The Creative Cluster

After photographing the amazing 'Creative Cluster' building from the High Street a little while ago, I thought I would share a pic of what the building looks like from the rear today. It is, without doubt, one of my favourite building in the whole of Swansea.

A Coffee in Clyne

As you might have seen from my last couple of posts, I took a wander around Clyne Park this afternoon. I had been hoping that the park's bluebell wood might have been in flower but apart from this patch, the rest were all still at budding stage. I will try and make it back to the park in a couple of weeks when hopefully the colours will really be kicking off nicely there.

Clyne Gardens' Blue Bell Wood

May is the time when the garden has its annual Clyne Gardens in Bloom celebrations, but even now, a good few weeks early, there are still a few flowery delights to be seen there.

Yellow Arum Lillies

The nice walk gave me a bit of a thirst and I quenched it with a coffee in The Woodman. Slightly slow service and I am a bit doubtful whether my coffee really was a Costa but it was still nice to chill in the place for twenty minutes or so before heading back to the car.

The Woodman Pub

Japanese Bridge - Clyne Gardens

The Magical Story Tree, Clyne Gardens

Pet Cemetary, Clyne Gardens

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.

Blue Doors, Friends of the Young Disabled

These incredibly good-looking doors can be found on the Friends of the Young Disabled building along Carmarthen Road, Cwmdu. Great aren't they!

Crumbling

This crumbling building was located next to the Old Libanus Chapel, near the Cwmdu roundabout. Both buildings were destroyed in an arson attack in 2012.

The Kings Head, Treboeth

Can Sound Heal?

I went to an interesting free lecture, organised by DACE and presented in Swansea's Grand Theatre this evening - The Healing Potential of Sound.

Swansea's Grand Theatre

I arrived slightly early, after leaving Baskin Robbins, and so had time to enjoy a cup of coffee in the theatre's Footlights bar:

Having a coffee in the Footlights Bar

Swansea Grand Theatres' Footlights bar

The talk, by Steve Balsamo, was held in the Depot Studio of the theatre, which is located at the top of the building and the climb up the metal spiral staircase affords some cool uncommon views over the city:

The presentation was still be setting up and filling up when I arrived at the studio.

The talk concerned how the vibrations and patterns in sound and music have the power to heal the human body. It was an interesting subject and his video clip of him singing  'Gethsemane' from Jesus Christ Superstar sent tingles through my scalp. Steve Balsamo seemed a really lovely, with a leaning to the mystical, and gave a good presentation of his thoughts and beliefs on the subject at hand.

The talk only lasted a little over an hour and I managed to catch the last embers of the sunset over the roof bar of the theatre as I left for home.

Sunset over the Grand Theatre's roof bar.

A thought night's entertainment, I thought.

Baskin Robbins

Looking for an ice-cream? Want a mega- range of flavours? Then Baskin Robbins, may well be for you. The only down side to the place is that space in the ice-cream parlour is limited and only provides enough room for a couple of tables if you wanted to eat inside. Still, the ice-cream is tasty and the staff in there are very friendly. The shop is located in the old Quadrant Gate pub on Nelson Street if you fancy giving the place a try.

Baskin Robbins provided an eclectic choice of ice-cream flavours and is
part of the world's largest chain of speciality ice-cream shops