Just to say how the Beach has improved to the left of ther Jetty...Thanks to Yannis & Pedros who are out every morning raking the sand and removing any rubbish, setting up the beds & brioliies (even tables ).The improvement on last year is astonishing. Keep up the good work.....
That's good news. I don't think I've ever seen more than a handfull of people sat to the left of the jetty :)
Yes thats me the wife & the donut man! ;-)...its very handy for popping across the road (aprox 15yds) for the required refreshment..
Nikos and I did our best to clear up the start of season bottles etc that had been washed up on the nudist beach - and before anyone asks, I kept my kit on while we worked bearing in mind he would be serving my dinner that night!!!!! Dimitri - if you read this please get Pedros to collect the bags. I hope they survived yesterday's wind and rain......
There were lots of people down on the beach most days, i liked the fact there were tables too, a nice little touch, very clean and the water as clear as anything, lovely!
Got to admit we have never sat on that part of the beach. We just seem to have breakfast at Portofino then cross the road and sit there. Will have to sample that end of the beach in September.
Jill
I remmember sitting at the end of the peer last Aug at 7.30 am, yes I was waiting for a pick up coach for a diving trip, The two guys on the beach were nearly finished by this time and had done a terrific job of cleaning the beach, my only regret was that we "tourists" cannot look after it without assistance from others. It's a blue flag beach for all to enjoy, let's keep it that way.
Well said
I agree that part of the beach was very clean this year. The guy looking after the area was continually raking and cleaning the area. Unfortunately the river was very smelly and was washing into the sea there. Apparently the smell was not from sewerage (how it smelled) but from the olive skins discarded after pressing for oil. Hopefully now the olives are picked and pressed the smell has gone!
Whilst staying at the Horizon, I could see the beach being raked and made clean and tidy everyday. I have also read the posts about the people who do this daily task and it made me wonder if Arillas had the equivalent to a parish council.
In our village, back in the UK we do get volunteers who mow the churchyard, but the council has to pay someone to keep other parts of the village tidy.
Do the residence of Arillas do the cleaning for free, or are they paid to do it?
I doubt if you could find a cleaner beach, or for that matter a cleaner village than Arillas.
Pedros & Spiros who look after the sunbeds on the beach across from the Horizon took it on themselves to clean the beach..which is a big improvement ,as the last few years beach was usually only cleaned at the start of season and that usually by the locals.... after that the only time it was cleaned was when the seaweed built up and the buldozers came in...
Again its up to visitors do do their part and not leave any rubish on the Beach..
Thanks for the reply Kes.
I agree with you about visitors not leaving any rubbish on the beach, and also not dropping any in the streets. I think that the type of person who goes to Arillas would always dispose of any rubbish in the appropriate bins anyway. The residents of Arillas should be very proud of their beach and the roads, plus it makes us "newcomers" want to visit again.
I was also found it nice to see, that when driving around the island, I did not see any vehicles disposed of by the road side as is sometimes the case in other countries.
Which of the two gentlemen usually wears a straw hat and maroon shorts? He was sometimes at the bar in the Horizon and was a really nice bloke.
Terry
There are enough public bins provided so there should be no need to dump rubbish. If i cant find a bin i take it back to the hotel/appartment.
In 2005 driving through Sidari there was a smashed up car on its side. It was on the one way system road behind the Mimosa hotel that brings you out by Macdonalds. It was there for at least a week!
Terry... agree with all you say apart from the remark about cars being dumped..we have noticed quite a few dumped...Not at the side of the road, but usualy down a ravine off the side of roads...not to mention the ones still being driven... ;-)
We saw the beach being raked and the girls (one of them was Jagorda from the galini) were brushing the sun beds, this was the last block of studios just before the cliff path. Perhaps each "carer" of sun beds look after their own patch. Jagorda is going out with Tom the blonde guy who looks after them to the right of the jetty.
Yes..left and rightof the jetty are covered by different Mafiosa !!
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It was all the cigarette butts lying around the beach that I thought was awful.
I believe that it is a requirement of the contract for beach concessions (sun beds etc) that the operators keep "their patch" of the beach clean of rubbish discarded by us untidy tourists. Certainly in Agios Georgios that is the case.
So in the end it is we, the tourists, who pay for it in the price of the sun beds which is as it should be.
Dennis
I thought that might be the case. Makes sense!
Does this mean the beach is now 'Non Smoking' to add to the cleanliness and health for all to enjoy?
We always are careful to take only photographs, and leave nothing but footprints. :-)
Smoking is allowed on the beach, there are ashtrays on the tables for the cigarettes to be distinguished.
I am sorry smiffy - I couldn't resist this .....
Is this how a cigarette becomes distinguished?
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Hahahahahahahahahaha im so blonde sometimes!!
Extinguished, i meant extinguished :-D !!
Is this Pedros or Spiros? Every day I saw this gentleman he was always smiling.
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This is Pedros. He has a lovely smile but he is very protective of his beach. We once saw him giving a Greek family a telling off for taking cobbles off the beach up near the Gratziella
Quote from: blondegirl on August 06, 2007, 05:43:38 PM
We saw the beach being raked and the girls (one of them was Jagorda from the galini) were brushing the sun beds, this was the last block of studios just before the cliff path. Perhaps each "carer" of sun beds look after their own patch. Jagorda is going out with Tom the blonde guy who looks after them to the right of the jetty.
i dunno about arillas,but when i went to san steph beach lsast year there was a little man raking the sand,also a digger loading seaweeded sand into a lorry,interesting about jagorda:she must've dumped kostas as they were disappearing eveery 30 mons last year at the galini !
I know, when we stayed at the Galini it was the same. We met her with Tom and she told us they are getting married and wont be back next year. I think it has been too quiet up there for her this year.
Does Pedros operate a sunbed and parasol hire franchise, on a particular part of the beach?
If so, then keeping the area clean is normally part of the contract.
We certainly never have the attitude of "If it's his job to clean it, we'll give him some reason to clean up, by littering"
We'll no doubt see him when we come in September 2007 :-)
Quote from: James W on August 11, 2007, 09:59:57 AM
Does Pedros operate a sunbed and parasol hire franchise, on a particular part of the beach?
Yes, Pedros works the beach to the left of the jetty. He keeps it clean, raking and removing rubbish, he always has a big smile and welcome for us.
When we were there at the end of June there was a lot of seaweed to the left of the jetty, a tractor could be seen most days digging the seaweed away. One day, there was a strongish wind in the opposite direction, the seaweed was washed away completely and didn't return! The sea also turned much colder but, with ambient temperatures of over 40C it didn't matter!