I’ve been asked to produce a panoramic view of the Worms Head when the tide is out. This is to assist fellow NCI (National Coastwatch Institution) members when approached by members of the public reporting an incident. “Over there” is not a great deal of help to a rescue team or helicopter crew. Once I have completed the exercise, and produced a large print to be hung up in the lookout station, I will put something on this site also, with the named sections of the worms Head identified on the photograph.

As a post script, I think that I’m going to start collecting “silly questions” that NCI staff are asked. This first one I was asked – maybe I shouldn’t identify the nationality of the questioners, but I think that it is fair to say that this first person lived in virtual desert surroundings, so they might be forgiven…

“Where does the sea go when the tide goes out?” .
From a British adult, pointing to the Worm, “Is that the Isle of Man”.
From a child, also pointing to the Worm, Is that Spain?.

For alternative views checkout
http://www.enjoygower.com/panos/wormwalk.cfm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/nature/sites/places/pages/weatherman_wormshead.shtml

I like this one – lots of nice honest photographs
http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/beach,llangennith

Obviously I do not yet have a suitable collection of photographs of the NCI, and have therefore had to raid their web-site, ( nciwormshead.org.uk ). Most of the photographs there are too small a resolution to be of use, so I decided yesterday to take a run down to Rhossilli and try and get some of my own. Inevitably Gwen (our dog) loves being with me when I am on watch at The Worm, so she had to come with me. As I have found out many times before, she has an uncanny knack of appearing in the photographs, a bit like a certain cartoon character in the Western Mail, or Alfred Hitchcock in his films. I managed to Photoshop her out of some, but she appears next to the child’s pushchair in the first photograph.

Here are a couple of the shots I took anyway;-

Gwen managed to get her nose into this one as well. This is the unedited version…

Despite numerous signs and warnings, tourists regularly get cut off. Considerably less though since the NCI have been active.