I don’t usually like to ‘name and shame’ about this sort of thing because the tourism industry is struggling enough as it is, but Southend Seafront was an utter disgrace today. We travelled all the way down here to take the kids to the beach, and imagine our frustration when we arrived and they weren’t able to have a paddle in the sea because for some reason it was miles away from the bloody beach! I asked someone what the hell was going on and apparently the water is only there for two periods every day and they change the times literally every day as well - surely it would make more sense to always have it at the same time if they absolutely have to share the water with other places because of the shortage due to the heatwave. No wonder so many people are going abroad for their holidays nowadays. More broken Britain. What’s the point in having the longest pier in the world if it’s on top of sand and mud?