The Way Out West - A Blog about Pembrokeshire life, as written by an idiot

A friend of mine is currently coming towards the end of a kayak trip around Pembrokeshire. He started in St Dogmaels slipway on Saturday and is expected to turn up in Tenby on Wednesday! Heres a picture of him launching (the paddle is on the other side!)
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We took a trip to Skomer Island on one of the sunniest days of the year. Leaving St.Martins Haven at 12 o'clock we had 5 hours on the island. It was such a great day, chilling out in the sun watching Puffins, Seals and fat yanks.
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Emma and me took on a strip of the Penbrokeshire Coastal path on Sunday. We walked the Broadhaven North to Stackrocks section, which is near St Martins Haven.
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This was the scene last Sunday walking down to the beach at Broadhaven South. The beach was packed and rumours were that you simple couldnt get to Barafundle because of traffic going down to Stackpole Quay. Though it was very busy there were good vibes all round.
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Top: A mellow paddle past Marloes after the near death experiences.

Middle: Jaime tows my boat through the boil after I capsized for the third time, I swam and tacked on the cliff face to get round eventually.

Boat: Me getting back in the boat, that’s nervous laughter.
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Yesterday Horse, Jase and me took on the kayak paddle between Musselwick bay and Westdale. A nice paddle... apart from the fact you have to paddle through Jack sounds. We managed to hit the sound at its most insane. I capsized 4 times. More photos coming soon. Enjoy this one of Dale, it took a hell of a lot of energy to get there to take it!
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The Luzzone Dam in Switzerland is has a 225m multi-pitch route. Its the longest artificial route in the world. Its bloody high!
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Let me introduce you all to Toadboy. He's been living in my back yard for a few months. I have a pretty overwhelming fear of Toads so i just can’t get myself to pick him up and put him back in the garden. I saw him on my bike tire this morning, so i thought I’d get a (long range) snap of him, but by the time id got my camera he'd moved, you can still see the tyre in the background. So against all natural instincts i bent down and snapped this one. It’s the closest I’m ever going to get to him.
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Took a wander down in Milford Haven last night. There were some tall ships in the marina, they are there to mark the start of Pembrokeshire Fish week. There are loads of fish events around the county this week.
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Spotted this cheeky little chap on the way to work this morning. He was living the dream on that bridge wall. Just driven to work in Swansea... wish i was sitting on the wall with him.
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The amazing invention allows much more power to be generated from one turbine. Its powered by a string of fans, one end of which is held up by a balloon. More info here.
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This is a picture of the recent volcanic eruptions in Chile. The particles of dust being spewed out contain charges of electricity and produce this insane looking picture. More info can be found here.
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I spent Saturday and Sunday with the Hodgeon family. The big fella got married in the amazing Picton castle and had a reception at the family home. The weather, the food, the booze and the entire occasion was amazing. Thanks for the day and good luck to the new Mr and Mrs in their new life together.
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A buddy of mine, Simon Cook has just started is epic walk along the continental divide trail. Whats that you say? Well, its only a 3000 miles walk through the USA from Mexico to Canada!

You can track his day to day progress on his blog and see where he is in the world here.
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I have mixed feelings about the building work which is going on at the summit of Snowdon, I’m not sure there should be a building there at all. You climb the highest point in Wales with the most amazing scenery and your met with the smell of burgers and coca-cola signs which is in stark contrast to the nature of the environment. However… its not a bad view for your coffee break! Blog link here
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This website is genius... what happens when rappers use excel.
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...are filtering through, heres one of Emma dress as a Bobby, looking posessed.
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Im a huge fan of Monkeys and Tea, so when i spotted this amazing product i nearly wet myself. Read more here...
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Thank good for that, we're summer bound. The Winter solstice was on the 22nd of December. We'll be living the summer dream before we know it! Heres a snap of from my parents farm in Narberth last summer. Click here for more info on why we have sesons and such like.
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Well it came!. The swell peaked out at 27ft and 11seconds. That’s the biggest swell I’ve ever seen. For those not sure what these figures mean (and if you care!)... take a look here .

The swell was so big, lines could be seen rolling into Saundersfoot and towards Pendine. There were breaks all along from Tenby North Beach towards Amroth and beyond. The biggest holdback for us Surfers was the wind, but there were sheltered spots to be found!

This snap was sent to me by a mate, I think it piked it off a climbing site.
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Big Sunday is coming!!!
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Good news! We can all stop ignoring the parking machine at Newgale because its no longer in use! We'll have to start ignoring it again on April the 1st next year. How come we dont have to pay in the winter? Less tourists to fleece i guess...
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First post! Bang! Just so you know the quality of info you can expect on this site, heres a snap of WOW friend and Pembs excile Mouse having a natter with the big man!
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