Ten o’clock this morning and the Guardia Civil were down on avenida Castilla Perez, at the junction with calle Diputacion, bagging-up all the fish being offered for sale by the regular street vendors.
Discounting the theory that the Guardia Civil fancied a big breakfast fry-up, either the fish were deemed to be immature or too small – they looked pretty normal size – or there is a crack-down on street trading. The veggie sellers quickly removed their wares from the kerbside and stood watching proceedings.
These street sellers have been around for, well, as long as I can remember and I cannot recall them ever being troubled in the past as they just try to eke out a small living by selling their catch.