We do go out at least once a week and always within walking distance. Any other journey to a further venue means a dedicated driver. We cannot understand (until now) why taxis are so difficult to find. This from the local paper:“Taxi drivers in the Orihuela municipality have called for direct action by officials at the Town Hall to ensure that their licenses are renewed quickly. Dozens of affected drivers have been left unable to work for months and in one case two years, due to red tape and bureaucracy caused by inefficiencies in the Town Hall’s administration department.
This renewed permit is not issued to drivers who have taken, for instance, a long break from taxi driving or who have perhaps been ill and must prove their driving skills are still of the required standard. This permit is required simply because they have just changed their vehicle! And more often than not for a newer and better technically equipped and more environmentally friendly model than the previous one.”
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