A film company has turned up in Trefin. In fact they have rented out the blue house at the end of North End, right next to Cranog Close! They are part of the ITV sponsored filming of a new drama about the Pembrokeshire Murders – see https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/itv-announces-new-drama-pembrokeshire-17596572
Month: January 2020
Dishy
Despite the large aerials in the loft, the number of freeview TV stations plus the selection (i.e. only BBC2 Wales and no BBC2) spurred us to getting a satellite dish. We had one on the boat but left it behind as it was a small one with a magnetic base – more suited for the boat. We also bought a ladder. We waited for a decent day – we had previously done a scoping session – i.e. Steve stood around, waving the dish just to see if we could get a signal and lo, it was so!
Wednesday saw Steve put the dish up – bit of a palaver as it meant carrying the TV and satellite box (a very old Technisat one) out to the shed. Once the bracket was drilled onto the house and made level, the dish was easily aligned, with all the correct azimuth & skew!
The only odd thing was the cable that came with the dish was very thin and only gave a 5/10 strength signal – it worked but . . . we swapped the cable for an old, shorter but thicker one and wow, the signal strength went to 10/10. Hmm. We left the dish up but left the cable simply dangling – just to use it for one night. Meanwhile, we ordered a better cable
Getting There
Or are we? I used to say when we were working that we were “sliding further down the razor blade of life” but now we are back on the land and back in our own ickle house; I feel that we are getting there and perhaps starting to settle. However, someone did say that, the only difference between a groove and a grave is just a matter of depth, so perhaps we shouldn’t get tooo settled! Cuando el perro ha muerto . . volveremos a las islas afortunadas? Quizas…
Meanwhile, here’s the weekly update
Porthlyski Beach – Circular walk
A nice bright day with a frost first thing this morning, so time to go for a decent walk with Toby. Bright sunshine, cold but little wind – ideal. We have done this walk before but we parked in the car park at Porthclais and walked along the coastal path along the harbour and round to Porthlyski beach. Wonderful views – not a soul about just a few wild horses.
Toby went for a swim, of course. There’s a path back from the beach that takes you directly back to the car park via the Porthlyski cottages.
Saga Tour – Bluestone Brewery
Friday looked like a nice, sunny day. So time for one of our Saga runs . . . this time with a definite aim – the Bluestone Brewery! We admit to having tried a few of their brews and were keen to meet to meet their maker. I won’t be causing any local consternation if I say that the area is not renown for its beer but there are some new brewers here and Bluestone seems to be one of the best. See https://www.bluestonebrewing.co.uk/
The brewery recommended several pubs to try their beers – we ended up at the Golden Lion in Newport – see https://www.goldenlionpembrokeshire.co.uk/
Blue Lagoon – Abereiddy
Time for a stroll with Toby – down to the beach at Abereiddy and a walk to the Blue Lagoon, formed from all the slate quarrying years ago.
You can’t go much further west
This Blog follows on from the rather vast blog, narrating our trips & travails on the good ship Adagio – see vivatek.co.uk. Hopefully bringing some lovely pictures of the Pembrokeshire countryside to you as well as some memories to keep our ageing brains alive when we are further into our dotage.