A trip around Pembrokeshire

by WBlackwell on November 10, 2015

Alan promised me a tour and boy, did he deliver. Sunday was rubbish.  Rainy and blowing like stink so we stayed in and got to know each other a bit. Time very well spent as I now have two new friends in Britain. Supper is generally a light, evening  meal and is the last meal of the day whilst dinner either earlier in the day or later is the main meal.

Alan cooked a leg of lamb with roast potatos and creamed leeks that was wonderful for lunch or dinner as it was both. FYI after converting kg to pounds and pounds to dollars, the lamb cost between 2/3 to 1/2 of what I would expect to see in the Massachusetts or Connecticut.

Monday & Tuesday we got to touring, in addition to St David’s.

First to a beach.  The sand rock line is mean high tide but the car park is often flooded.

P1040827 P1040830 P1040829

I thought these were some kind of shore defenses but they are lime kilns where lime is heated to produce potash which is used to boost agricultural soil.  Once cooked it is loaded on boats

P1040913

This was a defense against the French invasion that never happened in Pembroke Harbour, a grid planned town.

P1040956

Most of Pembrokeshire seems to look like this.  Can you say tranquil?

P1040945

When we pulled over so I could get the last shot I noticed this old chapel and graveyard.

P1040948 P1040947

Again, not defense.  The quarry behind this structure sent ground gravel down shoots to waiting boats

P1040916

The lighthouse at Strumble Head

P1040952 P1040951

P1040953

Melin Tregwynt Woolen Mill still going strong after 100+ years

P1040918 P1040920 P1040921 P1040919

Gotta eat

P1040914

Pembroke Castle

P1040958

So many castles, in fact Wales, with over 300, has the highest density of castles in the UK

P1040969

Pembroke Castle

P1040959 P1040960

Carew Castle

P1050005

Tenby Castle

P1040978

 

 

 

 

Leave a Comment

{ 0 comments… add one now }

Previous post:

Next post: