{"id":74656,"date":"2017-12-15T23:30:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T16:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-pwllheli-and-the-llyn-peninsula-a-bastion-of-welshness\/"},"modified":"2017-12-16T00:04:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T17:04:50","slug":"lets-move-to-pwllheli-and-the-llyn-peninsula-a-bastion-of-welshness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-pwllheli-and-the-llyn-peninsula-a-bastion-of-welshness\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Pwllheli and the Ll\u0177n Peninsula: a bastion of Welshness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThis fabulous dangle of land, sandy bays and lush, juicy hills is still one of the most Welsh-speaking parts of the countryWhat\u2019s 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 Ll\u0177n 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\u2019s vaguely right, isn\u2019t it, north Welsh readers?), but I can see why Mum and Dad took us here. It\u2019s 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\u2019t do much better), leaving the Ll\u0177n 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\u2019s 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 \u2013 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\u2019s quite second-homey, so if you do move, please be sensitive to the culture and economy. Rain. Lots of it. There\u2019s a reason it\u2019s so lush. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/dec\/15\/lets-move-to-pwllheli-and-the-llyn-peninsula-property\" target=\"_blank\">Let\u2019s move to Pwllheli and the Ll\u0177n Peninsula: a bastion of Welshness<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; This fabulous dangle of land, sandy bays and lush, juicy hills is still one of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-jq8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":125197,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hello-200k-beach-huts-goodbye-primary-school-the-welsh-village-hollowed-out-by-second-homes\/","url_meta":{"origin":74656,"position":0},"title":"Hello \u00a3200k beach huts, goodbye primary school &#8211; the Welsh village hollowed out by second homes","date":"March 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Abersoch was once an ordinary fishing hamlet. 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