawn of the computer age, he is considered the patron of Computers and the Internet, because it is a "font of knowledge"

This is what I was told last week. Makes sense. If they are not going to staff it, then shut it down. Does not mean it can't reopen in future. Besides, after all the bad press, who is going to buy on there at the moment??

All those who have paid 30 40 50%. The sales staff are in constant touch trying to get people to complete. Pity this was not Fadesa policy 2-3 years ago when we were all thirsting for contact of any kind. Talk about bolting the door after.......

Was there not a "big rally" for enthusiasts at Faro around the 17th July?

Ta, like I said dinae fash yerself, Fortaleza. Sadly, when I have computer problems I tend to evoke another name altogether!

Just have a look at any fiesta, they are all the same format, seen one you have seen them all.

Yes, there was a big gathering of bikes, trikes and more. The highway heading East from Faro was packed with them just afterwards. An annual event I believe.

Perhaps the topic for a new thread:

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/econo...lpepieco_4/Tes

Here's a new one to chew over (Hope it opens!) Fortaleza, or anyone else in the know, may I ask if you could summarize the political situation? Only asking for it in a nutshell () How long has the PSOE been in power in Ayamonte/Huelva/Andalucia?

Hola El Capitan,
Where do you suppose they were heading? I thought it was a meet up in Faro (ie. several bikers heading westwards from Ayamonte)...oh well.