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Ruta Bancos Gigantes or Huge Bench Route in Andalucia

A new rage is slowly spreading across Andalucia with its beginnings in the province of Malaga and that is huge benches are being installed in beauty spots across the region. The Huge Bench Route or  Ruta Bancos Gigantes #rutabancosgigantes can be found on Instagram  where they are more active with updates on the new installations of these enormous benches and they have a   Facebook  page too. Map of the Ruta Bancos Gigantes The initiative started by Forest Green an agrobroker company that supplies and works with treated wood to large construction and environmental companies in Spain. The huge bench route is steadily growing, with constant new installations spreading across Andalucia. The enormous handmade wooden benches are 4 metre long and 2.3 metre high, with the seat being 1.3 metres above ground and needing steps to get onto them, appearing in natural beauty spots hopes to encourage people out into and  enjoy the views and of course take photos to be ...
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Christmas Lights in Rural Andalucia

The Christmas lights in our hamlet have been up about four days. A whole flag of blue with a white star in the middle, not really Christmas colours and I´m pleased to say less extravagant than last year.

One nearby town decided last year to forego their lights and use the savings on employing those out of work. What a brilliant idea. This year I´m reading a lot less about making savings. The whole light-up is as early as ever, makes me wonder what other cut-backs the council will make to compensate.

Why? The situation hasn´t changed, it´s just not news any more. People are cutting back and learning to live within their means again. Mortgages are much more controlled and harder to get and the massive stock of property both old and new stands empty and waiting for the slow crawl of recovery from the ´crisis´.

Update: 17/12 Just read Martos (next town) has saved 10,000€ on last year´s bill for Christmas lights. If they´ve saved that much how much does it cost?

Update:18/12 Reading about Jaén´s light-up. The Christmas lights were turned on yesterday 17th, and will cost just 4% of what was spent last year.
The illuminations will be on for 21 days instead of 33 and they´ll use 87% less than in 2010.

This years bill will be 21.239 euros rather than last year´s 555.463 euros. Congratulations Jaén - impressive cuts.
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