The Dyffryn Arms, Pontfaen

I went to Wales with my now ex boyfriend back in Oct 06.

Being an American living here at the moment he's keen to visit and see as much of Europe and the UK as possible.
I admitted (shamefully) that I'd never been to Wales and so we decided to go.

He'd found details of Bessie and the pub in I think it was The Lonely Planet (??)
He was determined we had to go and find Bessie and see the pub having read about her.

We drove from the Gower Peninsula to Pembrokshire for the day and our last port of call was to find Bessie! It's not easy to find and as I drove further and further down tiny windy roads I didn't think we'd ever find her.

But we did...and when we did she was an absolute delight!
Such a fantastic character, sharp tongued, bright eyes that you know she's totally all there! But she was genuinely interested in us and where we were from and chatted with us whilst making a fire out of crisps packets and empty chocolate wrappers (much to my ex's amusement who sat with eyes on stalks!)

He showed her the piece about her in the book and she was pretty embarrased and very modest...

If you want to do something different then I throughly recommend it!
It was like you'd stepped back in time...mismatching furniture and decoration.....but this only added to the charm.It is a very unique place!

I had a white wine that Bessie had open....it wasn't something I'd want again but it wasn't the worst I've had either and my ex loved the Bass once he got used to it......She has soft drinks too and I think we could have had pork scratchings...but that's as far as it goes so I wouldn't go hungry!

It was an experience and definitely something different so don't miss it....She's a great lady

18 Mar 2007 15:55