I lived in Wales for a year a long time ago! Since I left there in 1988, I never went back until recently.
I decided that South Wales would be a convenient stop-over point on my way to Ireland. I took an early ferry from Dunkirk to Dover with Norfolk Line then drove directly to Saundersfoot where I had booked at the Harbourlight Guest House. There are more details on these, and other practical aspects of my trip at the end of this post.
I had lived in Saudersfoot for a year in 1987 and 1988. The town had not changed much since then. Here is a panoramic view of seafront (assembled from four individual shots) – the photo is shown half size so you are encourraged to open it separately in your browser to see more details.
The old “Coal Office” in front of the harbour has been refurbished, it is now painted white and is again the local information office – when I lived there, it was a chinese Fish&Chips shop where I went on a regular basis for dinner!
Above the harbour, with direct access to a small beach is the mansion where I lived – No, I did not live in the mansion itself, but in the “Coachman’s Cottage” attached to and to the rear of the mansion. The family who lived there has since moved to Tenby – we have not kept in touch unfortunately so I did not have a chance to meet with them again.
Here is a photo that was taken while I was there – different angle, but the same cliffs and the same house on top!
The scenic town of Tenby, just down the coast from Saudersfoot, has not changed at all. The ramps on the left of this photo are for launching the RNLI Lifeboats which cover the Pembrokeshire Coast from here. At low tide, access to the harbour itself is somewhat restricted.
The seafront is essentially the same as it must have been 100 or more years ago.
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