PRESENTER Brian Harris takes to the south of the region for this week's episode of Pembrokeshire Park (Sunday, July 22, BBC Radio Wales), celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
The park is a spectacular landscape of rugged cliffs, sandy beaches, wooden estuaries and wild inland hills, a place of sanctuary for wildlife that lives harmoniously alongside the human population.
South Pembrokeshire has quite a reputation for stories of pirates, smugglers, ghosts and legends and who better to regale us with these tales than Phil Carradice. Recently commissioned to write the history of the park, Phil is a font of Pembroke knowledge.
He introduces St. Govan's church, wedged among rocks, halfway down a cliff near the village of Bosherston and one of the most picturesque sixth century hermits' chapels in Britain. Legend has it that there are more steps going down than there are going up.
He also visits the magnificent Carew Castle, overlooking a 23-acre millpond. Manager Mike Chandler takes listeners on a tour of the site that incorporates an impressive 11th century Celtic cross, the only restored tidal mill in Wales and a medieval bridge, all the time watching out for the legendary ghosts of Princess Nest and, unusually, an ape.
Pembroke Dockyard is famous as the place where four royal yachts have been built, and is also known for its witch, Betty Foggy. Cursing one of the ships and saying it would not launch, Betty's prediction proved to be true when the soft wood rollers supporting the hull snapped under the weight.
A trip to Mrs. Weston's Tea Garden is just the ticket for a delicious slice of cake and tea. Mr. and Mrs. Weston have run the tea rooms for 50 years, serving the likes of the Princes Charles and William.