Has anyone had a test done on the mains water quality/content, either by CAAF or one of the other water companies, or an independent lab? If yes, who/how/what cost etc please?

El Cotillo has another supermarket. This time a Spar, which is owned by the Padilla family.



It is located in the new harbour area of the village on the main street (Calle 3 de Abril de 1979) and is next to Olivio Course restaurant. 

It is open Monday to Saturday from 8:30am to 9pm and on Sunday from 9am to 3pm.

It has a fresh meat counter, fresh fruit and vegetables as well as a bakery

The layout is good but perhaps a little tight if two shopping trollies need to pass in an aisle!!!

Service from the Butcher is excellent. Machine to dispense tickets for Butcher, Bakery and Cheese Counter in four languages.  Watch the big TV screen for your number to come up (not quite as exciting as watching the lottery draw!).

Tom. 

Does anyone know if there is a good shoe shop in Caleta now, or anywhere else? Not been there in quite a while.

Thanks. 

There are posts on the other forum speculating the British Store in Corralejo is closing. Does anyone know if it is or not? I normally get my Christmas Crackers from them and haven't seen Crackers for sale anywhere else. If it is closing does anyone know of a shop that usually sells Crackers at Christmas time please? (Apologies for mentioning Christmas so early )

The Councilor for Tourism convened the Local Action Committee to schedule upcoming actions aimed at creating this new tourist itinerary.

The municipality of La Oliva continues taking steps forward in the creation of a new tourist itinerary that allows to rescue the historical, ethnographic and traditional values associated with the culture of water in the north of Fuerteventura.

'The Water Route' is the project with which the City Council of La Oliva, from the Department of Tourism, participates in the transnational program ECO-TUR, and has allowed the start of works to prepare an interpretation center by rehabilitating the Poison and Redondo reservoirs, in the town of La Oliva.

The Councilor for Tourism, Marcelino Umpiérrez, summoned the members of the Local Action Committee of the ECO-TUR project in La Oliva to monitor the state of execution of the works and continue with the actions planned for the implementation of La Ruta of the water.

"The interpretation center in the Aljibe del Veneno and the Aljibe Redondo is undoubtedly the main action of the project. It is an investment of almost 95,000 euros co-financed between the City Council and the European Interreg Regional Development Fund, but it is also necessary to carry out many other actions to make The Water Route a reality to offer tourists very soon, "said Marcelino Umpiérrez.

The tourist itinerary already has its own image-level design, with an informative brochure and a map with the heritage values integrated in the route. However, Umpiérrez explained, "physical signage and many other aspects at the promotion level still have to be worked on, and in this sense the contributions of the Local Action Committee are fundamental."

The Water Route, a project framed in the European ECO-TUR program, proposes a visit to the main values that are found in the surroundings of La Oliva capital, architectural, heritage or ethnographic complexes that have to do with the use of water, such as reservoirs, fountains, wells or gavias, in addition to the main museum values of the area.

In the Aljibes del Veneno and Redondo, in addition to restoring these buildings of heritage interest, the objective is to show the hydraulic devices that were used in Fuerteventura and La Oliva for the collection, storage, distribution and use of water, and explain to the visitor In what ways the use of water has influenced the landscape and the idiosyncrasy of the majoreros over the centuries.

From RTVAC:


The City Council of Pájara proceeds to the withdrawal of the "Monoliths" and the "Corralitos" in various beaches of the Municipality.


The new municipal corporation decides to carry out the dismantling of the famous monoliths and the corralitos that can be seen in several points of our coasts and that both affect the environment.



The practice of raising mounds, or "rock stacking" as it is known in English, not only supposes an alteration of the landscape, but also causes environmental damage.

Last weekend, he has ordered the withdrawal of several monoliths and corralitos located on different beaches of the municipality of Pájara.

These apparently harmless structures alter the insular ecosystem. Flora and fauna are affected by removing the stones. On the one hand, the flora, which takes advantage of the moisture of the stones, dies. The fauna, which inhabits these stones, disappears. This is why the food chain is severely affected, since many invertebrates and various plants are food sources for other species.

From the areas of beaches and municipal services, citizen collaboration is requested to avoid such practices and become aware of the environmental impact it entails. In this regard, beach watchers will collaborate in the tasks of information and control to avoid leaving that characteristic trail. In addition, the Local Police will be responsible for enforcing the Coastal Law as well as the Municipal Beach Regulations, with penalties ranging from € 1,501 to € 3,000.

