Weston-super-Mare’s famous mud

Every year Weston-super-Mare is inundated by tourists who have no regard for their own safety and have no basic common sense and do stupid and dangerous things and below are two examples that only happened this week.

We have the second largest tidal range in the world so our sea disappears completely between each tide exposing huge expanses of thick mud, hence our nickname, Weston-super-Mud.

As the sea has so far to come in (1 mile) it comes in extremely quickly and can take people by surprise in a matter of minutes. We often see people in the summer “walking out” to the sea. Continue reading “The Tourists in Danger and Why We Have a Duty of Care”