Castle View Hotel Tenby

The Norton, North Beach Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, SA70 8AA, United Kingdom

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Smugglers' Coast

A travel blog entry by kimjones59

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... spent with an exploration of the cliffs, smugglers' caves and slate quarries which have made this part of the coast famous. Ash pointed out that the cliffs reminded her of the cliffs in the Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman movie, 'Papillon.'

Yesterday was surfing in Wales day and as we didn't get to catch up with Di, back in Laugharne, we were deteremined to make it home in time today to make it to the pub for the ...

Surf's Up in Wales

A travel blog entry by kimjones59

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... west coast is almost entirely designated for military training and testing so once again the peace was regularly shattered by explosions. Freshwater West is also a training area and the military presence was obvious. George and Di met us and although the wind was onshore, we agreed we had to go out so much to George's delight we suited up and paddled out. All exposed skin went into shock, but our ...

Waxing Lyrical in Wales

A travel blog entry by kimjones59

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... The Australian visitors' were given a formal welcome and the meeting began so we are now recorded in Welsh history! George was right, it was very interesting.

After the meeting we went home and finished the night off with dinner and some speed scrabble followed by a skype with Nan, Pop, Wendy & Jim. Everyone turned in early in preparation for a pre-dawn start to our day. Stay tuned for a surf report and some shots of the wild Welsh ocean.
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Heading to find our Welsh Connection

A travel blog entry by kimjones59

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Catching up with old friends is always worth whatever effort it takes to make it happen. Our time with Butch, Ally and Abi this morning (Peirs was busy sitting an exam) was so nice and it was great for Dean and Ash to catch up again too having both met Butch previously. Dean crossed paths with Butch in Whistler in 2010 while Ash felt instantly at home when she visited during the year. At a quick ...

Welsh Humour

A travel blog entry by tomandscherie

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... and we have been remiss in contacting them in advance we did not want
to disturb them so found a little place around the corner from the pub.
This place was so funny it was decorated in full pretty pink regalia,
lacy and fluffy even I felt a little uncomfortable. Really old traditional type of building small narrow winding steps up to the room which required head to be ducked.

Next morning at breakfast ...