This weekend is one of the biggest event times on Fuerteventura.

Saturday 12 October is Spanish National Day and is a public holiday.

In Caleta de Fuste it is the Fiesta of Nuestra Señora de Peña del Mar on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

In Corralejo it is the Open Water swim from Los Lobos to Corralejo on Saturday, and on Sunday the round Lobos swim.

In El Cotillo it is Cotilleando, a music, art, dance etc festival on Saturday and Sunday.

In Antigua/Betancuria on Saturday is the 16

The fuertebike is taking place this coming weekend. The following link gives the routes and times.
Inicio (fuertebike.net)

[attachment=11050]Lets hope the Weather is good for kite flying

With AEMET issuing Weather alerts for the weekend it seems that many Events etc are being cancelled:

Radio Sintonia:

Re the Alerts

Insular Emergency Plan

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Noticias:

Fred Olsen reinforces the route from Lanzarote due to the high demand due to the Tetir Day Carnival.

In addition, it is also the weekend before Easter, so passengers multiply.

Due to the high demand of passengers and vehicles for the weekend prior to Easter and the celebration of the Tetir Carnival, the shipping company has scheduled extraordinary departures from Playa Blanca at 11:45 am and from Corralejo at 12:35 pm



The company, which already registers 100% occupatio

Temperatures are set to rise this weekend in the Canary Islands, as the archipelago gets ready for a mini-heatwave with temperatures up to 32 degrees Celsius in the south of the islands.

The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has announced that the south of Spain is set to have its first heatwave of the year with temperatures between 36°C and 38°C in the Guadalquivir region, which will face "full summer temperatures," during the day and at night.

This Weather front will bring higher tempe

From Saturday sustained winds of 50 kilometers per hour and possible gusts of more than 60 with waves of three meters to the north and west of the island

The AEMET forecast anticipates the arrival of the haze for this Thursday with light winds from the northeast and temperatures above 25 degrees in many parts of the island. Everything points to haze at altitude in an episode that will last until Saturday morning.

Over the weekend, all Weather models point to a sharp uptick in the trade win

Aena plans to operate a total of 5,867 flights in the archipelago over the four days Thursday 5/12 to Sunday 8/12

Aena in the Canary Islands plans to operate a total of 5,687 flights on the islands on this long weekend of the Constitution, with 1,551 movements on Saturday alone.

The next day with the most flights will be Sunday, with 1,486 flights; while this Thursday there will be 1,351 operations in the archipelago; and on Friday, December 6, 1,296.

Gran Canaria Airport will be the bu