Journeying on to Wales and further on to Ireland

Leaving Land's End, we travelled north along the coast before turning slightly east to take the motorway on into Wales.  Before turning onto the motorway we stopped off at the "famous UK surfing beach" of Newquay.  A very pretty seaside town, but even though we have had beautifully warm weather, we have not encountered any ocean swell larger than about 4 inches.  The surf schools all along the coast all seemed to be doing roaring business, but not sure what the students were actually learning to surf on.

Life on the road is busy, there are Roman Ruins to be visited.

And of course some Welsh language to brush up during our time in Wales.

Many of the sea side towns are geared up for the summer holidays with the school holidays in full swing.  All the coastal villages we have visited have been in full swing for  summer holidays and it has been like stepping back to our childhood for some old fashioned fun.

We called into the area of Wales called Swansea and discovered this beautiful untouched part of the Welsh coast.  Spent a few hours walking the cliff tops taking in the view.  We didn't venture down to the beach as it was a 15 minute walk down and about 45 minute walk back up.  

The journey on to St David's was spectacular. The coastline all the way along is just so stunning.

The little town of St David's is a beautiful little welsh village with some well preserved ruins of the abbey and church. It is the birth and burial place of the nation's patron saint.

Enjoying our last night in Wales before heading to Fishguard for our trip across to Ireland, there was a really lovely sunset to mark our final night in Wales.  These are pics of our final campsite in Wales and the view from our location in the campground.

And so it was on to Fishguard to queue up to board the ferry to take us to Ireland.  There was time to make some lunch while we waited in the queue for the announcement to start boarding.

And so finally it was our turn to drive onto the ferry for the crossing which thankfully was a very smooth trip across the Irish Sea.  We had heard some stories of how rough it can get, but on our day there was not a breath of wind and the sea was like glass.  Always grateful for small mercies.

It has taken some time to get enough wi fi access while we have been on the road in the camp van to bring the blog up to date.  Will add some highlights of our time in Ireland as soon as we are able.

Cheers to everyone, will post again soon.