<p> THE LEGEND OF THE DOOMBAR</p><p>1.Tristram Bird set out from Padstow to Hawker's Cove. He wanted to use his new gun on something bigger than a bird. He looked about the beach for something to shoot.</p><p>2.A beautiful maid sat by a pool, the Mermaid's Glass. In moments she had Tristram bewitched.</p><p>Tristram: 'I am just out shooting.' Mermaid: 'I can see by your gun.' Tristram: 'I would like you for my wife,' Mermaid: 'Would you now.'</p><p>3. As she resisted Tristram's charms, Tristram's mood turned ugly,’ Tristram: ‘Are you not willing?’ Mermaid: ‘I am not.’ Tristram: 'If I cannot have you alive, I will have you dead.’ The mermaid sighed and pointed at Tristram, Mermaid: 'If you shoot I will curse you and all of Padstow.'</p><p>4. He paced the sand, wild as a hawk. Foolish Tristram raised his gun and shot her in the side. He watched in horror as a silver tail rose up and flapped in the water. Tristram: 'I've shot a mermaid.' Mermaid: 'I curse you Tristram Bird and I curse your town. A bar of doom will rise up across Padstow's safe harbour. Every time a ship wrecks on the bar, I shall wail with the cries of dying sailors until my death is avenged.'</p><p>5. Tristram walked home feeling wisht. He stood looking out over the bay, a golden streak appeared in the water, from Hawker's cove to Trebetherick Bay. The mermaid's words wailed through his mind.</p><p>6. A storm was brewing as he walked into Padstow.</p><p>7. At Place House the women asked him, 'What did you shoot Tristram Bird?' Tristram: 'It is so terrible you will not believe me. I have shot a mermaid and she has cursed me and our town.'</p><p>8. That night, the terrible storm ravaged the seas, cliffs and town. No one was in any doubt, the mermaid's wrath was already upon them. In the morning, a bar of sand divided the harbour and on it were many broken ships. Every time a sailor died, the mermaid's wraith wailed at the injustice of their death and her own.</p>