Heritage Coast
Taken during a walk along the Wales Coastal Path with DeeJay and Martin.
Quite spectacular watching these huge boats hurtling round Cardiff Bay.
Extreme Sailing on the Bay Read More »
Always good fun to have the grandchildren with us. This was taken during a trip to the RSPB Newport Wetlands Reserve.
A trip to Caerphilly Castle (near Cardiff). The tilt on this tower, caused when the gunpowder used to blow the castle up in Cromwell’s time didn’t quite do the job, is reasonably impressive!
Another picture taken during a Wales Coastal Path walk – this one on the sands at Porthcawl where surf life-saving training was going on.
Walking along the Wales Coastal Path – this is one of my favourite stretches the cliff between Llantwit Major and Ogmore. The lighthouse at Nash Point is a much-visited local landmark.
I’d thought this stretch of the Wales Coastal Path might have been a “bit boring” with not much variety in landscape – nothing could have been further from the truth. It may be flat but the wild flowers, the birds, the butterflies and moths and the fascinating salt marsh make this a quite captivating area.
The start of the Wales Coastal Path (in the south). Whether I’ll get all the way round it … who knows. At the the time of writing this, I’ve reached The Mumbles. You can follow my progress here.
Chepstow Castle from the old bridge Read More »
I don’t do portrait work, I haven’t really mastered the art of taking photos of people really at all! I did however (on the prompting of Jenny) see this picture and managed to “snap” it at Rhian and Andy’s wedding. I hope they don’t mind me sharing it.
The dawdle from Cardiff Bay to Barry Docks is a great “local” walk if you can forgive the boring bits along the clifftop from Penarth to Lavernock (where the views of the estuary are hidden behind scrubby vegetation) and the long drag into Barry Docks through commercial and industrial space. In between you have views
Looking across to Cardiff Bay from Lavernock Read More »