AUGUST 2023

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 September 2023 10:22 Written by Paul Tassell Thursday, 14 September 2023 10:22

August was an extremely hot month even for Tenerife standards.
The weather caused a lot of problems on the islands, not least the worst forest fires here for forty years. Other islands had problems also but not as bad as here in Tenerife. This week the authorities have announced the fire is now under control but it will be several weeks before it is fully extinguished. However travelling around the perimeter of the islands to Santa Cruz there’s no sign of where the fires are but travel up the mountain is still restricted and a lot of areas are still a no go area.

The complex was fairly busy throughout the month and we got to see a lot of old faces and new. The situation with the sun beds now is that you just go to the pile and help yourself but please only put towels on the beds when you want to use them do not reserve in the morning to use later in the day as was the case on some days, there are plenty of beds and if you do reserve we will remove towels to allow other people to use them. Also please make sure the parasols are closed when not in use as a sudden gust of wind takes them over the wall.

We are having problems with the front gate lock, the company that supplied the security barrels for the entrance and post area gates has ceased trading and we are struggling to source new barrels for the locks. We are using our last one now so only the front gate is locked and not the post area. Two of the old barrels have been sent to a company
for repair which we hope will be successful and a further company in Germany trying to source new barrels, hopefully we will resolve this problem shortly.

Although it has been a lot better this holiday period we still had some people at the pool with inflatables and glasses in the pool area, if you have someone going to your apartment who hasn’t been there before please explain the rules as this is very unfair on owners who do follow the rules and in fact the law in Spain. We do have copies of the complex rules if you require a new one.

I will be spending a few days in the UK early next month but Steve will be about if you have a problem, he will be taking the committee meeting on October 5th.

It has cooled a bit now here in Tenerife and we are getting back to our normal weather I hope, we have even had a few spells of rain at last on the island.
Take care
Regards Paul