Monday for mindfulness

Although I have been busy doing Groovi stuff, I cannot show any of it as it is all secret stuff untill it is either delivered or plates launched.  There are two birthday cards for delivery tomorrow, so you can see those then.  The other two cards, just finished are the ones from the Groovi Retreat.  I thought it was good manners to keep those hidden until Linda has the pleasure of launching her lovely new plates on Hochanda on 2nd May.  I will just say that you will need those plates. You cannot sit on your hands for these.

Yesterday's post seemed to strike a real chord with some people, bringing back happy memories, which they shared in their comments.  So I thought I would continue that thread today.  All this came from Barbara Gray's blog, showing us photos of her relaxing break with Dave and Mike and Shona Bossom along the beautiful coast of Pembrokeshire.  If you want to see, you can find them at Barbara and Dave relaxing

I told you yesterday about meeting the combines on our journey to Marloes - scary.  We sometimes travelled together with our friends, and whoever was in the lead would warn the others of potential problems using amateur radio.  The radio was also useful in other ways as we could listen in to the coastguard frequency.  That also gave us very accurate weather forecasts which proved very useful. 

We always set up camp at the very top of the field to get the best views but that did leave us vulnerable to bad weather.   If we heard the coastguards say that strong winds were expected, the awnings were dropped instantly and the motors parked in front of the caravans, facing into the wind.  We always rushed round to the tenters to warn them to move to the bottom of the hill under the protection of the hedge.

If you peer into the distance towards the left of the skyline, you can see two little white dots.  Those are our caravans in glorious isolation, with a huge field all to ourselves.  We were able to close the gate to the road and let the dogs run free and have fun in safety.  This particular shot was taken from the Pembrokeshire coastal path.



This second photo does not show much but during the day, we could sit and watch the various tankers making their way to and from the refinery a Milford Haven, and tell the time by watching the Irish Ferry on its travels.

 

A few yards up the lane is the path that leads down to the beautiful beach at Marloes.  It is nearly a mile from end to end, and quite steep in places.  The first section is just passable to cars, as far as the cottage halfway down , but the rest is hard work, especially coming back up at the end of the day.

The little island you can see is Gateholm, which was featured in an episode of Time Team ( Time Team on Gateholm), which was fascinating as all their equipment had to be taken across on zip lines.  The beach itself is huge and always quiet, mainly because of the long walk down and back.

This was Geoff as we walked along the coastal path in spring with carpets of wild flowers everywhere, beautiful perfume too, and loads of bees and butterflies around.

We always made a point of going down to the cove at Martin's Haven at least once during the holiday, always in the evening to see the sunset.  This is where the little boats make the trip with tourists over to Skokholm to see the puffins.

The colour of the sky has not been enhanced here, and I have dozens of similar pictures being a little bit addicted to sunsets wherever I go.

As Barbara and Dave have discovered, this is a truly beautiful part of the country, well worth a visit, peaceful and relaxing.  Lots of birdlife and insects on your walks,

I hope you have all had a good Easter, in beautiful places with lovely people.