The massage tent is back on the beach and seems as popular as ever with our guests who just love to have their aches and pains eased away while hearing the gentle lapping of the waves on the shore. 

The infamous cash machine in the new plaza has been tested by yours truly – it works but unless you belong to certain Spanish banks, it charges a small fee to take out cash. You can make the transaction, wait for it to tell you the charge, then cancel before confirming the translation if you feel that a Euro (as we did) is more like daylight (bank) robbery.

We went out for dinner last night with some friends to a restaurant called ‘Paso Doble’ – we’ve been before and we always say we should go more often. What’s different about Paso Doble is that although there is a really good selection of naturist beach bars and cafes in the naturist zone, Paso Doble is a proper formal restaurant. So if you fancy a formal dinner of an evening but want to stay in the Naturist zone and be clothes free, then this is the perfect venue. You can go a la carte, but their menu del dia or noche (daytime or evening menu) is only 15€ for three courses including a glass of wine – good huh?

Today, we took a drive north of Vera Playa along the stunning coast road. All along this route, you can drive down little tracks and find hidden coves and often have the whole place to yourself. We took our camping chairs and had a packed lunch on the shore line. Something different if you fancy.

So, during the months of April and May we have already had six sets of guests who are regular returners and the rest have been newbies. Steve sends the guests a quick “everything ok?” text the morning after they arrive and much to our delight, the response has been along the lines of “everything’s great, can we book for next year please?” Love that.

We’ve already had some great reviews for 2018, which is always very nice indeed, plus some pretty nice photos of sunrises courtesy of some early risers. You can see the reviews here. 

Away from the beach we took another trip to the cactus place down in Nijar and watched the sun go down over the backdrop of cacti while a jazz band played gently over the warm breeze – it's not such a bad life in paradise, eh?