Ms Bunting has travelled to 40 different seaside destinations and warns that the popular of this iconic Cornish town means it is best avoided at particular times.
and warnings over sewage being discharged into the sea. water companies are allowed to do this in certain circumstances but the issue has caused anger among people using the beaches regularly and one of the popular destinations that has been affected is cornwall s harlyn bay. in the two months between mid june and mid august, there have been 13 discharges of sewage into the sea there. that equates to one release of sewage nearly every five days in an area which is popular with swimmers and surfers. eight of these discharges occurred injuly alone and one surfer has described his experience after he went to the beach following a release of sewage. the whole area was just smelling of excrement. you could smell it in the air. i am an experienced surfer and
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know the risks and took the risk that day and went for a surf and went home that evening and for 18 hours straight i was headed down the toilet bowl and sitting on the toilet. the pain was incredible. i have never felt anything like it. unfortunately, i had a heart attack while surfing this time last year. and hand on heart, i would rather the pain from a heart attack than the pain from a heart attack than the pain from a heart attack than the pain i went through 18 hours that day. south west water, which carried out the discharges, said heavy rainfall meant storm overflows had to be used to release sewage into the sea. it says this is an essential way to stop homes and businesses from flooding, but added that it is spending up to £800,000 to try to reduce the number of releases at harlyn bay. joining us is the liberal democrats environment spokesman, tim farron. good morning. we heard the evidence and saw the evidence. what is it you