Number 14 The Gower

06/06/2026

Walking distance from the cottage 😊

04/06/2026

What do you get if you cross June with 5:45am at Three Cliffs Bay? 😍

You get views like this 🌅😊

Summer sunrises are hard to get up for 🥱 (factor in drive time, walk time and set up time and you are looking at a 3am alarm call! ⏰)

But when you see this, it is all worthwhile 💯✨

And when you drive back through Swansea at rush hour 🚗, the feeling having been up for hours and seen the sunrise is out of this world 🙌🌊

When you get home, coffee has never tasted so good ☕️😄

02/06/2026

01/06/2026

A cave on the Gower coast has just been confirmed as the home of the oldest art ever found in Britain 🎨

🏛️ Scientists have confirmed that red pigment markings on the walls of Bacon Hole - a cave in the limestone cliffs of south Gower, located just west of Deepslade and Hunt’s Bay - were created 17,100 years ago, making them the oldest known rock art in Britain and north-western Europe.

🔬 The painted lines were first discovered in 1912 but dismissed as natural mineral seeping through the rock by 1928 - and forgotten for almost a century. New uranium-thorium dating has now proved the original discovery correct, confirming the paint was applied deliberately by human hands.

💬 Dr George Nash, the Welsh-born specialist who led the international research team, said: “This is the earliest prehistoric art we have in Britain. This is an exciting rediscovery, significant in understanding what was going on in Wales in the deep past.”

🌊 When the art was created, the Bristol Channel didn’t exist - the Gower caves would have sheltered hunter-gatherer groups as they followed migrating animals across what is now open sea.

📋 Bacon Hole is under the custodianship of the National Trust of Wales. The researchers are calling for it to be designated a scheduled monument.

Source: The Guardian
Images: Cave painting — George Nash. Cave — Chris Howes/Wild Places/Alamy

30/05/2026

Popped down to Number 14 The Gower for a cheeky few days.

30/05/2026

Popped down to Number 14 The Gower for a cheeky few days.