20 Nov 2015 12:32 PM:

Looking for an aiport transfer (Collect Alicante Sat 19th Dec 11.00am, Return 24th Dec 10.00am) to collect my son & his mate coming to Condado for a bit of winter golf.  Can anyone recommend a reliable service.  Please PM me with estimate & consider below option too please

They may need an addtional service with a trip to Murica on the Sunday morning, as they are off to Madrid (Train from Murcia) for a day/night.  Alhama train on the Sunday does not leave to much time in Murcia for connection (16mins) if it is late or unreliable. If they miss the Madrid they are knackered & will miss th match, so considering a taxi service to Muria Station from CdA on Sunday morning.

Thanks

Nick

Community thread: Airport Transfer

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01 Aug 2015 10:38 AM:

Having spent the last 2 weeks on Condado, I have to say I am very concerned about the condtion of the golf course.  Over the last 6 years, one of the most pleasing aspects of Condado has been the consistent high quality of the course condtion, particulalry the greens.  Sadly that is not the same right now.  They have 'lost' the practice putting green, with huge areas of bare sparse patches, bobbly condtion & mixture of grasses now growing in it.   The greens on the course are marginally better, but a long way from where they have been previously.   Nobody in the shop or the golf society could really offer a credible explanation of whats happened, other than the problem occured following the recent hollow tinning activity, 6 weeks a ago now.  Not sure how that has delivered the mixed grass patch's on the greens, but its difficult to see how the current condtion can be recovered without some serious greenkeeping activity, that you can't see happeneing (Investment & Manpower).  The lakes are worringly low again too.  13th was full at the start of last week, but no thats half-empty again too.  10/11th is too low again now.  Still a great test of golf of course, but I think Jack would be horrified at the current condtion of this particular "signature" course.  Lets hope the rumours that IRM are looking to sell-up finally are true. Only a significant injection of investment, which will not happen with the current owners, can the course be developed from its current worrying condtion.

Community thread: Golf Course Condtion

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28 Jan 2015 1:50 PM:

Hi Fab,

Of course I don't have money to throw away anymore than you do, and I do totally agree with you that this whole issue has not been thought through at all.  They couldn't even get the wording right on the voting slips.  I complained to ML & my level 2 president on this issue but they thought it was as clear as crystal.  Clearly nobody would pay +€50 / €60 a Qtr more, without some guranteed schedule, but this vote was to ascertain the feeling from the owners.  All they have done is confuse the **ck out of everybody - as I forecasted in my mail to the Level 2 president.

My point is that we need a Maint plan in place, surely everybody wants a well maintained resort and €15 a Qtr will not deliver that, €50 a Qtr for that seems reasonable to me.  But yes it needs communicating properly, but what chance do we have with this shower in charge.  The most important vote we have had in years, they mess it up

Nick

 

Community thread: Call to AGM & Painting

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28 Jan 2015 10:22 AM:

I think there are a lot of short sited views being posted on here regarding the painting.  As most of us who have been here a while, in my case over 6 years now, its clear that the properties need to be re-painted, properly every 5 years or so. The resort is already looking scruffy in a number of areas now, this needs addressing.  If people can't affored to pay a reasonable amount to keep THEIR assets in good condtion, then they shouldn't have bought in the first place. As stated by an earlier poster I also fully support paying extra, having the resort uniformally painted is much better in long run than every man and his dog doing it piecemeal, & by a professional operation too.  Of course different properties require a different level of equipment / infrastructure, so for me for example if the Penthouses need to pay a bit more to cover the charges for the Nifty-Lifters needed for the high areas then so be it.  I wish I could do that job myself, but clearly that cannot be done by DIY due to the equipment & H & S issues.  At €15.00 / Qtr is far too low for a meaningful refurbishment contract to be put in place.   At that rate it will take 10 years to get the job done & the place will soon look like many others in Spain that have trodden a similar path.

C'mon guys, stop being so tight fisted & be prepared to pay a fair price, to keep your own assets maintained.

 

Nick

Community thread: Call to AGM & Painting

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23 Nov 2014 9:45 AM:

Some very good points raised Dakey.  Love you as I undoubtedley do Jason, I do have to raise issue with this annual blurting of "the worst United team ever".  It is getting a tad tiresome.  Those of us who are getting long in the tooth remember much worse........United teams with players such as Ian Ure (Sir Matt must have been pissed the day he signed him from your lot), Steve James, Tommy O'Neil, Ralphie Milne, or more recent years David Bellion, Djemba Djemba etc etc.  But do we whinge?  No of course not, we accept that the run of glory cannot last forever, that empires need to be rebuilt, so we pack our stadium, get behind our team & support with a sense of realism.  Its only 6 months since he won you the FA Cup for fu*ks sake. (I don't want to go there really as I start to get angey about the previoe FA cup you won, which amounted to daylight robbery)

The point that Dakey elequents about injury cannot be ignored......Jones, Evans, Falco, Raffiel, Blind.......with Carrick & Shaw being patched up to play last night.  Add Falco (at the expense of RvP), a fit and stable back 4 & this current United, would be a half decent side - not the best admittedley, but nothing that another transfer window wouldn't put right. As we have said we are in transition, and we are now starting to enjoy the road back to success.  I can't see the point in having a go at opposition teams, when clearly the Arsenal are in such a mess.

I have seen last night's game plan so many times before over the last decade, the Arse with so much posession, tippy-tappy stuff on the edge of our box & then getting hit on the counter......goals at ashburton that spring to mind......the great Rooney / Nani 1-2, Ronalso, even Ji Sung bloody Park for gods sake.  Its like watching an old video that you never tire of seeing.

Now then Jay, start licking your wounds, leave us to get on with our recovery - either get him sacked or get behind Mr. Wenger - a man who has bought you success way way above your heritage deserves.  But as we found out with our own God - SAF, these God's do have to pensioned off at some point.  The Club is always bigger than both players or their God's. In our Case we did not learn from Sir Matt's eventual demise, so the same thing happened with Fergie, which does bemuse us all......but hey-ho, life goes on & another Sunday can be enjoyed on the back of yet another smash & grab, which bizzarly should have ended 0-3..!!

Community thread: Football Supporters post hear

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