I have wonderful memories of me and my family going on holiday and visiting one of my family members and my nieces in Borth in 1986 and in 1987 wish I look back with fondness and joy.
Been abroad, all the many usual destinations... been Tenby been Saundersfoot and Brean Sands and Minehead and even been tacky Trecco Bay but we have had the most relaxing family gathering in this place
I spent all my Summer holidays in Borth every year when i was growing up. As a family in the 70's we stayed every year in the same cottage just up on the little hill opposite the boat yard. We knew the old lady who lived in the next cottage, she had a TV & we didn't so she'd let us go round, she had a seagull called Peg who she rescued & nursed back to health. Us kids would sit on the grass at the front of the cottage (which is now privately owned) & wave at the passengers on the train going across the bridge above the river. We'd walk into Borth main street every day & get our milk from some place we passed by on our way there. We stopped going some time in the 80's, but still went back from time to time on day trips. Still love the place, but haven't been for years now. My parents are both 81 this year, how time flies ❤
im sure as a kid we go wales got of at Borth station from london Euston to stay in place called Plas Einion in the hills next to the river afon best times of my life been there 2 times need to go back for sure been very long time the mansion the school had has been sold off some time ago that was beautiful building in the hills .
Hi that's the best all round video I've seen of Borth, Spent so many holidays there when our children were growing up Now live in Sydney, But Borth will always be Special Thanks for a great Video
Nice of you to say - thanks! I'll have to take another look at it again just now, seeing as there were some changes made (probably to the sea defences) after taking a bit of a hammering in winter storms
Borth is an amazing place ' we have been going there for 4 years because a friend of ours has got a mobile home on Bry nowen park but now my partner Sue has had a life safeing operation and now she won't be able to walk again', Sue loved to walk here
whats the 2 little islands dont remember seeing them there when I was a nipper and neither do I remember seeing them there when I lived in Newtown and we went there for the day, are they man made and recently added?
Not greatly attractive for sure, but I believe at the time of their construction Borth had suffered a lot of damage from Winter storms, so it's probably something to do with that Nearby Aberystwyth had one of its Promenade shelters destroyed by what most likely was the same storm, so I guess Borth's residents got a bit nervous!
@@swiftymorgan5064 Hi there. What a fantastic video of my favourite “Unique Village By The Sea” as it was once described as in an old guide book for Borth many years ago. I have the opportunity to go there often apart from last year due to the pandemic. My Brother has a caravan at Upper Borth overlooking the village. I remember the sea defence work going on there in 2014 and seeing those rocks all piled up on the seafront. It was especially noticeable when you approached the seafront from the station towering above the promenade. I found out straight away from somebody of what was going on and I can reassure anyone who is planning to visit Borth nowadays that all those rocks have been put into their respective “islands” to perform their job as a very effective defence for Borth against anymore storms that the village may endure in the future. Thank you for making such a wonderful video of this very special place on the coast of Cardigan Bay.
@@mercianwanderer5953 Thanks Bryn. I haven't been back for a few years so must take a look again soon Not knowing of course, I imagine these islands might turn out to look like the ones you find further north at Tywyn, although those are quite a bit away from the Promenade. Anyway they must be necessary of course, if only for the residents - Tony
I have wonderful memories of me and my family going on holiday and visiting one of my family members and my nieces in Borth in 1986 and in 1987 wish I look back with fondness and joy.
Been abroad, all the many usual destinations... been Tenby been Saundersfoot and Brean Sands and Minehead and even been tacky Trecco Bay but we have had the most relaxing family gathering in this place
I spent all my Summer holidays in Borth every year when i was growing up. As a family in the 70's we stayed every year in the same cottage just up on the little hill opposite the boat yard. We knew the old lady who lived in the next cottage, she had a TV & we didn't so she'd let us go round, she had a seagull called Peg who she rescued & nursed back to health. Us kids would sit on the grass at the front of the cottage (which is now privately owned) & wave at the passengers on the train going across the bridge above the river. We'd walk into Borth main street every day & get our milk from some place we passed by on our way there. We stopped going some time in the 80's, but still went back from time to time on day trips. Still love the place, but haven't been for years now. My parents are both 81 this year, how time flies ❤
im sure as a kid we go wales got of at Borth station from london Euston to stay in place called Plas Einion in the hills next to the river afon best times of my life been there 2 times need to go back for sure been very long time the mansion the school had has been sold off some time ago that was beautiful building in the hills .
Hi that's the best all round video I've seen of Borth, Spent so many holidays there when our children were growing up Now live in Sydney, But Borth will always be Special Thanks for a great Video
Nice of you to say - thanks!
I'll have to take another look at it again just now, seeing as there were some changes made (probably to the sea defences) after taking a bit of a hammering in winter storms
Not many places that are more beautiful than Wales. Great video.
+Murphy's Law
You're spot on there - thanks Murphy
Wheres the beauty I keep looking for it in videos
Some people say there's nothing there but that's why I like it.
Do you mind there’s just enough there. A zoo, some nice pubs, beautiful beaches, what more could anyone want.
@@JulieWallis1963 I have walked all over there follow thr river afon up stream its beautiful
Actually Borth has a beautifully located church slightly raised above the ground around it. And the view across to the Cambrian Mountains is heavenly.
In going there soon m soooo excited it looks amazing
Borth is an amazing place ' we have been going there for 4 years because a friend of ours has got a mobile home on Bry nowen park but now my partner Sue has had a life safeing operation and now she won't be able to walk again', Sue loved to walk here
Thanks Neil. I'll have to go again soon, what with BST about to restart (PS: best wishes for your partner, Sue)
Swifty Morgan thanks so much' I will get her back here but now in a wheelchair' thanks for this lovely video
Pause at 6:40 and you can see me and my parents
Wow - you're observant!
I expect like myself you were wondering what it was going to look like after the JCB's on the beach had finished
+Swifty Morgan whats going on with the beach ? are they building flood defenses ? im going there friday
whats the 2 little islands dont remember seeing them there when I was a nipper and neither do I remember seeing them there when I lived in Newtown and we went there for the day, are they man made and recently added?
yes sea defences were installed from about 2014, there are some videos on youtube of the works
I'm there as I tipe
Seth Harper *type* ffs.
is there any need for all that rock to be put that high preventing people from looking at the sea after all thats what they go to the seaside for
Not greatly attractive for sure, but I believe at the time of their construction Borth had suffered a lot of damage from Winter storms, so it's probably something to do with that
Nearby Aberystwyth had one of its Promenade shelters destroyed by what most likely was the same storm, so I guess Borth's residents got a bit nervous!
@@swiftymorgan5064 Hi there.
What a fantastic video of my favourite “Unique Village By The Sea” as it was once described as in an old guide book for Borth many years ago.
I have the opportunity to go there often apart from last year due to the pandemic. My Brother has a caravan at Upper Borth overlooking the village.
I remember the sea defence work going on there in 2014 and seeing those rocks all piled up on the seafront. It was especially noticeable when you approached the seafront from the station towering above the promenade.
I found out straight away from somebody of what was going on and I can reassure anyone who is planning to visit Borth nowadays that all those rocks have been put into their respective “islands” to perform their job as a very effective defence for Borth against anymore storms that the village may endure in the future.
Thank you for making such a wonderful video of this very special place on the coast of Cardigan Bay.
@@mercianwanderer5953 Thanks Bryn. I haven't been back for a few years so must take a look again soon
Not knowing of course, I imagine these islands might turn out to look like the ones you find further north at Tywyn, although those are quite a bit away from the Promenade. Anyway they must be necessary of course, if only for the residents
- Tony