Wednesday, September 24, 2003

Holiday Snaps

We spent a few days last week away on a short break to a chalet at Caswell Bay, near Swansea. I'd never really been to The Gower much in living memory as I always thought it was a bit too close to Swansea to be that wild and enjoyable (in the Pembrokeshire style.) I was pleasently surprised as to how nice it actually was, and suspect I will be going back there shortly.

I have a grudging respect for Swansea, Dylan Thomas' description of it as a 'beautiful ugly city" is still apt today. The shopping centre is a bit grotty, but the outskirts, seafront and marina, is nice in an eclectic seaside city kind of way. The area is wrapped in ironworks, docks and chemical plants.

The beach is ruined by having a dual carriageway run parallel to it, much like the NW Wales coastline. It?s a long sweeping bay which ends at the surprisingly nice seaside town of Mumbles, named after the old French word for breasts - because of the two boob-like rocks at the end of the headland.

This was Elis' first holiday so I will start by boring you of some snaps of the not-quite-so-little-man-now.

The sun shone for the first afternoon, this is the beach we were staying by.

We went to a place called the Gower Heritage Centre which was a nice way to spend an afternoon. There were lots of weird little corners and hidey holes, which I love. Not very big, but full of fun...

And I took a few birdy photos, as there were loads of them there. I got to know them quite well, it got to the point they were queuing to feed out of my hand!

I certainly fancy going back for a bit longer and really exploring. We didn't go to any of the famous old and wild big beaches so I want to explore them. A perfect mix you have the shops and pubs of Mumbles and Swansea and the beauty of The Gower. Superb considering it is only a 45 minute drive away!

Posted by Dio Bach at 19:35

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