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Gran Alacant Forum => General Discussions => Topic started by: steve watson on August 09, 2024, 14:04.

Title: Beach
Post by: steve watson on August 09, 2024, 14:04.

Hi
We're have all the masseurs and the blanket / clothes / Mellon sellers gone from the beach, the were here in May.

Title: Re: Beach
Post by: NickiH on August 10, 2024, 17:17.

I would imagine it’s too hot for them on the beach

Title: Re: Beach
Post by: DaveG on August 10, 2024, 21:05.

Holidays. It's August. Who needs blankets anyway in this weather. Never seen melons on the beach either; have you tried carrying a couple any distance.

Title: Re: Beach
Post by: Paublo on August 10, 2024, 22:08.

Have been to the beach couple of times pass few weeks and each day I've been there police had been patroling on foot on beach

Title: Re: Beach
Post by: Alicante Holiday Villas on August 11, 2024, 12:27.

There has been a massive crackdown on unlicensed vendors this year with fines being issued.  It has been all over the British and Spanish press :-)

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/tourists-fine-looky-looky-vendors-spain-uk-british/

Title: Re: Beach
Post by: DaveG on August 12, 2024, 12:52.

Hi, I've read the article which doesn't make any mention of a crackdown on the vendors, just a £170 fine if a tourist buys something off one. I may be missing something but wouldn't it be better if these plain clothes police arrested the vendor at the point of sale. How does a tourist know that the vendors are unlicensed or is it easy money for the Town Hall.

Title: Re: Beach
Post by: Tony Gillam on August 17, 2024, 07:26.

Quote from: DaveG on August 10, 2024, 21:05.

Never seen melons on the beach either;

What, no corpulent German Fraus getting browned off? Things have changed since I left ;)