Today as it was another lovely day we decided to go a bit further north and head over the Preselis towards North Pembrokeshire. We went to quite a few places we have never been to before, starting with Cwm Gwaun, or the Gwaun Valley which was really beautiful with plenty of bluebells in the woods. We then climbed over the Preselis and came out just above Fishguard with stunning views over Newport beach.
We then decided to go to Cwm yr Eglwys (translates as valley of the church and pronounced eggloose) which is a little bay where the church was swept away in a storm in 1859
All that remains now is the graveyard and the bell tower. It was a very pretty place and I took quite a few pictures (the rest of which are on Facebook). You can see from the next one how close the church was to the beach, no wonder it was destroyed in a storm.
Derelict churches are obvious in vogue for blogs at the moment!! From Cwm yr Eglwys we stopped at a little pub in the middle of nowhere where we had a delicious sunday lunch before going further around the coast via Cwm Tudu (pronounced Coombe Toody) and heading to Newquay (the Pembrokeshire one, not the Cornish one!!)
Newquay is quite pretty, I've not been there before but I thought it was quite touristy, a bit like Tenby of the North and not really my cup of tea, but we did have a nice walk around the harbour where Noel took this pic of me sat on the sea wall.
After Newquay we headed home. It was pretty chilly by this time and I found a blanket in the boot of the car but fortunately Noel didn't get a picture of me with it wrapped round my head looking like something out of the Taliban while we drove back over the Preselis with the roof down!!
2 comments:
I love that church picture, could you read any of the gravestones? Thats a big interest of mine reading old gravestones. Lovely picture of you too you have caught the sun, glad you had a good weekend xxx
Lovely pictures, looks like a great day out. I hate to make myself look like a total anorak here (but I will anyway) but I was struck by how much the Welsh word for church is like the French word - eglise - Of all the languages I'd have thought Welsh was similar to, French wouldn't have been my first choice lol ;o)
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