This first Pembrokshire Coast Path started at spectacular Dale Fort field study centre on Dale Head, and finished at St Davids.

I had arrived the previous evening and dropped food off at the 2 self-catering hostels our trip would include.

Women started arriving early in the evening, which was pleasant and sunny.

Some of us went for a short walk before dinner.

After dinner we met up in the centre bar, which is cosy and friendly.

Today we set off along the coast to Marloes. The weather was a little challenging - but the flowers were superb!

We decided to call by Marloes Hostel early to drop off those women who really had had enough of the weather - and to allow hardier souls to at least dry out a little.

We then returned to the coast path to finish the walk around the headland.

The sea was amazing and very exciting and we really kind of enjoyed the wild wind.

We used the sheltered lanes to return to Marloes Hostel as the wind speed was too exciting for the last piece of coast path.

The weather is much better today, though it was wild during the night.

So we set off in good spirits heading for Broad Haven.

At St Brides we stopped for lunch and found some fantastic Celtic crosses by the church, I photographed these with a view of St Brides castle behind them.

Along the path we met a woman walking to coast path to raise money for the lifeboats at Milford Haven so Sandra gave her a fiver.

The last part of the path into Broadhaven faces NE rather than west, and in this sheltered spot there is woodland, a fantastic contrast to the open coastlands beforehand.

In Broadhaven some of us found Londis and the ice creams irrestable before we reached the youth hostel.

After dinner we spent the evening down on the beach watching the sun go down.

Another sunny day today as we head towards Newgale.

At Druidstone Haven we found an amazing ecohouse built into the hillside and further along the coast, we found some rescued animals by a smallholding.

This belonged to Jim the Ghost - as we find out later from the photographer running his most excellent exhibition at Nolton Haven.

At Newgale we found a great café called 'The Sands' and stopped for a brew.

Afterwards some of us investigated the long sandy beach here 1.5 miles long.

Others walked up the coast path towards Solva, before returning to catch the last Puffin bus which got us back to Broadhaven in time to shower and change before dinner.

We were dropped at Solva by the taxi minibus. This beautiful harbour is a glacial melt water channel from when the ice sheet covering Wales melted.

A km into the coast path there is a field full of mares with foals.

A whole herd, they are gorgeous, and the mares gallop up and down showing off their prowess.

We have lunch at St Non's chapel (Immaculate mother of St David patron Saint of Wales).

This prompts interesting lunchtime conversation on immaculate conception and other esoteric matters.

Some women choose to shorten today's walking by going into St David's from here to visit the sights of Britain's smallest City.

The rest of us continue round the rugged coastline, past the sandy bay of Porthclais where we find toilets and a tiny café with hot chocolate.

Then rested and watered, we continued onward to St Justinians (from where we will catch the boat to Ramsey Island tomorrow morning).

At Whitesands bay we are nearly there just a km or so to go and so we stop for coffee and ice cream.

Cheeky chickens on the back path to St Davids Hostel.

We order wine to go with dinner from a local taxi firm and he delivers so we give him a tip.

The hostel kitchen door warns of Badgers that may break in at night and eat all your food we bolt the door but stay up on Badger watch.

A black cat came in and started eating food we'd put down for the Badgers. For a moment we thought it was them!

However, I think I heard them later when everyone else was in bed.

Those women going on the boat to the RSPB Bird Reserve on Ramsey Island set off early to walk the 4-5km to St Justinians. (Please let us have your Ramsey Island photos to add here!)

Later the taxi picked them up from St Justinians, and collected the rest of us from St Davids hostel for our drive back to Dale to collect our cars - and start home.