Day 4 Mullock Bridge to Dale

We awoke to a lovely sunny morning and the sound of people frolicking in the swimming pool, well they were having a quick dip anyway before breakfast. The weather stayed fine and sunny all day long and we got off the coach and went vertically up a steep hill straight away. That was a bit of a shock to the system and although Stuart said 'its all down hill from now on', I don't think anyone really believed him, and it certainly wasn't!

We crossed through several fields of potatoes that were needing to be watered due to the lack of rain around these parts.

Once on the coast at Musselwick Sands there were even more splendid beaches and rocky shore lines to view as well as wild flowers in abundance. At Martin's Haven people were queueing to get on the trips to Skomer Island. Several people would have liked to do that on the free day tomorrow but it would have been very difficult to get there and back in time.

The walk was fairly uneventful until we encountered a very wet area on route and we all learned a new trick called gate swinging. Keith was in charge with Terry minding the walking poles and Stuart over-seeing the event. Soon we were all safely over with dry feet much to everyone's amusement.

After a short stop at Westdale Bay where we descended to the beach and some of us had a paddle, we walked the last half a mile or so into Dale for tea or ice cream or a drink at the pub, or just a sit on the sea front watching the world go by. A lovely end to the day's walk.

Rita was in charge of the 'C' walkers today and they didn't have any problems at all thankfully.

Today was Jackie Hotchen's and Anita Cook's birthdays and dinner ended with cakes and candles all round.