ROAD TRIP - SAINT DAVIDS

On Monday we headed down to Saint Davids in Pembrokeshire - the smallest City in the UK and a home to an amazing cathedral. I've visited there before but many, many years ago when I was around 6/7 years old. This time however I was with the Italians! When we got to the Cathedral I took my time to walk around and read about all the interesting people who have been apart of the cathedral. A church has been on the same site in the city since the 6th century, and prayers and services have been held from Tudor times. The architecture of the place was something else! On some of the walls you could even still see some of Henry VII's paintings and decor. It's quite strange standing in the same place as someone would have stood 5 centuries before. 


The current Canon Residentiary of Saint David is the Vicar who baptised me way back when - Dorian Davies! I think that that's kind-of cool! Saint Davids itself is a very small place with quaint and different shops. We passed many surf shops selling both boards and close. The Fat Face shop they had was situated in an old stone house which I thought looked so cool and much better than your average Fat Face store on the high street. If you're looking for different shops with lovely clothes and home ware then I think that you'd like Saint Davids. 


We roamed around the cathedral for a while and then we began our short coastal walk. We walked from the middle of town to the beautiful coastal path of Pembrokeshire - thankfully it was dry and sunny because otherwise I'm sure we'd have lost a few Italians to the sea! I always love a good coastal walk and you can't really beat the Pembrokeshire coast. We ate our lunches close to the cliff edge observing climbers, abseilers and tombstoners. Before we made our way back to campus we stopped off at Newgale beach which isn't far from Saint Davids. The children played football, rugby, volleyball they also did some sand writing and had a refreshing swim (freezing swim more like it) in the open sea. 


When we arrived back on to campus, and as everyone was so exhausted, we cancelled the treasure hunt and we put a film on for them to watch (or sleep too) instead. The trip, although a bit stressful, as we had over 120 children to look after, was really enjoyable as the incredible coastal views and the cathedral were very interesting and beautiful. 


If you'd like to know more about who Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, was click here. 
Click here to know more about the Cathedral.