Icecream and sunshine.

Today the sun  shone as we finished our tour of Wales (pronounced Way-ells).

It was the ideal opportunity to try the local icecream offerings as we stopped first at St David's,  and then at Tenby. They were good.

Soon after we left this morning we stopped by a little waterfall near a lovely old stone bridge. This gave us some chance to play with photos. This bit of the river is sometimes used for curricle races and also fly fishing, and the salmon jump up this waterfall sometimes.  There were no salmon or curricles visible today on the river,  but there was a curricle on the local pub wall which I grabbed a shot of.

We  arrived at St David's with enough time to have a good look at the cathedeal hidden in a hollow with its dramatic wooden ceiling and to explore some back lanes and have a cuppa.  As we were nearly out of time we discovered an ice cream parlor with a myriad of yummy flavours that looked really good, so we bought a Turkish delight.  Yum.

Lunch time was at Temby-and reminded me a little of the photos I've seen of Santorini. The clear sea came up to cliffsides which were terraced as much as possible.  Little terace houses in many colours lined the streets overlooking the  East facing beaches which actually  had sand (and some rocks) and were being well used in the sunny day.  We hardly recognized this place as being in Wales as the weather was just so different with the sun out.
Temby has a walled town also, and we walked in through the walls and found ourselves some really good fish for lunch and browsed the shops briefly before heading for the beach and cliff sides.

There is an island with a fort on it , and the tide had gone out, so we watched them hoist the Welsh flag and open for tours as Trev made short work of another icecream from the van on the beach and I enjoyed watching the typical beach day and the clear water. There is a portable jetty here and boat trips to a nearby island were doing a roaring business.

Then it was on to the motorway and heading for Cardiff,  where we said goodbye to our fellow travellers and Phil, our excellent tour leader. After a brief cuppa and loo stop with Tim and Joanne we headed for the railway station and caught the train out of town to Barry Island where our beds are tonight. This seems a little strange, but we couldn't find anything in town for a semi reasonable price due to rugby being on.

After checking in and relaxing a bit we walked to find some tea in the local town which is mostly made up of amusement arcades and fairground, but which also has a lovely promenade and beach. We just happened to catch sunset.

Tonight is our last night in Wales. Tomorrow night we will be in London again.