In her article last week Laura Sonier rightly criticises the inadequate control of dog-fouling in Eastbourne. Dog control is also inadequate on Eastbourne beaches.
It is a condition of the Blue Beach award that dogs are banned from May to September between the Pier and Wish Tower beaches, but the notices to this effect are often flouted.
The lifeguards do their best but they have no real authority and go off d
uty at 4 pm.
On May 10 there were dogs on the Blue Award beaches at 7pm: just one incident out of many.
The notices also ban barbecues, yet on the evening of May 10 there was a crowd with several very smoky barbecues on beach 27, and a small barbecue on beach 28 at 5 pm on May 11. Both beaches are in the Blue area.
All this could lead to Eastbourne losing its Blue Beach status, so urgent measures are needed - in particular a beach patrol until nightfall, as has had such great success in Hove.
John Rigby, Meads Road, Eastbourne.We spent two lovely days on an Eastbourne beach, spoilt by dog fouling.
The first day a dog fouled several times in front of us, and very near a gentleman's clothing while he was in the sea. The owners took no notice at all.
The second day I just couldn't believe my eyes. Two dogs with one owner performed right beside us, while we were having our picnic. The owner did say sorry and cleaned it up leaving quite a lot of it behind. What happens if children play and pick up the stones or sit on it? We never did finish our picnic, by then we were really put off.
Mrs D Drew, Sovereign Harbour NorthThe full article contains 298 words and appears in n/a newspaper.
