Day 4 Angle to Pembroke

I think we were both quite relieved that this was the last time we would have to walk to Freshwater East to catch the bus. It wasn't a difficult walk as it was on a country lane most of the way but it meant an early start each day. Today the bus was a little late as he had lost a mirror on the way and had to phone for a replacement to be fitted somewhere on the route.
As usual we passed through Bosherston. We worked out that during the course of the week we would have passed through Bosherston either on foot or on the bus ten times in all! We know it quite well now. The mirror was replaced in Bosherston As we left Bosherston for the last time we had to wait for half a dozen tanks being moved on low loaders. The army were on the move again.

The sun was shining as we arrived in Angle and after a trip to the delightful loos and the village shop we set off around East Angle Bay on a nice wide flat path with good views.

Yes we could see oil refineries for most of the day but we did have some lovely woodland paths too although nettles were a bit of a problem as this part of the walk looked as though few people had bothered with it.

Certainly not scenic but interesting none the less.

The path was rather overgrown in places!

After we rounded the point at Fort Popton it got very hot but we were soon rewarded with a nice breeze and a lovely meadow of wild flowers that helped to disguise the distant oil refinery views.



At last Pembroke Castle came into view, much bigger than I imagined it would be. We still had plenty of time to spare before the bus so found a cafe with an outside terrace, Brown's Snack bar, that looked like an old fashioned coffee bar but was very reasonable and had nice fruit cake, apparently.

A very quick bus journey back to Hodgeston as we were now on the main Pembroke to Tenby route 349, our 'local' bus. What a relief not to have to walk the extra mile home any more.