We escaped across the Severn Bridge into Wales on the Friday night, keen to make the best of a good forecast for the Bank Holiday weekend. As it happened, the weather wasn’t what we were hoping for (often too much wind) but we still enjoyed a wonderful weekend in Pembrokeshire, our favourite part of Wales.
On Saturday morning, we’d hoped to paddle along the 50 metre limestone cliffs of the Castlemartin Army Ranges. However, a peek off the cliffs revealed that a sizeable ocean swell was humping into the cliffs … scary! Heather and I have paddled this coast before, and we had hoped to be able to explore the huge caverns and stacks along this coast on this visit; not very practical whilst dodging big waves! Instead, four of us enjoyed a relatively sheltered paddle around nearby Stackpole Head. There was still some swell, and as it collided with Pembrokeshire’s ancient sandstone and limestone, it made a satisfying *whump* noise …
