Wisemans Bridge - The Land That Time Forgot

A slight departure from the canal in Warwickshire as I've just come back from a weeks holiday at cottage overlooking Wisemans Bridge situated along the lovely Pembrokeshire coastline. I've not been to this part of the world since I was a kid and it doesn't seen to have changed at all....

The Land That Time Forgot, I could tell I was in Wales, lets leave it at that....

Wiseman's Bridge is a fine pebble banked storm beach, and at low tide a superb expanse of golden sand stretching some 3 miles or so from Amroth to Saundersfoot.

A full scale mock landing for D Day took place here in 1943, with landing craft, barges, guns and soldiers scattered along the sea-lashed beach from Pendine to Saundersfoot. Eisenhower, Churchill and Montgomery were on site to supervise, Churchill being properly entertained by the Wiseman's Bridge Inn ! (the same menu and beer exists today it seems)

An earlier army found similar use when in 1153 the sands and cliffs echoed to the march of the royal army of the sons of the Prince of West Wales, en route to surprise and destroy the Norman garrison at Tenby. The present costal path along the cliff top was once the main country road from Saundersfoot to Amroth, but the collapse of the iron ore workings in the cliffs below made the road impractical.

I'd brought my light lure gear to maybe grab a couple or three hours but weirdly unlike fresh water I wasn't eager to get a line wet. It was walkable to Wisemans Bridge so with one day to go I had a nice stroll at 5.30 in the morning to a deserted beach at high tide. There was some nice rock formations just down and up from the inn but despite trying a multitude of lures not a jot. The harbour and Tenby or Saundersfoot was probably the better bet. I'm already eying up a beach casting setup, as I'm back in North Devon in August.

A great holiday though with the family, the weather was fantastic with blue skies for the whole week and around 20/21 degrees.

Great sun sets, uncrowded beaches, fish and chips on the beach and quality time with the Wife and kids.

The Zander quest still firmly in my mind though, in-fact rods in the boot ready for a session in the morning.