the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, really the path, finally…

At the crack of 10 a.m. on wednesday, august 12th, we finally made it to the first gate onto the coast path. This was the path along the Dale Peninsula; as I’ve probably mentioned, Dale is such a tiny town that people I talked to in Wales who lived in Wales...

starting our walk in wales! wednesday, August 12th

finally, we began our Wales Walk!  it was supposed to be 11 or 12 miles, around the peninsula in Dale, and then up the coast a bit to the little town of Marloes, where we’d spend the night on Wednesday. our two suitcases had to be downstairs and ready to go by...

Wales Day 11 – Part 3

what a day!  we finally arrived safely in the small town of Dale, checked into our B&B, and walked out the door to find some dinner. but first…the owner had three old and fabulous cars in his driveway.  this one was under a canopy, and the others were in the...

Wales Day 11 – part 2

in my previous post, i wrote about our good morning – slept in, watched the activity at the pier, leisurely breakfast, got off the ship and into our cute little rental car.  everything was good on Tuesday, August 11th, until about 10:30 or so in the morning.  we...

Wales Day 11 – landing in Southampton!

yaaaay, we made it!  Tuesday, August 11th, we arrived at the Southampton Port. I got up at 4:20 and looked out to see land!  very exciting! and in 20 short minutes, there we were! luckily, i went back to sleep until a more civilized hour.  when i got up around seven,...

a hike with a twist…

because it was sunny and in the 70s and a truly beautiful day, kevin and i decided to hike at Site M, the Jim Edgar Panther Creek Wildlife Area yesterday.  We didn’t get there til about 2:00 in the afternoon. we started off and it was almost too warm, but really...