Ilkeston Cam On Holiday 2001 - South West Wales - Part
05
Tuesday - Craftsmen At Work
All the photos on this page were taken in July 2001
Climatically, Tuesday was perhaps the poorest day
of our stay in Pembrokeshire but we were determined not to let
it put a damper on our holiday. We awoke to an overcast sky and
a touch of rain in the atmosphere so we needed to seek out some
of the indoor attractions that the area has to offer. Our first
port of call after a hearty breakfast was just a short drive
from Saundersfoot to the pottery at Begelly where we were to
make the acquaintance of Morgan the cat.
 
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The next destination on our mini craft tour was the
quaintly named village of Stepaside.
I was particularly impressed with the leather worker and
his range of very attractive hand carved leather clock faces
in a variety of colours. I could have watched him for hours ....
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.... but time was marching on so it was off to The
Rabbit Hole Cafe for a morning cuppa.
 
Suitably refreshed we continued our journey along the coast still
under an overcast sky.
The sea did not look very inviting but some brave souls were
still taking to the waters.
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We headed off in the direction of Laugharne, the
village where poet Dylan Thomas spent the last four years of
his life and where he wrote probably his most famous work 'Under
Milk Wood'.
A five minute downpour greeted our arrival as we pulled onto
the car park beneath the castle ruins.
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During his time in Laugharne, Thomas lived in the
Boat House overlooking the Taf estuary. Nowadays it is open to
the public but the closest we got was here (below) from where
we could just see the house along the estuary.
After an entertaining lunch in the village where we were
treated to all the gossip and scandal in the village along with
our meal - if it was like this in Dylan Thomas's day, you could
well imagine from whence came his inspiration - we headed off
for our final destination of the day, a chocolate farm.
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Yes a chocolate farm! In a previous life it was a farm but now
has been converted into a place were luxury chocolates are made.
As we pulled onto the car park, the heavens opened again but
that was to be the last rain of the day and guess what? The sun
came out!
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All that remained was for us to enjoy the demonstration, watch
the chocolates being made, sample the products and purchase some
to take home.
As we left the farm, our attention was drawn to these stocks.
A plaque informed us that at some dim and distant time in the
past, nothing of historical importance had happened here and
theses stocks had just been placed here to be a talking point.
I took a photo anyway!
And then we returned to Saundersfoot to plan our next day's outing.
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