What's the nicest seaside village / hotel to stay in the area?... Within short striking distance of Pennard and Southerndown... Think I need to make a trip back because I've only seen Porthcawl and I feel left out when Sean et al go on a Pennard diatribe...
The Mumbles is nice, but nowhere near Southerndown(50 minutes)
I stayed in the Rose and Crown in Nottage, just outside Porthcawl.
nice pub and restaurant and great value.
Room 11 is the best.
I spose the same could be said of the distance from Nottage to Pennard
If you want a wee village hard on the beach, try Port Eynon in the Gower...if you are out of season. Its out of the way, but I notice you keep mentioning the beach....which you won't get at Nottage. Culver House has renovated the place into rental apartments and its about a 1 mnute walk to the beach. Not much else in the village except a pub and fish n' chips - very laid back and perfect for a group of guys if they don't care about making some lame scene in a dodgy town pub.
Ciao
This sounds good, Sean...
Yes - the beach adds a little je ne sais quoi for my group... Given that it's only one round per day, some beach cricket is usually the order of the day one morning and a decent pub and fish and chips as the sun sets is another nice add...
We do year about Scotland / away and after giving them heathland trips in 2009 (Surrey), 2011 (Leeds) and 2013 (Sussex) I need to get some seaside golf back on the agenda next year... The Scottish trips have been easy with the even years since 2006 being St.Andrews, North Berwick, Dornoch, Machrihanish and Nairn...
Actually I thought I had Le Strange Arms / Hunstanton / Brancaster sorted out but one element fell through for the weekend we wanted...
Anyway - apologies for derailing... Back to this spectacular piece of land... There's an even more spectacular piece further west on the Gower Peninsula at Oxwich