Well, stone me!

Say it isn't so - my darling wife was a putative criminal!  Whenever we went on holiday to the seaside - home or abroad - she would pick a stone from the beach and bring it home as a memento.  Never thought anything about it, but now it appears that - in this country at least - it's against the law to do so.  The relevant legislation is the Coastal Protection Act of 1949 and, as the name suggests, the purpose is to protect the coast from erosion.  Well, I won't tell if you don't!