Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Boshertonto Angle, Angle to Pembroke

It was a hard slog from Bosherton to Angle yesterday. We had to take few diversions as the Ministry of Defence, who own great parcels of land, were firing. The red flags werenot flying but draped at the bottom of the pole so it was anyone's guess really. We heard them firing in the distance so had to divert quite a bit. We walked through numerous paddocks full of cow poo and lots of grass which set my hay fever off. Fun! The walk was fairly flat, give or take a few bumps, but it seemed to take forever to walk the 25kms or so. We even walked to our accommodation (blame Joan for that who said " what's another 6km?) Indeed...
Our Band B was called Neath Farm and it was very comfortable,apart from the huge spider I discovered on the bedroom floor. I was incredibly brave and squashed it with my hiking boot. Justin would be impressed!
The owner had a lovely dogcalled Bella, a labradoodle, who was well behaved and enjoyed a lot of pats. The owner, called Mavis, did a load of washing for us (at £3 each!) so now have some clean clothes again. She drove us in to Angle to the local pub for our evening meal. Angle is a bustling little village - not! We saw a couple of people plus the owners of the pub, so goodness knows what people do all day. Mavis said she'd come back to pick us up when we were finished and left her number with the owner. He wrote it down incorrectly so we thought we may have to stay the night  :)  or walk! Eventually the internet connection returned and one of the people in the pub looked up Neath Farm and got the number.
The roads are so narrow and windy and the locals race along at speed. When two cars meet, one has to back up or move over into the hedge! God help me when I have to drive in Cornwall and Devon!
Today we got driven back to the path for today's walk, which was about 16 kms into Pembroke. We had to pass the oil refineries and the port (which is one of the world's deepest natural harbours) and then through grassy paddocks and through woodlands, which was quitepretty.
Pembroke is quite busy, lots of traffic and people out and about. The castle in Pembroke is wonderful!! We spent some time exploring and I braved the multiple narrow stairs and stairwells to reach the top of the keep, where the views were incredible.
After this we went for a walk through the city centre and then back to the hotel whete we are staying tonight.
Having tea in a minute so will see what the food is like.
Tomorrow, walking to Dale.