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Wales Coast Path, day 14: Mumbles from Oxwich

March 20, 2016 0 Comments
Wales Coast Path, day 14: Mumbles from Oxwich

A spring morning.  Six paces from the car and we’re standing, four of us, on the beach at Oxwich.  Calm sea, a light airflow from the south east, and, best of all, sun – a star banished from sight during the darkest, warmest, wettest winter in memory. Our only mistake is neglecting to notice the […]

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Wales Coast Path, day 15: Oxwich from Rhossili

September 5, 2015 0 Comments
Wales Coast Path, day 15: Oxwich from Rhossili

Rhossili on a Wednesday morning in early September. The car park’s mostly empty. At the National Trust canopy no one’s around to give the hard sell on membership. A cool wind’s blowing from an unfamiliar angle, north-west, but there’s no rain in the forecast. We deviate slightly from the coast path to admire the Worm, […]

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Wales Coast Path, day 17: Llangennith from Llanrhidian

August 8, 2015 6 Comments
Wales Coast Path, day 17: Llangennith from Llanrhidian

In Llanrhidian we park the car and poke our noses into the Welcome to Town. It’s been overhauled and reopened since we were last here and presents itself as a ‘pub and dining rooms’. The brand advice must have consisted of one word, ‘purple!’ Electric urban purple storms its way across the facade and marches […]

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Wales Coast Path, day 16: Rhossili to Llangennith

July 25, 2015 0 Comments
Wales Coast Path, day 16: Rhossili to Llangennith

In summer the Worm, the Bay and its end-of-the-earth aura draw hundreds down Gower’s narrow roads to Rhossili – us included today. In the crowded car park we avoid eye contact with the National Trust’s recruitment agents and head north towards the Down, on one of our rare circular walks. The steep climb quickly separates […]

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Wales Coast Path, day 18: Llanrhidian to Loughor

February 14, 2015 0 Comments
Wales Coast Path, day 18: Llanrhidian to Loughor

Llanrhidian: a cold, clear, sunny morning. We park the car opposite the church and the ‘Welcome to Gower Inn’.  Both are closed, but C. and I can welcome J. to Gower without the help of beer or devotion, and the three of us set off eastwards along the lane at the bottom of the village, […]

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