Pen-Y-Fan

After a quick stop off for some chow, slurp and a skeleton, it was time to head off to Pen-Y-Fan to introduce  Amb and Si to the trials and tribulations of their first mountain climb.

 

After which, we headed to The Ancient Briton for a well-earned pint 🙂🙂🙂🙂

Swansea Walk with Amb and Si

My first-born and her fiance, Si, are down for the weekend. On their first full day here, we sauntered down to the beach, taking in a few parks along the way.

What started as me trying to capture a beautifully peaceful scene, ended up in me capturing the brutal reality of life in the wild:

En route, we passed this great painted van - May the Force be With You! You can see more pics of the van here.

Hillend Camping - Day 2

Had a good nights sleep, in which I dreamed I was on a work's team bonding sesh in some half remembered place solving clues and exploring various abandoned side streets and vacated shops looking for more clues to whatever mystery we were supposed to solve. Woke when my better half needed the toilet-just as I was reaching the last few clues, and walked to the campsite toilet block thinking 'well, all that puzzle-solving I'd achieved during my sleep was a waste of time.( laughing emoji). Spent the morning chatting to the usual camping gang, drinking coffee and eating vegan been sonnies.

Eclipse

 Took a half day in work as I was particularly stressed beta testing the new AI system being worked on there. Still in the midst of the glorious heatwave, we decided to head down to Gower early for the eclipse.

I have never seen Rhossili Cliffs so packed with people but, as we we early arrivers, we had time for a meander and a pint before finding ourselves a nice spot at the edge of the cliffs overlooking Worm's Head.

The eclipse itself was great, but could not be captured on a mobile phone camera. Here it is though, on maximum exposure on my bridge camera, shot on long telephoto through a solar filter. Not too bad, eh? 

When the eclipse was over. we headed slowly back to The Worm's Head Hotel for a chilled pint, the setting 🌞 calling us back every few steps or so to watch the spectacular end to the day.