It doesn’t matter if its mid winter with the Sierra Nevada covered in snow, or the height of summer, the Guardia Civil, mountain rescue service, GREIM, are called out almost every weekend throughout the year.
A Junta bigwig for Economy & Employment, Juan José Martín Arcos, can be seen sitting in a canoe on La Herradura beach, part of a canoe-flotilla of local politicians.
Miles inland, at the Junta de los Ríos, a 36-year-old man had to be helivacked (old military abbreviation for Helicopter Evacuation) after he broke his ankle, descending the waterfalls.