A sandcastle that was built to mark 100 days until the start of the Olympics, had to be demolished within hours of being built because of health and safety fears.
The castle on Weymouth beach took four days to build and cost £5,000, but once photographs were taken for publicity purposes, it was destroyed by a mechanical digger.
Olympic organisers Locog paid for the structure, but feared that it could topple onto somebody and injure them.
They also considered fencing in the sandcastle, but that would have required the employment of security guards to make sure nobody tried to get too close to it.
Instead, Weymouth and Portland borough council, who will host the sailing event at the Games, said that the motivation for building the castle was simply to gain an 'iconic photo image.'
Too silly for current affairs, and I really don't want to start another debate on the lunacy of Health & Safety regulations, but I post all of the above for no better reason than to quote a marvellous comment someone made:
wont be long before beaches are closed as they are near the sea and someone may fall in the water
