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Showing posts with label Gower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gower. Show all posts

Thursday 17 October 2024

tsuchinshan-ATLAS

With the clouds offering no more than a 50/50 chance of seeing comet tsuchinshan-ATLAS, we decided to head out to try and see it. It has rained heavily since my last failed attempt and to see it as tonight was the last chance of capturing it on a mobile phone camera for 80,000,000 years.

We drove out to Pengwern Common, near the house where my Gran (on my father's side) used to live, our moods dampening as the clouds gathered heavily over the horizon. But then, not long after arriving, they broke ranks, and, hey presto, the comet was revealed! 

While the comet had dramatically diminished in size and visibility over the last few days, it was still a fantastic feeling to finally catch a glimpse of it, especially as tonight's viewing was a now-or-never last-ditch attempt!

Monday 14 October 2024

Thank U Welsh Water

Not a bad start to the week 😀. The office closed before lunch due to an incident at Welsh Water. This spare time really was a godsend as it gave me a whole five extra hours work on my Gower Beaches book. There is now just 9 days left to complete the project, but I only have 7 more beaches to correct, plus an introduction to write. Its looking more and more likely I am actually going to complete this book on time!

Sunday 13 October 2024

The Pressure's On

10 days to complete my Gower Beaches book! Will I get it done on time? You bet your life I will.

Saturday 12 October 2024

Fall Bay

I finally revisited Fall Bay yesterday evening after a gap of over 2 decades. The path down to the beach was perilous, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone unable to undertake a lot of scrambling. That said, when we finally reached the sand, we found we had the whole bay to ourselves for the entirety of the sunset. And its moments like that which always make me leave Gower to the tourists in the summer months.

I had hoped to capture a pic of comet  tsuchinshan-ATLAS, not seen since neolithic times, but as you can see from the later pics from Rhossili, the clouds over the horizon, where it was positioned tonight, put paid to that ambition. 


























Friday 11 October 2024

Working on the Final Draft

Final draft, working round Gower Peninsula. Swansea finished. Mumbles Beach completed. Bracelet Bay done and dusted. 12 days to finish this tourn book.



Thursday 10 October 2024

Another Epic Northern Light Display

Well, this was a real surprise - another Northern Lights with a very similar strength to last May's.