Wales - Beaches

[smallhobbit]

We're just back from a couple of days away in Wales and, since we visited a variety of different places, I've decided to do three separate short posts, beginning with the beaches we visited.

On the way to Cross Hands - north of Llanelli - we stopped for lunch in Porthcawl.  We used to bring the kids here for days out when they were young - so about 20 years ago.  We had fish and chips and then a short stroll along the front, but, as it was overcast we didn't stay for that long.

   

Monday was sunnier, but by the later part of the afternoon it was clouding over again.  However we took a drive around the Gower Peninsula (just west of Swansea) and then stopped at Oxwich Bay for a cup of tea and cake.

   

As you can see the beach would be lovely, if one wasn't wearing a thick jacket and woolly hat!

Comments

[corvidology]

Egads, Porthcawl!

It's funny you should mention your kids as I have not been there since my mum used to take us there when we were kids!

[smallhobbit]

Easier to get to than the westcountry and not as expensive. It was a great destination.

[corvidology]

We went there from the West Country.

[smallhobbit]

We went from Gloucestershire and used to find it easier to get to than Devon/Dorset because you didn't have to battle past Bristol (despite the motorway).

[corvidology]

I know the 'boundaries' of the West Country are hotly disputed in some places but my mother's family have been from Gloucestershire for generations and have always considered it part of the West Country which was why I was making a confused face... that you couldn't see of course. ;D

[smallhobbit]

That makes sense - I was thinking of the South-West in this case - west of where we are.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

But there was tea and cake! So all is well regardless of the weather!

[smallhobbit]

Exactly!

[adafrog]

Pretty.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you, it is 🙂

[rusty_armour]

You took some beautiful photos in Porthcawl. I'm sorry the weather wasn't nicer, but I imagine the beach would be lovely on a warm, sunny day.

[smallhobbit]

We weren't expecting wonderful weather - it is still mid-April. The beaches are lovely in summer.

[therealsnape]

Your spring is as cold and wet as ours, then! But yes, still lovely beaches, and I hope you got a nice hot drink afterwards!

[smallhobbit]

Yes, sadly it is! We had a hot cup of tea at Oxwich Bay, which together with some homemade cake was much appreciated.