The disappearing river

The purpose of a river is to drain water into the sea and this it does with great determination, not even the pebble dunes of Pwlldu are a sufficient barrier. The river just makes its way underneath!

The job of the men was to extract the limestone from the cliffs by means of explosives and crowbars, a very precarious and dangerous job. Gravity was of great assistance in getting the rocks down to sea level and it was there that the women broke up the stone and loaded it on to the boats waiting on the beach. The rising tide floated them off to start their journey back to the West Country.