British tourism leads the English bowling Mediterranean

British tourism leads the English bowling Mediterranean 

Los Gallardos, 19 Aug .- Francis Drake, the feared English pirate of the sixteenth century, was able to postpone their attack on the Spanish Armada Invincible to end a game of bowling. Now his compatriots play these games on the Spanish coast and even have clubs like Los Gallardos (Almería). 

"We have time to finish the game. Then overcome the Spaniards," said one Drake was quite clear that his priorities before launching the Armada, which was attacking Plymouth.

Playing the English, or lawn bowling, is a British tradition that dates back several centuries and is still in force today, has crossed borders and has crossed the English Channel to venture into continental Europe.

A sport which, in Spain, is mainly located in coastal and tourist areas and attracts a handful of visitors and not only British but also French and German, mostly retirees.

In Los Gallardos (Almería) is Almeria Lawn Bowling Club, one of these lawn bowling clubs, as far as some of these travelers arrive in waves especially in the winter to spend long periods of up to five or six months enjoying temperatures softer offering this corner of southeast Spanish.

There are British operators that offer just as golf vacation, also carry bowling vacation. With the mix of tourism and English bowling was born Camping Los Gallardos and with it, Almeria Lawn Bowling Club, said David Jackson, current manager of the facility after her parents mount the complex in the 90s of last century.

David's family arrived from Gloucester (UK) where he so young that even studied at the Vera Institute and worked on his own in Marbella and Ireland before returning to Los Gallardos 25 years.

That was when he took over the campsite, located in the municipality of Almeria which just a few kilometers separate it from other points of great flood of foreign tourists, as Mojacar and Bedar.

The resort is geared mainly for English, but also reach people in other European countries. In it, works much tourism caravans bought and left permanently on the premises for your enjoyment in the holiday season.

Besides these 250 caravans, the campsite has 125 plots of traditional camping, restaurant-bar and lawn bowling.

The practice of the English bowling alley seems that Americans bowling, perhaps best known in Spain. It is a strategy game in which no other bowling and a bowling alley down which as close as possible.

It differs from the pitch when the ball is not thrown, it glides over the grass, at the campsite began as naturally although in recent years, after an extension has been changed to artificial.

In Los Gallardos to play lawn bowling 150 club members, plus other fans who come from nearby municipalities. There are those who come from or Cantoria Albox, Almanzora Valley towns, nearly 50 miles away, expressly to play "lawn bowling".

The partners organized practice sessions or tournaments against other neighborhood or the Costa Blanca or Costa Brava clubs. Course. There is a requirement: you have pure white dress. Perhaps because of the quality of this color to bring peace and calm.

Since Drake had.

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