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Richard Brookman wrote:

> Di's ex-father-in-law used to run the Pharmacy (now a restaurant) there.
> Does that count?
>

Restaurant. In Solva ? Ooooh the novelty....Goes with the other 5 or 6

Steve
 
....and Steve spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> Richard Brookman wrote:
>
>> Di's ex-father-in-law used to run the Pharmacy (now a restaurant)
>> there. Does that count?
>>
>
> Restaurant. In Solva ? Ooooh the novelty....Goes with the other 5 or 6
>
> Steve

Significantly, the only people who actually eat there (in Solva, that is)
are tourists and visitors. A price/quality thing, so I'm told. Rising Sun
(Pelcomb) for steak, and Keeston Kitchen (Keeston) for posh. Full of
locals, deservedly so.

--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)


 
Graham G wrote:
> Father has had one since November last year and so
> far it has been floorless, awsome bit of kit!!


So your dad's Fred Flintstone then is he?


--
EMB
 
On or around Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:08:24 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Lovely place - Brunel's first choice for the terminus to his London-Ireland
>route. A lot of the foundations are still there hidden in the woods as you
>go down to the beach. Bit spooky.
>

can't remember if I've asked you this... (must be gettin' old)

When I was at school (quite a while ago) there wer rumours of a bit of
extant broad gauge railway somewhere far down in pembroke.

Any ideas?
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right
is to be none the less free than you were before."
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180), from Meditations, VIII.16
 
Richard Brookman wrote:
> Rising Sun
> (Pelcomb) for steak, and Keeston Kitchen (Keeston) for posh. Full of
> locals, deservedly so.
Two we've not tried - though we've passed them often enough, thanks for
the recommendation. That new place in St Davids was very good - the
Italian one, "The Bench".

Steve

 
Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:08:24 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> Lovely place - Brunel's first choice for the terminus to his London-Ireland
>> route. A lot of the foundations are still there hidden in the woods as you
>> go down to the beach. Bit spooky.
>>
>
> can't remember if I've asked you this... (must be gettin' old)
>
> When I was at school (quite a while ago) there wer rumours of a bit of
> extant broad gauge railway somewhere far down in pembroke.
>
> Any ideas?

What, actually with track ? Like richard said, the stuff he mentioned is
pretty interesting, given the period, it would have to have been for
Brunel's broad gauge.

Steve
 
On or around Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:35:17 +0000, Steve
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>> On or around Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:08:24 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>> Lovely place - Brunel's first choice for the terminus to his London-Ireland
>>> route. A lot of the foundations are still there hidden in the woods as you
>>> go down to the beach. Bit spooky.
>>>
>>
>> can't remember if I've asked you this... (must be gettin' old)
>>
>> When I was at school (quite a while ago) there wer rumours of a bit of
>> extant broad gauge railway somewhere far down in pembroke.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
>What, actually with track ? Like richard said, the stuff he mentioned is
>pretty interesting, given the period, it would have to have been for
>Brunel's broad gauge.

that was the rumour. It was something that was built and sidelined so to
speak. Could well be the thing Richard is talking about, but I don't know.

This was something our history teacher told us, ISTR.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Too Busy: Your mind is like a motorway. Sometimes it can be jammed by
too much traffic. Avoid the jams by never using your mind on a
Bank Holiday weekend.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.
 
Austin Shackles wrote:

>> What, actually with track ? Like richard said, the stuff he mentioned is
>> pretty interesting, given the period, it would have to have been for
>> Brunel's broad gauge.
>
> that was the rumour. It was something that was built and sidelined so to
> speak. Could well be the thing Richard is talking about, but I don't know.
>
> This was something our history teacher told us, ISTR.

Sounds like we should have a proper expedition to find out then. See you
in the summer.

Steve
 
EMB muttered summat about:

> Graham G wrote:
>> Father has had one since November last year and so
>> far it has been floorless, awsome bit of kit!!
>
>
> So your dad's Fred Flintstone then is he?

ok smart arse, flawless :eek:)

--
Graham

101 GS
101 Rad Bod


 

"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Richard Brookman wrote:
> > Rising Sun
> > (Pelcomb) for steak, and Keeston Kitchen (Keeston) for posh. Full of
> > locals, deservedly so.
> Two we've not tried - though we've passed them often enough, thanks for
> the recommendation. That new place in St Davids was very good - the
> Italian one, "The Bench".
>
> Steve
>

Is "The Bench" that one on the rhs as you go down the main street where they
serve ice-cream through a hatch in the wall? If so they take about three
weeks to get a pizza order together... We were NOT impressed, but maybe
they've got themselves sorted out since then. With respect to the Pharmacy
in Solva I have fond memories of a really nice although rather expensive
lobster in there... Hmm, what to reminis about next, 'The Grove', 'The
Farmers' or even 'The Sloop'... ;o) M.


