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INSIDE STORY: The mirror and decorations in this ruined
beach hut open to the elements
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SUNDAY afternoon in Milford on Sea and the day-trippers
sitting on the sea wall soaking up the sunshine could be forgiven for not
believing what they see on the front page of the Mail on Sunday.
Forsaking the flim-flam of politics or the tittle-tattle of
celebrity the MoS leads with - Shock! Horror! - a news story and Milford is the
main image on the page.
Friday night's storm ravaged its way into the Marine
restaurant, scattering diners as water and wind-blown shingle smashed windows
and sent them scurrying for safety.
Fast-forward 36 hours and life could not be more benign on
the south coast. It's always busy down here at weekends but the
headline-grabbing events and sunny day brought the sightseers down in their
hundreds if not thousands.
They saw that the intrepid hi-viz men of New Forest District
Council and the hastily drafted in muscle of the Signals Regiment from Fulford
near York (are there no soldiers nearer?) have pulled off an amazing clean-up
effort.
There's still much to do, but the beach-side paths are clear
and the car parks ready to receive the paying public (every day, all year,
incidentally).
- BY THE BOARD: the devastated Marine Restaurant now boarded up and weather-tight
MISSING LINK: Some beach huts survived the pounding...some did not
- ANYONE FOR BONFIRE NIGHT? Debris piles up on the beach
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- STAND (SIT?) EASY: Soldiers from the Royal Signals grab a lunch break
