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At 7 miles long, Pendine Sands on the South Wales coastline is one of the most impressive beaches in Britain.
The sand is very fine and flat - properties which made Pendine a centre, for breaking land speed records in the 1920's.
John Godfrey Parry Thomas and Malclom Campbell competed against each other to try and beat each other’s records.
One car, BABS, created history in April 1926 when Parry Thomas set a land speed record of 171mph.
But Parry Thomas was killed when he lost control of his car, attempting to improve his record.
After the accident the car was buried beneath the Sands.
In 1968 the wreckage was excavated by Owen Wyn Owen, who restored it and now occasionally brings it back to Pendine Sands.
