Hello lovely peeps, are you having a good week ?
We've been away for a little sojourn to beautiful South Wales - the Gower peninsula, to be precise.
Having lived in the Midlands for almost 6 years now, you'd think we'd have explored Wales too by now. But besides a day in Cardiff to watch an SA v Wales rugby match a few years back, we'd never actually ventured across the border so thought it was high time we did. That, and we really wanted to take the two most-adorable-pups-in-the-world to the beach. Living where we do, right in the middle of this big island of the UK, we're about as far away from the coast as one can get. So we packed up the car and headed south-west.
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| Rhossili bay |
It poured with rain all the way there but then for the rest of the time, the sun shone and we had a glorious few days exploring this "area of outstanding natural beauty" in the Gower region. Our home was a beautiful converted barn, literally a short walk (albeit a steep one) from Slade beach. Seriously peeps, if you're ever looking for a place to stay in the area, look no further - Slade Barn is simply lovely. It had everything we needed, and then some - and very dog-friendly too.
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| Slade Barn |
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| Oxwich beach |
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| just up the road from Mumbles |
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| Rhossili - and Jerry-dog keeping a close eye on the sheep . . . |
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| Worm's Head, Rhossili bay |
We had a thoroughly enjoyable and relaxing time . . . wending our way around the coast from Mumbles and Oxwich Bay to Port Eynon and Rhossili (definitely my favourite place), and we left for home with a promise that we'll be back again some day.
Oh, and I did find some time for making too . . . a little bit of knitting, and my first ever attempt at needlepoint tapestry - so I'll be back to tell you all about that soon.
'til then
take care of you,
xoxo
Looks a great place to visit, glad to hear you had a good time.
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos, Gilly. Looks like you had a wonderful time. I think Ben and Jerry enjoyed themselves too.
ReplyDeleteIt is so beautiful!!! Glad that you had a great time and that the doggies did too!! xx
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing such beautiful scenery, I can only dream of this, such beautiful green (I live in outback Quuensland, Australia) Glad you and the four paws had a lovely time.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you all had a great time, Gilly! :o)
ReplyDeleteSo stunning we are off to Wales at the end of July and I'm looking forward to the beaches and scenery. Looks like the pups had a good time
ReplyDeleteClare x
Looks like you had a fabulous break. That beach is perfect for the dogs to run on.
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful photos - looks like a lovely holiday :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Gilly what a beautiful place, i have been a couple of times, but that was a few years ago, I remember the air being so fresh!
ReplyDeleteLovely images of the dogs too,
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What a wonderful trip! So lovely there. I went on a geography field trip when I was 16, to rhossili bay and worms head. Still looks exactly the same 26 years later. Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos! Your dog is lush too! Where we live we get Welsh TV and it is mostly annoying (sometimes local news would be more useful!) but often there are stunning images of the Welsh coastline and countryside. It is part of our lovely island that I'd like to know more of. I've visited a couple of times when I was an avid walker and the Hubby is due to climb Snowdon later next month. Such beauty though so thanks for sharing, J9 x
ReplyDeleteFabulous scenery ......... and gorgeous pups!!
ReplyDeleteIt looks a beautiful area, somewhere I'm not familiar with at all. We're quite a way from the coast too, which is a shame as Archie also loves the beach. I'd love to live closer so that I could walk him by the sea each day.
ReplyDeleteWe love the Gower, Mr Madaboutbags is from Llanelli, so he know this area well! Oxwich bay is one of our favourites x thanks for sharing x
ReplyDeleteWe haven't spent much time in Wales so far but thought it was lovely.
ReplyDeletewow, what an amazing view! I love these photos. I don't have a bucket list but would love to go places like this.......and the pups. Well, you know how they make me feel. Just love them
ReplyDeleteWow what an awesome beach!! Reminds me of some of Cape Towns beaches.
ReplyDeleteOh now Gilly I've just been catching up on a bit of blog reading and I can't tell you how pleased I am to see BOTH dogs enjoying themselves! Bet they've been having wonderful doggy dreams about it ever since! x
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