A photography portfolio of the City and County of Swansea by the author/photographer Chris Elphick
Tree, Llangyfelach Road, Clase
I took the bus home from work this evening and found myself stuck in a bit of a traffic jam on the B4489 Llangyfelach Road in Clase. I could hardly believe my eyes when I looked up from my phone and saw this lovely scene right outside the window. I only just managed to grab a shot of it before the bus pulled away though. :)
Pant-Y-Celyn Road, Townhill
The owner of this bike seemed a little 'put out' with me photographing his bike this afternoon. He turned out to be a nice guy when I got chatting to him though and he seemed to like the pic too :) Street photography is definitely not without its risks lol.
A few feet on from the scene of the bike and I came across this scene. Pant-Y-Celyn is definitely one of Townhill's more scenic roads:
A few feet on from the scene of the bike and I came across this scene. Pant-Y-Celyn is definitely one of Townhill's more scenic roads:
Parc Tawe
With matters starting to move at pace down in Swansea's Parc Tawe, I though I would take a wander down there this afternoon and take some photos before the upcoming £10m refurbishment changes it beyond recognition. If you haven't yet seen artist's impressions of what the new-look Parc Tawe will look like you can view some here and here.
Whilst I think the plans look fanstastic and are a vast improvement on its current awful modernist design, the decision to upgrade the location has not been without its casualties :( The worst for me, personally, has been the forced closure of Joe's Ice-cream and the More Green Project Community Shop:
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| Joe's Ice-Cream also lost its position after having kept a stall opened there for the past 21 years: |
A few more closures down Park Tawe:
I will finish this blog post with a couple of pics of Plantasia. I have been hearing some worrying rumours about the closure of this place for a while now and really hope they do not come to any kind of fruition. I have not been in the place for a couple of years now, mainly because of the price of getting in there, but when I do take a walk around the place I enjoy every second of it. I am sure it would be a lot more popular if they offered Swansea residents cheaper year passes and made up their shortfall in earnings with a better shop. Still, it is still here for now and this is how it looked this afternoon:
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