Blogs from Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 6

The night was stormy and we awoke with some apprehension about what the day would bring. It is Mary's birthday and we wanted to go for a walk along the cliffs. Breakfast was excellent, although there was no-one else eating throughout our meal. The hotel seems very quiet... Having agreed to meet up at 10:30, we we pleasantly surprised to be on the move by 11:00. The cliff walk to Tenby has stunning views. It also has stunning hills, some of which were eased by steps on the footpath. They were still steep, so we stopped frequently to admire the view and to catch our breath. Eventually we caught sight of Tenby from the coastguard communications hut, the sunlight playing on its pastel-coloured higgledy-piggledy houses. Whilst this was a welcome sight, we could tell that there ... read more

Very stormy during the night & woke to more wind & rain lashing outside.We got up lazily decided to just potter around the north coast near where we were. First stop was Blueberry Angora (which we've visited before with Claire - lady there remembered us too!). Bought myself a lacy scarf & some yarn as a present for Clare. Also got interviewed for local radio as they happened to be there talking to them & asked or a customers point of view! err.. ok! We had a bit of a driving tour along a headland and lunch was had sitting in the car pulled over in a passing place overlooking a beautiful stormy bay. We then headed into St Dogmaels where we pottered around the cathedral and mini-museum and went to the Y Fellin watermill. Had ... read more

Wednesday was nice & sunny again so we jumped in the car & headed down to St Davids & got tickets to Ramsey Island. We found the lifeboat station were the boats go from & after a bit of kerfuffle we found where we were meant to wait for our boat & waited. Boat turned up & we headed across the Ramsey Sound. The Island is lovely. We saw wheatears, mippets, oystercatchers, little auks, lots of gulls, seals, peregrin chicks, chough (in flight), jackdaws, beetles, big fluffy caterpillars and a herd of red deer. We did the Ramsey 3 peaks challenge (ok, non of the hills were that high, but they were quite steep!) & even got a tad of sunburn. Beautiful day for it! Had a good chat to many of the RSPB vols there, ... read more

The first day of our honeymoon we had a lazy start then went for an explore in the wildflower meadows around the cottage. We then took advantage of the good weather & went pony treking up the hills near Dinas Cross. The ponies were lovely & there were some lovely views! After that we went for a stroll on th coastal path around Dinas Island. Again we settled in with the open fire & dvds for an evening snuggling.... read more

Because we haven't had a holiday this year and our big one isn't coming up til the Autumn, back in July we spent 3 nights in a friends' caravan in the beautiful reort of Tenby, Pembrokeshire in South Wales. The weather prospects were rather dire so we took warm clothes, books, DVD's and no sunscreen. We would regret that last omission! The caravan is actually 5 miles from Tenby in the tiny village of Manorbiere. It's quiet, pretty and a lovely spot for oldies like us or families with young children. We drove straight there - almost all the way on the M4. To our delight the sun came out as we arrived in Tenby and from thereon it was warm (even hot!) apart from as we drove towards the caravan park and I commented on ... read more