Our walk started at this shop/cafe/car park at Park Mill on the A4118 |
A lonely camper had set his flag up |
The distant view of Pennard castle above the valley |
A series of stone circles had been created near the beach. |
Driftwood on 3 Cliffs Bay beach |
The 3 cliffs |
There were some scary monsters about |
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Snail Trails in the sand of a rock pool |
Sea anenomes in a rock pool |
A view onto 3 Cliffs Bay beach |
The stepping stones across the Pennard Pill |
Orchids in flower |
The 12th Century Pennard castle |
The castle was abandoned by the 14th century after it was inundated by sand |
Building construction was of very poor quality |
Pennard castle has a superb strategic location but never saw any action. |
Down at the Swansea marina |
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Swansea Observatory looking more like Cape Canaveral. |
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All craft have to negotiate two locks in order to reach the sea. |
Dylan Thomas looks over while I photograph his theatre |
Its ART Jim but not as we know it. |
the Mersey tugboat Canning was tied up at the museum |
Canning |
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The Lightship Helwick |
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I took this shot as a - BEFORE - image. I was told that a tower block is to be constructed here. Hence the rather tall crane. |
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