Property News · December 15, 2017

Let’s move to Pwllheli and the Llŷn Peninsula: a bastion of Welshness


This fabulous dangle of land, sandy bays and lush, juicy hills is still one of the most Welsh-speaking parts of the countryWhat’s going for it? Many things inexcusable today took place in the 1970s. Among them my futile attempts as a small boy to pronounce Welsh words on our summer holidays to the Llŷn Peninsula. I am ashamed to say Puff-welly was as good as it got. For which, citizens of Pwllheli, citizens of Wales, I can only apologise. With the clarity of adulthood, I can not only manage a decent Push-elly (that’s vaguely right, isn’t it, north Welsh readers?), but I can see why Mum and Dad took us here. It’s a long, long way from St Albans, in every sense. Which is probably why the Roman legions never quite quelled the locals (and the Normans didn’t do much better), leaving the Llŷn a bastion of Welshness. Only the intrepid (the pilgrims en route to their final resting place on Bardsey Island; nature buffs searching for seals; surfers after the perfect wave in Hell’s Mouth) popped by. Today, this fabulous dangle of land, sandy bays and lush, juicy hills is still one of the most Welsh-speaking parts of the country – and I bet their tongues trip easily over Pwllheli, Bwlchtocyn, Llanystumdwy, and make mincemeat of Rhyd-y-gwystl.The case against Earthquakes. Yes, really. It’s quite second-homey, so if you do move, please be sensitive to the culture and economy. Rain. Lots of it. There’s a reason it’s so lush. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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