Manana MENORCA?
JASON O’KEEFE reckons that working in Spain is a pleasure but you have to be prepared for hard work and some quick learning of the lingo!
THE second biggest island in the Balearics, Menorca (35 miles long and 9 miles wide!), is an intentionally underdeveloped island preserving its natural beauty and maintaining its culture and traditions. There are no high rise hotels and no over- commercialised resorts, with the main towns only being as big as a small village in the UK, and the main ‘motorway’, which stretches through the centre of the country, is what we in the UK would call a dual- carriageway! The people are very friendly and hard working, contrary to common belief, they also work longer hours than most people in the UK and other European countries.
Golf Son Parc is the only golf course on the island and will probably stay that way as long as the environmentalists on the island have their way, as the island is also an official biosphere reserve. The course started out as a nine hole course back in 1967. In 1987 Son Parc was acquired by Hugh Brown, formerly a businessman from Manchester, but with a passion for golf. He has invested in the development of the course over the past twenty years, recently extending it to eighteen holes. There were many obstacles to overcome, including the rocky terrain, lack of resources ... and the environmentalists, as the extension of the course encroached upon the wetland reserve.
Situated on the north coast, just three hundred metres from an award winning beach, it is surrounded by pine and olive trees and a wetland reserve. It is a naturally
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