Good Morning Everyone,

Well yestersday was the longest day and it was beautiful here in Amroth, Pembrokeshire. I began it with my usual walk/run in Colby Woods and Gardens. It is always so lovely in there early in the morning ,when you have the place to yourself to smell the lovely scents in the morning dew and hear all the bird songs. The guests that arrived at our self-catering cottages this week are in for lovely weather, according to the forecast.

Yesterday was a particularly busy day for me, as I was helping at a fund raising event for the Macmillan Nurses. It was a Midsummer Jazz Evening, held in the walled garden at Colby Gardens, the National Trust property in the valley below us. I had been asked to make some petit fours for the 100 plus guests, and anyone who has done these will appreciate how fiddley they can be!!! Still with my husband Mike’s help, I managed to produce 450 and along with the other wonderful canapes and desserts that some of the other ladies had produced, we had a wonderful spread which was appreciated by everyone. It was a very successful evening in such a lovely setting with great weather.  After all the waitressing and clearing up I got home about 10p.m. and this morning my legs and feet feel more tired than they did after the 1/2 marathon walk I did in May!!!

This evening there is a talk in  Amroth Village Hall entitled ‘The Forgotten Coalfield’  part of the Heritage of the area, so that should be very interesting. Tomorrow sees an open air  performance of  ‘The Tempest’ at Carew Castle, again a wonderful setting  especially if the weather is good and on Wednesday there is a Quiz night at the Village Hall and all guests to the area are invited. This is a new venture by the village and the last one was a great success, I believe so I have been persuaded to go this week. It is just a case of fitting in all the jobs!! and there is so much to do in the area  especially at this time of year.

News of the Animals

Wilson, our retriever, continues to plod along and has his 3 monthly check up at the vet this week. He seems to be doing O.K.  despite the tumour growing on his toe, but it doesn’t seem to worry him and he still follows Mike around as he works. They are trying to mend a hole in the hedge this morning that the road hedge trimmer (or slasher should I say) made on the corner last week. Mike has been pondering how best to fix it  and Wilson is supervising!!

Smudge, our cat, was in the vet again with his sore mouth but I’m glad to report that the other cats, ponies, goats and sheep are all well and happy. I must away now to muck out their sheds. We are hoping to have our fields cut for hay this week as the weather forecast is so good and that should be interesting for the little boy staying in one of the cottages. Our other guests will be off walking with their fabulous young retriever and I guess the keen fisherman staying in the other cottage will be off fishing today, if he wasn’t fishing all last night.

Well the sea looks silver this morning and there are one or two boats out on the bay. When I got home last night our guests in Granary Cottage were still sat on their patio enjoying the lovely evening and the view out to sea and we remarked how lovely it was to be able to sit out on the longest day of the year.

Must away to do some jobs. Enjoy the sun this week

Regards

Ann (Amroth Cottages)

Hi Everyone,

Well all our guests at our self catering cottages here in Amroth woke up to another wonderful morning with a blue, cloudless sky.  As I write this I am looking out over our fields to the beach, the tide is out and it all looks so inviting. The same view greeted the guests when they arrived on Saturday.There are a few sailing dinghies in the bay and the view of Caldey Island is very clear this morning. You can get a boat from Tenby over to the island and it is a must for many of our guests. It is so pretty over there and a step back in time as it is so peaceful. If you look back at the mainland from there, you can see Amroth Cottages quite clearly.

All our guests have gone out this morning to make the most of this wonderful day. Last week was also pretty good weatherwise and some of our guests did a lovely walk around Stackpole Quay and Bosherton Lily Ponds with there dogs, which they all thoroughly enjoyed. It was a first time visit to this part of Pembrokeshire for them and they loved it here. The other families in the cottages had a great time at Heatherton Adventure Park and Folly Farm with their children, as well as enjoying the beach and rock pooling.

Yesterday I put up all my hanging baskets outside the self catering cottages and with the tubs it all looks lovely. The sun will bring them on well, as it is doing with all the plants and my seeds in the veg. plot.

News of the animals

Well Dick and Harry, the goats are sunbathing this morning. They love a day like this with the sun and no wind. The sheep are lying in the shade of the hedge and the hens are pecking away happily. I trimmed Jim’s(one of the ponies) mane at the weekend, as it grows so long in the winter to protect him but he just overheats in the summer. He is a Welsh Mountain pony so grows an enormously thick coat in the winter.

Wilson, our old retriever, finds this weather a bit too hot but he insists on sitting outside watching Mike work. He thinks he is the foreman!!!

All the cats are idling the day away in the sun somewhere and I am now off to do some jobs in the garden. I am constantly trying to keep up with everything!!

Enjoy the sun

Regards

Ann (Amroth Cottages)