Cleaning up Mallorca

This said, a special unit has been dispatched to one of the most deprived neighbours of the capital to mount a major clean-up operation.

Whether this is a knee-jerk reaction to the results of the local elections and will fade away along with the tourists at the end of season, I guess we’ll have to wait and see. But in the meantime I’ve been impressed with the rapid response the council has taken to addressing some of the capital’s most burning issues. And while some neighbourhoods may complain that they’ve been excluded, there are neither enough cleaning personnel nor police to go round, unless we want municipal taxes to go up; and now is not the time. It’s a great relief to no longer have to walk to work looking at what I am about to step on but be able to look up at the sunshine and the architecture, although I do still have to keep a keen eye out for lost tourists, people coming to an abrupt halt to shout at their mobiles, electric scooters flying by, the odd cyclist and dogs, especially those small Mallorcan ones, on retractable flexi leads. But apart from that it is somewhat more relaxing in the mornings. Now that the council is hopefully making the effort, local residents will appreciate having cleaner and more secure neighbourhoods and treat their environment with the respect it and fellow neighbours deserve.