Mijas Steps Out Against Diabetes on La Cala Coastal Path La Cala de Mijas hosts its traditional walk against diabetes this Sunday, November 8, along the Senda Litoral from 10am, organised by the local diabetes support group. La Cala de Mijas gives itself over to one of the most useful traditions of the autumn calendar this Sunday, November 8, when the town hosts its annual walk against diabetes. The event, organised by the Grupo de Apoyo a los Diabeticos of the Club de Leones de La Cala, sets off from the seafront at 10am along the Senda Litoral, the coastal path that has become one of the favourite walks of the western Costa del Sol. The format is deliberately simple. A charity walk, open to everyone, along the shoreline of La Cala, in the company of neighbours, family and friends, with diabetes awareness as the reason for going out. The group behind it works through the year to support people living with diabetes in the municipality, and the walk is both its main public appointment and its way of saying, once a year in the open air, that nobody manages this illness alone. The date could hardly be better placed. World Diabetes Day falls on November 14, and the walks, talks and screening sessions organised across Spain in these two weeks all point to the same reality: diabetes is one of the most widespread chronic conditions in the country, and one of the most manageable when it is detected and accompanied early. A morning walk along the Mijas coast is, quite literally, part of the medicine. Diabetes associations on the Costa del Sol have long insisted on the value of events like this one. Exercise is one of the pillars of prevention and control, alongside diet and medication, and a community walk turns what could feel like a duty into something social. For residents of Mijas who have never checked their glucose levels, the presence of the support group on the seafront is a gentle prompt, and for those who live with the condition daily, it is a reminder that a whole town walks behind them. The walk is also a good portrait of how Mijas fills its weekends. On Saturday, November 7, two environmental clean-ups invited residents to the beaches of Playamarina and El Chaparral for a session of basuraleza, the litter-picking walks created with SEO/BirdLife and Ecoembes that have spread along the coast since 2017. In the evening, the Roali establishment in the municipality hosted its third charity wine tasting, with proceeds going to Suspiros de Cuatro Patas, the animal protection association. Between the beaches and the tasting table, the municipality spent Saturday cleaning, walking and raising money. Culture had its place in the same week. The La Indi international and nomadic film festival has just left its mark on Mijas, with a programme of four feature films, twenty-two short films and a documentary, organised by Ojos Abiertos Films, El Jardin de Epicuro and the municipal culture department. And on Thursday, the town dedicated a working day to the wellbeing of children and adolescents, with mental health at the centre, held at the Teatro Manuel Espana. Next week continues in the same spirit. On November 13 and 14, Mijas joins the Gran Recogida, the great food collection of Bancosol, with seventeen local supermarkets serving as collection points. The campaign, run with the town's social services, will help 483 people in the municipality who depend on food aid, a number that surprises many in a town better known for golf courses and tourist apartments. For visitors on the coast this Sunday, the walk offers one of the better ways to see La Cala. The Senda Litoral follows the shoreline westwards, past the watchtower that guards the beach, in the morning light of a November that still behaves like late summer. Arriving at 10am means joining the walkers at the start, and the atmosphere of a town out walking for a cause is worth the early alarm. The Club de Leones and its diabetes support group have kept this appointment for years, and the growth of the event mirrors the growth of La Cala itself, from fishing quarter to one of the most international neighbourhoods of the municipality. Walkers of a dozen nationalities now join the local families on the seafront, and the message travels with them: diabetes is managed with steps, company and information, and Mijas has all three in supply.