Visiting Dylan Thomas' boathouse

I was intrigued to learn more about the life of Dylan Thomas, a famous Welsh poet, who I knew little about except that he had the same first name as me. Dylan Thomas grew up in Swansea where there is now a information centre dedicated to his life. He also spent a bit of time living in a boathouse in a quite seaside town called Laugharne. I had read in the book '501 must visit destinations' that this was a must visit destination.

So we headed to Laughharne it takes a couple of hours on the bus and train to reach Laugharne from Swansea and when we reached the town the sun was shining as we made our way past a castle along the edge of the beach to the boathouse.

Upon reaching the house we read a sign which stated it was closed due to ice in the pipes. Not really sure what this meant but what it did mean was that we were not allowed inside. One of Dylan Thomas' most famous pieces 'Under Milk Wood' speaks of a town called Llareggub an imaginary Welsh town. Llareggub read backwards is Buggerall and many people believe it is based upon Llaugharne because it doesn't have a lot to offer, as Jess and I discovered while waiting a couple of hours for the next bus to take us back.

Thomas when writing about Laugharne said he got off the bas and just forget to get back on. Jess and I definetly remembered to get back on the bus. While spending all day getting to and from Laugharne we had missed our chance to visit the Dylan Thomas centre in Swansea. Therefore I left Swansea knowing almost nothing more about the poet than when I had arrived.

It was time to head back to Newport for a couple of days to make up for the nights we were still due before leaving Wales and making our way back across the border to Bath.