Members of the municipal government board insist that the most important task is to explain and sensitize both residents and tourists. The Councilor for Beaches, Dunia Álvaro, declares: “The Mojones or Monoliths are placed by imitation, we see one and we want to place ours as a souvenir. However, we are not aware of the damage it causes ”and in this sense“ If we want to show off the wild landscape in Fuerteventura, how beautiful it is is in its natural state, without alterations ”

With regard to corralitos, we have proceeded to dismantle several structures of enormous dimensions that, in addition to modifying the habitat, accumulated user waste such as mats, papers and plastics. Jose Díaz, Delegate Councilor of the Services area has been responsible for the removal of said waste and insists that “it is vitally important to keep our beaches in optimal conditions for everyone to enjoy. We must be aware of the environment and keep our environment clean ”

From RTVAC:


The event is scheduled tomorrow at 9:00 am (access from Pedro Guy Van Daele Avenue, from the roundabout next to Dulce de Leche, in the direction of Mercadona)

La Oliva, on August 20, 2019. The City Council of La Oliva invites the media to attend the organized visit to explain at the beginning of the works on Guirre de Corralejo street.

The event will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, August 21, at 9:00 a.m. on Guirre Street itself, with the participation of the mayor of La Oliva, Isaí Blanco, the Councilor for Barrios, Marcelino Umpiérrez, the Councilor for Works and Services, Oliver González, and the responsible technicians.

The project called 'CONDITIONING OF STEELS IN GEAFOND' has a budget of 1.1 million euros, and a period of execution of 9 months, including actions such as repair of sidewalks, street furniture or bike lane.

Note:

Guirre Street gives access from Corralejo to the urbanization of Geafond, known as Natural Park.

Detour from the Pedro Guy Van Daele Avenue roundabout, near Dulce de Leche pastry in the direction of Mercadona.

From Tamara:
This is the road leading from what I refer to as the Tamarindo roundabout (British Shop, Nico's Belgian Beer etc) up to Mercadona. An alternative route to avoid any possible congestion would be to leave Corralejo on the new motorway but turn off at the electric substation and go past Marina Heights, Municpal Pool, BahiAzul and down to Mercadona.

This is long overdue work as the pavements have been abysmal for years, very poor quality paving blocks that disintegrated almost as soon as they were laid, lethal after dark!

I'm just concerned that like in other streets the creation of a bike lane will remove the on-street parking that is currently available in the much of this road.

Hi all, does anyone on here know anything about the Las Arenas complex in Caleta, cost of community fees, is water and electricity included in community? What’s the general complex like etc. ( I know the location ) any constructive information would be greatly appreciated. TIA

What is place between Caleta  and Triquiviate? Looks like a quarry/stoneworks or cement works. You could see clouds of dust hanging between the mountains. Must be damaging the the air quality.
And there's also a guy on the FV2 towards Tarajalejo who kicks up loads of dust with his builders merchant.
Isn't anyone monitoring these businesses? Crazy!

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The exhibition Mountains with history is shown in Corralejo from this Monday, August 12


This initiative emerged from the Root People's Cultural Association shows a spectacular journey through the landscapes and geology of the municipality of La Oliva through its main geographical features.

The City Council of La Oliva, from the Department of Culture, reports that from this Monday August 12 will be available for your visit in the Municipal Exhibition Hall, in Corralejo, the photographic exhibition Mountains with history.

This exhibition is the result of a project initiated three years ago by the Root People's Cultural Association. After convening a photo contest, the result is a selection of images and texts that take a tour of the geology and ethnography of the municipality of La Oliva, through its reliefs and geographical features, revealing the secrets of twelve landscapes such as Tindaya, Calderón Hondo, the Red Mountain, the Islet of Lobos ...

Schedules:

The exhibition will be initially accessible in the Exhibition Hall of Corralejo (c / Huriamen s / n), annexed to the Corralejo Library, during summer, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The winter time of this space (from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.) begins on September 16.

Mountains with history

Mountains with history is a selection of photographs to observe the territory in which we live, the product of a long process of conformation that tells us about our past, our present and its future variants.

The territory is shown as the reflection of our culture, collective memory and identity, "with the intention of contributing to know the territory we inhabit, starting with those places that allow us to see the horizon, where our dreams unfold and we almost touch the sky. .., our mountains ", explained María Elena Gutiérrez Lima, coordinator of this exhibition, at the time of her presentation.