gerryh ... I would not have liked to be driving in that storm ... videos of Malaga west show cars abandoned, being pushed by flood waters down streets etc ... scary stuff ...

major and most unusual lightening storm around 4am this morning ... lightening coninuous for more than an hour ... it started from west of us ... then came closer, overhead ...with torrential rain ... loud cracks of thunder ... then passed up to La Maroma/Sierra Tejeda ... circled around Granada pro...

sounds like BBC 'jumping on the bandwagon' ... but might be interesting ... thanks Beachcomber

sorry wollie

thanks for your comment spanish lad ... my local bank (what is left of it) has only one ATM ... and that is old, cranky and creaky ... not even a touch screen! and to Evelyn: yes I know there are Unicaja banks in Velez but they are always very busy ... same with correos ... ps black comedy moment la...

thanks for that link Sid ... again, most helpful ...

that's most helpful Beachcomber ... many thanks

?Is one taxed on income or property value ... or both ... when one becomes resident here in Spain?

?do I have to buy a dishwasher first?

sorry for my lack of response to spanish_lad and others ... we had a sudden and unusual heat spike last week ... 39 each day and no breeze ... horrendous ... not used to that and it 'knocked me for six' ... now back to our more normal 33ish ... so ... it transpires that I had misunderstood the Spani...

Beachcomber: that's really good to hear ... most helpful and reassuring ... thank you ...(my palms are almost at cherry-picker height ... another year maybe ..!)

Recently I have had a watering system (rotating sprinkler sort) installed in part of the garden ... I have noticed that the sprinkler near a mature Washingtonia palm tree is soaking the lower trunk of said tree ... ?is that soaking of trunk likely to cause damage to said palm tree?

you might try Toldos Dominguez in Velez ... near Supersol
http://toldos-dominguez.spanishtrade.es/

btw ... someone suggested I go onto the bank website and see if there any avisos about this closure ... hadnt thought of that ... but no. ansolutely no info at all ...

bobdun: yes my account was held at my local branch ... as yet I have had no info re choice of what might happen to my account ... am hoping to find that out when I visit there this coming week

handwritten notice on bank door announced this closure ... and that was two weeks before final date ... no communcation from Unicaja central ... might come after the event?!
but I will be visiting my local office and asking for more info/directions/advice etc this coming week! ... watch this space!

the more I think about this bank closing, the more of a panic I get into! ... eg what will happen to my existing account and monies therein ... does it get transferred to some general Unicaja account somewhere? ... do I have to inform existing direct debit companies that this account no longer exist...

I dont have a credit card! ... and 'visit your local tax office' ... ?Hacienda?

Lyric: I certainly didnt know that about equal monthly payments ... how do you set about doing it like that?

wollie: my prob with direct debits is that I never know when these bills will come as issue is erratic/unpredictable to say the least eg IBI was due in June, but still hasn't arrived ... same with water bills ... and the pension that is paid into that account is not sufficient to cover those bills ....