top speed of 112.9 mph while riding behind a modified truck driven by former British Truck Racing Championship winner, Dave Jenkins. The preparations for the record attempt were documented in Episode 1 of a Channel 4 series called Speed with Guy Martin, first broadcast in the UK in December 2013. On 7 May 2015, actor Idris Elba broke the historic 'flying mile' UK land speed record, originally set by Malcolm Campbell, in a Bentley Continental GT Speed. The recorded speed was 180.361 mph. On 21 July 2015, at Pendine beach, the 90th anniversary of Sir Malcolm Campbell's first world land speed record in "Blue Bird" was recreated by his grandson, Don Wales, also a land speed record holder, in the fully restored car. Commenting on the restoration appeal, Wales said: "This beautiful car has been lovingly restored and looked after by Doug Hill and the team and it's only right that such an iconic car deserves to have the final pieces in place to complete her!"' The new gearbox will be part of a long term project to restore the car to its 1925 specifications. This would also require the fabrication of two full-length exhaust pipes, a new seat and upholstery, and the re-manufacture of a slightly dropped nose cone and rear wheel spats. On 12 May 2018, a home-built 'wooden shed' (using an Audi RS4 twin turbo engine, installed in a metal frame with wooden shed cladding) set a new speed record, achieving , breaking its own previous record of . The following day, 45-year-old Guernsey businessman Zef Eisenberg set a new land speed 'sand' record of on his 350-horsepower supercharged Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle, the first time a speed in excess of 200 miles per hour had been achieved at Pendine. This was the fastest speed achieved by a wheel powered vehicle ever at Pendine. In 2019, Eisenberg set a new record of in a modified Porsche 911. He broke the records for flying mile and flying quarter on the same day. Pendine Sands has been used as a location for filming, including BBC's Top Gear and the BBC Cymru drama Keeping Faith, starring Eve Myles. References Notes Bibliography External links British Pathé film of Babs being recovered from Pendine Sands in 1969 www.pendinelrc.com Pendine Land Speed Racing Club (archived homepage) www.vhra.co.uk The official website of the Vintage Hot Rod Association Carmarthen Bay Coast of Carmarthenshire Beaches of Carmarthenshire