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Stories from the Bevan family @ Bryn-y-môr

Wales Coast Path
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Wales Coast Path

Bryn-y-môr Cottage, Llangennith, Gower is just steps away from the Wales Coast Path, the first dedicated coastal path in the world.

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A taste of Gower
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A taste of Gower

We’ve got a word for taste in Welsh. Blas. And whatever time of year you choose to stay at Bryn-y-môr Cottage, you can be sure that Gower’s pubs and restaurants are open for business to give you a distinctive flavour of the peninsula’s food and hospitality.

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Rhossili Bay
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Rhossili Bay

Named Wales’ best beach and Britain’s fourth best beach by TripAdvisor, Rhossili Bay is right outside our front door.

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Endless summer
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Endless summer

We’ve been blessed with warm sunny days and light offshore breezes this week: September is often like this and one of our favourite months in Gower. Most of the tourists have gone home – they don’t know what they’re missing.

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Four seasons in one day
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Four seasons in one day

Crowded House has always been a favourite band of ours, especially the song Four Seasons in One Day, written about Melbourne, Australia and its ever-changing weather. Though it could just as well have been written about Llangennith, Gower.

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Full circle
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Full circle

If you like walking but don’t like to retrace your steps, a walk you might like to do from Bryn-y-môr Cottage is one we did ourselves again last weekend.

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Surfing in Llangennith
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Surfing in Llangennith

Llangennith beach is the most consistent surf spot on Gower and surfable on all tides.

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Spring fever
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Spring fever

We’ve had one early lamb and another ewe is expecting a quintuplet.

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Winter sunsets
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Winter sunsets

Rhossili Bay has long been voted the best place in the UK to see sunsets.

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Eating al fresco
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Eating al fresco

It’s a great time of year for outdoor eating – the weather’s warming up and the days are getting longer.

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