Beach bar turns to zip line for beer keg delivery
Previously staff had to carry all the supplies up and down the 133 steps to the beach
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A pulley system has been introduced at a Cornwall beach bar to stop staff having to carry heavy beer kegs up and down 133 steps.
Lusty Glaze Beach, in Newquay, is a privately-owned secluded cove with the steps the only means of access.
Events manager Robin Parris said: "Everything used to go up and down by hand, including the kegs.
"The big ones, two people at a time, on a stretcher in the old days, but now things are a little bit quicker."
Robin Parris said the aim of the zip line was to 'make life easier'
Morgan Perkins, a member of staff, said: "It makes it so much easier.
"Normally carrying these kegs down would take all day... because it's normally a two-person lift."
He said they could now get about 20 kegs down onto the beach in two hours.
Mr Parris added: "It was just born out of practicality. What can we do to make life easier, save some legs, just get things done quicker?"
Deliveries that used to take all day can now be done in a few hours
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