Day 2 Stackpole Quay to Freshwater West

We had to request an early breakfast at 8.00 a.m. so that we had enough time to walk up to Freshwater East to catch the coastal cruiser bus which we relied on quite heavily the first three days. There are two buses going in opposite directions and two friendly drivers.

A short trip took us to Stackpole Quay. I know we had been there before but I forgot to take any photos and wanted to visit again. We were there by 9.30 a.m. before the tea room opened and before anyone else was awake I think.

The weather was a bit overcast and drizzly but quite warm. Next stop Barafundle Bay again and still no-one else around. We had the beach to ourselves.

We cheated a bit on Stackpole Head as we had done it before and took the short cuts this time. Then on to Broad Haven where we were hoping to carry on to St Govans but it wasn't to be as the army were using it for target practice all week.

So at Broad Haven we chatted to The National Trust warden in the visitor centre for a while and discovered that he was married to a Yorkshire woman, he had been on the Worth Valley railway at Haworth, and he was restoring a Spitfire!

He recommended that as we were going to have to go via Bosherston we might like to have a coffee at the Ye Old Worlde Cafe and meet the owner who is now 90 years old and has worked there all her life. She was awarded an MBE for services to tourism. We had a quick chat with her as we were leaving and she was bemoaning the fact that the weather was poor and there weren't any customers and she had three more waitresses arriving in the afternoon.

The next part of the walk was all on roads as the MOD had closed CastleMartin firing range so they could practice shooting each other.





Here's Ann trying not to get shot at!

And here's the army firing at each other!

We had our lunch in the spectator area kindly provided by the MOD but it wasn't very exciting so we didn't stay long.

On the way to Freshwater West we came across a strange looking roundabout in the middle of the road.

This was originally a pound used for containing stray cattle and the owners had to pay a fine to get their cattle back. It has now been restored and has seats and shrubs inside it.

After a bit more road walking we arrived at Freshwater West and the sun came out. Some of the scenes from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows were shot here.

We had plenty of time to walk right along the beach and back, have a cup of tea from the mobile van, watch someone riding a buggy pulled along by a kite, and generally admire the view whilst waiting for the bus back to Freshwater East.

After a lovely meal at the B&B we read for a while and then early to bed ready for the next day.