Just as we entered the estuary area, the local lifeboat was heading out on a "shout" - recovering a sick crewman from an anchored tanker according to the radio conversations that were underway. An impressive sight:
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Of course at those speeds our annual financial contribution to the RNLI would not even pay for the fuel to keep it going very long. The anchorage off Dale whilst lovely was also very windy and bumpy so we gave up on that idea and headed up the river instead.
There is always plenty to see in a big commercial port area (oil and gas facilities here) even if the scenery isn't as lovely as that off Skomer. Our timing didn't allow entrance to the marina at Milford itself, which we had visited last September (see Milford post but the summary is - nice marina, nice staff there too, decaying town centre, sad) so we continued upstream to Neyland:
For the vaguely interested, Dale is kind of the left hand yellow blob on the chart above and Neyland says just where it is with no help needed.
The nice folks at Neyland gave us a visitor berth and even came down to help with the lines as "the last big boat we had in here messed it up". Yes, for Neyland we are a big boat, helps the ego and makes all the washing off and polishing seem worthwhile.
Initially we would have been easily visible on their web-cam but we moved into the main marina after 4 nights in the entrance with great views of the main river. Upon arrival, another council of war was held. Decision - to rent a car for a while and use the local knowledge of the native Welsh guides (Andrew and Linda) to see parts of Pembrokeshire that you don't get to appreciate by water.
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