Worm's Head, Gower Peninsula, Wales...
Or, 'the very promontory of depression', as Dylan Thomas called it
[Photograph taken in 2009 by Deborah Smith]
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'a seaworm of rock pointing into the channel, is the very promontory of depression. Nothing lives on it but gulls and rats, the millionth generation of the winged & tailed families that screamed in the air & ran through the grass when the first sea thudded on the Rhossilli beach'
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Dylan Thomas, 'The Collected Letters'
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'I saw everything on that walk – from snails, lizards, glow worms & hares to diaphanous young ladies in white who vanished as I approached them'
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The name Worm's Head comes from 'wyrm', 'sea serpent', Old English word for 'dragon'
Its tidal island can be reached via a causeway on foot for 2.5 hours either side of low tide. And it is fatal to attempt to wade or swim when the causeway is flooded
