Visitors to a beach saw a strange sight this week. The beach was covered in French fries ("chips" in British English). Thousands of bags of chips washed up on a beach in England. The bags were in containers that fell off ships. Bad weather caused three of the containers to fall into the sea. Tides carried one of the containers to the shore. A local man found the chips. He said: "From a distance, it looked like the golden sand of a Caribbean beach, but on closer inspection, we saw not just the chips, but chip bags." He said the chips were 75 cm deep in some places.

Many volunteers went to the beach to help clean it up. The local man said the chips were a danger to the environment. He said: "Removing the plastic bags is a priority." He is worried about seals that live near the beach. He said: "If the seals see the bags, they will...try to eat them." A local official warned people to be careful if they go to the beach. She said: "Some of the food items washing on to the shoreline may be harmful." She asked people to report any new food. The chip spill is the second such event recently. Last month, thousands of bananas washed ashore.