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Coasting along on tour

One of the very few good things to come out of the pandemic is the fact that we have all been forced to rethink where to go on our holidays. Living in South Wales, we began to consider fairly local destinations; less than a couple of hours away, say.

It was fast approaching the end of the summer and we always love being by the sea, so for us, a visit to Pembrokeshire fitted the bill perfectly.

The next decision was where to stay, so following our daughter’s advice from when she used to tour in a VW campervan, we settled on a small family-run site, Little Kings Holiday Park, in Ludchurch. And what a find that turned out to be!

The travel could not have been easier – having loaded up, we set off in the late morning and, after heading west along the M4, we were pulling into Little Kings just 90 minutes later.

After a late lunch, we spent the rest of the afternoon setting up and then chilling out in the sunshine. Early that evening,

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