A short weekend in Tresaith

Hello.....

Just back from a great weekend in Tresaith, a small village nestled on the beautiful Ceredigion Heritage Coastline. Only about an hour and a half from Swansea, and well worth the journey. It was a bit of a family outing with the old man, aunt and uncle and Stef (the missus!)

We had the free use of a 5 bed holiday home for the weekend which was 200 yards from the beach - tough life!! The sunsets down this way are awesome and i really must explore this part of the world more, and not just head straight to Pembrokeshire and and Gower!

Tresaith is a very small harbour village that used to rely on the fishing industry back in the 18th and 19th century. Now im guessing it relies on city dwellers like to me to head down and spend all their hard-earned on burgers that leave you little change from £12 !! Very nice though i have to say, and the view from the Ship Inn (a very nice bar / restaurant with amazing sea views) justified the cost of the grub!

Tresaith has a small beach but nonetheless beautiful. Lots of rare seabirds here, and a stunning waterfall that flows directly from the wooded hills above the beach -quite unusual. Later we headed off to explore the coast on the kayaks. The sea state was pretty calm with only a force 2 blowing, but there were some troughs as the rocky shores create their own tidal flows. Some good caves to explore too. We left my dad on the beach to try out his new Abu fishing reel, which he proceeded to break the following evening!!

The following day, my uncle Jack and i hit the sea again. This time the wind was at a force 4 and something appeared to be brewing on the pond, so we just pootled close to shore and then practiced some (failed) eskimo rolling and some deep water rescues. Budding kayakers - forget the solo cowboy rescue as it mangles your family jewels - get a paddle float. No pics at the mo as theyre on my aunts camera but ill post them soon.

We headed back and stopped off at Cenarth to check out the swollen rapids and try and catch a glimpse of a salmon leaping - no such luck, but a breathtakingly beautiful river. Will definitely be heading back this way soon, and by the way, the Ship Inn does a double room inc a big breakfast for £60 a night - pretty good in peak season eh? Later......Stu