Caitlin's Blog

Pembroke, Wales

Posted on October 20, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized |

Last Thursday-Sunday we made our way to Pembroke, Wales on an 11 hours bus ride. Trust me, it’s something you never want to do. We were all very happy when we were finally able to get off of the bus. On Thursday we arrived at Pembroke at around 8:30 pm and walked down main street to find the Beech House Bed and Breakfast. I must say, it has been the best place we have stayed thus far. Ann, the owner, was a very nice lady who helped us out whenever she could. We got there and none of us had eaten supper so we were hoping to find a place to go and eat. The one major downfall of Pembroke was that there was no good place to eat the majority of the day. The kitchen was not open in most places so we would have to go and eat at fast food joints. Our first night we went and ate at a pizza, burger, kebab, and chicken place. It was pretty shady but the only place that was open at the time. The food wasn’t great either. At least we got something to eat. We then went back to the B&B and eventually went to sleep. The bed I slept it was prolly the most comfortable bed I have ever been in, I wanted to take it home with me.

On Friday it was just Cody, Emily, and me because Mouse was going to be coming later that night. We got up and went down to breakfast at 8:30. I walked in and there was cereal and fruit sitting there, and this is usually what we have been getting when we go and stay at hostels. Come to find out, these are just starters…so I have already eaten a bowl of cereal and a banana. Ann then comes in and brings in the tea and coffee and asks if everyone is ok with bacon and eggs…of course we are. She comes back a little while later with a plate full of bacon, eggs, sausage, tomato, mushrooms, baked beans, and toast. For someone who doesn’t eat breakfast, I am very proud of myself for being the only one who ate everything. Go me. After that meal we were all very full and decided to go and site see. We started off walking down main street and went into various shops to see what they had and maybe pick up some souveniers. We then went down to the Pembroke Castle and looked around. This castle varied greatly from the Edinburgh castle. This one was an oval castle so the whole inside was wide open and you walked around the outside. You also didn’t have a tour guide so you could walk around and do whatever. We spent around 3 hours just walking around and taking picutres. It was like a jungle gym for big kids, it was great. Once we were done with that we continued to walk around and by 3 in the afternoon we decided we might get some lunch. Again, there was no kitchen open serving lunch, so we had to eat at a fish and chips place that apparently had award winning food….WRONG. I got a chicken and mushroom pot pie and chips (fries). The pot pie was alright but my fries were not very warm and they were so soggy that when you picked them up they fell apart. I was very disappointed. At this point in are all getting a little frustrated with the food options, so we just decide to go back and relax at the B&B for a while. We sat in the sitting room and watched TV, which we don’t get to do at Hull or in most places really because you have to have a license to have a TV. Once supper time rolled around we went and found someplace to eat that we already knew would be opening at 7. It was probably the best food I’d had eating out while in Pembroke. I got grilled scallops in a citrus and chive  butter. They were amazing! I could have eaten those the whole time I was there. After we ate there, we went to the supermarket and got some goodies and went back to the B&B. Cody and I decided to play some pool…we played three games…and I lost all of them. It was a good time though.

On Saturday we decided to go on a Costal Walk. Cody had looked into it and it didn’t sound like a bad idea. Ann had told us of some places to go so we took her advice. We hoped on the Costal Cruiser (a bus/van) that took us to West Angle Bay. We spent quite a bit of time climbing on the rocks, looking for seashells, and taking pictures. Ann had suggested that we go to Fresh Water West, so we thought we’d go there. We had stopped to get something to drink and some ice cream before we left, but then realized that it was a 5.5 mile walk and we had around 2 hours to get there to catch the bus back to Pembroke so we started off. At first, it wasn’t so bad…but then it started to go downhill. There were these hills that I swear we were climbing mountains. It was pretty much straight up and straight down. There were like 11 hills like this. My heels were blistered and bleeding, I was hot, I pricked my hand on a bush or something and it swelled up, but hey at least it was a pretty view…even though I spent the majority of the 2 hours looking the ground so I didnt step in a hole. (Which I ended up doing a lot anyway). By the time we actually got to Fresh Water West, our bus has just gotten there so we didn’t even get to enjoy it. The up side..we got to see about 7 miles of the Wales Coast, also it was my first timem seeing the ocean. So it wasn’t all bad. After that all I wanted to do was shower. So we went back to the B&B and got cleaned up, had some tea, and relaxed until we decided to go and get some supper. Of course this was a pain again. We went and talked to pubs all over and apparently they don’t like to have food on Saturday nights. So we finally found a chinese and english restaurant and ate there. The chinese that I had was good, but I think Cody was a little disappointed in his food. He had ordered a burger, and that’s what he got….without a bun. We couldn’t help but laugh with all the bad luck we’d been having with food. We got done eating and went back to the B&B and just relaxed the rest of the night.

Sunday we left Pembroke at 7 am and got back to Hull around 6 pm. It was a long day. Overall the trip was fun, and it was a beautiful place.

If you want to look at my pictures I created a shutterfly page, it is caitlinstravels.shutterfly.com

enjoy.

Make a Comment

One Response to “Pembroke, Wales”

Comments RSS Feed

Where's The Comment Form?