Tuesday 21st May 2024.
We had a quiet night on the car park shared with four other vans. We drove south from Newquay and stopped off at Tescos in Cardigan where we stocked up the fridge and filled up with fuel.
Our next stop was a garage in Fishguard where we attempted to top up the LP gas tank but the pump refused to work😵💫 the road from there took us into the ferry port. We had made a last minute booking for the Fishguard to Rosslare ferry a new experience for us, all seemed to go smoothly with very little officialdom until there was an announcement that due to technical difficulties we would be 90 minutes late boarding. The ferry left 50 minutes late but picked up time on the crossing and we were only 15 minutes late docking.There were no checks on arrival, someone asked us what nationality we were and when I replied” English” they just waved us on, annoying as we had gone to the trouble of making sure by visiting the Vets that Layla’s pet passport was all ok for entry to the Republic of Ireland.
We had selected a campsite on the coast that wasn’t in distance too far from the port, it did however take quite a while to drive there and I think I will have to get into the mindset that travel will be slow.
The site is a working dairy farm and has been owned by the same family for over 125 years. In 1169 the Norman invasion fleet landed on the farm’s beach before heading inland. Next to the farm is the ruined 12th century church of St Mary however the graveyard is still in use and well maintained.
Layla was desperate to get down to the beach but we wouldn’t have been able to prevent her going into the sea and as it was late evening we didn’t want her soaking wet in the van, a thrown pebble in the opposite direction distracted her.
taraabit 