Newgale Beach is just 6 miles from the treehouse. When the tide is out you can walk for 2 – 3 miles from one end to the other – that flat clear space calms my chattering mind and restores a sense of balance.
(Click on any of the photos to see them larger.)
The first walk is always special, reconnecting with the place. I remember all those happy family times. Each little landmark holds a memory from a different year.
My senses are heightened and I see beauty in every pebble
every wave and ripple
every grain of sand
There is a rock …. the one with the yellow arrow
with a huge rock-pool in it, in which my Grandad and I once found an eel. It inspired this poem: Journey Into Now
I make a mini-pilgrimage to it each time I visit Pembrokeshire. As I touch it and climb up to look into the pool I feel closest to my grandfather. He was a rock and a safe haven for me through a stormy childhood.
We are making new memories there – a photo taken in August 2015 of Miss E and Master R exploring the rock pools in and around that rock.
The pool indicated by the Blue Arrow features in this post . My daughter discovered it, Miss E swam in it and we all threw in a pebble and made a wish – we call it our Wishing Pool.
I threw in a pebble this time and made a wish for my Mum.
Here is my favourite photo from that first walk, I have just ordered it to be printed on a large 30″ x 20″ canvas.
I feel like the figure represents me – it was a man with a child in a carrier on his back, walking with a dog. I don’t have a dog but when I walk I am never alone.
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On the way back to the treehouse I called into Number 35, a great little cafe/restaurant in Solva, for a scrumptious lunch of smoked salmon salad with garlic bread.
Yummmmm!
What a lovely place to reminisce and walk.
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It really is Barbara, I get there as often as I can.
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Wonderful photos! You’re lucky to have such a beautiful place to go to!
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I most certainly do feel very lucky.
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What wonderful memories you have of the place Daffy, and it is lovely that you are making many more new ones too.
Those photos are glorious too. 🙂
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Thank you Eddie. My enjoyment of the place is being further enhanced by sharing here. ❤
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I am enjoying you sharing it with us 🙂
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ahhhh – so pleased. 🙂
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Beautiful post. You have really benefitted from the break I can tell. That salad looks delicious.
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Thank you Cathy – so glad to know the benefit is showing. 😉
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Wonderful images and story Sandra
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Thank you Denis, so glad you enjoyed the virtual walk along the beach with me.
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It looks like beautiful beach 🙂
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I love the way it is cleaned by the tide each day, leaving the sand flat and clear and spacious. It is beautiful. You have some beauties near you too.
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What a wonderful time & place to recharge!
xx
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It certainly is Del!
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That seems like a perfect day to me. I think me and The Fella will be planning a holiday there! Or maybe just me…….😊
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I think you’d love it Mo, whether alone or with someone else. There are lots of crafts people in the area for you check out as well.
Are you living in Ireland at the moment?
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I am but not near a coast or lake. Your pictures remind me of my retreats to the Aran Islands.
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Ah, the Aran Islands, I hope to get there this year or next. I expect you already know about Melissa’s blog, but just in case you don’t: https://thearanartisan.com
Think you might like it!
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Yep, I know Melissa, it’s her fault I started blogging! Haha.
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What a beautiful post, both the fabulous photos and the narrative! You make me want to walk this beach and experience the stillness . . .
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Kerry, your comment is heartwarming, thank you. If you ever in the area, let’s go for that walk! 😉
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You’ve got some great photos of a beautiful place there. I must visit sometime – it looks wonderful.
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I think you would love it Alastair. There are some wonderful coastal walks in the area. I’m sure you would make some interesting soundscapes too.
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Thank you again ps that photo will indeed make a wonderful canvas
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I’m hoping so – I’m very excited to see how it turns out.
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I feel the same way about Whitesands and Porth Selu {which is a very different beach, small and intimate} Your photography is outstanding in this, Newgale is a very giving subject too. My final major in collage was an evening gown inspired by the ocean and I will never forget, one glorious late spring morning, riding that early bus into Haverfordwest, as we came to the brow of the hill overlooking Newgale and there it was, stretched out before me in all it’s glory ~~~ the colours of the gown I had just completed. The sand, the sea, the pebble bank ~ it was all there. Yes, it is a very special beach.
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We must go to Porth Selu together one day Deb. And i very much want to see your gown – have you still got it?
Thank you for your kind words about the photos – I got a bit carried away!
xx
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Gorgeous! Such happy memories x
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Looking forward to creating more in July. 😉 ❤
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ethereal~
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mmmmmm ………thank you Cindy.
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