Tenby and Tumble

 Dear Gentle Readers

A gentle day today, we left our lodgings at Beggars Reach and headed for Tenby, a very colourful town by the sea, as you can see in this wide shot.






This is a closer shot of the colourful houses, taken by Victoria. We did not stop here and the beach was not accessible from the road, so we continued onto our next stop, Tumble
















Why Tumble you ask? Because of this street, Tyisha Road.

















And why Tyisha Road? Because of this park, Parc Ty Isaf. You can see our car parked here.









And why this park? Because of this wooden statue of Jac Ty-isha or in English, John Hughes. Kerin, our friend from church, asked us if we were passing to take a picture of this gentleman as he is her great, great grandfather. So Kerin, here we are with your great, great, grandfather. Jac Ty-isha was a leader of the Rebecca Movement, a group of people rioting against unfair taxes and toll gates. Why was it called the Rebecca Movement? Because the men dressed up as women to hide their identities and they were all called Rebecca.

Here is a close-up of his face. The movement was against the ruinous tolls they had to pay along these roads. Unfortunately he was caught and sentenced to 20 years deportation to Van Diemen's Land, now known as Tasmania.








This plaque was across the road from the Fountain Inn where we dined tonight. I tried to find the other plaque with Jac Ty-isha's name on it, but failed miserably.


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