Gower Peninsula, Wales
We arrive at Delvid Farm just as the midday sun breaks through the clouds towards the west. The old house and stables make a breathtaking sight as we descend down the dirt track. Sheep dot the green pastures and in the distance Broughton Beach shimmers in the midday sun. We park the car and walk over the grassed sand dunes and down to the beach. We’ll unload the car later.
Our accommodation is in the five hundred year old stable, converted to take 4 people comfortably. A wood stove in the lounge, an outside fire place for BBQ, big skylights for stargazing, and strong stone wall to shelter us from the cold Atlantic winds. It truly is an inspiring and soul nurturing place.
The farm is situated on the beautiful Gower Peninsula in southern Wales. It is an isolated and romantic place where Welsh ponies graze the commons, free and wild. It’s a place to walk, swim and surf or simply to find a hidden cove somewhere to bask in the sun or by evening time make a driftwood fire on the beach.
Highlights:
- Rhossili Beach has recently been listed as one of the top 10 beaches in the world. It is breathtaking and even on crowded days feel like a forgotten, more quiet part of the world. The three mile long beach never feels crowded. Don’t miss the walk to Worm’s Head.
- Fish & Chips at The Seafarer in Port Eynon. We got our food for take away and made a picnic amongst the marram grass on the dunes.
- Weobley Castle guards over the salt marshes on the northern edges of the peninsula. The morning we went the landscape was slowly emerging from a thick fog. It is one of the most evocative settings for a castle I’ve seen. Technically it’s not a castle, but a “fortified manor house” built in Norman style. Marvel at the stonework and wonder about the masons that build such an incredible building.
- Making coffee on our trusty Trangia stove at Three Cliffs Beach, lazing in the sun and watching as the tide retreats.
