Sands of Time 11 Traditional Cache
mollyjak: Time for these to be archived, thank to all who visited.
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Last of the Series and end of the road
The Borough of Kenfig has its' roots firmly set in history from its' Castle to the North raided by Vikings and the buried city lying beneath its' sands and now an internationally recognised Nature Reserve. Sker beach is one of the truly unspoilt sand beaches in Wales having no road access it remains untouched from developing hands. There has been industry here though, from a sand and gravel works in front of "Sands of Time 1" to the long "Haul Road" tracking parallel to the beach used during the late 60s and early 70s to supply enormous boulders to build the new Steel Works Harbour in Port Talbot. The base of the road still remains but is slowly being reclaimed by nature. This is the site of the bridge over the Avon Kenfig river. This was blown up and removed after the completion of the Harbour. Looking across the river there are a few large concrete remains of the bridge. Beyond that is the corruption of industry - what you see is the furnace slag and clinker left over in the process of making steel. Again when I was a young lad this was also common land - the same as you have just travelled along. It will take many many years of erosion to hide this scar on the landscape. The cache was placed with the kind permission of the Nature Reserve Warden - Mr David Carrington.
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Raq bs zrgny one
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