The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth . se or cycle. They have tallcliffs and tidal caves to back them too, and manygreen approaches, through sea cwms, as oneranges west toward Marros. The village has nogreat accommodation for visitors, but the inevitablebungalow has made an entry now. If you approach Pendine by the upper roadfrom St. Clears, through Eglwys Cymmyn, youhave a formidable descent to make from thehigh grounds on the eastern side of MarrosMountain. To the wheelman this is likely toprove a snare, if he is continuing his road to avoid the huge ascent back t
The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth . se or cycle. They have tallcliffs and tidal caves to back them too, and manygreen approaches, through sea cwms, as oneranges west toward Marros. The village has nogreat accommodation for visitors, but the inevitablebungalow has made an entry now. If you approach Pendine by the upper roadfrom St. Clears, through Eglwys Cymmyn, youhave a formidable descent to make from thehigh grounds on the eastern side of MarrosMountain. To the wheelman this is likely toprove a snare, if he is continuing his road to avoid the huge ascent back to thehigh-road, I tried to ride the sands round to thenext corner, but only to find the tide coming upat a hand-gallop ; and finally I had to make anignominious return, hauling the machine over theboulders and through salt water ; and the adven-ture, amusing in the recollection, was a trying tides at Pendine make a considerable difference,you will find, to your resources if you stay there,as they cut off the approach to the cliffs and caves. a 0 1 a RHYD-Y-GORS, LAUGHARNE, PENDINE 249 by the beach round Dolwen Point. There is afootpath over the cliff shoulder, however, whichyou can take from the cliff road above the SpringWell. Pendine used to be a favourite spot for thefarmers to visit on their holiday-after-harvest fete,and it was a common thing to see numbers of gigs,carts, and dogcarts drawn up at the inns. The oldroad to Laugharne, skirting the burrows, was avery rough one. The Laugharne Waggon, fiftyyears ago, was drawn by three horses abreast, andneeded it, especially on market-days. The Pendine Cliffs end at Gilmin Point; thename is said to be due to the fact that formerly,during the time of religious persecution, peopleused to assemble here for divine worship ; on oneoccasion a preacher named Gilman stood at theentrance of the cave, called the pulpit, andpreached to a thousand people. Beacons Hill,over Gilmin Point, is so called from lights havingformerly been
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