VisitWales blog competition

Yay! Check out our badge

Inspirational Adventures in Wales

We're nominated in the VisitWales blog competition, and very pleased we are too.

If you have written lovely words about Wales, or if you have an online collection of great Welsh piccies, you can enter the blog comp too - and win a swanky weekend of love for 2 :)

Family Adventure Holiday feedback

Here are our guests on our inaugural Preseli Venture Family Adventure Holiday. What a lovely bunch. Gina is on the far left, what a super lady, hopefully she'll be back for some more coasteering and sea kayaking adventures soon. I did try and convince her to relocate her and her husband here...watch this space :)

This is what Gina had to say about her week with Preseli Venture:

"From day one PV made you feel really welcome and that good times were ahead. We were greeted by Libby who was our host and her effervescent personality left you feeling as though you had been given a glass of champagne on arrival.

Lunch was served and we were provided with hearty and wholesome food that was perfect for fuelling us for our surf session in the afternoon. We were greeted by our instructor Jon who had humour and professionalism that quickly reassured us that we were in good hands. He explained to us about the surf and weather conditions and gave instruction that was tailored to individual needs. Having worked in adventure tourism and seen a multitude of teaching styles it was great to see someone who was in the job to enable others to enjoy the outdoors rather than just to boost their ego.

We relaxed in the evening full of gertitude and plumptiousness after Helen and Libby’s cooking and a nice fire stoked to the brim so that we could get toasty after our exertions and watch the greater spotted woodpecker devour nuts through the window on the bird feeder. It was like watching springwatch but without the cheesy jokes. There wasn’t any need for TV because chatting about the days events with drinks from the bar was the way forward.

On Tuesday we kayaked out of a beautiful harbour, exploring inlets and learning new paddling skills. The magic hot chocolate that is provided on every trip was bought out as we stabilised each others kayaks whilst looking out to the blue yonder and being rocked gently by the waves.

In the afternoon after refuelling with more great lunch we went coasteering; scrambling through rocks and seaweed and swimming between rocks as the waves came in was awesome. We got up close and personal with sea creatures and learnt about them as well as getting a buzz from jumping off rocks of increasing heights. We were shown a cave that had the most amazing colours due to its geology and it seemed very surreal supping hot chocolate as we wallowed inside it.

Jumping off a wall of a disused mine, into a blue lagoon rounded off our day nicely and 26ft was high enough for me but others jumped 30ft and it was smiles all around especially as there was no pressure to do a jump but I would recommend getting out of your comfort zone to anyone – it makes you feel more alive.

Wednesday was chill out day and we could do what we wanted which was nice as we got to explore the surrounding area independently and St Davids is well worth a visit with all its history and amazing architecture. As I ventured onto the nearby country lanes, I even got to see coloured horses and foals galloping around at the local stud farm because a loose horse had decided to pay them a visit.

On Thursday we had a group hike along the local coastal path and were dropped off by PV at a start point so that we could do a circular walk back to the centre for lunch. The coastline is breath taking with all its varied flora and fauna and it gave all of us a chance to get to know each other better as we walked and talked.

In the afternoon it was surfing again which we had all chosen to do again rather than mountain biking. The flexibility within PV’s organisation makes it all the more special and we were completely hooked on surfing by the end of the week.

Friday morning was a sad morning; I didn’t want to leave as I’d had such an amazing time and found my wild woman within me! Strangely I’d joined the family week as a lone ranger not fancying a lazy beach holiday and it didn’t matter that I hadn’t bought any family with me because PV made you feel like you were with family (the relatives you actually like!)."

Thanks Gina, we LOVE you too :)

May piccie round up

I've just been ferreting round in my piccie folder and found a load of May pictures - some I took for the VisitWales guest blog but decided they were too 'random', and some - well - Libby get holds of the camera and takes inappropriate photos in the office. We don't mind though.

So, in no particular order - scarey moth, woodpecker on PV bird table, Sophie table dancing in the office, Michelle's hen group, silver guitar man (found him by chance on Newgale hill), miniature horses, miniature horse riders, handsome Daf, and Jackie pics. Just another month in Pembrokeshire :)

Guest blog a go go!

Paul asked me if I'd write a guest blog on the www.travelwales.org site. With some trepidation I said 'yes please' and then spent a whole weekend wibbling about it and taking lots of random photos.

This week Preseli Venture ramblings became 'Pembrokeshire ramblings' and also featured on the Wales facebook page - so if you are a big fan of WALES you can be a 'fan' of Wales - yay!

More lovely words, and I mean lovely

It's nice to get back to work after the weekend and check out the guest book...when someone takes the time to jot a little jolly note down it's much appreciated and gives me a good idea of how the weekend went - while I was watching Daf fall off a horse at the dog show, and trying to stop Billy the dog from humping (too graphic?) other dogs at the dog show it's nice to know that guests here are having a lovely time!

Sarah's words filled our hearts with joy; "Thanks so much for a lovely weekend - loved the food, the activities, the accommodation, the ecover and the compost - everywhere should be like this :) lovely staff, lovely scenery, thanks"

Lovely, lovely, lovely. We love you too Sarah!

Porthgain ladies rowing victory!

Mel paints a lovely picture of the Porthgain ladies Ella Rose team trip to the Scillies this year on the howies blog.

This is a girl that trained like a trooper in preparation for the racing and then found herself with a dicky back and physically unable to compete. Nonetheless - she came along - goddamit she:

-drove us there
-supported us start to finish
-took piccies of us from a boat
-gave up her Scillies howies t shirt to Hannah - our lastminute rower from Bristol gig club

and even bought the champagne and cakes for after the last race!

What a girl. Mel - we LOVE you, you are a star - bring on Scillies 2010 :)

Old crabby legs...and I don't mean Daf

Perfect morning at the beach before work. Billy and I skipped along the sand until Daf was ready to head out on his kayak, and then we watched him power his way through the surf. We followed him over to a secret spot, where he lifted his pot, and then headed back into the beach.
Here he is looking handsome.

Billy was keen to check what was in the tub - a big fat lobster perhaps?


No, a couple of crabs, which make great eating too. My mouth is watering. It's nearly 4.30pm, and nearly time to leave the office....and home to a delicious supper. Yum.

Thanks to my celebrity stalker and infamous cat botherer friend, Jackie Morris, for the lovely photos.