Martin McDowell's Blog

This is actually the tip of the peninsula close to Dale that is one of the gates to the Milford Haven harbour – one of Britain’s deep water harbours. The first lighthouse was built on this location in 1714 but the one you can see now on this location is from 1841. During the 2nd [...]

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Last weekend our flatmate Mark celebrated his “30th” birthday by having a big party at our house, Bryn Illtyd. As a birthday present Clare, Dan and myself bought him a three hour session at the Birmingham Snowdome. It was really Clare’s idea and it was a good one. We left Haverfordwest at about 14.30 and [...]

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Tomorrow will be marked by the summer solstice – the longest day in the year and it definately shows in this part of Europe, being so far north compared to Slovenia. The sun sets very late and the twilight lasts well into the late evening. But the strangest thing is the weather and especially the [...]

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The day was made for a sightseeing tour, the weather was sunny, no rain forecasted and so I went for it. My first destination was St. David’s with it renown Whitesands beach. The parking very close to the beach so you don’t need to walk very far to the surf. The parking fee is about [...]

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I called the Swansea DZ yesterday. I have had this plan to continue skydiving in the UK but didn’t have the nerve to do it. I finally got into contact with the DZ’s managers who told me, that the DZ was closed due to a dispute with the Swansea airport management. More about this: http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=5590

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