Tuesday, June 13, 2006

St Dogmaels And Mwnt

You may have noticed I've not been around much. Well, that's a fib. I have, just not here. My other sites are getting all my loving. I'm spreading myself way to thinly - but hopefully, once my job finshes, and the business plans start to kick in, I can really crack on with the work.

On a happier note, I'm feeling all fresh and invigorated. We had a whole week away (no internet) in a lovely holiday cottage at the tiny village of St Dogmaels, near Cardigan in West Wales. Lot's of snaps to share, so I'll get the ball rolling rather than waffle on.

Firstly, the local beach was the wonderfully flat and expansive Poppit Sands.

Father and child on Poppit Sands

Elis enjoys a paddle at Poppit Sands

Elis goes for a crawl on Poppit Sands

Poppit Sands, looking towards the mouth of the River Teifi

Our cottage was overlooking the ruins of St Dogmaels Abbey. We had a couple of wanders around. Elis loved it and described it as his castle. I took a few shots, weird angles and all - none were very good and this fairly straight shot of Elis turned out the best.

Elis in his castle

We also went to the beach at Mwnt one day. It's famed for being the place you can see the Cardigan Bay dolphins from. We didn't see them, and nor did I photograph the exceedingly photogenic little church up on the headland. Instread here's some of the cliffs and beach.

The steps down to the beach at Mwnt

Another view of the steps down to the beach at Mwnt

Looking out to see from the beach at Mwnt

A lot of jellyfish were washing up on the beaches, and making going into the sea a paranoid affair. Whilst at Mwnt, this beauty washed up on the shore, a good two to two and a half feet across. I don't know if it was a stinging type, I believe they get Portugese men of war in those waters, and didn't want to test it out!

Jellyfish washing up on the beach at Mwnt

I'll leave it there for now... Back with the second lot of snaps soon.

Posted by Dio Bach at 16:14

2 Comments:

holly said...: Gorgeous! That shot with the stroller is fabulous-- almost surreal.

And that jelly fish looks tasty...; 9:28 PM
RR said...: Great pics - and that's one cute little boy!; 4:32 PM