There was a broken sewage pipe in the road behind these beaches with a spill into the sea. My daughter, who lives right there, was told not go swimming.
and people give us a hard time about the water quality around Piraeus. (Having said that, after the floods we have avoided the sea for a few days. The first day of flooding was accompanied by a particular kind of smell....)
Yes, there was the smell as well. But I've known tourists to eat lunch while the septic tank truck sucked out the contents right next to them. I'd be asking questions but I suppose as long as the water looked clean they just carried on enjoying their holiday
Oh dear, I feel for those poor tourists who probably ended up quite sick and wondered what was wrong with them. Having said that, I have seen signs erected on our beaches and some people choose to ignore them - but then they would know why they'd got sick!
No sea club here, just rowers and they arent affected. The locals know. That's the key! We've had heavy rain since then so hopefully it's all washed away
It could hurt the local ‘council’ if they were found to be responsible and there was no due care to others proven. Hopefully none of the tourists did become unwell
Hopefully they didn't get ill. We will never know. Councils get away with most things here. If they were taken to court it would probably take ten years to get in front of a judge.
For once your message didn't go into spam Amy 😄 Yes, it's those old pipes. Don't know how many times they've had serious trouble with burst pipes along this road. At least your sea is open ocean. Here it's a closed bay
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I remember several resorts in England with similar sewage solutions. The Mackerel were big there.
ReplyDeleteI'll tell K to go out fishing lol
Deleteand people give us a hard time about the water quality around Piraeus. (Having said that, after the floods we have avoided the sea for a few days. The first day of flooding was accompanied by a particular kind of smell....)
ReplyDeleteYes, there was the smell as well. But I've known tourists to eat lunch while the septic tank truck sucked out the contents right next to them. I'd be asking questions but I suppose as long as the water looked clean they just carried on enjoying their holiday
DeleteOh dear, I feel for those poor tourists who probably ended up quite sick and wondered what was wrong with them. Having said that, I have seen signs erected on our beaches and some people choose to ignore them - but then they would know why they'd got sick!
ReplyDeleteI really don't know what happened . The beaches were full every day. Maybe it just washed away overnight.
DeleteOh no. I wouldn’t like to swim there. At all
ReplyDeleteI’d always be a little suspicious if I didn’t see any locals at all and maybe ask a few questions
There probably were locals there, drinking beer on the beach and discussing it all in Greek. Don't scare away the tourists is the mantra just now
DeleteYikes! I intend to swim in Brighton next week, but I've heard similar stories about there too.
ReplyDeleteFollow what the local sea swim club do. They will know the days not to swim in the sea. It is same around all UK coastal waters. The locals know.
DeleteNo sea club here, just rowers and they arent affected. The locals know. That's the key! We've had heavy rain since then so hopefully it's all washed away
DeleteIt could hurt the local ‘council’ if they were found to be responsible and there was no due care to others proven.
ReplyDeleteHopefully none of the tourists did become unwell
Hopefully they didn't get ill. We will never know. Councils get away with most things here. If they were taken to court it would probably take ten years to get in front of a judge.
Deleteeww i can imagine the smell, pipes are like that here too, so old and needing to be replaced big time, that's why I don't swim in the ocean.
ReplyDeleteFor once your message didn't go into spam Amy 😄 Yes, it's those old pipes. Don't know how many times they've had serious trouble with burst pipes along this road. At least your sea is open ocean. Here it's a closed bay
ReplyDeleteNot until you get sick I guess!!
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