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Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Pembrokeshire » Tenby July 2nd 2009

Our love affair with Wales continues. I found a cottage with my usual thrift and speed - a week later we were off to the West with Eesvan and Ro, a doctor and a lawyer. They're not as bad as they sound. We picked said individuals up from Oxford and forged ahead. Things got amusing when the normally infallible Tomtom started to play up - having decided we felt peckish, we instructed the machine to find sustenance. It found us a rabbit. The blasted satnav decided that instead of taking us to the motorway services stop via, say, the motorway, it would indulge in a geographical flight of fancy and take us via the small backroads. On the backroads, I squashed a rabbit (they're pests here, be ye not squeamish). Thus the makers of Tomtom are ... read more
Spot odd brown out
Happy campers
Bovine reflection

Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Pembrokeshire » Pembroke June 15th 2009

We couldn't have asked for a better day weather-wise for our coach tour to Portmierion and Porthmadog. I had heard of the former as they make world-famous pottery but not the latter (apparently the birth place of actor Anthony Hopkins. If it is not, then when he reads this he can let me know!). The journey to Portmierion was absolutely beautiful. We went through a few small towns and through the slate caverns several miles from Portmierion. Up either side of the roadway rose steep sides made entirely from dark grey/black slate and jutting out as if in many layers. It was a very unusual sight. The road was windy but scenic with lots of cottages, farmhouses, streams and waterfalls gracing the countryside. Coming into Portmierion itself was exciting as we approached the entrance gates. The ... read more
Entrance
Estuary
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Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Pembrokeshire » Pembroke November 4th 2008

This are some added picture from the Wales trip that have been developed from the underwater camera!! Thank you all for your messages they mean the world!!... read more
Cliff Jumping
Cliff Jumping
Jumping off a cliff

Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Pembrokeshire » Pembroke October 27th 2008

Adventure weekend in Wales! The five of us took a 7 mile hike along the Welsh coastline, and went surfing and coasteering along the Welsh coast. There will be more pictures once we get the underwater camera developed but these are the ones we took from the dry land cameras. ... read more
Hiking Along the Trail
Kristen, Erin, and I
Erin, Lynne, and I

Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Pembrokeshire » St Davids August 24th 2008

We're a bit late in publishing this and weren't going to bother but our blog hits are a bit low at the moment so here goes! Back in August we braved the scorching heat of the British summer and decided to go camping. Armed with shorts, T-shirts, Factor 50 sun cream and Mosquito nets we hurtled down the M4 early on Saturday morning in glorious sunshine ready for a great weekend! There was one small flaw in our plan - we were going to Wales, and our campsite was called "Hill Top Farm". Typically as soon as we had crossed the severn bridge and paid our £5 to get into the stunning country the inevitable happened????? It started to rain! Not just a light shower but more like a torrential down pour with hurricane force winds ... read more
In the Sea
Ready for the first Dive
Sea Bass

Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Pembrokeshire » Tenby August 17th 2008

17th August Got up to the sun shining in the windows. The boys woke up before 8 o'clock this morning which is extremely unusual. I've veen wondering what this camp ground reminds me of - it's Hi Di Hi you know that programme with the staff in yellow coats...... We had evening entertainment last night, some man called JC played games with the kids and then the parents got to play bingo. Blake wants to go back tonight for the dancing. We've met some kids along the way. Some love mountain biking, not many cricketers and some footballers and lots of gaelic footballers. People don't believe that the kids are only 6, 10 and 12. Anton entered a competition on the ferry the other day and the guy running it said that if he won Anton ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Pembrokeshire » Haverfordwest August 16th 2008

14th of August Staying at a campground in Caerfia, St David, Wales. We are up high on a cliff looking out onto Ramsey Island. The kids have disappeared into the campground. Blake looks like a little gypsy child, Anton and Mason are fighting up a storm over a cricket game. We just pretend they’re not ours. Actually on the ferry today an American lady who sat opposite us for the whole trip came up to me when were we leaving and tapped me on the shoulder. She then proceeded to tell me that we have lovely polite boys. I must of pulled a face because she said - no truly they are. Then she told her group as we walked down to Hugo - those boys are so polite and well behaved. Wonders will never cease. ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Pembrokeshire » Pembroke August 14th 2008

6th August We are now in Ireland and what a beautiful place this is. The boys are extremely happy. Paddy takes us on adventures to the beach - swimming and gathering kaimoana. When we come home Barbara has the table laden with food. Shepherd Pie, tomato soup, sausages, jam tarts, treacle tarts, roast chicken with all the trimmings and don’t forget the mussels says Blake. They’re at a gaelic football training at the moment. Paddy and Barbara are down the road trying to get the escaped donkeys home. Since our last blob we have spent more time in Scotland, travelled to Northern Ireland, broken down and then moved to Sligo, Ireland. We stayed with Colin and Mags in Peebles and had a fantastic time. Our first day was spent playing in a stream catching fish. The ... read more
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The Thomson's
Culzean

Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Pembrokeshire » Pembroke August 13th 2008

Hello everyone, yes I am still alive and yes I'm still cycling (well not right at this very moment, that really would take multi-tasking to a new level!) Day 7, Saturday 9th August: Saltford to Cardiff 88.69 miles 10.5mph 8 hours 24 mins cycling time So, where did I leave you last? Oh yes, well the tummy is behaving itself again, just goes to show the stress I'm putting my body under though (bring on the sympathy). A night at home helped no end although didn't enjoy the early start to get back to Saltford again, as I'm sure Dad didn't either. We cycled together along the Bath to Bristol railway path for a couple of miles before I decided I needed to up the pace and shot off ahead. I don't know what it was ... read more
Me and Rob about to set off to Swansea
My sexy yellow jacket advertising the cause
Rob up a welsh mountain

Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Pembrokeshire » St Davids July 8th 2008

I had some free time so I decided to escape from the summer heat in Saudi for some cooler British climes. As I had never been to southwestern Wales, I decided to make that my destination. I picked up my trusty Trumpet in Nottingham and made tracks towards the southwest, splitting Birmingham & Manchester. Crossing the Welsh frontier near Newton at midday, I immediately headed south on the fantastic A483. I’ve raved about this road in the past, slicing north to south through Wales, it’s a fun-filled festival of high speed sweepers. I continue in a southwesterly direction on the A483 under sunny skies, skirting the Brecon Beacons National Park, arriving at Haverfordwest around 4 P.M. After securing a hotel for the night, I decided to make the most of the sunny weather, as the next ... read more
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St. Brides Bay
St. Davids Head




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