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Troed Y Rhiw, GOODWICK, SA64 0AU

Fishguard's once-daily train from Cardiff (connecting with London etc.) is seen here seconds from its destination at the ferry terminal. It will pick up passengers and start the return journey in less than half an hour. There is another such train service in the middle of the night.

Decorative lighthouse on the approach to Goodwick on the A487

Seems to be the course of an old path leading from Dyffryn to The Drim. Old stone building was ?a mill.

An exceptionally clear afternoon produces a remarkably long vista: in the foreground, the scrubby slope leading down to Cwm Brandy and, beyond the wooded area, the western part of Goodwick along the A487 St David's road. Above, just visible, are the farms of Trefwrgi (right) and Tre-Llewelyn (left, amongst dark trees), while the pimple on the skyline is the highest point on Pencaer, at 213 metres, the rocky peak of Garn Fawr on the west-facing coast.

This substantial building at the Drim could have been a barn or store house associated with the gentry house and farm or with the nearby mill. It has had some renovation but at the time of the photograph appeared disused.

Going up from the centre of Goodwick/Wdig towards Stop and Call, a view opens to the south of Dyffryn and the curving terrace of Heol y Felin. This section of road was relieved of its heavy, nocturnal, ferry-bound traffic by the construction of a new by-pass a few years ago.

There was a mill once at this location just below the road, east of the road leading out of Goodwick towards St David's. A good deal of rebuilding and conversion has taken place with the mill becoming a hotel. Two millstones remain to mark its former significance.

This was the route of a planned cut-off to provide an improved railway link between Goodwick with Letterston. The bends and gradient of the existing one were proving troublesome for the rolling stock and the idea was to replace the line with one running through Manorowen Wood. Work ceased when WW1 broke out in 1914 but two bridges remain, one immediately to the right of the image, and some of the cuttings where the tracks would have been laid.

This bridge was built in 1908 to carry an alternative line from Goodwick to Letterston that was never completed although a mile or so of embankment still remains to the west of it. The scheme was interrupted by the outbreak of WW1.

Here, just below The Drim and looking west towards the Dyffryn area of Goodwick, are some interesting railway relics. In the foreground is a fence post made from redundant sections of the old 7 foot gauge railway line adopted by Brunel for the GWR and used until 1892 when all tracks were converted to standard gauge. Behind can be seen an embankment and bridge constructed with the intention of opening an alternative route for the line between Goodwick station and Letterston junction. The scheme was interrupted by WW1 and never completed. [Thanks to Roy Lewis for the information about the Brunel gauge fencing.]