The arrival of strangers in flash cars and safari suits suggests something is amiss in a quiet Welsh coastal town
When some men were seen behaving strangely near Seal Bay, a remote beach in west Wales in 1983, it was thought they might be poachers trying to empty the lobster pots. The men, who had been spotted by residents of the coastal village of Newport, Pembrokeshire, looked different from the usual types who came to walk the coastal path. After repeated sightings, local fisherman went to inspect the beach, which was only accessible by water.
One woman recalls seeing “a guy dressed in a green-coloured safari suit”, which in rural parts is equivalent to wearing fancy dress. Later, thousands of pounds’ worth of maritime apparatus — outboard motors, radio equipment, huge inflatable dinghies — were discovered under tarpaulin in a cave. While it feels apt that the pace of these opening episodes is slow — a reflection of the “sleepy” village in which they are set — it can be a little frustrating, too.
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