Trip Day 29 – Tenby

Today is the first of October, it started raining yesterday and hasn’t slowed up all night, this is a pity as Tenby is a pretty place and would be lovely with the sun out. The hotel I am staying at has been flat out with bus tours of German tourists proving the popularity of this seaside town. Tenby has a wall that was built by the Normans to keep the Welsh at bay, it is a very impressive wall and has 5 entrances into the town which is a typical medieval layout of small twisting streets, the town is laid out around a beautiful harbour. So with raincoat and brolly I head out into the windy wet weather and attempt to get some photos.

Next it is off on the road to Cardiff, so off into the Carmarthenshire countryside I go, the road is covered with water and there are traffic warnings of flooding on the M4 for Cardiff, the day is not going well. I drive through Carmarthen and Swansea but it is to wet to get any photos, by 3pm I stop for a bit to eat and finally the rain eases, By the time I make it to Cardiff the rain has stopped but now I am faced with trying to find a room as the Ryders Cup is on and every room seems to be taken by American tourists, to add to this the prices are being raised in an attempt to cash in, I finally find a room 103 pounds for a single, I question the price only to be told that last night the same room was going for 280 pounds, oh well at least I am directly opposite the Castle.