A crowded beach

Source A: an original contemporary non-fiction-style account.

“We reached the beach by train at ten on a warm Sunday. The council had installed three recycling stations along the promenade, and volunteers were handing out small bags for litter. My daughter wanted to build a sandcastle near the steps, where the sand was damp. By noon, towels covered almost every dry patch. The crowd was cheerful, but crossing it required the careful route-planning of a person carrying a very full cup.

It is easy to photograph a crowded beach and declare it ruined by people. I was one of those people, grateful for a day beside the sea that did not require an expensive holiday. The problem was not that families wanted space; it was that the bins filled before lunch and the only drinking tap had stopped working. By evening, the tide was collecting what the arrangements had failed to contain. Personal responsibility matters: nobody needs permission to take an empty bottle home. But public places need services sized for the public that actually arrives, not for the neat, empty photograph in a brochure.”

Source B: an original nineteenth-century-style letter or account, written for practice; this is not an archival document.

“Our excursion train delivered us to the coast with several hundred others, all apparently seized by the same desire for solitude. The bathing machines stood in a crowded row, and the sand between them was occupied by families guarding parcels, boots and small territories with great determination. I had intended to contemplate the sea. For the first hour I contemplated a stranger's umbrella, which had placed itself firmly between us.

Yet I cannot join those who complain that the shore has become common. Common enjoyment is not necessarily inferior enjoyment. The clerk who has spent six days beside a ledger may have as much need of the horizon as the gentleman who can hire a carriage at will. What deserves complaint is the meagre provision for so many visitors: too few conveniences, too little clean water and no clear arrangement for the refuse that collects behind the wall. We have made the journey available and neglected the arrival. The remedy is not to send the crowd home, but to receive it properly.”

Refer to both sources. Infer the differences in the difficulties experienced by visitors at the beaches. Write a summary supported by details from both sources.