Solva: Part 1 of our Welsh Adventure

This week we were on a Welsh road trip, exploring the Pembrokeshire coast, before heading up to Barmouth, then onto Anglesey.

We started with a family night in Newport before driving up to Solva for the first 3 nights, staying at https://www.llanungar.wales/

Mrs Will the Fish set the bar really high for our first meal in Solva: a lobster platter for 2, with a bottle of De Chanceny Cremant de Loire. A fabulous start to our Welsh adventure. Order from https://www.facebook.com/MrsWillTheFish?mibextid=wwXIfr

Despite the weather being glorious for the last month, typically it turned for our week away! We used Sunday, as the best forecasted day, to do a walk around the cliffs of Solva, on the beautiful Welsh Coastal path.

Whilst the temperature was quite high, the wind blowing off St Brides Bay was fierce! The bird life was not hanging around long enough to photograph, except for this Northern Wheatear who gamely hung onto the fence for a few moments.

We had intended to do a circular walk back into Solva, but our way was blocked by a large herd of dairy cows. Whilst they looked friendly enough, with Pepper as our canine companion, you can never be quite sure of the reception once you are sharing the same field! So we back tracked and returned to Solva the way we came.

Lunch was on the terrace at 35 Main Street, overlooking the harbour but nicely sheltered from the wind. Seafood Chowder for me, and Seafood linguini for Mark, washed down with black dragon cider.

The food was excellent; if you are ever in Solva, I recommend a visit!

https://www.35mainstreet.co.uk/

We returned to the van via the excellent Bay View Stores to collect our dinner from the Crab Shack.

On the way home, a Red Kite flew overhead, relentlessly pursued by a Carrion Crow before disappearing across the fields.

The sun was gloriously hot, and we sat outside for a while before the increasingly strong wind made short work of our windbreak, so we retired to the van for crab sandwiches and a cheese board, dominated by a delightful Caerphilly.

Sunday started well with a 5k run along the coastal path. There are some wonderful sea arches and beaches all along the coast, most of which are only accessible by boat/ kayak.

However, the heavy rain and strong wind ended our plans to explore more of the coastal path up towards Saint David’s, so we had a lovely van day, reading and watching films, whilst the van was battered the weather. Dinner was wonderful homemade food, again from the Bay View stores, with locally made Welsh cakes for dessert. I think Pepper was grateful for the rest!

Monday dawned wet and windy, and we headed up the coat towards Barmouth. The intention being to stop at some of the historic sites enroute, however the weather was so bad we simply drove all the way, alighting at Hendre Mynach Caravan Park for the 2nd part of our Welsh Adventure.

To be continued 😊