The Isle of Wight ramblers "posing" at Mill Bay, Dale where Henry Tudor landed to start his march to victory at the battle of Bosworth.  A great bunch of walkers all 44 of them.  Special mention to be given to two fine gentleman of 86 and 87 who regularly completed our daily walks.

We had a great week together, scroll down to find details of our daily walks.

Day 1 - St Florence to Tenby

Sunday morning we walked along the Ritec way to Penally and along the South Beach and into Tenby.  Walking along the Ritec way its difficult to imagine that boats once sailed up this river, which was once a tidal estuary before the bank was built.

Superb views forn the ridgeway above Penally towards Tenby, Caldey Island and out towards Worms Head on the Gower peninsular.  We even had sight of Lundy island.  I also pointed out Greenhill School, bringing back far distant memories of my old school life...where on earth has 30 years flown by !

Hoyles mouth cave-

A real scramble up to Hoyles mouth cave.  The path to this cave is not marked, not signposted and not promoted.  For good reason I believe, respect has to be given to this site as it is home for Greater and lesser horseshoe bats and they need protecting, so I advised everyone not to enter but to just gaze and ponder at the entrance.  The path up to the cave is also blocked by a large fallen down tree and to cross the path, the only way through is to walk along the length of the trunk balancing as you go.  A tricky process with a large group of mixed abilities.  Neverthess those who ventured were in awe.  I explained that this is one of the oldest know residences in the country.

The cave was home to prehistoric man who would have looked out upon the Ritec valley.  Artifacts are to be found in Tenby museum of flint tools and bones of mammoth, cave bear and hyena.  There are signs of more recent abode, the remnants of a camp fire lie at the entrance.  I can appreciate the authentic experience of cave dwelling that our more recent visitors may have experienced.

Day 2 - Bosherston lily ponds, Stackpole quay and Barafundle bay

The weather is superb, the company is great and the landscape transcends...today's a good walking day.

  The tranquil stillness of the lily ponds reaches into our needy restless souls.  The wildlife draws our attention, the sticks turn into Herons and some hopeful souls even see Otters instead of the sticks, now that would be something to tell.

Our two cafes serve us well, lunch at Stackpole tea rooms and afternoon tea at Bosherston tea rooms, now that's living it up.

Barafundle bay

There are a lot of people saying great things about this beach.  It's topping the polls as one of the best beaches in Britain.

If you are not sailing onto the beach, the only other way to get here is to walk, there is no car access, there are no toilets, there are no ice cream sales but we have a beach not developed by human hands and enterprise. 

We just have the pure golden sands, the clear blue inviting sea and the inspirational views of cliffs, seabirds and islands.  Its not  the ice cream which is selling this beach.

i think that our walkers our enjoyiing this.