Sculpture Heaven, Llancheron and Mwnt

Once again it was drizzling today. After breakfast we went to Sculpture Heaven about 6 miles away. It is a lovely place where a couple of sculptors have spent the last 20 years developing themes area in their garden incorporating lots of their own sculptures. They give you a tour of the workshops and then leave you to wander around their lovely garden.

When you are done they invite you for cakes and refreshments. Entry and refreshments are free they just ask for a donation, the profited from which they donate to The Halo Trust, a U.K. Charity which clears land mines from war torn countries. We did buy a plaque for the garden.

The we went to Llanerchaeron, the restored remains of a late eighteenth century Welsh country estate, bequeathed to the National Trust in 1989. It was designed by John Nash and the set-piece rooms are mainly in the Edwardian style. Today the estate is a working organic farm.

On the way back, we had a drive to some of the nearby beaches.
Llangrannog is reputedly the most attractive village on the Ceredigion coast. Wedged between the hills, the narrow streets wind their way down to the tiny seafront with its beautiful little beach. Pembryn is a National Trust managed beach almost a mile long. It's unspoilt shallow waters making it ideal for children.

Mwnt is a little hamlet five miles north of Cardigan where the exquisite beach and cliffs are managed by the National Trust. The tiny whitewashed church is the oldest in Ceredigion, dating back to the sixth century, although most of today's building dates from the thirteenth century. Mwnt's finest hour came in 1155 the Welsh routed the invading Flemings, a day which became know as the Bloody Sunday of Mwnt. Then it was back to the caravan for tea and Greenore Tavern.