Rszarka

Yeah it is one crazy trek down ...my uncle tells a story of once he saw a guy before the pulley was installed carrying his gear under one arm and a young kid under the other and then climbed down the rope ...that sounds so insane to me! you cant tell from my picture above but that second rope was a long bloody way down like 200 ft or so ...if you look at the third picture in the beginning of this thread you can see how big the drop is from that ledge which is right at the top of that pic...completely crazy but memorable, i made that climb over 20 years ago when i wandered across the path while walking in the park and have always wanted to see it again since...i dont think the new generation of fishermen use this spot anymore as back then the path down was clearly visible from the park you couldnt miss it!..nowadays its impossible to find even if you are looking for it so no one must go down there anymore...apparently the fishing was really bloody good back in the day with a few deep water spots ...so it was worth the climb to the hardcore fishermen that would often stay overnight. Apparently it was also a deadly spot in the wrong weather.

There is a way down it’s an old historic fishing spot called the mattings named after matting point nearby but I have heard it called the mattens and maddock..I went down around 25 years ago ..it’s is one crazy as hell path from the park up top..the path is now completely overgrown as I guess no one fishes there anymore. There are two ropes, one spans a small cliff and the second lowest rope is a couple of hundred feet down to the rocks if I remember right. I just used my drone to check and the ropes are still there along with the metal pully bar thing for hauling gear and fish back up...but they would be so old and worn by now, sitting there for years in the sun and sea spray! It is a really intense trip down a sheer cliff face, not to mention back up , I have heard a good few people died there back in the day. You make one mistake on that route and your falling to your death on the rocks way below ..My uncle tells stories of people hauling huge fish back up there and Fisher men climbing up and down with a kid under one arm and gear in the other making that crazy climb! You can get down there but would you want to lol ...I have drone footage of the spot taken October 2019 if anyone wants it just send me a mail.