Life is strange

Annie, I so wish you could get back to New Quay. If only there were a GNetter or two in the area, it would be a lovely day out. Is there a coach that goes there from your area?

seacliff, I have many,many photographs of New Quay , one I love is our two small daughters in white macs and wellies, me in Jeans, a rainproof jacket , my husbands socks and scholl sandals ! Pool fishing as the tide was going out. Even some of me in a bikini !

My younger granddaughter hopes to go over there this year and will take her iPad so I will see it and hopefully the dolphins

Anniebach, I hope that one day you get to Newquay and breath in the bracing fresh sea air.
I’m blessed to live on the island of your ancestors, I look out of my windows at big grey seas, deserted sands and ferries on their way to Ireland. In summer I can hear the fffff sound of children entering the cold Irish Sea and the screeches of joy as they start to swim. From the north facing windows I see a rolling green landscape currently dotted with the last of the snowdrops and flowering daffodils.
The best of all worlds. Perhaps your ancestors walked on our lovely beach.

Peardrop, they hail from Trewalchmai, Llanfaelog ,Red Wharf Bay , Caemaes Bay and Holyhead , I loved holidaying there when young. You Truly are blessed x

I too like to be by the sea, breathing in deep gulps of air.
The overwhelming whiff of fish and chips, burgers and kebabs always gives me an appetite.

holdingontometeeth
Not all coastal areas are fish &chips, burgers and kebabs you know!
Where I live is a promenade, houses one side of the road, the beach the other. The only property which isn't privately owned housing is the Lifeboat Station!
I can't decide whether your post is sarcastic, nasty, or just misinformed

Annie, I must admit I didn't know where New Quay was until today, I googled it. Looks so beautiful, and of course if you have happy family memories, that makes it your special place.
I'd always fancied Pembrokeshire to visit, but now I find a new area I never knew about.
I just love to see dolphins, we saw then on a boat trip in the Canary islands once, following the slip stream of the boat. They are magical to me.

Try tongue in cheek Juggernaut, though if you deem it to be nasty then nasty it is!

Annie, I know all the places your ancestors were from. A beautiful area. I also know Newquay and have watched the dolphins playing. Forgive my nosiness, but how did your family come to travel south? These things always intrigue me and I’ve come to the conclusion that few people (myself included) actually stay in the same area as their ancestors.

Ladies please.
There are all kinds of seaside places
Deserted sands and rolling waves.
Busy promenades with music and fish and chips.
Rocky cliffs and gulls screaming.
Many more examples, all can be enjoyed for what they have to offer if you’re open to enjoyment.

Anniebach and craftynan, some beautiful places, I love them all, also Church Bay, Trefadog, Sandy Beach. Trearddur Bay for eateries and Cemaes Bay too.
The marina at Holyhead took a battering during storm Emma, poor fishermen lost livelihoods but will battle on.

anodomini I am also Clyde built.
Now south of the border I also miss the sea.?

craftynan, my paternal grandfather and his five sisters born on Anglesey, my grandfather , one sister and her husband came down to Aberfan to find work in the coal mines, four sisters never left the .Island so it was with the g Aunts I holidayed . Early 20th century a lot left Anglesey and came to the South Wales mining areas . Late 19 century there was an exodus to Liverpool , there was a part of Liverpool known as little Wales. I transcribed BMD for Anglesey and for Anglesey archives so was lucky to read much about the Islands history from documents

We are off to Aberaeron next Friday. We might call in at New Quay if the weather is good. I have never been there. Porthcawl and Barry Island were the places we went when I was a child.

I seem to have the sea in my blood, never happier than when I am in it, on it or beside it. With the family firmly rooted in central Scotland, I have never had the chance to live by the sea, but every holiday has to be by or on the sea. I have even been known to spend the odd day off driving to the nearest seaside just to check that the sea is still there.

Anniebach ...sory to hear you cannot get down to see them...just a thought ...some of the big coach firms (Leger Travel is just one I can think of !) do trips to Cornwall ....which would include all travel and a hotel as well ) reasonable prices and probably many go to Newquay ...have a look at the coach holiday websites !

I do hope you manage to get down this summer x

Life is strange. I was brought up in Uganda but after we retired we moved to live in Spain. At my book group one month I got chatting to a very sprightly 92 year old lady. During conversation it came out that she had lived in Uganda at the same time as me. She had gone out there to teach. When she told me her maiden name I remembered her immediately. She had been my teacher when I was 6.

It was so surreal to be meeting her again in a small village in Spain after last seeing her 64 years ago in Africa.

VIOLETTE, I think that Anniebach is talking about New Quay in Wales, 2 words.

I lived in Shetland for two years when my husband was in the RAF. It was heaven on earth, no part of Shetland is more than three miles from the sea.It was like living in another world, so tranquil and beautiful. I only live thirty minutes drive away from the coast now but hardly ever go. Cant walk far and parking is'nt the easiest with all the holiday makers.

I love the coast too, particularly rocky coast lines such as Dorset. One set of grandparents retired to Sussex minutes from the sea, early bucket and spade holidays with them are some of my first memories.

I think it's a primeval thing why so many of us love the sea, life began in the water and perhaps that's why some have an innate desire to live by the coast, that, and the fact there is something mesmerising and infinite in the tides and the breaking of waves. That's my theory anyway

Hope your granddaughter and boyfriend enjoy their new life Annie.

I do hope you can visit them and return to what is such a special place for you Annie

Like Leg55 I live on the edge of Dartmoor. Nearest beach is 25 mins , and I would hate to be any further away from the sea. I would love to live within walking distance of the coast, but also love the countryside. The trouble is that houses with this combination are very expensive.

VIOL.ETTE, thank you , it is New Quay in Wales, but you were kind to post the information

BBvevan, I loved Barry , Chapel and Miners Club days out every year ?

steve,

when my daughters were little the elder one then age 7 wanted to know what the sea was like in winter. The three of us packed a picnic, dressed in boots, winter coats, we went to a beach in Pembrokeshire, it was January. Magical , as we sat on the beach we watched a storm over the sea, the lighting was so beautiful , the sea was angry, it was so beautiful, yes it was cold ?

So did we Annie* When we could see the Wenvoe aerial we knew we were nearly there.
The big numbers on the wall your Mam sat beneath, and running to the big shelters when it rained And my favourite ' the shows' Loved it all