We’ve had major roadworks in the north of the island for some time, with some places reduced to one lane, so that you have to wait for traffic lights. Now they’ll be closing the road completely at km 24, just north of Los Sauces, twice a day. The road will be closed Monday – Friday 9:30 am – 12:30 am and 4 pm – 7 pm.
Rum Distilling Equipment La Palma has a small rum factory, at Puerto Espí,ndola, in the borough of San Andres y Sauces. Unlike most rum factories, they start with sugar cane rather than molasses. After all, La Palma had commercial sugar cane plantations in the 15th century, before the West Indies had them. At harvesting season, the factory’s south building smells of sugar cane being crushed and fermented. Distillation happens in…
The big bridge at Los Sauces The new bridge over the barranco at Los Sauces is huge. It’s 319 metres long and towers 150 metres above the valley floor. It opened in December 2004. To begin with, it was rather controversial because it crosses the same valley as the Los Tilos National Park. But you can’t see the bridge from the park, and it’s really rather elegant for something so…
Yesterday was the fiesta of Our Lady of Monserrat in Los Sauces. They held a special mass, followed by a procession with the statue. Religious art isn’t really my thing, but it’s a beautiful statue. The procession follows a fairly long route: the building in the background is the church, and they’re just beginning. I had to miss the rest of the procession and the loa (see yesterday) due to…
Today is a local holiday in Los Sauces, for the fiesta or Our Lady of Monserrat. Other than the day off work, it’s a purely religious festival. Tonight at 6:30 pm they’ll be a special mass in the church (the big church on the main square on the main street – very easy to find.) This will be followed by a procession with the statue of Our Lady, and then…
It poured with rain last Friday, so Los Sauces have rescheduled their sardine’s funeral to Saturday 14th at 9:30 pm. This is a pity, because now it clashes with Barlovento’s sardine’s funeral, at 10:30 pm the same night.