RISING DAMP

Spate of visitors to idyllic beach learn the considerable cost of getting too close to nature

- By ANDREW FORGRAVE Countryside and Tourism Editor

FOR many people, Traeth y Greigddu is the perfect beach, even without the novelty of being able to drive on to it.

The views are spectacular and the sand stretches for three miles.

For some less sympathetic visitors, there's an added attraction: watching the latest ruined vehicle to be dragged ignominiously from the surf.

In April alone, it’s thought five vehicles were stranded, recovered and, in all likelihood, written off.

A recent visitor was Mirror journalist Liam Gilliver, who proclaimed: “I travelled the world hunting for the best beach, but it’s actually right here in the UK”

Liam wrote: “It offered more than an Instagram picture opportunity and made me nostalgic of a time when a beach was an endless stretch of fun”