Pembroke Dock may be a modern town by Pembrokeshire standards, but the Steps2Health walkers discovered it to be steeped in two centuries of history (writes B.S.). Saturday's walk attracted something in the region of 60 participants, including those from the Tenby and Pembroke Dock groups, as well as members of Terry John's history class which meets weekly at Greenhill Centre. The walks county co-ordinator, Paul Morris, had arranged for local historian John Evans to accompany the walkers and fill them in on the background of an historic and absorbing area. The starting point was Front Street, from where we were told the view might be drastically changed in the future with plans for the proposed marina. Mr. Evans urged those who had not already visited the museum, housed in the Martello Tower, to visit it when it re-opens in April. There was so much to see in the dockyard which is the very foundation for the town. Unfortunately, the Captain Superintendent's former house (more recently the Commodore Hotel) now stands derelict, but other impressive buildings have now been restored to their former glory. It is now hard to imagine the hundreds and hundreds of workers pouring through the surprisingly narrow, one and only, entrance into the dockyard. An amazing amount of history in a comparatively short time. From the building of Royal yachts to the town being used as a military base by all three military services during the Second World War. Bombed sites now easily recognisable by the newer houses built on them. We even had pointed out to us an arrow showing the way to an air raid shelter. The trunk of the tree to which it was nailed has now grown round it! Another curiosity was a very old postage stamp machine set in the wall of the dockyard. Apparently a bell rang as one obtained stamps. After many interesting stops and observations, the walk ended in the town's original cemetery, wherein lie the remains of Captain Superintendent Cumry who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar before coming to the dockyard. This was certainly a most interesting walk which I am sure will make us all see Pembroke Dock through new eyes. Tomorrow (Saturday) we will be back in Tenby so, to join us, meet outside Somerfield for a 10.30 am start. No charge.