Wales road trip

The weather had been dreadful overnight - high winds, rain and hail. Thankful to be in a van. Sadly, a couple that had turned up the night before with their tent/van set up plus a toddler and dog had trouble in the night. Their tent collapsed at the front end and everything got wet so they were heading back home, shame.
We had more rain whilst getting ready/breakfast which even created a rainbow but it soon passed. The last few days when it’s rained has also been bright sunshine at the same time making it tricky to drive in as the brightness on the wet road is blinding. However, it’s been dry when we’ve needed it.

We booked an hour’s boat trip in New Quay around the bay to hopefully see some sea animals so headed up that way. There was only a handful of people on the boat and whilst the sky was moody, the weather held off. The sea was very choppy so we were thankful for taking a travel sickness tablet each. I couldn’t use my binoculars as it was too bouncy, I couldn’t steady them.
The boat captain spotted a seal and its pup on the shore but we couldn’t see it. Heading back we did spot the odd one or 2 dolphins breaching the water. It was a good trip to do but a little disappointing to not see much. It’s like the Highlands/heiland coos all over again!

Once we were off the boat we headed to the pub so Gary could watch the footy whilst I headed back out to the town for a mooch. Spotted a little sandy bay so had a paddle in the water. The sun was beaming at this point so it was very pleasant. Took a wander back down to the pier where we caught the boat and sat in the wall watching the sea with my binoculars for more dolphins which I managed to see. Probably more than when we were on the boat!

Once the footy was finished, we headed back to the van and on to beautiful sandy Penbryn beach where we ambled across some rocks for a bit then headed on to Tresaith waterfall which was quite flowing considering the amount of rain we’ve had. We drove further on to Cardigan for a lovely curry but didn’t hang about after as we wanted to drive on to our stopover before dark.

We stopped in Cilgerran for the night. A small village with some lovely looking houses and a 12th century castle ruin. Our parkup was by a slow moving river surrounded by trees. Absolutely peaceful and tranquil. I sat out as the weather was still lovely and drank my tea watching out for animals. A few bats, crows, starlings, gobby geese and an owl hooting a little later, beautiful. We went for a wander along the river and up to the castle ruin then back through the village back to the van. We sat watching the pink clouds for a while, lots of mindfulness going on here.

Trying to make a return plan as Sunday looking v wet so wanting to slowly edge out of Wales so will try for Cardiff, do an indoor thing and hopefully a roast somewhere then meander back home for Tuesday but not thinking about that for now.Read more