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Nordic Walking
SAN PEDRO DEL PINATAR’s senior citizens visited Calasparra and Cartagena as part of an event organised by the town hall. The event was organised as part of the 20222023 pioneering Nordic walking course. Nordic walking is a Finnishorigin total body version of walking and specially designed walking poles are usually used.
This group meets twice a week to walk in the various nature reserves and parks in the region. One member of the group commented ‘it has multiple benefits both physically and mentally.’
As part of the programme trips were arranged to the Cañaverosa Nature Reserve for a sixkilometre route along the Segura River between Moratalla and Calasparra.
As part of that trip, they also visited the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Hope, the patron saint of Calasparra, and on another occasion Cartagena where they enjoyed some sailing.
School cash
THE Los Narejos Town Council has approved an investment of €700,000 from the European ‘Next Generation’ funds to extend the Los Narejos nursery. They advised the investment was approved in order to meet the growing demands from families for nursery places for children under three years of age. The plan is to extend the playground and other outdoor areas, add three new classrooms, three bathrooms adapted for children, a multipurpose room, and an office.
The work means the nursery will be able to accommodate a further 41 children. The work is expected to begin this year.
THANKS to the Cartagena Town Hall you can now get married on the beaches of the Costa Calida. Sixteen different locations have been authorised for these celebrations to be held along the beautiful coastline of the Mar Menor and the Mediterranean in La Manga, Cabo de Palos, La Azohía, San Ginés, and Los Urrutias. Two hundred weddings and civil ceremonies will be held along the coast this year already proving to be popular with both Spanish couples and foreign couples. This decision will work wonders for year round tourism with wedding parties usually staying in the area for three or four days, the wedding party and their guests use more than just the hotel and the facilities of the venue.
