Dio Bach's Digital Gallery - Caldey Island Trip April 2007

On the 12th of April 2007, we took a trip to Caldey Island. Needless to say I took lots of photographs. If you're ever in Tenby for a few days, then I'd heartily recommend a visit. This was my third time going out there - and the first time with my son. He loved going across in the boat, it was his first trip on the sea. He'd been around Cardiff Bay before, but as that's fresh water behind the barrage, so it don't count.

The boat out under St Catherine's Island in Tenby

After a break, we headed up the main drag of the Island - it's about a mile from where the boat lands to the lighthouse at the opposite end. On the way is one of the old churches on the island, St Illtuds. When we went as a child, you could wander around a lot of the out buildings, but now they are all in such poor repair that they're all blocked up.

The first couple of shots are outside the old buildings - there's a millpond and a fudge factory around the old church. The rest are inside St Illtuds where the Caldey Island Stone stands by a fairly modern but in very poor condition stained glass window. There's some nice details around the place and a lovely pebbled floor.

Looking towards St Illtuds on Caldey Island

Farmhouse by St Illtuds on Caldey Island

Exterior of St Illtuds

Old door inside St Illtuds

The Caldey Island Stone inside St Illtuds

Details inside St Illtuds

Details inside St Illtuds

Details inside St Illtuds

After buying some fudge from the Abbot's Kitchen, we headed up to the Lighthouse for lunch. The last time I was there I took a load of photos, some of which were used as the basis for paintings during my college years. Today was no different, I repeated some of the shots I'd taken a while back, and now I had the freedom of lots of digital shots over a few film frames, I took a lot more.

The road to the Lighthouse on Caldey Island

The view from the Lighthouse on Caldey Island, back across to Tenby's South Beach

Elis and triangulation stone by the Lighthouse on Caldey Island

Rusted water tank and the Caldey Island Lighthouse

Close up of the tower of the Lighthouse on Caldey Island

Caldey Island Lighthouse keepers cottage alongside the main tower

The outhouse of the Lighthouse

Another view of the Lighthouse on Caldey Island

Details on the Lighthouse tower

Elis and the water tank outside the Lighthouse, spot the colourmatch...

Detail of a rotting out-building of the Lighthouse

The view down from the Lighthouse - looking back towards Tenby

Around the lighthouse were some nice little plastic figures stuck into the walls. They were nicely weathered and a bit kitsch, but that's fine by me. There's a shed on the way down that was also worthy of the photographic treatment for a nice simple composition.

Quirky maritime ornaments around the Lighthouse on Caldey Island

More quirky maritime ornaments around the Lighthouse on Caldey Island

Shed on the road down from the Lighthouse on Caldey Island

After we'd had a nice packed lunch up at the Lighthouse, we walked back down to the beach before we got back on the boat, enjoying the surrounding views all the way down. There's a tiny village green on Caldey, below the monastery (built in 1910) and some nice houses built back in the 1950s. They looked lovely in the bright sun, so I took a few details, failing to notice the lens had picked up a smudge. It doesn't show so bad in the small size, but it's there in the big photos unfortunately.

Looking up at the monastery on Caldey Island

Village green house detail

Village green house detail

And there we have it - back on the boat and home in time for tea.

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