
Spain warns of summer jellyfish invasion on Mediterranean beaches
Visitors to Spain's beaches have been warned of an influx of stinging jellyfish off the Mediterranean coast this summer says and article by Fiona Govan in Monday's Telegraph. Beware any of you guys heading that way, keep an eye on the kids and watch for the flags.
I don't read the Telegraph but I received the link in an email from P, apparently he'd seen something about it on Sky News too, all to do with global warming and the shoals of jellyfish coming close to shore. Now P does a lot of sea swimming but he doesn't like sharing with jellyfish, the reporter on Sky News said they wrap themselves round your leg and sting while you're trying to shake them off and swim at the same time, wary of course of swimming into the main shoal which would be a nightmare. One of P's friends got multiple stung last year had to seek medical attention and didn't swim for the rest of the holiday.
So what's all this got to do with anything? P said hold back on the sun-sand-sea booking, I'd got first refusal on a cancellation in Almunecar too which is lovely and remains 'Spanish', they still give you a free tapa when you buy a drink so theoretically you can eat for nothing but probably be drunk by the end of the evening. We both love the Med but he's a swimmer and it's part of his holiday and if the jellyfish flags are up only a fool would go in. So switch to the Atlantic, he said, no jellyfish there, Portuguese coast lovely at this time of year, but I haven't seen anything in budget so far and only a small timeframe to book. Anyway as they're called Portuguese Men of War wouldn't they be off Portugal too? Not at all, said P, the Atlantic's too cold for them now they've discovered the Med.
It could mean postponing till into the summer or even later but we might be too busy by then. Ah well that's life.
Ronnie
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