Article: 'It's not much different from Ibiza and the sand is nicer here.'Genevieve Fox on the petty snobberies behind the windbreaks on Britain's beaches

"I don't get buried often," says a young dad just as his turquoise trunks disappear beneath a final fistful of sand administered by a smiling daughter. Becky, seven, is burying her father, who has dug his own grave. The two of them, along with Becky's brother, Lawrence, 11, are taking it in turns to be interned up to their necks. Mum, grandma and grandad look on, approvingly.

Becky's family have brought their caravan down to Abersoch, north Wales, from Liverpool. They usually take their English holiday in the Lake District but they felt like a change. "We've just come from Ibiza," explains Becky's father. "It's not much different and the sand is nicer here," he says, running a handful ...

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