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Pendower Safety Advice Notes |
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Pendower beach is a generally safe area and at low tide there is a beautiful large sandy beach (ideal for the kids). There is a small risk of being cut off by the tide but due to the shape of the bay you can see the approaching tide from a long way off, so there really is no excuse, and anyway of course you will be collecting on a falling tide. The fossil bearing rocks at the eastern end are very jumbled and contain many fairly deep rock pools and drop-offs, for this reason we would not recommend this site for small children as it would be easy for them to become separated or slip and injure themselves. Older responsible children should be fine, please wear suitable footwear boots/wellingtons.
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1. Always tell someone where you are going and when you expect to be back.
2. If using a hammer, pick or chisel, always wear safety goggles.
3. Always wear a hard hat if close to a cliff face.
4. Check access rights before you enter this location.
5. Take food and drink
6. Ensure you always take a mobile phone
7. Keep children away from cliff faces and mudflats, ensure you keep an eye on your children at all times.
8. DO NOT RISK tides if you do not know the times, ensure you are aware of tide times before you visit a location.
9. Take plenty of wrapping paper, you never know when you may make that all important find.
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1. Always REPORT important finds to museums or related organisations.
2. Please LOOK AFTER your fossils, clean them and preserve them.
3. If you make an important discovery and do not have the correct equipment, or the find is too large. DO NOT RISK destroying the fossil, contact your local museum or organisation for help and assistance.
4. PLEASE leave those fossils which are impossible to get out of rock, for others to see instead of destroying it. A photograph is much better.
5. PLEASE accept, understand and obey any SSSI rules, they are there to protect the geology for future generations.
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