Every city has its eccentrics, none more so than London. One of the city’s great characters is Ron, otherwise known as The Beach Captain. He descends on London’s South Bank every day and makes sand sculptures on the beach of the River Thames (yes, it has a beach!). Over the best part of a decade the Beach Captain has become a fixture on the South Bank and people make special visits to see what he is creating on any particular day. There is a certain canniness to him as he ensures, through a variety of beach side games, that people can make a contribution to the creation of his art but this is never going to make him a millionaire!
The Beach Captain was created by
Tom Akerman, a freelance camera operator and editor based in South London. It is done with great fondness for Ron and his way of life and let’s face it: there should always be room for people like the South Bank’s Beach Captain on this planet!
