Coffee at the Warpool Court Hotel, St Davids

After our walk from Caerfai Bay to St Non's

we decided to go for coffee

to the lovely Warpool Court Hotel.

We approached the hotel through a tunnel of trees

I have been there several times to musical functions, weddings and also taken

friends and visitors for coffee.

It is so lovely and the views are outstanding!

We drove past the front to the car park under the trees and amidst the bluebells

We passed the red door (with the heraldry above it)

               and went in through the front door.

The doors from the lounge..

(oops excuse my crutch 

I didn't realise until I was there!!)

...open onto a lovely garden overlooking the bay

It's a gorgeous place to be!!

Part of the history of the Court is:

"In 1899 the house was sold to a widow with six children,

Mrs Ada Landsowne Miller who renamed it

'Warpool Court'

Assisted by her favourite son, Basil, Ada gave full reign to her hobby -

 the decoration of ceramic tiles.

The extraordinary tiles depicting the

genealogy and heraldry

of the family's ancestry - many traced to the early kings of Wales -

may be seen in the

present dining room and bar lounge.

Other tile sequences painted by Ada include a beautiful nursery frieze copied from Walter Crane's 'Flora's Feast'.  Arcadian landscapes and illustrated maxims on love in the 'Wedgewood Room.'"

  The above photos and history have been copied with the permission of the management of the Warpool Court Hotel. Thank you

The rest of the photos I took, showing the tiles surrounding three fireplaces

and various wall panels





I hope that you agree this is a most beautiful place!?

We head home under the tunnel of trees!








I'm joining Nancy at

My Journey Home and Yellow Flags

The wild flowers were so abundant

as I made my way home this evening that I wanted to share them with you

Some of the photos

are taken through the windscreen of the car

and others I leant out to take

I don't think there's much need

for me to write so just jump in the front seat

and I'll show you the joy I find in driving home!!

Hang on a minute...stop the car....I think I see

yes..it's the first of the yellow flags

this year

There now...wasn't that worth stopping for?

I'm joining Nancy at Rural Thursday




I'm joining Beverley at her Pink Saturday

I Love a Bit of Sparkle

I love these 4 little liquor glasses

sparkling on their silver tray.

My mother gave them to me when I was with her in January.

I have always liked the way that she portrayed them

and well remember her buying them.

When I was in my teens we used to go as a family

camping in Europe.

We would pack clothes, food, sleeping bags

and cooking stove inside the car.

The tent went on the roof.

and head off for three weeks in Europe.

We would drive wherever we felt and stop for one or two nights when we found a good campsite in a lovely area

On this particular occassion

we were on our way home, and going through Switzerland, when we stopped at Berne

and I so well remember

walking through the shops under the arches

and my mother stopping because her eye had been caught by these little glasses

I looked up the definition of sparkle

and one said " sparks" and another "flashes"

I thought "that's right...the sun sparks and flashes off the many facets!"

So I took them through to the windowsill of the garden room and

I love the way that the tray reflects and mirrors the glasses

Good idea, Mum!!

As I looked at them in the sun I thought "they don't so much sparkle as glisten"

So I looked up the definition of glisten

"To shine by reflection with a sparkling lustre"

"A sparkling lustrous shine"

" Reflecting light"

Yup...that's it!!

PS. Don't forget that my giveaway ends Friday 1st!!