Passionate about South Wales - the best pubs, restaurants, hotels and places to visit

Last week we stayed in the excellent Patricks With Rooms in Mumbles.  Mumbles is one of our favourite seaside destinations in South Wales. Patricks is an excellent hotel with a great restaurant. It’s located right on the main promenade only yards from the sea. The hotel has 16 individual bedrooms, the renowned restaurant and a [...]

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There was a really nice sunset from Rest Bay, Porthcawl the other night.

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A couple of weeks ago we walked from Ogmore by Sea to Southerndown.  It’s a great walk along the coastal path with great views across the Bristol Channel. As we passed one of the bays I spotted these Trials bikes practising on the limestone slabs.  Click on the photo for a better view. It looked [...]

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We’ve recently had a few days in Mumbles staying at the excellent Patrick’s With Rooms hotel.  Mumbles is a great place to visit – it’s right on the seafront with fantastic views right round Swansea Bay.  You can promenade around the Bay for several miles if you wish. Mumbles Village is a great place to [...]

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We went to Rest Bay in Porthcawl yesterday. It’s a great beach with lots of clear sand when the tide is out. There’s also a large new carpark nearby so access is easy by car. It’s only a 10 or 15 minute walk from the centre of Porthcawl so well worth a visit if you [...]

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Following on from yesterday’s post on the the crazy surfers in Langland Bay here’s a good video of some action in from March 2008.  Langland is probably one of the easily reachable surfing beaches from Swansea.

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I took this picture down in Langland Bay last summer.  It’s a favourite spot for surfers in the Gower and the wind was really strong on this day so the surf was up. I got some good action shots using a long lens. This guy was quite a way out and I took the picture [...]

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Over the Christmas holiday period we had a trip to Pennard on the Gower.  We walked across the Pennard Golf Course to the ruins of Pennard Castle. The ruins date from the 13th century. If you fancy the walk to the castle then park in Linkside Drive (marked on this map). Park near the village [...]

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