These three villages Landimore, Llanrhidian and Llanmadoc, are on the northern side of Gower, away from the busy beaches of Caswell, Three Cliffs Bay, Oxwich and Port Eynon. The “Llan” part of the place names originally refered to an enclosed area of land- usually a church or monastic cell. Landimore is the English version of the placename, in Welsh it is “Llandimore”. I liked the challenge of painting these lesser-known Gower villages (I am sure they are very well-known to the locals) especially the Britannia Inn at Llanmadoc from high up!
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Gower villages are so pretty, and you’ve really done them justice. In all the years I’ve been living here, I haven’t really explored the north side. I’ll have to get around to it sometime.
It’s funny how locals are often guilty of not exploring more! I always remember meeting a waitress in the US who lived 30 minutes from the Grand Canyon who said “I hear it is really pretty!” No, its one of the most amazing sights in the world. North Gower, however, is real pretty. But as you live on the doorstep of an incredibly pretty place on South Gower, I’ll let you off, Annabelle!!