“They said they were “shocked” adults “stood by” for several hours as the pit was dug.”
Shocked? A bunch of blokes standing around a hole being dug on a beach, and discussing said hole is a manly tradition. Yes maybe they should have filled it in after, or better yeah dug it closer to the sea so the sea does it.
jrizzle86 on
Men digging holes on a beach is the second oldest profession
True-Horse353 on
If I want to dig nonstop and establish a subterranean civilisation on the sodding beach I should be allowed to. This country is going to the dogs.
MrSpindles on
We used to dig holes at the beach as kids, then one summer our uncle’s family came to visit and when we went to the beach they pulled out full size shovels for my uncle and cousins and dug an enormous trench system, 6 feet deep and wide, perhaps 100 feet by 50 in a maze like pattern.
My brother and I just kind of looked at our pathetic little plastic buckets and spades and never dug a hole at the beach again.
Nearby-Percentage867 on
It’s so deep in the British male DNA – we all yearn to return to the earth.
Thank god this was nationally reported. I will avoid accidentally walking to Polzeath from Somerset today.
Goth-Detective on
Actually,, always pondered this but never asked: Why are there seemingly so many place names in Cornwall that sound quite distinctly not English? Penzance, Truro, Polzeath, Polperro, Marazion and several more. Some of them sound like they’d be more naturally found in Spain or Italy. Are they connected to the Cornish language or something?
Digging holes in sand is actually extremely dangerous.
The sides are quick to collapse, far quicker than your ability to free yourself of it, and it can be extremely difficult to retrieve the person once they are buried. Its basically a body recovery.
During my engineering degree we were warned repeatedly about the dangers of unsupported excavations/trenches in loose sediments like sand.
Digging holes on beaches that are above head height is a really easy way to get killed.
innocentusername1984 on
This could have been me, I always go to Polzeath each year and dig a massive hole while my kids look on in awe.
Don’t think I’ve ever reached 6ft, maybe 5ft?
Then I leave and the other kids just arriving swoop in to marvel at the hole and try and add to it.
This is a massive no no now is it?
This is what the adults did when I was a kid…
Bananasonfire on
Christ, nobody’s ever gonna top that, are they?
“I once dug a hole at the beach so deep they put up a danger warning and the BBC reported on it!”
ideasplace on
We went there this summer. The people there are so posh I don’t believe they know what a spade actually is let alone how to use one.
JayR_97 on
Really? This warrants an article? Must be a slow news day.
JosiesSon77 on
Is this an April fool article?
Jesus, when I was a lad we always used to dig big holes, usually at Hunstanton beach, if someone came along and fell in then everyone in the vicinity cracked up, nowadays it’d be on the phone to a lawyer.
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Seems a little overdramatic to me.
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“They said they were “shocked” adults “stood by” for several hours as the pit was dug.”
Shocked? A bunch of blokes standing around a hole being dug on a beach, and discussing said hole is a manly tradition. Yes maybe they should have filled it in after, or better yeah dug it closer to the sea so the sea does it.
Men digging holes on a beach is the second oldest profession
If I want to dig nonstop and establish a subterranean civilisation on the sodding beach I should be allowed to. This country is going to the dogs.
We used to dig holes at the beach as kids, then one summer our uncle’s family came to visit and when we went to the beach they pulled out full size shovels for my uncle and cousins and dug an enormous trench system, 6 feet deep and wide, perhaps 100 feet by 50 in a maze like pattern.
My brother and I just kind of looked at our pathetic little plastic buckets and spades and never dug a hole at the beach again.
It’s so deep in the British male DNA – we all yearn to return to the earth.
[Is this the hole?](https://img.ifunny.co/images/569d0bf697ac37f3682645319f1e2bc74956c01600a7599d90d744d92cc8b759_1.jpg)
Thank god this was nationally reported. I will avoid accidentally walking to Polzeath from Somerset today.
Actually,, always pondered this but never asked: Why are there seemingly so many place names in Cornwall that sound quite distinctly not English? Penzance, Truro, Polzeath, Polperro, Marazion and several more. Some of them sound like they’d be more naturally found in Spain or Italy. Are they connected to the Cornish language or something?
Why do I think instantly of this… https://youtu.be/yShvgXZQBTs?si=u7xfAC2e24SvjmH6
Digging holes in sand is actually extremely dangerous.
The sides are quick to collapse, far quicker than your ability to free yourself of it, and it can be extremely difficult to retrieve the person once they are buried. Its basically a body recovery.
During my engineering degree we were warned repeatedly about the dangers of unsupported excavations/trenches in loose sediments like sand.
Digging holes on beaches that are above head height is a really easy way to get killed.
This could have been me, I always go to Polzeath each year and dig a massive hole while my kids look on in awe.
Don’t think I’ve ever reached 6ft, maybe 5ft?
Then I leave and the other kids just arriving swoop in to marvel at the hole and try and add to it.
This is a massive no no now is it?
This is what the adults did when I was a kid…
Christ, nobody’s ever gonna top that, are they?
“I once dug a hole at the beach so deep they put up a danger warning and the BBC reported on it!”
We went there this summer. The people there are so posh I don’t believe they know what a spade actually is let alone how to use one.
Really? This warrants an article? Must be a slow news day.
Is this an April fool article?
Jesus, when I was a lad we always used to dig big holes, usually at Hunstanton beach, if someone came along and fell in then everyone in the vicinity cracked up, nowadays it’d be on the phone to a lawyer.
Sad times.
[immediately thought of this](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_S8mNiIdVQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)
Group of men dig hole on beach. Beachgoers should take care not to fall down hole on beach.
Wait until these people find out about rip currents. How this made it on to the BBC is beyond me.
> It’s less than 10m from a licensed premises
Phew, imagine if it was, and hear me out, *unlicensed*
BBC surprised people dig a hole on the beach