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You're more than welcome, and we love that you've found them useful.

The artist is called Parilla, and we bought it years ago at an art auction. We've never seen other works like it, but next time you're here, call in to the Lanzarote Art Gallery in Costa Teguise and ask if they know anything. If you email me, I can send you an image of it and a close up of the signature.

It came back here yesterday afternoon, Ian, thankfully.

They're still in storage apparently, but The Cabildo has talked about putting them back.

It will be done soon - they're already working on it.

Honestly, Joy, if you believe what you read in the British press, you won’t go anywhere. And of course, you do see the irony, I hope, if you believe the press, in saying: “If they don’t want us, we won’t go? “

You don't need a visa waiver if you are travelling on an Irish passport.

We speak to local people every day, so we're well aware of the pulse here at all times. Rest assured what you read in the British or Irish press is completely incorrect.

@@LanzaroteInformation thanks Mike I wish the press would report truthfully.

More seating is coming, and more comfortable, too!

Yes, all Arrecife, but the good news is the Lidl in Playa Blanca is coming along now - walls are starting to go up!

@@LanzaroteInformation that’s good to hear. When we were there a couple of weeks ago it was still just a big flat square. Some competition for the Dino stores will be good.

They always put them out over Christmas time, so they’re there from mid December to 6th January.

The classic cars look very impressive at night with the christmas lights draped around them. And, you can play identify the make from their outline!

@@daviddavidc2197 Yep, they look great. Mamerto Cabrera started the collection when he first set up his car hire company in 1967, with five Seat 124’s.

Thanks Mike ,good common sense advice about the motor homes / caravans ,we were there from 5 th until 12 th May and weather was quiet good ,one thing I did notice in Arreciffe was the rotten wood walk ways near the 5 star Hotel in the centre it really let's the city down because everything else looked nice .Keep up the good work 👏

Well spotted! I wondered if anyone would see it!

Which restaurants would you describe as chain restaurants?

It's open again. It was only closed for a few days due to a leak from a pumping station.

Not long to wait, now!

Yes, the ones in Carmen went some time ago.

Yep. 11:00 start. See you there!

Too far ahead to say - forecasts are accurate about 5 days ahead. Lovely at the moment, with some cloud in the morning, and hot, sunny afternoons.

Thank you so much

The new law applies to everyone. I'm already aware of a few fines being dished out in various parts of the island to people either riding on pavements, riding an unregistered scooter, or not wearing a helmet.

Nothing more heard, but I'll try to find out what's happening.

¡Muy buenos dias!

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It was closed at the time. Locals weren't happy with the way it was being run. A popular, previous president has been reinstated, and he's currently putting a team together who will re-open it as a proper sociedad again.

Thank you, and we're on it!

Welcome aboard, and yes, in this case we didn't walk down to Santiago, but we love it, and I'll link you to our review below. Sandbanks is lovely too - we lived in Branksome Park many years ago, but we've lived here for 25 years. lanzaroteinformation.co.uk/lanzarote-restaurant-review-la-bodega-de-santiago-yaiza/

@@LanzaroteInformation think we’ll have to do some binge-watching to catch up. One suggestion, why don’t you shoot in 4K? If you’re using an iPhone, I recommend setting the video settings to 4K 60FPS. I suspect, however, you may be using a GoPro 👍 I recently bought their new Hero 12 model and, as photography is an old hobby of mine, I set about finding the best settings and decided on these for normal daylight filming:- 4K (no need for 5.3) 60 FPS (smoother) -0.5 EV Linear + Horizon Lock Standard

@@garryrobson We'll be switching to 4K shortly. Just awaiting the arrival of our Osmo Pocket 3, which should be here tomorrow.

@@LanzaroteInformation oooooooo 👍 if it has the option, I’d recommend setting at 60 FPS for smoothness and more natural. One thing re: ‘over-tourism’ Important to remember that all things go in cycles so, it’s not out of the question that tourism will decline ‘naturally’ as Lanzarote dips slightly out of fashion.

