Distractions

The Grove, Narberth

I know the posting has been pretty light on here over the last month or so.  Dave and I have been busy organising something super special for later in the year.  The location of our super special event is a hotel in Narberth, which is a tiny little village in the south-eastern corner of Wales.  We paid a visit a little while ago to check it out and it didn't disappoint.

I know there aren't many photos here, but we'd tried their tasting menu the night before, and I had over-indulged on their awesome wines.  The waiter there was a massive wine buff and so when I said I was just drinking by the glass and that I was happy with whatever he recommended, he went a bit crazy, in a good way.  Though my body was not thanking me the next morning.  It also meant I missed out on my wonderful boiled duck's eggs.  At least Dave could polish them off.

The view out of our bedroom window

The library and the rolling hills beyond

We did at least make it to the coast that day.  It is about a 20 minute drive away and the weather was fantastic, if only it had been about 20 degrees warmer that water would have looked mighty inviting.  Apparently Pembrokeshire has a heap of beaches that have won blue and green flag awards.  At first I thought perhaps it meant they were really pretty, but upon closer inspection it means that the beaches aren't full of sewerage and chemical waste (obviously it means more than that for those people contemplating a swim :) )

Dave at Saundersfoot, with the sea monster off in the distance

The coast at Saundersfoot, beautiful day, lets hope summer is like this

 I'm loving the Welsh accent too, we stopped in Swansea to pick up a hire car and I was happy wandering around the city just trying to eavesdrop on people's voices.  It seems that they don't get that many visitors from the rest of the UK in Wales either.  A lot of people I've spoken to in London had never been, though it is a three hour train from London to Swansea, which is a massive trip for Europeans.  Even inside Wales it seems that they don't really travel that far, I find that a bit strange as the part we saw, Pembrokeshire, looked really lovely.  When we were picking up our hire car and saying that we were going to Narberth, even the Welsh guy serving us had never been there.

Back in Swansea, with the Swansea castle

Fountain in Swansea