Our local paper The Narberth and Whitland Observer has for the last few months been printing letters of genuine concerns regards the disappearance of the sand off Tenby’s South Beach.

As a child during or soon after the second world war, it was an annual treat to visit Tenby and spend the day on its fine beaches.

We would prefer to play on the North Beach as the sand was moist and better to build castles with. The South Beach sand was plentiful and very deep, but always very dry, as during the summer the sea water did not come up over the sand on each daily tide; therefore it got into every nook and corner if you sat and played on it. Because of this drier nature, it is rather more prone to be blown about by prevailing offshore winds.

I am not very familiar with the town in general these days, but without any intended malice, I believe that each winter the Shanleys car park fills up with this wind blown dry sand, always naturally one way off the beach.

I understand that each spring this wayward sand has been cleared away by whoever is or was responsible for the upkeep of the much used car park, so these people know full well where this sand has gone.

It is apparent to me over many years, that it has been cheaper to sell or give it to a contractor for the taking, rather than putting it back on the beach where it belongs naturally; a fine example of being penny wise and pound foolish.

I believe that these are true facts. If so, the culprits responsible for its supposed mysterious disappearance can easily be identified