Day 34 of 52 in Wales: Worms Head

Worm’s Head Originally uploaded by Mr Ush Well its been a while since I blogged in this series so its long over due. In my defence, its been a busy season which culminated last week with doing something ashamedly, I had never done – walked out to the end of Worms Head in Gower. Accompanied [...]

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Best beach in the UK, number 25 in the World!

Rhossili Bay, Gower Peninsula, South Wales Coast Originally uploaded by iknow-uk ..and the good news is that it’s just down the road from our luxury places to stay, Milkwood House in Swansea Bay.  Those who have stayed with us will know its where we recommend you have to visit if you do one thing during [...]

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Favourite Places in Wales: Llangeinor

IMG_3158 copy Originally uploaded by colin simper Llangeinor, one of Wales’ secrets that’s for sure. Just north of Bridgend there are three valleys each with their own distinctive character, and Llangeinor sits at the bottom of the Garw Valley – the inspiration behind the Welsh hymn “Calon Lan”. There’s a great pub the Llangeinor Arms [...]

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Favourite Places in Wales: Milkwood House view

IMG_1408 Originally uploaded by TruPlaces Finally Milkwood House is empty for a day which has given me a chance to take some more pics and what a day to be empty – its probably the nicest day of the year and you can see the English coast as plain as day. This is the view [...]

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Favourite Places in Wales: Coelbren

IMGP1307X-0616 Originally uploaded by alanwilliams673 I grew up in Coelbren and I have never seen Station Road looking so good with the Black Mountains and Llyn Y Fan in the background (can’t see the lake from this angle though!).   An excellent shot, have some great memories playing cricket in this field with some great [...]

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Favourite Places in Wales: Porth Dinllaen

Porth Dinllaen Originally uploaded by Eurapart A good friend of mine in the then Wales Tourist Board introduced me to this place, and what a find it was. In working for Wales in Style, a nice part of the job was identifying and experiencing the best tourism products in Wales, and this was certainly one [...]

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Favourite Places in Wales: The Sleeping Giant

Y Cawr Cwsg (Sleeping Giant) Originally uploaded by arfon2007 Y Cawr Cwsg (Sleeping Giant) is the Cribarth Mountain, Abercrave South West of the Brecon Beacons about half way in between Brecon and Swansea. Grew up looking at this mountain every day and this certainly isn’t the best view of it, however, this is the view [...]

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Favourite Places in Wales: Wales National Airshow

What a great day this was today. A rare Summers’ day off for me which took us as a family (even my mother was in tow!) down to our apartment Milkwood (for us to enjoy for a change!), and on to the beach outside where the Wales National Airshow was taking place. Thousands cramed the [...]

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Favourite Places in Wales: Swansea Bay

Love it. Swansea Bay. Great memories of playing touch rugby twice a week and football once a week on this patch during our lunch hour when working in the civic centre, and in Summer often ended up in the sea for a dip. Great times and this shot does it for me. The beach is [...]

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Favourite Places in Wales: Whiteford Point

  Whiteford Point, Gower Originally uploaded by Steve Castle Not what you might expect as a typical landscape in Gower this but for those of you who know it, Whitford Point it’s a very special place. Superb shot this taken in Autumn.

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