Mum, the Trolley, and the Pharmacy Run (Marina Alta #5)
20.09.2025
This one is personal. I walked the late-afternoon pharmacy run with my mum and wrote down what actually made it easy or hard. The goal
quick checks tied to four themes: wellbeing, housing, mobility, environment
timings, counts, and plain language
a modest change that doesn’t need a committee
pick a place and a topic
walk it and write what actually happens
suggest one low-cost change
return later and note the outcome
A few Marina Alta towns; an occasional look at larger neighbours to see what scales.
Mostly me. If it helps you plan a small fix where you live, good. If not, also fine. I’m keeping a record, not running a campaign.
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This one is personal. I walked the late-afternoon pharmacy run with my mum and wrote down what actually made it easy or hard. The goal
Goal: see if a simple ‘obras menores licence’ is doable in one morning for small jobs (paint, a short privacy screen, window screens). Marina Alta
I ran a straight-through padrón (municipal register) visit on a normal weekday. The aim was simple: can you do it in one morning, and what
A baseline from a typical parking pocket/bus stop to the market entrance, then through the first aisle. One pass at late morning. Small, measurable, fixable.
I ran a simple baseline from the nearest marked bus stop to the main entrance of a local health centre in the Marina Alta. One