The problem arose from a combination of circumstances

 Do you like trees?  Are you keen of very steep slopes and vertiginous cliffs?  Is a day without some pasture at the bottom of a valley for you a day without meaning? Today is your day.  If you like people and buildings - skip this one.










To be fair there are a few buildings.  A bad knife juggler could probably count them on their remaining fingers.  None have reviews. Even the hiking areaa don’t have reviews.  Occasionally the road has been improved with a slice off the cliff.  Look out for it. It will be our excitement for today.



We are in the municipality of Miera.  The town hall is across the valley. It has a website.  I have google translate.  Lets do this thing!!!!!


https://miera.es/  




The top news story is from a week ago.  

The problem arose from a combination of circumstances: on the one hand, the lack of a firm foundation, which allowed the tread layer, made of concrete but without welded mesh, to crack and even partially sink, and on the other, the erosion action of a stream adjacent to it.

Thus, as Phase I, CHC was first asked to act to consolidate the stream bed, and it did so by building a breakwater. Subsequently, Phase II consisted of chipping away at the concrete to clean it up and creating a concrete slab with mesh to later grate it so that it would have good adhesion.

The place has 389 people living in it, which is a a third of a hundred years ago.  It has a museum and a cave and a single guide does both so you may be unlucky.  They mostly do cattle and trees however the website says ‘From the Modern Age onwards, the cultivation of corn brought from America by the explorers, and legumes, changed the eating habits of the Meracha population, which was able to partially detach itself from the scarce local products and enter into modern productive conditions with ample food supplies. The cultivation of potatoes, also of American origin, was late, introduced in the 19th century. During the “Ancien Régime” the town of Miera had great regional importance due to the domains of its church, on which various territories in its surroundings depended. ‘  


The Feast of San Roman is coming up but that is on the 18th and we can’t hang about so onwards!








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