One of Cornwall's popular beach restaurants is named after the Welloe,

The Welloe takes its name from a sea area off the coast that can only be identified at very low tide, when the waves can be seen breaking over it. This hidden feature has a long association with shipwrecks and smuggling, its position making it both hazardous to shipping and valuable to those who understood the coast.

After a long career in smuggling, Harry Carter, Cornwall’s most famous smuggler, was born at Pengersick and later retired to a farm at Rinsey, where he spent his later years. Lying just offshore below Rinsey, the Welloe would have been a familiar and useful landmark to Carter and other local smugglers.

At high tide, a larger vessel could lie offshore near the Welloe and unload contraband. As the tide fell, the cargo could be taken up by small boats or gigs, which were able to approach closer to land and move the goods quietly and efficiently. The use of such offshore drop-points reduced risk and made full use of the natural rhythms of the sea.