4x4 stuck in the mud on beach abandoned
A 4x4 WAS abandoned after apparently getting stuck in the mud and then overturning during wild weather on a West Wales beach.
The vehicle was found lying on its side on Llansteffan Beach on Thursday night.
It was reported to the local coastguard and they, along with police officers from Dyfed-Powys Police, made their way to the beach.
The silver Mitsubishi Pajero appeared to have become stuck in the mud in a boggy area away from the sand. It seemed to have been abandoned before the tide came in.
A spokeswoman for Dyfed-Powys Police said: “We received a call on Thursday evening alerting us to an abandoned vehicle in Llansteffan.
“Officers arrived at the scene at 7.14pm and checked the vehicle for any occupants before arranging recovery with the coastguard team.”
Recovery was being arranged but the vehicle remained stuck in the mud on Friday morning, with the rough weather likely to delay its recovery. HM Coastguard confirmed that there were no concerns with regards to fuel pollution.
Thursday night’s incident is the latest on a Carmarthenshire beach which has seen vehicles getting stuck on the sand.
In July, a Land Rover Discovery was almost covered in water after getting stuck in North Dock in Llanelli.
Just over a week later, a white Jeep had to be recovered from the sand in Burry Port after being caught out by the tide.
CTHERE are weeks when I’m not sure what I’ll write about until the moment I start work.
Other weeks I have such a variety of topics to share with you, limited space prevents me from cramming them all in.
There are also matters I frequently return to, either because they’re always hovering in the background, or they craftily sneak back into our lives in a slightly different guise.
But their false moustaches and dark glasses don’t fool me.
Take the barely-hidden envy of some young people towards the elderly.
Urged on by certain politicians, they voice their annoyance with any baby-boomers who “dare” to own their own homes and who won’t move out to let them in! Damned cheek!
They forget that many over70s didn’t attend university, having left school at 16 or younger to bring much-needed wages into the house.
As teenagers they didn’t have such distractions as smartphones, 300 TV channels and social media, enabling them to save a deposit for a house and “enjoy” paying the mortgage off over 25 years.
Today, many baby boomers still work because they have no private pensions and their state pension doesn’t go very far.
Lately, disgruntled under40s have started to use the derogatory, downright ugly term “Gammon” to describe elderly people with red-faced complexions, whose political opinions differ from theirs.
Who mentioned Brexit? Not me, officer!
Anyone under 40 who thinks there’s absolutely no chance they’ll have different opinions – or complexions! – when they’ve passed 70 are fooling themselves. In later years, they’ll have lived through experiences they never imagined when in their 20s, which are bound to re-shape their views and opinions.
But it’s not just the under40s who have it in for the oldies. Broadcaster Jeremy Paxman has complained that thanks to political correctness, the only targets for humour these days are old people. He’s obviously not seen my act!
I’ve no idea when Paxo was elevated to being an expert on comedy, but here’s an old-age joke that definitely won’t bring a smile to his face.
Next birthday, he’ll be 70!