Storm Cloud Over Parrog

The Pembrokeshire coastal path runs immediately outside a small cluster of seaside houses located on the Parrog sea wall which adjoins the boat house and the old fishing sheds. The Parrog is overlooked by the mediaeval town of Newport and Carn Ingli.
Several houses that sit on a sea wall at the mouth of the Nevern Estuary have their own boat ramp down to the stony Parrog beach making the house location ideal base for many scenic walks and summer holidays on the beach. Across the other side of the estuary is Newport Beach, a splendid mile long sandy beach with dunes. The beach can easily be reached by car, or by paddling across the estuary at low tide. The estuary provides easy access to the sea, but provides a sheltered bay in which the young or inexperienced can easily learn to sail, windsurf or canoe.
In the 1900's, the Parrog would have still been a working harbour. Large vessels would have come in at high tide when they could cross the bar at the mouth of the estuary. They would then be beached on the sands ready to be unloaded at low water when carts could come alongside. It is still possible to see tracks cut through the rocks to allow laden carts to be driven straight up to Feidir Brenin from the waterfront. The arrival of one of these vessels probably attracted the curiosity of locals and visitors alike.

Whenever I go to the Newport, I always make time to walk down to the Parrog and across the pebbled footpath which runs directly in front of the sea houses nestled together. They all look like they have been built to protect each other from the prevailing sea winds and storms from the sea. I can imagine the crashing of the sea water and spray hitting the houses and the white foam water running back down the slip ways. On the day I was there the storm was happening in the sky and not from the sea. The tide was far enough out for me to capture this image.