Talk:Southwold
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[edit] What large stones?
"Long shore drift causes the large stones broken off the cliffs to the north to become pebbles along the beach." The cliffs in this region are made out of earth, not stone. You'd have to go hundreds of miles north to find stone cliffs. The writer may have thought that the large rocks or stones which have been placed on the beach in many places in East Anglia are natural: in fact they have been placed there as a defense against coastal erosion and have been transported by man from hundreds or thousands of miles away.
I also find the comment saying there are different proportions of sand/shingle over the year doubtful as I've never heard of this before, but I could be wrong.
