Rhossili

A couple weekends ago we finally figured out the Gower (that's the peninsula we live at the edge of) bus system and made chickpea & veggie pancakes and packed apples and peanuts and headed off across the peninsula to Rhosilli, which is a beach a the other end of the Gower. Once through the Swansea suburbs we were in countryside of gorse and grass, sheep and stone walls. There was a castle ruin visible from the bus about half-way in. A wood. And the roads are so ridiculously narrow that in some parts only one vehicle can get through--though a few time there were squeezes with the bus and cars inching past each other that seemed very inadvisable. I am not sure I would ever want to drive here--and if I did I'd get the tinest possible car, maybe a KA. Rhosilli is a little village of stone and whitewashed houses, cottages, (farms), a pub and church. There are stone walls looking like ancient ruins separating the cliffside paths from fields of cabbages and pastures of sheet--but also sheep ranging the steep hillsides over the sea. There is a choice to walk out along the cliffs and around--or down to the beach. We walked the cliffs first, then down the beach later in the afternoon when the tide was out. There are ship-wrecks down on the beach which become visible when tide is low--just jutting timbers and rested metal crusted with chiton--but cool all the same. Just overlooking a stunning view of the beach is a pub with a patio--so although we didn't do it I think a pint overlooking the sea and watching the sunset seems like a great idea. Here are a few pics, and I will post a few more following.





1. Looking down the beginning of the path toward Worm's head. And then a closer shot of the rock (from Wyrm, for dragon)--at the very lowest tide you can get from the mainland out to the rock but you only have a couple of hours to get out and back.



2. Looking back at Rhossili village.



3. View of the beach from the beginning of the cliff path--this is at relatively high tide. Lots of surfers!



4. Sheep on the cliff!