Enquiries are being made into the phenomenon that is the "shingle walkabout" on Camber Sands.
No one seems to know why the shingle is stretching itself from the shingle bank in front of the houses in The Suttons at Camber and moving towards and in front of the two cafes by the central car park in the village.
Normally we are a southwesterly windy place and that would mean the shingle would be heading towards Jurys Gap, the army site and Dungeness.
I will attempt to find out more. Please contact Rye News if you have an explanation (or comment below).
[Editor's note: Sand blowing off the dunes and into the car park, around the cafes and blocking up drains and gutters is a problem Rye News has reported on before - but shingle on the march is a new one. It is tempting however to wonder whether all the work the Environment Agency has been doing on the beach has had any unexpected consequences?]
Photo courtesy of the Environment Agency
