PEMBROKESHIRE…
I have lived in Pembrokeshire all of my life, and in recent months I have explored more of it than I ever have. Pembrokeshire is a place full of natural beauty – living in, and growing up here, I have been surrounded by it – and it is always inspiring me to go out and explore more and more of this incredibly scenic place. One of my most preferred places to visit in recent times has been the section of the coastal path that goes from Stack Rocks and the Green Bridge of Wales, around to Broad Haven South Beach and the Bosherston Lily Ponds, and over to Barafundle Bay. I have fallen in love with this walk as it is visually beautiful – with so many interesting stops and views all along – and is not a drastically long walk, but long enough for you to need a nice sit down with a coffee by the time you’re back at your car.
During my time exploring and photographing the beautiful Pembrokeshire Coast, I have trialed and tested many different shooting techniques, and experimented a lot with different types of filters to get different looks and effects with my photos and to help me improve my skills as a photographer, and find new paths that I can take to make my photos unique and interesting. Doing this has made me pay a lot more attention to my composition, and camera settings whilst I am shooting to save myself a lot of work in the post production of my images.
I have gained a newfound love for the place I live in, and the gorgeous scenery that surrounds me. I took Pembrokeshire for granted growing up as it I didn’t really experience life in an urban area, or somewhere not surrounded by hills, coastlines, woodland, and pure natural beauty. When in Pembrokeshire, you do not have to travel far to find stunning parts of the coastline, or cute seaside towns, full of small colourful buildings, independent businesses and coffee shops, and friendly and welcoming pubs. One of the most exceptional places to walk for a great mix of seaside towns and villages with a large stretch of coastline is the walk from Tenby to Wiseman’s Bridge. The highlight of this walk is that when you get to Wiseman’s Bridge, you can stop for food and a beer in Wiseman’s Bridge Inn, which is a beautiful, old fashioned style pub and restaurant with a beer garden overlooking the beach. The best place to start that walk is by parking on South Beach in Tenby as doing this you can walk along all three golden beaches that Tenby has to offer, as well as walking around the old and new Lifeboat stations before moving further around the coastal path to a beach called The Glen which with low tide will connect you to Saundersfoot beach. Saundersfoot is connected to an additional beach which you can almost always get to without leaving the beach, even if it is coming up to high tide called Coppet Hall which is a nice small beach with a lovely beachside restaurant, café, and shop called Coast. From here, you will take 2 separate tunnels along the way, which run through the cliff face, all the way around to Wiseman’s Bridge.
Another benefit – which is one of my personal favourites – is the amount of surf that surrounds me here in Pembrokeshire. There is a large number of different surfing beaches along the coast of Pembrokeshire, and a number of them are home to surfing competitions, and are full of incredibly talented and experienced surfers. Pembrokeshire is a highly popular destination for people to visit on surf breaks with family and friends, especially as there are numerous different places to visit, all within a close vicinity, and even if the surf isn’t great during a visit, there are plenty of other things to do around Pembrokeshire, especially for families with kids.
