Hi Valerie, Happy New Year to you! I should imagine that it depended what side of Devon they resided on in the first place and whether they owned a boat or not. If they lived on the north coast then it was a simple matter of sailing (literally) over to Wales, Pembrokeshire being a regular trading post for such boats as the Kathleen & May (now preserved) which I remember still in use in the late 1950's and possibly 1960! Yes it is true!!! However, if they lived on the south coast then they had to take the 'long' route down to Lands End and then up across the widest part of the St George's Channel by boat. If they travelled by train then they would have probably used the Great Western up to Bristol thence across to Cardiff (through the Severn Tunnel) and then down the South Wales main line all stops to Neyland, Milford, Pembroke Dock and Cardigan. I have left out Fishguard for the main line to that place did not open until 1908 although there was the little 'North Pembrokeshire & Fishguard Railway which ran from Clynderwen up through Maenclochog to Letterston and Fishguard. If they travelled by road then they would take a considerable longer period to get to Wales via Gloucester! Regards, Graham Davies > -----Original Message----- > From: Valerie Wotton [SMTP:wottons@intercoast.com.au] > Sent: 09 January 2001 07:25 > To: WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE] England to Wales? > > My husband's gt-grandfather had been a smack owner in Devon but moved to > Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire when he was in his 40s about 1904 and > became a publican. All his children married into Welsh families. Would > any historic event of that era have caused him to move to Wales or would > it simply be that he liked the look of the place as I heard that fishermen > used to regularly ply between Devon and Wales. Is this true? If someone > did move from Devon to Pembs would they have been likely to have done it > by road or by sea? > Valerie > (Sydney Australia) > >