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2nd July 2012 Hiking - Walking: Wooltack Point and St. Anns Head Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: rain rain rain :( Max Speed: Distance Covered: Monday 2nd July 2012 – walk **** rain rain rain :( It poured down all night and virtually all day today too! We had a lie in and read then leisurely breakfast before leaving and driving to Pembrokeshire. We went across a moor which looked like it would be beautiful but couldn’t see anything other than a few sheep because of low cloud :( Stopped at Carmarthen to shop at Morrisons (lots of bread and cake basically – comfort food!) and then to McDonalds for Wi-Fi and large coffees. Wasted a few hours in there and chatted to a very nice lady about VW camper vans as she has bought a van and is converting it bit by bit. Drove to Little Haven and parked in the car park 10 minutes into the free time :) Had a long walk along the cliffs – it has actually stopped raining! It is very muddy but very dramatic :) Walked back along the road and found the perfect parking place for tonight right on the cliff top. Drove off to Wooltack Point which overlooks Skomer Island where they have done reports on Springwatch. The scenery is very dramatic and the black cows were pretty scary! There are supposed to be lots of puffins on the island and we did see two flying but none on the island as it is too far away for the binocs:( You can see lots of birds flying around and lots bobbing in the water but can’t identify them. We saw lots of guillemots flying past and the best of all the birds were the gannets diving into the water like mad things to catch fish :) While looking through the binocs at the gannets Mag saw a fin and was thrilled to see a dolphin:) Got me to look and it took a while but I did see one and then there were lots and lots :) We couldn’t believe it and sat watching them for ages – until nearly 10 o clock. You can go out to Skomer on a boat trip for £10 each then another £10 to go onto the Island and with the £5 to park it would be £45 for us to go!!! Although there was a camper in the car park there we decided to return to our cliff top lay- by so arrived there just after 10 and had a quick cuppa soup and roll for tea! The whole day was salvaged by the great trip this evening :) We had a great laugh listening to radio Wales – the presenter was hilarious and they did play some good records – a weird mix! They talked about the weather a lot and made lots of jokes. Tuesday 3rd July 2012 – walk *** rain rain rain then more rain chilly too :( Well just for a surprise it rained all night again and all morning too! We had a lie in and read then leisurely breakfast and read yesterdays papers. There were some hardy walkers out but it didn’t look much fun as they trooped past dripping in their wet gear :( We had a nice chat with a couple and their dog who are staying in Broad Haven. Drove to Dale and parked just outside the village (because it was free) right on the estuary. Packed a flask and some cuppa soup, some crisps and the left over fruit bread from yesterday. We set out (in no rain amazingly!) to walk round the welsh coast path to St. Anns Head. It was a great walk and we saw lots of birds (particularly at a very pretty pond). We had a great game with a pair of stonechats who were jumping just a little in front of us for ages. There were lots of wild flowers including early purple orchids. The coastline is very dramatic with red rocks and ...... lots of red mud! We saw few hardy souls on the way round – everyone is talking about the dreadful weather and getting into the spirit!! Just before we got to St Anns lighthouse it started to drizzle and then a big cloud descended over the whole area and it rained quite hard :( We sat at a bench attached to some holiday cottages in the old lighthouse and the occupants turned up but were happy for us to stay there. Set off again and decided to walk back on the road. Met an man walking up the road from the car park – a really long way from the point and were Rob and Hannah stayed when they were here last month. Had a chat with him and also with a family who are here from South Africa! What a dreadful week to pick :( We had walked quite a way along the road back to Dale when the old man came past and offered us a lift which we gratefully accepted as it was raining quite nicely! Had a cuppa and cake and read and dozed then had a tin of chunky chicken with some veg for tea before going for a quick walk along the estuary as it had stopped raining and was just very foggy! Photo Gallery Here |
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