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

The Gower is one of South Wales’ big tourist attractions. It’s a peninsular just west of Swansea and was the first area in the United Kingdom to be designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.  It’s a real mix of rugged coastline, glorious beaches, great views and castles. I was lucky enough to fly [...]

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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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