Dylan Thomas Boathouse - Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
N 51° 46.325 W 004° 27.391
30U E 399504 N 5736692
Dylan Thomas Boathouse - From the boathouse & his writing shed you look out on the landscape from which Dylan drew so much of his inspiration. You can literally see the sources of his poetry over the Laugharne Estuary, Carmarthenshire, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMWK6M
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/14/2017
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Laugharne was the home of Dylan Thomas and the Boat House, with the writing shed in the garden (where he wrote, Under Milk Wood & Fern Hill) is now a Heritage Centre of World repute, featured on page 64 of the book '1000 places to visit before you die'
"Even during their earlier stays in Laugharne, Dylan and Caitlin had dreamed of living in the Boat House. It was certainly not the material comfort or the practicality of the house that attracted them. In fact, the house was notoriously cold and damp, and did not boast electricity or running water and a bathroom until after Margaret Taylor had bought it and paid for improvements to be carried out.
Yet this old house, together with its small harbour, is very special. As you approach it, you move into the timeless world of the sinuous curves of the river Tâf, of glinting light on mud and water, of low green hills, of the vast panorama across the estuaries and the sea, and of the wheeling and calling of seabirds.
As Dylan said, there is nowhere else like the Boat House.
You can also see most of the world he knew. Across the river, just over the horizon, stand Blaen Cwm, Llansteffan and Fern Hill, the farm that has become a symbol of childhood innocence and of the inexorable march of time. On the far horizon, lie the Gower Peninsula and Worms Head where Dylan set one of his most powerful short stories ‘Who Do You Wish Was With Us?’ In front of you lies Sir John’s Hill, the inspiration for one of his most magnificent poems. To the right lies Laugharne, with his parents, the pubs and with the road that took him away from his inspiration, and yet always brought him back."
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Dylan Marlais Thomas is buried in the graveyard of St.Martin's Church, Laugharne. His grave is marked by a plain white cross. His wife, Caitlin Thomas, is buried in the same grave and her name appears on the reverse side of the cross.
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