 

"Steve Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Austin Shackles wrote:
>
> >> What, actually with track ? Like richard said, the stuff he mentioned
is
> >> pretty interesting, given the period, it would have to have been for
> >> Brunel's broad gauge.
> >
> > that was the rumour. It was something that was built and sidelined so
to
> > speak. Could well be the thing Richard is talking about, but I don't
know.
> >
> > This was something our history teacher told us, ISTR.
>
> Sounds like we should have a proper expedition to find out then. See you
> in the summer.
>
> Steve

Sounds interesting. The next time I'm down there I'll ask some questions.
The people I am working with have had at least a couple of generations of
the family living in that immediate area so maybe they'll know the location
of any ruins / track.

M.


 
McBad wrote:

> Is "The Bench" that one on the rhs as you go down the main street where they
> serve ice-cream through a hatch in the wall? If so they take about three
> weeks to get a pizza order together... We were NOT impressed, but maybe
> they've got themselves sorted out since then.

That's the one. Excellent ice cream and not over priced. When did you
visit? We were there in high season and service was good even though
the place was heaving and I would guess it was barely organised chaos
behind the scenes. We could see the tiny but incredibly active kitchen
from our table.

> Hmm, what to reminis about next, 'The Grove', 'The
> Farmers' or even 'The Sloop'

The Grove changed ownership a year or so ago - it is now owned by the
couple that used to run 'The Ship' in Solva. Now they did serve us the
wrong meal when we last ate in the Grove and that was very slow service.

In the summer at least The Farmers has a decent guest beer which makes a
nice change from the usual choice between Bass or Worthies.

For food there's also Cwtch (sp?) on the LHS as you go down the main street.

Not been to the Sloop - is that the one at Porthgain?

Have you tried the Nest in Little Haven? Excellent fresh fish menu, but
be warned it doesn't (or didn't) take plastic.

Never, never eat at the chinese restaurant near the shoppers' car park
in Haverfordwest. I'd rather not remember.

Lizzy


 
Richard Brookman wrote:
> ...and McBad spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>
> > I also use my landy for work and business, having travelled to <snip> West
> > Pembrokeshire in the last six months.
>
> My neck of the woods - whereabouts were you? Gizza shout next time you're
> down and I'll stand you a cuppa.
>
>
>
> --
> Rich
> ==============================
> Disco 300 Tdi auto
> S2a 88" SW
> Tiggrr (V8 trialler)

I'll have my 110 Defender (and caravan!) in Pembrokeshire in June/July
next year at Druidston - do I get offered a cuppa?

Cheers

Peter

1990 110 CSW "Reggie the Veggie"
1973 Hillman Imp
1964 Rover P4 110
1959 Austin A40 Farina

 
SpamTrapSeeSig wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> puffernutter <[email protected]> writes
>
>
>> I'll have my 110 Defender (and caravan!) in Pembrokeshire in June/July
>> next year at Druidston - do I get offered a cuppa?
>
>
> Not Granny's Cottage perchance?
>
> Regards,
>
> Simonm.
>
No, Bumpy Lane Organics - they have a CL

Cheers

Peter
 

"Lizzy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> McBad wrote:
>
> > Is "The Bench" that one on the rhs as you go down the main street where
they
> > serve ice-cream through a hatch in the wall? If so they take about
three
> > weeks to get a pizza order together... We were NOT impressed, but maybe
> > they've got themselves sorted out since then.
>
> That's the one. Excellent ice cream and not over priced. When did you
> visit? We were there in high season and service was good even though
> the place was heaving and I would guess it was barely organised chaos
> behind the scenes. We could see the tiny but incredibly active kitchen
> from our table.
>
We were there in late summer, August / September, so probably they were a
little stretched. However, we've been back since for ice-cream and gave up
waiting at the window for someone to come and serve us. We'll probably end
up trying it again in the future as there are a limited number of places in
St Davids to get 'fast' carry out food after a days diving.

> > Hmm, what to reminis about next, 'The Grove', 'The
> > Farmers' or even 'The Sloop'
>
> The Grove changed ownership a year or so ago - it is now owned by the
> couple that used to run 'The Ship' in Solva. Now they did serve us the
> wrong meal when we last ate in the Grove and that was very slow service.
>
Interesting. I saw there had been some external changes and guessed there
might have been a change of ownership but haven't been in since. All the
businesses in Pembrokeshire seem to be passed around between close
neighbours...

> In the summer at least The Farmers has a decent guest beer which makes a
> nice change from the usual choice between Bass or Worthies.
>
> For food there's also Cwtch (sp?) on the LHS as you go down the main
street.
>
> Not been to the Sloop - is that the one at Porthgain?
Yes, that's the one at Porthgain. Very nice pub but unfortunately I'm
always driving when I go there. I'll have to rent a cottage or take a tent
some time!

>
> Have you tried the Nest in Little Haven? Excellent fresh fish menu, but
> be warned it doesn't (or didn't) take plastic.
>
No, haven't tried the Nest, can't even place where it is exactly. The loss
of the Swan was sad in that village - met Margie Clark in there when she was
doing that sex series on TV a few years ago. Problem is that all the pubs
in that village are owned by the same company and when they closed the Swan
they didn't want anyone else buying it and opening it in competition.
Bummer.

