IX Medio maratón de Almería. 29 - I - 2006

[El Gordo]

Great report, Antonio. You're way too polite about the Brits though. Let's face it, we are a bunch of drunken yobs. On the way home, nursing hangovers from hell, we agreed that we'd behaved badly compared with the civilised hospitality we'd received.

MLCM - Alicante is a large town/city on the east coast, roughly central if I'm envisaging it properly. Not sure if it's a region as well. Not as far as I know. Something of a honeypot for British sun-worshippers. Much of Spain produces wine of some kind though I'm not aware of Alicante producing anything that's deemed good enough for export. It's pretty hot there, so I wouldn't associate it with delicate, light reds. If they're made at all, they're probably pretty hefty. I suspect the brand was chosen just because it's one of those easy-to-remember names.