The Observatory

Had a deliceously hearty family meal at The Observatory this afternoon, braving a strong Swansea gale, which belted us with sand and wind-strewn salt to do so.

And just look at this mighty spiral staircase, which used to lead up to the huge telescope bust now houses rentable accommodation:

An Evening Stroll Around Oxwich

My daughter is down down for the next few days and fancied a trip to a Gower beach. And so we headed down to Oxwich Bay.

En route we passed these cool cows chilling on the roadside on Fairwood Common:

Stopped off en route so my first born's  fiance could take a peek at Three Cliffs Bay before cotinuing on to Oxwich:

Driving the tree-lined lane as it desends to the beach:

We were rewarded for iur visit with a very cool sky, but before that, here is yours truly:

And now for the clouds!

With the light fading fast, it was time for a quick visit to Gower's most atmospheric church:

It was then time for a little Chrismas cheer at the beautifully decocorated Oxwich Bay Hotel:

Our minds and bodies suitibly quenched, we headed our into the night  to make our way throgh the flooded street and  the stunningly-lit, by the first Winter full moon of 2025, back to our car.

Neightbours' Cats

Sad, Happy, Sleepy

Sad start to the day as we picked up our princess pwscat's ashes in the morning. We received a beautiful card from the vet who was with us during fudjcat's last moments earlier in the week:

Whilst out, we also picked up a frame for our recently printed pwscat photo:

Given the start to the day, it wasn"t really the best time four my office Christmas get-together. Bay hey ho.

Yours truly with work mates

'Twas a lovely meet-up, where x2 pre-starter double gins and x4 cider pints meant I soon fell asleep when I got home just after 8pm and brought an early end to the day.

Final Fog Foto

Wanting to devote my Lego building to Christmas themes during December,  I thought I had better get on with my Lego shoot of The Fog. And so I nipped down the shop during my dinner break and bought some cotton wall balls. This, I hoped, would create the impression of fog billowing into my church construction.:

All I needed to do then was light the thing up and, hey presto:

C-RUNCH

Listen to the power of his bite!