Our plans to make progress with a series of walks on the Pembrokeshire coast this year were thrown into disarray when the coronavirus / Covid-19 global pandemic resulted in the UK implementing a national lockdown in March 2020. In Wales non-essential travel was limited to 5 miles from a home address and activities such as …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 15. Milford Haven to Sandy Haven
Our next walk on the Pembrokeshire coast path was from Pembroke to Milford Haven, which we completed in 2 stages. The first stage a ‘bridge to bridge’ 4 miles walk from Pembroke’s ancient stone arch Mill Bridge to the modern Cleddau Bridge and Burton Ferry, followed by an 8 mile afternoon ramble to Milford Haven. …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 14. Pembroke to Milford Haven
The next stage walk 13 is from the Pwllcrochan Church to Pembroke town, a distance of 6.6 miles on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. From Pwllcrochan Church we headed east along a country lane and then followed the coast path way-markers around the boundary of the power station. The large site is surprisingly well hidden from …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 13. Pwllcrochan to Pembroke
After the stunning scenery of the South Pembrokeshire coastline it was a little difficult to be enthused about the next stages of the coast path between Angle Bay and Cleddau Bridge. In the maritime heyday of tall sailing ships the natural deep waterway of Milford Haven was renowned for its scenic beauty and famously described …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 12. Angle Bay to Pwllcrochan
This walk from St. Govan’s headed westwards across a remote, rugged and wild coastal landscape until reaching the awesome natural rock feature the Green Bridge of Wales. As this area is part of the Ministry Of Defence Castlemartin Range East, access is restricted on military training days and planning a walk here in advance is …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 9. St. Govan’s & Green Bridge of Wales
The start point for this walk was directly outside the Gwbert Hotel where the Wales Coast Path route runs alongside the roadway. Before starting out on the coast path route we took a detour to follow a public footpath which runs through the grounds of The Cliff Hotel. This path around the back of the …
This circular walk starts from the village of Bosherston, to Broad Haven South and across to the St. Govan’s Headland and returning to the village by country lane. It’s an opportunity to enjoy another walk through the wonderfully scenic Stackpole Estate, following the trails around the famous lily ponds down to Broad Haven South dunes …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 8. Bosherston to St. Govan’s
This 5 mile circular walk starts at Stackpole Quay, covers 2 miles of coast path including 2 of the best beaches (Barafundle and Broad Haven South) on the Pembrokeshire coastline, then links with a nature reserve trail around the wonderful Bosherston lily ponds and Stackpole estate. Barafundle Bay is one of our favourite places in …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 7. Barafundle Bay & Stackpole estate
In summer 2019 we toured the Canadian Rockies including the magnificent Banff National Park. The Park is renowned for its many hiking routes and we chose to spend a day on one of the most popular trails at Johnston Canyon. This trail is famous for some wonderfully scenic waterfalls flowing through a limestone gorge and …
Continue reading Canada, Banff: Johnston Canyon & The Ink Pots
We returned to Pembrokeshire in mid October for our next walk from Freshwater East westwards to the National Trust site of Stackpole Quay.Our accomodation was again Rosedene Guest House near Pembroke. It’s a really nice guest house set in a peaceful, rural location, an ideal base to explore this part of South Pembrokeshire. It’s an easy drive …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 6. Freshwater East to Stackpole Quay
Our next walk was the section between Trewent Holiday Village at Freshwater East heading east to Manorbier. This was a return to Trewent Park as we had stayed there a few times in the distant past over 15 years ago. It’s a nice holiday village and Freshwater East Bay is exactly as we remember from …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 5. Freshwater East to Manorbier
