Posted in Pembrokeshire, Uncategorized, Wales, tagged Pembrokeshire, Wales on November 9, 2013 | 15 Comments »
Stained glass in St Mary’s Church, Tenby.
This is probably the last post from the August holiday in Pembrokeshire and it features my pictures of two churches – St Mary’s in Tenby and St Nicholas & St Teilo in Penally.
But since it is Remembrance Day this weekend, first here is the war memorial in Penally. It’s impossible to focus on (more…)
Posted in Garden visits, Gardening, History, Pembrokeshire, Uncategorized, Wales, tagged Gardening, History, Pembrokeshire, Wales on October 25, 2013 | 17 Comments »
Bumble bee on dahlia, Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, August 2013
I’m still ploughing through all the pictures I took on holiday in Pembrokeshire in August. These are from Picton Castle, near Haverfordwest. Here I will mostly focus on the garden, but (more…)
Posted in Pembrokeshire, Uncategorized, Wales, tagged Pembrokeshire, Wales on October 18, 2013 | 10 Comments »
The newest Tenby lifeboat…
During our recent stay in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, we went to visit the lifeboat station. In fact we came across it by chance, as we had been walking up Castle Hill to the museum and just (more…)
Posted in Garden visits, Gardening, Pembrokeshire, Uncategorized, Wales, tagged flowers, Gardening, Pembrokeshire on October 11, 2013 | 19 Comments »
The walled garden at Colby…
This was my first visit to Colby Woodland Garden, near Amroth in Pembrokeshire, for decades. So it was my first visit with a digital camera. The garden is (more…)
Posted in Pembrokeshire, Uncategorized, Wales, tagged History, Nature, Pembrokeshire, Wales on October 8, 2013 | 10 Comments »
The monastery on Caldey Island…
No holiday in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, is complete without a trip across the water to Caldey Island, famous for its Cistercian (Trappist) monks.
We set off around 10am on (more…)
Posted in History, Pembrokeshire, Uncategorized, Wales, tagged History, Pembrokeshire, Wales on September 25, 2013 | 10 Comments »
Painted houses overlooking the harbour in Tenby…
It’s time for some more pictures from my August days in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, a very old town well known for its colourful painted houses and hotels. In Welsh its name is Dinbych-y-pysgod, meaning (more…)
Posted in Pembrokeshire, Uncategorized, Wales, tagged Pembrokeshire on September 17, 2013 | 7 Comments »
The view through our ogee-arched windows at the Penally Abbey Hotel in Pembrokeshire…
Dorset was not the only place we holidayed this summer. We also went to Pembrokeshire in West Wales, where we explored the area around Tenby. I’m afraid I took LOTS of pictures, so I will feed them through my blog in themed chunks, probably more than one post a week, over the next month.
There will be Tenby itself, a trip to Caldey Island, plus visits to a couple of gardens. But for now (more…)
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