During the summer we set up this space for convenience and to welcome families who like to come to the river. Ours is a group of 7 or 8 people: we live in this small town and we go down to the river to play cards, eat all together and spend the day with friends. But the space we prepare is still open to everyone.
I take care of the basin every year by putting stones and nylon at the beginning of the season and at the end of the summer I remove both the nylon and any other object, otherwise it would be swept away by the floods of the river, polluting it. It is a cure that costs me no effort and I do it with pleasure. Then a little further up we also have tables and braziers for grilling. In reality, the place where we prepare the space to be comfortable changes every year: it depends on how the river has dragged the debris and moved the rocks. The basin always remains in the usual spot, but in May we check which is the most suitable space to prepare the small beach. It is a local tradition: I remember it as a child, even if before it was more limited to locals or neighboring countries. Now, with the photographs posted on the internet, they come from all over. Sometimes they also come for wedding photographs, other times they come to do photo shoots for summer costumes…
– Roberto Biagi, organizer of “Robè Beach”, a little pool along Renara Channel.
