Tenby in the Wind

We decided to go to a seaside town for our first day out on our Pembrokeshire holiday because we haven’t visited the sea much this year and Jude needs her regular fix of seaside air, beach and a quick paddle.

We decided on Tenby as we had recently seen photographs of streets with colourful houses. as it was a windy day and late on in the year we didn’t expect it to be too busy. How wrong we were – we had such trouble parking and when we found carpark with spaces available we soon discovered that it had one of those new style parking machines that no-one understands.

It was worth spending so long seeking a parking space though as we wandered into the old town we soon found one of the old town gates.

We liked this laser cut piece of sculpture, so few lines needed!

One reason we wanted to take a town wander around Tenby was for its interesting architectural features especially its colourful buildings, large and small.

The tall many-storey hotels and blocks of flats are very imposing. a few modern buildings loked like attempts to reflet their style but seem to fail miserably. The building materials and finishes soon looked worn.

The place that attracts most visitors is probably the harbour area with its small boats from fishing boats to large catamarans used to take tourists out to nature hotspots around the island. The approach to this part of Tenby affords us the opportunity to look down over the harbour.

I shall finish this report of our visit to the seaside town of Tenby with a photo gallery of shots of interesting places and features.

When we visit the seaside we have to find an ice cream to enjoy. We usually indulge in a ‘No 99’, whipped ice cream with a chocolate flake in a cone. Here in Tenby however we were tempted by freshly made farm ice cream in a range of flavours. I chose to have a salted caramel cone and Jude decided on the same. Of course we also had them decorated with flakes. They were amazing!

With those ice creams our day was complete!