Easy Walking in Perfect Weather

Tuesday - Off-day St Davids
Some miles, no elevation gain

Rich's feet were hurting too much to do any walking at all today and to be honest, my knees weren't too unhappy about that. And with a fantastic forecast for Weds and Thurs we decided to have a day off and go to St Davids.

The night at Whitesands campsite had been stormy with heavy showers, so we made good use of some extra hours of exhausted sleep.
Had a coffee and got onto the Celtic Coaster bus for the brief journey into St Davids, the UK's smallest town.

The Tourist Information Office had a John Constable exhibition including his most famous Salisbury Cathedral painting. Very nice way to dodge another shower. I found myself a book about pronouncing Welsh place names, which is a first step at learning Welsh for me. At least I want to be able to pronounce towns, mountains or rivers correctly and ideally know what those names mean.

Did some food shopping, had a pint and a nice lamb cawl at The Bishops and had a look at the cathedral and the impressive ruins of the Bishop's palace.

Back at the tent we cooked a feisty chili with fresh ingredients and necked our bought artisan ciders/beers. Happy days!

Wednesday
9.2 miles, 1040ft elevation

With rested bodies we got up at the usual time, had our butchers sausages for brekkie and left Whitesands just before 9am.
The sun was shining but the icy wind had us all wrapped up for the first couple of hours.
A small dog walked with us for a few kilometres before he turned back to do other doggy stuff.
Views of Ramsey Island and the turmoil of Ramsey Sound were superb and followed by huge and impressive St Brides Bay. Skomer was clearly visible on the horizon and more interesting cliff formations to marvel at.

We walked the last bit to Caerfai after a short tea and cake break at Porth Clais.
The campsite on the cliff by the small bay is by far the best we've had so far. Excellent facilities so we pitched with fantastic views along the coast and had a well earned shower. The first for two days. Ah. Happyness is!!!

Chilling in the sun now after some food. Will head the 15 mins into St Davids later for some pints at the pub.