Bureaucracy stops annual amber hunt at Southwold!

An annual amber hunt attracting 400 children has been axed because of safety restrictions.

Children had paid £1 each to search the beach at Southwold, Suffolk, for 12 pieces of resin left by Robin and Astrid Fournel.

No child has ever been hurt in seven years but the Fournels were told they needed to complete a risk assessment, have extra marshals and £5,000,000 public liability insurance.

'Perhaps the coast is no longer safe due to the lack of sea defences! . . . So what's next? . . . Are they going to stop kids building sandcastles because they have not got planning permission?"
– blog-ed