Donaldson Crew Adventures

With the amazing weather we are having, I took Friday off and we decided to pull the kids out of school since there is only a week left anyhow until the summer break anyhow.  We decided to take a day trip to west wales in Pembrokshire to a place called Barafundle Bay after a recommendation from an office mate.  The reviews were good too!  According to wikipedia, It was ranked as one of the top 12 beaches in the world in 2004, the good holiday guide ranked it as the best beach in Britain, and in 2006 it was rated as the best spot in the UK for a picnic by Country Life magazine.  Plus its a little out of the way to find, and requires about a 15 minute walk along a coastal path to get to it which keeps the hordes away.  

The walk from the car park to the beach - beautiful:

Fun at the beach:

The weather was looking good so we headed west to Pembrokshire in southwest wales.  Our target for today was St. David's Cathedral.  St. David was born in the year 500 and died in 589.  He is the patron saint of Wales and there has been a monstary/church of some sort at this site where the current cathedral sits since the 6th century.   It is also the largest cathedral in Wales.  The town around is a small and quaint tucked away on the western tip of wales. 

After exploring St David's village and cathedral, we headed to the beach.  The Pembrokshire coast in south-west wales was ranked the Number two coastline in the world by National Geographic, so it seemed that we could hardly go wrong.  I picked a small beach very close to St. David's called Caerfai and it turned out to be everything we had hoped for an afternoon of fun in the sun.  Kelly was kicking herself for not bringing shorts/swim suit on this trip but had fun testing out the new telephoto zoom lens on the camera.  (see some of the great shots below)

From Caerfai, we looped up around north Pembrokshire to take a different way home.  Not being sure I would be in that general vacinity again, I wanted to stop by an ancient megalithic monument called Pentre Ifan.  It is what remains of a burial chamber believed to have been contructed around 3500 BC.  Amazing rock formation with a 16 ton capstone balancing on 3 points under it.  A little off the beaten path to get there but it was worthwhile and a nice break to get out of the car and enjoy the late afternoon sun.

A long but enjoyable day of travelling.  Kids were great in the car.  Well stocked snacks and a recent purchase of a portable DVD player helped as well!