We had a fabulous breakfast at the Cnapan B & B but the weather was wet and windy, so we decided to have a lazy morning doing postcards and updating our blog. The weather cleared and by 1 pm we headed out to the beach by the Newport Golf Course. The road goes across a couple of the holes on the golf course to get to the beach - I'm sure more than a few cars have got bonked by wild golf balls, but we were lucky!
We then went by some very skinny one lane roads to an ancient burial chamber (a mini Stonehinge) and then on to one of the most famous and old pubs in all of the UK, the Dyffryn Arms. Fantastic place. Known locally as "Bessie's", as in the Landlady who, bless her is in her 80s, and still running this jewel of a pub. Bessie told us that other than a lick of paint, this hostelry has not been changed for over 50 years. She does not want music or television at the pub, pubs are for social interaction and beer! I agree! Perfect Bass poured from the jug, no pumps. This little piece of real life history - the nearest you will ever get to going back in time. The place doesn't have two chairs the same and that's what gives it character and encourages conversation... now that Ron has kissed the Blarney Stone I can't shut him up!!!
On to Fishguard then back to Cnapan for a lovely gourmet dinner - prepared by owners Michael and Judith Cooper. What a delight, we had such a great time, eating, drinking and laughing through most of the courses - we were just in that kind of mood. What a nice relaxing day as we are off to another Welsh destination tomorrow, new views every other day - that's the plan.
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