Our friends Jack & Anna (Melbourne) Geoff and Jan (formerly Melbourne now Bournemouth UK) share a common background with the `boys` and self having all played soccer together in Melbourne for a perenial whipping team called Nth. Melbourne United where scoring a goal was reason enough for extensive celebration !
Having arrived at the cottage with our friends out Monika and i headed to nearby Porthgain a beautiful small harbor village with a historic quarrying history. A quick but nervous walk along the headland provided great views of many precipitous cliff side drops looking out towards Ireland.
Having made phone contact with Jack we caught up and dined in Porthgain at the 17c Sloop Inn. Meals were enormous and pints of ale free flowing as we reminisced of a past once shared and of journies since with Jack and Anna having recently completed the exact same Mediteranean cruise that we`d taken (if truth be told they in fact put us on to it!)
We returned to our nearby cottage a lovely character filled building with huge exposed timbers and 3 bedrooms with ours at the top of a steep spiral metal staircase meaning nocturnal visits to the toilet ( there was bound to be many after our drinking) were likely to be extremely hazardous !
A lovely night with good friends with sadly our time in the UK coming to an end but not before some exploring of this lovely area.
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