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Our favourite beach has been destroyed

16 September 2023

9:00 AM

16 September 2023

9:00 AM

‘Ukraine Family – Welcome You,’ said the ungrammatical sign at the entrance to the car park of our favourite West Sussex beach.

We had arrived for a sentimental visit that might be our last here if the house sale goes through. But Climping was unrecognisable.

Oh, there was the sea, milky blue and churning, beneath a deep blue sky.

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