And because we should be getting sand between our feet rather than hovering above here’s something. Epic Greeks pack up sunbeds.
Now restless body that I am the idea of lying on a sunbed is my idea of time wasted.
Although a hammock, and particularly the one on Lovers Beach in Tobago, may be a different story.
Mind you the Caribbean island is a step ahead of most seaside destinations particularly as it precludes private beaches.
Where tourists recline on loungers never leaving their gated community or take part in any of the activities or meet any locals.
Brits on beaches
Not that you’d meet many locals on any of those sunbed-packed beaches that you find scattered around the Med.
Where salmon-pink Brits pack in like sardines, complaining that nobody speaks English, who whingeing and the like.
Well, in one part of the Med they’ve had enough.
Greece is the world
And we shouldn’t be surprised to discover that that part is Greece where protest is in the blood.
Now our Hellenic buddies have passed a bill has been for stricter beach rules.
It requires 70 percent of the space on any given beach in Greece to remain free of sunbeds.
That rises to 85 percent of beach in protected areas.
There will be a minimum distance of four metres between sunbeds and the shoreline.
Untouchable beaches are to be established in ecologically-rich areas with sunbeds banned entirely.
Half of the beaches are to remain open to the public to prevent areas from being taken over by rental umbrellas.
With the law to be enforced with checks, fines, and even closures of businesses if needed.
Epic Greeks pack up sunbeds. And we’re all behind them.