Summer is almost upon us and some rather proactive people are already staking out their beachfront territory at Ramla Bay in Gozo, as can be seen by these photographs sent in by a concerned reader.

There are at least five campsites set up in the area, which contain archaeological remains parts of which lie within or close to protected Natura 2000 site.

While the camps being set up are not large in size, they are of questionable legality, and are reminiscent of a similar situation at Gozo's San Blas Bay back in 2014, when a campsite had been set up and its removal had been ordered by the Planning Authority.