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Wales, Day 9 - Abereiddy morning

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We had an early start and drove to the beach at Abereiddy. Alan went for a cycle ride and I took pictures of the beach. We then had a quick walk along the headland. Abereiddy is an interesting place and has a huge deep quarry next to the sea, which has now encroached and flooded the workings. There are some ruined workers cottages and a strange round building on a promontory where the ladies of the quarry owners used to take tea! The quarry area was being prepared for an international diving competition and unfortunately had a mass of fencing and workmen round it, so I was limited in the view I could take. Picture 1 was taken with the 14-24mm Nikon zoom and grad filter, the rest with the 16-35mm zoom, the second and last with the Hoya x 10 neutral density filter. The beach at Abereiddy Quarry site at Abereiddy Alan looking for birds View over the islands from the headland

Day 8 - a trip in the kayak and a move to Abereiddy

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On the Monday morning we took the kayak to West Angle beach and paddled up the Milford Haven Sound to Angle. The day was dull and overcast with no wind and after the rocks and caves we had seen before the kayaking was rather dull, apart from a tour of Thorn Island, an old fort that had been used as a hotel and then as a private residence but now looked deserted and rundown. We packed up and drove to Abereiddy, moving north-west of St David's. My favourite Pembrokeshire place is Porthgain, not far from Abereiddy and we went over there for a walk on the clifftop . We stayed at a farm called Llandigige Fawr in Berea and on our first night had a sunset over the rear of the campsite with mist rising from the ground. Thorn Island Channel marker at Porthgain Fisherman's hut at Porthgain Sunset from the campsite