July 11th. At last – the Welsh border is open, Welsh travel restrictions are eased and we can return to Barcud Lodge! Having returned home when Boris introduced lockdown in March, we wondered when we would be able to get back to Wales and when our guest bookings could resume.…
We had always been told that it never snows in Gower. Well, it did! When the ‘Beast from the East’ struck the north west corner of Gower in early March, Broughton was virtually cut off. We didn’t arrive until most of the snow had melted, but it was easy to…
It’s official – the view of Worm’s Head at Rhossili really is an epic sight! The Visit Wales ‘EPIC’ installation arrived at Rhossili in time for the Bank Holiday weekend. The giant mirrored letters, 4m high, have been travelling round Wales promoting the best that Wales can offer. The installation is designed…
Well, the sun shone for the August Bank Holiday and everywhere was buzzing. Even though the beaches were busy with all sorts of activities, there is so much space that they are never crowded. The pub was packed on Saturday with everyone in fancy dress. Jeremy Corbyn would definitely not have found…
The holiday season is well underway. We have already had several parties of visitors staying and the house is now full until September. We are still waiting hopefully for some warmer weather but there is plenty of activity on the beaches.
Good walk today out to Whiteford Point. The photo was taken yesterday on the cliff path between Burry Holms and Broughton. Today we left the car in the car park near Llanmadoc church and walked out along the beach from the lapwing reserve below Cwm Ivy Tor (no lapwings to…
The beautiful weather after Easter has got the 2015 season off to a good start. Gower is looking beautiful in the sunshine, the surfers are on the beaches and the footpaths are drying out after the winter rain. The fields are full of lambs, some of them now getting quite…
