Five grands worth of Olympic castle made of building sand is demolished

After spending £5,000 on a sandcastle to mark the 100-day countdown to the Olympics, it was demolished soon after by organisers through health and safety fears.

The 13-foot high castle, which took four days to build, was demolished by a mechanical digger as soon as the publicity photos were taken.

Organisers claimed keeping the castle on the beach in Weymouth, Dorset – which is designated to host Olympic sailing events -  would have meant hiring 24-hour security staff in case it toppled over and trapped a child under the building sand.

However, locals described the castle, built by sand sculptor Mark Anderson and funded by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic  Games, as a waste of time and money.

April 23, 2012 at 1:19 am | Building sand |
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