View from a top-floor bedroom at the Warpool Court Hotel, St David's, with Skomer Island in the distance. Must go over to the island to see the puffins one day...
In August we stayed at the Warpool Court Hotel in St David’s, Pembrokeshire, for a few days. Not cheap and not modern but with great food, great character and amazing views!
This post is about the views.
The Warpool Court Hotel in St David's, Pembrokeshire
The surrounding landscape is studded with rocky outcrops...
I have never before seen white ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) - this is on a wall in St David's on the way to the hotel
White horse in field...
Black horse in field...
Sun through field-maple leaves...
From the back of the hotel there is a lovely walk across fields to the sea, joining up with the Pembrokeshire Coast Path.
The sea and Ramsey Island in the distance...
Beautiful big comfrey (Symphytum officinale)
Lesser bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Red campion (Silene dioica)
I don't have a name for this one... any ideas?
Looking back towards the Warpool Court Hotel - those top windows have the sea view...
Near that little chapel on the right is St Non's Well - and I never knew!
St Non was St David’s mother and the well is said to have sprung up during a thunderstorm when St David was born around AD 500. Its waters are reputed to have healing properties and it is used as a wishing well. Well, I wish I had seen it! For more information about the shrine, click here.
The sea, the sea!
The rocks of the Pembrokeshire coastal path are so colourful and varied...
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) - did you know the name comes from folk's glove? Meaning gloves for the little people or fairy folk...
The deep blue sea...
More rocks on the Pembrokeshire coast...
That chapel again - and when I enlarged the image later I saw the little brown sign in the middle, saying St Non's Well...
The Pembrokeshire coast...
Rock climbers give a sense of scale to the cliffs of the Pembrokeshire coast...
Goodbye to the rocks...
Woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)...
These look like dead and dried Campanula flowers...
Scabious, but I'm not sure which species...
Lovely lichen on a tree trunk...
Two sorts of lichen side by side on a tree trunk...
Statue in the garden at the Warpool Court Hotel in St David's Pembrokeshire...
Hemerocallis or day-lily - so-called because each bloom only lasts a day...
A last look at the rocky Pembrokeshire landscape...
Here are some useful links:
My pictures of St David’s Cathedral
St David’s and Ramsey Island Voyages of Discovery
… and not forgetting the Visit Pembrokeshire website
The Squirrelbasket 
I have my own backlog of pics from this area to process re Flower id: New Holland publish an lovely set of little ‘Green Guides’. These are really small and can be carried in the car, a pocket or rucksack. The Wild Flowers on uses a key which is much easier to follow when the plant is in front of you as you inevitably forget details the photo doesn’t’ show, like ‘are the leaves hairy underneath’. You can then usually get to the family even if such a small guide will not show every species and sub-species. then you have a much better chance of finding it in your larger guide when you get home, in my case Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland by Blamey, Fitter and Fitter. Or perhaps online at http://www.botanicalkeys.co.uk/flora/content/SEARCH.ASP.
One day soon, all these guides will be on one electronic device which will also allow you to take an image which it will identify….
You are so right! I must get one of those. Although my companion is normally rushing on without me, so I’m not sure if I will ever have time to stop and consult the guide!
I do have a habit of not taking a picture of the leaves…
Any idea about the one plant I couldn’t identify, then?
Best wishes
🙂
Wonderful pics of one of the most beautiful parts of the British coast.
I can see silence and peace through your pictures. I’d been swamped with work for a couple of days now. Your post made me want a break. LOL! thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your comments – hope you get a break soon 🙂