The sunshine drew us out of the tent rather early, reading books and walking along the beach which here seems to be public for some distance and is especially popular for dog walkers. Today a local school class was studying the beach at one end so we walked in the quieter opposite direction, the tide being quite far out for Puget Sound (the tides are small - the water can only escape via the fairly narrow Inlet from the open Pacific). There were some chairs set back on the beach which were pretty comfy in the sunshine with a good book. See photo.... A dog came along after a while and stared at us - sweet but expectant. Its owner explained that his wife sits there most days while he walks the dog but he was on his own today - we had no dog treats sadly. Back nearer the tent a sharp eyed girl spotted a seal a few yards out and bossed her younger brother around as they watched it. As the younger brother said - we curious about them and they are curious about us. Later Ken and Cathy the camp hosts gave us a taste of Cranberry and Walnut sourdough bread. Great taste! But keeping your sourdough starter going? Well it is probably just the thing for winter baking in Pembrokeshire. Bread seems a big thing here - there are various organic sourdough breads produced here on the island - and tomorrow is the farmers' market.
In the afternoon we biked over to Battle Point Park - where I had a planetarium demo from the astronomical association. They have a large telescope and the tech to show you what the sky is doing on any particular day from this spot. It also played a short sequence, with Tilda Swinton narrating, about dark matter, and finally flew us, virtually, to Jupiter where we watched the many moons of Jupiter orbiting. I was enthralled - it is many years since I went to a planetarium. It's a credit to the local community to fund and run such an educational resource. The nearby allotments were great - Crown Prince pumpkins, cosmos (various, seashells was in there) heirloom tomatoes (black), butternut squash, lots of sunflowers, beans, cardoons or artichokes, chilli peppers (outdoors), corn (maize), courgettes (zucchini), chard and kale (cavolo di Nero). Wow. Then home via Safeway in Bainbridge Town. There was yet another visit to the library but we managed to not increase our weight at all... The rain arrived as we cycled back to the tent. Autumn is truly underway. The second photo is of the seashore this morning...