Steve & Sue Watkins were our first stop in Pembrokeshire, after a long day’s travel to reach them. We finally arrived around 4pm, to their dairy farm in South Wales, near Fishguard. They have the most amazing series of houses - their main farmhouse, which was built in 1240 and has been continuously occupied by Sue’s family ever since, plus a lovely big home for their son and his family, as well as a gorgeous, 3-bedroomed stone cottage that we had full use of. So comfortable! We had a good look around their farm, and Steve took us for a tour around the local area, telling us all about the farms and the farmers. Next day we visited Castell Henllys, a reconstructed Iron Age hilltop fort, and Workshop Wales, a gallery of work by local sculptors and painters.
Next was Dale, where my mum grew up. We stayed with family friends Caroline & John Potter int heir lovely house right on the beachfront. It rained just about the whole time, but that really didn’t make much difference. We walked out to Dale Fort, and to Bompi’s grave at the cemetery, took a fantastic boat trip out to Skomer to see the puffins (my camer battery went flat, dammit, so no photos!), and went out for a pub meal one night at the Griffin, along with Steve and Sue, and another local couple who had lived in NZ for some years in the 1970s. Great fun - and we even managed to come 3rd in the pub quiz that night - all about fish, no wonder we were beaten by a team of local fishermen!
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| Steve and Sue Watkin's beautiful house |
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| Our cottage at the Watkin's |
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| Castell Henllys |
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| Sculpture at Workshop Wales |
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| Misty pier at Dale |
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| Black Rock and the Potters' house, Dale |
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| Pembrokeshire lanes |
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| Visiting Bompi |
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