Wood from a cargo ship that hit stormy water earlier on in the week has been washed on the shores of Kent. Thousands of tonnes of the sawn timber started to come ashore throughout Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Much to the amazement of the people who lived there, they woke up only to see scattered remains of timber that people are more than welcome to steal and make their own classic bedroom furniture.
The work force which are responsible for clearing all of the mess were absolutely baffled with what to do with all of the wood and were told to wait for further instructions.Despite the extreme conditions and biting winds, people braved the weather to get a look at the very bizarre scenes. Even my old man had told me that we should take a trip over to Kent and get some wood for making our own furniture.
The timber fell from the Russian registered naval vessel the Sinegorsk in the Chanel on Monday, 14 miles off of New Haven, Sussex. Around 1,500 tonnes are thought to have gone overboard into the deep blue sea while it was sailing from Alexandra in Egypt from Oskarshamn in Sweden. The cargo apparently still belongs to the original owner and Kent Police have warned that any attempts to remove any of what has been washed up to be treated as theft. Although they have stated the stipulations people have still gone down to the seaside and taken various bits of wood. Normally, people go down to the seaside at night and steal the timber. Though, now the police have been called to keep an eye on all of timber and protect it from being stolen.
This is the second time that wood has washed up on the shores of a Sussex beach. At a very similar time last year, Worthing was subject to the same treatment as a cargo ship spilled out a load of wood that people simply helped themselves to.