South Wales - Pembrokeshire - Day 4

Monday, 14 September

Drove to St Davids to see the Cathedral and remains of the Bishops Palace. The Cathedral is one of the nicest that we've seen, with a unique wooden roof, carved like stalactites, that gives the interior a wonderful smell, and makes it feel a lot warmer than the stone. Saw some old tombs with statues of knights on them, resting their feet on lions, and visited the little treasury which had some exellent old croziers (bishops' staffs). A lot of the goodies had been 'retrieved' from the bishops' tombs, which seems a little invasive to me!

The ruined palace was quite a contrast, and makes one imagine what it would look like if it had survived like its neighbour. I bought a book on archaeology from the National Trust shop, then we went to an exotic looking deli for some baguettes. They weren't quite up to much, unfortunately, but I came away with a Welsh real ale for later. Still, at least we got to munch our lunch in the sun again.

That was about it for the sun, though, so we wound our way onwards under a gloomy outlook. Passed through Fishguard, site of the last invasion of England and where Under Milkwood was filmed, and on to Cardigan. Zipped through there too, and turned off to a promising Iron Age fort, which has had working replicas rebuilt on site. That was very illuminating, a quite a bit like Asterix's village. I'd have been keen to experience a banquet in one of the huts, but wouldn't have been so keen to stay the night...