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A British tourist filmed an impressive cliff slide in Bidard in the Basque Country on September 13.
The images are striking. A British tourist named John Williams from Newcastle filmed an impressive cliff slide in Bidard (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) in the Basque Country on September 13, reports South West.
Impressive cliff collapse in the Basque Country
An English tourist coming out of the ocean recorded images of a section of cliff collapsing. The phenomenon is common in this sector but the images are rare. pic.twitter.com/eMLvJEQ7VO— Sud Ouest (@sudouest) https://twitter.com/sudouest/status/1842169497383281099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
“The rocks fell and I started filming in that direction”
A regular on the Basque Coast, where he has surfed since his childhood, he tells the local newspaper what he saw and filmed. “The weather wasn’t very good, but I still decided to go for a swim. As I came out of the water, I noticed that two small pieces of rock were moving, ready to break off. I could hear also slight cracking sounds The rocks fell and I started filming in that direction, without knowing what was going to follow…” Finally, an entire section of the cliff collapsed.
The British forty-year-old says he has “never seen anything like this, even after visiting many coasts with cliffs. “He still managed to keep his composure to record this impressive sequence.
