A Week on the Gower Peninsula. Day 4. A Clifftop Walk to Mewslade Bay.

On 30/10/2019 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography8 Comments

Walking toward Mewslade Bay. Day 4 of our visit to this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Day 1 is here, day 2, here, and day 3, here. Our walk along the Rhossili Beacon had been pretty challenging, so we thought we’d stick to more level ground for the day following our wedding anniversary. The Ordnance …

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A Week on the Gower Peninsula. Day 3. The Challenge Of Rhossili Beacon.

On 27/10/2019 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography10 Comments

The approach to the hill. On our third day at Rhossili (click here for day 1, here for day 2) we celebrated our wedding anniversary (31 years), so, naturally, we decided to climb Rhossili Beacon, where a force 8 gale was blowing! I took only 273 pictures this time, so selection was a little easier. …

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A Week on the #Gower Peninsula. Day 2. A Walk to the Worm’s Head.

On 23/10/201923/10/2019 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography6 Comments

Worm's Head from the approach path. On our second day at Rhossili (click here for the post for day 1) we decided to tackle the Worm’s Head. A small rainbow, our waking view of the bay. We woke to a rainbow over the bay: good sign, or bad? Well by the end of the day …

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A Week on the Gower Peninsula. Day 1.

On 21/10/2019 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography4 Comments

Rhossili Bay under rain clouds. Being a couple of old romantics, Valerie and I like to celebrate our wedding anniversary as part of a holiday. This year, we decided to celebrate 31 years of happy marriage on the Gower Peninsula, Wales, UK, as it’s not too far and we hadn’t been before. Location map here. …

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