Laugharne Boat House.

Laugharne and Dylan Thomas.

Just over 25 miles from Timber Hill is Laugharne, a pretty little village which was once the home of Dylan Thomas.

Laugharne is the Welsh town where poet Dylan Thomas lived for the last four years of his life from 1949 till 1953 and which served as the inspiration for the fictional town of “Llareggub” in his play Under Milk Wood.

There are several beautiful walks around the area ranging from a gentle wander round the edges of the old castle and the banks of the river Tâf to the lovely two-mile Dylan Thomas Birthday Walk.

This walk is the setting for one of his best loved works, Poem in October, in which he vividly describes a stroll around Laugharne on his 30th birthday.

His home, The Boathouse, is now a museum, and many other places in and around Laugharne, including his writing shed, are associated with the poet and are popular visitor attractions

There are information boards at all the best viewpoints of the ‘heron-priested shore’, which are full of information about Dylan’s life and work.

As a bonus, if you do the walk on your own birthday (and can prove it), you can claim complimentary goodies at several local businesses!