I love Wales so much - I am always so excited when we drive over that bridge and feel like we are going into a foreign country - and it's only an hour away!!
The sky was grey at that point, so I was pleased I'd packed lots of warm clothes. We then drove on to our destination, a little cottage in Amroth, a village near Tenby.
The next day the sun shone - and continued to shine until our last day - so I lived in shorts and a top! Because it was so sunny we didn't really visit any 'indoor' places - so no lovely mills or sightseeing drives - we just walked and relaxed. Jonathan's idea of the perfect holiday is to lounge around reading books all morning, so I sorted out my Happy Holiday Step and sewed until he was ready to head out!
We walked around the Colby Woodland Gardens that were very close to our cottage and loved all the Rhododendrons
Absolutely stunning. The flowers everywhere were beautiful actually - and we were very excited to discover wild orchids on another walk.
One day we decided to visit the Bosherston Lily Ponds and were bowled over by how beautiful they were - the lilies were just coming into bloom
After walking around the lakes (because they are much bigger than ponds) we decided to walk on around the coastal path.
Well, what a treat: bay after bay of beautiful white sand, sparkling blue water and lovely sunshine.
First this, with Church Island
then around the corner to this
then this
and on to this
then this
and finally this:
The whole walk took about three hours and the views were absolutely stunning.
Another day we visited a beach closer to home and Jonathan built a stone pile (apparently this is what you do)
We visited Manorbier Castle, which was lovely
and on our last day (when the sky suddenly clouded over) we headed to Tenby, which is so picturesque with all the brightly coloured houses
and - just to put the icing on the cake - A SeaSalt has opened there so I could do a bit of shopping!!
What a lovely holiday .....can I really wait another whole year before I go back to Wonderful Wales?
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