Beach walking

Yesterday my husband and I were walking from Guardamar towards El Moncayo along the beach/paddling when a fishhook with weight attached became embedded in my husband's foot resulting in medics/ambulance taking us to the health centre to have it removed - very painful. We cannot fault the attention we received from the lifeguard, ambulance and the many mainly Spanish people who came to our assistance whilst we were waiting for the medics. My husband foot is sore and he is hobbling but hopefully it will heal and be fine in a few days. We are just wondering if it was a case of our bad luck or is this a common occurrence as it could have much more serious consequences had it happened to a child.

This could have happend wherever you are I am sorry this happend to your husband but why would you think this would be a common occurrence! it is actualy better to wear some form of footwear as weaver fish can also cause problems even in the UK!

Hope he is OK

Yes maybe, it's just that the Spanish people who came to our assistance were very uncomplimentary about night fishermen being careless. He is ok thanks, hobbling but am sure in a few days will be fine.

Unfortunately if it was night fishermen, it was probably just an accident, even with a good light source, it isn't always easy to find something dropped in the dark.