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Article: Stunning bay is perfect spot for sandwich stop ; RHOSSILI BEACH: Head to the UK's top place for a picnic and soak up some summer sun on golden sands IT has just been officially voted the best place for a picnic in Wales. But what exactly makes Rhossili in Gower so special? PETER SLEE has been finding out.
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- South Wales Evening Post
- Article date:
- August 18, 2009
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I'VE got sandwiches, a packet of chocolate biscuits and a flask
clutched tightly under my arm.
Rhossili, I have been told, has just picked up the title of top
spot for picnicking in a new UK-wide poll.
But polls are one thing -- the reality is often different.
It's ages since I last paid a visit. Well, five years or so at
least, when it was the chosen destination for a last family day out
before my daughter headed off for a gap year in South America.
It was a great day, and left her with memories of a place she had
always enjoyed.
So I have driven the 15 miles from my home in Swansea to put it
to the test again.
Seductive Hence, the ham sandwiches.
Is it really worthy of this accolade? The ...