Treffie
06-08-2010, 08:19 AM
Home, sweet home :D
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A remote coastal stretch once described by Dylan Thomas as 'wild, bleak and barren' was yesterday voted Britain's best beach.
Rhossili Bay on the western tip of the Gower Peninsula in south Wales offers captivating views across the Bristol Channel and Carmarthen Bay
The three-mile stretch of beach near Swansea won 47 per cent of the votes, with Tresco in the Isles of Scilly coming second with 19 per cent.
Two of Britain's more famous beaches, Blackpool and Margate, each won 10 per cent of the votes while Lepe in Hampshire (2 per cent) and Bamburgh in Northumberland (1 per cent) made up the top six.
Last month, Rhossili Bay was also voted the best picnic spot by a team of travel writers.
David Taylor, of Fredericks Dairies, which makes ice cream for Cadbury, said: 'It's fantastic to see the great British public getting behind the campaign with over 7,700 votes cast.
'It just goes to show how treasured our beaches are.'
Councillor Richard Lewis, Lord Mayor of Swansea, said: 'The views at Rhossili are among the best in the world and this award is the latest in a long line of accolades for the beauty spot.'
Rhossili Bay was the scene of Thomas's camping trip in his story Extraordinary Little Cough.
He described it was 'the wildest, bleakest and barrennest I know — four or five miles of yellow coldness going away into the distance of the sea'.
Last month, the cliffs above the bay, which have stunning views across the beach and across to North Devon, were named Britain's best picnic spot by travel writers.
Source (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1284756/Dylan-Thomass-Welsh-wonder-beach-voted-best-Britain.html)
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A remote coastal stretch once described by Dylan Thomas as 'wild, bleak and barren' was yesterday voted Britain's best beach.
Rhossili Bay on the western tip of the Gower Peninsula in south Wales offers captivating views across the Bristol Channel and Carmarthen Bay
The three-mile stretch of beach near Swansea won 47 per cent of the votes, with Tresco in the Isles of Scilly coming second with 19 per cent.
Two of Britain's more famous beaches, Blackpool and Margate, each won 10 per cent of the votes while Lepe in Hampshire (2 per cent) and Bamburgh in Northumberland (1 per cent) made up the top six.
Last month, Rhossili Bay was also voted the best picnic spot by a team of travel writers.
David Taylor, of Fredericks Dairies, which makes ice cream for Cadbury, said: 'It's fantastic to see the great British public getting behind the campaign with over 7,700 votes cast.
'It just goes to show how treasured our beaches are.'
Councillor Richard Lewis, Lord Mayor of Swansea, said: 'The views at Rhossili are among the best in the world and this award is the latest in a long line of accolades for the beauty spot.'
Rhossili Bay was the scene of Thomas's camping trip in his story Extraordinary Little Cough.
He described it was 'the wildest, bleakest and barrennest I know — four or five miles of yellow coldness going away into the distance of the sea'.
Last month, the cliffs above the bay, which have stunning views across the beach and across to North Devon, were named Britain's best picnic spot by travel writers.
Source (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1284756/Dylan-Thomass-Welsh-wonder-beach-voted-best-Britain.html)