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Places we like
It may seem an inappropriate time to talk of long Summer days at the seaside, lying on the beach and sipping ice-cold lager, but perhaps the thought of it will help dispel the gloom of Winter. Fairbourne is a tiny village on the south side of the Mawddach estuary. Originally the area was known as Morfa Henddol, and the outcrop on which the Fairbourne Hotel now stands was called Ynysfraig. The village itself has no Welsh name for the simple reason that it was founded as a resort by the English businessman, Arthur McDougall. (Everyone in the UK has heard of McDougall’s flour.) A miniature railway - the only attraction apart from the beach - runs for two miles along the dunes to a café at Penrhyn Point, from where you can take the six-person ferry across to Barnouth. This picture gives little idea how small the engine really is, by the way. It is only 12½ inch gauge and less than shoulder-height. Roll on Summer!
It may seem an inappropriate time to talk of long Summer days at the seaside, lying on the beach and sipping ice-cold lager, but perhaps the thought of it will help dispel the gloom of Winter. Fairbourne is a tiny village on the south side of the Mawddach estuary. Originally the area was known as Morfa Henddol, and the outcrop on which the Fairbourne Hotel now stands was called Ynysfraig. The village itself has no Welsh name for the simple reason that it was founded as a resort by the English businessman, Arthur McDougall. (Everyone in the UK has heard of McDougall’s flour.) A miniature railway - the only attraction apart from the beach - runs for two miles along the dunes to a café at Penrhyn Point, from where you can take the six-person ferry across to Barnouth. This picture gives little idea how small the engine really is, by the way. It is only 12½ inch gauge and less than shoulder-height. Roll on Summer!
