La Herradura’s last vestige of its wooden-pier-and-paseo days has now been completely eliminated; in its place is just what passes for sand and the original palm trees.

It took a little over a week to dismantle the wooden square, which comprised of old railway sleepers. All this during the first days of July…

Locals are proposing a new arrangement for the area, but for the time being it will just receive fresh ‘sand,’ and await better times as far as municipal funds go.

An interesting question is, where have those wooden railway sleepers ended up. Let’s see if we can corner the First Councillor for La Herradura, Juan Jose, and ask him…

(News: Herradura, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)