Police move campers from Anderby Creek

Villagers were horrified when they saw the group, believed to be from Leicester, setting up a tent on the beach on Thursday.

Coun Graham Fisher, of Anderby Parish Council, said: "The had come down for the Bank Holiday and we had to call in the police to move them.

"We have a lot of elderly people in Anderby Creek and they were terrified the campers may have brought the virus with them"

Lincolnshire Police said: "We were called about some people setting up for a picnic around 2.40pm on Thursday and spoke to two motorcyclists who were not from the local area and they left the area.

"This is within our policy of engaging with people, explaining the policy and encouraging them to comply."

Extra police were drafted in along the coast over the weekend to ensure situations like did not happen.

However, beach patrols did not quite go as planned when an off-road buggy was swept out to sea.

Police were responding to reports on Saturday of a group of people heading up to Ingoldmells beach for a walk.

However, the vehicle got stuck but were unable to recover it before it was swept out to sea in the evening.

Insp Matt Bennison said: “The vehicle had been patrolling our beaches following a large number of reports that people had travelled from outside of the county for a walk on the beach.

“Unfortunately the vehicle couldn’t be recovered and was taken out to sea. We are working on recovering the vehicle.”