Yes I know, I know. Friends and family back in the UK have been saying about Storm Dennis, Storm Laura, Ciara whatever…I even had my mother-in-law on the phone the other day reading the whole list of storm names that were due…”Oh I’ve got to write them all down because I’m old and I’ll forget the na-yyy-mes otherwise” she moaned.

Have you. 

 

Anyway, as we are coming up to March we really feel the difference weather-wise now – you really get the sense of summer being well and truly on its way. The past couple of months have been sketchy but overall mostly nice. You get a run of sun which includes naked sunbathers on the beach and even (gasp) swimming in the sea, followed by the odd day of cloud and coldness then back to sun again. Not bad really considering it’s supposed to be winter. 

 

We didn’t get much rain in February, just a couple of days when a storm came. Whenever we get a storm here, the phone rings and it’s the local newspaper reporter asking if she can speak to Steve – he’s her resident weather reporter for Vera Playa beach now: “storm’s passed – the beach is still here, Laura” (real name withheld to protect the innocent!) is his usual reply followed by a photo she can use for the paper. It’s good to be of use to the old journos. 

 

Paying guests that have been in VP at this time of year have been quite surprised to find the weather here in the dead of winter to be similar to a mild English/Northern European summer and have taken the opportunity to drive out into the mountains and enjoy the beautiful almond blossom, carnivals and of course Andalucía day not to mention stopping for lunch at one of the traditional Spanish restaurants for a menú del día. Perfect! Of course this all has to be scheduled in between sunbathing sessions! Good reasons to think about VP for next winter if you want to break up a long cold and harsh winter – get in touch and we’ll be happy to help. 

 

Back on the beach, the town hall have been doing out of season maintenance works around the naturist zone…mending pathways, cutting trees, cleaning the streets – all good work to keep the naturist zone looking and feeling special. 

 

Remember the mystery running man being pursued by a drone in my last blog? Well, those lovely people at la pita y el pitaco were kind enough to send us a video of the Vera town hall’s unveiling of their video promoting Vera Beaches and naturism at a special tourism seminar in Madrid last month. The full promo video can be viewed on their FB page and you should recognise the stone groyne by the naturist hotel! Well done la pita y el pitaco. We look forward to seeing you on the beach in the summer! 

 

And what about you? Will you be on the VP beach this summer? Be sure to say ‘hi’ if you are…it’s only round the corner now. Bring it on!