Croatia and Wales 2024: Travelling to ABERDAUGLEDDAU

Tuesday, we had only 1½ hours of driving from Gorseinon to Milford Haven though we had a couple stops along the way. It will be our home for the remainder of our stay in Wales. As noted in the title, Wales uses Welsh in all signage first, then English, so you must get used to reading signs at the bottom or you will not understand where to go or what to do! There is usually very little the two languages have in common so one is unlikely to hazard a guess as to the meaning. We now know Araf means Slow as we’ve seen it often enough.

We traveled on the M4 motorway for part of the way before taking A (connector roads) and B (narrow sometimes single lane) designated roads to first Narberth where we visited the Memorial Garden at the crematorium. The memorial garden contains the ashes of several of Des’ family members so is visited on each return to Wales. From there we drove into the town of Narberth for lunch at a pizzeria. After a short stroll through Narberth, an interesting tourist friendly town, we continued along the backroads for a quick stop at Burton. Here we could view the river as it passed Milford Haven and on to the Atlantic Ocean.

We soon arrived in Milford Haven and checked into our hotel located on the marina which at one time was a very busy fishing port. There are quite a number of sailboats and power boats in the marina at the moment but many look like they haven’t been used in a while. Likely at this time of year, they won’t be going far before next spring.

Once settled, we headed out to the Fish and Chip Shop to get each a piece of cod and chips. As it was only a Take Out, we brought them back to our room and had a feast. We could easily have shared a single meal.

We then headed out and walked around Milford Haven to see what Des could remember from days gone by. It seems much quieter than before. Many buildings and hotels seem closed which is unfortunate.

Wednesday morning and afternoon, we met with family members to reconnect and reminisce. It was great catching up and recalling the good times and discussing who is now deceased, as expected, due to our advanced age.

In late afternoon, we climbed in the car and headed onto the back roads to familiar areas to see the countryside and eventually arrive at the oceanside where we have fondly walked the beach in days gone by. What fun to drive along the one lane roads, between the hedges, narrowly missing approaching cars.

We came back to town to have our first pub dinner with a beer. We chose Carling and Worthington, tried and true beers, not the yuppy microbrewery stuff!! Pub dinners are definitely something not to miss when in this part of the world. Thank you Horse and Jockey, Steynton.

Despite the rain, it was a great day.

The road to ABERDAUGLEDDAU- Milford Haven