A photography portfolio of the City and County of Swansea by the author/photographer Chris Elphick
Showing posts with label Oystermouth & Mumbles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oystermouth & Mumbles. Show all posts
Aberavon Beach
Being spoiled with another fantastic sunny evening, I decided to head to the nearby beach of Aberavon after work. It really is a great place to spend a couple of hours and the beach affords some stunning views over Swansea and the Mumbles headland:
The place is also great for families as it hosts some excellent facilities, including a great chipshop and ice-cream parlour. I really can't recommend the place highly enough.
The place is also great for families as it hosts some excellent facilities, including a great chipshop and ice-cream parlour. I really can't recommend the place highly enough.
Mumbles Pier
Absolutely gorgeous evening down in Swansea this evening. And with the tide fairly low, I thought I would take a wander beneath Mumbles Pier. Unfortunately, my iphone 4S really does not handle low lighting conditions very well but I did manage to squeeze 3 fairly acceptable pics from the thing to post here. I hope you like them.
A Brisk Dusky Stroll
After fortifying myself with a Verdis' sundae, I took a brisk, dusky, stroll around the Mumbles prom. Despite the sun having already set, evening colours were gorgeous and the clouds quite amazing. I also had an encounter with a very friendly robin and met an even more social cat down on the seafront. A great walk, up there with the best of 2016 so far:
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| Seagulls decorating a beautiful cloud-painted sky over Swansea Bay |
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| Mumbles Pier |
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| A very friendly Robin |
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| Swansea Pier |
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| Swansea Promenade at dusk |
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| Swansea Bay |
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| Fishing along the Mumbles Promenade |
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| Ending the evening's walk with a cwtch with a very social cat along the seafront |
A Verdi's Raspberry Sundae
I had a delicious raspberry sundae down in Verdis this evening. An utterly divine experience. The place was packed with cusomers, but I still managed to snag a window table overlooking Swansea Bay. Highly, highly recommended.
Mumbles
Did a nice long walk from the seafront car park infront of Singleton Hospital to Mumbles this evening, rewarding myself with a nice 4 scoop Joe's ice-cream along the way. Was a tad sad seeing the state of the Amusements building outside the ice-cream parlour. The Amusements have been a feature of Oystermouth for as long as I can remember and I will miss them, though I do have to admit I have only actually been in there once in the last 20 years. You can see what the building used to look like here.
On the way back to the car, I called in to the West Cross Inn for a coffee...
The weather forecast is a bit grim for the next few days so I don't know when I will next update this blog sorry.
Mumbles itself was bathed in a dreamy blue light and, even though the sun had now set, looked stunning.
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| Mumbles' old lifeboat house |
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| Mumbles Pier entrance |
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| Shop window display |
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| I loved how the water changed the wheels of the bike in this pic |
On the way back to the car, I called in to the West Cross Inn for a coffee...
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| The stained glass window set in the inner entracce door of The West Cross Inn |
,,,which was served with the tiniest of welshcakes, which was well tasty:
The weather forecast is a bit grim for the next few days so I don't know when I will next update this blog sorry.
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