Our apartment is in a small complex set around a small C-shaped pool and flowering oleander. It’s cosy and quiet and only a block from the beach.
It’s owned and run by a much bigger hotel that sits right behind us. We had to check in there and the concierge told us we were free to use the hotel facilities as well.
I popped over yesterday with Daisy to check out their pool. I noted that the most popular facilities were day-old copies of the Sun and Mirror, an Elvis impersonator on later that night (sold out!) and an on-site skincare consultant.
The skincare consultant announced herself to everyone sizzling on their sunbeds using a portable microphone and amplifer. She had sunbleached hair that looked like straw and the complexion and texture of a dried up prune. I suspect she hadn’t slipped, slopped or slapped a day in her life.
So I guess I wasn’t too surprised when she didn’t admonish the spit-roasting guests for spending too long in the sun. Or warn them about the danger of Melanomas.
Instead she offered tanning programs that delivered deeper, longer-lasting tans and various oils and ungents that would turn their red skin brown.
‘And don’t use anything more than 20+ on your kids,’ she warned darkly. ‘Their tans won’t last more than a week.’
She looked at Daisy and me, in our UV vests and hats, like we were a pair of circus freaks.
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Hi Peter. So I take it you never watched the rugby game today between the British Lions and the Springboks? We (The Boks)won, although personally I think the Lions should have won as per overall performance! Speaking of shades of orange, I am currently reading ‘Vroom By The Sea’, really enjoying it, but what I wanto mention is that my friend has just received a retro style Lavazza Espresso machine as a gift, and by the description she gave me, it is a similar bright orange shade as ‘Marcello’ (The Vespa) – and possibly a similar shade to the poor woman in the beaty salon you mentioned!Needless to say, hearing about this espresso machine immediately made me think of ‘Marcello’!
I think the story about some Scots using chip oil to improve their tans (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/5730557/Scots-using-chip-fat-instead-of-sun-cream.html) says a lot about the attitude to the sun in the UK. Unless they come back from their holidays lobster red then they feel short changed.