Had an early run this morning from centre of Port down to
Can Cuarassa and back, and it's not looking too good. The guys who run the sun beds etc. are doing what they can, but there's only a few of them, and only so much one can do in a day.
From the old Katy's Bar down as far as the Taxi Rank, things are virtually back to normal. A large tree went down just in front of
Corb Mari, and a smaller one opposite the Dania, and both were removed yesterday, and two chaps from the
Sis Pins spent practically all of Thursday afternoon removing the sand, (which appeared to be about a foot deep in places) from the concrete sunbathing area in front of Cappachinos.
From the roundabout to about the
Hotel Uyel/Tammerells area, the beach is looking OK, although there are still stacks of sun beds drying out, and quite a few of the umbrellas have had to be removed. However, from here right the way down past the new Can Joseph, there's still a lot of work needed. Some sun bed are still buried and there's huge mounds of sand piled up at the waters edge, together with what must literally be tons of seaweed all the way along the beach, (from the promenade looking across to the sea, it's hard to distinguish the sand from the seaweed, it's so thick in places).
Another problem is a rather unpleasant smell developing, which could originate from the seaweed, although someone I spoke to thought it could be dead fish, or possibly the drainage system may have been blocked, or damaged in some areas. There are of course, several JCB's, lorries and cranes with lifting gear on larges trucks spread all along the area, but it would appear the clean-up is far from over. I would stress though, that I saw all of this some eight or nine hours ago, so the situation could be much improved by now.
In fact, what is really required is probably a few more bodies to help the overall operation. I stood and watched two of the guys digging out sun beds yesterday, and believe me, it's' not an easy or quick job.