Thanks Stan.
The thing is, that's just it... the weather... it is weird. My mate and I left here (Newport) at 6:15 and it was dull, dark (through clouds), and it was drizzling. This continiued all the way West, past Cardiff and Bridgend, and Port Talbot (well... we all know what Max Boyce says about Port Talbot - the Sun never shines on Port Talbot!!) and true to his word, it was dull and horrid as we passed though there. Continuing West towards Swansea and the Gower, it was much of the same, showery and drizzle. Along towards Camarthen and it got worse, rainign heavily on times, and at no time did the sun show its face.
By the time we got to Haverfordwest, we wondered even if the boat would be sailing across... a quick call to Dale Sailing confirmed everything would be running to plan. Phew...
We had some poached eggs and toast in the Tesco Extra just outside Haverfordwest, and proceeded towards Marloes and on to Martins Haven (
where the cruise liner sails from!). Now... here's the funny thing, when we arrived in Martins Haven, parked up and walked towards the jetty some 50 mins before the first crossing, the sun started breaking through the clouds. As we crossed towards Skomer on the boat, it brightened up even more, and by the time we arrived at the Wick on Skomer we were down to just the t-shirts - instead of t-shirt, jumper and coat!!
It was a glorious day (see
separate landscape thread to have a look at the weather we experienced), and nothing like the weather that was on the mainland, nor what was forecast.
Weird....