Check the Tide Times and the waves at GowerLive 

- lots of other info too!

SAD NEWS OF THE PASSING OF A GOWER MAN

There were few — perhaps none — who knew as much about Swansea and Gower as amateur historian and archeologist Bernard Morris.  

Mr Morris was appointed MBE for services to the Gower Society and conservation in South Wales and was also made an honorary fellow of the University of Wales.

Earlier this year he was honoured by the Gower Society for 60 years services as a Committee member.  

He was editor of the Gower Society's Journal for more than 30 years and was heavily involved in the Royal Institution of South Wales. Gower Society chairman Malcolm Ridge said: "He was a tremendous man, very learned and modest."

Mr Bernard Morris died on Sunday following a short illness, aged 79.

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IT HAS ARRIVED!  : NEW GROUP FOR PUPPY OWNERS

The lovely nurses at Gower Veterinary Surgery are working their sox off to deliver the best of advice to you in the care and training of puppies.

Everyone wants a sociable dog!

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Take a look at The Wikipedia Entry for Gower- very informative!

Within the excellent e-magazine  GOWER NEWS  published by Ian Ambrose of Pennard you will find an article which is of enormous importance to all who are keen to 'Protect Gower for all its worth':  it talks about the 'Save Clyne Valley' project.  

Large swathes of land are being redefined by Swansea Council as residential zones.  Woodland and open spaces which have hitherto been for the enjoyment of local people and their young families, are now under threat of development.  

Thanks to Ian for bringing this to the attention of a much wider audience, and taking a proactive approach in urging people to 'Have Their Say'.

If you want to object to this action, take the steps outlined in the 'Save Clyne Valley' Project website.

~ 10th September 2011

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OYSTERMOUTH CASTLE RENEWAL PROJECT:

Huge monies have been spent on the conservation programme for Oystermouth Castle in Mumbles and now it's reopened: the programme of summer events included some open-air performances.   We went along to capture the mood of the big band performance of "Miller By Moonlight", an evening of Glenn Miller favourites.   Here's my shakey video footage - I hope you'll find it entertaining!  [Apologies about the quality of the filming, it was on an iPhone and I tried to lighten it up in places but c'est la vie!]

I hope you like it and you'll click through to my YouTube Channel to give it the thumbs up!

This is Steve Watkins paragliding off the hill at Rhossili - apparently the group spent 4 or 5 hours in the air, as it was such a great day for paragliding.  ** Do check weather conditions if you plan to come down for paragliding, oh! and the other piece of advice is never paraglide alone.  We've had people crash land while flying on their own and if it wasn't for The Bay Bistro at Rhossili spotting that they had crashed, the Sea King helicopter wouldn't have rescued them - the flyer survived but spent 18 months in a back-brace!

One question I have for Steve is: "If you were 20-25 flyers up there on that occasion, how the heck did you all manage to keep out of each others way?"

Not to worry if you didn't get time to pop over to Pennard to watch the Carnival Parade, we did and here are the highlights for you to see:

The sun shone for the journey from the village green, outside of Maddock's Tearooms, to the school playing fields, thank heavens!

You'll see from the happy smiling faces, that everyone, young and old, were having a great time!  Don't miss next year's Parade.

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Here's Mikes photo montage of Gower landmarks

and beauty spots, prepare to be wowed! ........... Gower Glories!

This is most definitely NOT primarily a jobs site ... However, there are a few people here who employ staff for the season (some more permanently) and if you are either looking for staff OR seeking a job, feel free to enter your needs on THE FORUM.

We will keep on eye on it and try to match people where that's possible.

JW