Not many readers will have failed to notice the irony of the front page of last week’s Observer: a masthead proclaiming “Free magazine – The Great British Seaside”, and underneath: “20,000: the major sewage leaks total in past decade”. Then open the supplement to read “The water’s lovely… come on in’ – but only in Rachel Cooke’s “glory days”!
Elizabeth Adams
London N22
Anita Sethi is right to praise North Landing, Yorkshire, for its loveliness (“Oh I do like to be beside the seaside”). However, it is not “off the beaten track and quite unknown”. An hourly bus runs from Bridlington to North Landing, where there are two cafes, a fish and chip van, ice-cream van, large car park and toilets. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust runs popular birdwatching trips from the beach in traditional fishing boats. The beach also featured in the finale of the 2016 film version of Dad’s Army.
Virginia Schroder
Bridlington, East Yorkshire
