The ship Porteynon & worms head, rhossili

We had an extremely enjoyable evening dancing at these two pubs, situated on the western extremities of the Gower peninsular. The sun was shining and there was a good crowd sat outside at the Ship, who enjoyed our performance of nine dances which included Curly Boar and Rigs of Doom, as well as Banks of the Lea. 

A quick drive to Rhossili revealed several people sat on the patio of the Worm’s Head Hotel and this is where we danced, with us having to be mindful of the strong breeze that cooled us but also threatened to blow straw hats from heads over the cliffs and far away!

We noticed one of the people watching us singing the song that goes with Postman’s Knock and it turned out he was from Towersey Morris and enjoying a holiday in the area.

We did a six dance injury curtailed set against views that can only be described as stunning! There cannot be many places as magical as this, with Worms Head in the distance and the towering slopes of Rhossili Down above the golden sands of a beach that stretches on forever!

We danced until the sun set, being well content with the evening tour at these two lovely locations. We must return!
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A sad post script to this tour! A fire broke out at the worms Head Hotel during the early morning hours of 14/7. Fortunately no one was injured but a significant part of the hotel has been destroyed. we hope the hotel quickly recovers from this.