Pembroke with Exeter Camera Club

For a week from the end of June, Exeter Camera Club organised a trip to Pembroke.  We stayed in a barn complex, and each day, we tripped off to a new venue, and found our own photos!  Once we understand the routine, we were fine!  I was with Maggie Martin and Anne Whitley.

Maggie (L) Me and Ann (R) enjoy a picnic lunch.

First evening saw us going Castlemartin.  Usually, the Army uses this land for its training - but weekends are time off for them - and time for us to go mad with cameras!

The Green Bridge.  

The same evening, we went along to Freshwater for a hoped-for sunset.  Didn't really happen - but we got some pleasing pix nonetheless.

The Seaweed Hut.  Now restored, but once huts like this peppered the cliffs.  Women used them to dry seaweed in.  This was then sent to Cardiff, Swansea and other large cities, where it was pounded and used in the making of Lava Bread.

The next day we went to Pendine Sands for the Hot Rod Racing.  Only a couple of images from that day here for you to see - but more can be seen at my Flickr site - https://www.flickr.com/photos/snaphappyann/

A couple of boy racers, driving their car to the collecting ring.

Some of the spectators!  More interesting than the racing itself, I found!

 Creating a kind of crop circle in the sand on Bosherton Beach!

 Featured on Grand Designs - the restored old Lifeboat House at Tenby.

 Playing soldiers!  On manoeuvres at Castlemartin where we were allowed to snap them!

Wonderful sky over the lilly ponds at Bosherton.

 St Govern's Chapel, tucked between the cliffs near Castlemartin.

 A different view of the Chevron Oil Refinery near Pembroke.  Everyone else took it at night!  I like to be different!

A beautiful day spent on Skomer Island.

My ambition is to get a puffin in flight!   Methinks I will need to upgrade my kit a bit before that happy day!

 Tenby Beach - looking towards small island.

The Bandstand, overlooking the sea at Tenby

General Store, at St Fagan's Living History Museum, near Cardiff.

Finally, after a week of the most glorious weather imaginable, we had to go home!  However, a detour of a few hours at the St Fagan's Living History Museum near Cardiff proved well worthwhile.  We didn't even scratch the surface of this wonderful museum after four hours!  Well worth a visit - and a very reasonable day out.  Only paid £3.50 to park the car - and there is food, drink and ice creams available - all at reasonable prices.  Well worth a visit.  Click on the link to find out more.  https://www.museumwales.ac.uk/stfagans/