The Bluetits Bag Lady Reveals All
Back in the summer, a group of people swam by me while I was dipping in Fishguard harbour. I got chatting… no one was in a hurry… and found this was the North Pembrokeshire...
Category: Sea
Where’s Wally Now?
How could any of us forget Wally the Walrus who stopped by in Pembrokeshire earlier this year on what would seem to have been quite an extensive tour. Entertaining keen watchers in places...
Dune Roaming
Newport Sands can be a windswept spot – not necessarily the sort of beach where you’re going to settle down for the day (unless you really do like sand in your sandwiches). But it’s...
How to Avoid Freezing at Summer’s End
Thanks to the Bluetits for information on keeping warm and safe in the sea. Them: “You need to see a doctor.” Me: Muttering very sweary stuff about the state of the health service and...
Wild Pembrokeshire with David Gardner: A Day in the New Life of a Seal Pup
Please note that this article and all accompanying images are subject to copyright. Prints in a number of formats are available to purchase by order through David Gardner Photography. The late September afternoon...
Stay Away from the Seals
It’s that time of year again when the seals are very much in evidence on our beautiful coast. Some swimmers I know actually got followed and nibbled the other day. Understandably they didn’t hang...
Newgale is Unbeatable
There are beaches, there are great beaches… and there is Newgale. However many times you come over the hills and see that immense stretch of sand, it always stuns. We know that Pembrokeshire weather...
Making a Tit of Oneself
“Are you a Bluebell?” It was a question I had never been asked before. But as I stood post-swim, getting dry, on the slipway at Goodwick harbour, I had to reply that I wasn’t...
Beach Life
Pembrokeshire has plenty of “secret” beaches… ones that are difficult to get to but which you can have to yourself. But right now it also has forbidden beaches… ones where it really is not...
A Perfect Hot Spot
The first thing I saw as I peeped over the seawall at Amroth was a topless and super-tanned woman who was also almost bottomless… The pink thong she wore covered very little and seemed...