> Never, never eat at the chinese restaurant near the shoppers' car park
> in Haverfordwest. I'd rather not remember.

OK, I won't ask, but I will try and remember!
>
> Lizzy
>
>
Cheers,

M.


 
McBad wrote:

> Interesting. I saw there had been some external changes and guessed there
> might have been a change of ownership but haven't been in since. All the
> businesses in Pembrokeshire seem to be passed around between close
> neighbours...

Many of them are related recursively IMHO, which would also explain a
lot. Business in Pembs. really ought to discover "customer service" and
"value for money". We have had more mediocre meals and/or service there
than anywhere in the world - like the fly infested Italian in
Wolfscastle or the <shudder> Chinese in Haverford- the meal from hell.

Steve
 
....and McBad spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> "Steve Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Austin Shackles wrote:
>>
>>>> What, actually with track ? Like richard said, the stuff he
>>>> mentioned is pretty interesting, given the period, it would have
>>>> to have been for Brunel's broad gauge.
>>>
>>> that was the rumour. It was something that was built and sidelined
>>> so to speak. Could well be the thing Richard is talking about, but
>>> I don't know.
>>>
>>> This was something our history teacher told us, ISTR.
>>
>> Sounds like we should have a proper expedition to find out then. See
>> you in the summer.
>>
>> Steve
>
> Sounds interesting. The next time I'm down there I'll ask some
> questions. The people I am working with have had at least a couple of
> generations of the family living in that immediate area so maybe
> they'll know the location of any ruins / track.
>
> M.

I can tell you what I know, that's all! Apparently, Brunel wanted to build
a terminus for his new railway linking London with a suitable port for the
Atlantic and on to America. His first choice was Abermawr (a tiny village
on the West Wales coast). He got as far as building many of the buildings,
platforms etc before changing his mind and routing the line of the railway
to Neyland on the Milford Haven waterway. (Even that one never took off,
but that's another story.)

I haven't been there for a while, but as I remember it you park the car on a
bend in the road and climb over a fence into a field. You walk perhaps half
a mile across the field and then you start to enter a wooded valley. The
valley drops down perhaps another half mile before reaching the sea with a
small beach and a huge shingle bank. The woods in the valley are quite
dense, but as you walk through you begin to see straight lines where there
shouldn't be any, and odd shadows that don't belong, and if you look hard,
there are the foundations of buildings and a couple of platforms. The last
time I was there (7-8 years ago) we were headed for the beach with the kids,
so I didn't explore further, but I imagine with a decent pair of boots you
could explore all over the area and find some pretty interesting stuff.
That's assuming it hasn't been discovered by the Heritage Industry and
turned into an interactive Visitor Center (tm) with plastic dinosaurs and a
Macdonalds. I doubt it. As far as I remember, there was no track anywhere.

Next free weekend (ie when the S2a is through its MoT and back in service) I
will whizz down and have another look. This thread has rekindled my
interest. Pembrokeshire does have lots of History.


--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)


 
....and Steve spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> McBad wrote:
>
>> Interesting. I saw there had been some external changes and guessed
>> there might have been a change of ownership but haven't been in
>> since. All the businesses in Pembrokeshire seem to be passed around
>> between close neighbours...
>
> Many of them are related recursively IMHO, which would also explain a
> lot. Business in Pembs. really ought to discover "customer service"
> and "value for money". We have had more mediocre meals and/or service
> there than anywhere in the world - like the fly infested Italian in
> Wolfscastle or the <shudder> Chinese in Haverford- the meal from hell.
>
> Steve

Would that be The Wolfe? If so, you must have had really bad luck, as that
was our destination of choice when we had something to celebrate. Fab food,
great service. The owner, Gianni di Lorenzo, is a friend but that wasn't
why we kept going back. Gianni sold the Wolfe and bought - er - The Bench
in St Davids. He was a bit overtaken by his own success there, by his own
admission, so perhaps by now things have settled down. He's usually 100% on
customer service. The Wolfe's reputation has vanished since he left -
perhaps you we there under the new management?

Chinese in H/W - never risked it.


--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)


 
....and puffernutter spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> Richard Brookman wrote:
>> ...and McBad spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>>
>>> I also use my landy for work and business, having travelled to
>>> <snip> West Pembrokeshire in the last six months.
>>
>> My neck of the woods - whereabouts were you? Gizza shout next time
>> you're down and I'll stand you a cuppa.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rich
>> ==============================
>> Disco 300 Tdi auto
>> S2a 88" SW
>> Tiggrr (V8 trialler)
>
> I'll have my 110 Defender (and caravan!) in Pembrokeshire in June/July
> next year at Druidston - do I get offered a cuppa?
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter
>
> 1990 110 CSW "Reggie the Veggie"
> 1973 Hillman Imp
> 1964 Rover P4 110
> 1959 Austin A40 Farina

Sure you do - you have a Land Rover, don't you? Ping me nearer the time and
I'll mail you my number.

--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)


 
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