Early morning mist the park looks so surreal, no movement in the camp until midmorning when the sun finally shone looks like a good day to explore Tenby. The Park Owners are lovely had a good chinwag compared cost of living in Wales with Perth. Our first gas bottle died when boiling water for our coffee, lucky they had gas bottle exchanges £21.00 for gas bottle.

Tenby is a ten minute drive away through hilly countryside and the carparks are not motorhome friendly took a while to find one down a steep valley winding road to South Beach. The choice you have for parking is 2 hours £1.00 or £3.50 for the day and the day price was looking good stress free to wander.

As it was very windy we put our weatherproof jackets on crossed the carpark to begin at South Beach. A lovely long stretch of beach (reminds us of home) with Lifeguards patrolling and silly people on the water's edge ready to surf or swim. A very modern café strip with apartments at the back and as we started to climb up the steep path the sky opened up and down she poured. A quick scramble for shelter by everyone including us finding refuge in an Ice-cream Parlour.

A bit of history – Tenby’s hilltop position led to its early settlement as a Welsh stronghold, which was replaced in medieval times by a Norman Castle and walled town. Part of the town walls survive to this day and are an attractive feature at the entrance to the old town.

Until quite recently Tenby a suitably charming Welsh name for this walled seaside town with a lively boating community was known as "Little England beyond Wales" and the town remains a rather anglicised part of Wales. From the early 19^th century Tenby became a fashionable holiday destination for both the Welsh and the English with the fantastic beaches stretching to the north, west and south of the town.



Once high up on the hilltop more like cliffs as I would hate to full over the railings cause it is a long drop down to the sandy shores of the beach, we walked along the Esplanade admiring the brightly coloured buildings now hotels and B&B’s and the beautifully manicured gardens on the cliffs edge where you can sit, gaze across the ocean and soak in the scenery. Not for too long as we neared the 13^th century town walls the heaven opened up again and the scramble was on for shelter managed to find warmth at a hotel on Paragon till finally the rain stopped, but not the strong chilly winds coming off the ocean guess we won’t be venturing across the sandy beach to St Catherines Island to explore the Fort.

For the next three or so hours we strolled the narrow cobbled streets of Tenby itself sat in one of the many cafes for lunch then later Cream Tea (as we know Devonshire Tea) and people-watch other visitors to the gift shops, restaurants and public houses, then wandered along the harbour, where you can board one of the cruises to nearby Caldey Island, or take a trip in search of the plentiful wildlife of this entirely coastal National Park of Pembrokeshire on the south-west coast of Wales. If you wanted you can walk the entire coast of the UK as there are many coastal paths.

So relaxing here the views just blow you away from the narrow cobbled streets, to the brightly coloured buildings, the beaches, harbour and from top of Castle Hill, if only it wasn’t so windy.

Time is slipping by and we need to get to Glan-Y-Mor Camp Site on the cliff-top overlooking the ocean in St David’s. Partly followed our road map out of Tenby not the Satnav on the A478 through rolling hills passed Wooden then back to views of flat green countryside with distant hills till Templeton, then onto the A4115 with the usual views of hedged road in the distance cows, sheep, farms, woods, even wind turbines at Cross hands where we turned onto the A4075. There are lots of Theme Parks round Tenby we first noticed three when we left Trefalun Park this morning and now there is the Oakwood Theme Park with huge roller coaster, then Bluestone Water Park lots of entertainment for families.

The wooded forests are beautiful with trees encircling the road, now driving on the A40 with the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park on our left and cows and sheep as far as you can see grazing in the fields.

We have never gone through so many roundabouts as we did in Haverfordwest over six of them including a bridge to continue back on the A478 all the way to St David’s. Pulled over on the hillside to admire the picturesque view of Newgale a windsurfer or surfers dream, long sandy beach the right wind and wave   formation. Navigating the narrow bridge and steep winding road was a bit hair raising especially when you have two touring coaches coming in the opposite direction.

The countryside is like England very mountainous, winding roads up and down valleys then we came across an old world picturesque town of Solva at the bottom of the valley on the coast very narrow streets with a tiny harbour and bridge over the stream running through the town.

Nice to get back to a small section of flat countryside near Nine Wells views of the ocean in the distance to our left and mountains in the distance to our right. Didn’t have problems finding the Glan-Y-Mor Camp Site and as usual it is located down a narrow lane on a private property. Quite a few motorhomes and caravans on this small site and apparently it is an honour system with payment if the owner doesn’t see you.

At least we are protected from the ocean winds by the hedges, the sun is out and we are enjoying a cuppa. Poor Richard now has shingles from the stress of driving and the constant rain. The shower block and toilets are very dated but who cares, as long as the water is hot for a shower. Tomorrow we cycle to St David’s then off to Aberaeron up the coast of Wales.