Mumbles guide

Everybody in Wales has a soft spot for Mumbles. Though people from outside Wales may not have heard of it, they will find it unforgettable once they've been there.To start with, there's the name, Mumbles, deriving from the French word mamelles, meaning 'breasts' and originally referring only to the two islets at the end of the promontory, but nowadays applying to the whole village. Really, the name should have a permanent exclamation mark – Mumbles!, like Westward Ho! As indeed should the Welsh word, Mwmbwl! The village is an extraordinary place to live in and to visit, and its magic never fails, whether you are travelling back home for the thousandth time along Mumbles Road or seeing it all for the very first time. On your left, there's the great sweep of Swansea Bay, and then, glimpsed first through pine trees, a huddle of small houses cascades down a hill and clings together beneath a steep cliff as the coast arches sharply to those two islets with their Victorian pier. Why is Mumbles so intoxicating?

It's not just down to the string of seafront pubs along the famous Mumbles Mile. It must be something to do with the light, the way the bay acts as a giant mirror, amplifying the opalescent sunlight on a fine day, or making the sunlight shimmer if the tide is in with white horses skimming the surface, when the old stone and render of the buildings take on added colour, and everything looks like a perfect European seaside resort. Then, when clouds are racing across the sky, everything turns into melodrama, more Celtic twilight than European, and rays of sun catch the hills surrounding the bay and turn them livid green, then damson, then rust, as the sea changes from black to silver in Mumbles.


Latest Tweets featuring Mumbles

  • RealJayMillionz

    White people: "hello, yes I would like to order . . ." Black people: " yeah ! Let me get uhhh ! Hold up ! * mumbles * tf do I want ?

    Today, 04:22

  • BrittBearx

    @AllLimaHeights P: No.. Don't feast on me.. (he mumbles, slowly waking up and looking around) Where's that Brittany girl at?

    Today, 13:01

  • BreezyyBabee

    *mumbles sleepy Good Morning*

    Today, 13:00

  • alantshearer

    @deac100 (mumbles) posh git…

    Today, 12:59

  • ZeEpicSharkeh

    My hands looks weird.. *Mumbles*

    Today, 12:59

  • MaimingMonroe

    *mumbles* morning

    Today, 12:54

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    Today, 12:53

  • leechenyi

    Bro doesnt learn. Damn. Forever mumbling. He knows sis and i hate people who mumbles and he freaking mumbled to me!

    Today, 12:53

  • HelenRoseP

    @JannettyHotTag Yep, I've clocked a fair few. They never sing either, just kind of murmur. Not even a decent hum, just mumbles.

    Today, 12:50

  • scorpion1966

    Dry and a bit misty across Mumbles today @SimonHawkins http://t.co/2algvGiS

    Today, 12:50

  • OR_Jihyun

    @OR_iamblaqJoon /mumbles/ Trying to get some~

    Today, 12:48

  • BrittBearx

    @AllLimaHeights Yeah, I guess.. (she yawns, and closes her eyes) Night.. (she mumbles before falling asleep)

    Today, 12:44

  • HerLoveEzra

    @LoveAlways_Aria -smirks, mumbles against your skin- Oh, you want me to suck again? -starts sucking on another sensitive spot on your neck-

    Today, 12:42

  • ImJamesMoriarty

    @sassyjazzhands *slowly wakes up two hours later. Mumbles* where am I?

    Today, 12:40

  • heartbreak_fly

    RT @DopeLove_Dee: * Mumbles * Wack A* School

    Today, 12:36

  • DopeLove_Dee

    * Mumbles * Wack A* School

    Today, 12:33

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