Wales Across the Pond: Tenby, Pembroke Castle & Aberystwyth

We took a drive to the west side of Wales to see that area of the mission. We first stopped at Tenby, a seaside village.

Tenby

The yellow fields in the background are Rapeseed fields that are made into rapeseed oil.

I'm sure in the summer season the beaches will be packed.

I love how they paint the row houses by the beach these pastel colors.

Next we stopped at

Pembroke Castle

Once again we love learning about the history of the area.

King Henry the 7th was born here.

Aberystwyth

We enjoyed visiting Elder and Sister Hanks who serve in Aberystwyth. We hiked up a hill that looks over the coast. It is such a lovely area. The scenery is breathtaking.

Aberystwyth is a university town. The Hanks are over the institute program there. The also have a Family Home Evening night for new members and those friends the Elders are teaching.

These cows seemed to only like one color of grass. No fences separating the 3 areas.

Photo illusions:)

More pastel colored row houses on the ocean front.

This reminds me of the story of the little tug boat.

It's not a toy boat.

Devil's Bridge

On our way back home we stopped at Devil's Bridge. This is a stack of 3 bridges on top of each other. There is a story of an old woman making a deal with the Devil in which the Devil said he would build a bridge for her to cross over the gorge to find her cow if he would be given the first living thing that crossed the bridge. The next day when the woman came and saw the new bridge, she threw a loaf of bread across the bridge and her dog ran across the bridge to get the bread. The Devil was mad that he was tricked.