The Willows - Oxwich Bay

31/12/2025

The last Monday of 2025. A quiet beach.

A proper paned on our Welsh Brew Travel Mug.

That’ll do nicely ❤️

18/11/2025

What a morning, what a place… have you booked yet? 😊

30/10/2025

It’s been a busy week and with trying to be present with the little people, so posts haven’t happened as we would have liked while we are here. We have taken lots of food pics to share of the local spots visited, obviously! Lots of photos of the views too.

26/10/2025

This news is so sad. Not to have the ponies along this view just won’t be the same 😢

26/10/2025

We’ve arrived back for a half term break and the forecast looks mixed for the week ahead but with mixed weather comes some lovely views on the beach. Oxwich really is beautiful all year round..

12/09/2025

18/08/2025

Thursday; We had a bit of drizzle and a bit of a breeze so we headed to

We had one fearless child with us so we ventured on to the big wheel, we then tried to burn some energy on the trampoline before heading to the arcades! We had some much needed refreshments which included slush puppies and piping hot, sugar coated donuts! Delicious!

We then headed back to Oxwich as my wonderful mum offered to have the girls for an hour while I took myself to the sauna! to be precise. I headed to the sea (the tide was OUT! lol) had a lovely swim and then back to the sauna to sit and watch the world go by. I met a lovely couple who shared their stories of why Oxwich holds a special place for them and in turn shared mine. I can honestly say I came away feeling well and truly relaxed and clear headed. So lucky to have this on the doorstep.

Then met my favourite people back on the beach where the sun was back shining!

14/08/2025

Wednesday; It was warm still but cloudy today, the little ones were tired so we spent the morning playing in the garden and then headed to Rhossili Sunflowers rhossili_sunflowers

For nationaltrust members the parking is free.

We decided to refuel before the walk so we stopped off at theviewrhossili
The food was sooo good, the service was also brilliant. The kids food was just so reasonable for the portions, probably the best we’ve had in a long time! £3.50 for the hot food, £3.00 for the sandwiches.
Our food was also delicious, the pictures hopefully do it some justice but well worth a visit.

Off to the sunflowers, through the wild ponies.. eeek! We were closer to them than ever but we never get too close and never touch them. These were mares and foals and their space should be respected.

The sunflowers were so worth it, they are beautiful and there was so much there to keep the kids busy. You can pick your own sunflowers and wild flowers and if you complete a little activity on the way round you get rewarded with some seeds.

We are so glad we came and took advantage of a cooler day. Again the team here were so lovely. We got a lovely gent offering to take our photo on the way in, the team at Dave’s cafe making it very easy to treat ourselves to a donut and the lovely team on the gate engaging in the banter between mother and bossy daughter while two feral kids run round!

What very special memories!

14/08/2025

Tuesday; we decided we might venture a bit further a field.. well get in the car and drive 10 minutes to Three Cliffs Bay.

The Three Cliffs Bay Holiday Park parking, shop and cafe are great. The team there were really helpful despite being really busy!

We have been coming to Gower for a VERY long time but we’ve never been to threecliffsbay before. Although the walk to the beach isn’t that far if you take the right hand side walk it is steep and a bit slippy so heading there in flip flops with baggage in tow was interesting. We went back a different way, over stepping stones and up a slope which was a little longer but easier for us (personally) to navigate.

Without kids and all the baggage in tow, we could have walked it from Oxwich the tide is out until quite late at the moment so definitely doable.

Once on the beach it is so lovely! Lots of shaded area by the side of the cliffs, lots of little pools so you don’t have to walk to the sea if you have little kids but they still get to get play in the water. It was beautiful.

The only downside is no facilities, toilets or food wise so you do need to take some baggage for supplies especially in the heat, but it was such a lovely way to spend the day, we would absolutely recommend it.

We LOVED it!! 🥰

12/08/2025

The garden at The Willows is pretty big, perfect for those who have dogs, those with kids or those who just want to be able to sit and watch the world go by.

Summer holidays can be expensive to navigate but most supermarkets deliver to the bungalow, we did an online shop that arrived the night we did and have been taking picnics to the beach and eating at the bungalow on the nights. So our outings at the beach cost us the price of an ice cream each!

We talked to the girls yesterday about exploring other beaches and they weren’t keen but we do have a few more ideas for outings planned for the rest of the week.

11/08/2025

Five minutes to walk to this.. with a packed lunch and all necessities loaded in to the trolley we arrived at 11.30 and we stayed till 16.30.. it felt like the sun was just coming into its prime and we were cooked!

So many people paddle boarding, so many people taking off in boats and so many of us just swimming in the sea and exploring rock pools to see who could find the biggest hermit crab. A few of us (grandma) sitting under the shade of an umbrella watching the world go by.

For those that don’t want to take a packed lunch there’s always the fish and chip shop (we’d eat anything here) or the beach side cafe - pizza is recommended! Or the Oxwich Bay hotel of course for a bit more formal.

To the family barbecuing half a chicken beach side and to the family with a gas stove and kettle on the go.. we salute you!