@@garryrobson Thank and I'm looking forward to playing with it when it arrives.

Not sure what you mean when you say our article about holiday lets. Let me know which article you mean, and I'll have a look at it to see what's misleading about it, and of course, we'll change it. But to your general point, if you follow our channel and read our website, you'll see that I agree with you. The issue we have with over tourism has been caused by the massive increase in properties being holiday let on the island since 2017 - a time when the number of hotel beds has actually fallen. I'm fully supportive of a sensible letting law which limits holiday rentals to no more than 10% of the housing stock in the resorts, and that's the plan with the legislation currently in draft, which also needs to address the issue of all the illegal holiday lets here. We're perfectly transparent - we've been allowing owners to advertise their properties for years and will continue to do so, for those who are legal. And in the same way, we also have a travel agency and sell package holidays in hotels here and elsewhere.

With all due respect Mike, your own sister channel has Holiday rentals advertising, this clearly carries a revenue for you. How ever, any holiday rental takes property off the open market, this drives up prices and reduces homes available to rent for local residents.. ALL the Holiday rental companies have an excuse & claim it’s the others that need to stop doing it. But you can not on the one hand, claim to support locals in reducing holiday rentals, and on the other hand advertising Holiday rentals 🤷🏼‍♂️ leave the holiday rentals to the Hotels and Holiday complexes like it always used to be….its just greedy people trying to make a fast buck.. Having spent the last 3 weeks in Lanzarote it’s very clear who’s to blame for the problems the island is suffering, greedy Hotel owners who don’t want to pay a decent wage, and corrupt government officials on the take. After all, who in their right mind lets a developer build another hotel when there’s so much derelict building sites around.. 💁🏻‍♂️

We don't have a "Sister channel."​ You're a bit all over the place. The issue is "Greedy hotel owners?" Or is it "Corrupt government officials?" Perhaps it's "ALL the Holiday rental companies?" I disagree with you, based on 24 years experience of living here and running businesses here - I don't think our politicians these days are corrupt, but I'd welcome any evidence you have. None of the hotel owners I know are greedy, and many are still paying back eye watering loans from the pandemic. As I said in my first reply, we have fewer hotel beds here than we had in 2017, and yet we have had a massive increase in tourism. That's obviously come from holiday lets - some illegal and some legal. We can solve several problems by removing the illegal ones and putting a cap on the numbers of legal ones. Reducing the number of beds in holiday lets by 10% would get us back to 2017 numbers, and release property for long letting or for others to purchase as a home. Does that make sense? The suggestion that we, or any other advertising platform should unilaterally stop allowing legally registered property owners to advertise is ridiculous, Kim, especially as the numbers we have are a drop in the ocean compared to the big platforms. The problem is that too many have been given VV licences in the the last few years - another 252 was registered LAST MONTH alone. This is something that needs to be changed by legislation, not by me pulling the rug out from the people doing something they are legally allowed to. Where I stand at the moment is that I do support reducing the overall number of tourists on the island, because I think it will make life better for both those of us who live here, but also for our tourists. We currently have just over 100 properties advertised by owners on our website, and we also run a travel agency. I'm sure if numbers do go down, we'll lose revenue from both. It's a price I'm more than happy to pay.

‘ LANZAROTE NEWS ‘ CZcams & LANZAROTE INFORMATION website ( sister site ) . Your last paragraph confirms my comments regarding double standards. And as I have already mentioned, every home owner villa owner apartment owner will have their own excuse as to why he / she should continue letting and it’s everyone else’s fault.. 35 years ago when we started visiting Lanzarote there was virtually no private rentals, it was a lovely place to visit, wow how it’s changed 😱 Government corruption is in every country without exception, and what’s going on in the canary’s proves that very point, it’s also the opinion of all ( without exception ) every indigenous person we speak to while visiting the island every year..