Welsh holiday hotspots: Porthcawl
Porthcawl is an iconic family holiday hot spot, especially for people around South Wales, and attracts thousands of visitors throughout the summer holidays, so I’m here speaking to locals and visitors about why porthcawl is so special and all the other amazing places wales has to offer this summer.
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00:00 We've come down today because we have the beautiful weather today.
00:04 There's this amazing beach over there, beautiful shops, very friendly people.
00:12 My aunts do really like it.
00:13 Beautiful surroundings, even the drive here is beautiful.
00:17 And it's just really lovely to come here again and again, even in winter when the weather
00:21 is bad.
00:22 Forthcrawl is one of those places that can do a bit of everything.
00:26 It's perfect for day trips for people around South Wales, proper holidays with plenty of
00:30 sights and hotels around, and even locals get to enjoy the beach, the sun, and of course
00:35 the fish and chips.
00:36 At Tickle Bay you can go surfing, you can take your dog, you can take your children,
00:40 you can spend all day here, have your food, have cafes, fish and chips, I mean everything
00:46 here, hotels, guest houses, it's just lovely.
00:49 Super.
00:50 Beautiful.
00:51 Super.
00:52 I moved down here three years ago, four years ago.
00:55 I moved down here in 1995.
00:56 And six.
00:57 And now we're together.
00:58 It's the fact that we both live within walking distance of the sea, so it's lovely to think
01:05 when you get up in the morning, you have your breakfast, you go out of the door, and you
01:09 can just go straight down to the sea and have a coffee, regardless of the weather.
01:14 It doesn't matter what the weather's like, you just dress for it.
01:17 I'm down here visiting family from Wrexham, North Wales, and it's my first visit to Forthcrawl.
01:21 Beautiful.
01:22 I've got the sunshine with me, so I look forward to catching up with my son a bit later, and
01:28 lovely granddaughter, and perhaps spending a bit of time on the beach later.
01:32 Ah, lovely.
01:33 Actually, the weather's nice now.
01:34 It's a bit cold for us, hence we've got long sleeves on, because we've come from our winter,
01:38 but your summer is quite cool for us.
01:41 Yeah.
01:42 But it's lovely here now that it's open.
01:45 We came here the other night and everything was shut, so it looks much better during the
01:48 day when everything's open.
01:50 So, yeah, I'm kind of looking at Forthcrawl, thinking to myself, well, this has got something.
01:56 It's got something for everybody.
01:58 You know, it's got your holiday resort, it's got your beaches, which are beautiful, you've
02:03 got your horse ride and all that.
02:05 You've got just about everything here, so, you know.
02:07 But that's what I like about Forthcrawl.
02:09 It's got a bit of everything.
02:11 Plus, I've got my dogs, so the dog makes me come out every day.
02:15 But even in the winter.
02:16 It's lovely.
02:17 It's nice down here because the sea is amazing.
02:20 It's always there.
02:22 You know, it's always, and some of the waves, and you know, I find it just fascinating sitting
02:28 here.
02:29 It's therapeutic as well, isn't it?
02:30 Oh, it's brilliant.
02:31 I wouldn't live anywhere else, honestly.
02:34 People are nice, they always talk to you.
02:37 I mean, I didn't know many people, but now I can walk down the street, "Hi, Angel, how's
02:41 it going?"
02:42 You know.
02:43 And just sit down, have a cup of tea or coffee.
02:47 You know, where else would you want to live?
02:50 You could keep Spain and all that.
02:53 Forthcrawl is just one of so many fab holiday spots here around Wales.
02:57 When the weather's like it is today, who needs a holiday abroad, eh?
03:01 James Beach Watkins, Local TV, Forthcrawl.
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