As the crow flies, Pembroke Port and the Dragon LNG site at Waterston are just over a mile apart, with a stretch of water in between.

It shouldn't take long to transport a piece of equipment between the two... you would think.

But it's an entirely different situation when it comes to delivering such a giant load by road. This 15-foot wide pipe on a low loader (pictured) took an amazing 11 hours to be transported to Waterston, after being landed at Pembroke Port.

The load - a recondenser, which is part of the LNG regasification process and built in Italy - was too heavy to use the Cleddau Bridge so, escorted by two police vehicles, it made its way along the A477 to St Clears roundabout. It then turned on to the A40 towards Haverfordwest, stopping in the lay-by at the golf club to wait for the peak traffic time to pass on Tuesday evening.

The load then travelled along Freemen's Way to Merlins Bridge roundabout, up Merlins Hill and along Milford Road, taking the tight corner into Albert Street by the Taj Mahal restaurant.

It then went along the Dale Road, turning at Ratford Bridge, through Tiers Cross to Milford Haven, along Hamilton Terrace, and back to Johnston. The load then went via Sentry Cross to Waterston.

Police sergeant Mike Allen, of Haverfordwest police traffic department, said: "We can only take heavy loads like this over specific routes, as we have to avoid bridges, telephone and electrical cables and peak traffic."

On Monday, another heavy load bound for Waterston was too high for the railway bridge at Merlins Bridge. It had to reverse into the Old Hakin Road before going up Merlins Hill to follow the same route as last week's load. Sgt Allen said either his team was given the wrong load measurement or the road height had increased since resurfacing.

Another large load was kept at Haverfordwest golf course lay-by until yesterday (Tuesday).