The last activity a4adventure undertook was coasteering at Ogmore by Sea near Bridgend two weeks ago. A group of friends challenged the rocky coastline and stormy seas as they made their way from rock to rock, and through the shallows and spray along the striking Glamorgan Heritage Coast.
Working in pairs, the group kitted up with wetsuits, buoyancy aids and helmets before walking a short distance to the sandy beach, wave cut platforms and striking views along the coastline from Porthcawl to one side and Dunraven Bay & Witches Point to the other.
On the shore, opposite Tusker Rock (a rocky mass a mile off shore and known locally for the remenants of a ships boiler still to be seen there), the team had a thorough safety briefing whilst looking for and identifying the hazards around them. Once briefed and paired up into 'buddy groups' the adventure began ... following the rocky coastline around the edge of sandy bays.
Moving around the rocks the group learnt to watch for the waves and in no time were being showered with the spray of the stormy waves breaking on the cliffs below the safety of their rock platform. As the coast climbs and falls, the activity saw the group climbing and scrambling, running through the shallows and across open sandy stretches, holding onto the cliffs as waves and spray covered them, and wading through deep water to cross small inlets.When asked what the biggest thrill of the day was, the group are split between crossing the rocks between waves, being drenched by the falling spray; and descending into The Trench, a large inlet which drops from the top of the cliffs to the sandy bottom of the beach below.
Although the weather was not suitable for jumping off the cliffs into the deep sea below, the activity still had plenty of getting wet ... as well as a heap of other physical challenges to keep everyone having fun, on the move, and staying warm!!
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