Sendero Natural El Romero is the name of a new route which has been created for walkers and cyclists in Bullas , Murcia .
The route crosses wonderful landscapes and has been included in a list of 62 eco-tourist routes in the Murcia region .
It begins at La Rafa campsite and covers 17 kilometres across Venta del Pino, the Barranco del Pertiguero and the Barranco de la Regidora ravines, the Jabanero’s peak and the Carrascalejo old winery .
A number of informative boards have been placed along the route to tell of the flora , fauna and monuments that can be viewed .A total of 30,000 euros has been invested in the scheme .
Another Costa Blanca town is aiming to encourage their citizens to save their cooking oil to help the environment .
Alicante is about to set up six areas where tjhe recycling of domestic cooking oil can begin .
The beach , city centre , San Blas , La Florida , Benalua and Carolinas will have 30 special containers for collecting the oil .
The council aims to collect 30,000 litres which will convert into 15,000 l of bio-diesel fuel and also prevent the contamination of 30 million litres of water .
This is the first major recycling scheme in the town . The installation of the containers will begin this month as soon as a contract has been settled with the company that will process the oil .
The actual cost to the council is zero in return for this company to collect and process the oil.
The regional government has opened a special unit attached to the hospital in Orihuela to treat young people who require care for behavioural conditions .
This new mental health unit is for infants through to adolescents and it has already admitted 64 patients in its first year .
There has been a unit for many years but it is only in the last year that it has been able to treat young people .It is the only unit in the area for specifically treating psychiatric patients below the age of 18 .
It is specifically designed to enable doctors to observe young people with emotional and behavioural disorders .
Many of the conditions being suffered are difficult to treat as outpatients .There are eight beds in the unit and also a multi -purpose room for therapy ,exercise , dining ,teaching and family visits .
The young people also have access to a garden and a basketball court .
The town of Callosa de Segura lies near to Orihuela and on the eve of Christmas Day vandals and robbers broke into and stole many of the figures in the town’s nativity scene .
More than 30 pieces were stolen and those that were not stolen were just strewn on the ground .The baby Jesus , the Virgen Mary , the animals and many other artifacts were taken .
The value of the articles was almost 3000 euros and they had been especially made by a well known craftsman of nativity scenes .
The hut which housed the scene was in the centre of this historic town and it has been a shock to all of its residents .
A similar attempt was made last year , without success and this year it had been reinforced with double glazing .
Many councils across the Costa Blanca made a decision to save electricity this Christmas . Alicante turned their Christmas lights on much later than usual and they turned them off each evening much earlier , also using energy saving bulbs, all of this has saved them 50 % of their normal Christmas electricity bill .The content of the displays have not been changed at all.
Other savings have been made in Javea and Ondara where it is possible that staff will not receive the usual Christmas hamper and they will receive a special voucher which can be exchanged in local stores .
Pego council staff had to pay 42 euros for the Christmas party which is an annual event , normally it is free .
Gata de Gorgos has lights in the side streets only , the N-332 has normal street lights only .
It is thought that in Spain generally people will spend 11 % less than usual , down to 800 euros per person .
The idea that the sale of lottery tickets is down has been disputed , some saying one thing and some saying the other .
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