I think St David's has to be one of my favourite places so far, next to Manobier and Solva. It was a busy little town, but not too busy at the same time, if that makes sense! There were a lot of interesting shops and things to look at, and then of course, there was St David's Cathedral and the Bishop's palace. The Cathedral dates back to 1181when the original monastery was rebuilt. It has so many chapels, and other sections, a bit of a maze at times, but just magnificent, if you like architecture - and old stuff :) Edmund Tudor has his tomb in the cathedral as to bishops and other religious patrons of the church. In the same grounds is the Bishop's Palace, the ruins of a once enormous palace. It was also interesting to look through, a maze of dark, sombre chambers and upstairs stonework rooms. I imagine it would be quite spooky at night!
After looking around, we thought we better get back to the coastal path, so a taxi ride there got us started.Some of the path was steep, there were a few descents over rocks and gravel and some of those sheer drops plunging to the rocks and ocean below.
It was quite cold, and I actually had three layers on, and for people who know me well, they will be thinking it must have been utterly freezing!
I did go back to two layers after we started. We passed a few walkers early on and then it became quieter as we headed out into no man's land!
We saw lots of sheep and some Welsh ponies, which sister #1 strode past. I was a little worried they might want some food to let us pass :)
Unfortunately, sister #1 had another accident, feeling unwell, she stumbled and landed quite heavily, hurting her hand and knocking her knee. It was very fortunate that she fell to her right, because the fall to the left was into a gorse bush, and then a good 50 metre or more drop to the rocks and ocean below. She will be wearing a harness and/ or a parachute from now on!
We passed through Porthgain, which a friend of mine spoke about quite a bit, so we stopped at The Sloop Inn ( one of his drinking spots, I believe, with rellies living in the area too) and had a coffee. It was a very busy place, lots of interesting bibs 'n' bobs inside. So, Gwill old mate, been to your pub :) Promise fulfilled :)
The other promise was for Briggsy, to see if Jerome was in town. Sadly, no...I believe he is running a marathon this weekend in Birmingham, so no sign of the man :) oh well...
We made it into Abercastle in the afternoon, and found our accommodation, Garn Isaf, a lovely farmhouse style guesthouse. The owner, Annie, has been very friendly and drove us to a nearby inn for an evening meal. This was in her van...sister #1 in the front seat and B.I.L #1 and moi in the back, no seats mind you. Not a problem until the motion sickness kicked in and I thought there would be some serious upchucking going on! Luckily it was only a short drive but I did need to take a few big breaths of cold Welsh air before going inside!
Our meal was nice - very plentiful. The ride back to Garn Isaf was less eventful, as I commandered the front seat.
It has started to rain in earnest now so I hope it clears for tomorrow's walk.
