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  • The Cottage

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    The Lleyn Peninsula* is the relatively low-lying tongue of land jutting into the Irish sea south of Anglesey and west of the spectacular peaks of Snowdonia, making the map of Wales look like a floppy-eared pig. In the 1950s it was pretty undeveloped, with the small seaside resorts of Abersoch and Aberdaron as far as…

  • Getting there

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    As a family I don’t think we ever went to the cottage on our own. Holidays were always shared with uncles, aunts and cousins on Mum’s side, either Emlyn. Lu and cousins Alan and Grahame, or Uncle Geoff, Auntie Molly, Peter and Pam. Nana, of course, was usually there as well. One of the very…