I received a very disgruntled letter from a resident in Carmenes del Mar, who is absolutely disgusted with how Comarex is behaving over their responsibility for the disastrous state of many houses up there.

But his (fully understandable) bitterness extends to the local and regional authorities, which have also been as much use as a chocolate teapot, as well.

Three days after receiving his email, there was a bit of good news concerning another hillside in trouble; i.e. the Punta de la Mona. An article printed in the Ideal newspaper, entitled, Obras Públicas inicia la estabilización de la Punta de la Mona.

Work began on Monday the 23rd and is expected to last four months. The project, which has been awarded to the construction company SITE, has a budget of 1.27m euros.

The first phase consists of sinking quite a few boreholes to drain off water from underneath the various urbanizaciones up there. All told there will be 30 of them, all interconnected. The second phase will be to reinforce the pile screen at the base of the hillside, which was originally laid down in 1982, extending it both towards the north and south.