Lidl Supermarket has had it's grand opening today in Telde. Goody bags, special offers, flowers and lot's of smiling faces. It sounds strange that there has been so much hype over a supermarket, but it is a very good thing for the island, especially in times of crisis.

Lidl even has it's own site for the Canary Islands and then separate pages for each island so you can check out the latest offers and savings. Great news for those missing Easter Eggs, Lidl have a special "Semana Santa" page with the offers for that week and it includes chocolate bunnies for 1,39€. There are many great savings and if you don't mind buying the "no frills" versions of things you can get some great bargains.

According to AEMET the Canary Islands are in for another storm of high winds and we have been placed on yellow weather alert from tomorrow. Some parts of the mountains are on orange alert and winds are expected to reach up to 100 kilometres an hour. The last storm caused havoc on the islands, destroying much of the coastal areas and mudslides.

The same storm then built up and carried onto the island of Madeira where it caused over 30 deaths and a horrendous amount of destruction, see the video below:



As the cleanup begins there, another storm is heading over from the Atlantic, which so far has Canary Islands and Madeira in it's path.

More news on this as it happens...

A traffic accident involving a bus and a car has resulted in killing one man and seriously injuring 2 women in Arinaga this morning at 9.30am. The car skidded in the rain and crashed into the bus.  the 2 injured ladies have been taken to Hospital Insular in Las Palmas.

There was much excitement in Las Palmas yesterday as the very first Canine Carnival Contest took place in Parque Santa Catalina.  Twenty-two pooches took part in the contest, dressing in their best costumes and proudly parading the stage with their humans, some a little scared of the attention and others on their best behaviour.


There were 4 prizes in total:
Behaviour - Originality - Comical - Special Mention

The special mention was added as a 4th prize, as one of the dogs had no use of it's back legs due to a disease and uses a doggy wheelchair to get around. The judges felt it deserved a special mention award.


At the end of the judging, all audience members who had brought their dogs in costume were invited onto the stage for a group photograph. Everybody had a great time and it's great to get our fellow furry friends involved in the fun. Maybe next year I will take my dog....